Although he had Shangguan Dieche's guarantee, to prevent the information from leaking, Lin Chuan ultimately placed the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on her after obtaining her consent.
"Can you tell me why you're willing to follow my orders?"
After everything had been settled, Lin Chuan asked.
Could a mere verbal order from the first-generation sect master of the Jade Purity Sect really make such a prodigy willingly submit? Lin Chuan found it hard to believe.
"I hope that Patriarch can lead our Jade Purity Sect toward glory—true glory!"
"Although the Three Pure Ones Sect is closely connected, the competition among us is also fierce. Because the Jade Purity Sect does not possess one of the Three Pure Ones' supreme treasures, the Primordial Chaos Pearl, our status among the Three Pure Ones sects has always been low. This decline has lasted for a very long time, so long that the Jade Purity Sect is nearly falling out of the ranks of second-tier cultivation forces!" Shangguan Dieche said sorrowfully.
Decline was, by nature, a vicious cycle!
Because your sect was weaker, you would have less say than others. Then, because you lacked influence, you would lack resources. Next, because you lacked resources, your disciples would become weaker. And if the disciples were weak, the sect naturally could not be strong!
It was a process that continuously escalated. Perhaps at the beginning, the gap between both sides was relatively small, but in the end, one would discover that the difference had become as vast as heaven and earth!
The Jade Purity Sect was exactly like this!
The Supreme Purity and High Purity sects, both possessing immortal artifacts, had naturally been stronger than the Jade Purity Sect from the start. As time passed, that advantage had only grown more pronounced, leading to the current