Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City were far more shaken by Xu Yi than Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming were.
Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming had once hoped Xu Yi would earn merits for them. Now that he had, they no longer needed that as badly. They simply had more faith in Xu Yi himself, saw a bright future for him in the Tu Hun Alliance, and wanted to curry favor with him.
But after decades of plotting had come to nothing, Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City had now placed all their bets on Xu Yi.
Now that they saw even Spring City was so invested in Xu Yi that it had sent ore essences to help him break through, they feared he might compare the two sides and grow resentful of them.
When Xu Yi said he hoped to get some high-tier weapon spirits, the two agreed without a second thought and told him to wait for news.
As it turned out, Xu Yi didn't have to wait long. High-tier weapon spirits came pouring in from all four sides.
Those four were the Righteous Alliance, the Sea of Stars Alliance, the Spring City Council, and the Xing Tian Sect.
In less than three days, he had gathered more than eleven hundred high-tier weapon spirits: over eight hundred white rank, two hundred black rank, one purple rank, and not a single gold rank.
The Xing Tian Sect had contributed more than sixty percent of those eleven hundred-plus high-tier weapon spirits, and the purple-rank spirit had come from the sect as well.
Once he had gathered weapon spirits of every rank, Xu Yi went into seclusion again. Time was tight, and he needed to get started on the refinement.
After all, a high-tier divine weapon was nothing like