Chapter 538: Alliance of Attack and Defense
These four heads belonged to none other than Forest, Fire, Mountain, and Thunder, who had been lurking in Linjiang City, eyeing Su Jingzhen and his party with hostility.
Today, there were too many things to deal with, and Su Jingzhen hadn’t had a chance to deal with finding these four.
Unexpectedly, they had already been killed by Feng Xuan and Ouyang.
Seeing Su Jingzhen and Luo Yuebai, Feng Xuan’s lips curled into a smile.
“Earlier, I wanted to fight alongside you and Elder Shen.
But when I saw the power of Elder Shen and your group, I felt quite useless.
It was better for me to perform some miscellaneous tasks for you.”
As he spoke, Feng Xuan and Ouyang threw their heads towards Su Jingzhen and his group.
Su Jingzhen gently waved his hand, and the four heads turned into a cloud of blood mist before reaching them.
“Thank you for your efforts.”Su Jingzhen knew Feng Xuan’s attitude and had confidence in his abilities, knowing that he wouldn’t make any mistakes.
Thus, the Six Heavenly Generals under the Second Elder were completely destroyed.
Su Jingzhen felt a bit of emotion as he realized that without the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and his ability to easily collect the spiritual veins, Lin, Fire, Mountain, and Thunder would have significantly affected the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect.
He also realized that sometimes reality is harsh.
If you show value, some things you don’t consider will be easily handled for you.
However, Forest, Fire, Mountain, and Thunder were just a minor episode for Su Jingzhen.
He immediately said, “Everyone, please follow us to the conference hall.
With so many top-level leaders destroyed here today, it’s time for some changes.”
With the battle over, the next step was distribution.
There were plenty of resources in Qingzhou, Cangzhou, and Huangzhou.
Even if the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect took the lion’s share, the remaining forces – the Alchemist Association, the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and the Bai Family – would still benefit greatly.
Luo Yuebai’s gaze then turned to the many demonic cultivators behind her.
With a few commands, they all returned to their duties.
Now that the crisis was over, it was time for prosperity.
Although most of them were still confused by today’s events, they could easily understand everything once they returned to their posts.
Then, most of the high-ranking members of the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect followed Luo Yuebai and Xuening to the conference hall.
Here, Feng Qingya, Ye Zhiqiu, and others were already waiting.
Only three powers could sit here with the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect: the Alchemist Association, the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and the Bai family.
The first two were confident in their strength, knowing that no matter what happened, they wouldn’t be targeted.
Thus, they were free to choose sides, while the Bai family had bet everything.
Fortunately, they won the bet.
“I am not entirely clear about today’s events.
So please take the lead in explaining where to start. I’ll listen from the side for now,” Luo Yuebai said, sitting at the head of the table but deferring to Su Jingzhen.
She only had a vague understanding of what had happened earlier and didn’t feel that she had much authority to speak.
Su Jingzhen nodded with a smile.
Then he spoke out loud: “Today, in Qingzhou, Huangzhou, and Cangzhou, except for a few special forces, all the other top-level forces have been practically destroyed by the Linjiang branch of our Evil Moon Sect.
As a result, the few of us here can control over ninety percent of the resources in these regions.”
This statement shocked Luo Yuebai and others who were hiding in the strange place.They had already highly anticipated the outcome of this battle, but Su Jingzhen’s casual words indicated that they might have underestimated it.
After speaking, Su Jingzhen’s gaze swept over Bai Susu, Bai Yuntian, Feng Xuan, and Ouyang Mingyue.
He continued: “Although our regions are considered uncivilized lands by the great powers of the Luo River Basin, the resources here are most suitable for local cultivators.
To be honest, the territories and resources that have been freed up this time are too much for any one of us to occupy alone.
So I suggest that the Linjiang branch of our Evil Moon Clan take the lead and form an offensive-defensive alliance.
We should absorb as many remnants of the forces that have lost their strongest fighters as possible.
Then develop the resources of these three states together.”
This proposal sent a shock wave through Feng Xuan and the others.
None of them were fools.
They immediately understood Su Jingzhen’s ambition.
The so-called alliance of offense and defense sounded like an affiliation with the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect.
This was obvious.
After all, the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect had Su Jingzhen and Shen Yifeng, and Su Jingzhen was already a member of the Heavenly Dragon Clan.
The Alchemist Association and the Treasure Gathering Pavilion were relatively safe, as their influence already extended to the entire cultivation world.
Even if they formed an alliance with the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect, they wouldn’t be directly absorbed.
At most, it would be a mutually beneficial, deeply cooperative relationship.
The most conflicted was the Bai family.
Before anyone could respond, Su Jingzhen suddenly turned to Ouyang Mingyue.
“Vice President Ouyang, if everyone finds my proposal acceptable, then the Linjiang branch of our Evil Moon Sect will help the Qingzhou Alchemists Association merge and integrate other regional alchemist associations.
There shouldn’t be any problems with such competition within the Alchemist Association, right?”
Ouyang Mingyue’s expression changed again.
It would be wrong to say that he wasn’t tempted.
Before he could reply, Su Jingzhen’s gaze shifted to Feng Xuan.
“Earlier, the Tuoba family of the Holy City Treasure Gathering Pavilion wanted to absorb the Feng family. Now, the wheel of fortune has turned.
The Treasure Gathering Pavilion will remain, but it will be run by the Feng family. This should also be considered a normal competition within the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, right?
In my opinion, it shouldn’t attract the attention of the Luo River Treasure Gathering Pavilion or the higher-level Zhongzhou Treasure Gathering Pavilion, right?”
Feng Xuan shook his head, his eyes gleaming as well.
The Qingzhou’s Yunmeng City Treasure Gathering Pavilion and the Qingzhou Alchemist Association were just small branches in the uncivilized regions.
If they didn’t report, the Luo River Treasure Gathering Pavilion and even the Zhongzhou Treasure Gathering Pavilion wouldn’t know what happened here.
They wouldn’t care which family was in charge, as long as they followed the original rules of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
“The Treasure Gathering Pavilion is willing to join the Alliance of Attack and Defense!”
“So is the Alchemist Association!”
These two factions had already stated their positions.
Bai Yuntian and Bai Ying exchanged glances, then both of them looked at Bai Susu.
It was Bai Susu who had insisted on siding with the Linjiang branch of the Evil Moon Sect, making her one of the core members of the Bai family.
Of course, they had to consider her opinion in such important matters.
After a moment of silence, Bai Susu nodded silently.
Bai Yuntian immediately said, “The Bai family is also willing to join!”
With just a few words, the embryonic form of an alliance that would later shake the entire cultivation world was formed.