The Old Woman's Words
The True Spirit Continent was incomparably vast, with layers upon layers of secret realms and perilous lands. Countless experts spent their entire lives trying to get around it, but failed.
However, Chu Xingyun knew that in this world, the True Spirit Continent was only a remote corner. Apart from that, there was also the mysterious Immortal Court, as well as some other regions that even he had never heard of.
According to the records of the Reincarnation Heavenly Book, these mysterious regions had countless resources and strange phenomena. The cultivation methods of the martial artists were also strange and could not be explained with common sense.
To the martial artists of the True Spirit Continent, the Martial Emperor was already a supreme existence standing at the peak of cultivation. However, in these mysterious regions, the Emperor Realm experts were the true peak of cultivation.
In his previous life, Chu Xingyun had stepped into the half-step Emperor Realm before his death. He was deeply aware of the huge gap between the Martial Emperor and the Emperor Realm. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a natural chasm.
As for the method to revive Luo Lan, he had just said that it existed in the Immortal Court.
The reason why he did not tell Mowang Gong clearly was not because he did not trust Mowang Gong, but because it was rather troublesome to explain. Now that they were in a tough battle, he did not want to distract Mowang Gong because of this matter.
After all, whether it was Chu Xingyun, Mowang Gong, or even Lin Tianchong, who had the highest cultivation base, there was still a long way to go before they reached the Immortal Court. It was useless to say more now.
After Chu Xingyun left the Soaring Swallow Pass, he rode the Void Spirit Devouring Python and directly broke through the void, returning to the Wanjian Pavilion. Once again, he entered the Sword Tomb and continued his secluded cultivation.
However, before he entered secluded cultivation, he used his status as the Pavilion Master of the Wanjian Pavilion to announce that the thirty-six prefectures had entered a state of war. Moreover, he had set up branches in the prefectures to collect the metals.
In addition to this declaration, the events that had occurred at the border in the past few days had also spread throughout the thirty-six prefectures. For a time, the people of the various prefectures were seething with excitement.
The situation at the border was related to the life and death of the thirty-six prefectures. Everyone was especially concerned about it. Right now, Soaring Goose City had been massacred and countless people had died. Even Soaring Goose Pass had almost been breached. All of this made the crowd feel an intense pressure.
If Soaring Goose Pass was breached, then the Daluo Golden Sect and the Divine Firmament Palace would definitely invade the thirty-six prefectures in the next moment. Soaring Goose City's fate would be the fate of the thirty-six prefectures. It was extremely tragic, and could even be described as hell on earth.
Under such an atmosphere, the people of the thirty-six prefectures attached great importance to Chu Xingyun's declaration. All of them were willing to contribute five pieces of gold, hoping that Chu Xingyun could turn the tide and stop the invasion of the Daluo Golden Sect and the Divine Firmament Palace.
Qianwu Prefecture was originally under the rule of the Qian Martial Emperor. After the rule of the Wanjian Pavilion, it was changed from a dynasty to a prefecture. The original imperial city was also changed to a prefecture, still under the rule of Qian Shao.
In the center of the prefecture stood a nine-story building. The building had a strange shape, like a sword. In front of the door stood a pitch-black stone tablet, with the words "Myriad Swords" written on it.
This was one of the branches of the Wanjian Pavilion.
At this moment, countless people were gathered in front of the gate of the branch. They were lined up and all of them were moving forward. Some were stroking their storage rings while others were holding their tools tightly, preparing to hand over the metals to the Wanjian Pavilion.
"Right now, the situation at the border is dire. It can be breached at any time. I wonder why the Pavilion Master is collecting so many metals. Is it to forge armaments?" At this moment, a burly man spoke in a deep voice. He stroked the long, silver-ringed blade in his hand, somewhat reluctant to part with it.
"That's most likely the case." Beside the burly man, a scholarly young man nodded and replied, "The Daluo Golden Sect and the Divine Firmament Palace have a large number of elite soldiers, and their armaments are excellent. If they want to stop the invasion, they'll need to upgrade their armaments. However, the matter of forging armaments is rather complicated. It can't be completed in a short time.
"Moreover, ever since the pavilion master started collecting the metals, I've never heard of the Wanjian Pavilion recruiting blacksmiths on a large scale. Since they're not recruiting blacksmiths, who's going to forge them?"
The young scholar's voice was filled with doubt. When everyone heard that, they immediately frowned. They were also puzzled and could not help but secretly guess what Chu Xingyun was planning.
"Since the pavilion master has made a declaration, he must have his reasons. As citizens of the 36 prefectures, we should support him unconditionally. What's the use of guessing for no reason?"
At this moment, a hunchbacked old woman in her sixties walked out of the crowd. Her steps were somewhat shaky, but there was a hint of determination in her voice, which left no room for doubt.
"What do you mean by that?" The young scholar's eyes sank as he subconsciously looked at the old woman.
The old woman stopped when she heard that. She stared at the young scholar fearlessly and slowly said, "To stop the invasion of the Daluo Golden Sect and the Divine Firmament Palace, the pavilion master has gone to great lengths to set up layers of spiritual formations at Soaring Swallow Pass. No matter how ferocious the elite soldiers' charge was, and no matter what schemes they came up with, he faced them head-on and never took a step back.
"Originally, with his strength and influence, he could have swept away all the cultivation resources and fled to avoid the Daluo Golden Sect and the Divine Firmament Palace. However, he didn't do that. Instead, he wholeheartedly protected every citizen. He would rather be injured than let the citizens be affected.
"As citizens, we should feel fortunate and proud to have such a leader instead of making chaotic guesses and doubts. We can't ignore everything the pavilion master has done to protect our own interests."
The old woman glanced over from the corner of her eyes. She looked at the young scholar and the burly man with a hint of mockery. More specifically, she was looking at their hands.
At this moment, the two of them clutched their tools tightly as they became more and more restless. Clearly, they were unwilling to hand over their tools to Wanjian Pavilion.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you order us around like that? Since when are you in a position to tell us what to think and do?" The burly man's face reddened from the old woman's words. He frowned and snorted coldly.
The young scholar's eyes sank. He was displeased. Clearly, he also felt that the old woman was meddling too much.
"I don't care what you think or do. I can't be bothered to tell you what to think and do. The reason why I spoke out publicly is because I don't want the pavilion master's painstaking efforts to be misinterpreted by you."
The old woman let out a long sigh. She seemed rather emotional as she shook her head. "You live in the thirty-sixth province. You know that the situation at the border is dangerous, but you don't know the meaning behind those words."
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