181: Shenwu Academy and Qianyuan Sect

The scene in front of him blurred, and Chen De and the others arrived at the spatial portal.

Compared to Chen De's first departure, this place had also undergone significant changes.

Firstly, the spatial node no longer emitted spatial fluctuations as it did when Chen De first emerged.

It looked like a sticker floating in the air, stuck there, unmoving.

It was clear without a doubt that this was also the work of those several Heavenly Imperial Realm powerhouses.

However, that spatial portal was not made into a relatively stable passage like the one in Qiu Xian Hall.

It was probably waiting until after this distribution of benefits to be opened by its rightful owner.

Similarly, Chen De also saw people from Shenwu Academy and Qianyuan Sect.

Shenwu Academy, having only recently been established, had disciples who had just joined.

According to Chen De's known intelligence, most of these disciples were descendants of family forces, or officials of the Shenwu Empire in Qingyun Prefecture, as well as some rogue cultivators.

Because from the current situation, the cultivation by academy-type forces leaves a much smaller imprint than cultivation by sect-type forces.

Of course, Chen De could also tell about these current disciples.

Their sense of belonging was not very strong, and their quality was even more uneven.

Qiu Xian Hall and Qianyuan Sect, this time, sent disciples who were at least at the Myriad Transformation Realm.

Among the Shenwu Academy disciples, there were even some at the Spirit Opening Realm.

As for those at the Myriad Transformation Realm, they were basically in the middle to lower ranks of the Myriad Transformation Realm.

Someone like Chen De, who had just broken through to the Myriad Transformation Realm, would be a rarity among them.

The mentors, however, were all Void Union Realm cultivators, which was likely the extent of the Shenwu Empire's support.

Chen De knew very well that if their mentors did not intervene.

The disciples of their two sects would absolutely ensure that the people from Shenwu Academy wouldn't get a single hair.

No wonder these guys were mainly focused on training; they were willing to hand over any resources collected beyond the extra ten percent.

If that latter rule didn't exist, Chen De estimated that this group would be lucky to snatch even half a percent of the resources.

Things they couldn't get anyway, they might as well give up.

Moreover, there were people watching from above, so they couldn't tamper with the resources.

This meant that Qiu Xian Hall's biggest opponent in this operation was the Qianyuan Sect.

In the face of benefits, no one could back down.

Especially between Qiu Xian Hall and Qianyuan Sect, whose relationship was already not good before the appearance of Shenwu Academy.

Their relationship had only eased somewhat because both had a common, powerful external threat.

But before this, the two sects were sworn enemies!

What Chen De could think of, everyone else could also think of, and the people of Qianyuan Sect naturally could too.

Indeed, when Chen De looked towards the Qianyuan Sect disciples.

Those Qianyuan Sect disciples also stared back at Chen De and his group with unfriendly eyes.

The Qianyuan Sect disciples were slightly weaker than Chen De's side, but not by much.

The number of Void Union Realm disciples on their side was one less than on Chen De's side.

As for Chen De's side, besides Xiao Shang, Chen De was not confident he could defeat the other three.

After all, Chen De was currently only at Demon Domain Realm First Level, at most, with amplification, he was comparable to Demon Domain Realm Fourth Level.

Leaping three levels was equivalent to a battle power increase of over three hundred times.

At the Void Union Realm level, each additional level represented a world of difference.

So here, Xiao Shang and his subordinates were quite low-key.

After all, outside, true disciples could use their true strength.

Lin Zhang, Zhang Cun, and Li Xuan, as long-standing true disciples of equal strength, were all at Void Union Realm Fifth Level.

It was just that within Void Union Realm Fifth Level, their cultivation progress varied slightly.

If one had to distinguish their strengths, according to Chen De's estimation, Lin Zhang should be the strongest, while Zhang Cun and Li Xuan were quite similar.

As for Xiao Shang, his cultivation was the weakest, at Void Union Realm Third Level.

If it weren't for the rules of the affiliated continent, any one of the three veteran true disciples could beat him to a pulp.

Chen De had not met the three from the opposing Qianyuan Sect, but he had heard of them.

Wan Zhi — Void Union Realm Fifth Level, Wa Di — Void Union Realm Fourth Level, Gou Chang — Void Union Realm Fourth Level.

Among these guys, Chen De couldn't handle any of the Void Union Realm Fifth Level ones.

As for the Void Union Realm Fourth Level ones, Chen De would not take such risks.

Chen De still wanted to preserve his useful body to benefit all beings, so he had to be cautious.

Chen De narrowed his eyes, which meant that among the true disciples of the two sects present, Xiao Shang was the only soft target.

Immediately, Chen De made up his mind that once he understood all their methods.

This Xiao Shang would be his first target for 'enlightenment'.

Xiao Shang, who had already been very low-key, silently staying in the most inconspicuous corner of the four factions.

For some reason, he felt a sudden pang in his heart.

So he subconsciously looked around but saw nothing.

Instead, Li Xuan felt his gaze and turned his head to give him a cold look.

Damn it, you had three perfectly good affiliated continents to choose from, but you had to choose to oppose me.

Although due to the influence of the candidate sect master and affiliated continent assessment factors.

The relationship between the four true disciples was not very good.

But the two with the worst relationship were Li Xuan and Xiao Shang.

As soon as this scoundrel arrived, he quickly seized a considerable territory on Wang Xian Continent.

It was clear without thinking that Li Xuan had been managing his territory for many years, and no matter how fast Xiao Shang acted, it couldn't have been this fast.

Lin Zhang and Zhang Cun's involvement was absolutely essential in this.

Their goal was to tie up Li Xuan, preventing him from leaving Wang Xian Continent.

However, if it weren't for Xiao Shang as their tool, Li Xuan wouldn't be having such a hard time now.

Even if those two used some tricks, he could suppress and deal with them.

It was only because the rules of Qiu Xian Hall did not allow it, and it was in broad daylight.

Otherwise, Li Xuan wouldn't mind taking him out directly.

So, facing Xiao Shang, Li Xuan naturally wouldn't give him a good look.

The disciples of the two sects, including Shenwu Academy, disliked each other.

Of course, the main animosity was between Qiu Xian Hall and Qianyuan Sect.

Most of the Shenwu Academy disciples, however, appeared indifferent.

As Chen De said, firstly, their sense of belonging to Shenwu Academy was indeed not very strong.

Secondly, no matter what they did this time, they wouldn't gain much benefit.

For most people, in the absence of vested interests, they rarely actively display hostility.

As for Qiu Xian Hall and Qianyuan Sect, although they had some disagreements.

They were all people who were hundreds, even thousands, of years old.

Moreover, there were Heavenly Imperial Realm Sect Masters and Academy Heads watching from above.

Shouting insults on the spot would only make outsiders laugh.

In the past, they might have already started cursing each other.

But now, after all, the two sects were still in a state of alliance.

Those above would absolutely not allow the conflict between the two sects to escalate.

The true disciples, being candidates for Sect Master and Hall Master, could not make things too ugly in terms of overall strategy.

On the contrary, they had to actively appease the disciples around them, whether genuinely or as a performance.

Anyway, it looked quite convincing.