Chapter 66: Non-Phase Three Generations Poor; The Void Spirit Ruined for the Entire Life (2/2)

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Spirit Sword Hall, Four Divisions Peak.

The blue gowned Daoist Master Zhifeng has been waiting for quite a while at the lobby. Since he issued an ultimatum, an hour has already pa.s.sed.

However, the Spirit Sword Sect has yet to deliver the result of their verification. However, Zhifeng didn’t feel surprise by that. On the contrary, although his ultimatum has been crossed over for several times, he became more relaxed instead.

To him, the only reason why the Spirit Sword Sect delayed the verification report was because they hesitated—hesitated on how to deal with this diplomatic dispute. Towards this so-called “more in name than in fact, strong in appearance but weak in reality” Ten Thousand Immortal Oath, the longer the other side hesitated, presumably the higher the chance of them to admit defeat—this also came from Daoist Master Zhifeng’s years of experience in dealing with other sects.

This set of maneuver was not new; as the top Immortal Cultivation Sect in the Nine Regions, the Shengjing Sect has their force spread throughout the Nine Regions. Not to mention their main base at the Central Region, even the relatively remote place like the Blue River Region also has their own Shengjing Sect’s Division.

Since their forces were so widespread, naturally, there would be this inevitable friction with the local force. Daoist Master Zhifeng was the person in charge of the southern Blue River Region, and has handled various big and small sect’s disputes; he personally handled more than ten of them.

Moreover, it was almost the same rhythm every time—as long as he came in threateningly, the other party would naturally compromise. This result has nothing to do with who was right, but rather it has something to do with the strength. Of course, it was not because of Daoist Master Zhifeng’s strength, since he was only a Yuanying Stage expert, but rather the glittering name of the Shengjing Sect. In fact, more than five years ago, when he was temporarily transferred to the Southern Region, he dealt with the case of friction with the Beast Taming School. At that time, Daoist Master Zhifeng single-handedly charged into their main base and confronted the Yuanying Stage School Leader and several Elders, and a dozen Jindan Stage cultivators. Obviously, the opposite party’s force was far better than him, yet he succeeded in forcing the Beast Taming School to give in to his demand and make a concession.

He only relied on the name of his Shengjing Sect.

Now, it seemed that this set of maneuver wasn’t only effective with the third or fourth rate sect like the Beast Taming School, even the similarly first rate sect like the Spirit Sword Sect would have to eat some losses here.

Of course, if not necessary, Daoist Master Zhifeng really didn’t want to provoke this ancient sect. A hundred years ago, a golden generation era appeared in the Spirit Sword Sect, and their young talents were as brilliant as the stars. At that time, no one doubted that in another one hundred or two hundred years, they would be on par with the Shengjing Sect… Unfortunately, a sudden turn of event had almost destroyed this thousands of years ancient sect; almost a hundred talented disciples successively fell, leaving only the current ten Heavenly Sword Hall Elders and the most powerful among them, the Deity Stage Sect Leader.

However, the Shengjing Sect once had done an a.s.sessment of the Spirit Sword Sect. However, because this sect was too low-key, there was a great uncertainty on the result of the a.s.sessment. At the very least, they were certain of one point: the Sect Leader Feng Yin, was in no way just an ordinary Deity Stage cultivator; they might as well considered him as a genuine Unity Stage Cultivator… As for the other Yuanying Stage Elders, treating them as Deity Stage cultivators would a very conservative estimate.

Thus, an ordinary Yuanying Stage cultivator like him actually did not have the qualification to be presumptuous in their Spirit Sword Hall. The only thing that he relied on was but the great name of the Shengjing Sect. He could bluff his way easily using this great name in front of a second or a third rate sect like the Beast Taming School, but towards the Spirit Sword Sect… he initially didn’t have that much confidence.

Unfortunately, the case in the White Moon Country had forced his hand with no way to retreat. If he didn’t charge forward in great stride, he would fall into the abyss, consigned to eternal d.a.m.nation.

The truth was indeed already in his heart, just like what that younger Elder previously said.

Supporting the puppet sect in the White Moon Country, which used a crooked way to trick a large number of ordinary mortals to take the man-made spirit roots, and then teaching them the modified version of the Heaven Burning Blood Technique to create an illusion that a mere mortal might also become Immortal Cultivator to incite even more people… All of these things were very clear to him, because he was the puppet master behind the scene!

