Ever since Jiao Yao was summoned, he had been hiding in the sea of clouds and meditating for a long time. At this moment, there was a flash of light in front of him. Daoist Ming Zhou appeared in front of him. He bowed and said, "High Holiness Jiao?"
He called out a few times. Jiao Yao opened his eyes in a daze, as if he had just seen him clearly. He said, "Oh, it's Daoist Ming Zhou. I'm sorry, sorry."
Daoist Ming Zhou said, "It's fine, it's fine. High Holiness Jiao, Zhang Tingzhi invites you."
Jiao Yao said, "Tingzhi, do you remember me again?"
Daoist Ming Zhou chuckled and said, "For a True Immortal with outstanding skills like Exalted Jiao, Deacon Ting would naturally be the first to think of him."
Jiao Yao stood up from his seat helplessly and said, "I'll go see Tingzhi now."
After leaving the place of cultivation, he changed his mind and went to the front of the Qing Qiong Palace with Daoist Ming Zhou. He walked into the inner hall and saw Zhang Yu. He bowed and said, "What orders do you have for me, Tingzhi?"
Zhang Yu said, "There's something I need you to do today." He told him about the gathering of the rogue cultivators and said, "Daoist Jiao, please go and see what they're going to do. Come back and tell me. If there's anything threatening Tianxia, you can deal with it as you see fit."
Jiao Yao heard that he was only asked to monitor some rogue cultivators. He didn't feel that he was being underestimated. Instead, he said, "Yes, yes. I'll do it well for you."
Zhang Yu nodded and said, "I'll have to trouble you with this." No matter what the person who gathered these rogue cultivators was going to do, Jiao Yao was enough to deal with it. His strength was enough to make everything untamed. He wouldn't do more than what he shouldn't do. From another perspective, he had a good sense of propriety. This was what he needed.
Before these rogue cultivators did anything to go against Tianxia, he wouldn't interfere too much. However, out of consideration for Tianxia's safety, some things had to be prepared in advance.
Jiao Yao hurriedly said that he didn't dare. Seeing that he had no further instructions, he took his leave.
Zhang Yu's gaze fell on the table. With a flick of his sleeve, he moved all the letters to one side. Although these rogue cultivators were reporting to Tianxia, it showed that they wanted to join Tianxia. They just wanted to borrow Tianxia's strength to protect themselves.
However, from this, it could be seen that this person did not reject the order he had given earlier and had even accepted it to a certain extent. This was a good start.
Although this person was not part of Tianxia, he was one of Tianxia's people and could accept everything about Tianxia without any hindrance. As long as he could find a way to deepen the communication between the two sides, whether he was willing or not, he would naturally become a part of Tianxia over time, and Tianxia's interests would be his interests.
Even if this wasn't the case for their generation, the next generation would no longer think the same way.
Meanwhile, in a certain spirit pass, Daoist Ling had used the Divine Master to send out invitations to all the rogue cultivators who were involved with him. Then, he retreated from the Divine Master's spirituality.
He turned around and took out a Daoist statue, placing it respectfully on the table and bowing. After a short while, a ball of light emerged from the statue, revealing a blurry figure of a Daoist.
He said respectfully, "Master, this disciple has already sent word to all the Fellow Daoists, but some of them might not come. Some of them might take this opportunity to inform Tianxia."
The Daoist figure said, "Even if they don't send word, Tianxia must have expected it and will definitely send someone. Since Tianxia gave the order before, as long as they don't openly go against Tianxia, they won't take the initiative to break the rules they set."
Daoist Ling said, "But master, these people have Tianxia to rely on now. I'm afraid they won't listen to us in the future."
The Daoist didn't care and said indifferently, "You don't have to worry too much about that. Those people say they want to be free and unfettered, but they're all doing it for their own selfish interests. Don't look like they're on Tianxia's side now, but they just want to use Tianxia as a protective talisman or to gain more benefits from us for themselves. If they want benefits, then I'll give them to them. "
Daoist Ling said, "What a pity. If Gong Shao and the others hadn't been so impatient and exposed themselves at the Tenki-in Hall, Tianxia wouldn't have noticed us until now."
The Daoist figure said, "If we're exposed, then so be it. Now that Tianxia has lost his biggest external enemy, he'll definitely turn his attention inward. The fortification of Shouzheng's bases everywhere is one example. We'll be discovered sooner or later. Now we're just making up our minds." The figure seemed to look at Daoist Ling. "I can't show myself this time, so I'll leave everything to you."
Daoist Ling said solemnly, "This disciple will take care of this matter."
The Daoist's silhouette slowly disappeared after hearing his response. Only the statue remained standing there.
Daoist Ling stepped forward and put the statue away again. In fact, he didn't completely agree with his master's approach. They were now part of Tianxia's people who lived on the periphery of Tianxia. They shouldn't be hostile or against Tianxia. There was clearly a better path to take, so why insist on those old things?
