Chapter 1017: The Gap in Foundation

Listening to the compliments, Hong Zun was so angry he gritted his teeth. If it weren't for Wang Tieshu's large, thick palm covering his mouth tightly, he would probably have started cursing.

Do you people know how to speak?

As for Wang Tieshu, he nodded happily and replied.

"Haha, thank you all for your kind thoughts. You must have a few more drinks at the wedding."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

"Definitely, definitely."

Whether it was Wang Tieshu or Hong Zun, they couldn't afford to offend either, so they could only keep nodding and smiling.

After the compliments, Wang Tieshu was beaming, while only Hong Zun's expression grew uglier.

Besides the affiliate sects like the Luoxia Sect, Qingyun Sect, Putuo Temple, Huangji Sect, and Ghost Valley, as well as the Fu Sect and Blacksmith Valley.

Other sects also expressed their willingness to support the Dao Yi Sect one after another.

However, there was some water in those words.

Basically, the support mentioned by the major sects was just some elixirs, talismans, and array disks.

There was no intention to go to the battlefield in person at all.

Facing Qi Xiong naturally understood their thoughts. Even if some were afraid of the Dao Yi Sect's current power and were willing to send disciples to help, it was just for show.

If you really expected them to have any battle achievements, that was impossible.

After the discussion, although all forces expressed their full support for the Dao Yi Sect, in reality, only those few sects could be trusted.

After sending off the sect masters and leaders, Facing Qi Xiong, Wu Shou, Hong Zun, and the others sat in the hall. Wu Shou said with displeasure.

"These guys are all waiting to see the results. I'm afraid if the Buddhist sect wins, they will all go to defect to the Buddhist sect."

"This is also normal, after all, the time is still too short."

To put it bluntly, this is a group of fence-sitters; they follow whoever wins, Facing Qi Xiong said lightly.

The main issue is the gap in foundation.

Although the Dao Yi Sect now dominates Dongzhou, compared to the Xizhou Buddhist sect, the time since its rise is still too short.

Unlike the Buddhist sect, which is deeply rooted in Xizhou and has long since turned it into an iron bucket.

And the Dao Yi Sect? It just rose, and the major sects in Dongzhou have almost no loyalty to the Dao Yi Sect.

Some small sects are not of much use either.

It is still the gap in foundation. The Buddhist sect probably saw this, which is why they dared to attack in such a large scale.

After all, this is clearly an excellent opportunity. If they gave the Dao Yi Sect more time to completely stabilize Dongzhou, it would be difficult to deal with.

Hearing Facing Qi Xiong's words, everyone present put away their usual playfulness, each with a solemn expression.

Everyone knew that this battle would not be easy to fight.

Scanning the crowd, Facing Qi Xiong said in a deep voice.

"This battle is probably not something that can be won with small tricks, but a real bloody battle that will involve bloodshed."

Hearing this, everyone was silent; they naturally knew this point.

Perhaps many Dao Yi Sect disciples would fall in this battle, and the previous traps and methods would no longer be of much use.

It is a battle that requires real swords and guns to fight.

Seeing everyone silent, Facing Qi Xiong continued.

"But as long as we can win, Dongzhou will have no more worries, and we can stabilize the situation in Dongzhou as quickly as possible."

This can also be considered a benefit of this battle.

After all, the simplest and most direct way to establish prestige is naturally a great victory, not to mention that the opponent is the Xizhou Buddhist sect.

As long as they can win this battle, the major forces in Dongzhou will naturally not dare to have any more double-dealing toward the Dao Yi Sect, and the Dao Yi Sect can also win over hearts and stabilize the situation in the shortest time.

However, all of this is based on winning. Once defeated, the result goes without saying.

In the end, they can only rely on their Dao Yi Sect disciples.

"Let's leave it at that for now. Go down and do more mobilization. You don't have to hide it from those little bastards; let them know the importance and cruelty of this battle, so they don't get scared on the battlefield."

Facing Qi Xiong waved his hand, signaling everyone to prepare. Hearing this, Hong Zun and the others nodded and then left one after another.

Soon, the news of the upcoming war with the Buddhist sect spread throughout the Dao Yi Sect.

Not just the Dao Yi Sect, news was also received throughout Dongzhou.

After all, the major sects were now gathered in the Dao Yi Sect, so the speed of news spreading was naturally faster.

And more realistically, early the next morning, because of the Buddhist sect's attack, the Four Sects Assembly was temporarily halted.

Many sects took the initiative to come and say goodbye, and the reasons were impossible to refuse: they were going back to prepare.

But saying they were preparing, to put it bluntly, was just wanting to run away.

Regarding this, Facing Qi Xiong did not stop these people; there was no point in forcing them to stay.

These fence-sitters would only make their choice after the final result came out; they would follow whoever won.

Facing Qi Xiong allowed all sects that wanted to leave to do so without any obstruction.

And at the residence of the Luoxia Sect, Yu Li was trying her best to persuade Su Luoxing.

"Senior Brother, this is a good opportunity. If the Buddhist sect defeats the Dao Yi Sect, can't we get rid of them?"

"I think this time, we can completely sit on the sidelines, so it won't be considered a violation of the Heavenly Dao oath."

This old witch actually wanted the Buddhist sect to win so she could break away from the Dao Yi Sect.

And her words really made many people feel restless.

However, Su Luoxing, sitting in the main seat, had an ugly expression, staring fixedly at Yu Li.

And Yu Li, who was in the middle of her excitement, didn't notice Su Luoxing's change in expression at all, talking excitedly. It wasn't until she finished speaking that Su Luoxing asked coldly.

"Are you done?"

Hearing this, Yu Li realized something was wrong. She looked up and saw Su Luoxing's gloomy expression, and he said in an icy tone.

"Although I, Su Luoxing, hate Facing Qi Xiong this brute to the core, I am not the kind of treacherous villain."

"Since we are already an affiliate force of the Dao Yi Sect, how can we be treacherous at such a time?"

As he spoke, Su Luoxing scanned the crowd and continued.

"Have you all forgotten the Heavenly Dao oath we made? Or is it that, as a Saint of my Luoxia Sect, promises are so worthless in your eyes?"

"Facing Qi Xiong, that brute, didn't have any intention of making us cannon fodder. The Dao Yi Sect hasn't done anything treacherous, and now you want me to betray my own promise?" ===== CHAPTER 1018 =====