329: Chapter 329 Talk

"This time, the Demonic Sect has actually taken the initiative to accept the challenge."

Luo Lingfeng said in surprise.

"The way those people of the Demonic Path act isn't something we can just guess at will," Lin Ming replied.

Lin Ming then added.

Since everyone on the mountain had entered secluded cultivation, only Luo Lingfeng would occasionally visit to chat with Lin Ming and bring him news about the changing situation outside.

This time, the Righteous Path had taken the initiative to declare war, and the Demonic Path had accepted.

Not only did the Demonic Path accept, but on the very next day, they wiped out a Righteous Path Sect. This was a Sect guarded by several Other Shore Realm cultivators, and the Demonic Path used the Blood Nether Miasma to turn everyone in that Sect into Miasma Corpses.

"The Shangji Sect claimed to have mastered the method to break the Blood Nether Miasma, but they dropped the ball at the critical moment," Luo Lingfeng complained.

Luo Lingfeng grumbled.

After that Sect was eroded by the Blood Nether Miasma, several nearby forces immediately sought help from the Shangji Sect.

After all, the Shangji Sect had claimed that they had already cracked the Blood Nether Miasma.

Furthermore, people had indeed witnessed those three cities being contaminated by the Blood Nether Miasma, and later, the miasma was indeed cleared.

However, the Shangji Sect refused, using the excuse that the production of the antidote was unstable and insufficient to solve the crisis of the Blood Nether Miasma.

"What 'unstable production'? I think the Shangji Sect is just unwilling," Luo Lingfeng continued to complain.

Luo Lingfeng continued his tirade.

Unstable production?

They couldn't produce it at all.

This antidote was developed by Lin Ming with the help of the Wordless Heavenly Book; it wasn't developed by the Shangji Sect.

Claiming credit recklessly comes with a price.

Those Miasma Corpses were only eliminated after several nearby forces joined together.

"Senior Brother, part of the battlefield is now at Hunyang Mountain and the Ancient Song Dynasty. The Sect has already dispatched a group of cultivators to these two places."

With the start of the war, Yuanxu Mountain located the whereabouts of the demonic cultivators and sent Disciples to eliminate them.

Within the Sect, a portion of Disciples from the Spirit Platform Realm, Spirit Treasury Realm, and Bitter Sea Realm were all conscripted.

Cultivators below the Spirit Platform Realm had no need to go to the battlefield; if they did, they would merely become meaningless cannon fodder.

If one day Yuanxu Mountain truly needed to conscript cultivators below the Spirit Platform Realm for the battlefield...

...then Yuanxu Mountain would truly be at its end.

"Senior Brother, do you think we should go to the battlefield?"

Luo Lingfeng said.

However, his expression showed no signs of fear or dread; instead, he appeared quite calm.

"Who knows? Perhaps there will be a forced conscription when the time comes," Lin Ming said.

Lin Ming said.

The current conscriptions were voluntary, and the rewards offered by the Sect were quite generous.

But once it reached the Late Stage and the scale of the war continued to expand, there would likely be forced conscriptions—the kind that could not be refused.

Lin Ming could rely on his status as the Disciple of Nirvana Ancestor to avoid forced conscription.

But the same couldn't be said for Luo Lingfeng.

"Oh right, Senior Brother, I happened to hear a piece of news."

Luo Lingfeng shifted the conversation, changing the topic directly.

"What news?"

Lin Ming asked.

Since he had nothing better to do, he might as well listen to Luo Lingfeng talk about external affairs.

"It's said that the big shots from both sides have already clashed in the area of Wanqi Mountain."

Luo Lingfeng's voice suddenly grew much lower.

Wanqi Mountain.

This place was not unfamiliar to anyone.

It was the site of the final battle five hundred years ago and was also a pre-established Forbidden Ground of Yuanxu Mountain.

Although Yuanxu Mountain did not explicitly forbid Disciples from going to Wanqi Mountain, the elders basically never allowed them to go there.

However, there were always a few disobedient, rebellious individuals who insisted on going to Wanqi Mountain.

In the end, they found that Wanqi Mountain had nothing at all, and the Origin Qi there was extremely thin, making it completely unsuitable for cultivation.

Some people still didn't believe it, thinking that Wanqi Mountain must be hiding something.

After all, it was the site of the final battle five hundred years ago.

Wanqi Mountain did indeed hide something, but it was just something they couldn't find.

Over time, basically no one went to Wanqi Mountain anymore.

There was nothing there, the entire mountain was barren, and the Origin Qi was so thin it was hard to cultivate.

The Disciples assumed the reason the Sect elders didn't let them come was simply that Wanqi Mountain was unsuitable for cultivation.

But this time, some cultivators near Wanqi Mountain noticed something.

It was suspected that powerful experts from both the Righteous and Demonic Paths had clashed there.

Sword light filled the sky.

Devilish Qi surged violently.

It was clearly not something ordinary cultivators could cause.

Some speculated that it might be a clash between a certain Sword Cultivator from the Canghai Sword Pavilion and someone from the Demonic Path.

Furthermore, the area around Wanqi Mountain had been sealed off, jointly blockaded by several major Righteous Sects, and no one was allowed to approach.

Some cultivators who tried to sneak closer were killed immediately upon discovery, with no room for negotiation.

This was enough to prove that there was something strange about Wanqi Mountain.

Wanqi Mountain.

Others might not know, but Lin Ming had a certain understanding of Wanqi Mountain.

It was the place where Ancestor Wuxiang was sealed, as well as a sealing node for Yan.

If what Luo Lingfeng said was true, then the Demonic Sect must have made a move on Wanqi Mountain.

Something might have gone wrong with Wanqi Mountain.

"Don't think too much about it. The Sect Master and the others are worrying about it; it's not our turn to fret," Lin Ming laughed.

Lin Ming smiled.

"I'm just curious," Luo Lingfeng chuckled.

Luo Lingfeng laughed.

As for worrying, he really didn't; after all, he was only a cultivator at the second level of the Spirit Treasury Realm. No matter how much worrying was needed, it wouldn't be his turn.

He was just a bit curious about these matters.

After all, the clash between the Righteous and Demonic Paths also concerned him.

"Please have some tea, you two."

A cold, emotionless voice rang out.

The maid walked over carrying two cups of tea and placed them on the table.

"Senior Brother, this is?"

Luo Lingfeng looked at the maid with some surprise.

Had someone new come to Zichen Peak again?

Or was his Senior Brother keeping a woman?

However, Luo Lingfeng sensed that something was slightly off; this woman seemed to have some issues.

"A Puppet," Lin Ming said directly.

Lin Ming said directly.

"A Puppet, I see."

Luo Lingfeng had a look of sudden realization.

No wonder this woman gave him such a strange feeling; she wasn't a person at all.

"A Puppet... Senior Brother, did you buy this Puppet from Baijue Mountain or from the Ban Family?"

Luo Lingfeng asked.

"Couldn't it be that I made it?"

Lin Ming said with a playful smile.

"Senior Brother, stop joking."

Luo Lingfeng looked like he didn't believe it at all.

Their Yuanxu Mountain had no Puppet Legacy.

In the current cultivation world, only Baijue Mountain and the Ban Family possessed the Legacy of Puppeteers.

Furthermore, whenever any Puppeteer Legacy appeared on the market, it would basically be bought up by these two families at extremely high prices.

It could be said that the current Puppet business on the market was monopolized by these two.

Luo Lingfeng obviously didn't believe Lin Ming's claim.

"I bought it from Baijue Mountain," Lin Ming said casually upon seeing this.

Lin Ming seeing this, also said casually.

"Puppets are good, but they're just too expensive."