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Zil was the one who responded, though. "Where did you find that guy? Don't tell us he was always part of your sect because someone at that level would have joined a stronger power a long time ago."

Kayla thought about the possibility of getting such questions, so she had long since thought of an excuse. "Indeed, we did the same thing as the Rumira Merchant Organization. We paid him and his brother to represent our sect. Is that a problem?"

Of course, such a thing wasn't a problem. After all, there was no lack of cultivators from other places who only joined those powers for the sake of the assembly. 

Miame shook her head in response, telling her, "Obviously, there's no problem with that. However, you're getting in the way of our internal struggle. How much do you want to ask your sect's candidate to stop there?"

Kayla and the others were taken aback. "Wait, isn't it against the rules?"