The elders from the other delegations were all quite sly, Zhou Hong's uncle in particular. The reason he had proposed a match was because the Yun and Chu clans were present, and a direct confrontation would have led to severe losses for their delegation.

If they had won, then the Chu and Yun clans would have had to hand over their goods, but now that they had lost, they would have to launch a sneak attack and force this Zhang Lie fellow to spit out everything he had managed to claim for himself.

After all, the Eclipse Sage was a hunter whose name had been immortalized in the Xumi Tome, and if [Eclipse] had been included in his inheritance, then the Zhou clan would immediately be elevated in power. 

How could he give up on such valuable treasure? At any rate, he was certainly willing to sacrifice his reputation and ethics for it.

On the other hand, the Yun and Chu clans were playing the long game. If they were to try to snatch the spoils from Zhang Lie, they would immediately sour the budding relationship between Zhang...