Chapter 868: Urgent Persuasion (II)
Si Yuanli’s eyes narrowed as he spoke in a low voice, "The Azure Pond Sect is different from the Golden Feather Sect, it exploits far too harshly. The Golden Feather Sect has plenty of family and rogue Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators they can throw at the slaughter. But which Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator left alive in the Azure Pond Sect’s territory is an easy target? They can only carve flesh from their own bodies...
"Most of the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators lost in the north-south struggle were the Azure Pond Sect’s guest cultivators and Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. Once Chi Zhiyan counted the losses, he must have realized he couldn’t afford any more. That’s why he’s consolidating power and using this crisis to cut away everyone’s strength!"
Si Yuanli’s voice remained quiet. "I understand now... The Purple Mansion Realm cultivators were simply convenient meat for the Azure Pond Sect to carve up. Chi Zhiyan reacted quickly, immediately choosing a method that balanced gains and losses to minimize his own damage."
Li Qinghong’s heart cleared. How could she not understand after that? She thought silently, So some of the Purple Mansion Realm cultivators who bear deeper grudges against the Azure Pond Sect are not satisfied!
Li Qinghong glanced silently at Li Xuanfeng, and suddenly understood the message Kong Tingyun had brought from Daoist Master Changxi. She thought to herself, Perhaps that message wasn’t meant for me at all... but for Second Uncle!
She used a secret technique to transmit her voice, "Second Uncle! I passed by Profound Peak Gate earlier, and Daoist Friend Tingyun brought a message from Daoist Master Changxi..."
Li Xuanfeng listened carefully, and at last his expression changed. His sharp brows relaxed, and his voice turned deep and hoarse as he muttered, "Flooding the seedlings and wiping out a hundred years of harvest is certainly satisfying. But when the river flows back and drowns the steps of the courtyard, that’s even more gratifying."
His words seemed like a recitation, but they made Si Yuanli shiver in fear as he turned to stare blankly at Li Xuanfeng. How could he not understand the meaning of those words? As long as the riverbank was harder to swallow than Mount Bianyan, then naturally the river would flow back to attack Mount Bianyan in the devil cultivator’s isolated heartland!
But Mount Bianyan contained the Chi Family’s direct descendants! Compared to the severe losses the Azure Pond Sect families suffered from the flooding of the seedlings, it was truly drowning the courtyard steps, the Chi Family’s direct line. It would truly wound them to the bone!
When Si Yuanli heard this, his heart was pounding like a drum, and all the blood rushed to his head, River flowing back... river flowing back...
Such a counterattack was extremely brilliant. It was so legitimate that even Chi Zhiyan couldn’t pick a flaw in it. Yet Si Yuanli hesitated, to the point that the dharma light on his body flickered faintly...