As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the people from the other sects grew even stranger.
Everyone knew that the Ever-Peace Nine Yang Gate had dwindled, with only its Sect Master wielding astral force and three Pill Embracement Disciples.
The Yichuan Nine Yang Gate, meanwhile, had three astral force experts and over twenty Pill Embracement Disciples. Though it could hardly be called a major sect, it was far larger than the branch in Ever-Peace.
Yet the Changning branch was clearly the legitimate line, while the Yichuan branch had broken away during the internal strife years ago.
"Senior Brother Mu, considering that we share the same roots, we would welcome you if you led your disciples back to the legitimate line. We would also provide sufficient resources, along with our sect's orthodox cultivation manual and cultivation methods," Gu He said with a smile.
As soon as he finished, anger appeared on the faces of Fang Han, Li Yong, and the others. But they also knew that the Yichuan branch had taken advantage of the thirty-eighth Sect Master's passing to split away amid internal strife, carrying off the vast majority of the sect's collected texts. Besides cultivation manuals, these included secret sword, saber, and spear techniques. Now, the only secret Pill Embracement technique left to their Changning branch was the True Yang Cotton Palm. To learn other Pill Embracement combat techniques, such as sword or saber techniques, they had to find them elsewhere. Those outside techniques did not necessarily fit their sect's internal cultivation manual perfectly, leaving them at a disadvantage in overall combat strength.
"It's still broad daylight, Gu He. Why have you already started dreaming?" Mu Xuanzhou said coolly.
Gu He gave a faint sneer. Others might not know, but he knew perfectly well that Mu Xuanzhou had