I run a casino in the immortal realm.

One hour later.

Qingyun Sect Camp Area.

Su Chenyuan's Golden Core Domain still enveloped the front lines.

Inside the independent fortress, the space distorted slightly, and Zheng Yifei appeared in the room like a ghost.

With a casual wave of his hand, he put away the paper doll that was sitting cross-legged, and replaced it with the face and blue robe of "Xu Zhengyuan". Then, he quietly sneaked back into the commander's tent.

Inside the large tent, Su Chenyuan was pacing anxiously back and forth.

Seeing Zheng Yifei return safely, his tense nerves finally relaxed, and he hurriedly stepped forward: "Yifei, how did it go? Has anything changed at the Demon Sect?"

"Fifth Elder, rest assured, everything is going smoothly."

Zheng Yifei sat down, picked up the cold tea on the table and drank it all in one gulp. He then recounted in detail his meeting with Tu Gang, especially Tu Gang's suggestion to use Xuan Tian Sect prisoners and corpses as cannon fodder.

Upon hearing this, Su Chenyuan slapped his thigh excitedly and stroked his beard, laughing loudly: "Good! What a brilliant idea to use someone else's talent to serve someone else! If the Xuantian Sect saw their own prisoners die on the battlefield wearing the clothes of my Qingyun Sect, they would probably be laughing in their dreams, thinking that it was my Qingyun Sect's disciples who were being sacrificed."

That venomous snake Zeng Ming is destined to end up with nothing this time!

"Fifth Elder, although the problem of the corpse has been resolved, I have a longer-term plan for this trip."

Zheng Yifei's expression turned extremely serious, his gaze fixed intently on Su Chenyuan: "I plan to send the five hundred most elite disciples of my Qingyun Sect to the Heavenly Demon Sect in batches during the next two-year deployment period, under the guise of 'prisoners of war'!"

What?!

Su Chenyuan's smile froze instantly, thinking he had misheard: "Send them to the Heavenly Demon Sect? Yifei, are you crazy? That's a den of demons! Sending them there as prisoners of war is like throwing lambs to the slaughter!"

"No, it's a rebirth from the ashes."

Zheng Yifei shook his head and patiently explained, "Fifth Elder, have you thought about it? Even if we manage to fool Zeng Ming this time, two years is too long."

Zeng Ming will never let go of any opportunity to weaken us.

He will definitely target our Qingyun Sect's core disciples who are talented and highly skilled, assigning them the most dangerous tasks, or finding an excuse to transfer them away and assassinate them.

Su Chenyuan fell silent; he knew Zheng Yifei was telling the truth.

When Zeng Feng was selecting the list, he specifically chose Li Jianfeng, Wang Changsheng and other chiefs of various halls, with the aim of severing the roots of the Qingyun Sect.

In fact, in order to suppress its subordinate sects and prevent them from growing too powerful and threatening the authority of the main sect, the Xuantian Sect diluted the resources of its subordinate sects by charging high tributes, thus making them insufficient to cultivate high-level cultivators.

On the other hand, through war, the elite talents of the affiliated sects are sent to the front lines to be worn down, so that the affiliated sects will never have a chance to turn the tide.

The reason for mobilizing 5,000 elite troops from the Qingyun Sect this time is that the Qingyun Sect's strength has grown too rapidly. Not only does it have a newspaper business that has swept across half of the Southern Wilderness, but it also has a super gambling den called Mirage that makes a fortune every day, and it has even produced a Nascent Soul expert.

If this is not controlled, the Qingyun Sect will have the strength to challenge the main sect, which is absolutely unacceptable.

"Leaving them in Blood Soul Valley will only lead to them being tormented by the Xuan Tian Sect sooner or later."

Zheng Yifei's voice was firm and resolute: "But when I sent them to the Heavenly Demon Sect's super gambling den, the situation was completely different!"

There, they are not only absolutely safe, but they can also receive a share of the gambling den's generous profits, and even use the resources of the Heavenly Demon Sect to cultivate.

I need these five hundred men to help me build a unique force within the Heavenly Demon Sect, a force independent of the Profound Heaven Sect and belonging to our own Azure Cloud Sect!

"Two years later, when the Xuantian Sect thought that my Qingyun Sect had bled dry and could be slaughtered at will."

These five hundred elite warriors, returning from their training at the Heavenly Demon Sect, will become our sharpest blade in our fight against the Profound Heaven Sect!

Su Chenyuan was completely stunned by the grand vision described by Zheng Yifei. He stared blankly at the young man before him, his heart churning with turmoil.

They used a counter-strategy, secretly crossed the Chencang pass, and even used the enemy's headquarters to cultivate their own forces!

This courage and vision far exceed the scope of a disciple of the Qingyun Sect.

After a long while, Su Chenyuan took a deep breath, and an unprecedented glint of light burst forth in his cloudy old eyes: "Good! I've lived to this age, and today I'll go crazy with you, young man, to the very end!"

You're right. Rather than sitting here waiting to die, we should put ourselves in a do-or-die situation and fight for survival!

"Fifth Elder, these five hundred people must be absolutely loyal and keep their mouths shut. Once the news leaks, our trump card in the Heavenly Demon Sect will be exposed, and the Azure Cloud Sect will also face annihilation."

Zheng Yifei solemnly reminded him.

"Don't worry, although these five thousand people are of mixed backgrounds, the core disciples of each hall are all people that I and the sect leader have watched grow up since they were young. Their lives and fortunes are tied to the Qingyun Sect."

Furthermore, the people I personally select will never betray me; they are mostly direct descendants and collateral branches of the Su and Xu families, and I will brainwash them.”

After speaking, Su Chenyuan pondered for a moment, then decisively made a decision: "Without further ado, for the first major battle two days from now, we will arrange for twenty core disciples to be 'captured'!"

"Twenty people? Wouldn't that be too conspicuous?"

Zheng Yifei asked.

"No. The casualties in the first probing attack are unpredictable, and besides, I've already decided on the roster for these twenty players."

A cold glint flashed in Su Chenyuan's eyes: "The first batch to be sent away were those hall chiefs personally named by Zeng Feng! Li Jianfeng of the Sword Cultivation Hall, Wang Changsheng of the Formation Hall, Chen Mo of the Pill Hall... These people are the future hope of the Qingyun Sect, and also the thorns in Zeng Ming's side that he most wanted to get rid of."

Leaving them on the front lines is too dangerous; they must be sent away immediately!

Zheng Yifei nodded; Su Chenyuan's considerations were very thorough.

By turning Zeng Feng's most wanted killer into a "prisoner of war" immediately, the Xuan Tian Sect will only think that the Qing Yun Sect has suffered a crushing defeat and even lost its core disciples, and will instead relax their vigilance.

"Alright, it's settled then. Two days from now, at noon, the entire army will cross the river!"

Zheng Yifei stood up: "Fifth Elder, I'd like to trouble you to secretly inform these twenty disciples these next two days that they should not resist when bound by the Demonic Sect's scarlet chains; there will be no danger!"

"Don't worry, leave this to me."

The Fifth Elder patted him on the shoulder and saw him out.