Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds-Chapter 500 - 260. In the rotten axe handle world, Immortal career! Immortal destiny!
"This is my name card. I hope Lord Xu will accept it. When you are in the territory of the Cloud Sword Sect in the future... I will prepare another apology banquet to make amends to Lord Xu then..."
With a flip of her hand, Wu Ziting handed the Silver White Sword Token that appeared in her palm to Xu Xing and spoke with a smile.
"Of course..."
Xu Xing accepted the Silver White Sword Token, hesitated for a moment, then also took out a feather-shaped name card from his sleeve and handed it to Wu Ziting.
Each sect had different tokens. Mostly determined by the sect’s name and its inherited cultivation method, they were highly recognizable. The Cloud Sword Sect used sword tokens. As for the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, it used feather tokens.
"Thank you, Lord Xu."
Wu Ziting curtsied and returned to her seat. She gently stroked the feather token, then glanced at Xu Xing, who was chatting and laughing with Cui Tong. A thoughtful expression appeared on her face. If she remembered correctly, Xu Xing’s identity in the outside world was a "discarded disciple" of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace. A "discarded disciple" still using the Flying Feather Immortal Palace’s feather token... this conveyed quite a bit of information.
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The banquet soon ended.
Xu Xing and a deacon of the Heavenly Saint Sect left the External Affairs Hall together. Under the deacon’s guidance, they arrived at the Sacred Heart Courtyard, a place specially reserved by the Heavenly Saint Sect for distinguished guests, where Xu Xing temporarily took up residence. The Sacred Heart Courtyard Cave Mansion was rich in spiritual energy and fully equipped with various facilities, including an Alchemy Room, a Spirit Beast Room, a secluded Cultivation Room for Seclusion Cultivation, and a hall for entertaining guests.
Upon settling into the Cave Mansion, Xu Xing paid no attention to mundane matters outside, such as visits from cultivators of various sects. He instructed the maids in the mansion to politely refuse all invitations on his behalf, claiming he was in seclusion cultivating a secret technique.
As he had expected, not long after arriving at the Sacred Heart Courtyard, invitations from prominent figures of various sects flew into the living room like snowflakes. Among them were requests for meetings from envoys of the Ten Great Upper Sects stationed at the Heavenly Saint Sect. This included the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, with which he had always maintained an ambiguous relationship; they too had sent a letter this time. The letter, like those from other envoys, offered fame and fortune and inquired about his negotiations with Cui Tong. Additionally, it mentioned the threat he had made to Hai An, son of Song Knife, before his arrival at the Heavenly Saint Sect.
"It seems my visit to Cui Tong this time has caused quite a stir..."
"However, it’s all for the best."
Sitting on the jade seat in his Cultivation Room, Xu Xing shook his head with a hint of a smile after finishing the letters from the envoys of several great teachings.
This time, he had defeated Cui Tong twice. In their conversation, he had pressured Cui Tong, causing him to become frightened and take a step back. Although these battle achievements didn’t seem as terrifying as the victory of slaying three Demon repair Daojuns in one battle, the impact of this banquet, in fact, far exceeded that of the great battle several months ago.
Simply put, no matter how formidable a Demon repair Daojun might be, they are still outsiders, incompatible with cultivators of the Righteous Path. But Heavenly Saint Sect Master Cui Tong was different. His status and strength were second only to the leaders of the Ten Great Upper Sects; he was a top powerful person within the order of the Righteous Path! If Cui Tong had been defeated twice in actual combat, it would have been merely a matter of inferior skills. But in the subsequent conversation, Cui Tong was so frightened by Xu Xing that he retreated a step. The implication of this was instantly different.
To suppress the Heavenly Saint Sect, the First Great Sect of ancient times, by his own strength—apart from the Nascent Soul Saint Monarchs of the various sects, Xu Xing was the first Nascent Soul Daoist Lord to achieve this.
"Regarding the discussions with Cui Tong and the matter of Hai An, I’ll consider them further after returning to the sect..."
"This tone in the letter... it should be from Zhongtai Dao Monarch. After Ren Yuanrui was put under house arrest, Zhongtai Dao Monarch, as Acting Sect Master, has likely been handling most external affairs..."
"Although Ruan Baimei is the Junior Sect Master, his cultivation is low and his experience shallow; he’s far from ready to manage affairs..."
Xu Xing took out the letter sent by the Flying Feather Immortal Palace’s envoy. After carefully reading its contents a few times, he analyzed it word by word. Although the letter was still signed with Ren Yuanrui’s name, with his discerning eye, he didn’t believe Ren Yuanrui had actually written it...
He hadn’t yet openly raised Ren Yuanrui’s banner to stage a ’rebellion’ within the Flying Feather Immortal Palace. Even if Ren Yuanrui were foolish, he would focus on winning Xu Xing over, not pushing him to revolt.
That’s right. In Xu Xing’s view, this letter was Zhongtai Dao Monarch using Ren Yuanrui’s name to try and force him into rebellion.
"Hai An desecrated my Xu family’s Xu Imperial Mausoleum. I appealed to the sect with blood and tears, but in return, the sect met my pleas with indifference..."
"Such an outcome..."
"This letter, while seemingly conciliatory, is in fact intended to push me into rebellion... However, it has also, by a stroke of luck, placed the sword of public opinion into my hands..."
A cold smile touched Xu Xing’s lips. He believed that in a few years, Zhongtai Dao Monarch would absolutely regret writing this letter today.
To successfully rebel in the mortal world, one must rely on two things: ’name’ and ’momentum’. ’Name’ refers to the righteousness of the cause, a justification for rallying the common people to rebel, a legitimacy for opposing the old order. Examples include slogans like "punish the tyrannical Qin" and "equal land rights". And ’momentum’ is the decisive factor in determining a rebellion’s success or failure. The resentment of one person doesn’t count as popular grievance. Only when the grievances of people across the land surge to the heavens can these scattered sparks ignite a prairie fire...
Throughout the Generations, rebellions have been countless, occurring almost every year, even during the founding eras of prosperous dynasties; they never cease. The reason these Righteous Army leaders failed to rebel successfully was simply their lack of ’momentum’.
Currently, he possessed Ren Yuanrui’s secret decree, which provided a righteous cause for rebellion. Yet, this alone was insufficient. With the profound enmity stemming from Hai An’s ’grave digging’, defecting from the sect becomes entirely justifiable...
This was precisely why he hadn’t personally assassinated Hai An, nor had he heeded the King of Might’s suggestion to commission the Shadow Assassination Hall for the task.
