653: Chapter 653 Utilization

"Gone?"

"How could it be gone?!!"

Demon Saint Xuanyu's tone was somewhat agitated, "This Cultivation Technique is clearly only a part; there must be a continuation!"

Liu Xuan nodded, "The Cultivation Technique indeed has a continuation, but the Dharma cannot be easily imparted. Your Opportunity for the subsequent parts has not yet arrived."

Once Demon Saint Xuanyu heard this, how could he not understand? Just like the black and white Medicinal Pill from earlier, Liu Xuan bringing out this Cultivation Technique was also to win him over and entice him.

"However, you don't need to be anxious. I have the complete Legacy of the True Dragon Fate Reversal Scripture here, even including the method for Ascension. I can give you the parts up to the fifth tier slowly. As for the parts at the fifth tier and above..." Liu Xuan hugged Miss Mo Rao and looked at Demon Saint Xuanyu with a smile, "That will depend on your performance!"

Seeing Demon Saint Xuanyu's old face turn serious as he fell into deep thought, Liu Xuan added, "Peach Blossom was able to reach the Hua Shen Demon Saint Realm after following me, and I can even sire fifth-tier Yao Race Bloodline offspring. You should consider it carefully!"

Liu Xuan was not in a rush to get a verbal commitment from Demon Saint Xuanyu. After saying this, he ignored the old man and hugged Miss Mo Rao, taking her sightseeing around the nearby great halls.

Although Liu Xuan did not like the damp and cold aura here, it was, after all, a dignified Holy Land of the Endless Demon Court. Its overall magnificence was the second most impressive Liu Xuan had seen so far, second only to Yin-Yang Great Island.

"A fifth-tier Spiritual Vein is truly incomparable to a Peak fourth-tier Spiritual Vein. Even special water veins like Biyou Pool fall far short!"

Inside a courtyard surrounded by palaces, a small lake was shrouded in spiritual mist. A closer look would reveal that there was no water in the lake; it was entirely composed of spiritual liquid formed by Spiritual Qi that had liquefied after becoming sufficiently dense.

"Extravagant!"

"The Yao Race is truly the Yao Race. Only the Southern Border Yao Race would commit such an act of wasting Spiritual Qi!"

The Spiritual Vein of Yin-Yang Great Island was higher in grade than this one, but the entire area of their Spiritual Vein was enveloped in a massive grand formation. Almost no Spiritual Qi escaped, so it didn't look as extravagant, but the foundation was simply on a different level.

Accompanying Miss Mo Rao for a while, the more Liu Xuan looked, the more greedy he became. It was truly a waste for such a good place to be left to the Yao Race. He was considering whether to find an Opportunity to take it for himself.

"Young Master, what are you thinking about?"

Miss Mo Rao was full of curiosity about the Holy Land she had once yearned for, but she was very timid. Without Liu Xuan accompanying her, she would feel constrained, so she was constantly watching his every move and change in expression.

"Nothing!" Liu Xuan waved his hand, "Just considering when to occupy this place!"

"Ah!" Miss Mo Rao reached out to cover her small mouth, looking left and right with a panicked expression. She whispered, "Young Master, please don't scare me. The Old Ancestor is still here!"

"If you don't agree to the Old Ancestor's conditions, he won't give the Holy Land to you. Are you planning to take it by force?"

No matter how strong Liu Xuan's background was, his strength was only at the Nascent Soul Realm. His previous attitude in front of the Old Ancestor had already terrified Miss Mo Rao, and now he was speaking such treasonous words without any scruples, which was truly frightening.

"Your Old Ancestor is practically begging me to take it by force!"

The half of the Endless Demon Court controlled by the Black Mountain Holy Land was currently a buffer zone between the Southern Border Yao Race and the Dao Court and Beast Taming Sect. Demon Saint Xuanyu was very uncomfortable being caught in the middle.

If not for the order of Great Sage Taisui, he would rather abandon this place and temporarily flee far away with his clansmen.

If Liu Xuan occupied this place, the continuously increasing number of Cultivators from the Dao Court and the Beast Taming Sect would lose their external outlet, and they would only be able to continuously accumulate internal conflicts.

