Chapter 156 Must go
In order to put the matter behind him, Zhou Ling could only find something he cared about to change the subject.
"Time is running out. If your time is suitable, of course we can chat now!"
When Liu Zhen heard that the two female cultivators were finally willing to take time out to talk about business and stopped making excuses, he realized that he would seize the opportunity.
"Okay, then let's go to this teahouse and have a chat?"
Zhou Ling raised his hand and pointed to the teahouse where he had just been lying on the second-floor railing, watching their movements.
"No problem, please go first, little Taoist friend."
When thinking about the price of this teahouse... although Liu Zhen felt distressed, he had his own scale in his heart and knew what was important. He couldn't lose the big picture for the small. Even if the teahouse was a little more expensive, his current situation was special. After what had happened, who in the sect would be willing to team up with him during the secret realm trial?
But this time, the trial cannot be completed without teammates.
Outer disciples returning from outside usually use the teleportation array at the foot of the mountain. In order to find his teammates, he has been guarding here without sleep for three days and three nights!
After waiting for so long for the fellow disciples to come back, we must capture them as soon as possible while they know nothing!
Drinking some expensive tea is nothing, as long as he can take them to the Foreign Affairs Hall to sign a team contract, tie them up as teammates, and enter the secret realm together, he will do anything except killing and setting fire!
After some polite exchanges, Zhou Ling and her daughter drank tea.
Liu Zhen, who was sitting opposite, had a smile on her face.
However, Zhou Ling and her daughter had blank expressions on their faces and were not laughing.
According to the original plan, they were going to take this man to a private room in the teahouse, knock him down with a club, and then leave, but now...
"Think it through! My mother and I are from the Wandao Sect. If you follow me, you will naturally be considered Wandao Sect's spirit beasts. The Guixu Sect is a hostile sect to us. If this matter is exposed, the problem will be extremely serious! Maybe even my master can't get all of us, including you two beasts, out!"
Zhou Ling was convinced. They sat down in the private room. She had even raised her hand to hit him with a club, but the two little creatures in her spirit beast bag gave her trouble at this critical moment!
What does it mean that the secret realm that has been opened this time must be visited?
That's someone else's secret place! Is it a place that outsiders like them have to go to?
"But you have a disciple card, don't you? Xiao Ling'er, you have to listen to us this time. There are good things in this secret realm, you must go! It doesn't matter if it's risky, because the things inside are worth the risk!"
The sound from the rooster sounded like it was about to break. Even though it was good at crowing, it looked so anxious, which showed the seriousness of the matter.
"Even if you don't trust me, you can at least trust Old Niu, right? If you don't believe me, ask Brother Niu. It's true!"
The chirping sound of the chicken never stopped in my mind.
Zhou Ling held his forehead in silence, his expression indescribable. "By the way, how did you two know what was inside the Guixu Sect's secret realm?"
This is what Zhou Ling finds most strange. Not to mention the chicken, it joined later. But Daniu grew up with her, and except for the few years when they were forced to separate, they were together all the time. How did it have the opportunity to know such important news in the secret realm?
"Don't worry about it. Anyway, just listen to us, you won't go wrong!"
The cow and the chicken in the spirit beast bag looked at each other. The taciturn cow remained silent as usual. It was the chicken that spoke for it and took the initiative to speak.
But no matter what, it is rare for the two of them to reach a consensus at this moment.
"No, this is not a matter of willfulness, this is a matter of principle! What we cultivators value most is resources. Why do we join a sect? It is for the resources that the sect's collective strength can possess and distribute. Since this secret realm belongs to someone else, we cannot enter!"
It’s not that Zhou Ling doesn’t trust them. Of course there must be good things in the secret realm. Otherwise, why would the sect use this secret realm as a place for trials and treasure hunts?
It's just that although he is tempted, his principles cannot be compromised. This is the bottom line. To be fair, if their secret realm is opened and people from other sects sneak in and take advantage of them, no one will feel comfortable.
"Bullshit! Xiao Ling'er, blame me for not telling you clearly before. Do you know who owned this secret realm before? This does not belong to Guixu Sect at all. This is yours! I thought you knew. It has not been long since this secret realm was seized by Guixu Sect. Almost everyone knows about it. Just go out and ask anyone on the street. I am not lying to you. This is true!"
She hesitated for a long time, but didn't expect that it was a matter of principle. If she had known it earlier, she would have told her!
"Yeah, you know a lot? Then tell me more about it."
Upon hearing the inside story, Zhou Ling became interested.
Whether she had been practicing Taoism or entering a sect for a long time, she had spent 80% of her time in seclusion practicing. She basically turned a deaf ear to the outside world and focused on reading books on Taoism.
Therefore, information is severely blocked, especially regarding the issue of immortal cultivation resources being snatched away. Although I seem to have heard someone say that many spiritual mines, mountains, and secret realms that originally belonged to them were snatched away by others and taken for themselves, and it is very difficult to get them back.
Who would have thought that the robber was actually the number one sect in the immortal cultivation world, Guixu Sect?
Having the greatest reputation, doing the dirtiest things?
Although it is common for the weak to be swallowed up, under normal circumstances, there is a certain morality in annexing weak sects. For example, when some sects are completely unable to operate, they will take over. After the two sides reach an agreement after discussion, the annexation is completed and the resources owned by the weak sect are confiscated. However, it does not mean loss. The small sect becomes a peak of the large sect, but still has the right to use all resources.
It is clearly a win-win situation, but in the hands of some people, it has become forced oppression, weakening, and annexation by any means necessary, not for acceptance, not for a win-win situation, but just to grab resources.
Originally they were sitting in this private room to discuss the team formation plan in detail, but in order to listen carefully to Xiong Ji's story of the whole thing, Zhou Ling found an excuse to drink tea and stopped talking to Liu Zhen. He seemed to be drinking tea with his eyes lowered, appreciating it, but in fact he was quietly listening to Xiong Ji's story.
The Wan Dao Sect it mentioned was in a really miserable state. It was bullied by many forces and had no choice but to lose many resources. Those spirit stone mines were still okay. Losing them would only make them a little poorer. Their sect still had other businesses to run and could earn spirit stones to maintain the operation of the sect.
However, if a treasure-hunting secret realm that can sustain the foundation of a sect is lost, the loss will be huge!
Other forces had smaller ambitions and at most wanted to grab some spirit stone mines, but the most ruthless of them all was the number one sect, the Guixu Sect.
(End of this chapter)
