Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 313 This precedent must not be set.
There are many rumors about Chen Ye.

Both the righteous and the demonic paths know of this exceptionally talented cultivator.

Chen Ye also has many achievements. Despite being a rogue cultivator, he made breakthroughs one after another within a year and actually reached the Tongxuan Realm.

Moreover, he overpowered the five major sects in numerous battles, earning the title of the number one in the Tongxuan Realm. This alone is enough for others to boast about for hundreds of years.

The problem is that this intelligence is only superficial.

Youluozi hadn't spent much time with Chen Ye, but she already knew him quite well. However, the more she learned about him, the more uneasy she felt.
Others say he is very skilled, but Youluozi knows that he just has a lot of treasures and the entire Northern Frontier as his backing, but his ability to fight is just so-so, and he can only barely say that he is okay.

Compared to true geniuses, Chen Yezhen is nothing more than a nouveau riche who bullies others solely because of his immense spiritual power and powerful magical artifacts.

But to say that he relied purely on luck is not true. He just had a powerful Void Returning Realm expert guiding him. The Void Returning Realm is not unique to the Yellow Spring Sect. How could he take over the entire Northern Frontier based on that alone?
Do you really think the Nirvana School is made of clay?

Some people say that Chen Ye was a womanizer and had entanglements with many women, but that's even more impossible.

If someone really had such thoughts, Youluozi would have a thousand ways to get Chen Ye under his control, and he wouldn't have to worry about anything.

Upon careful consideration of his interactions and exchanges with Chen Ye, Youluozi can only be described in one sentence: He is truly a virtuous and upright man.

Don't be fooled by Chen Ye's decent acting skills when he was deceiving the demon lord; he gave away an extremely precious elixir to a little girl he had never even met before.

The reason he went through all the trouble of hunting down the Azure Dragon was not for its treasures, but to solve the problem of the Corruption of Azure Coffin Mountain. This had little to do with his northern frontier.

Since Chen Ye became famous, it seems that he has only done great things.

A person who is upright, not pedantic, and does not seek fame or fortune is the most troublesome.

Unless you kill him outright, neither coercion nor bribery will be very effective.

Unfortunately, Chen Ye was very knowledgeable and even recognized the shadowy figures deep within the Ruins of Return, which left Youluozi with no chance to deceive anyone.

Such a person can only be dealt with gradually, not rashly.

"Anyway, you are now one of the eighteen Venerables of the Demonic Sect. If this identity is exposed, it will definitely bring you trouble. You will need my information. Anyway, you know how to find me. Sect Master Chen, we have no conflict of interest now. Cooperation will benefit both of us. You should think it over carefully."

Youluozi left Chen Ye with these words and then disappeared.

Chen Ye didn't know whether Youluozi's words were a threat or a reminder. Would this witch go back and have someone spread rumors to blackmail him?

Regardless, Chen Ye had to prepare in advance.

Chen Ye wasted no time and immediately swam towards the sea.

After this incident, Chen Ye decided to stay away from Guixu and avoid going near it unless absolutely necessary. The monsters deep inside were far too terrifying, even more frightening than the Wujiu Demon Lord who was sealed away back then.

Chen Ye returned to the Yellow Spring Sect on July 10th.

In four days, the Yellow Springs Sect, which is like a hegemon in the northern frontier, will be officially established.

From the start of preparations to now, it's only been half a year, but Chen Ye feels like several years have passed; he's exhausted.

However, as the head of a sect, he still needed to discuss this trip with everyone.

Chen Ye first told everyone about the Azure Dragon Body Refining Method, and asked them to find a way to select suitable disciples to cultivate it, and then send them all to plant trees at Green Coffin Mountain.

Since it is a cultivation method of the demonic sect, this method is not selective about who it is, but it requires a large number of blood pills.

As long as there are enough pills, it will be possible to quickly refine large quantities of those poisonous liquids that neutralize the putrefactive toxins.

Qu Heng laughed and said, "That's perfect. The flesh and blood of the Demon Lord Wujiu still need to be processed separately after being cut off. Now we can directly refine it into blood pills and give them to the disciples of the sect. When they have achieved success in their cultivation, they can then neutralize the poison of the Demon Lord Wujiu. It can be considered as using the original soup to cook the original food."

But Pang Duoduo, who was standing to the side, frowned and said, "To directly refine pills from human flesh? I'm afraid that's not a good idea?"

Qu Heng countered, "What's wrong with that? The Yellow Springs Sect has always used livestock to refine blood pills; isn't it the same if you eat them?" Pang Duoduo replied, "We are a side sect, not a demonic sect. No matter what wrong Demon Lord Wujiu has done, he is still human. Killing people to refine pills is the work of the demonic path. Our sect is about to be established; if the news gets out, it will likely cause controversy."

