After telling the story, Wen Hua was very worried. "You said you suspected that our Celestial Way Sect leaked the list of spies. That's not true. You know about the list."
Niu Youdao, who had been listening quietly, replied, "Of course I know. I was the one who arranged for these spies to expose our identities."
He hadn't expected that the cover-up for punishing Gongsun Bu would actually become an excuse for the Five Sages to enter the sects.
Wen Hua was surprised. "You arranged it? What does that mean? Could it be that the Five Sages discovered something? "
Niu Youdao: "I don't think so. If they did, they wouldn't have hesitated and would have already attacked you. This should just be an excuse. Even if this didn't happen, they would find other excuses. It's just that this incident happened to happen. "
Wen Hua was obviously a little worried. "Then why is it such a coincidence? Why would the Five Sages personally come to my Sky Way Sect, as well as the West Sea Hall's Wan Shou Clan and Yan Zhutian's Spirit Sect? "
Niu Youdao said, "Senior Wen, you're too nervous. Lin Ce of the purple gold cave palace is fine. Wu Chang has also joined the Artifact Cloud Sect. I guarantee that the Artifact Cloud Sect has nothing to do with the Immeasurable Fruit. As for Granny Xue, I have received news that she has personally returned to the Saint Land to oversee things. The Five Sages clearly have a clear division of labor and have other plans. "
Wen Hua retorted, "Can you not be nervous? How could he not be nervous? I was right under Du Wuxu's nose. The Western Sea Hall was under Luo Qiu's nose, and Yan Zhutian was under Lan Daolin's nose. If they were not careful, they could be exposed. I was able to find the time to come here because I'm not the Sect Master. I'm not the main target. My son-in-law, the current Sect Master, Du Yun Sang, is being closely watched by Du Wu Xu. I'm sure Xihai Tang and Yan Zhutian are in a similar situation. I'm afraid it'll be difficult for them to find a chance to see you. "
Niu Youdao could empathize with his feelings. It would be hard for him not to be afraid under the watchful eyes of the Five Sages.
Not to mention Wen Hua, even his nerves were stretched taut. Once these people were exposed, would they be able to keep their mouths shut and not expose him?
Of course, it was impossible for him to ignore the few sects that had obtained the Immeasurable Fruit. It was impossible for him to wait for others to come and destroy them if they were exposed.
He had already planted people into the various sects, and it was with the help of those who had obtained the Immeasurable Fruit. He said it was for the convenience of communication. In fact, if there was an accident, it would send an emergency warning to them.
There was no possibility that those people would expose themselves on their own. In the current situation, once the Five Sages' subordinates found out that there was something wrong, they would not be able to stop those people from escaping. If the Five Sages were to personally investigate, those people would not be able to sit still and wait for death. They would definitely flee for their lives.
No matter how weak a Nascent Soul cultivator was, the commotion caused by their fight would definitely not be small. His men would definitely notice the commotion and call the police in time.
Once he received the alarm, he would definitely have to move immediately. There was no way he could sit and wait for the Five Sages to attack him.
However, if it really reached that step, the consequences would be more serious, and the Southern State would certainly suffer great losses.
At the end of the day, the fact that the Immeasurable Fruit Tree had bloomed ahead of time had indeed completely messed up his plans.
The Five Sages' sudden arrival in these sects and their sudden move was very unexpected. He was a little confused as to what the Five Sages were planning.
After comforting Wen Hua for a while and sending him away, Niu Youdao immediately returned to the city. He found Lv Wushuang in the secret room and told her about Wen Hua's arrival.
The information that Wen Hua provided was more detailed, much more detailed than the nervous and secretive information that the people of West Sea Hall and the others had sent over. Niu Youdao relayed this information to Lv Wushuang because he knew the Five Saints better. He hoped that Lv Wushuang would be able to figure out something from the details.
The two of them sat facing each other. Lv Wushuang pondered for a long time, but still said the same thing as before.
"The Cloud Weapon Sect refines weapons, the Spirit Sect refines pills, the Sky Path Sect refines talismans, and the Myriad Beasts Sect controls birds and beasts. These four sects all have their own unique techniques in the cultivation world. No matter how I look at it, it seems like the Five Sages are controlling the four sects because of these reasons.
"Could it be that the major sects have lost control and want to control the supply of weapons, spirit pills, talismans, and spiritual pets to cultivators? But that doesn't seem to make sense.
"Do you know how to control weapons? The cultivators in the world have no shortage of weapons. What's the point of controlling the Cloud Weapon Sect? Weapons are durable, so the Cloud Weapon Sect is not as wealthy as the other sects. "
"Control the supply of spirit pills? Cultivators won't die if they don't use spirit pills. At most, their progress will be greatly slowed down. They know very well that someone is deliberately causing trouble behind the scenes. If they really want to control them by force, won't they give us an opportunity to incite the cultivators in the world? Even if they want to do that, the Five Sages already control the harvesting of the spirit seeds in the Arcane Realm of Heaven. It's fine as long as they control the spirit seeds. There's no need to do this. "
"Control the supply of talismans? How useful can it be? "
"Control the trade of birds and beasts? They've already controlled the flying mounts. What's the point of controlling the others? "
"The Five Sages' actions are completely meaningless. But I have a feeling that things aren't that simple. There must be some hidden purpose behind this."
Niu Youdao was also puzzled. "Could it be that they don't have enough manpower and can't control too many sects? So they can only control the sects with special skills?"
