Cloud-Rain Marsh Alliance

Du Wanyi pondered for a moment. "This organization first arose within the Water Dragon Sect. The reason was that some seniors from the many wards of our Cloud-Rain Marsh were not having an easy time inside the Water Dragon Sect."

"Later, several seniors with closer ties joined together of their own accord, helping one another and exchanging all manner of resources and information. Only then were they able to gain a foothold."

"As time passed, the organization gradually spread into the wards of our Cloud-Rain Marsh as well."

"Cultivators like us, who have yet to join the Water Dragon Sect, also band together in advance."

Ji Yuan listened with utmost attention, and once she had finished, he asked:

"Does this Mutual Aid Association not have any alliance covenants or rules?"

If the rules were too strict, he would have to consider it carefully.

Du Wanyi nodded lightly. "There are three alliance covenants. First, if a disciple of the Association encounters a life-or-death crisis, the other disciples must do their utmost to help him through it.

"Second, if a disciple of the alliance suffers a tragic death, the other disciples must do their utmost to avenge him.

"Third, disciples of the alliance may not kill one another. If there is a conflict, it should be mediated and resolved within the alliance."

Ji Yuan frowned slightly after hearing this. "The 'do one's utmost' in the first two covenants... what counts as doing one's utmost? And as for the third, if two people truly wished to fight to the death, would the Association really stop them?"

"Doing one's utmost means acting within one's means."

Du Wanyi's beautiful peach-blossom eyes fixed on Ji Yuan as she blinked a few times. "Take the present, for example. If someone in our Association offended the Water Dragon