Recruit black physique to start practice in wasteland

Chapter 2678 A Mess

As the Venerable Fu Hua asked the question, six figures suddenly appeared, the first of whom was a cold and beautiful female cultivator.
Xiwu really wanted to join the Tianqing project team, so she had to volunteer for the tough and tiring tasks.

This experience was truly rare for her.

In the world of cultivators, although there is no "sweet dog economy," the scarcity of Kun Xiu Zhen Zun (a high-ranking female cultivator) leads many people to be willing to help.

She said calmly, "I came here to settle some karmic debts and to inform my friends."

Knowing that the other party was difficult to deal with, she didn't need to be too polite.

"Is it the Great World again?" Fu Hua's projection asked coldly. "What cause and effect? ​​I want to hear the details."

He himself was among the True Venerables who had sparred with Lian Xing before, and he lost at that time, consuming a lot of incense energy.

Therefore, he didn't feel any goodwill towards these people from the outside world—as long as he didn't speak ill of them, it wasn't considered impolite.

However, True Venerable Yugiri, being from a great world, naturally wouldn't indulge the other party.

She said expressionlessly, "Fellow Daoist, you don't need to ask. I'm just fulfilling my obligation to inform you."

"If you want to stop us, then don't blame us for taking over the show."

"An unwelcome guest?" Venerable Fu Hua smiled disdainfully. The cultivators of Qiu Zhen Realm really don't buy into that kind of thing!
It is said that the true deities who attain godhood through incense offerings are slightly weaker in combat than those who achieve godhood through arduous cultivation, but he did not comment on this.

But without a doubt, the true deities who attain godhood through incense offerings are far more difficult to kill than those who cultivate through asceticism.

As long as the basic foundation of the incense offerings remains, not to mention restoration, even revival is not difficult to achieve.

The advantage is even more pronounced when the opponent is also human, and it is inconvenient to attack the lower classes of fellow humans.

He said calmly, "I'd like to give you all a word of advice in advance: the consequences of killing one's own kind... am I crazy?"

He stared in astonishment at someone in the opposing team, his eyes wide with shock.

To be precise, he wasn't glaring at a person, but at a spider on the person's shoulder.

Although it was only the size of a fist, his shock was impossible to hide.

He couldn't help but gasp, and stammered, "Great...Great...Great Lord?"

As long as the spider suppresses its aura, it is difficult for a True Venerable who has cultivated in asceticism to sense it, but it is different for a True Venerable who has attained godhood through incense offerings.

The authority to establish deities through incense offerings was originally delegated layer by layer, making the hierarchy almost immediately apparent.

This isn't a matter of hierarchy anymore, but rather... where does your power come from?

Spiders also become gods through the practice of burning incense. How blind must the Venerable Fu Hua be to not be able to sense its aura?
"You don't need to be so arrogant before and so obsequious afterward!" True Lord Yugiri said calmly. "I'll say it again: I've already told you, haven't I?"

“Of course,” True Venerable Fu Hua nodded readily, “Qiu Zhen Realm is willing to cooperate fully. Fellow Daoist, please feel free to make any requests.”

However, how could Yugiri Shinzo not have imagined the reason behind the other party's change?

She said casually, "Are you worried about taking away your family line? You're overthinking it. We're just going through the motions."

"Steal the incense offering... How could that be possible?" Venerable Fuhua said with a forced smile, "You are a Venerable from the Great World!"

Even if it crosses ethnic boundaries, the inheritance of ancestral offerings is not something that cannot be taken away; this possibility objectively exists.

However, the nature of that practice is far more serious than ordinary; it can be considered close to evil cultivation!

The reason why Fu Hua is so enthusiastic is because... even in the Qiu Zhen Realm, the path to godhood through incense offerings stops at the True Venerable level!
However, unlike the ascetic cultivation system, the path to becoming a deity through incense offerings has a clear path!
To become a great king, the first thing to consider is... how much incense offerings can one absorb?

There are five human True Venerables in the Qiuzhen Realm. Their territories are all agreed upon, so it's like one person in one place.

With such limited resources, trying to break through to the Divided Aspect is extremely difficult.

However, for the true masters of Qiuzhen Realm, the amount of incense offerings is not really the point.

More importantly, they really have no idea how a True Venerable advances to the True Monarch level!

In other words, the upper limit of their lineage is the divine position of the True Venerable of Incense Offering, and they do not know how to establish the divine position of the True Lord!
This is completely different from the problem of a hermit's mind being distracted and unable to find a way. One is that there is really no way, and the other is that there is no lineage!

Now that a great ruler who has become a god through incense offerings has finally arrived, we must naturally try to curry favor with him. Whether we can defeat him or not has little to do with it.

Even if the other party is of a different race, does it matter? The key is that they have a heritage!
The Venerable Fuhua was not afraid to explain directly: We don't want to challenge the True Lord, we just want to know how to adjust this incense structure.

“It’s impossible to tell you that,” Yugiri said bluntly.

She stated calmly, "This Great Khan's lineage is interfering with the Great Khan's... Of course, you don't have to believe it!"

"Of course I believe it," True Venerable Fu Hua could only smile wryly. Unless I'm stupid, how could I not believe it?

A dignified Great Lord, perched on the shoulder of a Human True Venerable, if you say no one can restrain him... who would believe that?

