There were quite a few Yinsha Golden Cores, but as the saying went, not a single Golden Core was expendable. Besides, they had just lost Han Ji.
Moreover, they had anticipated that they might encounter opposition from the Supreme Clarity Sect, so they had brought in another force—the Ten Directions Platform.
There was no choice. Of the four major sects, the Azuresteel Sect had only just fought Liba Beach. No one knew how it had been resolved in the end, but they could not count on the Azuresteel Sect in the short term. Otherwise, it would amount to spending the Azuresteel Sect's credibility.
The Yin Sha Sect had even heard that Yue Qing of Azuresteel had been frequently meeting Feng Jun, making negotiations even more difficult. If word leaked, who would bear the blame? Thus, they could only choose from the Five Platforms.
There were not many among the Five Platforms willing to offend both the Supreme Clarity Sect and Red Phoenix at once. Heavenheart Platform, where Ji Busheng was, was even less dependable.
But there was one rather special force among them—the Ten Directions Platform.
The Ten Directions Platform was nominally a sect force, but most of its disciples focused on trade and maintained good relations in all directions. The only party they did not get along with was Tiantong. There was not even a Tiantong branch in the Ten Directions marketplace.
At the previous mundane communications conference, the Ten Directions Platform had expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Tiantong's monopoly over mundane communications. They had kicked up a huge fuss, demanding that Tiantong surrender a share of the market.
Tiantong paid them no heed. Not only in this plane—even in the plane above, Tiantong's backing was no weaker than the Ten Directions Platform's.
The Ten Directions Platform bore a grudge,