Upon hearing Gongsun Haoyue's words, Flowing Cloud Matriarch immediately frowned and fell into deep thought.
In fact, when the two first started cultivating the Star Cloud Saint Art together, she did consider merging the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect directly.
Since the cultivation methods of the two sects can be combined, they must have been united before. It is likely that for some unknown reason, the sect split into two.
However, she had already searched through all the sect's Preservation texts, but still could not find the real reason for the split between the two sects.
However, based on the clues, it was found that the founders of the two sects were likely sisters, meaning that the founding masters of the two sects shared the same master.
Moreover, it is very likely that the two sects were merged together before, and it was called the Star Cloud Saint Sect, before it split into the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect.
However, after considering it for so long, she felt that merging the two sects like this was not very realistic, since the previous conflicts between the two sects were too great.
Although things have eased to some extent, it is still difficult to achieve true intimacy, and conflicts between the two factions could erupt at any time.
Currently, only Jiang Liu has a relatively close relationship with the Star Moon Sect. As for the other Grandmaster and elders, some have good relationships while others have significant conflicts.
Therefore, Flowing Cloud Matriarch has been considering the future direction between the two sects.
Moreover, now that Flowing Cloud Matriarch has seen her own strength and has the hope of surpassing Gongsun Haoyue, she is less inclined to merge with the Star Moon Sect at this time.
Because deep down, what Flowing Cloud Matriarch truly desired was for the Flowing Cloud Sect to forcefully annex Star Moon Sect.
This will reduce the conflict between the two groups. After all, if they were to merge directly, the first thing to do is to clarify the primary and secondary issues between them.
This issue alone could cause a long argument between the two parties.
Furthermore, the problems that the next two cases will face will be even more numerous.
Positions, resources, and the Lineage that gradually rise behind the Grandmaster and Elders—all these issues must be resolved.
Therefore, when Flowing Cloud Matriarch heard Gongsun Haoyue raise the issue of the two sects joining forces again, he frowned and looked deep in thought.
When Gongsun Haoyue saw Flowing Cloud Matriarch, he seemed to disagree with the relationship between the two sects and wanted to take it a step further.
Suddenly, she felt a sense of unease. Could it be that this Flowing Cloud Matriarch had discovered some secret in the Star Cloud Saint Art that I was unaware of?
The bad feeling she had before had returned to her heart.
Flowing Cloud Matriarch pondered for a short while before continuing, "Then what good suggestions do you have?"
Even if, deep down, Flowing Cloud Matriarch didn't want to further unite with the Star Moon Sect, that didn't stop her from listening to Gongsun Haoyue's advice.
Gongsun Haoyue looked at the expressionless Flowing Cloud Matriarch and said, "I plan to arrange a marriage between Jiang Liu and True Inheritor Disciple of our sect. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Flowing Cloud Matriarch immediately smiled and said, "Alright! As long as Jiang Liu agrees, I have no problem."
The marriage alliance between Jiang Liu and the Star Moon Sect, whether it leads to the later annexation of the Star Moon Sect or a merger of the two sects, will be beneficial to the Flowing Cloud Sect.
That's why Flowing Cloud Matriarch agreed so readily.
When Gongsun Haoyue heard that Flowing Cloud Matriarch had agreed to the matter so readily, the unease in her heart eased somewhat.
The two then discussed the matter of their marriage.
If Jiang Liu agrees, this matter is almost a done deal.
Of course, they wouldn't force Jiang Liu if he disagreed, even though this matter was quite important to both sects.
However, this still has to be done according to Jiang Liu's wishes. Putting aside his contributions to the two sects, his own strength and talent are not to be underestimated.
According to what they knew, when Jiang Liu killed the Grandmaster, his combat power was almost the same as theirs.
Therefore, none of them treat Jiang Liu as an ordinary Grandmaster.
Moreover, Jiang Liu's combat strength has always been quite formidable among those of the same level.
If one day Jiang Liu advances to the Peak Grandmaster, will they be unable to Jiang Liu one of them when he faces him?
The mere thought of this situation makes their hearts tremble.
After all, they had always faced other Peak Grandmaster with composure and without fear, but now a prodigy like Jiang Liu had emerged.
Sometimes, the thought would even involuntarily pop into their minds to simply kill Jiang Liu in advance, so that they wouldn't feel afraid of facing someone of the same level.
However, reason prevailed and they managed to control these terrible thoughts in their minds.
After all, they didn't know what Jiang Liu's position was in the other person's heart. If they accidentally pushed Jiang Liu to the other person's side, it would really be a loss.
Therefore, they each had their own concerns, and they were also reluctant to harm Jiang Liu.
After all, Jiang Liu had always been kind to both sects and had never done anything to harm them.
Therefore, they were always suspicious of each other's thoughts, and were also going along with Jiang Liu's wishes.
After discussing the marriage with Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Gongsun Haoyue took his leave.
As Flowing Cloud Matriarch watched Gongsun Haoyue's departing figure, he thought to himself, "When I am the first to advance to the Saint Realm, that will be the time for our Flowing Cloud Sect to annex the Star Moon Sect."
The thought that if the Flowing Cloud Sect Flowing Cloud Matriarch unify the two sects, then the Flowing Cloud Sect's long-cherished wish could be fulfilled in her hands.
After all, the two sects have been fighting for so many years without a clear winner, and the Haotian Sect is also interfering.
If this situation can be ended in her hands, then she will definitely be considered the most outstanding sect leader in the history of the entire Flowing Cloud Sect.
After returning to her courtyard at the Star Moon Sect, Gongsun Haoyue fell into deep thought.
Because she noticed something unusual about Flowing Cloud Matriarch today, she had a feeling of unease in her heart.
Although she had previously thought that it was Flowing Cloud Matriarch who disagreed with the marriage between the two families, Flowing Cloud Matriarch showed no intention of stopping it.
And she was quite puzzled by his full support for the matter.
Could it be that the Star Cloud Saint Art truly holds some secret I am unaware of?
Gongsun Haoyue considered all the possible scenarios and took out the Star Cloud Saint Art provided by Jiang Liu again, examining it carefully.