In the eyes of the nine sect masters, the League of Independent Cultivators was a small organization. They could associate with it, win it over, and show its people some respect and courtesy, but standing as equals with the nine sect masters was impossible.
Wasn't it obvious? After all these years, aside from the jade throne added for Xiao Shou this year, were there not still only those same nine seats on the Nine Dragons Platform?
League Leader Li also knew his own position. After stopping Tang Qicen and flying over, he immediately gave him a half-bow and said with an ingratiating smile, "Sect Master Tang, please forgive me. There is simply something I must ask Venerable Xiao Ran of your sect to clarify."
