"An alliance?"
At those words, Old Yao and the others were all taken aback, then fell into thoughtful silence.
"Leaving aside the Hun Clan, Soul Hall alone possesses enough strength to make Starfall Pavilion look up to them. Starfall Pavilion and Soul Hall are practically irreconcilable enemies. In the future, a true all-out clash is likely inevitable."
Xiao Yan nodded slightly and said softly, "With Starfall Pavilion's strength alone, if it truly comes to that, the chances of our defeat will be extremely high. Therefore, if we want to contend with Soul Hall, we must seek allies."
"That won't be easy. Soul Hall is far too powerful. Other than us, who would dare oppose them?"
Cai Lin frowned slightly.
"Precisely because Soul Hall is so overbearing, we have an opportunity..."
Xiao Yan smiled. "Those people have committed plenty of atrocities in order to collect souls. Take Pill Tower, for example—they hate Soul Hall to the bone. If they weren't wary of Soul Hall's strength, they likely would have gathered people and fought them long ago."
Soul Hall's favorite pastime was collecting powerful souls, and most people with exceptionally powerful souls were alchemists. Over the years, no one knew how many alchemists in the Central Continent had been secretly targeted by Soul Hall. Pill Tower knew of these matters too; they had merely endured them all this time.
"Pill Tower's strength is indeed not weak, but Pill Tower's Three Giants should only be at the Peak Dou Zun level, right? Such strength poses little threat to Soul Hall."
Xiao Yi Xian hesitated.
"Those are merely Pill Tower's external forces. If that were all they had, what right would Pill Tower have to become the sacred land in the hearts of alchemists? What right would they have to stand alongside Soul Hall?"