Power was such a mesmerizing thing. Once obtained, no one wanted to lose it. That was what made the pills terrifying—once one submitted to them, there would be no room left for resistance.
This was especially true for experts in the Mahayana and Tribulation Transcendence stages. Their strength was already at the very peak; if the pills could grant them an additional thirty percent of strength out of thin air, it would be terrifying. Opponents they had once been unable to defeat could now be overcome, even crushed. And as their strength increased, the strength of the entire Three Pure Ones Sect would naturally rise as well. They would then be able to exert pressure on the other major factions and secure more influence and cultivation resources.
Lin Chuan's scheme had been laid out step by step, and it was an utterly open scheme.
How could those old foxes of the Three Pure Ones Sect possibly fail to see through his little intentions?
But what could they do even if they saw through them? They still had to jump in. This was simply something they could not refuse.
These great figures standing at the pinnacle of the world seemed to have reached the peak already, seeming free of all desires. But that was merely an illusion people believed in. The reason they appeared free of desire was only because what they wanted had surpassed the realm of ordinary people; ordinary things had long since ceased to interest them.
Yet the pills Lin Chuan had brought today were something even these great figures could not face calmly.
"Our Jade Purity Sect can agree to your request, but can the number of pills be increased somewhat?" Shangguan Hong asked after pondering for a moment.
The Jade Purity Sect had relatively the best