"Heh, Big Brother Wind, you misunderstand. It's because the south is rather chaotic recently."
Xie Yi smiled while sitting down across from Night Rain Follows Wind and explained his actions in a perfunctory manner. "For the benefits of our brothers in the alliance, I've come into quite a number of conflicts with Chivalry Sect, and I'm worried that they will try to launch a sneak attack on me instead of challenging me to a fair fight!"
The young man who spoke possessed quite the bearing and demeanor, especially when he had five guards standing behind him. They looked around the entire area, and many of the players on the first floor did not dare approach them after they received a warning and threatening look.
There was silence at the table for a time.
When Night Rain Follows Wind saw that, he shook his head repeatedly.
'He just refuses to regret his actions!'
In the beginning, Abyss Tower was just a small sect affiliated to Wind and Rain Sect. When Night Rain Follows Wind set up the alliance, he made Xien Yi an exception when he promoted him out of a dozen other sect masters to become the vice alliance master of Wind and Rain Alliance.
Xie Yi then relied on the resources Wind and Rain Alliance obtained to rise from the ashes and enjoy various successes!
He was a very talented person. In the beginning, he relied on Night Rain Follows Wind's fame and prestige to manage everything in an orderly fashion, which allowed him to gain quite a number of sects' trust. He grew rather popular in time, and when Night Rain Follows Wind went to carry out a quest for Beggar's Sect, Xie Yi quietly obtained public resources as well as abused his power for his personal gain and Abyss Tower…
Abyss Tower had developed rapidly with his help, and it quickly became the second largest sect in Wind and Rain Alliance!
Night Rain Follows Wind might have heard about it, but he did not intervene too much. He only asked Xie Yi to act in moderation. After all, Xie Yi was also the leader of a sect, and it was excusable for him to gain some benefits for his sect.
But recently, some of the actions Xie Yi did made him unable to stand by and watch anymore!
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Even though Wind and Rain Alliance had taken in more than twenty large sects and could compete against the four top-class sects as well as various other alliances, the hearts of the twenty or so sects were not united as one. Their act of having great confrontations against Chivalry Sect had resulted in quite a number of sects suffering rather huge losses, and the whole alliance was treading on thin ice.
Wind and Rain Alliance had been forced into a precarious situation!
And the person who made the sects fight against Chivalry Sect was the second most important person in Wind and Rain Alliance—Xie Yi.
Throughout it, not only had Wind Void and Lin Xiao come to him repeatedly to talk to him in hopes of stopping the hostilities between the two sides and working together in harmony, but even certain groups from Mu Clan had been alarmed.
Night Rain Follows Wind had come into contact with Lin Xiao and Red Dust, and he knew their personalities. He also knew clearly that they did not wish for bloodshed.
Xie Yi's justification was rather boastful: he wanted the alliance to do everything it had to help Wind and Rain Tower rectify its name. They would seize back everything that had once belonged to Wind and Rain Alliance from Chivalry Sect!
The perfunctory words made Night Rain Follows Wind certain that Xie Yi definitely had a goal that no one else knew.
After contacting him multiple times, Night Rain Follows Wind was forced to send the final diplomatic notice. He demanded Xie Yi to meet him for a detailed discussion!
However, when Xie Yi came over, he actually brought elites from Abyss Tower to accompany him.
Night Rain Follows Wind felt his heart sink, but he subconsciously wished that Xie Yi would tell him the truth.
"Young Xie."
When Xie Yi noticed the solemnness and seriousness of Night Rain Follows Wind's tone, he dropped the smile.
Night Rain Follows Wind's voice traveled slowly into his ears. "I don't know why you keep instigating the sect masters in the alliance to fight against Chivalry Sect. You know very well that there is no resource point that belongs to anyone. We are all allowed to excavate the resources together. Monopolizing them will do neither Chivalry Sect nor us any good. This has always been our rule, and you're now trying to break this peace."
