After hearing what the visitor said, Chen Changan gestured for him to sit down before continuing, "So, according to you, the Heavenly Profound Sect is quite famous now?"
"Famous? Very famous indeed. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come calling so soon after hearing that people from your Heavenly Profound Sect had arrived."
"Oh? Who told you?"
"Or did you already know this was the lodging arranged for the Heavenly Profound Sect, and you've been watching every move here?"
"It amounts to the same thing."
"The Heavenly Profound Sect is a long way from here. Has word traveled that quickly? You all know already?"
"Well, this happened years ago, so it's hardly strange that we've heard about it. A completely obscure sect actually seized twenty territories across twenty regions in such a short time."
"And those territories all belonged to the strongest power in each region. Isn't that shocking enough?"
"That means the Heavenly Profound Sect wiped out all twenty powers single-handedly."
"The most interesting thing is that quite a few people couldn't understand the decision your Heavenly Profound Sect made. You actually chose to cooperate."
"You had other powers manage your territories for you, and even gave them fifty percent of the profits. Fifty percent from each of twenty territories—that's no small loss."
"What exactly was your Heavenly Profound Sect trying to achieve?"
Seeing his curious expression, Chen Changan smiled and said, "Could it be that the Heavenly Profound Sect wasn't strong enough to fully control so many territories, and came up with this solution instead?"
"Hahahahaha! You must be joking, my friend. If you weren't strong enough, how could you have destroyed so many powers? Judging by the timing of your Heavenly Profound Sect's expansion, those twenty powers were wiped out almost simultaneously, so seizing their territories didn't take you