When Yang Guo followed the four junior disciples to the Medicine Gate, she discovered that Lan Fang Ziyi, Yun Chao, and Qin Ming had already arrived.
The three were chatting with easy familiarity, while Yang Guo seemed somewhat out of place.
But she was not exactly friends with them anyway, so Yang Guo did not mind.
Once the Medicine Gate Master learned that Yang Guo had arrived, he summoned her directly.
Yang Guo had not expected the first thing the Medicine Gate Master said upon seeing her to be an apology.
"The young disciples have already reported what happened earlier to me. The responsibility lies with me. I am truly sorry."
Since even the master himself had bowed to her, she could hardly do nothing, so she returned a half-bow.
"Master, although it may be inappropriate for a disciple like me to bring this up, I still want to say that there is a saying: calamity should not spill over onto one's sect. Even if I personally had done something truly outrageous, my sect should never have been dragged into it."
The Medicine Gate Master stiffened slightly, and the weariness on his face deepened.
"I will personally apologize to your Sect Master another day."
Yang Guo was somewhat surprised. According to the Enforcement Hall's intelligence, the Medicine Gate Master was a rather aloof and proud man. In the past, someone of his temperament would never have said such a thing. Clearly, the Medicine Gate truly needed something from them this time.
Sure enough, the conversation that followed revolved almost entirely around forming an alliance.
The Medicine Gate Master spoke very plainly, and the negotiations progressed swiftly.
In just one day, they finalized the alliance.
They were all Upright Sects, after all. None of the five sects, including the Azure Tide