The guilds had to advance or retreat together because it was just like Blue River said; the materials Stolord had requested just happened to be within their limit of acceptance. If everyone equally split the materials, it was still bearable. However, if a single guild backed out, sharing the cost would be difficult. Herb Garden had already left, though, but Ye Xiu didn't know that, so the list of materials he wanted already made the remaining guilds extremely unwilling. Two guilds immediately refused. Splitting the cost was now impossible.
And from the looks of it, ceding land was also unacceptable. The two guilds didn't want to talk anymore and planned on continuing to delay matters. The group chat went silent for a while again. Jiang You began: "Have you two already decided?"
"Decided!" The two practically said at the time, making the others wonder if they were discussing with each other in private.