As for using these wandering cultivators, he didn't think highly of it either, because they weren't bound to anything in the first place. They could huddle together for warmth, but without external threats, you couldn't force them to do much. Once you tried to restrain them, it would cause a rift between you and them.
In the past, these people might have had no way out, but things were different now.
Since he couldn't disobey his master's orders, he could only do as he was told.
He walked out of the room and came to the platform. Outside was a basin with hundreds of altars of various sizes scattered about. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them altars.
This was also the place where the wandering cultivators had first formed their alliance. It was here that he had taken the lead and established a Divine Master. From then on, they could communicate with each other from thousands of miles away. Because of their previous cooperation, there was some trust between them, and he had gained some prestige among the wandering cultivators. Later on, he had held many meetings, mostly because of this.
He sat cross-legged outside and waited patiently for everyone.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye. Many of the wandering cultivators he had invited arrived one after another. This time, the situation was a little different. Many people wanted to hear what Tianxia had to say before they hesitated to accept his orders.
Daoist Ling didn't show himself, and only let the disciples and natives welcome them. When it was the middle of the month, he came out of his meditation and looked down. He saw that more than four hundred altars had lit up, which meant that more than four hundred people had arrived.
Over the years, there had been more wandering cultivators who had been involved with him, but most of them were here, which was more than he had expected. Although some of them had only sent their trusted disciples, and some had simply sent their avatars, they were still here.
He calmed his mind and walked out of the cavern. After that, a beam of light radiated from his body. His appearance naturally attracted the attention of everyone. He walked to the front of the stage and clasped his hands in greeting, "Fellow daoists, greetings."
The wandering cultivators returned the gesture.
Daoist Ling said loudly, "Thank you, Fellow Daoists, for giving me face and gathering here. Since you all need to cultivate and don't want to be disturbed, I'll make it short. Today, I've called you all here to tell you something. "
He pointed with his finger, and a beam of light suddenly appeared below. Within the light, a scene appeared.
The rogue cultivators looked over and saw many mystical creations. There were things similar to Tian Xia's boat and platform, and there were even things that looked like warships and flying ships. There were also all kinds of mystical objects created by living beings.
Many people were puzzled. Someone immediately asked, "Aren't these Tianxia's creations? Why is Fellow Daoist Ling showing us these? "
Daoist Ling said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoists, these aren't Tianxia's creations. They're mystical creations."
"Mystical creations …"
The wandering cultivators looked at each other and seemed to understand a little.
Daoist Ling said, "I'm sure some of you have guessed it. Back then, we worked together to create a God of Faith to connect with each other. Today, I've invited all of you here to recreate the grand occasion of that day and recreate a God of Mystical Creations. This way, we can also enjoy all of Tianxia's creations."
When the wandering cultivators heard this, they immediately began to discuss among themselves. After a while, someone asked, "Daoist Ling, if I may ask, since Tianxia already has creations and won't prevent us from obtaining them, why do we need to create another God of Faith? Isn't this too troublesome? "
Someone else questioned, "I heard that some time ago, someone from Tianxia's Yujing Tenki-in Hall stole Tianxia's creations and involved us wandering cultivators. That's why Tianxia came to investigate us. Fellow Daoist Ling, is there any connection between this God of Creation and Tianxia's creations?"
Daoist Ling said with a relaxed expression, "I'll answer the first question first. Although we can obtain creations from Tianxia, there's no harm in creating a God of Faith together. I'm just thinking that Tianxia's creations can be used. If I also have creations to rely on, then I'll have another choice when the time comes and won't be controlled by either side."
When the crowd heard this, many of them were immediately convinced. Over the years, they had all seen the benefits of creations and wanted to use them from Tianxia. However, they instinctively resisted dealing with Tianxia and were always afraid of being restrained. If they also had a source of creations, then they wouldn't have to be afraid of this. At worst, they could just give up on it.
Daoist Ling looked at everyone's expressions and continued, "I'll answer the second question. As far as I know, there was indeed some trouble in Tianxia's Yujing Tenki-in Hall some time ago. Some wandering cultivators colluded with the master craftsmen in the Tenki-in Hall and tried to steal their creations. But everyone, my creations are divine creations, while the ones in the Tenki-in Hall are heavenly creations. Although they're both creations, they rely on different sources and come from different sources. They're not of the same kind, so why would I bother to do this? It's just a coincidence. "
Everyone was skeptical of his words, but since Daoist Ling dared to show up here and Tianxia didn't openly pursue the matter, it meant that there was at least no evidence to prove that he was the culprit, so they believed him for the time being.
While they were talking, Jiao Yao was sitting on an altar in the depths of the clouds, recording their every word and action. At first, he didn't pay much attention to what these juniors said.
But when Daoist Ling mentioned creating a God of Faith together with the wandering cultivators' expressions, his heart quivered. He couldn't help but recall an incident from the time of Shen Xia.
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