Chapter 1049 - A piece of Art (1/2)
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“Teacher, would the Sky Sword Sect send Cosmos Gods over?” Xue Ying asked.
“Relax.” Southern Cloud King smiled, “The battle between religions is also a battle of their reputation. Between similar Primal Chaos experts, our Southern Cloud Sacred Religion is stronger. Naturally, many cultivators felt it was more appropriate to join my Southern Cloud Sacred Religion instead. This sort of battle, if they were to send a Cosmos God to bully a Primal Chaos expert, it’ll be our win. It could not represent your religion is stronger either. But if that Cosmos God were to lose, it’ll be a huge disgrace.”
Xue Ying was enlightened.
The reputation of religion was essential when it comes to spreading it. Hence, having a strong protector was critical.
Even though there were many experts within the Southern Cloud Sacred Religion, other than the native nation, there were still many experts that originated from other countries. But the Realm Heart Great Land was ultimately too big! Hence, there would naturally be differences in the level of protectors across different territories.
“The Black Devil Four Nations have always been the main spreading ground for our Southern Cloud Sacred Religion. Even though the Sky Sword Sect is spreading their religion here too, they did not have any strong reputation here, and neither did they dispatch any formidable experts. Hence, the stronger cultivators from my Southern Cloud Sacred Religion have always been guarding other places to expand the influencing power of the Southern Cloud Sacred Religion.” Southern Cloud King said, “Who would have thought that they will decide to advance into one of the Black Devil Four Nations, the Fiery Zhao Nation, so daringly! Hmph, since they dared to enter, We must give them a good lesson.”
“Is killing permitted?” Xue Ying asked.
“Just act however you think you should.” Southern Cloud King said, “But you have to be careful too! It is certain that those who came to find us for trouble are the experts from the Sky Sword Sect! But in the dark, there could possibly be some experts that originate from the Myriad Realms Ancient Nation or Summer Wind Ancient Nation dealing against you in the dark. Of course… no Cosmos Gods would appear since that would mean the rule is disobeyed, and I can directly act.”
“Yes.” Xue Ying felt rest assured then.
What identity did his teacher have?
He was someone legendary even amongst the famous characters across the entire Realm Heart Great Land. Being a religious master, he would not casually act. Otherwise, he would be lowering his status! After all, if a Primal Chaos expert came to bully them, and if the religious master responded, it would instead create the impression that the Southern Cloud Sacred Religion was bad at nurturing experts on this realm.
Instead, if Cosmos Gods decided to act, and for the Southern Cloud King to respond in action, it would show how righteous the king was.
“The specific matters will be handled by Marquis Qu Ming. What you need to do is to act during crucial moments.” Southern Cloud King looked towards the tall and thin middle-aged man standing by the side, “Qu Ming, you can tell Xue Ying about other trifle matters on the way there.”
“Yes.” Marquis Qu Ming respectfully said.
“Xue Ying, since you have already refined your avatar, your avatar should temporarily stay at the capital. The safest place in the entire Southern Cloud Nation is over at my place. I have the confidence in keeping you alive here.” The Southern Cloud King was relatively confident of himself. In other aspects, like for instance, when facing against existences like Ancestor Fan, he could only escape with his life. Nevertheless, he had smashed quite a considerable amount of treasures which he earned over the long years on improving the capital. Nobody knew who would win in a one-on-one battle.
“Yes.” Xue Ying nodded.
He did not have to worry about the safety of Flying Snow City.
Because the Flying Snow City was a big city. Even the Black Devil Great Lake’s Blood Sacrifice would not occur at such huge cities since this was something the Southern Cloud King forbade. Whoever dared to act, the Southern Cloud King would undoubtedly send an avatar over! Even though he had reached a compromise with the Black Devil Great Lake, it was merely for Blood Sacrifices to be done on small cities, and for them to occur once in a blue moon.
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Xue Ying brought along his servant, the Magic Dragon and Marquis Qu Ming together. They first relied on the Destructive Realm Teleportation Technique to arrive at the wilderness outside the Fiery Zhao Capital.
