"Everyone, one must secure their own house before engaging outside adversaries! To deal with the Corpse World, we must first settle the matter of the traitors!
The Four Directions Trading House has had so many experts join the Corpse World. I suspect they are the traitors, that they've long since pledged allegiance to the Corpse World! Now they've come to Tianbai City, trying to infiltrate our allied forces with ulterior motives!
And as for that kid Su Fei, he's cruel and bloodthirsty, spending time with the Four Directions Trading House—he's most likely a traitor too!
Let's all act together, capture them first, and then decide!"
A Cangyan Sacred Sect elder suddenly declared in a clear, loud voice.
"Haha...
So anyone who doesn't go along with your Cangyan Sacred Sect's wishes is a traitor now.
How laughable."
A high-ranking member of the Four Directions Trading House laughed in fury.
"Hmph! Regardless of whether you, Four Directions Trading House, are actually traitors, you are at the very least suspicious. It's better to kill by mistake than let any escape!"
The Cangyan Sacred Sect elder said coldly.
"That's right! Kill by mistake rather than let any escape!
Especially this kid Su Fei!"
Other high-ranking members of the Cangyan Sacred Sect chimed in, one after another.
Ye Yunfei's public attack and injury of others made these Cangyan Sacred Sect leaders feel they'd lost face. This was their territory, yet they had been bullied by a junior right at their own gates!
As they spoke, the Cangyan Sacred Sect members began advancing on Ye Yunfei and the Four Directions Trading House.
"Very well, then we'll have a proper fight today," Ye Yunfei said with a cold laugh.
Not long ago, Ye Yunfei and Lü Yugang had joined forces and defeated seventy or eighty Dao Origin Realm experts from the Corpse World. Facing the Cangyan Sacred Sect's forces brought him not a shred of pressure.
However, neither the Four Directions Trading House nor the Corpse World had publicized that event, so it hadn't spread through the Eastern Barrens, and no one knew about it.
At this moment, the members from the other major powers didn't move, preferring to stand by and watch.
In truth, everyone understood perfectly well: the Cangyan Sacred Sect was seizing this pretext to settle private grudges, especially targeting Ziwei Sect's Su Fei!
Given the circumstances, no one wanted to step forward and get involved in the fight.
After all, the title 'Ziwei Sect's Eldest Disciple Su Fei' now carried some weight in the Eastern Barrens. The incident where the Demon Race ancestor of the Eastern Barrens personally stepped in, coming outside Ziwei Sect headquarters to aid Su Fei in slaying enemies, had long since shocked the entire Eastern Barrens.
Everyone knew that Su Fei had powerful backing!
Furthermore, the strength Ye Yunfei had just displayed made these major factions all the more apprehensive.
"Amitabha, Sect Master Dongfang, I believe the Four Directions Trading House and Young Master Su are not traitors. It is impossible that they would pledge allegiance to the Corpse World."
At this moment, a tall, lean old monk stepped forward from the crowd and spoke clearly.
Chan Master Tianmie of the Great Thunderclap Monastery!
"My thanks to Chan Master Tianmie for speaking up for justice," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Young Master Su is too polite. Our Great Thunderclap Monastery and Ziwei Sect are allies," Chan Master Tianmie replied.
As he spoke, Chan Master Tianmie flashed to Ye Yunfei's side. A group of monks from the Great Thunderclap Monastery also came to stand beside Ye Yunfei, each of them radiating brilliant Buddhist light.
His stance was perfectly clear: he was siding with Ye Yunfei and the Four Directions Trading House.
Seeing this, the expressions of the Cangyan Sacred Sect members darkened considerably. The Great Thunderclap Monastery was one of the Eastern Barrens' most mysterious major powers, and in the shadows stood the Heavenly Dragon Temple. No one knew just how deep the Great Thunderclap Monastery and Heavenly Dragon Temple's strength truly went. Thus, under normal circumstances, few forces in the Eastern Barrens wanted to provoke them.
"Well, Cangyan Sacred Sect, are you still going to fight?
If not, we'll be on our way."
Ye Yunfei slowly swept his gaze over the Cangyan Sacred Sect's forces and asked.
