Chapter 240: The Place Where the Half-Step Sword Immortal Fell
The small state lacks spiritual energy, and the Taoist sect and Dayu check and balance each other, leaving enough room for operation.
Dayu cannot send more people, and the people in the open cannot be moved around, but Dayu has many aliases. Therefore, it is not difficult to set up caves in small states to forge ancient heritage and place rare treasures.
So there are not many problems with the expansion plans for small states, but the problem lies in the middle states.
There are at least two first-rate sects of both righteousness and evil in Zhongzhou. Although their ancestors are not like the two ancestors in Jingzhou who are half a step away from transcending the tribulation, and may even have reached the tribulation period, they are guaranteed to be at the peak of the fusion stage.
Of course, the peak fusion masters will naturally be watched by the peak fusion masters.
The key point lies in the manpower that these first-class sects can mobilize.
There are numerous Golden Cores in the first-rate sects, Nascent Souls are everywhere, and occasionally there are even people in the God Transformation stage walking around freely.
Zhongzhou is dozens of times larger than the small states and has ample space for operation, but the problem is that the caves and rare treasures they want to prepare have to be arranged within the activity range of those princes, and if they are not careful, they may be discovered by the disciples of the first-rate sects.
They could also explain it by saying that Tianxu Tower was planning to get involved, but the problem was that the original intention of this plan was to cause trouble for the sect and increase the cost of the sect doing things. According to their plan, when it came time to expedition to Zhongzhou, the sect should have been forced to increase costs many times and sacrifice a lot of lives.
Once this link in Zhongzhou is exposed, the sect is likely to follow the clues and suspect the cave that happened to appear in Xiaozhou several times before.
Then all efforts will be in vain.
"There are two first-rate demon sects and one first-rate righteous sect in Yanzhou. The last time the two demon ancestors attacked was three hundred years ago. At that time, they were already at the peak of the combined body, but the righteous ancestor had already shown the ability to cross the tribulation halfway. However, the strange phenomena of heaven and earth induced by reaching the tribulation stage are extremely conspicuous and cannot be concealed at all. Dayu did not send any more cultivators in the tribulation stage, so the righteous ancestor should still be at the level of half a step to cross the tribulation."
As an intelligence collector, Shen Ziqing also took on the task of analyzing intelligence.
“Although this expedition will not wipe out these two first-rate sects of the Demonic Path, it will definitely wipe out most of the second-rate sects of the Demonic Path.”
“When we go on the expedition to Zhongzhou… no matter how fast those princes cultivate, they can only reach the half-step Jindan stage at most, so they will most likely be assigned to wipe out second-rate or third-rate demon sects.”
"The expedition to eliminate demons is Dayu's secret. The Taoist sect only knows that Dayu is going on an expedition, but they don't know where Dayu is going. The sect can only act randomly, which is our advantage."
"Yanzhou is affected by the Fire Vein, and there are volcanoes everywhere. Most sects are built on volcanoes to practice with the Fire Vein. But the Fire Vein is extremely violent, and only the Divine Transformation cultivators can enter it."
“In Zhongzhou, cultivators above the Spiritualization stage are only listed in third-rate sects in name only. They usually stay in the corresponding first-rate sects to practice. Therefore, the people in charge of third-rate sects are at most at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. It is not difficult to build caves in the fire veins near third-rate sects by borrowing the forces planted by Dayu in Zhongzhou.”
"More than 70% of the land in Shazhou is desert, and the population is only a quarter of that of ordinary Zhongzhou. The resources are scarce. If it weren't for its vast land, it probably can't be considered Zhongzhou. There are mirages from time to time, and there are only two first-rate sects, the righteous and the evil. Although their ancestors have half a step to transcend the tribulation, their life span is approaching, and there is no possibility of a breakthrough."
"The Taoist sect doesn't care much about Shazhou, so Dayu has a great influence on Shazhou."
"The expedition to the sandbar is more like a military parade, not a serious move. Building a cave on the sandbar is the easiest, but the effect is also the worst, so it should not induce the sect to invest too much."
"As for Zhuozhou... I happen to know a few people from the Yuanluo Sect, a first-rate magic sect, so I took them to Jingzhou Tianxu Tower to spend some money. It can be considered as some fate, so I should be able to do something about it."
Shen Ziqing laughed meaningfully.
Li Yanmo had a long-lost ominous premonition again. Just when he wanted to ask what Shen Ziqing meant by "operation one or two", Shen Ziqing suddenly looked bitter.
"The biggest problem is still in Hanzhou. There is no difference in the sect. The problem is that there is a secret place in Hanzhou that everyone knows about!"
Shen Ziqing's narrowed eyes opened slightly.
"The place where the Half-Step Sword Immortal fell - the Cold Realm."
Jian Xin, who was pretending not to care and just coming to drink tea, paused when he heard the word "Hanjing", but then continued drinking tea as if nothing had happened.
"Legend has it that the Half-Step Sword Immortal was the only one left fighting with three late Tribulation Crossing Stage masters in order to comprehend the Supreme Merciless Sword Intent. He defeated the three Tribulation Crossing Stage masters at the cost of his own death. The small worlds nurtured by the three Tribulation Crossing Stage masters and the small world nurtured by the Half-Step Sword Immortal were all infected by the Supreme Merciless Sword Intent and blended into a secret realm."
"The super sect that controls the secret realm is the Cang Tian Jian Sect. In order to prevent Dayu from interfering, the Cang Tian Jian Sect handed the secret realm over to the Yue Han Sect, a first-class sect in Hanzhou, for management. When the Supreme Ruthless Sword Intent's weakening period appears, the secret realm will be opened for cultivators to explore and search for the treasures left behind by the Half-Step Sword Immortal and the three Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators."
"The Yuehan Sect is a first-rate righteous sect, and it controls the Han Territory, so the demon sects in Hanzhou are extremely low-key. Logically speaking, it is not Hanzhou's turn to go on this expedition to eliminate demons, but..."
"I got some gossip. Four years ago, when the Supreme Merciless Sword Intent was weakening, the Yuehan Sect seemed to have discovered something from it, and that thing seemed to have attracted the attention of several super sword sects including the Cangtian Sword Sect. However, because of the Chi Che incident, those super sword sects did not take any action."
"I'm afraid that thing... is related to the original Jianmen. Otherwise, Dayu would not have gone on an expedition to Hanzhou."
Shen Ziqing raised his hand and patted his forehead, "The Yuehan Sect will most likely open the cold realm during the expedition. As long as you are in the foundation building stage, you can enter the cold realm. Once the Yuehan Sect opens the cold realm, no matter what we build, we will not be able to attract the attention of those princes."
Li Yanmo frowned, and nodded after thinking for a while, "Then let's remove Hanzhou from the plan. Since it may be related to Jianmen, Dayu will most likely go all out, and maybe... he will take the opportunity to attack Dazhou. That's not something we can participate in, and the sect won't have time to allocate civilian marquises at that time."
“Master is right,” Shen Ziqing nodded with a smile.
"Okay, second brother, I'll leave the project to you. Don't be reluctant to spend money. If it's not enough, go to Dayu for a loan in my name. As for Zhuozhou... After all, you have to operate it yourself. Pay attention to your own safety, otherwise there will be any danger. It doesn't matter if you don't do this project," Li Yanmo thought about it and decided to hand the project over to Shen Ziqing.
When it comes to spending money, Shen Ziqing has never let him down. No matter how much funding he is given, he will spend every penny within the specified time. This time the project is so big and it is financed by loan, Shen Ziqing will definitely give him a satisfactory bill.
"I will never let Master down."
(End of this chapter)
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