Yet in private, this was not the first time Yu Xiaogang had heard rumors of Xue Qinghe's deep scheming!
Rumor had it that the deaths of several of the Snow Emperor's sons were all connected to this crown prince!
That offered a glimpse of the royal struggle for succession!
"You flatter us, Your Highness. An alliance between the Clear Sky Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire is merely the way the tide is turning!"
"Spirit Hall has gone against all that is right these past years. It should have been taught a lesson long ago. Since no one is willing to take the lead, why not let the Clear Sky Sect do it?"
Yu Xiaogang pondered briefly, then looked into Qian Renxue's eyes as he spoke, as though trying to discern something within them!
"Hmph!"
"What a treacherous, arrogant fool. Do you know what you're saying?"
"If Spirit Hall were so easy to deal with, would we need you to take the lead? Are you still dreaming?"
Qian Renxue shook her head and glanced at Yu Xiaogang before her. She simply found this fellow as incomprehensible as an idiot!
Wasn't the prevailing tide precisely that of Spirit Hall standing unrivaled across the continent?
How had it become a tide favoring an alliance between Heaven Dou and the Clear Sky Sect when it came out of his mouth?
To keep this fellow from interfering with her mission, she shook her head and said:
"Father Emperor, I advise you to consider this carefully. If the Clear Sky Sect were truly so formidable, it wouldn't have been beaten into seclusion twenty years ago!"
The Snow Emperor smiled faintly beside them. He had no desire to discuss the argument between his crown prince and Yu Xiaogang!
He understood the advantages and disadvantages all too