461: Chapter 461 The Solution

Xu Muchen took a deep breath, cupped his hands toward Chen Xuan, and declined once again, "Senior, I am deeply grateful for your favor. However, becoming a Disciple is a lifelong matter. I know nothing about the Dao Seeking Sect's nature, its rules, or its direction of cultivation, so I truly dare not agree rashly."

Seeing Chen Xuan looking at him with a smile, it felt somewhat like a 'forced sale.'

He paused and added, "At least allow me to first understand your Sect's Foundation and atmosphere before making a decision."

Hearing this, Chen Xuan waved his hand dismissively.

"Then it's a deal."

The current Dao Seeking Sect was no longer the dilapidated Taoist temple it was when Mu Wanqing was first recruited. The Sect Rank had risen to level two, Disciples were becoming more numerous, its heritage was deepening, and with many God-tier Cultivation Techniques and god-Rank Magic Treasures at hand, it had already begun to take on a grand and majestic form.

Not to mention letting someone do a "background check," even if he were to open the Sect gates wide for others to inspect, he had absolute confidence.

Fairy Hanyan stood aside, watching the scene with interest, but did not say much.

Shen Mutao finished the last bite of her flat peach, wiped the juice from the corner of her mouth with her small hand, tilted her head to look at Xu Muchen, and felt that this Senior Brother's head wasn't quite right.

The atmosphere in the secret chamber relaxed, and the group began to chat casually.

Shen Mutao was naturally likable and soon hit it off with Fairy Hanyan.

During the chat, Lu Mo suddenly asked calmly, "Revered Master, after we leave, how do you plan to confront the Yao Race?"

"Hmm?"

Chen Xuan raised his eyes to look at him.

Lu Mo met his gaze and explained slowly, "Great Love Immortal Venerable has been enslaved by the Yao Race. I imagine that within a few years, a Human-Yao War will surely break out in the Nine Provinces Continent again. The hatred between the two races has accumulated for ten thousand years, with countless blood debts; ultimately, a complete solution is needed."

He paused, leaning forward slightly with an expression of extreme respect: "And the only person in this world who can resolve this matter is Revered Master."

Hearing this, Xu Muchen and the other person both turned their gaze toward Chen Xuan.

The smile on Chen Xuan's face gradually faded as he fell into deep thought.

Knowing that Great Love Immortal Venerable was a pawn of the Yao Race, the combat power of both sides had clearly become unbalanced. With nine Yao Venerables plus one Heavenly Venerable, if the remaining Yao Venerable in the Secret Realm also left, there would be eleven top-tier experts among the Yao.

On the human side, without Great Love Immortal Venerable, and with the Mad Venerable in seclusion certainly having met with misfortune...

Furthermore, from the letter sent by Dongfang Li, it could be known that after this trip to the Secret Realm, many forces in the Nine Provinces Continent would surely suffer significant losses. With one side gaining and the other losing, the Human Race's situation was already precarious.

He looked up at Lu Mo: "I've long heard that your Art of Divining Heavenly Secrets is quite astonishing. This must be your true purpose for staying here, right?"

Lu Mo did not hide anything and nodded frankly with a calm expression: "It is indeed as Revered Master says. I have glimpsed a sliver of the heavenly secrets and know that the Human Race will face a great calamity, and Revered Master is the key to breaking the deadlock. That is why I left a wisp of residual breath here to wait for Revered Master's arrival."

"Then what solution do you have?"

Chen Xuan went straight to the point; since Lu Mo dared to bring this up, he must have a plan.

Lu Mo nodded slightly and slowly laid out the three strategies he had deduced: "The first is suppression by force. Just as it has been for the past ten thousand years, the two races have been in constant conflict, but by balancing each other's combat power, they have managed to coexist somewhat peacefully. However, this method treats the symptoms but not the cause; the hatred remains, and war will break out again sooner or later."

"The second is to sign a contract again and establish clear rules for this world, just like the negotiation between humans and the Yao ten thousand years ago. If Revered Master becomes the one in power and upholds the contract, the rules can exist for a long time and constrain the behavior of both races."

Xu Muchen, standing to the side, frowned slightly and couldn't help but interject:

"But wouldn't that just be repeating the same mistake?"

"Even if Senior's abilities are heaven-defying, humans will eventually die. It would merely be leaving the problem for successors to solve."

Chen Xuan also looked at Lu Mo, waiting for him to continue.

Lu Mo smiled slightly: "The third, and also the most difficult point—is to completely separate the Human Race and Yao Race, similar to this Secret Realm, so they no longer have any involvement with each other and can live in peace separately."

Hearing this, Fairy Hanyan almost couldn't help but cry out in surprise, her heart racing.

Completely separating the Yao Race from the Human Race? This was simply a fantasy! The Nine Provinces Continent was vast and boundless, with billions of Yao creatures spread everywhere; how could complete isolation be achieved?

Xu Muchen also fell into deep thought and shook his head slowly after a moment: "This Secret Realm is only a small patch of land, and it can still be isolated using powerful Formations. But the Nine Provinces Continent is so vast, and the number of Yao creatures is in the billions; trying to completely separate the two races is simply impossible to start."

Chen Xuan glanced at Lu Mo: "Stop being mysterious. If you have a specific method, just say it."

Lu Mo did not answer directly but turned to look at Xu Muchen: "Allow me to borrow something from Junior Brother."

As his voice fell, he lightly raised his hand.

Buzz—

A streak of black light suddenly flew out from Xu Muchen's sleeve and landed directly in Lu Mo's palm. It was a black jade fragment—specifically, the fragment of the hunxu jade that Xu Muchen had obtained.

Shen Mutao also stopped what she was doing, her round eyes staring blankly at the black jade, blinking curiously.

Xu Muchen was incredibly surprised by this.

Not because the other party knew he had the fragment of the hunxu jade—that could be done just by asking the heavenly evolution of the ages scripture behind him—but because of the other party's methods.

Chen Xuan looked at the fragment of the hunxu jade and suddenly understood.

He couldn't help but recall the Chaos Space inside the Chaos Void Jade he had entered before—it was vast and endless, with chaotic air currents rolling, seemingly like an independent world. If all were gathered...

"Are you saying that this object can completely separate the Yao Race from the Human Race?"

Lu Mo gripped the fragment of the hunxu jade in his hand and explained slowly: "Revered Master might not know, but this Chaos Void Jade is no ordinary item; it was originally formed after an ancient heaven and earth collapsed. As long as the fragments of the Chaos Void Jade scattered across the Nine Provinces can be gathered, they can be reunited into a complete new world."

"This new world is not only vast enough to accommodate billions of Yao creatures, but the controller can also establish many rules. Its stability and Spiritual Qi concentration are not inferior to the current Nine Provinces Continent. At that time, simply migrating the Yao Race into the new world would completely end the ten-thousand-year conflict between the two races."

Fairy Hanyan's eyes were full of disbelief as she murmured, "To think there is such a divine object... If it can truly be done, it would be a supreme Karma of saving the Nine Provinces."

Chen Xuan was silent for a moment!

He couldn't help but recall a past event.

He inquired via heart-lake transmission: "Lesser Exquisite Grotto-Heaven, was it you who placed the fragment of the hunxu jade inside that black castle in the Spirit Void Secret Realm?"

He remembered seeing a towering stone gate in that hall, with three vigorous and powerful ancient characters carved on the lintel, and the middle character was "Dao"."}],