Qu Heng scoffed, "A bunch of skeletons in a tomb, have they ever cared about the putrefaction of Green Coffin Mountain? Refining flesh and blood into pills is to prevent more putrefaction from appearing. It's better to make use of waste than to burn or bury them."

Pang Duoduo insisted, "Public opinion can be devastating. If the Yellow Spring Sect is truly found guilty of murdering people to refine pills, then no matter how you explain it, it will be useless."

"As long as the Yellow Springs Sect is the best in the world, it's none of other people's business to point fingers. If gossip were useful, the Demonic Sect would have been wiped out long ago."

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Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Chen Ye quickly waved his hand to calm them down.

Then Chen Ye looked around and asked, "Since you are all members of the Yellow Springs Sect, please feel free to speak your suggestions."

Those present were all elders of the Yellow Springs Sect. In addition to Qu Heng, Pang Duoduo, and Mo Suixin, there were also Fu Lu Shou, Chen Guang representing the Mirage Demon Clan, Bai Gu Dao Ren representing the City Gods, and Tuo Ya Li Er, who was in charge of managing mortal affairs.

It's fair to say that the entire management team is here.

Chen Ye also wanted to hear everyone's opinions.

But Chen Ye's question puzzled everyone, as it seemed like he was asking them to choose sides.

Fu Lu Shou and the other two decisively stood on Qu Heng's side. They had been captured by Qu Heng to do hard labor, but instead of suffering much, they earned a fortune they could never have seen in their entire lives. At the time, they thought he was a good person.

Qu Heng is Chen Ye's grandmaster and the pillar of the entire Huangquan Sect. What is there to hesitate about? Of course, we should stand on Qu Heng's side.

Chen Ye ignored their thoughts and turned to look at Chen Guang. Although the Mirage Demons were now City Gods, this race was still somewhat special. In the future, there might be hundreds or even thousands more Mirage Demons joining the Yellow Springs Sect, so Chen Guang's opinion was also very important.

As a result, Chen Guang stood on Qu Heng's side without even thinking.

Chen Guang said to the crowd, "We are monsters and do not understand the principle that humans cannot eat each other. Whether humans eat livestock or cannibalism, it makes no difference to me."

As the oldest ancestral spirit and the leader of all the city gods, the White Bone Taoist also stated that eating people was not a problem at all.

The methods used to worship ancestral spirits in northern Xinjiang are inherently very bloody; killing and cannibalism are not considered major issues.

As for Toya Lier, she stated that she was only responsible for matters concerning mortals, and she would not offer any opinions on such important matters concerning the path of cultivation.

Chen Ye nodded. Although it was an excuse, it was plausible.

Thus, it seems that only Pang Duoduo and Mo Suixin, who had just joined the Yellow Springs Sect, opposed directly using the flesh and blood of the Demon Lord Wujiu to refine pills.

If the principle is to have fewer people obey more people, then we should follow Qu Heng's arrangement.

But after thinking for a moment, Chen Ye said to Qu Heng, "Grandmaster, I think Elder Pang is right. It is not a good thing to directly use the flesh and blood of Demon Lord Wujiu to refine pills."

Qu Heng wanted to call him pedantic, but in front of outsiders, he never put on airs as Chen Ye's grandmaster.

If a sect leader lacks authority, then the sect rules are meaningless, and the sect will inevitably fall apart sooner or later.

Therefore, Qu Heng asked very politely, "If the sect leader has made a decision, we will naturally obey. We just hope that the sect leader can explain, is it really just because you are afraid of others gossiping?"

Chen Ye shook his head and said, "If I were afraid of rumors, I wouldn't have established the Underworld to collect the souls. The reputation of Fengdu Ghost City alone is enough for people to gossip about. You all know that I only seek to have a clear conscience. But using human flesh and blood to refine pills is indeed somewhat inappropriate."

"Today, we say that the Demon Lord Wujiu was utterly wicked, and that he did not die at the hands of the Yellow Springs Sect. Using his flesh and blood to refine pills was also to save Green Coffin Mountain... We could give many reasons like these. But as you all know, the Yellow Springs Sect has a rule: once something has been done, it is permitted in the future."

"I think this precedent should not be set. If it is permitted to use human flesh and blood to make pills today, there will be equally heinous people in the future. If we, the disciples of the Yellow Springs Sect, encounter them, should we also kill them and use their flesh and blood to make pills? People are always fickle, their good and evil are uncertain, and the human heart is unpredictable. In ten or twenty years, everyone should be able to guess what this rule will look like."

"Once this precedent is set, it will inevitably become uncontrollable in the future. Will you all then have to admit your mistakes and slap yourselves in the face? Therefore, the flesh and blood of the Demon Lord Wujiu cannot be used for alchemy. It can be left to turn into fertilizer for plants and return to the world, or it can be burned to ashes, but it must never be turned into a blood pill that you eat."

(End of this chapter)