The Southern Border Yao Race dared not start a war without authorization and could only keep sending large armies to the border, which would also accumulate various conflicts.

This was a situation that the high-level officials of all parties and Liu Xuan were unwilling to see. The final result would be that this place would still become a local battlefield, only the party bearing the pressure would change from Demon Saint Xuanyu to Liu Xuan.

If the current war situation were stable, that would be fine, but once the war suddenly escalated, the Black Mountain Holy Land would inevitably be the first to suffer.

However, although staying here carried great risks, the Southern Border Yao Race would not easily cede it to the Dao Court or the Beast Taming Sect, because for them, this place was equivalent to a barrier in future great wars.

The reason why Great Sage Taisui was willing to give this place to Liu Xuan was because his identity was special; he did not completely belong to the Beast Taming Sect and Dao Court system.

Without explaining too much to Miss Mo Rao, Liu Xuan, after strolling around for a while, dispelled his greed for occupying this place and left with Miss Mo Rao on the great sun warship.

With the current size of the Liu Family, rather than racking his brains to occupy the Black Mountain Holy Land, it was better to manage Biyou City well while slowly developing on Yin-Yang Great Island.

...

Half a year later.

There was nothing happening in the Southern Border, and everything remained in a process of slow advancement.

Apart from the war in the Endless Demon Court becoming more intense, the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect where Liu Xuan was, as well as the adjacent Azure Profound Sect, actually became increasingly prosperous due to the large amount of low-priced resources brought by the war.

Spiritual Qi, Medicinal Pill, Magical Artifact, Immortal Cave... the prices of various resources essential to Cultivators skyrocketed.

Raw Ore, Yao Race bones and flesh, fragments of damaged Magical Artifacts... various raw Materials that could not be used directly became relatively cheap because of the intensification of the war.

The increase in the number of Cultivators was actually a demographic dividend for the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect and the Dao Court, as the cost of driving them to do things became smaller.

Combining all these reasons, the result was that the more intense the war on the front lines was, the more the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect and the Dao Court profited.

If Liu Xuan did not know the true cause of the Spiritual Qi anomaly in the Southern Border, he would have suspected whether all of this was a conspiracy of the Dao Court.

"I have long heard that the number of low- and middle-tier Cultivators within the Beast Taming Sect is too high, and the situation in the Central State Dao Court is even more serious. The higher-ups intend to reverse this situation. Is it possible that I have been utilized?"

This was not Liu Xuan letting his imagination run wild. During the previous Pioneering War, he had discovered that the Beast Taming Sect did not care at all about the casualties of low- and middle-tier Cultivators, and even deliberately sent large numbers of Cultivators to their deaths in places where there was profit to be made.

According to what Liu Xuan understood, in recent years, the Central State Dao Court had been continuously raising the threshold for Mortals with Spiritual Roots to enter the Sect, and the control over Cultivation Techniques and stage-breaking pills had become increasingly strict. Everything indicated that they were intentionally reducing the number of Cultivators within their territory.

The number of Cultivators that a Spiritual Vein can support is limited. The Dao Court has occupied the Central State for so many years; the number of high-level Cultivators has increased, and the number of low-level Cultivators has also increased, eventually forming a fluctuating balance.

When high-level Cultivators feel that the total amount of resources is insufficient, they will naturally limit the number of low-level Cultivators. When high-level Cultivators feel that resource utilization is insufficient, they will naturally encourage low-level Cultivators to Cultivate.

High-level Cultivators are essentially those who have slowly ascended from the bottom, so a fluctuating relative balance will always be maintained between the two.

Judging from the current situation, the Dao Court and the Beast Taming Sect are at a Peak where the number of low- and middle-tier Cultivators is relatively high, and the high-level Cultivators need to use various means to reduce the number of Cultivators.

According to past operations, the Dao Court only needs to use some gentle methods, and the number of Cultivators would naturally slowly decrease.

But now it is different. With the excuse of the Spiritual Qi anomaly in the Southern Border, they can completely use these useless low- and middle-tier Cultivators to exchange for more valuable resources. If they can take the Opportunity to occupy the Southern Border, they might even be able to make the cake bigger.