As toasts were made at the banquet, Nie Li and company had a great time together.
Welling in her adrift thoughts, Nangong Xianyin remained slightly inattentive. Only after a long while did she sigh.
Although she felt indignation, she knew that if she continued treating Nie Li as an enemy, death was the only outcome. It was even possible to have the entire Heavenly Note Sect perish with her.
From the looks of it, the Heavenly Note Sect can only become a dependency of the Divine Feathers Sect. Once it becomes so, it's probably very difficult to regain its autonomy. With so many female disciples having marriage ties with the Divine Feathers Sect, how is the Heavenly Note Sect to remain independent? The chains would only tighten with time.
As for the other sects, with all the most outstanding disciples being Nie Li's subordinates, and with them being recipients of Nie Li's Sacred Elixirs, it was natural that they would be blinded by the benefits.
