175: Why?

The group of people Chen De pointed at all wore expressions of shock, astonishment, and disbelief.

Chen De, who had been chatting and laughing with them, friendly and approachable all the way, in the end, in the end…

Chen De pointed at them, completely unconcerned by their astonished gazes and expressions, and continued to chat and laugh with Li Canghai.

At this moment, it was as if their world had been muted.

The external clamor, accompanied by ringing in their ears, made them feel strangely dazed.

They seemed to not have reacted yet, or rather, had not yet accepted what had happened.

Why?

Why did things turn out this way?

Didn’t he, didn’t he kill those who came to hunt them down?

Why is he now acting like sworn brothers with the leader of that group, full of mutual admiration?

Regarding the pursuers he killed, Chen De naturally knew what was going on, and Li Canghai knew too.

In a world like the Seeking Immortality Realm, with such a large population on the Qiu Xian Continent, Ping Xian, Bai Xian, and Wang Xian.

The Qiu Xian Hall, with its limited personnel, naturally couldn't manage everything.

So, one method was to let them manage themselves.

Every year, the main continent and sub-continents would send a large number of infants to a base of the Qiu Xian Hall.

The parents and relatives of these infants, if they were older than three months, were all eliminated.

They were then sent into that base, where they underwent decades of training from childhood to adulthood.

They were indoctrinated with the idea that they had always been people of the Qiu Xian Hall, and were different from the natives.

They were made to grow up in such an environment from a young age.

And they were instilled with the absolute ideology of class supremacy: those of higher class could control everything of those of lower class.

Those of lower class could only obey and execute, not resist.

Even if you were told to die, you had to execute it immediately.

They were also indoctrinated with the idea that they were born into a lower class.

If anyone showed signs of ideological awakening, that entire batch would be eliminated.

Similarly, the Qiu Xian Hall would also actively raise a portion of the natives.

They would select a portion of natives with excellent genes, and a specialized department would pair and breed them.

For the sake of species diversity and a higher probability of producing excellent breeds.

Breeding combinations were often not fixed, and the breeding sequence was also often not fixed.

Breeding often only considered the excellence of the outcome, and did not care about the relationship between the two breeding partners.

Sometimes, a second generation bred from a first generation would then be bred with the first generation, which was a common occurrence.

Of course, the infants born after breeding would naturally not be raised by the mothers.

Instead, they would be sent to another base for additional nurturing.

This group of excellent bred natives served as a higher-level leading native class established by the Qiu Xian Hall above the ordinary nurtured native class.

They were specifically used to lead those nurtured natives, to better serve the Qiu Xian Hall, and to strengthen its control over the Seeking Immortality Realm.

In the Seeking Immortality Realm, the official internal class hierarchy of the Qiu Xian Hall was:

Natives < Nurtured Natives < Leading Natives < Outer Sect Disciple < Inner Sect Disciple < Core Disciple < …

In fact, for the disciples of the Qiu Xian Hall, the first three classes, in essence, had no distinction.

Of course, those nurtured natives and leading natives did not know their true identities.

They always believed they were members of the Qiu Xian Hall.

However, the Qiu Xian Hall was not overly kind to these people.

One only needed to look at their cultivation levels; Chen De had seen this firsthand.

Aside from wild natives, he hadn't seen a single Nurtured Native at the Ning Yuan Realm level.

Even among the Leading Natives, there were only a handful at the Ning Yuan Realm.

And their cultivation system was not the martial artist system, but the mainstream native system here.

So, the pursuers Chen De killed were actually just a group of Nurtured Natives.

There wasn't even a single Leading Native among them.

Given Chen De's status, killing them was essentially no different from killing a few ordinary natives.

In fact, if Chen De wished, he could just say a word to Li Canghai.

Li Canghai could immediately arrange a large number of such Nurtured Natives for Chen De to kill to his heart's content.

After all, in the eyes of the natives, these people belonged to the Qiu Xian Hall; in the eyes of the Qiu Xian Hall, they were natives.

These things were known by all Inner Sect Disciple of the Qiu Xian Hall, only they themselves were unaware.

Upon hearing this, Li Canghai's gaze changed subtly.

He had noticed these few natives following behind Chen De as soon as he came out.

But out of respect for Chen De, he hadn't said anything.

Now that Chen De had mentioned it, Li Canghai understood. So these were the natives who had escaped from him!

To be honest, he really didn't know what the natives who escaped from him looked like.

After all, they were just minor characters. Capturing them was mainly to make an example, to set a precedent for other natives.

After sending people out, he hadn't paid much attention.

If they were found, great; if not, it didn't matter. At worst, he'd just kill a few more to assert his authority.

They were just a few mere natives. Those fellows never extinguished their desire to escape.

They wouldn't give up because a few succeeded or failed.

Now that Chen De had brought these people to him, it was clear he was indeed trying to curry favor with him.

Thinking of this, the smile on Li Canghai's face deepened.

When people of the same rank give ordinary gifts, they generally don't give things that are particularly useful to others.

So, what the gift was didn't matter; the meaning behind it was what was important.

Therefore, Li Canghai was very happy, because this represented Chen De's gesture of goodwill towards him.

In the future, there was a high possibility of him joining his team.

So, he immediately waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to accept the gift.

“Hahahaha, Chang Laodi, you’ve really helped your big brother out a lot this time!

Speaking of which, I’ve been having a headache over these few escaped natives these past few days.

Just think, if these few natives really managed to escape, where would I, your big brother, put my face?”

He patted his face while speaking to Chen De,

“If those natives see that someone successfully escaped, they’ll come down again.

Won’t they cause an uproar later on?

So, Chang Laodi, you’ve truly helped your big brother out a lot this time!”

Then, without further ado, he pulled Chen De towards the mansion, “You’ve helped your big brother so much, this time, I, your big brother, must thank you properly!

Please don’t refuse your big brother, otherwise, I, your big brother, will be sad for a long time.

Today, you and I won’t go home until we’re drunk!

Hahahahaha!”

At the same time, those brought back by Chen De also understood what they were about to face.

Thus, facing death, knowing they were doomed, their courage grew.

They all started cursing Chen De angrily, spewing profanities.

The beautiful woman who had first approached Chen De upon arrival.

She just looked at Chen De, muttering to herself, “Why? Why?”

Then, she suddenly yelled at Chen De, “Why? Why is this happening?”

With a single glance from Li Canghai, one person with one punch, they were immediately beaten, each bending over like shrimp.

That woman, however, was still staring fixedly at Chen De with her eyes.

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