512: route

“Don’t worry, the Second Elder has already sent me a message. They are all fine.”

“It was merely a challenge to Zhengyuan Sect, and they encountered difficulties from various sects, which is why they had no time to reply.”

First, there is prosperity, then decline, then exhaustion. Once the people below had argued enough,

Qiu Jiang slowly began to speak, explaining to everyone and defining the events of the past half-year.

As for the reasons he used, they were naturally nonsense.

Almost no one present believed Qiu Jiang’s statement.

If messages could truly be sent back, why hadn’t the Immortal Law Realm cultivators of their respective forces sent any?

However, it was also possible that, as Qiu Jiang said, the situation was tense, leaving no time to send messages, and coupled with the long distance, it was difficult to transmit.

Of course, no one dared to openly question this, especially those forces that had already lost their Immortal Law Realm cultivators.

Then Qiu Jiang made some arrangements for the various forces and dismissed them.

Not long after they left, Qiu Jiang quietly summoned several Immortal Law Realm cultivators from other forces.

He issued orders for them to subtly annex the forces whose Immortal Law Realm cultivators had followed along.

However, no traces should be left on the surface; it had to be done without a trace.

He also promised that the annexed territories would belong to them.

As soon as this information entered the minds of the Immortal Law Realm cultivators, they immediately understood what was going on.

The team of Immortal Law Realm cultivators sent to Xichen Domain might already be gone.

But the cultivators felt nothing about this; on the contrary, they were quite happy.

Because it wasn’t them who died, and they could still gain so many territories for free.

If possible, they would have wished for more to die.

To annex territories without Immortal Law Realm cultivators guarding them, the methods available to Immortal Law Realm cultivators to do so stealthily were simply too numerous.

Thus, the cultivators sincerely expressed their gratitude to Qiu Jiang.

Qiu Jiang reassured them again, and after subtly warning them a few times, he sent them off to carry out the task.

Qingtian Sect could not take these territories, after all, the people were organized by Qingtian Sect.

Now that the people were gone, for them to swoop in and take everything would be too unsightly.

But while Qingtian Sect wouldn’t take them, it didn’t mean he couldn’t place the territories where he wanted them to be.

Handing them over to these few forces was actually a result of Qiu Jiang’s careful selection.

Qiu Jiang had fully considered that these few individuals would not be able to cause any trouble.

On the contrary, the profits from these places would still require a portion to be offered to Qingtian Sect.

This was not what Qiu Jiang demanded, but what they themselves proactively proposed; Qiu Jiang couldn’t even refuse.

Since Xichen Domain was currently unattainable, Qiu Jiang had to quickly finalize the post-war cleanup.

He needed to stabilize Kongming Domain as quickly as possible and delay the exposure of the truth.

The longer the delay, the more stable Kongming Domain would become, and the more time it would have to recover.

By the time all the impacts were mostly eliminated, even if the truth were fully revealed in the future, it wouldn't cause much of a stir.

It wasn’t until the hall was empty that Qiu Jiang stood with his hands behind his back.

The cost of this probing into Xichen Domain was too great, with losses far exceeding expectations.

Their Qingtian Sect directly paid the price of one Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation cultivator.

The accumulation and foundation of countless years suffered untold losses this time.

But thankfully, he was still here; as long as he was here, there would always be opportunities.

In the face of the Immortal Law Realm’s endless lifespan, what could not be accomplished?

Just as Qiu Jiang was thinking this, the few Immortal Law Realm cultivators he had just dismissed returned.

This made the displeased Qiu Jiang frown, “Why have you returned? Is there something else?”

The next moment, his pupils contracted, “No, the surrounding space is wrong, you few…”

The cultivators merely exchanged glances, then simultaneously fixed their gaze on Qiu Jiang, smiling eerily.

Their smiles were identical, even though they were on several different faces, a clear consistency could be seen.

Seeing this scene, Qiu Jiang also understood something, “You… you are also wrong!”

With that, he let out a cold laugh. Having dominated Kongming Domain for so many years, he was the undisputed uncrowned king.

Any force, any Immortal Law Realm cultivator, had to obey his arrangements.

Qiu Jiang’s status was far higher than that of Chang Qi back then.

His cultivation strength at the middle stage of the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation was also enough for him to be ranked among the surrounding domains.

With all these factors combined, Qiu Jiang had no fear of the mysterious figure opposite him.

He sneered mockingly, “Where did these insignificant nobodies come from? Do you really want to die so badly?”

Each of the cultivators uttered a single word, “Come, let me see!”

... Chen De wiped his hands, walking out of Qingtian Sect’s main hall with a relaxed and easy demeanor.

He had originally thought Qiu Jiang was incredibly powerful, but in actual combat, he was only about the same level as Chang Qi.

The Attribute Points he gained from him were even slightly fewer than Chang Qi’s, a mere sixty-five points, a full three points less.

Damn it, he really lived all those years for nothing. And he was so much older than Chang Qi.

Just like that Yuan Zhi, he really didn't know where they got the courage to attack Zhengyuan Sect.

The funniest one was Han Yan; he was the weakest, yet he bounced around the most right under his nose.

Chen De had arrived here much earlier. At that time, he had just finished dealing with one when he suddenly heard that all the Immortal Law Realm cultivators of Kongming Domain would be coming to Qingtian Sect for a meeting.

So he temporarily held back, waiting for everyone to gather before taking them all out in one fell swoop.

Yes, all Immortal Law Realm cultivators who attended today were taken down by Chen De.

A total of eighty-six Attribute Points were acquired, and he sent out messages to gather resources, finally converting another wave.

Because Chen De didn’t want to stay here too long, he conservatively estimated he could get another twenty-plus points.

First, he added the Attribute Points to attack, maxing it out from 11.44 to 19.99.

There was still 0.5 left, which, needless to say, was added to defense.

He then waited quietly for a while. After an unknown period, a large holy virtue pill had entered Chen De’s stomach.

It brought him a total of 23 Attribute Points, which was remarkably high.

This time, he still added them to defense, changing it from 10.05 to 12.35.

This experience told Chen De that there was no need to immediately rush into those formidable territories.

He could first level up on these smaller maps, similar to Kongming Domain and Xichen Domain, and develop cautiously.

After traversing two domains, Chen De had completely figured out his path forward.

He wanted to convert all the nearby domains until, in his opinion, the time spent no longer yielded a proportionate return.

One domain could provide roughly a hundred Attribute Points. With a few more trips, he could even break through to the Demon Venerable Realm Third Transformation.