At the Profound Wonder Temple, Patriarch Yuanqing sought [Far-Sighted Eagle]'s advice. "Sir, the Righteous Alliance's latest movements have just been announced. What do you make of this?"
Every step of [Far-Sighted Eagle]'s strategy had produced remarkable results, and Patriarch Yuanqing's faith in him had become almost blind.
The knowledge of another world's systems that the Heaven-Sent Ones had revealed had also inspired many cultivators of the Seven Righteous Sects and Five Demon Sects. At present, the two sides were as close as honey mixed with oil.
Of course, Patriarch Yuanqing remained wary of the players, but that did not stop him from using them against Lin Bai.
"A normal reaction," [Far-Sighted Eagle] said with unruffled confidence. "Lin Bai is domineering and likes to seize the initiative in everything. In just a few days, the Righteous Alliance's sphere of activity has been squeezed into the Taiyi Kingdom. Naturally, that chafes, and he wants to bare his fangs and claws at us. That's normal. If he'd swallowed this humiliation without a sound, we'd have to consider whether we'd done something wrong!
"Lin Bai even found an excuse: laying Magpie Bridges for Taichu and Taihao while apprehending Ancestor Chilian and Song Yaoqing. That already exposes his true nature—fierce on the outside, weak within, and unwilling to start a war.
"After all, he once forcibly attacked the Beast Taming Hall after it surrendered, supposedly to rescue demon beasts. That proves he isn't a reasonable man.
"As the saying goes, the barefoot have nothing to fear from those wearing shoes. Back then, Lin Bai had nothing and feared no losses, so naturally, he acted without restraint. Now he has interests to weigh and attachments to worry about. Of course he no longer dares do whatever he pleases.
"According to Lin Bai's own theory of laws,