Inside the Lishui Sect's great hall.
Yan Cang and Luo Xiangli, the leaders of the two sects, requested on the spot to join the Four Symbols Sect.
Their words were earnest, their resolve firm.
Afraid that Mo Nancang would refuse, they even made all manner of promises to demonstrate their sincerity.
Though their decision seemed sudden, the logic behind it was clear.
Both sects now faced the external threat of the Yin Baleful Sect, while their own resources and spirit veins had shrunk by half.
The Four Symbols Sect, by contrast, had not only seen its resources soar.
It had also produced a peak sixth-grade Alchemy Master and was about to soar into the heavens in a single flight.
Moreover, the three sects' joint resistance against the Yin Baleful Sect had laid a foundation of cooperation and mutual trust.
With all these factors combined, the leaders of the two sects naturally made the wisest decision.
What was more, they dared not hesitate at all.
If they were a step too late, and other experts from Purple Cloud Prefecture joined the Four Symbols Sect first, there would be nothing left for them.
At that moment, Mo Nancang instinctively looked toward Gu Chenfeng.
He saw Gu Chenfeng give him a discreet nod, looking as though he had expected this all along.
Mo Nancang knew.
This, too, was something Gu Chenfeng had planned in advance.
The lad's aim was not merely to preserve the Four Symbols Sect's existing resources.
He intended to take the Cloudwatch Mountains, the entire spirit vein, and the personnel and supplies of the Redfire Sect and the Lishui Sect.
Even the Yin Baleful Sect's resources-he meant to plunder every resource in sight, leaving nothing behind.
This was truly the pinnacle of "catching a white wolf empty-handed," a feat of