Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 437: Chapter 215: The Hunt Begins!

When Shen Chongming finished speaking, the leaders of the Six Major Golden Core Powers in the Southern Border were somewhat surprised.

The harvest plan was obviously a pre-arranged conspiracy by the major powers, specifically targeting Yunzhong County and the Shen Family.

With just a few rounds of harvesting and plundering, they could surely abduct most of the common people and cultivators under the rule of Yunzhong County and the Shen Family.

Conversely, even if Luoxia Mountain and the Shen Family triumphed in the grand harvest, they seemed unlikely to gain any substantial benefits.

After all, the cultivators and common people under their rule, once abducted, could be nurtured and eventually snatched back in the next harvest.

No one expected Shen Chongming to agree so readily.

”Patriarch Shen is indeed straightforward.”

After a moment of silence, Lan Jue suddenly smiled and spoke.

The expressions on the others’ faces also lit up with smiles, considering Shen Chongming to be someone who understands the times.

Currently, with the Six Major Golden Core Powers gathered together, if the Shen Family and Luoxia Mountain did not agree, the powers would naturally unite to try something.

Even though each of the six had ulterior motives, and there would inevitably be mutual scheming, they would at least first crush the Shen Family and Yunzhong County.

Under these circumstances, agreeing actually proved more beneficial.

Shen Chongming took this into account, understanding that agreeing to the harvest plan would at least buy some time for development.

If he refused, a joint effort by the six could see Yunzhong County divided cleanly in an instant.

However, this was only part of it.

The reason for the easy agreement was because he had other plans.

”Well then, everyone, please go back and prepare. In a month, this grand feast officially begins.”

”At that time, please return here for the lottery draw.”

Lan Jue stood up and spoke, while the others’ faces were alight with smiles, eager and prepared for the grand event.

”Farewell, fellow Daoists,”

Shen Chongming stood up and cupped his hands, leaving Zhili Imperial City with Luo Yao.

The two of them left the realm of Zhili Imperial City by wind manipulation, and in the void, Luo Yao couldn’t help but catch up.

”Chongming, do you... have another plan in mind?”

Shen Chongming slowed down, turned around, and cupped his hands slightly, saying: ”Senior, given the situation earlier, do you think the two of us could have left safely if we hadn’t agreed?”

Luo Yao’s face was grim.

She also understood that the current situation was highly unfavorable for their families.

But now, agreeing to the harvest plan meant that probably only about three to five sessions of harvesting were needed before Yunzhong County, which they painstakingly protected, would be ravaged by those beasts.

”Although the demon cultivators of Great Witch Mountain claimed the victor would harvest, once the fight begins, the other side will surely try all means to plunder the common people and cultivators under our rule.”

”Even if they lose, their objective would be met.”

Shen Chongming smiled slightly: ”Senior, do not worry. I have long thought of a countermeasure.”

Gazing around, Shen Chongming immediately used sound transmission to share his ideas with Luo Yao.

After a moment, Luo Yao’s beautiful eyes widened with disbelief as she looked at him, her eyes constantly sparkling with amazement.

”You, young man, are way more scheming than your father and grandfather.”

Shen Chongming heard this and replied with an bashful smile: ”Is that a compliment, senior?”

Luo Yao was amused by him, nodding her head: ”I suppose so, but there is some danger in this move.”

”You and I must both be extremely cautious when the time comes.”

”Never mind, I will head back to prepare now, and in a month, we’ll see how those guys perform.”

...

Western Wilderness.

After coming out of the magma lake at Flame Lake Ridge, Shen Wen’an did not immediately return to Yunshui City.

This area was too strange, and he wanted to continue exploring to see if there were any other discoveries.

On Frost Moon Mountain.

After He Zhongyi and Mu Chang harvested that wisp of Sunflower Water Essence, the strange phenomenon of the ”Moon Cold as Frost” no longer existed.

Shen Wen’an sat cross-legged on the mountain peak, trying to explore the mysteries of this land.

He carved strange lines, marked with directions, onto the green stone before him using his sword.

Although he was not familiar with arrays, he was after all a disciple of a Pill Array Master; in the years at Qiyun Valley, Pei Zhao often rambled on about things related to Pill Arrays, and he remembered some basics.

For instance, what he was now carving—the correspondence of the Five Elements and the Five Directions.

South represents Fire, North Water, East Wood, West Metal, and the Center Earth...

Shen Wen’an marked the bizarre rock peak where he found the Innate Ugly Spirit Essence Qi, and then carved the positions of Frost Moon Mountain and Flame Lake Ridge on the stone board one by one.

”Something seems off...”

Looking at the positions and lines on the stone board, Shen Wen’an frowned and murmured.

According to the usual Five Elements and Five Directions order, the Five Elements attributes and directions in this area were completely mismatched!

Frost Moon Mountain was located due west of the peak nurturing the Innate Ugly Spirit Essence Qi.

Due west should be Metal, yet Frost Moon Mountain spawned a wisp of Innate Sunflower Water Essence.

Flame Lake Ridge was in the north, where it should belong to Water, but considering Flame Lake Ridge’s actual situation, it probably had nothing to do with the Five Elements Water.

Pondering without gaining any solution, Shen Wen’an redrew new lines using the method of mutual generation and mutual inhibition of the Five Elements, then suddenly a flash of insight hit him.

It seemed he had overlooked something before!

According to his hypothesis, the land where the Muhe Tribe lived gathered four attributes, currently missing only the Wood of the Five Elements.

The principles of mutual generation and mutual inhibition relied on interconnected earth veins...

Thinking of this, he immediately flew down from Frost Moon Mountain, and after stepping onto the ground, he closed his eyes and began using the Vein-Seeking Skill!