Li Yao's killing intent soared. He stared at Han Yuantai coldly like a saber.
Han Yuantai gritted his teeth so hard that they were cracking. He craned his neck and stared back at Li Yao. Many times, he failed to resist the sharpness in the guy's eyes and tried to turn around to dodge, but he was supported by the fire in his chest and managed to hold on!
Next to the two of them, the lotuses in the pond were shivering and withering quickly.
The goldfish and the shrimps were jumping crazily on the surface of the lake. Very soon, they were all dead, as if they were not in a pond but a pot of oil.
Right when Han Yuantai was about to collapse, the raging killing intent around Li Yao was suddenly gone, as if it had never been there.
He smiled casually. "How bold of you!"
Han Yuantai took a long breath in relief. The resolute man from the north, the respected Yuanying of the Gloomy Cloud Region, was almost weeping in front of the immeasurable old monster!
It was not until this moment that his legs began to tremble beyond his control, and he did not have the time to wipe the sweat on his forehead. He breathed heavily for a while before he managed a smile. "I'm flattered, Master. It has not occurred to me until this moment that I underestimated your level, Master. With your Cultivation today, you may be among the top ten experts in the world, and you may be able to fight a clan or a country with your sword alone!"
"Forget it. Since we're both smart people, there's no need to beat around the bush!"
Li Yao waved his hands and said, "Wealth, land, arts, and companions are indispensable for the path of Cultivation. For those in the Yuanying level such as you and me, the resources we consume every day are astronomical. We have to have a fixed base and an enormous population to support us!
"It may be possible for one person to fight a country in the short term, but it is absolutely impossible for us to compete in the long term!
"Hehe. I know it without you telling me. The Southland of Sorcerers is remote, rugged, and enshrouded in venomous fog. Other than the insignificant pests, few Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures can be found here! “
"Moreover, this place has been extremely desolate since ancient times. No powerful sect has ever set foot here, so it is extremely difficult to find caves and ruins underground!"
"In such a harsh environment, it is already the best that the Cultivators in the Southland of Sorcerers can reach the beginning level of Yuanying with their unorthodox arts and poison arts! Even if I had another fortuitous encounter and was able to cultivate to the level I am at today, it would be a fool's dream to want to go one step further and pry into the mysterious Divinity Transformation Stage! "
"The bottom line is that the Southland of Sorcerers is too small to raise a big turtle, let alone a high level of the Yuanying Stage."
"If you want to break through to a higher realm, you have to have a larger population, a richer land, and more caves and relics. How can I not understand such a simple logic?"
"However …"
Li Yao suddenly sneered and said unhurriedly, "You can give me these things, and so can the Great Qian Dynasty! After training in seclusion for sixty years, I've finally reached the level, techniques, and magical equipment that I have today. Wherever I go, I will be an honorable guest, guest, and elder.
"I don't know what Master Black Moon is thinking, but I can't figure it out. Why should I abandon the prosperous and powerful Great Qian Dynasty and join Ghost Qin?"
"It's true that the Dark Cloud Prairies are boundless. Quite a few powerful dynasties have emerged in the past tens of thousands of years. A lot of relics and secret treasures have been left underground.
"However, your population is too small. Even the number of Cultivators is few. You don't have any famous sects at all.
"I'm told that Han Baling is engaged in some sort of 'reform' right now and has annihilated all the sects!
"Ha. There is not a single sect in the entire Dark Cloud Prairies. Isn't it a joke?
"The Great Qian Dynasty, on the other hand, is deeply rooted and flourishing. Almost a hundred righteous sects have been passed on for thousands of years since the previous dynasty. There are as many experts as there are clouds and as many classics on Cultivation arts as there are on a truckload!
"Of the three hundred Yuanying cultivators in the world, the Great Qian Dynasty boasts more than two hundred of them!
"I'm told that you won a minor victory in the war against the Great Qian Dynasty last year, and your vanguard marched to the capital city. So what? You ran away after looting everything, didn't you? Do you dare to stay and fight the Yuanying cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty head-on?
"Hehe. Master Black Moon may be fooled by your fancy words, but I'm not so gullible as to risk my life for you!
"Han Yuantai, don't think that I dare not kill you. You are merely in the middle level of the Yuanying Stage. You are just a bug that I can pinch to death easily. What's the big deal?
"I'm sparing your life because I want to see what kind of bullsh * t you can spit out and what kind of bullsh * t you will say to instigate me to join you!
"Come on. I've just trained in seclusion for sixty years. Now that I've broken out of seclusion, I don't know much about the general trend of the world. Just try your best to confuse me. Tell me. What makes the Ghost Qin of the Dark Cloud Sector qualified to challenge the Great Qian Dynasty?
"Hehe. You can brag about the Ghost Qin as much as you like. It's true that I can't tell the truth from the lies for the time being. But don't forget that I have two Core Formation Stage Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty in my hands. By then, I'll be able to tell right from wrong after I compare your words!
"If you are really lying to me …"
Li Yao cackled again.
