"Of course, it will not be easy to kill Wan Mingzhu. But if the entire world of Cultivators works together, it is not entirely impossible."
Qi Zhongdao was emotionless, but scorching brilliance beamed out of his eyes. He said solemnly, "In the past ten years, Wang Xi has been stirring trouble in the court. Everybody in the world of Cultivators was too worried about their own safety. As a result, Wan Mingzhu, Qi Changsheng, and Han Baling took the opportunity to rise.
"Right now, with a new emperor on the throne and Wang Xi on the run, the world of Cultivators has been reunited.
"If we do not take advantage of the great opportunity to eliminate the villains such as Wan Mingzhu, Qi Changsheng, and Han Baling, there will be a lot of trouble in the future.
"Naturally, Wan Mingzhu is the mother of all ghosts, but Fellow Cultivator Yan, Master Spiritual Vulture, Master Bitter Cicada, and Fellow Cultivator Ba Xiaoyu are confident that we are on par with her, if not slightly better.
"As long as we find Wan Mingzhu, there is a good chance that we can execute her once and for all in a battle of five against one."
"Well …"
Dan Fengzi pondered for a moment and hinted at Li Yao with his eyes.
"Right now, the court has mobilized all the troops to East Peace County to settle the chaos. The elites of the hundreds of sects such as the Gold Armor Clan, Thunderstorm Valley, Flying Spirit Island, Monster Taming Pavilion, and so on have also left for the southeast to slay the evils."
Ignoring Dan Fengzi's hint, Qi Zhongdao went on. "There is no need to elaborate on the logic of slaying evils. However, the febrile typhoon has overlapped with the flood season and evolved into a world-level natural disaster. A lot of sects in the southeast will certainly be uprooted.
"After the natural disaster, a lot of empty areas will be left without the protection of the Cultivation sects. By then, won't the six major sects need to supervise the situation in order to prevent the people from dying?
"If we don't go and allow the local sects to fight and brutalize each other, chances are that a catastrophe even more dreadful than the world-level natural disaster will be triggered."
It was obvious that he was instigating the Purple Pole Sword Sect to fight for territory.
Dan Fengzi smiled and nodded without giving any comment. "It is the duty of the righteous sects to slay evil and help the people. Now that natural disasters are upon us, the people are in dire straits. Of course, the Purple Pole Sword Sect will do our best."
"However, as you have seen for yourself, Master, in order to organize the Dragon Spring Meeting three months ago, the Purple Pole Sword Sect consumed all the resources accumulated over the years and is still slowly recovering."
"This is a serious matter that requires long-term planning. Even if we really have to send a large number of Soaring Firmament Swordsmen to the southeast, we have to plan carefully. Please forgive us, Perfected One."
"Of course."
There was neither sorrow nor joy on Qi Zhongdao's face. He moved his eyes to Yan Liren and said, "Fellow Cultivator Yan, thank you for your mercy in the battle three months ago. Other people might not know it, but I definitely agree with Master Spiritual Vulture. Your sword is indeed unparalleled in the world."
"I wonder if the peerless sword in the world can even kill the Mother of All Ghosts."
Yan Liren blinked. His bald forehead suddenly glowed, and his breath became hot.
"Master Spiritual Vulture."
Qi Zhongdao looked at Li Yao again. "Since you are going to make a name for yourself in the world of Cultivators in the Great Qian Dynasty, won't the empty, prosperous land in the southeast be the best stage for you to show your skills after the apocalypse?"
"I'm looking forward to fighting side by side with Fellow Cultivator Yan and Master Spiritual Vulture."
Ignoring Dan Fengzi's extremely awful face, Qi Zhongdao finished his words unhurriedly before he turned around and left unhurriedly.
Dan Fengzi coughed and gestured at the elders. Then, he invited Li Yao to a residence next to a waterfall behind the Sword Washing Pavilion.
As the leader of the Purple Pole Sword Sect and Yan Liren's senior brother, Dan Fengzi was also an excellent sword Cultivator.
However, his judgment and decision-making abilities were sharper than his sword.
It could be seen from the way he hired Li Yao as a visiting elder of the Purple Pole Sword Sect.
He could either become a visiting elder of the Purple Pole Sword Sect and receive multiple times the resources.
Otherwise, the Purple Pole Sword Sect would rather be an enemy to Li Yao than ask for Li Yao's help.
Li Yao thought quite highly of Dan Fengzi. He believed that the man was a man of communication and trade. Under extreme circumstances, he could even consider hiring the entire Purple Pole Sword Sect and reorganizing them into a 'Purple Pole Mercenary Group', which would be commanded and managed by the Purple Pole Sword Sect to carry out 'campaign-level targets' of a larger scale.
The price of the hire could be a modern assembly line for the production of flying swords or an assault warship that was most suitable for boarding battles. They could be negotiated later.
"Are you thinking of going to the southeast, Master Spiritual Vulture?"
While Li Yao was making plans in his head, Dan Fengzi asked straightforwardly while looking at the waterfall outside of the corridor.
"I am indeed tempted."
Li Yao had long thought of what to say. "Leader, you know that the barbarian Cultivators are best at raising ghosts. Although I have received the heritage of Yan Zhu, the sword forger of Great Zhou, I have not forgotten my roots. Since Wan Mingzhu is known as the mother of all ghosts, I naturally want to see what the ghost woman looks like.
