287: Chapter 287 This world is filthy!

Half a month later, in a county somewhere.

The Clan Chiefs of the Chen, Li, and Wang clans, three Foundation Establishment cultivation clans, gathered in a secret chamber to discuss this great upheaval in the world.

"The people from the Haoran Sect will arrive in a few days."

Clan Chief Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead: "They say we are colluding with Demonic Path Cultivators and want to confiscate our Spiritual Veins..."

"What do you two think should be done now?"

Clan Chief Li slapped the table: "Bullshit! We pay so much tribute every year, when have we ever colluded with the Demonic Path!"

Clan Chief Wang sighed: "If they want to condemn someone, they will find a pretext. They are just using the Holy Blood Sect as an excuse to carry out annexation."

"The Zhang clan in Laifang County was wiped out the day before yesterday. The entire clan was slaughtered, not a single one left..."

"Then what do we do? Wait for death?" Clan Chief Li asked.

Clan Chief Chen gritted his teeth and took out three jade bottles from his Storage Pouch: "The Holy Blood Sect has approached me. Drinking this stuff can raise our cultivation."

"They promised that as long as we rise up, the Sect Protectors of the Holy Blood Sect will come to support us."

Clan Chief Li and Clan Chief Wang stared at the jade bottles.

"If we drink it, we truly become demons, with no turning back." Clan Chief Wang's hands trembled.

"If we don't drink it, we'll die in a few days anyway!"

"If we don't want to lose our family business, we have no choice but to fight."

"I, old man, don't want to die in vain like this. Those dog thieves from the three Haoran Sects, who call themselves the Righteous Path, are nothing more than a bunch of Demonic Path blood bandits who have lost their Dao Heart and are just wearing the skin of the Righteous Path!"

Clan Chief Chen pulled out the bottle stopper and gulped it down.

His body began to expand, pale golden scales grew on his skin, and his cultivation was forcefully raised from the Foundation Establishment - Early Stage to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Clan Chief Li and Clan Chief Wang no longer hesitated; they picked up the jade bottles and drank.

Combined with the Cleansing Marrow and Becoming Holy Physical Body Technique, their physical bodies immediately underwent mutations, some growing green fur, others turning into Crocodile Beasts.

Each one looked fearsome, like a demon's lair.

When the law enforcement team of the Haoran Sect arrived at this place,

they were met by several Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had turned into demon-humans, as well as thousands of red-eyed clan disciples.

The law enforcement team was almost completely wiped out.

Such things were happening continuously throughout the four states of the Liang Kingdom.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators were turning against them for self-preservation.

The influence of the Holy Blood Sect was snowballing, becoming increasingly insane, and increasingly beyond the control of any single person.

The entire organization, and even the cultivation world of the Liang Kingdom, was becoming increasingly crazy!

Within the entire Liang Kingdom, there were signs of things spiraling out of control. Its influence had long exceeded Bi Luo's control, becoming a massive natural disaster.

There were even people behind the scenes fueling the fire.

Yunjian Mountain Range, Zixiao Peak.

Shi Jian was lying by the Thunder Pool. Shi Pan was standing by, reporting intelligence on the Liang Kingdom.

"Bi Luo handled this matter beautifully."

"It's just a bit excessive. To clean up this mess later, I'm afraid we'll have to purge it from the roots..."

"He really knows how to find an angle; he actually turned the Liang Kingdom upside down."

Hearing this, Shi Pan smiled foolishly, "The Liang Kingdom is currently a complete mess, and the Nascent Soul old monsters of the three major Sects are all being held back."

"Has any Nascent Soul old monster made a move?"

"That hasn't happened. Nascent Soul True Monarchs have always stayed away from worldly affairs. Although this matter is making a big noise..."

"But in the end, it only stays at the Golden Core level."

"It's nothing more than this turmoil being a bit loud and involving a wide range, but it fundamentally cannot shake the Foundation of these powerful families."

"For these low-level Cultivators, even if they make a huge fuss and kill this batch, it won't affect the next generation of seedlings at all."

