Ye Lin looked at the nine light screens before him and stroked his chin.
"Alliance Leader Ye, since you wish to know, we will tell you everything. Ask, and we shall answer."
One of the nine light screens slowly spoke. It showed a white-bearded old man who looked immortal and otherworldly, his face wreathed in a kindly smile.
"Good. Please introduce the forces behind each of you."
"Since Alliance Leader Ye has asked, we shall answer. I am from the Heavenly Blade Sect. Our disciples chiefly cultivate blade techniques."
"I am from the Sword Sect. Our disciples chiefly cultivate sword techniques."
"I am..."
After the brief introductions, Ye Lin nodded and committed all ten major sects to memory.
"Everyone, I also need a general idea of your strength, as well as your true intentions."
Once Ye Lin finished speaking, the great hall fell silent. A faction's strength was a closely guarded secret, something no one could reveal.
No sect would be stupid enough to tell others the full extent of its foundations.
Thus, after hearing Ye Lin's question, they hesitated.
"It is inconvenient to speak of specifics. Our ten major sects are roughly equal in strength. Let us put it this way: beneath Five-Tribulation Loose Immortals, we fear no one."
Hearing this, Ye Lin nodded. From that single statement, he had completely grasped the strength of the ten major sects before him.
"Rest assured, Alliance Leader Ye. Since we have chosen an alliance, we will not retreat. After all, in the future, we will still have to rely on you."
One of them fixed Ye Lin with sharp eyes, and a clap of thunder suddenly rang through the void.
What they cared about was not the alliance itself. Aside from the Deep Sea Royal Clan and the Deep Sea Imperial