"Big Brother Wind, I can't agree with what you say." Xie Yi's expression darkened. He did not look at Night Rain Follows Wind's eyes, but picked up the pot of wine from the table and slowly poured himself a cup. "The one who initially caused trouble is Chivalry Sect. They said that they wanted to snatch all the resource points from our hands, and they killed dozens of our members. As the vice master of the alliance, there's no wrong in me seeking justice for them, right?'
"Chivalry Sect has already handled that matter. Lin Xiao personally told me that the person's goal was to instigate a fight between major powers. Right now, that group of people have already been expelled from Chivalry Sect, but you're still refusing to stop. You have another goal in mind, don't you?"
"Of course." Xie Yi did not deny it this time.
He snorted coldly and looked into Night Rain Follows Wind's eyes. With an incredibly bewitching tone, he lowered his voice and said, "Before, when we formed Wind and Rain Alliance, our goal was to win rights existing in the gaps between the four top-class sects.
"Right now, Chivalry Sect is not as it used to be. It's clear that there are constant internal conflicts within it, so why shouldn't we take the opportunity to replace them?"
"What nonsense are you spewing?!"
Night Rain Follows Wind trembled, and his gaze instantly darkened.
"Nonsense? Me?" Xie Yi scoffed and laughed. "Right now, Chivalry Sect occupies far too many resources. The members of Wind and Rain Alliance are more numerous, but we have less than half of their resources. This is unfair."
He stopped talking for a moment, and under Night Rain Follows Wind's shocked gaze, he added boldly, "Our fight against them this time is enough proof that the members of Chivalry Sect aren't as united as we thought they were. As long as we can destroy Chivalry Sect, Wind and Rain Alliance will become the fourth top-class force of power. Hmph!
"At that time, all of Chivalry Sect's resources will fall into our hands. Big Brother Wind. Once that happens, you will understand just who I am doing this for!"
Bang!
"You're mad! Your ambitions will destroy Wind and Rain Alliance! I can't allow you to continue doing this!"
Chapter 643 - Xie Yi’s Ambitions
"You're mad! Your ambitions will destroy Wind and Rain Alliance! I can't allow you to continue doing this!"
Xie Yi was stunned when Night Rain Follows Wind slammed the table and stood up, then he turned his face to the side and smiled coldly.
"Big Brother Wind, ask yourself this, do you want to spread Wind and Rain Alliance's name through the rest of the world? Or are you willing to continue living under the shadow of the four top-class sects?"
He stopped talking at that moment and swiftly stood up across from Night Rain Follows Wind. Their eyes met, and he gritted his teeth while he enunciated each word. "I'm telling you that I can't accept it!"
"For that bit of selfishness within you, you want to drag all sects in Wind and Rain Alliance into this?" Night Rain Follows Wind seemed to have calmed down. With a cold look, he stared into Xie Yi's burning crazed eyes. "Don't you know about the great difference between alliances like ours and the top-class sects with a lot of acc.u.mulated power?"
As the master of Wind and Rain Alliance, Night Rain Follows Wind knew very well that while the alliance between twenty or so sects appeared very strong, if they tried to fight against giants like Chivalry Sect, they would have absolutely no chance of winning.
Chivalry Sect had three spots at the top of Phoenix Rank.
Chivalry Sect also had two people among the top twenty on Dragon Rank!
Wind and Rain Alliance had nothing…
If it were not for Lin Xiao and Red Dust trying their best to control the situation, Chivalry Sect and Wind and Rain Alliance would have exploded into a full-scale confrontation, and it would be very difficult to say just how many sects Wind and Rain Alliance could have kept in the end.
"Hmph."
Xie Yi had a scornful and derisive expression on his face.
"Chivalry Sect isn't as united as I thought it would be either. As long as we can get all our people together, there is no way Chivalry Sect will dare to fight against us. Do you think that there are only a few sects who want to seize resource points from Chivalry Sect?
"Aside from the large local sects in the south who want those resource points, even Towering Palace in the coastal areas want them too. If we truly take action, Chivalry Sect will not be our opponent."
