Hu Xianxian sighed mournfully. "The sect was established atop Qingqiu Mountain in the heart of the Ghost Domain. Though no one has broken in and occupied it, its situation is hardly any better."
Lu Feng did not understand.
Artisan Hero sighed. "After we withdrew back then, although we activated the sect formation, countless petty factions still took advantage of the chaos to loot us. The worst among them were the Heavenly Fiend Alliance of Heavenly Fiend City and the Blood River Sect of Blood River City. Both overestimated themselves, wanting to replace our Ghost Gate and become the new rulers of the Ghost Domain."
Feng Sen snickered disdainfully. "Pity their strength was lacking. In the end, they wound up like dogs biting dogs, fighting outside the sect for days and nights."
Hu Xianxian sneered and continued, "Yet when neither could do anything to the other, they both seemed to lose their heads and moved their territories beneath Qingqiu Mountain, each claiming the east and west. They guarded this juicy piece of meat and refused to let other factions come near."
"Even after all these years, it remains the same. Neither submits to the other, and neither gives the other a chance to storm the mountain."
"Thus, although our Ghost Gate's Sect Protecting Grand Formation no longer possesses its former might, not a single faction has dared launch a direct assault. They have all remained locked in a stalemate."
Lu Feng asked with concern, "The Heavenly Fiend Alliance and Blood River Sect never considered joining forces to divide the spoils?"
Artisan Hero smiled with wicked arrogance. "At first, the Blood River Sect killed the biological younger brother of the Heavenly Fiend Alliance's Alliance Leader, and the two sides formed an irreconcilable blood feud. Later, even if they wanted to cooperate, they