Han Yuantai shuddered hard. He felt that gloomy wind had penetrated deep into his bones. His every joint seemed to have been pierced by dozens of rusty nails, making it impossible for him to move.
"You have keen eyes, Master. I dare not lie to you at all!"
Taking a deep breath, Han Yuantai was about to launch into a long speech, when Li Yao waved his hands again and said solemnly, "Don't talk in such a sophisticated way. It's too tiring for you to talk like that all the time! I am a barbarian, and I don't understand those superficial things. Just tell me in the simplest language, what is the strength of Ghost Qin and what is the weakness of the Great Qian Dynasty? Why do you Cultivators from the Dark Cloud Region, who do not even belong to a sect, have the confidence to compete with the Great Qian Dynasty, which boasts a thousand sects large and small and countless Cultivators?
Taking a deep breath, Han Yuantai suddenly raised his head and burst into laughter. His laughter was as long as a river.
Li Yao pulled a long face and said angrily, "Speak properly. If you keep pretending, I'll dig out all your teeth first!"
Han Yuantai knew that the brutal man was a man of his words. He finally stopped laughing and said solemnly, "Master, you mentioned that there are many sects and Yuanying in the Great Qian Dynasty. Do you think that the more sects and Cultivators there are, the stronger the country will be?"
Li Yao rolled his eyes and was amused. "Of course. Is that not the case?"
"Of course not!"
Han Yuantai declared resolutely. "Although the hundred dynasties of the Ancient Sages Sector have thought so in the past hundred thousand years, the people of Cloud Qin believe exactly the opposite. We believe that the sects are the cancer of the country. The stronger the sects, the more Yuanying there will be, and the weaker the country will be!
Right now, the Great Qian Dynasty has 3,725 sects large and small and 221 Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators. It is not the foundation of the Great Qian Dynasty's prosperity but a sign that it has reached a dead end and is digging its own grave!
"The more sects there are, the weaker the country. That's rather new!"
Li Yao chuckled and said lazily, "Why don't you tell me about it?"
Han Yuantai struggled to his feet, but his clothes were squeaking nonstop. His heart was surging, and his veins were expanding, which triggered the barrier.
Han Yuantai finally grunted, with a painful expression on his face.
Li Yao curled the ring finger of his right hand and waved his finger casually. The 'Spiritual Vulture' was detached from Han Yuantai's body and condensed into a small skeleton vulture again, which flew around his head three times and returned to Li Yao's side.
Li Yao extended his arm and let the skeleton vulture land on it. Then, he stored the vulture into his Cosmos Ring.
With disbelief on his face, Han Yuantai mumbled, "I'm told that 'Immortal Tying Rope' existed in the primeval times. Your barrier must've been similar to the Immortal Tying Rope, Master!"
Li Yao said coldly, "I didn't remove your barrier for you to talk nonsense."
Han Yuantai calmed himself down and said solemnly, "The more sects there are, the weaker the country will be. It sounds absurd, but you will understand the logic if you think about it carefully!
"For any country to be strong, it has to have a strong and united court. As the saying goes, 'there can't be two suns in the sky, and there can't be two rulers on the ground'. The emperor's words are the law, and nobody can disobey him. That is the only way that the government can be carried out smoothly and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. It is an unchangeable logic!
"However, the existence of the Cultivation sects, especially the 'renowned sects' that have been passed on for thousands of years and boast unparalleled experts of the Yuanying level, seriously weaken the authority of the court and the emperor!
"There are nine suns in the sky, and many orders are sent out. They hinder each other and fight each other incessantly. In some places, we only know that there is a certain sect, a certain family, and a certain Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, but we don't know that there is a court or an emperor. How can they not weaken and perish?
"For tens of thousands of years, no matter how prosperous and peaceful the hundreds of dynasties of the Ancient Sages Sector were in their heyday, it was inevitable that they would be corrupted by the chronic disease in the end. Their blood and vitality would be drained by the 'cancerous tumors', and they would be destroyed in the end!
"It is an incurable disease of the dynasty that cannot be cured. How can the Great Qian Dynasty be spared today?
"Master Spiritual Vulture, you asked just now why Cloud Qin is capable of resisting the entire Great Qian Dynasty with only the Dark Cloud Prairies?
"Hehe. If the Great Qian Dynasty is truly a united country, we will indeed stand no chance at all!
"But as a matter of fact, the so-called 'Great Qian Dynasty' is not a real country at all. It is just an empty shell that countless Cultivation sects who are scheming against each other have their own plans put on the table!
"There is no such thing as' Great Qian Dynasty 'at all. There are only the countless sects that are scattered below the fake country!
"The Great Qian Dynasty is like a seemingly ferocious primeval beast, but its internal organs have been hollowed out by countless maggots and rats. The only thing left is an empty, greasy skin. After a gentle blow, it will fall apart and completely collapse!
"When the behemoth collapses, the maggots and rats hiding inside its body will only run away in a hurry to find the next behemoth. They will not live and die with it at all!"
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