The Pill Tower Three Giants' Predicament
While the Soul Hall was embroiled in a heated debate over the attack on the Langya Pavilion, the Pill Tower found itself in a similar predicament.
"Do you think we should establish a cooperative relationship with the Langya Pavilion?" Xuan Kongzi's snow-white eyebrows furrowed together.
At this moment, the Pill Tower Three Giants were gathered together for a meeting, with the Langya Pavilion's fearless "brutes" at the center of the meeting.
The Langya Pavilion had previously expressed its intention to unite with the Pill Tower, but the Three Giants had reservations and had not yet agreed.
But times have changed, and Langya Pavilion has demonstrated its attitude and strength.
"What's there to say? Unite! We must unite! I've had my eye on those rats from the Soul Hall for ages." This statement naturally came from the hot-tempered Tian Leizi.
"Perhaps we should reconsider, after all, Langya Pavilion's actions are too..."
Xuan Yi didn't finish her sentence, but her hesitation was obvious. In her view, Langya Pavilion was indeed very strong, and its attitude was upright, but it was just too ostentatious.
With the power of the Pill Tower, they had already figured out the deeper meaning behind the Langya Pavilion's actions—a typical battle of egos.
Although the Soul Hall was in the wrong first... oh, it seems the Soul Hall has never been in the right!
But to dare to openly and proactively attack the Soul Hall branch without suffering any losses or even gaining an advantage is, to say the least, in line with the style of the original Ice Saint —in a word, do it!
(Langya Pavilion: "Who said that? We've always kept a low profile!")
"I think Langya Pavilion's way of doing things is very much to my liking!" Tian Leizi knew the significance of it, so he lowered his voice and said weakly.
"Sigh!" Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi sighed, but didn't say anything more.
Tian Leizi's words actually represented the sentiments of many Alchemists in the Pill Tower. Over the years, the Soul Hall's covert attacks on Pill Tower Alchemist had become an open secret.
The latter, however, was helpless and could only engage in some futile protests. Compared to Pill Tower's somewhat weak performance, Langya Pavilion's style was much more popular.
If Langya Pavilion didn't rarely recruit Alchemist, many of its Pill Tower employees would probably have left long ago.
Even so, in comparison, many Alchemists have become disappointed with the Pill Tower.
After all, in their view, the Pill Tower was far stronger than the Langya Pavilion, yet it could not provide them with corresponding protection, so what was the point of joining this organization?
The Three Giants were keenly aware of this emerging trend, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the underlying reasons were generally unknown to the public.
Do they not want to fight? They simply lack the strength. Others may not know, but they know it perfectly well.
Back then, the Pill Tower did fight against the Soul Hall, and even gained the upper hand, but unfortunately, the Soul Palace had crystals! In terms of staying power, the Pill Tower was far inferior to the Soul Clan.
Even after that battle, Pill Tower's strength began to decline and has not recovered to this day.
Furthermore, although their Pill Tower is powerful, it is ultimately just a loose organization. While there are indeed many people with high cultivation levels, the combat strength of the Alchemist who are the main members is really hard to describe!
As for connections, hehe~
Connections won't help them deal with the powerful enemy, the Soul Hall!
If we're talking about powerhouses at the Dou Sheng level...
Although they exist, on the one hand, the patriarch is rarely seen throughout the year, only showing his face when the family is wiped out.
On the other hand, can you really expect a bunch of old men with thick beards who look like they need to catch their breath after just a few steps to fight against the Soul Hall?
Langya Pavilion is different.
Not to mention the Ice Saint is out in the open, there is also Grand Elder Ye Jianxin, who is suspected of breaking through to the Saint Realm, as well as the Langya Guard and Dou Zun Elder whose numbers are almost impossible to ascertain but absolutely terrifying.
The top and middle-tier combat forces of the Langya Pavilion are already no less than, and in some cases even surpass, those of the Pill Tower. Moreover, they are definitely combat personnel, incredibly formidable!
At the same time, they don't have any so-called "burden of being a strong person," as can be seen from the Ice Saint's past deeds and this revenge incident...
Fighting and brawling are common occurrences; they're not fighting for profit, they just want to prove themselves.
They never play by the rules when dealing with enemies. When they're serious, they can be genuinely polite, but when they're unruly, they're more thuggish than bandits.
Regardless, the Three Giants are now wavering on whether to join forces with the Langya Pavilion.
If the Pill Tower were to truly choose to join forces with the Langya Pavilion to deal with the Soul Hall, it would undoubtedly lose its principle of neutrality. Moreover... those old monsters in the Little Pill Tower might not agree.
But the Three Giants were reluctant to miss such a good opportunity, as there were not many strong individuals and forces left in the entire Central Plains who had the strength and courage to oppose the Soul Hall.
There was once Yao Chen was on good terms with them—he has disappeared.
Furthermore, by allying with the Langya Pavilion, Pill Tower would gain an additional ally— Sound Valley. Yin Gu's almost unwavering alignment with the Langya Pavilion is common knowledge!
It seems that the major powers, having joined forces, still possess the strength to have fought a battle against the Soul Hall.
"If Langya Pavilion withstands the Soul Hall's counterattack this time, we will push for a joint effort between the Pill Tower and Langya Pavilion," Xuan Kongzi finally decided.
No one else objected. In the eyes of the Three Giants, having suffered such a great loss, the Soul Hall would surely teach Langya Pavilion a lesson, otherwise it would threaten their position.
If Langya Pavilion fails to withstand this test, then the so-called alliance will be meaningless.
However, things didn't go as planned. Although the Three Giants seemed to look down on the Langya Pavilion,...
"How is this possible? The Soul Hall did absolutely nothing?" Tian Leizi exclaimed in shock.
Amidst the expectations of numerous forces, the Soul Hall responded in its own way, dispatching its Soul Hall Soul Envoy and Protector to launch a large-scale attack on the cities under the jurisdiction of the Langya Pavilion.
For a time, the fighting was fierce, but to everyone's surprise, what was expected to be further actions was that in the following month, at most only a few Venerable Elder were seen.
Those high-ranking Heavenly Venerable don't even have a hair on them.
This shocked many people. What use was such a bunch of lackeys? Could it be that the Soul Hall had backed down? There were many different opinions on this matter.
"My goodness, is Langya Pavilion comparable to the Soul Hall? Such a huge commotion, yet it ended so abruptly?" someone exclaimed in admiration.
"If you ask me, the Soul Hall is probably plotting something bad. Although the Langya Pavilion is strong, it's probably no match for the Soul Hall."
The Three Giants reunited. "I really didn't expect that Langya Pavilion would be so troublesome in the eyes of the Soul Hall," Xuan Kongzi sighed.
As a shrewd person, he naturally knew very well that Langya Pavilion's current strength was still quite a distance from that of the Soul Hall. The latter's retreat could only be because they found Langya Pavilion too formidable and were unwilling to fight it to the death.
"Now it's time to convince those old guys," Xuan Yi said solemnly, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.
Those old pedantic men in the Little Pill Tower were not easy to talk to. As soon as she thought about the prospects after the alliance, Xuan Yi began to get impatient. She still remembered how the Soul Hall gang had attacked Yao Chen!
"Yes, let's go to the Little Pill Tower," Xuan Kongzi said.