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916. Multiple Forces
"The Pill Tower shares similar sentiments with us. After the events involving the Spirit Clan, their goodwill towards the descendants of Dou Di has weakened, and they have no intention of establishing relations with them."
Although Xuan Yi has temporarily stepped down from her position as one of the three giants of the Pill Tower, she still holds a very high position in the Pill Tower. Therefore, Yao Lao can obtain relatively clear information about the Pill Tower's movements from her.
Furthermore, judging from their conversation, Danta also strongly hoped that Xiao Yan would not join forces with the Dou Di descendant families, but instead work together to deal with the future situation. Clearly, in Danta's eyes, Xiao Yan, who helped them overcome the crisis of the Spirit Clan, was a completely trustworthy partner.
"So what I mean is that we should form an alliance with other forces in the Central Plains. With our current strength, we might even have a good chance of being in a dominant position."
"Doing it that way would be much more troublesome, but in the long run, it would be much more beneficial."
The old master's meaning was finally made clear. It also conveyed another point: the old master firmly believed that his side could win this turmoil.
Because there are only winners, we need to consider the future.
After Yao Lao finished speaking, Xiao Yan turned to look at Mu Yaoyin of the Tianluan Clan again.
Because of the wedding, Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor were not fully involved in many things, but Venerable Feng, Elder Yao, and Mu Yaoyin were always present, so it was necessary to hear their opinions first.
"Senior Mu, what are your thoughts?"
"Master, with you here, I won't say anything more. Your meaning is the meaning of the Tianluan Clan," Mu Yaoyin said respectfully.
Now that Xiao Yan has advanced to the level of a one-star Dou Sheng, the Tianluan Clan's original dissatisfaction with acknowledging Xiao Yan as their master has basically vanished. They all know very well that Mu Yaoyin's decision was correct.
Mu Yaoyin, on the other hand, always acted like a servant towards Xiao Yan.
"There's only one thing I want to say: Master, were you truly certain that the strongest forces of the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan wouldn't be able to make a move in the short term while you were in the Heavenly Canopy?"
In previous exchanges, Xiao Yan had already revealed to other forces that the patriarchs of the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan would no longer interfere in the situation in Central State for the time being.
Now that Mu Yaoyin has brought it up again, she naturally wants to confirm the authenticity of this news. After all, the extent of the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan's combat strength is extremely important information to them.
Xiao Yan nodded and answered without hesitation, "This news was confirmed by my ancestor Xiao Xuan, so its authenticity is absolutely certain. However, it won't be long, at most within ten years."
Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan were severely injured by their ancestor Xiao Xuan's scheme, which bought them a precious period of time.
Upon hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor's eyes flickered with a hint of surprise, as if she were pondering something, clearly intending to use this time to do something.
After speaking, Xiao Yan asked again, "So, at present, can you sense which direction we should take this time?"
Mu Yaoyin's perception ability usually makes her decisions correctly, so they rely on her confirmation when making many decisions.
"This time, there are simply too many forces and powerful individuals involved; ordinary sensing is no longer effective. If Master truly needs it, I can use the Phoenix Eye Celestial Gaze Technique one last time; that will surely yield some discoveries!"
Mu Yaoyin's tone was quite calm, but everyone else present knew that the Phoenix Eye Sky-Gazing Technique was the highest secret technique that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan relied on for survival. Once it was used for the fifth time, the user would immediately perish and have no chance of continuing to live. Obviously, if Xiao Yan agreed, then Mu Yaoyin would definitely use it.
However, Xiao Yan would never sacrifice one of his greatest allies just for the sake of pursuing such a direction.
"Not for now, the situation isn't that critical yet." Xiao Yan immediately rejected Mu Yaoyin's suggestion.
The three people mentioned above have basically covered the predicaments they are facing and the possible directions they can take. The situation is still quite serious.
They don't have many options, and they have to make a decision now.
Xiao Yan was waiting for Little Fairy Doctor to speak, since she was usually very thorough and considerate in such matters.
After exchanging a glance, Little Fairy Doctor nodded slightly and then said, "I think we need to form an alliance with the three families descended from the three Dou Di."
Upon hearing this conclusion, the other four people reacted differently, but remained silent, waiting for Little Fairy Doctor to continue.
"But we certainly can't form an alliance with our current strength. Before joining forces with them, we need to strengthen our own power."
Currently, Xiao Yan's forces, at most, consist of these three Dou Sheng-level fighters. In the overall battle situation in Zhongzhou, this strength is indeed far from sufficient.
"The forces in Zhongzhou that are currently in the open can be roughly divided into three categories."
"The first category is the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and the Pill Tower. Because of their close relationship with us, it is quite easy to form an alliance with them."
Upon hearing this, both Xiao Yan and Yao Lao nodded in agreement. With Qing Lin at the Nine Netherworld Python's location and Xiao Yan's great kindness and Xuan Yi's help at the Pill Tower, forming an alliance would indeed not be too difficult.
"The second category of forces consists of those who attended our wedding: Burning Flame Valley, Flower Sect, Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, and Flame Clan."
"They may not be eager for an alliance, but they have a good relationship with us. If we go and try to win them over, there is a good chance that we can form an alliance."
"As for the third category, it includes the Thunder Clan, the Medicine Clan, and the Stone Clan."
"Besides that, the Soul Clan, the Ancient Clan, the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, and the Soul Palace are absolutely opposed to us."
Little Fairy Doctor also listed all these forces in one go. It was clear that she had planned this out in advance, and it was pretty much what everyone had in mind.
At this moment, Yao Lao also took the initiative to add: "Although Shennong Elder is only one person, based on our contact over this period of time, he can also be considered a major force in the second category."
A ninth-grade alchemist at the Dou Sheng level, although his status is no longer as transcendent as before, still wields immense power; one could say he is an entire force in himself.
Little Fairy Doctor nodded in agreement: "That's what I'm going to talk about next. If we want to form an alliance with the three families descended from the Dou Di, then we must have someone who can hold the line."
Everyone understood that the person in charge here had to be at least a five-star Dou Shen or higher; ordinary Dou Shengs didn't have that kind of intimidating power.
"I also have three candidates for this: Shennong the Elder, Danta Ancestor, and the Yan Clan's patriarch who has not yet perished."