"Will the Sacred Pill Alliance join forces with us?" Yang Xia asked in return.
Meng Xing sipped his tea and remarked sarcastically, "Reach the Summit has fewer than ten Alchemy Masters. You've poached more people than that from my Sacred Pill Alliance over the last two years. Why not just use your old trick again? You could dismantle Reach the Summit and strengthen yourselves at the same time."
Yang Xia sneered. "Just because the Sacred Pill Alliance can't hold on to its people doesn't mean Reach the Summit can't. I admit that most of the Azure Dragon Academy's first-rate Alchemy Masters belong to the Sacred Pill Alliance, but there are plenty of unaffiliated Alchemy Masters.
"And some of the smaller alchemy groups might join Reach the Summit too.
"Think about the Four Directions Cauldron, then think about the benefits Reach the Summit is offering Alchemy Masters..."
Meng Xing's heart jolted at those words. He recalled the promise Tang Yan had made in public-every Alchemy Master would be equipped with a Teng Cauldron!
Those were genuinely fine cauldrons. Quite a few Alchemy Masters in the academy were scrimping and saving to buy one!
And they provided all the medicinal ingredients for alchemy, which would spare many Alchemy Masters a great deal of trouble... From every angle, Reach the Summit's benefits were beyond reproach.
"We can join forces to suppress them!" Meng Xing hardened his resolve and stopped hesitating. "Do you have a plan, Brother Yang?"
"Not yet. That's why I came to discuss it with you, Brother Meng."
As the head of the Sacred Pill Alliance, Meng Xing was meticulous and full of strategies. He rose and paced around the room before saying, "There are plenty of ways to strike at Reach the Summit. For example, we could have the Peak