Chapter 744 - 356: Heaven-Reaching Yin Food Seed, Demon Realm Begins to Form
"Wasn’t it just a slight upper hand before?" Wen Jiu asked curiously.
Nangong Huan sighed, "It’s just rhetoric to avoid causing panic. If we claimed it was an even match, it would be absurd. Our external stance is that the West Mountain Floating Domain holds a solid upper hand."
"I see."
Wen Jiu suddenly understood.
He couldn’t help but feel deeply satisfied with his plan to establish himself in Donghua Immortal City. If things reached an irreparable stage, boarding the ship of the East Splendor Divine Palace would be impossible.
Before Wen Jiu could collect his thoughts, Nangong Huan spoke again with difficulty, "To be honest, if the Demon Dao truly attacks from the Traceless Mountain Range, the situation in the West Mountain Floating Domain would be far more severe than in the Golan Floating Domain. The entire West might even fall. Of course, this has nothing to do with whether you kill Longteng Liyi or not; even if Longteng Liyi were alive, it wouldn’t change the overall situation."
Wen Jiu remained silent.
He understood the implications of Nangong Huan’s words, that talking about this now was merely an attempt to take the initiative.
But the truth was, as Nangong Huan said, the situation in the West Mountain Floating Domain was indeed grim. Chances are the Soulless True Monarch hasn’t returned yet, but the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect already made their move.
If an ordinary cultivator knew about this situation, they would naturally seek a path for themselves and their family. And the best path now is the Domain Lord’s Mansion, for although it can’t withstand the Demon Dao, it has Golden Core Perfection overseeing it, while the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect’s Demon Lord is only at Demon Pill Perfection.
Unfortunately.
He wasn’t an ordinary cultivator.
The only place he felt any sense of belonging was Deadman Peak, which wasn’t here, and he hadn’t formed an attachment to any place since.
If it truly came to that, whether it be the Qi Guang Sect or the Lu Family, even if the Eight Directions Treasure Gathering Trading House were gone, then so be it. He would only take action to protect those close to him, like Fang Qian, Wen Ya, Feng Jue, and others.
Nangong Huan took another drink, putting on a solemn appearance, watching for a reaction from the "Lu Family Ancestor." But the ancestor remained calm, just frowning in thought, prompting him to consider whether he should change his strategy.
"What are your plans, Fellow Daoist?" Nangong Huan ventured to make one last probe.
Wen Jiu controlled the East Spring Undying Bone to frown and respond, "I originally returned to the Lu Family to rest and observe the family’s situation. Unexpected troubles came upon my return. It seems the Lu Family lacks this fortune. Under the circumstances dictated by fate, I can only return from where I came."
"Fellow Daoist Lu plans to abandon the Lu Family?" Nangong Huan was somewhat surprised by the "Lu Family Corpse Ancestor’s" answer.
The key point was, over a thousand years of foundation was being abandoned just like that?
Wen Jiu nodded, "I originally only returned to see, and would have been unwilling to act if not pressured by the Brute Puppet Sect."
"I see." Nangong Huan echoed, inwardly astonished.
Even for late-stage Golden Core cultivators, establishing a large, deeply-rooted power takes hundreds of years. Like the Lu Family, it requires five or six hundred years of accumulation.
For a Golden Core Zhenren can determine a power’s upper limit, but not its lower limit.
Otherwise, why are there so many Golden Core wanderers?
Do they not want to establish a power, to be lofty ancestors with abundant cultivation resources?
Not necessarily.
Most powers gradually decline after establishment due to talent dwindling.
Therefore, the idea that the Lu Family Corpse Ancestor would directly abandon a large power providing abundant cultivation resources was unexpected to him. Helplessly, he had to hastily adjust his strategy.
"Regarding the second matter, it’s about the Celestial Yin Mountain Range." Nangong Huan changed the subject, no longer continuing the previous topic.
Wen Jiu listened quietly.
He didn’t interject.
Nangong Huan, seeing this, continued, "You may know a bit about the Celestial Yin Mountain Range’s situation. Currently, the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect intends to make a move, inside and out, starting with the Celestial Yin Mountain Range. What you may not know is that most of the Dark Altar lineage in the West Mountain Floating Domain has already infiltrated the Celestial Yin Mountain Range. The situation is far more severe than I previously thought. It might not be long before disaster erupts in the core area of the Celestial Yin Mountain Range, igniting this war prematurely."
"So you’re planning to break into the Celestial Yin Mountain Range?" Wen Jiu immediately followed the topic.
The groundwork was sufficient.
It was time to discuss serious matters.
"The Domain Lord entrusted the West’s safety to me. I can’t let internal chaos lead to allies outside the Traceless Mountain Range being besieged, so I must break into the Celestial Yin Mountain Range." Nangong Huan responded, producing the Heaven-Reaching Yin Food Seed he had prepared.
The East Spring Undying Bone Divine Sense probed, prompting Wen Jiu in Donghua Immortal City to exclaim in admiration.
"A Tier Three Top-Grade Heaven-Reaching Yin Food Seed, such a treasure is only possessed by those in the Domain Lord’s Mansion." In Longteng Liyi’s soul memory, there was information about this heavenly and earthly treasure — not because it was important to Longteng Liyi, but because this treasure once auctioned within the East Splendor Divine Palace.
Common Tier Three Top-Grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasures might only fetch fifty thousand Middle-grade Spirit Stones, or five million Low-grade Spirit Stones.
But this Heaven-Reaching Yin Food Seed started at one million Middle-grade Spirit Stones, with a final price that left late-stage Golden Core cultivators feeling penniless — a whopping six million Middle-grade Spirit Stones.