"How could the Shanghua Sect possibly seize the spirit stone mine at Deerfall Mountain by force???" The flying boat traveled on for a long while before everyone's emotions gradually settled. Although the scale of the recent confrontation had not been particularly great, the situation had been truly bizarre. Zhu Chenghe could not help frowning as he looked toward Chen Yi.
"Indeed! Creek Country has only so many spirit stone mines, and they have long been controlled by the major sects. Moreover, a balance has formed over the past several hundred thousand years. The Shanghua Sect would not likely act so rashly!" Chen Yi was equally puzzled.
"Could it be that the Shanghua Sect has set its sights on Deerfall Mountain?" Qiang Yuefeng asked hesitantly.
"Impossible! If the Shanghua Sect wished to swallow up Deerfall Mountain, the Xunyan Sect and Seven Wonders Sect would be the first to refuse!" Chen Yi shook her head. "Besides, the Shanghua Sect did not slaughter the Deerfall Mountain disciples ruthlessly just now. Even that cultivator surnamed Ming was released by them. It seems their target is the spirit stone mine!"
"Seizing a spirit stone mine would inevitably upset the balance of power among Creek Country's three cultivation sects!!!" Zhu Chenghe said in further astonishment. "The Shanghua Sect is drinking poison to quench its thirst!"
"Not necessarily!" Chen Yi sneered, her gaze falling upon a stretch of darkness beyond the Gale Force Wind. "Perhaps other sects have such thoughts as well..."
"Ah???" Zhu Chenghe and the others were not as utterly baffled as Xiao Hua. Even Qiang Yuefeng and Xie Zhiqian understood something from those words, and all of them cried out in shock inwardly before falling silent, seemingly deep in thought.
Xiao Hua could not make sense of so many tangled complications. Seeing that the