I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 653: Chapter 600: Two-Pronged Strategy

Returning to her guest room, Wenn Miao immediately tore open the collar that was choking her neck, kicked off the boots that made her feet uncomfortable, and took a satisfying swig from the wine gourd at her waist.

”Ah~ finally comfortable! It was suffocating me!”

Wenn Miao plopped into the Taishi chair in the main hall, crossed her legs, and drank one gulp after another.

Zhao Fuyi watched her and shook his head, sighing with his brows furrowed.

Jiang Yuebai, the junior, stood by the table, pouring a cup of tea for each of them, and asked, ”Uncle Fuyi, Uncle Miao, what do you think about the merger?”

Upon hearing this, Wenn Miao raised her hand to strike, ”You little girl, who are you calling ’Uncle’? Just because you have higher cultivation, doesn’t mean you don’t call me Grandmaster anymore? Even if you reach the Mahayana, I am still your Grandmaster!”

Jiang Yuebai chuckled, ”Yes, yes, my esteemed Grandmaster.”

Zhao Fuyi didn’t have time to listen to the two of them banter, tapping his fingers unconsciously on the tea table, he said, ”I think the opportunity is rare, we should seize it.”

Wenn Miao nodded while drinking, ”Yes, yes, indeed it’s a rare opportunity, a heavenly chance.”

”But...” Zhao Fuyi clenched his fingers, ”In the Upper Realm, I’m not worried about the Xiong Family, Fang Family, or the Heavenly Star Sect, I worry that the Heavenly Interence Sect in the Earth Spiritual Realm might face a calamity because of our actions.”

Wenn Miao sat up, shaking her wine gourd, ”Actually, the Fang Family in the Earth Spiritual Realm is now in the hands of Fang Ruyan, the Pavilion Master of Feiyan Pavilion. I don’t know how she has reorganized the Fang Family of the Earth Spiritual Realm. If they no longer act like the Upper Realm Fang Family, maybe they won’t trouble the Heavenly Interence Sect.”

Zhao Fuyi looked at Wenn Miao, deep in thought.

Jiang Yuebai also recalled something, ”There’s also the Kong Family. The female teacher who taught me to read in the Mortal World is a Merit Golden Body, reincarnated into the Kong Family. She once changed the status of women in the Yun Country of the Mortal World with her own strength. If she holds a certain position in the Kong Family now, the Heavenly Interence Sect could seek her help to win over the Kong Family.”

”Yes, yes,” Wenn Miao nodded eagerly, ”Our Heavenly Interence Sect may not be significant in the Upper Realm, but in the Earth Spiritual Realm, we are a dominant power. With our relations with Guiyuan Sword Sect and Vajra Platform, as long as the Kong Family doesn’t get involved, the Fang Family can’t do anything to the Heavenly Interence Sect.”

The Nine Great Star Alliances restrict the cultivators of the Earth Spiritual Realm to reach Divinity Transformation before leaving, to preserve the essence of cultivation in the Earth Spiritual Realm; otherwise, everyone would ascend to the Upper Realm, causing the decline of the Earth’s Immortal Dao’s fortune.

After all, it’s the land of all spirits’ origin, where things extinct in the Upper Realm might be reborn in the Earth Spiritual Realm.

Like the extinct Winged Dragon, which reformed from a Water Python in the Earth Spiritual Realm, hence the Nine Great Star Alliances must always protect the Earth Spiritual Realm.

The powers of the Upper Realm see the Earth Spiritual Realm as a backwater, and generally do not intervene in its affairs.

Yet, the Fang Family Ancestor violated the Nine Great Star Alliances’ rules by forcefully acting against the Lu Family in the Earth Spiritual Realm, which is why people are concerned.

In the Earth Spiritual Realm, the Heavenly Interence Sect, Guiyuan Sword Sect, and Vajra Platform are the three strongest sect forces, but outside the Earth Spiritual Realm, their cultivators can only become loose cultivators in the Upper Realm.

Jiang Yuebai, quick-witted, thought of a solution.

”Uncle, Grandmaster, what if the Heavenly Interence Sect not only merges with the Yuquan Sect in the Upper Realm but also ’merges’ with Vajra Platform and Guiyuan Sword Sect in the Earth Spiritual Realm?”

Zhao Fuyi looked up sharply, and Wenn Miao paused her drinking.

”Explain in detail,” Zhao Fuyi said.

Jiang Yuebai considered for a moment, then said slowly, ”You two must have accumulated a lot of battle merits in the Star Alliance, right? When our Heavenly Interence Sect takes root in the Nine Rivers Realm, we’ll definitely bring over disciples with good potential from the Earth Spiritual Realm, right? Can you use your battle merits to apply to the Nine Great Star Alliances to bring in more people?”

