At the words "enter Shu," Yao Buzhou had a flash of inspiration, as if a path had suddenly opened before him, and he grew excited at once.
"Junior Brother, don't you think now is the best time to enter Shu?"
Hearing Yao Buzhou's question, Li Mu's opinion of this senior brother rose another notch. It seemed the sect leader's eldest disciple was not entirely useless after all.
Since he knew the situation was unfavorable, he wanted to turn it into a strategic contest and narrow the gap between the two sides as much as possible.
"Senior Brother Yao, don't forget that our Mount Hua Sect is a prestigious righteous sect. If we march west now, what will the people of the martial world think?
Besides, the martial world of the Shu Region is no soft persimmon. If those major forces truly unite, we won't be able to take them down in any short amount of time.
Is Senior Brother prepared to wear them down for ten years, or twenty?
In addition, we must also consider the stance of the four sects. Once we devote all our strength to entering Shu, the Five Mountains Alliance will exist in name only.
Without the Five Mountains Alliance, our Mount Hua Sect would only be a powerful regional sect, no longer possessing the ability to dominate the structure of the martial world as we do now.
That is a price we cannot afford."
A prestigious righteous sect had to care about face, and acting with a proper cause was essential. Although the opportunity to enter Shu had appeared, the fat piece of meat that was the Shu Region was simply too large; it could choke the Mount Hua Sect to death outright.
Putting everything else aside, manpower alone was a huge problem. With the