Daoxuan True Person sat upright at the head of the grand hall, his expression calm, without joy, without sorrow, without anger, without worry, like the statue behind him, giving off a sense of distance.
"As for Incense Valley, how do you think we should handle it?" Daoxuan True Person did not continue discussing Tian Buyi's descent from the mountain, but instead changed the subject.
"No matter how we treat Incense Valley, it cannot escape the fate of vanishing from the cultivation world a hundred years from now." Tian Buyi voiced his thoughts.
A sect's defining cultivation method had not only been spread by others, but a way to counter it had even appeared. With a thousand years of inheritance, if Yun Yilan truly had great ability and could improve the cultivation method within a hundred years, or create one even more formidable than the "Incense Jade Tome," then perhaps there was still a great chance for Incense Valley to continue existing.
Otherwise...
"Have you ever thought about it? Why does Tianyin not want Azure Cloud and Incense to grow closer?"
"Sect Master means... the marriage alliance?" Tian Buyi looked at Daoxuan, wanting to confirm.
Daoxuan gave a slight nod.
"It is merely a three-legged balance of power. Tianyin does not want this balance broken. If we marry into Incense, then Tianyin will be invisibly isolated and weakened."
Daoxuan nodded again. "Then what if Tianyin and Incense form an alliance?"
Tian Buyi abruptly raised his head. He did not know what Daoxuan meant by this, but if it truly was like the first reaction that flashed through his mind, then Azure Cloud would be in danger.
"How could we Azure Cloud be afraid?" Tian Buyi was very confident in his sect's strength. Now, even if Tianyin and Incense formed an alliance