That made sense. If the Mist Hidden Sect cultivators wanted to snatch the Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures from Ling Tian and the others, they would have acted as soon as Tu Tian released the many cultivators. After all, the Demon Slayer Alliance cultivators had broken the rules first, giving them ample reason to intervene. Yet the Mist Hidden Sect cultivators had done nothing, which inevitably made many members of the Demon Slayer Alliance suspect that the Tu Family Brothers had been lying to them all along.
Tu Gui, however, wasn't worried in the least. Not only had he come up with a plausible excuse, but more importantly, the Demon Slayer Alliance cultivators were now all in the same boat as them.
It made sense. Everyone had agreed to release the controlled cultivators, which meant they had all broken their agreement. More importantly, they all wanted to capture Ling Tian and the others and claim the Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures in their possession. And as things stood, the only way to get those treasures was to join forces with the Tu Family Brothers. If anyone betrayed them now, Tu Tian would immediately order some of the controlled cultivators to attack them. Coupled with the formation's ability to attack, they would have little chance to resist.
That was why Tu Gui wasn't worried. Besides, he had already offered a fairly convincing explanation: the Mist Hidden Sect cultivators weren't holding back because they didn't intend to act; they knew they couldn't break through the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation in a short time.
"Exactly. The Mist Hidden Sect cultivators must have realized that once we brought out the Heaven Locking Pillars, they couldn't break through—not before we captured Ling Tian and the others, at any rate. Naturally, they won't act rashly, since doing so would put