Chapter 419 (1/2)

”You can't do this, we need to discuss it with the elders...”

”Oh? Who is going to stop us? We can discuss everything with these!”

A rather imposing-looking muscle-brained cultivator with red hair was hovering in the air along with three other ten nascent soul masters. All of them were hovering over what used to be the Dark Palm Sect main sect. Around them were many peeks which were producing a certain light.

”If you think that your protective formation will last for long, you are mistaken.”

Besides The ten nascent soul masters, there were also some large ships hovering in the air. These ships were smaller versions of the Argonaut but were not much behind it. The whole area was surrounded and the protective formation that was pulsating with energy would not last for more than a day.

”Elder Qiang, please calm down, the Patriarch has ordered us to offer them a branch before we act.”

”So that's why he told you to come here…”

Huo Qiang looked to the side where Zhang Zhi was floating about. The man was respected by him as he was probably the fourth-strongest person in the entire sect. His choice of weapon was a strange single-edged blade that Qiang would find hard to evade.

”If elder Qiang would allow me to speak.”

Qiang just shrugged and flew back while Zhang Zhi took center stage. He soon opened his mouth and with the help of spiritual energy made his voice echo through the whole area.

”Fellow Daoists from the Yinglong Pavilion, we have come to claim what was rightfully ours. Years have passed since our Patriarch had defeated the Dark Palm Sect's leader, we are grateful that you have temporarily kept watch over the lands that rightfully belong to our United Element Sect. Now as our Patriarch has ascended to his rightful place at the side of the Azure Emperor you can relinquish this burden back to us…”

After the debacle with the Limitless Sword Society that lost their leader after Zhang Dong slew him, they together with the Dragon Gate Sect moved in to distribute most of the lands between themselves. This was the center of their power base here though and rich with treasures.

Zhang Dong ordered a swift occupation by force but not like he wanted to become some kind of bloody despot. He would let everyone keep their lives and some of the treasures if they just packed up their bags and left. Zhang Zhi's words just let the other sect keep some face as it made it look as they were just safekeeping the place for Zhang Dong from the beginning.

Now that it was known that he was the golden dragon and at a similar standing as the Azure Emperor, there was no shame in bowing their heads before him. It would actually make it look like this Yinglong Pavilion was in cahoots with the United Element Sect which would make the other sects fearful of them.

”Ah yes… that's right, we were only safekeeping the treasures for the honorable Golden Dragon, the brother of our honored Azure Emperor!”

After some back and forth the elders finally capitulated. There was just no way that they could go against a force this big without any backup. The cultivators from the United Element Sect could also teleport people onto their ships, even Zhang Dong could appear to eradicate them.

There was enough information to back up the rise in power of this sect. Everyone also watched the royal broadcast which could not be faked. What remained was to hope that they would at least keep their lives.

….

”I see, good going Zhi, prioritize spirit stones and other treasures that store spiritual energy over weapons.”

”As you wish, Patriarch!”

”Everything is going as planned, Liena is clearing things out at the borders, if everything goes well we can siphon the spirit stone tax towards our sect instead of the Heavenly Crane.”

After nodding he took off towards his next destination to which he was going solo. The war was approaching but Wang Long was the more important target. His enemy was a murder-happy individual that saw these people as nothing more than points to further his cause.

Luckily Zhang Dong was knowledgeable about the system Wang Long was using. There was a large change in spirit point gaining after getting closer to the nascent soul level. Wang Long would find it really hard to gain anything from low level cultivators, even core formation masters would probably be giving him meager gains now.

This was probably in place to encourage the system holder to go after stronger opponents closer to their own level. Farming points by killing mortals and low level cultivators would probably give fewer points than killing one nascent soul master.

'I hope that's the case… but not like I ever tried killing any of the non-combatants.'

He could mostly just speculate as he never went through a massive killing spree. The system could have some kind of feature that could still absorb the energy from a massive massacre. Before any of that happened he needed to get to Wang Long, while his sect brothers were getting more resources he was flying towards ground zero.

'It sure is fun to be free like this…'

With his current cultivation, he could fly at the speed of a great circle nascent soul master and the best thing was, that no one would stop him. As he rocketed through the various border regions of the other sects everyone just bowed their heads. The word had already spread and his golden dragon status had given him enough prestige to almost go anywhere.