Though the Freedom Guild, being under the Dragon King Hall, appeared to hold a lower status than ordinary first-rate powers, Wang Zhao remembered how Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had split apart in the original timeline, and how the Spirit Pagoda founded by Huo Yuhao might also become a hostile force. Thus, he had always insisted that the Freedom Guild and the Dragon King Hall were one indivisible whole.
As for the Freedom Guild's status, after all these years of development, it had come to play an important role in every aspect of life across the continent. Thanks to its freedom and excellent bounty system, even Soul Masters belonging to many powers handled business through the Freedom Guild. Having emerged from the old Hunter Soul Master community, the Freedom Guild was already showing signs of replacing some of Spirit Hall's social functions.
Naturally, all the major powers eyed this greedily. However, constrained by the Dragon King Hall's strength, no one dared snatch food from the Freedom Guild's bowl. Yet while they could not take a bite directly, some noticed that the Freedom Guild's branches had spread throughout the continent. Though it still could not compare to Spirit Hall, its foundations were already the second largest on the continent.
Could the Dragon King Hall truly manage such an enormous foundation on its own?
Figures like Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye had considered this issue. Because of that, they had previously approached Wang Zhao, proposing to establish themselves within the Freedom Guild and help...
Pah. There was no need to talk about helping. They simply wanted a share of the pie.
Wang Zhao was no fool. He merely promised Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye's people a few inconsequential benefits to brush them off, while the Freedom Guild's real authority remained firmly