"Our Non-Inheriting Alliance now has twelve sects confirmed to participate, with another dozen or so still hesitating." Li Chuping explained the results of his outreach over the past few years to him one by one, lest this unreliable sect leader remain muddleheaded when the moment arrived.
"Among them are Yunzhang Blood Transformation, which you know, the Qin Sect of the Northwest, the Way of Harmony of the Southeast, and a few old friends from the Southwest. Mm, they're all small sects. The only sizable regional sect is the Qin Sect of the Northwest."
"As expected. They all have lofty ambitions and think they can hop about now that their wings have grown strong. The number doesn't matter; it's the attitude we want. Once the alliance is established, more will certainly join us in the future. Believe me, under pressure from the Daoist Sect and the Buddhist Sect, they won't hold out for long."
"But there's been a surprise. A White Waterfall Temple in the Northern Borderlands also wants to join the alliance..." Li Chuping hesitated. He was not quite sure what to make of it himself.
Hou Du found this rather amusing. "White Waterfall Temple? The Buddhist Sect?"
"Yes. There are many Buddhist kingdoms in the Northern Borderlands, and White Waterfall Temple is known as the Buddhist Sect's foremost heretical temple. Its territory isn't very large, but its way of doing things is rather unusual, not quite like mainstream Buddhist disciples. Should we accept them or not?"
Hou Du felt a headache coming on. He had no qualms about accepting members of the Demonic Sect, the Side Sect, or even minor Daoist sects, because a close examination of these traditions revealed traces of the Daoist Sect in every one. Counting back a hundred thousand years, they had all belonged to