None of those who could join the Sword Alliance were fools. On the contrary, every one of them had considerable talent, or they would never have gathered in the Sword Alliance.
For that very reason, no one had asked much about Lu Jingxuan's recommendation. They had merely made a few perfunctory inquiries. After all, if the person he recommended proved mediocre, Lu Jingxuan would be the one to lose face after that person joined the Sword Alliance.
Moreover, Lu Jingxuan was formidable himself, so naturally, no one would invite embarrassment by vetoing his recommendation.
Lu Jingxuan had thought the same himself, and that was what he had told Qin Hao.
It was nothing more than going through the motions.
Yet Lu Jingxuan had never expected anyone to reject his proposal during what should have been a simple formality.
Such an action did not merely reject Qin Hao; it also rejected Lu Jingxuan by extension.
After all, Lu Jingxuan was the one who had recommended Qin Hao.
"I'm merely judging the facts," Pei Jinye said, his tone as indifferent as ever. "This person may have considerable talent in the Sword Dao, but he has only just joined the Qiankun Sect. How strong could he possibly be? In my opinion, we should revisit this matter later. If he truly possesses exceptional talent, it won't be too late to invite him into our Sword Alliance then."
Lu Jingxuan's expression had turned extremely ugly.
The others wore rather strange expressions as well. They felt that Pei Jinye was plainly targeting Lu Jingxuan.
That also left them somewhat puzzled.
Pei Jinye was a veteran of the Sword Alliance, having joined long ago. However, he was extremely aloof, and they had never heard of him having any conflicts with the others, especially Lu Jingxuan.
Now that