"Besides, Master Righteous One does have a point. After the apocalypse, a lot of sects in the southeast must've been destroyed. There will be nothing left. Does the Purple Pole Sword Sect not want to take the opportunity to march to the southeast?"
Dan Fengzi smiled casually and shook his head. "Elder Spiritual Vulture, you only know part of the story. Master Righteous One's words must not be trusted. It is definitely not simple."
"Okay."
Li Yao raised his eyebrow and chuckled. "Is the home of the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty full of fancy words?"
"Not exactly fancy words," Dan Fengzi explained patiently.
"Firstly, Master Spiritual Vulture, you have lived in the Southland of Sorcerers for a long time and have never seen the formidability of the febrile typhoons. The febrile typhoons are essentially the tempests that fall to the ground. The violent spiritual energy inside the tempests will seriously affect the soul and the veins of the Cultivators.
"If they are in the middle of a febrile typhoon, even the Yuanying Cultivators will have to summon all their spiritual energy to resist it. One moment of carelessness, and the febrile typhoons will invade their body and soul, causing their Cultivation to plummet.
"The most troublesome thing is that the febrile typhoons seem to be intelligent. They will automatically search for the Cultivators with the highest Cultivation in their range and inflict the greatest damage on them. The Cultivators with lower Cultivation, or even ordinary people, will not be too affected by the febrile typhoons.
"The Yuanying Cultivators such as you and me will be the targets of the febrile typhoons if we enter them."
Li Yao frowned hard. "Is that so?"
But everything was clear in his head. Such a common phenomenon in natural disasters had been analyzed by the specialists and scholars of the Xing Yao Federation a long time ago.
The higher the Cultivation of a Cultivator, the more abundant the spiritual energy inside their body would be, which would form a powerful magnetic field.
When the violent magnetic field caused by the natural disasters rushed close, it would naturally interact with the most powerful magnetic field first.
To make a more vivid example, when there were dark clouds, lightning would always hit the 'lightning rods' and the 'trees' first. The taller the lightning rods and the trees, the more likely they would be hit.
The high-level Cultivators were equal to the lightning rods and the trees. Naturally, they would be the first to be hit.
"The power of the febrile typhoons is just the beginning of the disaster," Dan Fengzi said.
Dan Fengzi continued. "According to our experience in the past, after every febrile typhoon passes by, a large batch of disaster victims will be born. After the disaster victims die miserably, they will turn into aggressive ghosts that are full of aggression. Although the strength of the ghosts is insignificant and they cannot cause much damage to the Yuanying Cultivators such as you and me, when they are large in number and constitute an overwhelming army, it is very possible that our souls will be tainted and our minds will be impure. It will be quite troublesome, too.
"Since you are from the Southland of Sorcerers, Elder Spiritual Vulture, I believe that you must know a thing or two about the arts to raise the ghosts. However, the arts that you have been practicing can only deal with dozens of ghosts at best, right? What if hundreds of thousands of ghosts show up in front of you?
"Qi Zhongdao, Yan Liren, Master Bitter Cicada, Ba Xiaoyu, Elder Spiritual Vulture, the five high-level Yuanying Cultivators, together with the dozens of regular Yuanying Cultivators like us, seem to be an invincible and invincible team. But when faced with an army of millions of ghouls that is coming at us like a tsunami, it will still be barely possible for us to resist.
"Most importantly of all, even if we can annihilate the army of ghouls and even uproot the White Lotus Cult, so what? What benefits can we get?
"The high-level demon beasts have demon cores, and the powerful spiritual beasts have beast crystals and spiritual bones. By risking our lives in the perilous land, we can collect Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Therefore, it will be worthwhile to slay the fiends.
"However, if we fight the army of ghouls that the disaster victims turn into, even if we try our best to blow up their souls, we will not get any benefits at all. Instead, our pure thoughts and our firm belief will be tainted by their broken souls. The losses will outweigh the gains."
Li Yao sneered. "So, that explains a lot. Master Righteous One is implying that we should instigate the Purple Pole Sword Sect to fight for territory in the southeast, right? That is not exactly a benefit."
"Not only is it not a benefit, it is actually a great disadvantage. It may even be a catastrophe for the Purple Pole Sword Sect," Dan Fengzi said solemnly.
Dan Fengzi said solemnly, "There's an old saying that you must've heard before, Elder Spiritual Vulture. The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Do you know why I insisted that Junior Brother Yan not kill Qi Zhongdao in the Dragon Spring Meeting three months ago?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes. "Because Qi Zhongdao is a man of rules. Only he can maintain the balance of the Great Qian Dynasty."
"That is only one of the reasons," Dan Fengzi said.
"The more important reason is that I did not want Junior Brother Yan to win in the first place. I wanted him to fail on purpose."
"Okay."
Li Yao was slightly dazed. His eyes suddenly glittered. "Why?"
Instead of answering, Dan Fengzi asked, "Do you know which sect is the best in the world, Elder Spiritual Vulture?"
Li Yao frowned and said, "It is generally acknowledged to be the Grand Mystery Sect. However, when Wang Xi was in power, the Purple Pole Sword Sect had a good chance to claim the title because of their relationship with him."
"Wrong."
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