“Even though the Fiery Zhao Nation is messy and weak, this is ultimately the capital of the Fiery Zhao Nation. If we were to teleport directly into it using the Destructive Realm Teleportation Technique… the Fiery Zhao Nation would certainly discover our presence, and it might incur trouble.” Marquis Qu Ming explained.
Xue Ying nodded.
Over at the Primal Chaos Void that had weaker arrays, the sect which he was once from, the ‘Great Void Heaven Temple’ could already discover anyone who entered and left the place using the Destructive Realm Teleportation Technique, much less a place like the Fiery Zhao Nation.
The two of them continued flying. The servant Magic Dragon followed obediently.
“Marquis Qu Ming, just tell me what you need me to do when the time comes. You should handle everything else before the operation begins.” Xue Ying said, “I do not really know anything on spreading of the religion.”
“Haha, rest assured. I’ll naturally inform Brother Flying Snow regarding the matters which I need you to do. As for other times? Everything would be done according to your desire to improve the reputation of our Southern Cloud Sacred Religion. Even unleashing a horrifying technique in front of many cultivators is a good thing too since it would attract more cultivators to join our Southern Cloud Sacred Religion.” Marquis Qu Ming said.
Xue Ying understood then.
Any actions that did not disgrace the Southern Cloud Sacred Religion were fine. Doing things to improve its reputation was even better.
That was a simple task actually.
The two of them entered the Fiery Zhao Capital side by side.
“Mn?” When Xue Ying entered, given his perception of the void, he was able to sense some bloody and murderous aura left in the surroundings.
“The Fiery Zhao Nation is, in reality, the weakest of the four nations. Many devils from the Black Devil Great Lake stays here.” Marquis Qu Ming explained, “Murders are quite common even in the capital. As long as the culprit can escape in time before the army comes, it’ll be fine. And anyone with a slightly bigger background could easily get scot-free after killing someone since the army will not chase after it even when they knew of this matter. Nonetheless, most of the devils from the Black Devil Great Lake who stay here do not wish for the capital to be too chaotic. Hence, they would control themselves too. The overall situation is still fine, and compared to the Fiery Zhao Nation, the capital is the most stable place.”
“But as this city is chaotic, many cultivators thirst to be stronger.” Marquis Qu Ming chuckled.
Xue Ying nodded.
Just like how many experts had the same bloodline as he did. Many experts existed in the Realm Heart Great Land, and as they reproduced, even the descendants of Cosmos Gods might not be talented and would turn into commoners. As these commoners married and spread, it resulted in some formidable bloodline hidden in the bodies of countless civilians, albeit they were diluted.
Hence, most cultivators could cultivate using their bloodline along the Dao of Void, and other commonly-seen Dao paths too.
At this moment, everything relied on how attractive the religion was.
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The sacred palace of Southern Cloud Sacred Religion located at the capital was the biggest hall within the entire Fiery Zhao Nation.
After all, the capital was the biggest city and had the most people–approximately half the population of the nation. The sacred palace here occupied a vast area and was relatively overbearing. Nevertheless, at this moment–
“Haha, Southern Cloud Sacred Religion, do you all only know how to hide inside?”
“All of you are frightened by my Sky Sword Sect to the extent that you all dare not come out!”
“So pitiful. Truly pitiful.”
Just outside the Southern Cloud Sacred Hall, there was a group of ten or so cultivators shouting out. Their voices reverberated across the world.
And Southern Cloud Sacred Hall had activated its arrays to protect itself. The cultivators were deadset on not leaving it.
“Why is the Southern Cloud Sacred Hall shut so closely? I still wanted to enter and ask for some guidance from my teacher.” A young cultivator fell into a daze as he watched from afar. Many people were spectating from the side. An old cultivator answered: “Don’t go. Anyone who is from the Southern Cloud Sacred Religion will be sentenced to death by the Sky Sword Sect if they discover you.”