Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 789 Central Continent Situation

Lin Jiuxiao didn't care about the repayment the other party mentioned; Luofeng Valley was so destitute that it couldn't squeeze any more money out of it.

Having inherited the legacy of the Void Five Elements Sect, he had no desire for the unsustainable legacy of Falling Maple Valley. No one would covet something inferior.

This was exactly what Master Chongxuan had been waiting for, so he seized the opportunity and said:

"I have a favor to ask. The demon army broke through the mountain's protective formation too quickly, and we didn't have time to evacuate the mortals from the mountain gate."

Now that the great calamity has ended and everything is in ruins, we lack people to rebuild our mountain gate, and we wish to purchase 100,000 mortals from your esteemed sect.

If possible, I hope there will be more qualified teenagers among them.

He knew very well that the other party would not give him a Qi Refining stage disciple with excellent aptitude, so he could only cultivate one himself.

Lin Jiuxiao looked troubled and said:

“I understand your difficulties, fellow Daoist, but we also need a large population to populate this desolate area. One hundred thousand is too much for you, fifty thousand is more feasible.”

The sect has fewer than two million mortals, which is far from enough.

Only with a sufficient population can a group of vassal families of the sect be quickly established, thereby consolidating the sect's control.

These families provide resources to the sect and can also consume various low-level pills and magical artifacts.

"Fifty thousand is a bit too little, fellow Daoist, how about adding another thirty thousand?"

Lin Jiuxiao did not answer directly, but thought for a moment and then asked:

"At what price are you prepared to purchase these mortals?"

"How about ten spirit stones each?"

"Hehe, if this price were before the True Demon Calamity broke out, it would have been a cause for celebration. But times have changed. Now, mortals are a strategic resource. Can a few dozen high-grade spirit stones buy the future?"

Lin Jiuxiao countered by asking, "This group of mortals is the strongest guarantee for the other party to rebuild their sect, but it seems the other party doesn't seem very sincere."

"Fellow Daoist, name your price."

Lin Jiuxiao gently shook his head, "Fifty spirit stones per mortal, I can scrape together 80,000 for you, and I also guarantee a sufficient number of able-bodied adults and teenagers with cultivation aptitude."

In the current environment, only by having enough ordinary people can there be a future, and the other party's offer made him dissatisfied.

Master Yueying coughed and said:

"Fellow Daoist Lin, after the fall of our mountain gate, we had to evacuate urgently. We didn't have time to retrieve many resources. To be honest, we simply don't have such a large sum of spirit stones on hand right now."

Thirty spirit stones for a mortal, what do you say?

Lin Jiuxiao remained unmoved and said:
"Fifty spirit stones per mortal is my bottom line. You don't have to pay it all at once. You can pay half first and the other half in three years."

Without these mortals, Fallen Maple Valley has no future. They only have a few dozen disciples left, and they will perish in a few years.

It's only four hundred high-grade spirit stones in total, which isn't expensive at all. As for the other party saying they don't have enough spirit stones for the transaction, that's just a lie.

The two cultivators from Fallen Maple Valley tried to play the victim for a while, but when they realized the other party wasn't buying it, they had no choice but to agree.

Master Chongxuan took out two hundred spirit stones and said:
"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. We will transport the mortals away in batches, which will take a while."

Lin Jiuxiao accepted the spirit stone and stored it in the Void Cave Stone, nodding and saying:

"We just need to take the mortal away within three months, at which time we will dismantle the teleportation array in Qinglong Mountain."

Zhongzhou, the Qiankun Hall of the Taixu Sect.

Four figures sat in the main hall, all of them Nascent Soul cultivators.

Chongxu Zhenjun surveyed the entire audience, gave a wry smile, and said:

"The great calamity has ended, but the people of Central Continent have suffered greatly. We lost this war terribly."

Before the True Demon Tribulation fully erupted, the entire Central Continent painstakingly cultivated more than twenty Nascent Soul level demon cultivators, thinking that this would greatly alleviate the pressure of the war. Unexpectedly, these Nascent Soul True Monarchs gradually became entangled with the True Demons.

These traitorous cultivators set a trap to ambush and kill fellow cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage. True Monarch Pingtian of the Cloud Sea Merchant Alliance was among those who fell victim to this, managing to escape only to reach the Nascent Soul stage, and ultimately ending up having to reincarnate and start over.

If one cannot unravel the mystery of the womb, then all the accumulations of this life are useless, but unraveling the mystery of the womb is easier said than done.

We can only control the present; the future is full of uncertainty.

The Taixu Sect also paid a heavy price in the war, losing two Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

Zhenyue Zhenjun sighed and said:
"The power of the Cloud Sea Merchant Alliance has been almost completely uprooted by the True Demon Army. Cloud Sea Immortal City is now in ruins. What's even more hateful is that the True Demons have used magic arrays to pollute the spiritual veins of the Immortal City."

Now the spiritual veins there are gradually withering away, and there's no way to revive them.

The True Demon Army had a clear objective: to pollute a large number of spiritual veins. Some of these veins could be restored after purification, while the spiritual veins in other regions could only wither away gradually, just like those in Cloud Sea Immortal City.

He paused for a moment and then continued:
"The most urgent thing now is to restore the spiritual veins that have the potential to be purified. Those spiritual veins that have been polluted and withered will become barren lands."

