"Sect Leader, does this mean our Mangcang Sect can only wait to die? Shouldn't we at least contact other nearby families and sects? Perhaps if we unite, we could resist the Iron Sword Sect and make some impact?"
"Sect Leader, I know that people from the Iron Wood Family are the least willing to join the Iron Sword Sect. After all, the Iron Wood that the Iron Wood Family produces every year is top-grade material for crafting magical weapons. Surely, the two True Self Realm great cultivators of the Iron Wood Family won't just surrender for this source of wealth?"
"And the Wang Family, although one of theirs has only recently broken through to the True Self Realm, they've connected with a Grand Sect in Central State that has a Venerable of the Peak overseeing it, intending to join for cultivation. If Wang Churan of the Wang Family succeeds in becoming an apprentice, their sect might be able to block the Iron Sword Sect...."
