Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams-Chapter 406 - 209: Eighth Grade Bloodline (Part 6)
"The common people of Yangnao Land, except for those in Yunzhong County, have nearly been slaughtered by you Southern Border cultivators."
"The cause and effect of the Great Dao, karma follows; why don’t you all stop and create less killing karma?"
Just as his voice fell, from the left side of the clouds, Ou Chang, surrounded by a pervasive death qi, suddenly sneered and said, "Killing karma?"
"What I cultivate is precisely the karma of killing. Fellow Daoist, are you suggesting that I abandon my cultivation?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiuqi frowned and looked towards him.
On the other side, the voice of the rather enchanting Celestial Fox Demon King, seductive and unhurried, said, "Fellow Daoist, do you truly believe that by joining forces with those two Golden Core Realm cultivators from Yunshui City, you can really scare us six away?"
"The only reason we’re willing to negotiate here is to give you face."
"If you allow us to harvest the blood food from Yunzhong County, we won’t harm your disciples from Luoxia Mountain and the Shen Clan members."
"Otherwise, if it turns to a real fight, there will be no decorum left..."
"Exactly, exactly..." Just as the Celestial Fox Demon King’s voice fell, a bald child of about five or six years old, appearing from the clouds beside her, chirped in agreement, "Why must you be so inflexible?"
"When we harvest, we won’t be thorough in extermination either."
"Those ants in the mundane world may not have other skills, but they can reproduce."
"As long as we give them a few decades or a century between, they can again breed countless offspring."
"By then, you can select disciples from Luoxia Mountain, and the rest we will refine into Human Pills and use as blood food..."
"This way, one generation after another, without interfering with each other, how wonderful?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiuqi’s expression turned somewhat grim.
Although he did not consider ordinary people of the secular world significant, he would not actively massacre them, much less act like these individuals before him, who have completely forsaken their humanity, treating mundane people as blood food for alchemy.
The six cultivators from the Southern Border in front of him included two Golden Core Realm Demon Kings, which he could understand.
After all, humans eat demons, demons eat humans; it’s a cycle of cause and effect.
But the remaining four were all originally trained from ordinary mortals, yet now they too engaged in the act of devouring their kind with peace of mind.
Yet, seeing him remain silent.
On the clouds, the Lord of Fushan, Wushi Puppet, dressed in a dark gold embroidered robe and wearing a gilded crown, squinted slightly and said with a smile, "Since this fellow Daoist is lacking in understanding, why don’t we join forces and detain him here?"
"I will suffer a little loss, this person’s Golden Core will belong to me, and the other two Golden Core cultivators and all the blood food of Yunzhong County shall be divided among you five, how about it?"
As Wushi Puppet spoke, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and he already took out the Imperial Extreme Tripod.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Xiuqi squinted slightly and said calmly, "Are you really intending to act?"
"Though I am new to the Golden Core, if I truly risk this Dao practice, some among you would certainly meet the same fate as me."
"And then, hundreds of years of cultivation would go down the drain... not a pleasant affair..."
His words caused the few people on the clouds to display shifting expressions.
Golden Core Realm cultivators usually avoid antagonizing others of the same realm because if both are of equal power, quickly killing another Golden Core cultivator is almost impossible without absolute overpowering strength.
If unable to kill swiftly, a cornered Golden Core Realm cultivator could retaliate with self-detonation or other desperate counterattacks, making them exceedingly dangerous.
Although appearing united, the six were well aware that during a confrontation, if one was seriously wounded, the others would not hesitate to deliver a killing blow.
This is why wounded Golden Core Realm cultivators often conceal their condition and retreat to secluded caves to recover in private.
After all, an injured Golden Core Realm cultivator is like a walking, valuable herb.
Seeing them growing wary, fearing they might become the unlucky sacrificial victim, Jiang Xiuqi smiled faintly, cupped his hands, and said, "Everyone, let’s end it here this time."
"Consider my earlier proposal."
With that, he turned into a stream of light and headed towards Yangnao Land.
"You’re just going to let him leave like that?"
The bald child on the cloud suddenly stood up, completely indifferent to his own nakedness, his eyes like those of a snake or scorpion as he watched the departing Jiang Xiuqi disappear into the Celestial Curtain of the Void Combination Corridor Array.
Ou Chang glanced at him and sneered, "If Fellow Daoist Hui Hong did not wish to let him leave, why not act first?"
"Had you acted, we would not have stood idly by."
The child pouted, then awkwardly laughed, "Let him go then..."
"But, what do you all think of the old man’s proposal?"
"I think it’s about right..."
"Harvesting any further could harm the foundation, and it might take a hundred years for them to be replenished."
Hearing this, Lord of Fushan, Wushi Puppet, frowned deeply and said, "Simply letting it go like that?"
"The Human Pills refined from the blood food of Yangnao Land taste much better than those filthy ones from the Southern Border."
"And I can sense that the rumors are true, the blood food of Yangnao Land indeed has boundless benefits for us."
The Celestial Fox Demon King swayed her fluffy white fox tail and said slowly, "Though this is true, draining the source would not be wise."
"Since the blood food of Yunzhong County cannot be moved for now, if the remaining areas are thoroughly hunted, where will we find such delicacies in the future?"
The several of them looked towards the direction of the Void Combination Corridor Array with reluctance, clearly not wanting to stop there.
"This matter isn’t so hard to decide."
After a moment of silence, Lord of Fushan, Wushi Puppet, suddenly laughed and said, "Do you know how I’ve been managing things in Fushan Country all these years?"
Hearing his words, the few of them on the clouds grew curious.
Only the Celestial Fox Demon King, being acquainted with him for centuries and knowing his devious nature, looked somewhat suspicious.
"Are you suggesting... herding?"
Wushi Puppet did not confirm but continued with a smile, "I propose that the six of us establish rules along with the old man and the two Golden Core Realm cultivators from Yunshui City, and govern by dividing territory, ensuring that Golden Core Realm cultivators on both sides cannot act under any circumstances."
"Only allow actions by those below the Golden Core Realm."
"We’ll send some people, both to nurture the secular common people and to plunder blood food from Yunzhong County."
"Splendid, splendid!"
The bald child, upon hearing this, clapped his hands in excitement.
"Lord of Wu, this move will also encourage the blood food to strive for greater strength to survive."
"Just like wild beasts of the mountains or domesticated livestock, the taste varies greatly."
"Fellow Daoist, Ou, what do you think?"
The child turned his head to look at Ou Chang.
Ou Chang’s eyes flickered, he smiled faintly and said, "I agree."
"I concur as well."
"Agreed."
In an instant, the six reached a consensus.
"If this is settled, then send someone to convey the message to that old man and the people of Yunshui City."
"If they don’t agree, although we don’t want a death battle with Golden Core Realm cultivators, destroying all of Yunzhong County shouldn’t be too difficult, right?"
Wushi Puppet said with a slight sinister smile on his face.
