234: Chapter 234 It's all about interests.

One person stared fixedly at the unformed luotian great pill within the flower's stamen.

The luotian great pill—this was a Medicinal Pill nurtured using the lives of cultivators.

It could increase cultivation, enhance Divine Soul strength, and extend lifespan.

Moreover, these two unformed luotian great pills could be infused with the flesh, blood, and Divine Souls of Other Shore Realm True Monarchs.

In an instant, this aroused the greed of certain individuals.

Cannibalism?

As soon as those words were spoken, many people revealed greedy expressions, their gazes falling upon the luotian great pill.

However, no one dared to step forward of their own accord.

"Hmph..."

Xu Chuan let out a cold snort.

With a single stride, he arrived behind that person.

It was a Disciple of the Sun Family; the one who had spoken those words was a Disciple of the Sun Family.

Xu Chuan arrived directly in front of him and struck his palm against the crown of the man's head.

The man had no strength to resist and collapsed.

"This is an item of the Demonic Path. Those who use it are no different from the Demonic Path itself."

Xu Chuan's voice rang in everyone's ears.

Xu Chuan's decisiveness caused those present to rein in the greed in their hearts.

When Sun Yiwen and the other members of the Sun Family saw this scene, they didn't dare to stop him at all.

What he needed to think about now was the future path for the Sun Family.

"Such an atrocious item of the Demonic Path cannot be allowed to exist in this world."

Xu Chuan approached the blood pool.

He swung the long sword in his hand.

Two streaks of Sword Qi fell, hitting the unformed luotian great pills within the stamens and directly shattering them.

Immediately after, he also slashed apart that eerie flower.

He cut off any lingering thoughts others might have had.

He knew that many people shared the same thoughts as the man he had just slain; they simply hadn't voiced them.

Therefore, Xu Chuan was killing a chicken to warn the monkeys, putting an end to their delusions.

No one had any objections to Xu Chuan's actions, nor did anyone dare to have any.

After all, Yuanxu Mountain stood behind him.

As for the people from the other three Sects, perhaps they had designs on the luotian great pill, but they could not show it.

After all, when they were out in the world, they represented not just themselves, but also the Sects behind them.

Because of this, when facing a Medicinal Pill like the luotian great pill—refined from the lives of living beings—they had to maintain the attitude of the Righteous Path.

Even if they truly had thoughts about it, they had to keep them buried in their hearts.

With the destruction of this eerie flower, the Miluo Refining Absolute Formation was also directly broken at this moment.

However, the entire Yanyun Mountain was still in a state of chaos.

The surviving Sun Family and Wu Family quickly threw themselves into maintaining order on Yanyun Mountain.

As for the Fang Family, True Monarch Fang Xuan's backstabbing had caused the entire Family to fall under suspicion.

Even though the others in the Fang Family seemingly knew nothing of the matter, it was a fact that their Family's True Monarch had turned traitor.

Everyone in the Fang Family was isolated and placed under surveillance.

If any problems were found, the entire Fang Family would cease to exist.

Faced with this, the members of the Fang Family could only surrender and wait for judgment; who told their Family's True Monarch to betray them?

They could only be thankful that Fang Xuan had not chosen the Fang Family as a formation core; otherwise, the one destroyed might not have been the Ma Family.

The people of the Fang Family could now only hope that the suspicion would be cleared, that they could survive, and that their Family could continue.

"Family Head, the flame star flowing moon sandalwood has disappeared."

Inside the Sun Family, a person reported to Sun Yiwen.

After several days of cleanup, the order within Yanyun Mountain had been largely restored by the Sun and Wu families. It was basically stabilized, and a large number of people who had tried to fish in troubled waters had been killed.

"Mhm."

Sun Yiwen nodded.

This was within expectations.

That mysterious powerhouse had dealt with the Luotian Sect Leader and the three Other Shore Realm experts, but the remaining Bitter Sea Realm and lower-level demonic cultivators had still managed to escape.

Moreover, these demonic cultivators had plundered a great deal of wealth from Yanyun Mountain, and the families themselves had suffered heavy losses.

They had already anticipated that the flame star flowing moon sandalwood would be snatched away by them.

There was nothing to be done about it.

"What should we do next?"

The head of the Wu Family, Wu Jing, spoke with a serious expression.

Compared to the theft of the flame star flowing moon sandalwood, the more important issue now was how they would hold Yanyun Mountain.

The True Monarchs of the four families had all fallen, which meant that Yanyun Mountain currently had no True Monarchs.

Even the fact that Yanyun Mountain had been plundered by demonic cultivators or that the flame star flowing moon sandalwood had been stolen was not a major concern in their eyes.

The urgent priority was to hold Yanyun Mountain. Once the news of the four True Monarchs' deaths leaked out, Yanyun Mountain would become a piece of fat meat, and they would be unable to defend it.

This was something they did not want to see.

No matter what, they had to hold onto Yanyun Mountain.

"I will go and negotiate with the Four Sects. I'll leave the rest of the people to you, Brother Wu."

Sun Yiwen looked at Wu Jing and said.

At that time, there weren't actually many people who had charged into the Ma Family with them. Besides the Fang, Wu, and Sun families, there were only people from one or two other forces and a few individual Loose Cultivators.

The numbers were not large.

"What does Brother Sun mean?"

Wu Jing reached out and made a slicing motion across his own neck.

"If that were the case, I would have acted long ago. Why wait until now?"

Sun Yiwen shook his head.

Killing to silence them—he had naturally considered this idea.

But those few forces were not to be trifled with. If it were ever discovered, it would be a total disaster for them; ghost knows what kind of methods those forces possessed.

Silencing them was only a last resort.

If it could be avoided, he would try not to.

"I have already sent people to negotiate with them. As for the specific details, Brother Wu, you go and talk to them."

Sun Yiwen said.

In fact, as early as that day, Sun Yiwen had his Sun Family members negotiate with the Four Sects and the other forces, hoping they wouldn't spread word of what happened at the Ma Family.

Most of the forces had agreed, but a select few said they needed to consider it.

For those few who said they needed to consider it, Sun Yiwen had already had Sun Shuo deal with them directly.

If they were willing to cooperate, they would cooperate; if not, he could only send them on their way.

Yanyun Mountain was at least still in their hands for now, and the movements of these people were also at least within their control.

As for the so-called negotiations, they certainly weren't just verbal agreements.

heavenly dao oath.

They had to swear a heavenly dao oath for this matter to be secured.

Otherwise, it was all nonsense.

Now, only the people from the four great Sects remained.

This was the most troublesome part.

"I understand."

Wu Jing also understood what Sun Yiwen meant.

This was going to require him to bleed some resources, but at this stage, it had to be done.

Better to bleed a little.

It was better than losing Yanyun Mountain.

For Sun Yiwen, the most important thing right now was to settle the people from the four great Sects. Only by settling them could the subsequent matters proceed.

However, Sun Yiwen still had this confidence.

It was nothing more than the word 'interests'.