"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
Li Yao almost fell off the mountain. He coughed so hard that his tears were almost flowing out. He looked at Yan Liren with admiration in his eyes, feeling that the Sword Maniac was even more magnificent in the cold wind!
When he went crazy, he was even bold enough to take off Wang Xi's pants. As expected of the legendary Sword Maniac!
"Please don't misunderstand, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture."
Yan Liren frowned and said, "I'm not interested in whether or not Wang Xi has any unmentionable diseases."
"I'm not mistaken."
"Everybody is curious," Li Yao said. "It's only natural that Brother Yan is slightly interested. To be honest, even I'm interested in Wang Xi's secrets now that I've heard everything."
"But I'm really not interested," Yan Liren said expressionlessly.
"I'm only trying to infuriate Wang Xi and tear apart his shell of 'absent-mindedness' so that he could launch the angriest, craziest, and most brutal attack at me. That's all."
"That explains a lot!"
Li Yao blushed. He felt that his level was even lower than Yan Liren's.
The Sword Maniac was a real, pure 'swordsman' who had broken away from vulgar interests. Yet, Li Yao had thought of him in such a filthy way. He was truly measuring the heart of a gentleman with his own mean measure!
"Then? Did you cut it open?"
So be it. Li Yao craned his neck and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
"Then, he ran away," Yan Liren said.
"Ran away?"
"Yes. Before my sword aura arrived, he had already fled with his pants between his legs."
"So, it is possible that Wang Xi is a natural eunuch? If it was just a normal castration, he wouldn't have reacted so weirdly since he was a well-known eunuch in the first place, would he? "
"I don't know. Unless there is a sword growing between his legs, I'm really not interested in what happens inside a man's pants. If that is your hobby, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, you can go and take off Wang Xi's pants when you have a chance later."
"Well …"
Li Yao frowned hard. Ignoring Yan Liren's last sentence, he thought to himself that Wang Xi was indeed a weird person.
When he first heard Wang Xi's bizarre theories from Yan Liren, Li Yao's first reaction was naturally that Wang Xi was probably a spy of the Imperium of True Human Beings.
But thinking about it carefully, his first reaction might have been wrong again.
First of all, the timing did not match.
Although Wang Xi had only become a powerful eunuch in the past ten years, he had been lurking and accumulating his strength for decades, including establishing the intelligence and assassination organization 'Ghost Character'.
Together with his early training in the depths of the royal palace, this person had been in the Ancient Sages Sector for at least sixty to seventy years.
Since he was able to enter the Forbidden City and become the henchman of the current emperor, he must be very clear about the ins and outs. It was impossible for him to be a mysterious person who came out of nowhere.
It was not that it was impossible for the spies of the Imperium of True Human Beings to reach the Ancient Sages Sector sixty to seventy years ago.
If they were lucky enough to jump to somewhere near the Ancient Sages Sector during a super long-distance space jump, the odds were one billionth.
The problem was that, if the spies of the Imperium of True Human Beings had really reached the Ancient Sages Sector so early, they should have had plenty of time to collect resources, analyze intelligence, and establish a 'space gate' to summon the expedition army of the Imperium to this place!
Then, when Li Yao landed in the Ancient Sages Sector, what he saw would certainly not have been so 'vintage' and 'authentic'.
Chances were that he would have seen weird scenes where the ancient Cultivators were carrying Six-barreled Vulcan Machine Guns and the Ghost Knights were fighting together with the crystal warships.
Since such a thing did not happen, Li Yao could only infer that, even if there were spies of the Imperium of True Human Beings in the Ancient Sages Sector, they should be in the same phase as him, which was the accumulation of resources and intelligence in the early years and the construction of the space gate.
Secondly, if Wang Xi was really a spy of the Imperium of True Human Beings, there was absolutely no reason for him to talk to Yan Liren about so many topics that might raise suspicion, such as crawling out of the Ancient Sages Sector.
It seemed that Li Yao, a spy of the Federation who had ill intentions, would never have said such things.
What kind of person is Wang Xi exactly? I'm really curious!
Li Yao remarked with mixed feelings. For a moment, even his interest in practicing sword arts with Yan Liren was somewhat diminished.
Right at this moment, the sound of a long horn came from the foot of the mountain. Near and far, the entire Hundred Blades Mountain Range lit up with colorful lights. Looking from afar, it was as if a colorful dragon had emerged from the ground.
It was the welcome ceremony of the highest scale in the Purple Pole Sword Sect. Honorable guests must have arrived.
Li Yao and Yan Liren looked at each other. They both vaguely sensed the chaos in the welcome ceremony.
Besides, they were both elders of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, and they had never heard of any honorable guests!
As they expected, very soon, Ling Lanyin, the Orchid Fairy, flew to the God Shocking Peak on her flying sword and respectfully invited the two elders to the Sword Washing Pavilion so that they could meet Master Righteous One.
