The two speakers discussing the Dao at this main forum were Elder Yu Xiu of Black Firmament Cave on Qingtong Mountain and Elder Wu Guan of Jun Mountain.
It was plain that the two were at loggerheads.
Black Firmament Cave was also a fairly well-known sect in the Central Region. Though it fell short of the Nine Sects and One Government, it still ranked among the notable sects.
In fact, most Nascent Soul Realm cultivators knew that Yu Xiu and Wu Guan shared a close relationship.
They were friends as well as rivals and often traveled together.
Whenever they were invited somewhere to lecture on the Dao, one would often speak while the other sang a contrary tune.
The members of these Central Region sects were all used to it.
"Now, Fellow Daoist Wu, you ought to know that the Immortal Dao Alliance's strategists don't just sit around eating for nothing."
Yu Xiu said, "Since this is the decision they've made, they naturally have their reasons."
Song Yan had heard of the Immortal Dao Alliance before.
Since ancient times, Demon Ruins Cultivators had emerged every few hundred years, so the Central Region had established the Immortal Dao Alliance long, long ago. Any sect in the Central Region that developed to a certain size qualified to join.
Ordinarily, they enjoyed discounts when trading with one another. When Demon Ruins Cultivators appeared and they needed to unite against their common enemy, each sect contributed people, funds, and effort in proportion to its size.
Xu Zhiye, Jun Mountain's previous eldest True Disciple, who had been dispatched to guard the Eastern Wilderness, and Senior Brother Liu Tianfang of the Sword-Washing Pool were examples. Wu Guan snorted. "Don't try to use that to pressure me. Naturally, our fellow Daoists in the Immortal Dao Alliance have