147: All parties are moving, big things are coming

Starting from the Great Love Sect, a team of evil Cultivators, resorting to unscrupulous means and disregarding consequences, continuously spread into the heartland of the Great Jiang Dynasty.

Initially, they only committed evil deeds in the border regions, constantly slaughtering villages and small towns, and frantically refining them.

Subsequently, their strength rapidly expanded, and more and more Cultivators achieved Foundation Establishment, finally beginning to penetrate deeper into the heartland.

Eventually, they defeated a Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty army led by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, directly surrounded a city of several hundred thousand people, and eagerly prepared for a major operation.

Black smoke and bloody Qi surged, wails filled the land, and the entire Great Jiang Dynasty was shaken.

Strangely, the Desolate City had no reaction to this.

This silence led local forces to speculate that the Imperial Dynasty was actually allowing the evil Cultivators to run rampant, wanting to use them to test the Imperial Dynasty's true strength... "What? Those evil Cultivators are actually so rampant!"

At the Purple Qi Sect, Yan Xiao was furious after hearing about the recent events.

He had just finished his seclusion and was preparing to seek out the evil Cultivators for revenge, worried that he wouldn't be able to find them, only to discover that they were so brazen.

Not only did they establish a Sect and spread evil Cultivation Techniques, but they also engaged in mass slaughter to continuously cultivate evil Cultivators.

This was completely intolerable for Yan Xiao, who always had a strong sense of justice. He wished he could go to the Great Love Sect's mountain gate right now and tear its Sect Master, Midnight Gao Sou, in half!

However, reason told him that the evil Cultivators had already become a force to be reckoned with, and going rashly would be tantamount to suicide.

"Teacher, what should I do?"

Yan Xiao clenched his fists tightly, his eyes bloodshot, having not rested properly for many days.

The pain of his Family's annihilation made his hatred for the Great Love Sect far surpass that for the Murong Family, but the Great Love Sect's strength was now no less than the Murong Family's, and he was currently powerless.

The soul body within him also sighed.

If the opponent didn't have a soul body, he could simply possess someone and borrow their strength to kill Midnight Gao Sou in one go.

But as long as that soul body remained, things wouldn't be so simple, as he couldn't unleash his full power from his lifetime and was too restricted, no longer stronger than the opponent.

"Yan Xiao, go to the Great Desert."

"The Great Desert?"

Yan Xiao was stunned. The boundless Great Desert in the western part of the Great Jiang Dynasty seemed to have infinitely vast sand and gravel, and its unbearable heat meant that even Foundation Establishment powerhouses dared not stay there for long.

His two Elder brothers had once wanted to venture into the Great Desert for business, but they returned in disarray, and he later didn't know where they went to develop.

In any case, the Great Desert was a Forbidden Ground for ordinary people.

"I told you before that there are many treasures in this world, either Ores or medicinal herbs, but there are also various other forms, such as... unique flames.

"The Cultivation Technique you practice, the Battle Qi Method, was originally obtained from a unique flame relic and requires continuous Devour of unique flames to undergo a qualitative change."

Yan Xiao's eyes lit up: "Teacher, are you saying there are unique flames in the Great Desert?"

"Indeed, unique flames do exist in the Great Desert, but to this day, I cannot confirm whether it has been taken... But besides this path, all other paths cannot allow you to catch up with those evil Cultivators within a few years."

Yan Xiao pondered for a moment: "Alright, then I will explore the Great Desert."

Yan Xiao was a very decisive person. After making up his mind, he informed Crimson Purple and others, then, disregarding their dissuasion, headed straight for the Great Desert, leaving behind some Medicinal Pills that would help the Purple Qi Sect develop further.

"Alas..."

Crimson Purple sighed as she watched Yan Xiao's retreating figure.

Although the other party was just a native NPC, after so many days of interaction, she suddenly realized that Yan Xiao was no different from an Immortal Master, with flesh and blood, emotions and loyalty, even more human than most people.

Now that he was venturing far into the Great Desert, his life and death unknown, she couldn't help but worry greatly.

"Sect Master, what do we do next?"

An Elder player asked, looking somewhat worried: "The Great Love Sect is becoming increasingly powerful. The evil Cultivation Method is truly too fast to achieve success. Many players who wanted to join our Purple Qi Sect have left to cultivate evil techniques in the Great Love Sect."

