Daoist Zeshan had raised his banner high precisely because he had seen this point. He also knew that, given his own cultivation, without vast resources, it would have been utterly impossible for him to achieve much.
His actions had successfully indulged these pitiful people's fantasies, allowing him to obtain their resource support in his early days and ultimately attain his current accomplishments.
Times had changed. Daoist Zeshan was now an elder of Blood Sea Palace, an existence at the Body Integration stage.
But among those who had supported him back then, sparing no effort in contributing cultivation resources, how many had truly met a good end?
Others might not have known the full story behind these matters...
But Zi Shuang Pavilion had always stood between righteousness and evil. As a female cultivator, she naturally knew more than most.
In the hearts of such people, regardless of gender, everyone was merely a tool for him to exploit.
Naturally, the Profound Clarity Cave Master looked down on such a person from the bottom of her heart.
"Hmph! How could this old man not know the situation in Quicksand Land? The Treasure Umbrella fell into martial sister Shenwei's hands because she earned it through her own abilities."
"The Treasure Umbrella was originally ownerless. Naturally, whoever obtained it owned it."
"But things are different now. The Treasure Umbrella already belongs to my martial sister. Of all the fellow Daoists present, who did not witness that with their own eyes?"
"Besides, if Blood Sea Palace had not given its full support, how could this interspatial passage between the two realms have been opened so smoothly?"
"How could the Demon Extermination Plan have proceeded so smoothly?"
Daoist Zeshan gave a muffled snort. Ignoring the disgust in the Profound Clarity Cave Master's eyes, he spoke in a