"City Lord Zhou, our Clearriver Alliance has no intention of becoming enemies with the Cheng Family. It's just that we're suffering great losses now, so we have no other choice.
If we don't do this, it won't be long before the Clearriver Alliance's strength declines, "the Clearriver City Lord said helplessly.
The Cheng Clan was powerful, and if they were to start a war with the Cheng Clan, they indeed had no chance of winning.
For the future of the Clear River Alliance, he naturally did not want to become enemies with the Cheng Clan.
However, they could only watch as the Clear River Alliance continued to decline. They couldn't just sit around and do nothing.
Seeing City Lord Zhou's attitude, it was clear that the Cheng Family would not compensate the Clearriver Alliance. This made things very difficult.
At this time, there was no benefit in being tough with the Cheng Family. He could only hope that the Cheng Family wouldn't go overboard on this matter. At the very least, they should give the Cheng Family a way out.
"Clear River City Lord, our Cheng Clan is not unreasonable. As the influence of the Cheng Family continues to rise, it is very normal for more people from your sphere of influence to enter our Cheng Family.
To be honest, this was just the rule of the world.
If your Clear River Alliance is more attractive, your people naturally won't run to the Cheng Clan anymore, "City Lord Zhou said.
The Cheng Family's influence in the Cultivation World was constantly increasing, but the Cultivation World was so big that the Cheng Family's influence was actually very limited.
Speaking of which, only the places that were closer to the Cheng family were more affected by the Cheng family.
Since the Clearriver Alliance was so close to the Cheng Family, they were indeed greatly influenced by the Cheng Family.
Of course, the Clear River Alliance and the allied alliances weren't the only ones surrounding the Cheng Clan.
In fact, there were many cities and alliances around the Cheng Family.
However, the reason why only these alliances took action against the Cheng family or the White City Alliance was because they had set their sights on the White City Alliance and felt that the White City Alliance was inferior to them.
Secondly, it was because of the special position of these alliances. They were in charge of the gateways to the White City Alliance.
Thirdly, he felt that even if the White City Alliance really sided with the Cheng Family, they would only seal off the entrances within their own sphere of influence. Even the Cheng Family might not intervene.
In fact, many of the surrounding forces were quite happy that they had done this.
At the very least, after these gates were sealed, the people from the city would no longer run towards the Cheng Family.
Therefore, the surrounding forces were all dissatisfied with the Cheng family. But personally, they were all very supportive of the Cheng family. They were two extremes.
In fact, the Cheng Family also knew that issuing a large number of external missions would incur the wrath of the various factions.
However, the Cheng Family didn't care. As long as their personal interests were tied to the Cheng Family, even if these forces were dissatisfied with the Cheng Family, it wouldn't matter.
In this way, the forces around the Cheng Family were indeed out of luck.
Who asked them to be so close to the Cheng Family? If their people didn't run, who would?
Therefore, there was no absolute fairness in the world. They were close to the Cheng Clan, so even if they were forces, they could still benefit from the Cheng Clan.
However, at the same time, you will also lose other things, such as the loss of your own city's population.
As for those forces that were far away from the Cheng Family, it was obviously very difficult for them to obtain any benefits from the Cheng Family. However, the Cheng Family's influence on them was naturally extremely weak.
Therefore, everything has its pros and cons, even if there are more pros than cons.
However, from the looks of it now, it seemed that the disadvantages were even greater for the forces around the Cheng Family.
Even though these forces could also obtain benefits from the Cheng Family's missions, compared to the loss of a large number of people, this loss was far greater than the benefits.
If they really wanted to change this situation, they would either have to suppress the Cheng Family, but this was almost impossible.
Otherwise, they would have to find a way to keep their own people here or use other methods to attract more people.
This was possible, even if they couldn't think of it.
Originally, the Clear River Alliance had sealed off the gates to prevent others from entering the White City Alliance.
This not only allowed them to keep the people of their own cities, but it also caused the White City Alliance to suffer losses.
However, not only did they cause the White City Alliance to suffer losses, but they also caused losses to the Cheng Family.
Even though the Clear River Alliance allowed the people who had accepted the Cheng Family's missions to enter, it was very difficult for them to return to the Cheng Family through these alliances.
In other words, this was equivalent to harming the Cheng Family's interests. How could the Cheng Family not take action?
However, even if the Cheng Family wanted to take action, they wouldn't do so for no reason. Because of this, not only did the Cheng Family successfully take down the White City Alliance, but they also had enough reason to interfere in this matter. This was simply beneficial to the Cheng Family.
"City Lord Zhou, it's not that we haven't thought of this method. However, compared to the Cheng Family, how can we attract people back from the Cheng Family?