"Have you forgotten about Chivalry Sect's ally, Mu Clan?"
Night Rain Follows Wind poured a bucket of cold water over Xie Yi's head.
"Mu Clan?" Xie Yi laughed coldly and looked around before lowering his voice to speak to Night Rain Follows Wind. "Happy and One Emperor's final fight is just around the corner. At such a time, Happy will not have the time or heart to take care of Chivalry Sect. Besides, if he really did, do you think that Class One Hall would just watch on the side?"
The certainty in his voice and his calm expression allowed Night Rain Follows Wind to notice something.
"How did you know that Class One Hall and Towering Palace would interfere?" A thought appeared in his head, and Night Rain Follows Wind suddenly cried out in alarm. "Could it be… that you contacted their people?"
"Heh." Xie Yi smiled smugly. "I didn't say that. But over this period of time, Towering Palace has indeed done some things. Clear Music can see things farther than others. Perhaps she is already causing trouble to Mu Clan…"
Night Rain Follows Wind said nothing.
He was not an idiot. When he saw Xie Yi being so confident, saying things with absolute certainty, and predicted the situation in the game as well as many other matters, he quickly guessed a few things through everything he had gathered together until then.
He frowned and said, "I knew that there was something wrong! I've always found it weird that the people from Chivalry Sect took the initiative to provoke us and worsen the conflict between us. Looks like the people Chivalry Sect chased away were indeed moles from other forces of power."
Xie Yi's pupils shrank slightly, but he did not speak.
"You want to take the chance to worsen the conflict even further, and before Happy's fight against One Emperor, throw Chivalry Sect into chaos and bring mayhem to all of Jiangnan…"
Night Rain Follows Wind instantly felt as if he had become enlightened, and his gaze became sharper.
"You contacted the people from Towering Palace and Class One Hall in order to seize this chance and drag Chivalry Sect down from their position, but have you thought about what will happen if Mu Clan truly comes around to help Chivalry Sect?
"If Happy doesn't care about his fight against One Emperor, all he will lose is his title as the strongest in the world, while we might be cast aside by Class One Hall and Towering Palace at any moment. We'll just end up becoming cannon fodder in this matter, a tool that others will throw away once they finish using us!"
"It's negotiable about who exactly is using who." Xie Yi snorted coldly. His expression had already changed, and he left his seat. It did not seem like he intended to continue talking to Night Rain Follows Wind. He flung his sleeves and got ready to go down the stairs.
"Stay where you are!" Night Rain Follows Wind's voice traveled into Xie Yi's ears from behind. "I don't care about what you want to do, but I will not allow you to use Wind and Rain Alliance as your tool and make it take this risk with you. You're removed from your position as vice alliance master!"
"You're removing me from my position?"
Xie Yi turned around arrogantly. His face was full of contempt, and he said airily, "If you want to remove me, you'll need more than half of the sect masters agreeing with you. How many people do you think will support you in removing me… Big Brother Wind?"
Once he finished speaking, he released a long string of mocking laughter and left the place with his five guards.
Thud, thud, thud…
Night Rain Follows Wind stood in his spot. His eyes shone with conflict and anger.
Removing Xie Yi was indeed something that was unlikely to happen.
Ever since Xie Yi became the vice master, more sects had joined the alliance. Most of them were contacted by Xie Yi and were convinced to join by him, so their relationship was very good.
It was impossible to go through with removing Xie Yi from his position.
"Sorry, I couldn't convince him to change his mind," he said with a desolate tone.
"It's fine. Thanks for your hard work."
One of the men wearing a Bamboo Hat sitting behind Night Rain Follows Wind drew the curtains and removed his heat. "But our trip here wasn't in vain since I got to know just who is causing all this trouble behind the scenes."
When the man removed his Bamboo Hat, he revealed a face that was heroic and awe-inspiring.
If Xie Yi were still around at that moment, he would have cried out in surprise!
