Absolutely Worth Every Penny

"This fellow was quite popular."

On the high platform, Ye Xiu and Qi He watched Zhou Yunsheng greet everyone with a smile.

"Many people coveted his position, but he had indeed relied on his own abilities to reach where he was today."

Qi He's assessment of this subordinate serving in a key Alliance post was quite fair. "Sir, you also know that as the spiritual energy tides throughout the Azure Nether Realm grow increasingly vigorous, conflicts have become more and more frequent."

That was only natural.

Ye Xiu still remembered the opening lines of his favorite classic:

Long united, the realm must divide; long divided, it must unite.

The changes brought by the spiritual energy tides had altered the balance between strength and weakness, while instinct drove living beings ever upward.

When contradictions escalated beyond reconciliation, the final outcome was to use flesh and blood to determine who stood above whom.

And in such slaughter, the power of weapons needed no explanation.

Was that not precisely why the great sects placed such importance on the Gun Foundry?

Holding power in such a place, even the slightest bit of it, could drive countless people outside mad with desire.

Ye Xiu knew that people from other sects were present within the gun factory. There was no helping it.

After all, in the eyes of the entire cultivation world, someone like him was the outsider. If he wished to gain a foothold on this land, compromise was unavoidable.

"Zhou Yunsheng's position may not be the most important, but anyone with intent can still maneuver quite a few opportunities out of it. Since the positions with greater authority demand far too much professional expertise, quite a few people have tried to seek another path."

"Over these past three years, many people laid traps for