If City Lord Zhou has a way …
I hope that City Lord Zhou can point out the right path for the Clear River Alliance and give the Clear River City Lord a way out! "the Clear River City Lord pleaded.
In this world, what could be more attractive than a mission issued by the Cheng Family?
If there was, then it would probably be the appearance of a treasure trove.
However, even though there were many treasure troves in the world, they were not that easy to find.
Even if a treasure trove really appeared, not everyone would be able to obtain it.
Those with strength might be willing to fight for the treasure trove. However, for those with ordinary strength, it would be more practical for them to accept the Cheng Family's mission.
After all, there were so many people who wanted the treasure trove. Even those with great strength might not be able to obtain it. However, if they accepted the Cheng Family's missions, they would definitely be able to obtain contribution points and exchange them for the resources they wanted.
One was dangerous and had no guarantee, while the other was guaranteed to have rewards. As long as they didn't want to die, they would most likely choose the latter. This was enough to show how attractive the Cheng Family's missions were.
As such, if they had to think of a more attractive method than the Cheng Family's missions, they would have to give resources to everyone who came to the Alliance.
However, who would be so foolish?
If they had so many resources, why would they need to attract people back?
As such, all that was left for the Clear River Alliance would be despair.
"Clear River City Lord, you don't have to worry too much. Even though the Cheng Family is very attractive, it cannot attract everyone in the world. Moreover, the Cheng Family does not have a large enough place to accommodate so many people.
In addition, in recent years, our reputation and influence in the Cultivation World have also rapidly increased and improved.
As such, more and more people have come to the Cheng Family from even further away.
As more and more people come, won't more and more people pass through the Clear River Alliance? "City Lord Zhou said.
"How is that possible?" Vice City Lord Huang retorted.
This City Lord Zhou was simply lying to them.
"How is that not possible? As the Cheng Family slowly reaches a saturation point, not only will you not lose any more people, but as more and more people come from even further away, your Alliance will slowly prosper.
Moreover, we asked the White City Alliance to help the Cheng Family issue missions in order to expand the Cheng Family's influence and let more people know of the Cheng Family's existence.
Even though we have brought you losses, this is only temporary.
Your Clear River Alliance is so close to the White City Alliance. When the White City Alliance's population increases, won't your Clear River Alliance's population increase as well?
As such, there are two sides to every coin. Clear River City Lord, you cannot only look at what's in front of you, "City Lord Zhou explained sincerely.
"Even if City Lord Zhou's words are true, how many years will it take for the Cheng Family to reach a saturation point? Perhaps it won't happen even after tens or hundreds of years. If our Clear River Alliance waited that long, we would have long since been swallowed by others! "Vice City Lord Huang continued to question.
Although City Lord Zhou's words sounded reasonable, the reality wasn't something that could be explained in a few words.
If they waited until that day, it would be too late, and the Clear River Alliance would probably have already been divided among the others.
"City Lord Zhou, Vice City Lord Huang's words are very reasonable. We cannot just sit and wait. The Clear River Alliance is losing more and more people. Our Clear River Alliance cannot wait that long. "The Clear River City Lord also felt that City Lord Zhou's idea was too unreliable.
If they didn't do anything and just waited, he believed that what awaited them wouldn't be prosperity for the Clear River Alliance. Instead, they would decline!
"If that's the case, then you can only think of a way. However, I can tell you that no matter what you think of, as long as the Cheng Family does not suffer any losses, the Cheng Family will not make things difficult for you! "City Lord Zhou warned.
Even though sealing off the gates was the most effective way to save themselves, the Cheng Family would not allow them to do so.
Even if they were sealing off the gates within their own territory, the Cheng Family was not to be trifled with. Strength was power.
If the Clear River Alliance insisted on doing so, the Cheng Family would definitely declare war.
As such, the Clear River City Lord did not dare to seal off the gates after receiving City Lord Zhou's warning. Even though he could not think of a better way, he could at least hold on.
The Clear River Alliance was quite large. Even though they were losing people, they would not collapse so easily.
Perhaps the situation would turn for the better in the future, but if they fell out with the Cheng Family now and caused the Cheng Family to declare war on the Clear River Alliance, then the Clear River Alliance would definitely be destroyed.
As such, he had no reason to continue sealing off the gates. Even if people from the other alliances arrived in a few days, he might not insist on doing so.
He still hoped to avoid the Cheng Family's wrath and think of a safer way.
The problem was, how could this method be thought of so easily? Moreover, City Lord Zhou had said that they could not cause any losses to the Cheng Family. This made things even more difficult.
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