The person sitting behind Night Rain Follows Wind was the second most important person in Chivalry Sect, Vice Sect Master Lin Xiao.
He put down his Bamboo Hat with a solemn expression, sighed, and said, "While expanding our sect, we absorbed members far too quickly, and quite a number of moles from different enemy factions joined us. Looks like we'll need to be more careful in the future. But if they want to use such cheap tactics to destroy Chivalry Sect, I have to say that these people are a little too optimistic."
"Vice Sect Master Lin, don't worry, even though I won't be able to remove Xie Yi from his position, I can convince the sect masters who are close to me not to join the mess with Chivalry Sect. This is something I can still guarantee," Night Rain Follows Wind stated sincerely.
"Then I'll have to trouble you." Lin Xiao looked at him with relief and also made a promise. "I promise you that we will focus on the sects close to Xie Yi, and the flames of war will not affect the other sects in Wind and Rain Alliance."
"Thank you."
Night Rain Follows Wind smiled back with resignation and anguish. He then cast a glance at the man beside Lin Xiao. That person did not speak or remove his Bamboo Hat since the start, so Night Rain Follows Wind only spoke a few words more before he bade farewell and left.
Chapter 644 - Towering Palace’s Shadow
"Class One Hall and Towering Palace are actually behind this!"
Once Night Rain Follows Wind left, Lin Xiao frowned in the room that was isolated from the rest of the floor by curtains. He could not describe the myriad of emotions welling in him, and he could only sigh. "Happy, who do you think is more likely to be the mastermind in this matter?"
"Both are possible."
The person sitting beside Lin Xiao was indeed Happy.
He slowly removed his Bamboo Hat, and he also had a scowl between his eyebrows. He seemed to be thinking about something.
Once he left Sky Demon Sect, his Nine Yang Divine Skill has been mastered. His four attributes had been greatly increased, and all of them nearly reached the astonishing height of two hundred points. His Body Movement was not that much weaker than All-powerful Medicinal Stone's, and he even gained the concealment effect known as Returning to the Start, which made others unable to tell his qi realm.
He was able to move in and out of cities like a normal player. No one would be able to recognize him.
"This move is very wise, so it feels like something Dream Clouds would do." Happy thought about it for a moment more and spoke up again. "But with Class One Hall's current strength, they shouldn't have the courage to target Chivalry Sect. Dream Clouds would not risk offending our alliance. If she's really the one beh
ind this, she must have already considered the possibility that we'll guess that it's her."
"You're right." Lin Xiao nodded slowly.
"If it's Towering Palace, we can't set aside the possibility of Clear Music wanting to expand her territory because they have been developing too quickly recently and are eager to get more control of the resources in the south. We also can't set aside the possibility that she wants to break the stalemate before Towering Palace truly descends into a conflict of interest with us by attacking first and weakening Chivalry Sect's strength."
He stopped talking for a moment before continuing in a somber tone. "Last time, Towering Palace did not need to be wary of us. There was Class One Hall limiting our actions, and we didn't dare do anything to them. But now, Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect are developing very quickly. Even if they work together with Class One Hall, Towering Palace cannot win."
"But we bear no hostility."
"Sometimes, women suddenly have very little tolerance for things."
After saying those words, Happy remembered two people. One of them was Dream Clouds, and the other was Xu Yao.
The former would do everything and use everything in her disposal to achieve her goals.
As for the latter…
'Hah…'
Happy closed his eyes and recollected himself. Then, he heard Lin Xiao's firm voice.
"Regardless of who planned all this behind the scenes, since I already know about them, Chivalry Sect will not back down but will face the fight! Happy, don't take any action this time. I believe that the mastermind's goal is still you. Don't be distracted because of this and neglect your fight against One Emperor! Chivalry Sect will be able to handle Wind and Rain Alliance."
Happy said nothing.
He quietly cast a glance at Lin Xiao, whose fighting spirit was burning fiercely, sighed, and said, "Big Brother Lin, calm down. Don't be in such a hurry to make a decision. Think about this carefully.
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