Crimson Purple sighed: "Let them go if they want to. The Cultivation Technique Yan Xiao left us is a righteous Golden Core Method, directly leading to the Golden Core, and has no negative side effects whatsoever. I don't believe their evil Cultivation Method is both fast and good; there must be a problem with it, they just haven't discovered it yet."

Even rational players like Crimson Purple were somewhat repulsed by the evil Cultivation Method and had no intention of practicing it, all feeling that there was a high probability of problems.

Unfortunately, for many players, even if they knew there were problems, they would most likely only occur after achieving Foundation Establishment, but if they didn't switch to evil Cultivation, they would struggle even with Qi Refining.

In this situation, the number of evil Cultivators would only increase, making it difficult for other players to breathe.

"For now, let's close the Sect. We'll digest the Medicinal Pills Yan Xiao left us and improve our combat power."

Crimson Purple waved her hand, feeling that the direction of the Xuanhuan World seemed a little off, as if something big was about to happen, but she didn't know what it would be... Passed.

A vast marsh.

Water vapor lingered, and a huge figure could be vaguely seen beneath the clear lake water, seemingly some kind of giant beast.

Pavilions and palaces hung above the marsh, standing in mid-air, like a blessed land for immortals.

Ye Chun wiped his long spear. The spearhead was pure white, and the spear shaft was soft yet sturdy; it was a rank 6 magic item, a gift from the Sect Master when he was accepted as a Disciple.

Indeed, not long after joining Heshui Prefecture, Ye Chun displayed his talent. His dual Spiritual Root allowed for sufficiently fast cultivation, and his Comprehension Ability was also quite good. Most importantly, his conduct was very upright, yet he resorted to unscrupulous means in battle, which earned him the Sect Master's great admiration, leading him to be accepted as a direct Disciple.

After wiping his spear with spiritual water, Ye Chun cultivated for a while, then, stepping with profound footwork, he lightly floated towards a grand hall where Disciples were already lined up. He walked directly to the front, and no one raised any objections.

The Elder arrived even later, standing before Ye Chun, his back to the magnificent hall, treading on blue water-patterned bricks, facing the Disciples, and slowly spoke:

"Evil Cultivators are rising throughout the Great Jiang Dynasty, and the people are suffering. The Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty is powerless to suppress them.

"Although our Heshui Prefecture is a force in the Yue Kingdom, we cannot stand by and watch the people of Great Jiang suffer.

"Therefore, starting today, the Disciples of our Heshui Prefecture will, under the banner of righteousness, enter the Great Jiang territory to rescue the common people!"

Listening to the Elder's resounding words, Ye Chun's eyelids twitched, and he immediately understood that the Xuanhuan World was probably going to have a major event.

He quietly logged into the forum.

As expected, almost at the same time as Heshui Prefecture's mobilization, the Qingling Sect and Duan Kong Cave, which had also recruited "Extraterrestrial Demons," were also mobilizing, announcing their intention to enter the Great Jiang Dynasty to eliminate evil Cultivators and save the people of Great Jiang.

'What's going on? Has the Great Jiang Empress truly fallen?'

Ye Chun felt a little puzzled. After becoming a direct Disciple of the Sect Master, he had a deep understanding of the social structure of the Xuanhuan World.

As long as a Sect still had a Golden Core powerhouse in charge, even if they hadn't shown their face for a long time, no one would dare to act rashly. They would only probe again and again until they confirmed the fall before taking formal action.

And the Great Jiang Empress was an outstanding Golden Core powerhouse, with rumors of a Breakthrough spreading. She had only recently appeared in the Green Emerald Mountains. Let alone a major conflict, even the Three Great Sects would certainly not dare to probe her.

But now, they were tacitly sending troops together, intending to enter the Great Jiang Dynasty.

'Could it be... a national war?'

Ye Chun suddenly thought of the major events that often occurred in online games, but this thought flashed through his mind and he dismissed it.

After all, they were going under the pretext of eliminating evil Cultivators, not to wage war against the Great Jiang Dynasty.

"Alright, everyone, let's depart."

As the Elder's last words fell, the already impatient players immediately cheered, happily receiving the treasures bestowed by the Sect, eager to rush into Great Jiang.