Unexpectedly Smooth Negotiations and a Sudden Twist

When Ye Xiu proved so easy to talk to, Daoist Huai Jin did not stand on ceremony and spoke with a smile.

"This matter is ultimately about the Spirit Grain. There is no need to say more about its effects, but under the present circumstances, the current supply is somewhat insufficient."

"We once sent people to Qingyang Group to inquire, but the answer we received in the end was vague and evasive. That makes things rather delicate."

Daoist Huai Jin smiled as he spoke, yet there was not the slightest trace of amusement in his eyes.

The sect cultivators who had emerged from the barbaric age had never cared for such notions as civilization. They had always been accustomed to relying on their own strength to seize and plunder.

The effects of this Spirit Grain were so excellent. If they did not hurry up and get their hands on it, would they not simply be watching a pearl gather dust?

The only reason they had not acted directly was out of consideration for the Alliance in Heyang City.

Do not think that merely because many great sects were a level stronger, they could act with complete impunity.

It had been said before that the Alliance forces in Heyang City differed greatly from other factions. Their own strength might not be worth fearing; if a first-rate sect were truly willing to pay the price, it could wipe them out.

Yet the consequences of destroying Heyang City were something the vast majority of sects could not bear.

The individual strength of the countless independent cultivators gathered here was still far inferior to that of the cultivators within their sects, but there were simply too many of them.

If Heyang City fell, these independent cultivators, who had developed thoughts of resistance over the