Fantasy World: I Can Travel To Cultivation World-Chapter 220: Talk
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Everyone exchanged bewildered glances.
The only option is to fight to the death!
Those words weighed heavily on them all. But when they considered the terrifying number of zombies, no one could devise a plan to solve this disaster.
From Lotus Island to Cangzhou Fairy City, the journey spans at least 100,000 miles. With such a long distance and the Ye family’s inaction, how many islands and mortal cultivators have fallen into the hands of the zombies?
The thought sent chills down everyone’s spine. Rough estimates suggest there are at least hundreds of millions of people between Lotus Island and Cangzhou Fairy City.
With so many lives at stake, even if only half of the region falls, it will result in a devastating catastrophe—one even worse than the Shen Jue Rebellion of the past.
After all, the Shen Jue Rebellion was merely a war between cultivators. Although it affected a wide area, cultivators never massacred mortals without reason.
Even if all the enemy monks were killed, the mortals would typically be relegated to slavery rather than slaughtered. This policy was established by the Qianyuan Sword Sect after they unified the Ten Thousand Star Sea.
Even when dealing with the mortals of the Izumo Kingdom, the Qianyuan Sword Sect adhered to this principle.
Not wantonly slaughtering mortals is the bottom line of the Qianyuan Sword Sect, and this approach has been the foundation of their stable rule in the Ten Thousand Star Sea.
If the Qianyuan Sword Sect were truly ruthless—slaughtering every opponent without sparing a single mortal—they would not have the prestige they do today.
The Cangzhou Alliance, formed at an incredibly fast pace under the unified coordination of the Zhou family, is led by three major families and includes twenty-one families in total.
The cultivators who participated in this battle were all among the elite from their respective clans; not one Qi Refining cultivator was present—all were above the Foundation Establishment stage.
There was no other option—speed is essential in war. Their spirit boats simply could not carry a large number of Qi Refining cultivators.
Moreover, the main goal of the Cangzhou Alliance is to eliminate the high-level zombies in the corpse horde. Once all the high-level zombies are neutralized, the low-level zombies will be like headless flies, and the remaining task will be to slowly clean them up.
Therefore, the Cangzhou Alliance did not deploy even a single Qi Refining cultivator—a strategy that contrasts sharply with the Izumo front.
The primary reason the Izumo Kingdom recruited so many late-stage Qi Refining cultivators for the frontline wasn’t because they valued their combat power; rather, the Qianyuan Sword Sect intended to provide a viable exit for Qi Refining cultivators in the Ten Thousand Star Sea.
Many high-level independent cultivators—even those at the Nascent Soul stage—have relied on accumulating military merits on the front lines of the Izumo Kingdom to exchange for resources, gradually rising to their current positions.
Millions of miles away, a vast island resembling a small fairyland sits at the center of the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars.
The outskirts of this fairyland are dotted with smaller islands; if you look closely, you’ll find that each of these is an independent cave.
Countless such caves and heavens combine to form a perfect defensive formation around this fairyland. Except for the top leaders of the Qianyuan Sword Sect, no one knows the exact scale of this formation.
On the outskirts of the main island of the Qianyuan Sword Sect, a series of secret caves and heavens—entirely separate from the main world—have been constructed, creating an unimaginably vast formation.
This is the headquarters of the Qianyuan Sword Sect.
When you enter this so-called fairyland, you quickly realize it is far from small; in fact, it is over ten times larger than its appearance from the outside. It is essentially a huge secret cave.
The Qianyuan Sword Sect was inherited from the Great Vehicle Immortal, and after countless generations, its power has expanded to a level unimaginable to outsiders.
Although thousands of years ago the Xuanqing Taoist Alliance drove the Qianyuan Sword Sect from the Main Continent to the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars, the sect not only avoided decline but flourished anew, bolstered by the resources of the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars.
As a result, the Qianyuan Sword Sect—drawing on the full might of the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars—is now pressuring the Izumo Kingdom and advancing toward the heartland of the Xuanqing Taoist Alliance.
