Chapter 58 The Calculating Patriarch of the Youyuan Clan
A month later, Xi'er repaired six more spatial rifts, bringing the total to eight, including the two she had repaired earlier.
These achievements have freed all the inhabitants of the Dust Continent from fear of spatial rifts.
Even before the repairs, a small number of alien beasts had already crawled out, but it was only a small number, not a continuous invasion of alien beasts.
However, Yu Shan's worries grew heavier and heavier.
A realm capable of creating spatial rifts must be a realm of a higher level than the Dust Continent and the Misty Heaven Realm.
They must have paid a considerable price to open these spatial rifts, but because of Xi'er's interference, they did not receive the corresponding reward.
Those people would certainly not be satisfied with this, and Yu Shan worried that they might be plotting something even bigger.
At the same time, the patriarchs of the nine major families in Yunyuan Shangjing gathered together.
The head of the Luo Feng family was the first to speak: "Everyone, we are gathered here today to discuss the issue of the spatial rifts opened by each family being filled. I wonder what strategies you all have to deal with this?"
"Our Cangluan family is the first victim. We will make those lowly people from the lower realm pay back a hundredfold or a thousandfold for this loss!" said the head of the Cangluan family.
"Gentlemen, I do have a plan, but it requires everyone's concerted effort. I wonder if you are all willing?" The patriarch of the Youyuan family said with a sinister smile.
He was chronically ill and pale. His once handsome face, now marred by a sinister expression, made him look like a venomous snake lurking in a dark corner.
“Patriarch Youyuan, you are indeed the smartest. All eight of our families have already paid a great price to open up spatial rifts or spatial passages.”
"But you've remained completely silent, which makes us wonder if you knew beforehand that the spatial rift would be filled?" The Sun Chaser Clan Head pointed at him angrily.
"Hehe, there's some truth to what the Lord of the Sun says."
That's right, I did know about the hunt in advance, and the earlier I acted, the more I would suffer.
However, this is the result of divination by Yu Gang, the third elder of our clan, who sacrificed five hundred years of cultivation.
As is well known, Yu Gang was most skilled in divination and prediction.
"Of course, his divination only indicated that this hunt should be delayed rather than rushed. After all, glimpsing the secrets of heaven can only provide vague directions and cannot yield precise results," said the Youyuan Clan Head calmly.
"Alright, Patriarch Youyuan, stop being so mysterious! Just tell everyone what your plan is!" Patriarch Luofeng said impatiently.
He hates it when so many people get together. Even though they are all important figures, when a real problem arises, they just chatter and talk nonsense, and never get to the point.
Seeing his anxiety, the head of the Youyuan family said, "Now, all the means by which your eight families can open up spatial rifts have been exhausted."
Right now, only our Youyuan family's trump card remains unused. I'm sure you're all very curious about what our Youyuan family's trump card is.
Now, I will reveal the answer to everyone—
"The ability of our Youyuan family to open spatial rifts is not through magical artifacts or array plates, but through a special exotic beast!" As soon as the Youyuan family head finished speaking, all the family heads couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"There really is a strange beast capable of tearing open spatial rifts? Could it be the legendary sacred beast?" the Cangluan family head asked anxiously.
"That's right, it is indeed a sacred beast. However, this sacred beast is still in its infancy, and it cannot break through space on its own."
However, our sacred beast was able to absorb enough spiritual energy in a short period of time to break through to adulthood.
"Although this period of adulthood won't last long, it's enough to help us break through space and tear open a large enough rift so we can send a batch of our clan's elite members over," said Patriarch Youyuan.
"What? You want us to send the elite disciples of our clan to that lower realm?"
Did you know that once they get there, their cultivation will be suppressed, and they might even be killed by the lowly people there?
"If some of our elite disciples were to die, it would be a huge loss," said the head of the Zhu Ri family.
"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub! Don't forget, everyone, the hunting competition was initiated by the reincarnated human emperor of Ye Tan."
"Now all the families have gained nothing. When the six-month competition period is over, what do you plan to give him in return?" said the head of the Youyuan family.
"But even if we send the elite members of our clan over there, what if the person who can repair the spatial rift fills it up again?"
By then, the prey will not be retrieved, and even these elite offspring will be left there for a long time.
Unless they can break through to the Ascension Realm, they will not be able to return to our Cloud Abyss Upper Realm.
"But as far as I know, no one has successfully ascended to the Ascension Realm in over ten thousand years in this lower realm. This shows that the resources here are scarce and simply cannot support anyone to cultivate to the Ascension Realm," said Patriarch Luo Feng.
"The reason why no one ascends to immortality on this Dust Continent is not simply due to a lack of resources."
It was because ten thousand years ago, the Heavenly Dao there was damaged and could not condense the Heavenly Tribulation for Ascension, thus preventing the opening of the Ascension Channel.
"But none of that matters to us. All we need to do is guard this new entrance to the space. Once we discover the person who repaired the rift, we'll join forces to destroy him!" The Youyuan Clan Head said with a fierce glint in his eyes.
“But since we are separated by a spatial rift, the power we can transmit is limited. Can you guarantee that we can kill her?” asked the head of the Luo Feng family.
"Don't worry, I'm prepared for that too. My contracted spirit plant, the Nether Abyss Vine, comes from the forbidden area of our Nether Abyss Clan."
This Netherworld Vine has a little-known characteristic: it can transmit attacks.
Furthermore, it is tough enough to withstand the gales in the spatial rifts, unlike other spiritual plants that are torn to pieces midway.
As long as my Nether Vine senses the appearance of that lowly person repairing the rift, it can transmit this information to me.
When the time comes, we'll all work together and make sure that lowly commoner is utterly dead!
As long as he dies, even if the cultivation levels of the disciples we send over are suppressed, they can still roam freely in this Dust Continent with their personal shields and offensive magical artifacts.
"At that time, everyone will rely on their own abilities. Whoever can bring back more prodigies will win this hunting competition," said the head of the Youyuan family.
The reason why the clan leaders sent out exotic beasts to lead the charge was not simply for the purpose of slaughter, but rather to allow the beasts to select the most talented individuals among the lowly people of the lower realms as they devoured them.
Because only when besieged by strange beasts can the potential of commoners be unleashed, while true prodigies have the greatest chance of escaping from the jaws of these beasts.
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