Wenn Miao’s eyes flashed brightly, ”Cunning girl, you’re smart!”

Zhao Fuyi also understood, ”You mean to allocate these spots to Vajra Platform and Guiyuan Sword Sect, so they must ensure the safety of the Heavenly Interence Sect in the Earth Spiritual Realm to guarantee that their sect’s disciples can advance to the Upper Realm for cultivation earlier? Star Alliance won’t interfere much for a few people.”

Jiang Yuebai nodded, ”Yes, and the Heavenly Interence Sect establishing a presence in the Upper Realm will surely inspire them too. We won’t force them, if they choose to stay in the Heavenly Interence Sect when they reach the Upper Realm, they can stay; if not, let them chart their own path for their sect’s efforts in establishing in the Upper Realm.”

Zhao Fuyi had another concern, ”But if the Heavenly Interence Sect sets this precedent, won’t the Fang Family and Kong Family, also having affiliations in the Upper Realm, follow suit to draw in other forces?”

Wenn Miao thought for a moment and said, ”In the long run, it’s definitely inappropriate, the Star Alliance wouldn’t agree. But the Fang Family’s previous actions had already displeased the Star Alliance. If they propose such a request, the Star Alliance surely won’t agree, we can achieve bringing people up this time by exchanging for our battle merits.”

”Given Vajra Platform and Guiyuan Sword Sect’s top disciples an early move to the Upper Realm, that’s giving their sects a glimmer of hope. For such a faint hope, I’m convinced they will strive to protect the Heavenly Interence Sect.”

Zhao Fuyi nodded, ”From the current perspective, this is the best solution, once the other brothers and sisters, as well as the two masters, arrive, we will discuss it further. If someone needs to be sent to the Earth Spiritual Realm to receive them, it will be you.”

Zhao Fuyi looked at Jiang Yuebai, whose eyes widened with excitement.

Heaven knows, she’s dreamt of returning to the Heavenly Interence Sect, and every cultivation dream is set on the Heavenly Cry Peak of the Heavenly Interence Sect.

This counts as a triumphant return, wouldn’t she be mighty high-spirited!

Even just thinking about it made Jiang Yuebai excited.

”Then, should we still attend the Dragon Group Gathering?” Wenn Miao asked, ”I’m not too interested, after all, it’s a secret realm constructed by a Mahayana Immortal Monarch using the power of a Dao Fruit, I have my own Dao and fear Daoist Erosion.”

”Daoist Erosion?”

Jiang Yuebai perked up, hearing something new!

Zhao Fuyi explained, ”Take the Immortal Monarch Chongmin of the Nine Rivers Realm as an example, I have not yet comprehended a Dao Fruit nor have a fixed direction for enlightenment, if I were to approach Immortal Monarch Chongmin, his Water Dao Fruit would actively erode me, pushing my direction of enlightenment towards the Water Dao Fruit.”

”Even if they are different Dao Fruits and enlightenment directions, a strong Dao Fruit can erode a weak Dao Fruit, which is why those with great power often remain in hiding and don’t associate with each other, to avoid Daoist Erosion.”

Jiang Yuebai realized, in the myriad laws of the world, each law can only condense one Dao Fruit. If Uncle Fuyi now tries to comprehend a Water Dao Fruit, it would be a dead end.

In the future, she would either have to kill Immortal Monarch Chongmin to seize the Water Dao Fruit or wait for Chongmin’s fall or ascension, otherwise, it was impossible to achieve immortality.

And if Uncle Fuyi’s understanding of the Water Path was good, Immortal Monarch Chongmin would also try to steal her Dao to enhance the power of his Dao Fruit.

This was incredibly dangerous!

”You don’t have to worry, short-term contact will only enhance your understanding of the Water Path, not to the extent of deciding enlightenment direction. This is also why low-level cultivators like to follow Mahayana Immortal Monarchs, while high-level cultivators are reluctant to stay long around Mahayana Immortal Monarchs.”

Jiang Yuebai nodded, no wonder the Immortal Palace is in the Upper Three Tours, far from the Lower Three Tours.

”I understand, what I want to say is that I still want to attend the Dragon Group Gathering, first to find something near the Immortal Palace, and secondly, to have a backup plan.”

”Winning the top spot of the Nascent Soul Stage trial would give me a chance to make a request to Immortal Monarch Chongmin. In case anything goes wrong with the Heavenly Interence Sect, there’d still be a chance to salvage it.”

Zhao Fuyi nodded, ”That’s what I think too, so let’s go together!”