"Even so, the value Song Nianchu has demonstrated will likely compel the Myriad Phenomena Academy to stake everything on her," Elder Deng of the Thousand Swords Hall said with a grave expression. "If we are to deal with Song Nianchu, we must strike decisively to ensure she has no chance to rise. Otherwise, the disaster that follows will surely be ours."
Mei Zhipeng frowned. "Elder Deng, aren't you being a bit too timid and inflating her ego while diminishing our own?"
Since the Mei family had thrown their lot in with the Jiuyou Sect and gained more influence within the Zhulu Academy, they had grown increasingly arrogant, looking down on almost everyone. If forced to name a power they truly respected, it would be the Sun Temple or the Zhentian Sect. The Sun Temple was their primary concern; while the Mei family wouldn't dare openly clash with the Zhentian Sect, they were constantly pulling strings and making underhanded moves behind their backs.
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