The reason why he did all these was very simple: he needed resources, ma.s.sive amount of resources, to support an important test. Once the test was completed, he would become the greatest inventor in the Shengjing Sect in a hundred of years, which was something that he needed badly.

He didn’t know when it started, but some time ago, he has been unable to walk smoothly on the Immortal Cultivation Path… The last time he advanced his cultivation level, a fourth rate Yuanying, was around a hundred years ago. Daoist Master Zhifeng was very clear that this was a talent bottleneck; after all, he wasn’t one of his sect’s uber genius, so he had already reached his limit.

However, this limit was far from enough to him. A fourth rate Yuanying Stage was perhaps a sufficient accomplishment in other sects, but in Shengjing Sect, people stronger than him were dime a dozen. Especially around ten years ago, several talented cultivators among them had advanced by leaps and bounds, which was a great threat to him.

He was now one of the Sect’s Elder and was a.s.signed to the Blue River Region to take charge half of the region’s territory. Admittedly, this post wasn’t as ill.u.s.trious as those who held positions within the Central Region, where the Sect’s main base was located. However, this could still be regarded as a real authority, like a “va.s.sal king”. Especially since the area was far from the “Emperor”, he could feel at ease in ruling his own territory as he pleased. However, in reality, if there was any compet.i.tion, his sect’s tendency to look for “survival of the fittest” among their disciples gave him a bad omen that he would suffer elimination. Especially those younger generation disciples, there were many amongst them who have been eyeing his position... Admittedly, their cultivation level was still below him, however, the Shengjing Sect was usually more willing to use those enterprising dauntless newcomers.

In order to keep his status, Daoist Master Zhifeng racked his brain. However, this cultivation bottleneck was like a natural moat; it could not be overcome. Extreme situation required extreme measure, thus, he finally ended up doing that White Moon Country affair.

Daoist Master Zhifeng wasn’t good in anything but one thing, which was the development of the man-made spirit root. However, due to the lack of resources and materials, he was previously unable to put in practice all the theories he had in mind, and now...

What he did in the White Moon Country was strictly prohibited by the sect. However, if he succeeded in his research, when he reported it back to the sect, the sect would usually turn a blind eye to his infraction of the sect regulation.

However, now was still not a good time for his work to be exposed; there was still some distance away from the end result, so he wouldn’t be able to provide convincing evidence for his sect. Worse of all, that Spirit Sect’s b*tch had created a great disturbance. Once this thing spread out, not only would it hit the Shengjing Sect’s reputation, his sin would also be unforgivable!

Therefore… the only thing that he could do, before this thing got even bigger, was to make a preemptive move, using the Shengjing Sect’s prestige to overwhelm the dissenting voices within the Spirit Sword Sect so that they would bury the truth forever.

There was no such thing as the Heaven Burning Blood Technique, and of course, there was no such “Mortal’s Immortal Cultivation”. There was but an evil cult named Thousand Spirit Sect in the White Moon Country that swindled people out of their money. However, by the Shengjing Sect’s Division’s Division Head’s, Daoist Master Zhifeng’s, all seeing eyes, the fact was finally revealed. Naturally, a certain Spirit Sword Sect’s Elder’s claim that the Shengjing Sect had colluded with that evil cult was just a complete nonsense! The Spirit Sword Sect thus must offer an official apology for this!

… Of course, in practice, this condition could be relaxed. Such as the Spirit Sword Sect and the Shengjing Sect sending their people to discover the truth together, and after they had discovered it, they would dismantle together the evil cult and save hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the White Moon Country. As for the previous certain Elder’s argument, it was merely a misunderstanding.

The later scheme was undoubtedly more realistic, however, asking for a sky-high price first could still land him in a better deal, so Daoist Master Zhifeng absolutely didn’t want the opposite party to discover his bottom line. Thus, he aggressively charged into battle.

While thinking about his next response, a burst of footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall. Daoist Master Zhifeng turned around and saw the second and third most important figures in the Spirit Sword Sect coming in hand in hand. Second Elder Liu Xian was holding a stack of sincerity paper, looking very solemn.