Chapter 68: A Turning Point

As the saying goes, only when the roots are deep can the branches flourish.

Compared with those profound sect families, the foundation of the Ancient Martial Alliance, which has only been established for more than a hundred years, is too weak, and there is a steady stream of new cultivators of the Ancient Martial Arts to join them, and the Ancient Martial Alliance has always accepted them unscrupulously.

Soon, due to the weak foundation, many shortcomings were revealed.

First of all, the Ancient Martial Arts League is all loose cultivators of the Ancient Martial Arts, although the number is extremely large, but the majority of the ancient martial artists are basically low-level cultivators, and these people have exchanged various low-level materials for contribution points for their own identity level, in order to be able to enjoy higher treatment within the Alliance, which has led to the accumulation of a large number of low-quality materials in the Ancient Martial Alliance.

However, there are very few people in the Guwu Alliance who can refine pills and refining weapons, and there are even fewer array mages, and there is no one in the rune master, so that the Guwu Alliance cannot effectively use these materials to refine various finished pills and ancient weapons to meet the needs of the members of the alliance in exchange, and the result is like a snowball, and the more you go to the back, the stronger the dissatisfaction in the alliance becomes.

Secondly, the headquarters of the Guwu League was originally just a small town, and with the increase in the number of people, although it is also expanding, no matter how much it expands, it cannot meet the growing needs of the alliance, which makes the headquarters of the Guwu League already overcrowded and overwhelmed.

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more serious, the top leaders of the Ancient Martial Alliance had no choice but to try to contact the families of various sects, on the one hand, they wanted those alchemy and refining sects to help refine various pills and ancient weapons to meet the needs of the members of the alliance.

On the other hand, they also want to set up branches of the Guwu League in the medium and large cities established by various sect families, so as to alleviate the pressure on the number of people in the headquarters of the Guwu League, which is already bloated.

In fact, the families of the various sects have long been jealous of the massive amount of various materials in the Guwu Alliance, but because there is no excuse to participate in it, and they are also afraid of the Guwu Alliance, whose strength has expanded dramatically, and now that the Guwu Alliance has automatically sent it to the door, they are naturally willing to do it in their hearts.

It's just that every person who can take root in the Guwu Continent and start a sect, none of them are easy to get along with, seeing such a piece of fat sent to the door, if they don't take a bite, how can they let it go easily.

All the sects nodded and agreed to the request of the Guwu Alliance, but they had a precondition, that is, they required the Guwu League to agree, allowing their respective sects to participate in various transactions within the Guwu League, and also required that they also obtain various preferential trading methods in exchange for contribution points.

The high-level of the Guwu League is naturally not stupid, and it is naturally impossible to agree to this condition, especially the latter point, but the families of various sects are not vegetarians, so they naturally refuse to let go.

In the end, the high-level leaders who were anxious about the situation in the alliance had no choice but to negotiate with various sect families for a long time, and finally the two sides came up with a compromise solution.

That is to set up auction houses and exchanges in all the medium-sized and large towns that agree to the Guwu League to open a branch alliance, and give a certain degree of preferential treatment to the various sect families in the towns where they are located.

This finally solved the urgent need of the Guwu League, but the high-level leaders of the Guwu League never expected that this decision had buried a great hidden danger for the Guwu League, that is, "infiltration".

Historically, the recruitment of disciples by various sect families has been extremely strict, and anyone who joins the sect must make a blood oath, with the help of this prerequisite, the sense of belonging and centripetal force within each sect is extremely strong.

For this point, the Guwu League is completely incomparable, after all, the core purpose of the original creation of the Guwu League was just to become a gathering place for scattered ancient martial artists, and they came and went freely, although some binding rules were later formulated, but there was never such a thing as a blood oath.

At the beginning, everyone gathered together, which was easy to manage and not easy to breed distracting thoughts, but when the local alliances were established and the members of the alliance were scattered, gradually the high-level control of the various alliances in the Guwu League became a little stretched.

And the various sects took this opportunity to make small moves in private, while constantly trying to win over the management layers of the various sub-alliances, and secretly sending their disciples to disguise themselves as scattered ancient martial artists such as the ancient martial arts alliance.

At the same time, he provided them with all kinds of assistance, and constantly increased the contribution value of his disciples in the Guwu League, in exchange for a higher status in the alliance, so as to obtain greater benefits for his own sect.

When there were many fights between peripheral members belonging to various sects in the Guwu Alliance, the high-level realized that something was wrong, but unfortunately at this time, the matter was already out of control.

The entire Ancient Martial Arts Alliance belonged to the peripheral members of the three identities of Ebony, Cold Iron, and Blood Copper, and it was already chaotic, and it was completely impossible to distinguish who belonged to each sect, and who was the real Loose Ancient Martial Artist.

As for the official members who belong to the two identities of Liuyin and Xuanjin, most of the new recruits cannot be identified, who really belongs to the Guwu Alliance, and as for some of the old members, at this time, the high-level members of the alliance cannot be sure whether they have been bought by the various sects.

Even among the core members who belong to the identities of Yu Yu and Yaojing, there are very few people, and there are faint shadows of various sects behind them, but fortunately, the hands of those sects have not yet had time to reach the decision-making level.

Although the high-level leaders of the Guwu League sensed that something was wrong, although they had the intention to rectify it, they were scruples and powerless at this time.

Because at this time, the various forces in the alliance are entangled, and they are already intertwined, once they want to rectify it drastically, it will inevitably touch the nerves of the various sects, and then damage their interests, and the various sects will never agree, if it really provokes public anger, the Guwu League will never be able to afford it.

