"So..." Xiao Hua asked, "Sect Leader Yun feared that once the Divine Blade Sect's purpose was exposed, it would create rifts with the various sects in the Ruins. That is why you wish to form an alliance with my Creation Sect, and even want this Xiao to join hands with you against the possible threats from the various sects!"
"Indeed!" Yun Che nodded. "The Creation Sect now enjoys immense renown within the Ruins, and True Person Xiao's battle against the Demon Emperor has spread his mighty name far and wide. Especially True Person Xiao's three friends—they have already become godlike figures in the Ruins. If I do not ally with the Creation Sect, where could I find a more suitable choice?"
"Sect Leader Yun, this counts as an internal matter of your Ruins, does it not?" Xiao Hua refused to yield. "It would not be appropriate for my Creation Sect to get involved!"
"Actually... True Person Xiao need not worry too much!" Yun Che said with an ingratiating smile. "The Divine Blade Sect only wishes to borrow the Creation Sect's prestige through this alliance. My Divine Blade Sect may not necessarily go to war with the other sects, and naturally, we would never ask the Creation Sect to turn its butcher's blade upon fellow human cultivators. True Person Xiao and his friends need only deter Liu Wuxie of the Misty Sect and Mo Lianxi of the Incense-Passing Cult."
"Sect Leader Yun has quite the calculation!" Xiao Hua sighed, gazing at the drifting clouds in the sky as though deep in thought.
Yun Che hurriedly smiled along. "Not at all. It is merely borrowing a tiger's might beneath the fox's pelt; I ask only that True Person Xiao grant my request! I dare not trust other human cultivators either. Should I