“Mrs. Lee, Mr. Sullivan, I’m sure you two are aware of the Capital’s current situation. The division of forces has gradually become clear. Several factions have begun to take action, and almost all major families and ancient martial artists have taken their stands.”
Yasmine looked at Maxine and said softly, “Is the reason you asked to meet us to convince us to pick a side? I heard you did not hesitate to ask for the King’s help to stabilize your position as Caden’s family head.”
“Ha, the King?”
Maxine chuckled and said, “The current King is just a puppet. Although he has established his own circle of power during his reign, he does not have the power to stabilize my position as the family head. Someone else assisted me.”
“Who?”
Yasmine and Zaiden asked simultaneously.
Maxine replied calmly, “The Celestial Sect.”
The two stood up simultaneously and exclaimed, “The Celestial Sect?”
“Yes,” Maxine replied honestly.
Yasmine and Zaiden’s expressions became solemn.
None of them spoke for a while, and the atmosphere became tense.
After a while, Zaiden asked, “Whose side are you on, Ms. Maxine? Is it James’?”
“Yeah.”
Maxine nodded and said, “I’m supporting James.”
“Is it your intention to convince us to side with James?” Yasmine sighed.
“James’ power is the weakest among all the other factions. In fact, he has no power to do anything. Orient Commerce could dismiss James from his positions any minute if they wanted to do so. Then, he’ll just be a martial artist. Apart from being strong, he doesn’t have any authority to accomplish anything.”
“Do you think it’s that simple?”
Maxine said with a faint smile, “You’re only looking at things on the surface, Mrs. Lee. What you said is indeed the truth. However, no matter how strong the Gu Sect and Orient Commerce are, they don’t want each other to have absolute dominance. Thus, they’re using James to maintain this balance. None of them dares to dismiss James. Otherwise, the balance between these two factions would be tipped off.
“To put it frankly, Orient Commerce wants to use James to get rid of the Gu Sect and vice versa.
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