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As for the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate, they simply called for reinforcements.

This was really...

After Lu Yuan understood the assistance Jiuzhou had obtained, his heart immediately felt like he had bitten into a lemon, brimming with envy.

He entertained the thought of announcing his own origins from Jiuzhou, to see if he could attract some reinforcements from the other Immortal Sects.

Then with the reinforcements, he could crush the Qing Immortal Sect and unify the Changqing Domain.

In doing so, taking advantage of the Qing Immortal Sect’s weakened state after a great battle, it might indeed be possible to eliminate them in one fell swoop and take control of the entire Changqing Domain.

However, Lu Yuan abandoned this idea as quickly as it came to him.

Because there were significant problems with it.

First and foremost was the issue of identity recognition.

You say you come from Jiuzhou, but would others believe you?

Alright, even if you could prove that you really were from Jiuzhou, at most that would only prove you were from the same realm, maybe just a fellow townsman.

But between townspeople, when they meet, it is not necessarily with tears in their eyes.

The one who might stab you in the back, who might deceive you most cruelly, could often be your fellow townsman.

The cooperation among the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects now is based on the friendship built over tens of thousands of years, struggling and hiding together under the oppression of the Qing Immortal Sect.

They truly share the highs and lows, the hardships together, having built a foundation of mutual trust through repeated tribulations and calamities.

Looking at the five Jiuzhou Immortal Sects in the Western Domain, they are even showing a trend of merging into a single Sect.

And other independent Sects like the Wind and Thunder Path and Jade Toad Tao are also able to lend a hand in times of crisis.

The Heavenly River Sect even seems to have signs of actively joining this merging trend.

These situations did not arise from mere claims of being fellow townsmen, they cannot be explained that easily.

The trust built over tens of thousands of years of mutual assistance, overcoming numerous difficulties together, that is the main factor.

As for the Taiping Dao...

Only in existence for a little over a hundred years, with even less time since establishing connections with Jiuzhou.

Previously, there were even conflicts of interest that almost led to war.

Under this background, under these circumstances, how could the Taiping Dao rely on the mere status of a fellow townsman to become as close as family with the others?

Speaking harshly...

Even if the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects were willing to accept the Taiping Dao as a fellow townsman, willing to treat them as brothers and family, could Taiping Dao trust them?

Trust is mutual.

If the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects can’t trust Taiping Dao, similarly, Lu Yuan also does not dare to trust these townsmen.

The nature of those Jiuzhou Sects was something he had experienced firsthand when he was in Jiuzhou.

Even the Feishuang Tao, who dared to undermine Chu State when they were clearly allied.

Although this is the Immortal Realm, not Jiuzhou,

The environment here in the Changqing Domain is even more hostile than in Jiuzhou.

In such an environment, the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects that grew and prospered, if you say every single one of them is honest and kind, I’m afraid nobody would believe it.

A matter of trust is a major obstacle to cooperation between the two sides.

And besides trust, the issue of interests cannot be ignored.

Cooperating with Jiuzhou to annihilate the Qing Immortal Sect is indeed a fine idea, with great feasibility.

But what after that?

Who would be the lord of the vast Changqing Domain?

How would the control over the more than twenty countries governed by the Qing Immortal Sect be divided up in the end?

Relying on Jiuzhou’s strength to achieve this goal would ultimately be external force.

Compared with them, Taiping Dao’s position is at a disadvantage.

Therefore, the final distribution of benefits would naturally favor the other side.

Even stepping back a bit,

Even if Jiuzhou regards Taiping Dao as one of its own, but among family, even close brothers demand a clear account.

Previously, the nine countries of the Western Domain, along with Qingyu Country in the Southern Domain, the five Jiuzhou Immortal Sects, also divided up their territories to achieve a near-equitable balance.

But here comes the problem.

Should Lu Yuan go through all this effort to lead the Taiping Dao to destroy the Qing Immortal Sect only to end up sharing the spoils of the Changqing Domain equally with those Jiuzhou Immortal Sects?

If it comes to that, it would be better not to fight at all.

If not engaged in battle, he would still remain the Lord of the Southern Domain and could take advantage of the weakened state of the Qing Immortal Sect to carve a few pieces off of them, gaining a great advantage.

If handled properly, the territory controlled by the Taiping Dao, including its vassal states, might even exceed ten countries.

But the Changqing Domain in total has only thirty-nine countries.

Averaging it out, dividing it among a few Immortal Sects, cooperating seems even less appealing.

And if not dividing equally, on what basis would they cooperate with you to destroy the Qing Immortal Sect?

With an unequal split, after the Qing Immortal Sect is annihilated, the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects would be in a dominant position, why would they share the Changqing Domain with you, allowing you to reap the greater rewards?

Just these issues of trust and interest dissuaded Lu Yuan from the thought of immediate cooperation with the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects.

However, he hadn’t completely abandoned the idea.

Collaboration with the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects was still necessary.

Otherwise, even if the Taiping Dao were to annihilate the Qing Immortal Sect in the future, those Jiuzhou Immortal Sects would not submit, and the Taiping bird would not be willing to hand over its hard-won fruits of victory.

In the end, the situation would turn into the current state between the Qing Immortal Sect and the Jiuzhou Immortal Sects, entangled and battling for over ten thousand years.

This, of course, did not align with Lu Yuan’s interests.

Therefore, to avoid this scenario, he naturally had to proactively make a change.