Lv Wushuang asked in return, "Do you think there's any point in doing this?"
Niu Youdao shook his head slightly. He was indeed confused by the Five Sages' actions. No matter how hard he thought, he still couldn't figure it out. In the end, he made a decision. "No matter what their purpose is, let's test them first. Let's see if we can find out the truth."
Soon, all the sects in the world received letters, sent in the name of Lv Wushuang and Yuan Se.
The letters informed all the sects that the Five Sages controlled the Cloud Weapon Sect, the Spirit Seed Sect, the Sky Way Sect, and the Thousand Beasts Sect. Their intention was to cut off the supply of spirit pills to the cultivators in the world. This was to weaken the power of the cultivators in the world. It was to gradually kill off the cultivators in the world and make it easier for the Five Sages to rule the world.
Lv Wushuang and Yuan Se said that it was because they were ashamed of the Five Sages' actions that they publicly broke off with them.
The two also called for the cultivators in the world to unite and use all kinds of methods to eradicate the Five Sages' minions. They encouraged everyone to use assassination and sneak attacks to kill the members of the Misty Pavilion.
The two emphasized that they would definitely fight the Five Sages to the death. They would join forces to eliminate the Five Sages one by one and so on.
As soon as the letters were sent out, the entire cultivation world was shocked. It was lively and everyone was talking about it.
The situation was different. Knowing that the Misty Pavilion's eyes and ears all over the world were gone, the cultivators in the world dared to openly discuss the matter between the Seven Sages.
Arguments, conspiracy theories, and so on, they were all made clear and logical.
What's more, Niu Youdao ordered people to throw out some of the secrets in his hands as a test. Some of the secrets that he had previously encouraged the sects to capture the members of the Misty Pavilion.
He only threw out a part of it, not all of it. He thought that it might be useful in the future, so he held back.
Once these secrets were thrown out, they were all things that some people in the Misty Pavilion did not want to see the light of day. It caused quite a bit of internal strife in the Misty Pavilion, causing the people in the Misty Pavilion to panic. Some people were worried that they would meet a miserable end. Seeing that the Misty Pavilion had lost its powerful ability to hunt them down, they simply abandoned the Misty Pavilion and fled.
The sects that had been encouraged to participate in the capture of the Misty Pavilion were also panicking. When Niu Youdao threw out the secrets, he also brought up this matter.
What was even more immoral was that he did not specify which sect did it. This caused all the related sects to be in danger, worried that the Five Sages or the Misty Pavilion would find them to settle the score …
In the Cloud Equipment Sect, in a pavilion on a lonely mountain, Wu Chang checked the rumor in his hand and snorted coldly. "It seems that the people behind the scenes are a little anxious. They don't know the truth and want to use this kind of trick to test us."
Beside him, Black Stone was also puzzled. He could not figure out what the Five Sages' intentions were.
He understood that the truth of the matter was probably only known by the Five Sages themselves.
But Black Stone still reminded him, "Holy Venerable, the power of rumors is not small. If you don't say anything, I'm afraid everyone will believe it. Some people in the Misty Pavilion are afraid of being assassinated when they go out, so they have to change their clothes. They used to think that wearing the Misty Pavilion's clothes was very impressive, but now it's seen as dangerous. Even if it's just a test, I'm afraid they have to respond. "
Now that things had suddenly developed to this point, he could not help but sigh.
Actually, with the Five Sages' strength, it should have been very easy to settle some things. For example, if they promised benefits to those sects, would they be afraid of not joining them?
But the problem was, what was the real purpose of everything the Nine Sages had done for hundreds of years? There was not even a need to explain.
No one would believe the promise given by the Five Sages. They would treat it as a temporary pretense, and they would not let go of those who needed to settle the score later.
At the end of the day, the reason they could still stabilize the situation, maintain the normal order of the transfer of benefits, and still be the Five Sages' world was because of the deterrence of force. As for the hearts of the people, they had long lost hope. They were just waiting for someone with the strength to stand up and call for help.
The Five Sages probably did not even bother to say those kinds of promises and temptations. They probably knew that no one would believe them …
The Five Sages' response came very quickly. Indeed, they had to refute the rumors.
On behalf of the Five Sages, the Misty Pavilion promised the cultivators of the world that the Cloud Tool Sect, the Spirit Sect, the Sky Way Sect, and the Wan Shou Sect would guarantee the supply of resources to the cultivation world as usual. They told everyone not to believe the rumors of those who did not follow the rules.
The Five Sages also launched a war of words to counterattack. It could also be said that it was a reverse test. They directly announced to the entire cultivation world that Lu Wushuang and Yuan Se had done something wrong and intended to bring chaos to the world. They had already been crippled by the Five Sages, and anyone could be killed!
This was something the Five Sages had always suspected. They wanted to force the two to prove their strength.
If the two still had their strength, in order to stir up the situation, they would definitely show up to prove it. If they did not come out to prove it, it would mean that there was indeed a problem with their strength.
At the same time, they also comforted the Misty Pavilion and the sects that had secretly captured the Misty Pavilion's members. They expressed that everything that had happened before was a conspiracy of Lu Wushuang and Yuan Se. They expressed that no matter what mistakes they had made before, they would let bygones be bygones.
The Five Sages' statement did give the relevant parties some peace of mind. After all, with the Five Sages' status, it was unlikely that they would publicly slap themselves in the face again. At least for the time being, they did not have to worry.
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