Dongfang Bo and the other Cangyan Sacred Sect leaders all wore livid expressions.
Now the Great Thunderclap Monastery had clearly taken Ye Yunfei's side.
The Four Directions Trading House plus the Great Thunderclap Monastery made for a formidable combined strength. The Cangyan Sacred Sect wasn't necessarily sure of winning against them. And even if they could win, they would undoubtedly pay a heavy price!
"Everyone, perhaps let me speak a few words," Elder Ximen of the Sword Palace suddenly stepped forward and spoke up.
All eyes turned to him.
"Right now, our common enemy is the Corpse World. Internal conflict is ill-advised.
Both sides should calm down, set aside their grievances for now, form our allied army, and discuss the great plan to deal with the Corpse World together.
Sect Master Dongfang, Shopkeeper Lü, what do you think?"
Elder Ximen asked.
Dongfang Bo's face was overcast, and he remained silent. He knew it would now be difficult to deal with Ye Yunfei and the Four Directions Trading House.
"I made myself very clear earlier. An allied army like this isn't worth joining," Lü Yugang said coldly.
"That's right. With the Cangyan Sacred Sect involved, we absolutely will not join the allied army.
Let's go."
Ye Yunfei said calmly, then turned to leave.
"Go!"
Lü Yugang took out a flying ship. With a wave of his hand, he and Ye Yunfei led the Four Directions Trading House's personnel into the ship, which sped away in an instant.
Those who remained watched the Four Directions Trading House's flying ship depart, their emotions somewhat complicated.
Originally, everyone had come here intending to gather the forces of all major and minor powers throughout the Eastern Barrens to fight the Corpse World together. To think such a thing would happen even before the allied army was formally assembled.
The Four Directions Trading House was a major force in the Eastern Barrens. Their departure undoubtedly weakened the allied army's strength somewhat.
"It's all the Cangyan Sacred Sect's fault," the people silently complained, casting their gazes toward the Cangyan Sacred Sect's forces, feeling somewhat resentful.
Naturally, the high-ranking members of the Cangyan Sacred Sect could read the crowd's mood, and their expressions darkened further. The Cangyan Sacred Sect had intended to use this opportunity to deal with Ye Yunfei. To think things had ended up like this.
"Alright, everyone, let's continue discussing the matter of forming our allied army," Dongfang Bo said, forcing a beaming smile as he turned back to address the crowd.
"Yes, let's continue discussing the allied army," representatives from the other factions nodded.
Meanwhile, aboard the flying ship.
"Utterly preposterous!
The Cangyan Sacred Sect is simply going too far! They've looked down on our Four Directions Trading House way too much!
In my opinion, we should just fight them outright!"
"Exactly!
We weren't afraid of the Corpse World's seventy or eighty Dao Origin Realm experts, so we have nothing to fear from the Cangyan Sacred Sect!"
The Four Directions Trading House executives were still simmering with rage, grinding their teeth in frustration.
"There's no need to be impatient, everyone. Settling accounts with them is inevitable sooner or later.
However, right now the Corpse World is the enemy of our entire Eastern Barrens. In this situation, we shouldn't be killing each other for the time being.
Otherwise, it would only weaken our overall strength against the Corpse World," Ye Yunfei said.
"Young Master Su is right. If I hadn't taken that into consideration earlier, I wouldn't have given up so easily," Lü Yugang nodded.
"Young Master Su, what should we do next?" an executive asked Ye Yunfei.
"Next, we'll raise an army of our own to fight the Corpse World," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and said.
"Very good, Young Master Su. Whatever you want to do, we, the Four Directions Trading House, will follow you!" Lü Yugang declared.
"I wonder what stance the Demon Race holds now.
If we could ally with them, the situation would improve significantly."
Ye Yunfei mused aloud.
"Absolutely! If we can ally with the Demon Race, our strength will increase tremendously!"
Lü Yugang's spirits lifted. After all, even the Divine Palace was wary of the Eastern Barrens Demon Race!
"Besides the Demon Race, I can also summon quite a few other forces," Ye Yunfei said.
"As for the forces I subdued in my previous life... I'll call them all together now, once and for all."
Ye Yunfei thought to himself.