As though they had arranged it beforehand, the Five Great Sects moved simultaneously, seeking to seize more territory and resource sites in the Yan Kingdom. They were both partners and rivals.
It looks like the Hehuan Sect and Crescent Moon Valley are making their moves too.
Although the Five Great Sects are cooperating now, if we meet during a mission, we might not truly "join forces."
At that thought, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Liu Yu's mouth, and he continued on without slowing his steps.
Before long, the four arrived at a spacious plaza in the eastern part of the city.
The plaza had been cleared beforehand, leaving none of the city's cultivators present.
More than a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators had already arrived. Those who knew nothing gathered together in animated discussion, speculating about the sect's next move.
These cultivators all belonged to the Primordial Yang Sect. None were from the Chu Kingdom's other factions.
The alliance between the Five Great Sects of Chu was not a deep one. They had merely joined forces against the Yan Kingdom, while each still managed its own cultivators and factions.
Sect disciples and subordinate forces remained under their own sect's jurisdiction. If another sect wanted to command them, it would find that impossible.
As for the Five Great Sects' subordinate forces, no matter how high their cultivation, they could scarcely influence the five sects' decisions. Most of the time, they could only obey orders.
Like magical artifacts in a cultivator's hands, they were ultimately nothing more than tools.
"Li Buyu," "Jing Yongqing," "Bai Yuxuan," "Qin Qing."
Liu Yu led the other three into the plaza. A sweep of his gaze revealed many familiar cultivators, all sect disciples, without a single cultivator from the subordinate forces.
Still, that made sense.