200: Chapter 200 Gong Hui's Ideas

"Senior Sister Chu Fei, it's been a long time since we last met."

Lin Ming thought for a moment; the last time he saw Senior Sister Chu Fei was two years ago, before she had stepped into the Bitter Sea Realm.

"By the way, that matter at the City Lord's Manor has been resolved."

Someone suddenly said.

"Resolved? The City Lord invited people from many Sects, and several Immortal Masters were present, but they couldn't see anything."

One person shook his head.

"Even Immortal Master Songfeng couldn't do it? I heard he was also invited."

"Your news is outdated. Immortal Master Songfeng left yesterday. The notice from the City Lord's Manor is still posted."

"Even Immortal Master Songfeng failed?"

"I heard the City Lord is planning to invite a powerhouse of the True Monarch level or ask Yuanxu Mountain for help."

"A Paramita powerhouse? How can a Paramita powerhouse be so easily invited?"

"I think so too. It's more likely that Yuanxu Mountain will help."

"That's hard to say."

"I think it might be the work of those Demonic Path cultivators. Don't forget that those guys have been popping up lately; not long ago, the capital of the Great Yan Dynasty was almost destroyed."

"Yeah, an Immortal Master Family in Beimu City was completely wiped out by demonic cultivators. If the people from Beiquan Mountain hadn't arrived in time, the entire Beimu Sect might have been gone."

"After five hundred years, these demonic Sects are starting to become rampant again."

Since the battle of the Great Yan Dynasty, Yuanxu Mountain had worked with various Sects in the territory to conduct a joint investigation. As a result, they really did discover the presence of many demonic cultivators, with many forces secretly colluding with them to harm living beings.

Although they dealt with these demonic cultivators in time, it still caused significant casualties and losses.

So far, no demonic cultivators have been found in Antai City.

As for the matter of the City Lord's Manor they mentioned, it concerned the daughter of the current City Lord of Antai City, who had fallen into a coma two months ago.

During these two months, the City Lord of Antai had tried various methods and sought help from many Sects and cultivators, but none could figure out why she had fallen into a coma for no reason.

To this end, the City Lord had also offered a generous reward.

Lin Ming and the others only listened to the matter and were not interested in the so-called reward.

Compared to this, he was more interested in other matters and gossip.

"These people seem to know quite a lot."

After walking out of the restaurant, Yu Yaoqin also spoke.

Although these people's strength was not much, they knew a lot of information.

"Junior Sister, you can find out about these things at Flying Cloud Peak,"

Gong Hui said.

Flying Cloud Peak has dedicated Disciples to collect various intelligence from the cultivation world, which they then integrate and categorize. It can be obtained by paying a certain amount of Essence Stones and contribution points.

"No money."

Yu Yaoqin shook her head.

All her Essence Stones and contribution points were used for cultivation; she had no surplus to buy intelligence.

Besides, did intelligence really need to be bought? Couldn't she just eavesdrop on others?

No money?

When Gong Hui heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

As the daughter of the Peak Master of Hidden Sword Peak, would she really have no money?

Gong Hui certainly did not believe this.

"Alright, everyone should rest well. We will set off tomorrow,"

Lin Ming said to the others.

He then returned to the inn and went back to his room.

He took out two rings, which were two of the keys to the so-called Inverse Demon Cult treasury.

Lin Ming only glanced at the two rings a few times before throwing them back into his Storage Ring.

He stretched his back and then lay down.

The next day

After resting for a night, the group continued their journey.

Leaving Antai, the group once again boarded the spirit boat, crossed the long river, and officially left the territory of Yuanxu Mountain.

"This area does not have a unified power; several Sects and Families coexist here,"

Gong Hui said.

This area did not belong to a single force. Instead, several forces resided here, and they all wanted to become the overlord of this region, leading to constant conflict.

But so far, no force had appeared that could unify this area.

"Then which one is our Yuanxu Mountain supporting?"

Lin Ming said.

With Yuanxu Mountain's strength, it wouldn't be difficult to take this area into their hands.

But there was no need for that, and besides, other forces would not sit idly by and watch Yuanxu Mountain continue to expand its sphere of influence.

Similarly, Yuanxu Mountain would not sit idly by and watch other forces expand their sphere of influence at will.

This created a delicate balance between the major Sects.

However, not being able to expand their sphere of influence at will did not mean they couldn't support their own forces.

Lin Ming estimated that Yuanxu Mountain probably supported many of its own forces outside.

"The Wang Family. Several people from their Family have joined Yuanxu Mountain,"

Gong Hui said.

Lin Ming nodded slightly in response.

He was just asking casually; they wouldn't participate in the struggles of these forces, they were just passing through.

"Junior Brother, aren't we being a bit too conspicuous like this?"

Gong Hui said after a moment of hesitation.

"What do you mean, Senior Brother?"

Lin Ming said.

"Traveling by spirit boat is certainly fast, but it's easy to be targeted by bandit cultivators,"

Gong Hui said.

Previously, they were within Yuanxu Mountain's sphere of influence, so they could naturally do as they pleased.

But now that they had left Yuanxu Mountain's sphere of influence, it was different.

Sometimes, the identity of a Yuanxu Mountain Disciple might not be a life-saving talisman, but rather a death warrant.

As a top-tier Sect in the cultivation world, Yuanxu Mountain had many enemies.

Moreover, the person with the highest cultivation among them was him, at the Middle Stage of the Spirit Treasury, while everyone else was in the Spirit Platform Realm or below.

In his view, they should still keep a low profile.

"Senior Brother has a point,"

Lin Ming nodded.

What Gong Hui said was not without reason.

If Lin Ming's strength were truly only at the Spirit Platform Realm, he would indeed have to keep a low profile.

But Lin Ming felt it was unnecessary. Besides, even if he didn't show his strength, he had plenty of other means at his disposal.

Therefore, Lin Ming only gave a brief response.

"Junior Brother, please consider it carefully,"

Gong Hui said with a bitter smile.

If it were an ordinary Spirit Platform Realm Disciple, Gong Hui wouldn't have bothered talking so much and would have taken the initiative long ago.

But Lin Ming was different. As a Disciple of the Nirvana Ancestor, that alone was enough to put him a head above Gong Hui.

Moreover, with his cultivation at the Middle Stage of the Spirit Platform, he was able to suppress all the Spirit Platform Realm cultivators of Yuanxu Mountain.

Perhaps challenging those at a higher realm was not impossible for him.

All these factors combined made it difficult for Gong Hui to be firm in his attitude, so he could only offer advice.

It seemed that his Junior Brother wasn't listening to his advice; he was still too young and had experienced too little.

He just hoped that the rest of the journey would be smooth and that there wouldn't be too many accidents.