138: The three major sects are besieging us. Without strength, we will be bullied.

The Yan Family?

Midnight Gao Sou's heart skipped a few beats, clearly tempted.

Ever since he informed Star Fiend Daoist about Yan Xiao's condition, this powerful soul body had always hoped Midnight Gao Sou would personally go to the Yan Family to investigate, and ideally, capture Yan Xiao alive.

It was said that Yan Xiao was very abnormal, and Star Fiend Daoist suspected the Yan Family harbored certain secrets, secrets that could make Midnight Gao Sou and even the Great Love Sect soar to prominence.

This was already enough to tempt Midnight Gao Sou, but he still had some bottom lines; he felt deep sympathy for Yan Xiao and was unwilling to act against him and the Yan Family behind him.

Now, Star Fiend Daoist mentioned the Yan Family again, but the situation had changed somewhat.

The Purple Qi Sect had risen powerfully, the Three Great Sects began recruiting Disciples, and it seemed there would be more major moves coming.

At the same time, the treasures falling from Green Emerald Heaven were becoming fewer and fewer, the activated Spiritual Veins and treasures nearby had been completely divided, and the benefits brought by the Golden Core Tomb event were clearly about to disappear entirely, yet their Great Love Sect was precisely at a critical stage of recruiting and expanding to a higher level.

At this time, a high-end combat force was especially needed to hold the fort; not necessarily achieving Golden Core, but Immortal Foundation was a must.

"Young man, you cultivate the Fifth-Grade Cultivation Technique I imparted, the Righteous Aura Scripture. The deeper the foundation laid during the Qi Refining Stage with this method, the stronger the Immortal Foundation achieved, and the faster the subsequent speed of lifting the Immortal Foundation. You can even leap from the early stage of Immortal Foundation to its Peak in just three years, and then aim for Core Formation.

"And the key lies in the Qi Refinement Stage. As you know, the longer you are stuck at the Peak of Qi Refining, the worse your connection with Heaven and Earth becomes, and the lower the possibility of Foundation Establishment. So time waits for no one, you can't hesitate any longer."

Star Fiend Daoist tried to persuade him patiently, while Midnight Gao Sou kept wavering.

He cultivated a genuine Golden Core Method, profound and unfathomable, completely not on the same level as other Ninth-Grade or Eighth-Grade Cultivation Techniques. Its cultivation was quite difficult, specifically manifested in the fact that it didn't live up to its name.

It was called the Righteous Aura Scripture, but it required the assistance of blood Qi for cultivation, and even necessitated refining other people's Physical Bodies, and even consuming Cultivator's internal organs.

The Supporting facilities Qi Gathering Method was also very bizarre; it wasn't about gathering Qi in a certain place, nor was it about gathering Qi through Heaven And Earth Treasure, but required consuming the hearts of at least one hundred Cultivators, supplemented by the hearts of one thousand Mortals, and had to be swallowed whole when the person was on the verge of death, to refine Immortal Qi [Boiling Blood Qi] within one's body, and then, in conjunction with the corresponding Immortal Foundation Method, achieve the most suitable Immortal Foundation [Blood Coagulation Fiend].

The entire process was quite difficult and extremely challenged a normal person's psychological quality. Midnight Gao Sou was simply unwilling to achieve Immortal Foundation by this method, so he settled for the next best thing, initially choosing the lower-grade Immortal Foundation [Blood Ginseng]. This only required gathering blood Qi on a ginseng king to gather Immortal Qi and achieve Immortal Foundation, which was not only less difficult but also less challenging to one's morality.

Of course, [Blood Ginseng] not only couldn't compare in strength to [Blood Coagulation Fiend], but according to Star Fiend Daoist, it also carried the risk of becoming a great tonic for other Cultivators, making it the worst choice.

"The Yan Family... the Yan Family..."

Midnight Gao Sou hesitated for a long time but still couldn't make a decision. After cultivating for a while, he broke through and headed towards the Great Love Sect's main Sect within the Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty.