After only three months, Qi Zhongdao, known as the leader of the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty, had come to the Purple Pole Sword Sect again.
When Li Yao and Yan Liren stepped into 'Sword Washing Pavilion', the grand meeting hall of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, dozens of leadership of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, including Dan Fengzi, leader of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, were gathered in the same place. They were exchanging greetings with Qi Zhongdao and the rest of them.
They had just decided on the new distribution of interests during the Dragon Spring Meeting. Naturally, the meeting would not be as intense as last time.
However, the atmosphere was not exactly warm, either. It was even more depressing and dull than the Dragon Spring Meeting.
Li Yao blinked and observed Qi Zhongdao curiously.
The leader of the Cultivators, who was equivalent to the leader of the martial arts circle, was indeed an interesting man.
'Sword Maniac' Yan Liren, Dan Fengzi, the leader of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, and the juniors including Orchid Sword Deity Ling Lanyin, all agreed that Qi Zhongdao was a man of rules.
What did 'rules' mean?
For example, if Qi Zhongdao owed someone a sum of money that he had not paid, he would agree on when to pay the debt and how much interest he would get.
Then, the person would accidentally sleep with Qi Zhongdao's wife.
In that case, after Qi Zhongdao killed someone with one strike of his sword, when it was time to repay the debt, he would still return the principal and interest to that person's grave, one copper coin at a time, not a single copper coin less.
Of course, such a thing would never happen, but that was what it meant. That was how the Iron Saint was!
Li Yao had talked and laughed with Yan Liren in the Dragon Spring Meeting and pointed out the mysteries of his' fourth sword '. Both of them had been greatly elevated in status in the world of Cultivators.
But on the other hand, he had also slapped Qi Zhongdao, the victor of the battle, hard in the face by stepping on Qi Zhongdao's face.
Li Yao had thought that Qi Zhongdao must hate his guts and would even try to get back at him.
It couldn't be helped. It was impossible to rise miraculously without pissing somebody off. It was a price that had to be paid.
Li Yao had been prepared for Qi Zhongdao's vengeance. He did not expect that Qi Zhongdao would not say anything even though his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
In the end, he even pretended that nothing had happened and reached an insignificant deal with the Purple Pole Sword Sect on behalf of the Grand Mystery Sect. In such a way, he openly conceded to the Purple Pole Sword Sect!
Later, in the secret meeting where the leadership of hundreds of sects were gathered and the interests large and small were divided, Qi Zhongdao's approach was a great eye-opener for Li Yao.
The thousands of sects in the world of Cultivators were a mess when their interests and grudges were mixed together.
But as it happened, Qi Zhongdao was quite capable of sorting through the mess and dividing the interests clearly according to the strength and range of activities of every sect. It was guaranteed that most of the sects would be able to hold their noses and bear with it.
If the interests could not be divided, he could also come up with a suitable competition format for the two parties. Who would be chosen from the two parties, what the rules of the competition were, and how the outcome of the competition would be determined. Nobody was dissatisfied.
What surprised Li Yao the most was that even 'Master Spiritual Vulture', who had just slapped his face brutally, had tried his best to snatch a share of the benefits from the major sects, including a decent natural paradise and the incessant annual revenue from the transportation industry. He had offered them to Li Yao with both hands!
At that time, this was what Qi Zhongdao had said.
"Master Spiritual Vulture, since you can suppress three Yuanying Cultivators in the middle level of the Yuanying Stage easily and have a sword competition with Yan Liren, one of the best Sword Immortals in the world, your capability must be among the best of the three hundred Yuanying Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector!
"For such an unparalleled expert like you, even if you are not offered resources such as' wealth, land, arts, and companions', you will certainly rob them yourself!
"Of course, it is not a problem for you to rob them yourself, but you are new to this place, and you do not know the rules of competition in the Great Qian Dynasty yet!
"In the world of Cultivators, rules are our heaven. If everybody fights for resources according to the rules, it will not matter even if the Grand Mystery Sect and the Purple Pole Sword Sect are at loggerheads like today. We will divide the resources according to the rules. After that, we will still be fellow Cultivators, and we can still cooperate with each other.
"However, if someone does not abide by the rules and intends to overturn the entire table, turning the world of Cultivators into a mess and causing rivers of blood to flow among the Cultivators, they will become the public enemy of the world."
"Today, I respect your expertise. The resources are the 'rules' that the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty have given you. They are what you deserve.
"However, after you accept the items, you will be a member of the Great Qian Dynasty.
"I don't care what you did in the Southland of Sorcerers in the past, but the Great Qian Dynasty has its own rules. Even if we cannot eliminate the strong and help the weak, every Yuanying Cultivator has their own identity as a senior expert. I hope that you can respect your identity. Slaughtering your entire family without a word is absolutely unacceptable. Killing innocent people randomly and extracting their souls for training is also an evil behavior. It is the greatest taboo of all taboos!"
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