The large number of ordinary and special disciples in the Red Alliance transformed it from being the alliance created by the poor for the poor into an alliance with a lot of potential. Combined with their large size, they don't lose out to anyone in terms of manpower either.
So in terms of quality and quantity of members, they match the best alliances. The only thing they are lacking is powerful external support and connection. But this is a problem that will be solved in time if they continue to grow like this.
Their situation has made them optimistic about their situation. Now that they have some means to stand on their own, they have begun to seek him out aggressively in order to help him.
All they want to do is help him. But they might have taken things a little too far with their awe. And if he is being honest, writing so many successful books and gaining so many fans also had a part to play in this matter.
He has been writing books for 24 years now. That's a very long time to be writing books.
To put things into perspective, many of the people that were just born around the time he began to write books have gained admission to the Blood Skull sect.
It is not an understatement to say that an entire generation of people has grown up reading his books. This has made him sort of a celebrity.
To top things off, he is the celebrity that funneled most, if not all, of the money he earned from his books into teaching people cultivation techniques for free.
When his fame as a writer is added to his fame as a philanthropist, the possible result of that combination is an alliance that adores him. So yes, if blame is being assigned, he had a part to play in the current situation.
He was thinking about this and sighing to himself when Thor finally came out of his house. He came riding on his bronze horse.
Like Roar, Thor has also changed over the past 20 years. He is pale and has sickly skin, but he has become taller and more muscular.
He doesn't look malnourished or dying anymore. His eyes are also brighter now. They shine and shimmer with various colors as if he had a rainbow sealed in his eyes.
Another change for Thor was that he wasn't lugging around the carriage for his golem anymore. He now has a space ring, which is a storage artifact that doesn't have a weight limit on what could be placed within it.
The space ring is expensive, but people like Thor and Arthur can afford it. The golem is the space ring on his finger, but Thor still has space pouches attached to his waist.
These extra space pouches are for holding the things that the space ring can't hold because of its limited space. Arthur also has some extra space pouches prepared for their trip. It is common sense to have extra if they don't want the limit of their harvest to be what they can carry.
Arthur urged Thor, "Let's go."
After speaking, Roar jumped away, and Thor followed him. The two of them descended the mountain quickly. Then they made their way to the teleportation hall as usual.
On their way there, Thor commented on the three people he saw by chuckling and saying, "This is all your fault, you know. I mean, who writes books, earns money with it, and then spends all the money on helping others?"
This is a question that has baffled many people. No one can figure out why he is doing such a thankless job.
It just doesn't make sense that someone would give away so much money. Only rich cultivators that are about to die would do something like that.
Usually, these rich and powerful cultivators that are about to die will set up inheritance temples to help others after they die. Some of them might even pick a few people to set up a sect in a backward place in order to find talented successors for them.
But he is not old and dying. He is young and has a lot of potential, so what he is doing doesn't make sense.
It has been considered that he is kind. But his kindness has reached the extreme for many cultivators.
Unless a cultivator is compelled by their cultivation technique, force intent, or bloodline, it does make sense for them to give out so much.
His situation becomes even more baffling when it becomes public information that he had been doing stuff like this ever since he was three years old. Even his mother laments his situation and thinks he is cursed to be wasteful.
So much had been said about his situation already. Arthur didn't want to add more to it, so he skipped the question and changed the subject by asking Thor a question.
"How have you been? How have things been going with you these last few years?"
Thor asked, "Do you really want to know, or do you just want to change the subject?"
He replied, "Both."
Thor chuckled before replying. "I'm fine. As you can see, I've reached the eighth transformation. I could have been faster, but I was busy."
Arthur asked with interest, "What were you busy with this time?"
Thor puffed up his chest and said proudly, "I have been busy with building my third son. It was difficult, I assure you. But I persevered and overcame all the difficulties placed in my path."
"My third son is not stronger than previous generations, but he is more efficient both in terms of energy usage and mental control. He is also more durable."
"My attempt to build him was met with many difficulties and was fraught with many dangers. I was challenging the norms in my attempts, so I hit a lot of dead ends. I also experienced many explosions. I practically walked into the explosions when I reached those dead ends."