At this moment, news suddenly arrived: Old Potato was frantically sending messages to all high-ranking members:

"Damn it, Heshui Prefecture, Qingling Sect, and Duan Kong Cave, these three Sects are coming for us!"

"The players who infiltrated have already sent back messages. The first Sect mission they released after recruiting Disciples was to eliminate our Great Love Sect's sub-Sects!"

"This is even their assessment for selecting Disciples! The Peak Masters of different Peaks will choose people based on their performance in this battle! Damn it, those players are all going crazy and coming!"

"Everyone, get ready!!!"

Midnight Gao Sou's eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

He never expected that the reaction of the Three Great Sects would be so swift!

Although they had discussed it initially, that the Three Great Sects might target their sub-Sects, after investigation, they found that there were many small Sects within the territories of Chu, Yue, and Li, coexisting peacefully with the Three Great Sects, even to the point of not interfering with each other.

That's why they dared to establish sub-Sects under the very noses of the Three Great Sects, set up Spirit Gathering Arrays, and settle one new player after another.

Who would have thought that the suppression from the Three Great Sects would come so quickly!

Midnight Gao Sou's head was buzzing. He knew that Duan Kong Cave leaned towards evil cultivation, so the suppression of the sub-Sect in the Yue Kingdom was understandable.

However, Heshui Prefecture was famously upright, even caring for Mortals. Why would they also suppress their sub-Sects?

Midnight Gao Sou anxiously contacted Old Potato, wanting to know more news.

Upon contacting him, his face grew even worse.

It turned out that this operation was not merely suppression, but a thorough extermination.

The three Sects, including Heshui Prefecture, all used newly joined players as their main force, yet also sent Immortal Foundations to follow and provide support, leaving the Great Love Sect's players with no power to resist and only able to be slaughtered.

By the time Midnight Gao Sou and Old Potato met up, their faces were flushed with anger:

"This is clearly using us for training!"

"Those Immortal Foundations just hung in the air, watching and waiting for their new Disciples to fight our people!"

"Once our Mortal Foundations tried to intervene, their Immortal Foundations would immediately leap into the battlefield, forcing us to retreat."

"Humiliating! It's truly too humiliating!"

Everyone looked grim.

They had just announced the establishment of their Sect and welcomed all players to join.

Immediately afterwards, they were massacred by the Three Great Sects; their Sect gates were destroyed, players killed, leaving no way out.

"Now, what do you all say we do?"

Old Potato's eyes were dim; this matter was indeed difficult to handle. No one had expected the Three Great Sects' reaction to be so swift and so fierce.

"Let's abandon the sub-Sects."

Someone hesitated for a moment: "Under the rule of the Three Great Sects, we have no way to establish sub-Sects. This should have been known from the beginning..."

"We overestimated their bottom line."

"Alas."

Everyone sighed.

Old Potato also showed a bitter expression: "Then we can only retreat back to the Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty and abandon all sub-Sects in the other three countries..."

"First, send messages to everyone. Try to bring back as many resources as possible. If they can't be brought back, destroy them on the spot; we can't let them benefit."

"What about the Spirit Gathering Arrays?"

"Destroy them all. They can't fall into their hands."

Listening to everyone's conversation, Midnight Gao Sou remained silent, but he quietly clenched his fists.

He should have realized it earlier; the Xuanhuan World was like a real world. Those NPCs wouldn't just stand there obediently waiting for players to trigger quests; they would have their own thoughts, their own interests. They would actively help players, and naturally, they would also actively strike at players.

The Great Love Alliance had crossed their bottom line this time, and they were met with a storm-like counterattack, forcing them to retreat humiliatingly back to the Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty.

'If, if I achieve Immortal Foundation, or even Golden Core, would they still dare to be so presumptuous?'

Midnight Gao Sou thought silently; he had never yearned for power so much.