That was true. Young Master Joyful and the others were still useful to them. For example, they could use their people to make arrangements in the God Realm and destroy secret Teleportation Formations. All of that would be crucial when facing Venerable Sword Saint and the cultivators from the God Realm's major alliances in the future. For those reasons alone, they needed Young Master Joyful and the others to remain in the alliance.
What Chi Xue and the others worried about even more, though, was that if Young Master Joyful and the others left the alliance, they might side with Venerable Sword Saint. They knew too many of Chi Xue and the others' secrets and weaknesses. If they joined forces with Venerable Sword Saint and the cultivators from the God Realm's major alliances, they would pose a tremendous threat to Chi Xue and the others. That was why Chi Xue had used every means at his disposal to pressure and entice them into staying in the alliance.
"Mm, that's right. If they join forces with Venerable Sword Saint, they'll pose an even greater threat to us," the Jade Devouring Sky Python said gravely. Then, remembering something, it changed its tone. "But even if you use every means to pressure and entice them, that doesn't guarantee they won't leave the alliance and join forces with Venerable Sword Saint later. What will we do if that happens?"
Without waiting for Chi Xue to answer, it continued, "By then, we may have no choice but to join forces with the Po Family Brothers. But we don't have many people, and we won't have an advantage when setting up or destroying Teleportation Formations. We'll still be in great danger if Venerable Sword Saint and the others hunt us down."
"Don't worry. Unless they have