Hearing this, Shi Jian could not help but sigh.

When the Human Race gets ruthless, they really don't treat human life as life, but if you say there's something wrong with this, you can't pick out any faults.

This human life is as cheap as grass.

Even if millions or tens of millions die, so what?

To great Cultivators, it's nothing more than waiting another fifty or a hundred years, and these losses can all be made up for. Perhaps periodic population culling is just like the Sea Race Yao Beasts having regular beast tides.

It's all just clearing out unnecessary, burdensome commodities.

Shi Jian asked again: "And what about the people from the Qingfeng Sect?"

"The remnants of the Qingfeng Sect are making big moves."

"They infiltrated the rear of the Tongyou Sect and destroyed two large Spirit Stone mines."

"They also assassinated a Golden Core Elder of the Tongyou Sect. The Tongyou True Monarch is furious, and currently, several Tongyou Sect Elders are hunting them down."

Hearing this, Shi Jian laughed out loud,

"Tell Bi Luo to take it easy; don't push the three major Sects too hard."

"If pushed too hard, those old monsters from the three Sects might lose their dignity and personally enter the game to clear the board. It won't be easy to clean up then."

Immediately, Shi Jian looked towards the mountainside.

Outside White Crane's Immortal Cave, the Spiritual Qi vortex was getting bigger and bigger. It looked like he was clearly ready to begin his Breakthrough.

"The spiritual items for White Crane's Nascent Soul formation are almost ready."

"The more chaotic the Liang Kingdom is, the safer his Nascent Soul formation will be."

"Pass down the order to reduce the number of White Cloud Temple merchant ships going to the Liang Kingdom. Don't get dragged into it; withdraw completely."

"Yes, Old Ancestor." Shi Pan withdrew.

Shi Jian closed his eyes. In his Sea of Consciousness, Zixiao's voice rang out.

"This move of diverting the trouble elsewhere and hiding the truth is quite interesting, using the chaos in the Liang Kingdom to cover White Crane's Nascent Soul Breakthrough."

"By the way, it consumes the strength of the Human Race and lets all sides make moves in the Liang Kingdom."

Shi Jian smiled and didn't respond, but in his heart, he began to calculate the next step.

Liang Kingdom, Youzhou border.

A flying boat stopped above the clouds, silently watching the internal strife in the Liang Kingdom. On the flying boat, two Golden Core Masters stood side by side.

"This play in the Liang Kingdom is truly lively."

The old Daoist stroked his white beard, looking shrewd. The white-robed Daoist beside him looked at the endless war in the distance and mocked:

"The three major Sects brought this upon themselves. Destroying the Qingfeng Sect damaged one of their own arms, and then they exploited the others too harshly, leading to a backlash from the lower levels."

"Such despicable behavior, they deserve it; they brought this upon themselves."

"You came, is there any instruction from the Sect?"

The old Daoist asked, and the Daoist took out a Jade Slip: "The Sect Head has given an order: the enemy of an enemy is a friend."

"Send some supplies to the Holy Blood Sect and those rebellious Loose Cultivators—Magical Artifacts, Medicinal Pills, send as much as you can."

Hearing this, the old Daoist raised his eyebrows: "The Sect wants to beat a drowning dog. If the three major Sects collapse, the Liang Kingdom will belong to our Qingcang Kingdom."

"Don't be happy too soon."

The Daoist pointed to the northern border: "Look, the people from the Taiqing Sect of the Wei State have also arrived. This matter is no longer just a rebellion."

"It has become a new chess game for various forces."

"In the future, I am afraid the Liang Kingdom will never have peace again. When the great trend arrives, all living beings are just Puppet chess pieces. In the end, it will still depend on how the Nascent Soul True Monarchs decide this game of chess."

"It truly is: the people suffer when it rises, the people suffer when it falls. The world is difficult."

"We Cultivators, however, use the common people as resources for our own cultivation. It really is like being a whore and still wanting to set up a memorial archway..."

"This world, it's filthy."