The fact that it took the upper level of Silver Hand this long to realize Ouyang is a major threat, really shows why they are going to be destroyed soon by Ouyang.
Even though Great Xia still needs time to grow, i bet he'd ally with the academic faction but not be in it at the same time. I prefer him to make another faction (a neutral faction) that would make the world imperfectly balance
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