The emergence of vast desolate lands in the heart of Central Continent will severely impact our development. Many Golden Core level forces were wiped out in the great calamity; it's unknown how long it will take for Central Continent to regain its former prosperity.

Perhaps the prosperity here will never be restored. Some forces were completely wiped out in the great calamity, and their names will be buried in the torrent of time until they disappear from everyone's memory, as if they never existed.

True Lord Chongxu nodded in agreement and said:

"The pollution within a radius of several thousand miles around the sect must be purified as soon as possible, and we should try our best not to let it become a place devoid of spiritual energy."

The Land of Absolute Spirit has no spiritual energy. When cultivators enter it, they are directly exposed to the air, and their mana is consumed very quickly.

Another point is that the area of ​​the Land of Annihilation will gradually expand. Although it will expand outward by less than an inch every few years, it will accumulate over tens of thousands of years and eventually erode a vast and expansive region.

Between the Western Continent and the Central Continent lies a desolate land, which flying ships always choose to detour around.

In fact, these places of spiritual desolation are not impossible to transform, but the cost is too high, requiring a large investment of manpower and resources.

Moreover, after going through countless hardships, all they get is an ordinary piece of mortal land, which will take many years to cultivate into a spiritual field, making it a thankless task.

With spiritual veins still available, no force would be willing to do such a thing.

The Nascent Soul cultivators discussed how to allocate the tasks, and it took them half an hour to finalize a plan.

Chongxu Zhenjun sighed, "Establishing the purification array requires a lot of resources. I don't know if we can recoup the costs."

The spiritual veins have been polluted for decades, and ordinary methods are no longer sufficient to purify them. It is necessary to extend the purification array deep underground and remove the pollutants little by little, like performing hemodialysis.

If the spiritual veins can be completely purified, then these investments will not have been in vain; the only fear is that they will all be for naught.

Zhenyue Zhenjun said in a deep voice, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."

Huayin Zhenjun smiled and said, "Senior Brother Chongxu, you are too concerned about gains and losses. The surrounding spiritual veins must be purified no matter what."

She successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul stage before the full-scale outbreak of the True Demon Tribulation, and it only took her three years to transform the accumulated cold poison into soul power.

The suffering she had endured from the cold poison became resources for her further advancement. Two years later, she and Zhenyue Zhenjun both broke through to the second level of the Nascent Soul stage.

The two officially became Daoist partners. After years of getting along, they developed a deep understanding of each other and shone brightly during the Tribulation of the True Demon.

Not only did he kill several traitorous demonic cultivators, but he also slaughtered several Nascent Soul level True Demons, making great contributions to the Taixu Sect.

"Of course I know these spiritual veins need to be purified, I'm just sighing."

"Neither of you has ever handled the sect's mundane affairs, so you don't know how precious the resources are."

Feeling somewhat weary, True Lord Chongxu said again:

"Let's talk about something happy. Many outstanding disciples perished in the war, but among the surviving disciples, three have a very good chance of reaching the Nascent Soul level."

If two disciples successfully break through to the next level, the sect's number of Nascent Soul cultivators will reach the same level as before.

After the True Demon Calamity broke out, he was in charge of coordinating all the sect's resources, which involved the allocation of hundreds of thousands of resources. These trivial matters were more mentally taxing than the battle itself.

Zhenyue Zhenjun also spoke:

"The sect has taken in a group of cultivators who fled from Yunhai Immortal City. Two of them have performed very well and have the potential to break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

One of them, named Li Haoran, is a sword cultivator who has comprehended two levels of sword intent and has the greatest potential.

He said he came from the Western Continent and was now at the ninth level of the Golden Core stage.

This cultivator wanted to use the resources obtained from defeating the true demon to exchange for a cultivation technique that would allow him to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

I didn't agree. Instead, I proposed that if the other party agreed to join our sect, they could obtain a sword cultivation technique that would directly lead to the Nascent Soul stage.

Of course, good talents should be recruited into the sect. As for the issue of loyalty, he felt it was not a problem at all. As long as the sect was strong enough, these disciples who joined halfway would also defend the interests of the sect.

Chongxu Zhenjun became interested and asked:
Has the other party agreed?

There are fewer and fewer pure sword cultivators in the Central Continent now, but these sword cultivators are still the top among cultivators of the same level.

If the opponent can break through to the Nascent Soul stage, fighting across a small realm is not a problem; that's the charm of sword cultivators.

He once dreamed of breaking through all laws with a single sword, but later realized that dreams are just dreams and can never become reality.

Zhenyue Zhenjun slowly shook his head and said in a deep voice:

"The other party refused on the grounds that they had already joined another sect, and then never mentioned exchanging cultivation techniques again."

I plan to go with him when he returns to Xizhou and have a good talk with his sect. Such a cultivator should not be buried in a small sect in Xizhou; he should have a wider space for development.

The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly; the shallow waters of Xizhou cannot support a dragon crossing the river.

Once someone joins a sect, they can choose to leave. As long as they receive enough benefits and engage in a little 'friendly negotiation,' the sect they belong to will likely try to persuade Li Haoran to join the 'Tai Xu Sect' by appealing to his emotions and reasoning with him.

Huayin Zhenjun laughed and said, "Senior brother, let's go to Xizhou together then. I want to see what kind of scenery it is."

(End of this chapter)