In Qian Province, a small city under Jing County, there is a luxuriously decorated mansion.
"Are you sure this news is true?" a deep-voiced Man in Black asked, looking at another Man in Black in front of him.
"Young master, this news is confirmed to be true," a Man in Black with a slightly shrill voice replied, clasping his hands in a fist salute.
"If these two factions were to actually unite, our situation would become even more difficult."
"How did your talks with the Haotian Sect members go?" the deep-voiced black man continued.
"Most of the people from the Haotian Sect have been imprisoned. Even those who were released have completely defected to the Flowing Cloud Sect or the Star Moon Sect."
"However, I have already arranged for people to try to contact the people guarding the Haotian Sect," the Man in Black replied in a sharp voice.
"Good. As long as we can rescue the people from the Haotian Sect, they will definitely cooperate with us sincerely, and then we will have the means to fight against them."
The Man in Black, with a deep voice, spoke excitedly.
"And what about those rebels in Mo Province? Have they agreed to surrender?"
"This," the sharp-voiced Black man hesitated.
"What? Given our current situation, is there anything we can't say?"
"Yes, young master. They made an outrageous demand, asking for the Jade Diagram Manual before they would agree."
Upon hearing these words, the Man in Black, whose voice was deep, suddenly became unsteady.
The Jade Diagram Manual is one of the three great martial arts techniques of the royal family. He brought all these important techniques with him when he escaped this time.
Sun Yunlu, Cheng Tian, Tang Fei, who are secretly developing in Mo Province, want one of his three major cultivation techniques. This is simply wishful thinking.
But considering his current situation, if he wanted to continue to unite with others, he would have no choice but to compromise, no matter how unwilling he was.
The Man in Black, with a deep voice, waved his hand and said helplessly, "Then let's give them the first move first. If they perform well, then we can give them the next one."
"Yes! Then I'll go take care of things first," the Man in Black replied in a sharp voice.
"Wait a minute, what about Yu Qi and He Baiyi in Dui Province? What have they decided?"
"The two of them haven't responded, which probably means they're determined to distance themselves from us."
Upon hearing this, the Man in Black, whose voice was deep, fell silent for a moment. Finally, he waved his hand helplessly and said, "Alright, you can go now!"
The Man in Black, with a shrill voice, cupped his hands in greeting, turned, and walked out.
But after he left, he sighed to himself, though he knew in his heart that he knew the truth.
Even if they could unite with the remaining forces of the Haotian Sect and all the remaining Grandmaster of the Martial Prohibition Hall.
I'm afraid they'll be just as powerless to contend with the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect.
Not to mention Jiang Liu, who has already advanced to the Peak Grandmaster.
Furthermore, it is rumored that Jiang Liu is now capable of fighting three Peak Grandmaster all by himself.
Jiang Liu alone possesses such formidable combat power; how can they possibly continue to fight against the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect?
However, no matter how many times he advised the emperor, the emperor refused to leave the Great Qian Continent. What could he do?
That's right, the two Man in Black are Wei Jin and Jiang Lan.
No one would have expected that Jiang Lan, Wei Jin, and the others would escape to a small town under Qian Province and hide there.
Moreover, in recent years, they have actually managed to gather quite a few of their former subordinates.
The scattered warriors of the Great Qian Imperial Family have been secretly gathered together by them.
The people they brought before, plus the people they've gathered over the years, make up quite a large group.
Although they have a large number of people, they lack high-end combat capabilities.
So now they've set their sights on the remaining Haotian Sect warriors imprisoned by the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect, as well as the Grandmaster previously left the Martial Prohibition Hall.
However, these were merely Jiang Lan's delusions born of her unwillingness to accept defeat.
Even if we could gather all the remaining Grandmaster of the Haotian Sect and the remaining Grandmaster of the Martial Prohibition Hall, what good would it do?
Moreover, these Grandmaster may not necessarily be genuinely willing to cooperate with them.
Perhaps in the minds of those Grandmaster, cooperating with them is not as good as directly joining the Flowing Cloud Sect or the Star Moon Sect?
At least this is more reliable, and I believe the compensation won't be too much different.
You should know that the people of Haotian Sect had always looked down on the Great Qian Imperial Family.
They are even more powerful than the people of the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect.
Now, do you want them to put aside their prejudices and cooperate seamlessly with Jiang Lan?
That's really wishful thinking; they don't know their own limitations.
As for the remaining Grandmaster of the Martial Prohibition Hall, they were probably thinking of taking this opportunity to make a killing off Jiang Lan.
Judging from the current situation, they probably do have a chance of succeeding.
Although Wei Jin had already foreseen this outcome, he had no choice but to comply in order to make Jiang Lan give up completely.
Immediately, Wei Jin began to carry out Jiang Lan's orders, continuing to send people to contact the people guarding the Haotian Sect.
In fact, after several years of investigation, he had completely figured out the habits of those people.
I am fully confident that I can cater to their preferences, and then find an opportunity to rescue a few of the Grandmaster of the Haotian Sect.
Moreover, he believed that those Grandmaster of the Haotian Sect must be filled with resentment after being imprisoned by the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect for so long.
Even if they cannot cooperate sincerely, Wei Jin believes that they will definitely do their best to disrupt the true alliance between the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect.
And by doing this, they have already achieved their goal.
Back then, when he and Jiang Lan escaped from Tian Province, they did indeed intend to flee the Great Qian Continent directly.
However, just after escaping Tian Province and arriving in Qian Province, Jiang Lan suddenly stopped.
Clearly, he was still unwilling to admit defeat.
Especially after the announcement that he should show up, otherwise the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect would slaughter his family.
This made him unable to bear it any longer, if Wei Jin hadn't knocked him unconscious those few days.
It's likely he really will, and will directly show up and head to Tian Province.
Although, when Jiang Lan woke up, she did give Wei Jin a thorough dressing down.
However, he eventually calmed down.
However, from then on, he would only show his face to people when he was dressed in all black, wearing a mask and a veil, and they would call him "Young Master".
Wei Jin thought that this was their emperor doing this to hide his identity, and didn't think much of it.
Therefore, they subsequently went into hiding in a remote town in Jing County Qian Province, while secretly gathering their old followers and expanding their influence.
At this moment, the entire Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect were quite frightened by the news that Jiang Liu was preparing to marry Gongsun Haoyue.
Especially the elders within both sects who had previously opposed the alliance between the two sects.
They were truly filled with anxiety and unease, fearing that once the two factions officially joined forces, they would be targeted and purged.