Returning to the Martial Arts Alliance, Zhao Wenlin saw things much more clearly than he had three years ago.
Was the Martial Arts Alliance a domineering place? It certainly was. It was a region that sought to swallow up countless sects, extracting resources from them to ensure its own constant growth. In that regard, it was undeniably overbearing. Yet, was the Alliance truly the sort of place that took money without doing anything, as some claimed? Far from it. Both he and his fellow disciples, when they left the Alliance, were most frequently opposed by all manner of evil cults and demonic practitioners. Thus, it was not a place for average sect disciples; it was riddled with layers of calculation. Of course, if one possessed truly exceptional talent and maintained their integrity while growing within these borders, it could also be an excellent place to be.
"To be back in the Martial Arts Alliance, yet feel a sense of security—how strange."
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