Inside the main cave, in a fairy palace, a group of powerful monks sits high on thrones. These are the top leaders of the Qianyuan Sword Sect, with the three elders prominently noted.
"Have you heard about what’s happening in Cangzhou?" a gentle voice echoed through the hall.
At these words, expressions in the hall varied—some were serious, some frowned, and some wore mocking looks.
"Master, the corpse chaos in Cangzhou is spreading. We can’t wait any longer."
An old man with silver hair and a childlike face spoke. Another elder shook his head and retorted, "It is not difficult to suppress the corpse chaos, but eliminating the root of the evil—Master Shen Jue—is another matter entirely!"
He paused before continuing, "After all, Master Shen Jue is just a minor problem. I fear he will soon learn of the new passage our Qianyuan Sword Sect discovered in the underwater world of the Ten Thousand Star Sea."
"Elder Wu is right!"
another elder chimed in. He nodded and added, "If we want to stop that True Man Shen Jue from causing further trouble, we only need to station a True Lord permanently in Cangzhou.
The real difficulty lies in preventing him from leaking the secrets of the Ten Thousand Star Sea’s underwater realm once he learns them."
"That’s true!" came another agreement, followed by more nods.
In the center of the hall, the leader of the Qianyuan Sword Sect sat shrouded in a misty aura, her face hidden from outsiders.
Only her slender figure could be vaguely made out. Below her, a young man dressed in white, wearing an impatient expression, leaned against the throne. On closer inspection, it appeared he was merely daydreaming.
"Third Elder, what do you think?" the leader asked, directing her question to the third elder, Ye Yin, who maintained a calm expression.
A great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, Ye Yin’s cultivation is ranked among the top five in the entire Qianyuan Sword Sect.
Although his strength may not match that of the Lord of Zhenhai Palace or the current leader of the Qianyuan Sword Sect, among all the elders, he is considered the strongest.
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The elders’ faction has long been led by him, and his seniority—equal to that of the previous leader of the sect—grants him tremendous influence, second only to the current leader.
Had his son, Ye Wudao, not abandoned Zhennan Pass and fled fifty years ago, causing great damage to the sect, Ye Yin’s influence might now rival that of the Sect Master himself.
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Ye Yin was dressed in a loose lavender Taoist robe with long sleeves that reached the ground.
Despite being an elder, his face appeared surprisingly youthful—if not for the depth and intensity of his eyes, one might mistake him for someone much younger.
One would definitely think this person was a young Taoist priest, rather than a Nascent Soul True Lord over two thousand years old.
The third elder, Ye Yin, bowed down and began to speak calmly, "Regarding this matter..." But before he could finish his sentence, a young monk flew in swiftly from outside the Immortal Palace.
Feeling the overwhelming pressure inside, the young cultivator immediately knelt and bowed his head. "Master, the ancestor of the Ye family in Cangzhou—Ye Wudao—has come to the sect to seek help," he reported.
"Ye Wudao came to ask for help? Wasn’t he confined for a hundred years?" another voice echoed.
"Heh, whether he’s seeking help or refuge, who knows? After all, this isn’t his first time—he’s very familiar with it," came the retort.
At that moment, the formerly listless Zhenhai Palace Master suddenly perked up and laughed, "Quick, please invite Ye Wudao in!"
"Shut up!" The young Zhenhai Palace Master hadn’t even gotten excited for two breaths when he heard his senior sister’s scolding voice in his mind.
"Master, everyone!" Ye Yin stood from his throne and said, "I remember I still have an elixir furnace that needs refining, so I will take my leave first." He added with a chuckle, "I just happen to have a furnace of elixirs that I haven’t finished refining yet, so I’ll be off!"
"Old man..." someone muttered.
Soon after Ye Yin announced his departure, all the elders stood and bowed to the leader of the Qianyuan Sword Sect to take their leave.
"Elders, do as you please," the leader’s gentle voice of approval rang out in the Immortal Palace.
Moments later, suddenly more than one-third of the figures in the fairy palace were gone.