On the other hand, the high-level leaders also considered that the members of the alliance did not have such a strong sense of belonging after all, if they really took tough measures, if they caused the anger of the masses, then there would definitely be a situation of falling apart, and then the Guwu Alliance would not be far from being destroyed, and those sect families would definitely take advantage of this to fall into the ground.

It is precisely because of the existence of these concerns that the high-level leaders of the Guwu League decided to abandon the car and protect the commander in desperation, and then five new regulations were promulgated within the Guwu League.

First, all the core members of the identity of Yu Yu and Yao Jing, as well as the major elders at the decision-making level, including the alliance leader, must make a blood oath in public that they will only be members of the Guwu Alliance for the rest of their lives, and will never join other sects, nor will they harm the interests of the Guwu League for the sake of other sects.

And clearly stipulates that from now on, all new core members must also make a blood oath, if they are unwilling to make a blood oath, even if the contribution of the alliance is high, they will never be able to obtain it, and the identity tokens of Yuyu and Yaojing given by the alliance will become core members.

Second, it is not mandatory for the full members of the Liuyin and Xuanjin identities to take a blood oath, but if there are those who voluntarily make a blood oath, they will be trained by the alliance.

Third, recall all the people in charge of each alliance, and reappoint the core members who have made the blood oath as the people in charge of the alliance, and take charge of all matters of the alliance.

Fourth, for the peripheral members of the Ebony, Cold Iron, and Blood Bronze identities, the Guwu League announced that they would not recognize the brand, and they would basically not come forward to ask about the affairs of these peripheral members, and only after becoming a formal member would they be protected by the Guwu League.

Fifth, in order to appease the families of the various sects, the Guwu League pressed the four levels of press, middle, upper and super grade, refined four special tokens, and gave them to each sect family respectively.

At that time, all sect families will be able to participate in auctions and transactions of different levels and specifications with their own tokens, and the benefits will also be different.

As soon as these five regulations were promulgated, they naturally caused an uproar.

The first and second provisions are okay, after all, the people who can become core members and elders are all old people who have joined the Guwu League a long time ago.

Their own sense of belonging to the Guwu League is stronger than others, and these two provisions have not touched their own interests, so they have not aroused any opposition.

As for the third provision, although it has made all the original efforts of the various sects to win over them in vain, it has also harmed some of their interests.

But because of the fifth provision, the Guwu League not only gave them enough face, but also allowed them to blatantly participate in various auctions and transactions.

Moreover, there are still their people in the Guwu Alliance, and they can help them gain benefits at any time.

Therefore, after weighing it, the families of the various sects did not express any dissatisfaction, and all acquiesced to these five regulations.

And what really aroused the most opposition was the fourth rule, how could those who were at the bottom of the real loose cultivators of the ancient martial arts, if the ancient martial arts alliance was originally seeking a place of refuge, but ended up being abandoned, how could they accept this.

It's a pity that although the peripheral members account for more than six layers of the total number of the Guwu League, nearly half of them are actually people from various sects, and they don't care about this rule at all, as a result, under the strong attitude of the top leaders of the Guwu League, as well as the secret promotion of various sects, all opposing voices have been suppressed.

A small number of temperamental loose cultivators quit the Guwu League in anger, but the vast majority of them had nowhere to go, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept it, choosing to continue to stay in the Guwu League, hoping to fight for a future.

In this way, the new strategy of abandoning the car and protecting the commander of the five high-level of the Guwu League was successfully implemented, and with the passage of time, after the high-level leaders controlled the power of the core of the alliance, they began to become indifferent to other matters in the alliance and adopted a resigned attitude.

Gradually, the Guwu Alliance lost its original intention when it was founded, although it spread throughout the Guwu Continent, and its comprehensive strength was indeed the first in the world, but the forces within the alliance were already complicated, and the internal relationships were also chaotic, and even a little erosive.

Today, the Ancient Martial Arts League has completely degenerated into a platform that integrates auctions, transactions, buying and selling information, and releasing various tasks, and is no longer the holy place in the minds of scattered ancient martial artists.

After telling all the information about the Guwu League, Shopkeeper Meng, who had been smiling, rarely showed a distressed expression, and the three of Muyang were also embarrassed after hearing it.

"Since Shopkeeper Meng knows a lot about the affairs of the Guwu League, you must also be from the Guwu League, right?" After seeing Shopkeeper Meng's expression, Mu Yang expressed the question in his heart.

"Hahaha, that's right. The old man is a member of the Guwu League, including this Jun Shu, which is actually the property of the Guwu League, and it is temporarily operated by the old man. ”

Shopkeeper Meng put away his inadvertent look of reminiscence, and the expression with a philistine smile resurfaced on his face, and replied happily.

"Great, dare to ask Shopkeeper Meng, how can I join this Ancient Martial Alliance, and can I exchange this Ancient Martial Alliance for the Bao Dan that treats meridian injuries?"

Mu Yang, who has suffered setbacks in the past two days, was overjoyed when he heard this, and seeing that there was new hope, he said the purpose of his trip in a hurry, and he didn't realize that he had actually asked a stupid question.

"It turns out that your kid is seeking to heal Bao Dan, so he wants to join the sect in every possible way. But you can rest assured of this, the Guwu Alliance has been extended to this day, and the treasure pill that Mo said in the alliance is that there are not a few spirit pills and spirit weapons, of course, the premise is that you have to have that strength to be able to get it. ”

Shopkeeper Meng, who said this, suddenly showed a strong self-confidence, and Mu Yang, who got the exact information, couldn't help but burst into ecstasy from the bottom of his heart, and became even more determined to join the Guwu League.