But the key question is, above the Great Ruler... what kind of existence is that?
Regarding this question, let alone him, even among the True Venerables of the Realm of Virtue, few could provide an answer.

After the True Venerable, each realm is like a mountain, and no one can see what lies beyond.

True Venerable Fu Hua couldn't think that far ahead, so he could only secretly inform the four of them: Stop hiding, this time a real big shot has arrived!
The entire Qiuzhen Realm is actually a size larger than the Yelang Realm, so defining it as a Middle Thousand World is somewhat unfair.

But as for the vast world, it is indeed not big enough, and... the spiritual energy is also thin.

Here, cultivators who rely on spiritual energy for cultivation are regarded as brutes who only know how to use their fists and feet, and their upper limit is basically the Golden Core stage.

Throughout the entire realm, there are only two fourth-order spiritual veins at most.

Generally speaking, even third-tier spiritual veins are controlled by cultivators within the incense system.

For those who practice asceticism, the best path is to become the protector of various deities!

Those who attain divinity through incense offerings hold deep-seated prejudices against them and have been constantly trying to control and suppress them to prevent the balance of power from being reversed.

Therefore, it is not surprising that they harbor a vague hostility towards ascetics from outside the region.

But this time, it's naturally different.

Upon receiving the message, the four beings who had left their physical bodies understood its significance and immediately rushed to the entrance of the passage.

One of the True Venerables had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and was probably about to touch that level.

This True Venerable, known as Yanqi, has a strange appearance with a square nose and wide mouth, probably because he has cultivated some special supernatural powers.

However, including himself, no one dared to be negligent in the slightest when facing the six True Venerables from outside.

The attention of the five True Venerables was mostly focused on the spider.

However, the spider completely ignored their respect and did not react at all.

This is not surprising at all, as the hierarchy of the incense-based deification system is extremely distinct.

If it weren't for the limitations imposed on its physical form, a spider would essentially be a great lord. Even if it couldn't attack human cultivators, it would certainly show them no respect.

The Five True Venerables could accept this treatment, but they were still somewhat taken aback when they heard that the other party had come to enter the vortex cloud from which the Heavenly Demon originated.

Yan Qizhen asked directly, "Can you tell us why?"

True Venerable Xiwu calmly retorted, "Does slaying a Heavenly Demon require a reason?"

The five True Venerables of Qiuzhen Realm exchanged glances, and it was True Venerable Yanqi who spoke up.

Generally speaking, when dealing with cultivators from outside the realm, he, as the strongest fighter in this world, should not be the first choice for communication between the two sides.

Everyone understands the principle of "a king should not meet a king".

However, there is a high-ranking official in charge of offerings on the other side.

Although this Great Lord's aura doesn't seem that strong, perhaps it's because it's an avatar?
As mentioned earlier, the path of becoming a deity through incense offerings focuses more on the projection of power; if one does not go out, the clones are not that important.

Yan Qi gave a wry smile and replied helplessly, "The Heavenly Demon and we are in a stalemate..."

In the Qiuzhen Realm, there are five True Venerables among human cultivators, and about twenty Out-of-Body Heavenly Demons.

The True Venerable who attained godhood through incense offerings is slightly weaker in combat than the True Venerable who cultivated through asceticism, but it is not difficult for the Five True Venerables to completely annihilate the Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon.

However, in that case, not only would they consume a lot of incense offerings, but it would also be difficult to predict how many Nascent Soul Heavenly Demons would emerge from the vortex cloud.

Therefore, the current situation between the two sides maintains a delicate balance, with small-scale battles occurring frequently, but major battles are rare.

The "territory" factor that Qingkong mentioned earlier does indeed exist objectively.

However, the main concern of the True Venerable of this realm is the overall imbalance of the situation.

However, upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei smiled disdainfully and even let out a soft snort.

The Spider King was perched on his shoulder, making him the focus of the Five True Venerables' observation.

Yanqi Zhenzun asked calmly, "I wonder what insightful opinion this fellow Daoist has? Please speak frankly!"

“I’m a little worried. You have a symbiotic relationship with the Heavenly Demons,” Qu Jianlei answered frankly.

Saying this will offend people, and his thinking is a bit dark, which is likely to leave a bad impression.

But he still made it clear, "If there were no interference from the Heavenly Demons, where would your incense offerings come from?"

Upon hearing this, Qingkong couldn't help but laugh, "True Venerable Duoduo, those words are really hurtful!"

They are all shrewd people who have lived for thousands of years. Even if someone didn't expect it at first, they would instantly understand after hearing these words.

As expected, upon hearing this, True Venerable Yanqi's expression changed slightly, and then he gave a wry smile, "Is that how you see us, Brother Dao?"

"My opinion is not important," Qu Jianlei said frankly, "but I must make things clear."

"Because we will definitely have to deal with the Heavenly Demons next, and we don't want to encounter hostility from our own kind!"

It wasn't that he was being deliberately mean, but rather that he had to try to eliminate all sorts of unexpected factors before the battle.

Yan Qizhen's lips twitched, then he sighed, "Brother Dao, you really are straightforward."

"However, the reasons behind this are not as simple as you think. Even without external enemies, people within the same clan... will still compete for the continuation of their lineage!"

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