Order

This token can frighten many people, even though it has no Divine Ability.

This is one of the results of Li Qi's thinking.

No matter how chaotic the Baiyue kingdoms were, they were still nominally the territory of Wushen Mountain.

Wushen Mountain didn't manage things much, allowing the Baiyue kingdoms and Human Path to collude, even forming a special group called 'Kings'.

Within the system of Shaman Path, there is no concept of a 'nation,' nor even a systematic political system. Even the great witches each have their own responsibilities, without a strict organizational structure.

The Shaman Path is very loose, but loose does not mean chaotic. Every great witch knows her own responsibilities and can cooperate well without a complicated system of assigning authority and responsibility.

These Baiyue Sovereign practiced Shaman Path before establishing their kingdoms, using the resources of their people to support themselves, and ultimately reaping the rewards, achieving the fifth rank.

To put it bluntly, these people can't reach the fifth rank by relying solely on Shaman Path, so they have to rely on this method to advance further.

This also led to the Baiyue region becoming a battleground for shamans Human Path, making the path of cultivation even more difficult for those Dao Pursuer. As a result, many demons and monsters could only rely on the divine path to attain higher ranks.

This is also the reason why there are so many mountain and water gods in the vast area.

Witches, humans, gods, demons, monsters, and many other large and small Dao Lineage have formed an extremely chaotic region, a place rarely seen in the entire world.

However, in any case, the Baiyue lands were nominally the territory of Wushen Mountain, and the main Dao Path of those rulers was also the Shaman Path.

Under the Great Shaman's token, no one can easily ignore him.

Although this Great Shaman's token is 95% likely fake, and even if it were real, the Great Shaman probably wouldn't bother with such matters.

But that doesn't matter.

As long as there's even a 50% chance that the token is genuine, and a one in ten thousand chance that it will draw the attention of the Great Shaman, they wouldn't dare to show the slightest disrespect.

Li Qi himself didn't think the teacher would be free to help because of this; he wasn't just doing this out of boredom.

Even the Great Shaman have to go to work. They also have their own things to do. They're busy running around for their disciples every day. Who has that much free time?

If it were someone like Senior Yun Fang, whose Dao Path had been severed, it would be fine if they had some free time, but as for one's own teacher...

Those who know, know.

Knowing his own situation, Li Qi had little confidence that his teacher would come in person.

However, he doesn't need to have confidence.

Those Baiyue Sovereign who colluded with the Sky Swallowing Demon Lord would tremble in their hearts.

The conversation with Jin Buhuan didn't last long. After Li Qi once again frightened the other party until he turned pale, the conversation ended.

Jin Buhuan remained imprisoned, and Li Qi severed his contact with the outside world.

He knew exactly how Jin Buhuan was contacting the Green Mountain God, but Li Qi only needed him to make the contact once.

However, Li Qi only showed it to Jin Buhuan, but did not allow Jin Buhuan to spread the news. In other words, the kings and the Green Mountain God would not know about the token; only Jin Buhuan know, and he would definitely try his best to spread it out.

As to when his efforts will take effect, that depends on Li Qi.

Li Qi intended to use it as a secret weapon.

Because if you try to intimidate them directly, it might backfire.

It would be bad to provoke them into doing something desperate.

Seeing that Li Qi remained silent, Shen Shuibi continued, "So what's next? What should we do?"

Li Qi walked to Shen Shuibi's side, took her hand, and said with a smile, "No need to do anything, just wait seven days and see how things go."

"Seven days? That's not a short time." The rabbit said, sounding a little nervous.

According to the calculation, Li Qi can stay in this world for another fourteen days.

Fourteen days later, he should set off back to Chang'an.

The Imperial Academy is about to start its semester.

In other words, he had to resolve many things within fourteen days to prevent Shen Shuibi from being indecisive and missing a good opportunity after he left.

At the very least, we need to wait until things have settled down. We need to make it so that Shen Shuibi can stay here without having to think and can win simply by idling.

If he can't solve it, then the rabbit will have to face these things herself, which is a big challenge for her.

"Don't worry, seven days is enough time to see the clues. We can deal with it in the remaining seven days." Li Qi smiled.

The rabbit sighed; there was nothing she could do. She could only listen to Li Qi.

"Then these seven days?" Shen Shuibi tilted her head and asked again.

"Of course I can do whatever I want, but I'd like to take this opportunity to offer a sacrifice and see what the Heavenly Dao has chosen." Li Qi stretched and looked outside.

Outside, there is the natural scenery of the Sacred Flame Realm.

The civilization of this world is about to be refined.

However, the Heavenly Dao remains steadfast.

Ask the heavens when you have nothing to do, and you'll find plenty of answers.

Li Qi and the others chose to temporarily refrain from interfering and wait for things to develop quietly.

Anyway, rabbits are best at AFK farming.

But...

Li Qi felt that it shouldn't take more than fourteen days.

Clearly, he was right.

However, just one day later, in the center of this world, the deaths of the immortals caused a huge uproar!

All you can see are countless rumors and messages circulating in the world, with all sorts of things flying around.

The invincible immortal died, and the hundred-mile-long palace he brought with him was reduced to ashes and completely destroyed.

This had an unparalleled impact on the Sacred Flame Realm.

It's like...

It was as if the US troops stationed in Japan had suddenly been wiped out.

The impact was no less than the destruction of the world followed by a restart, or like one's own father being beaten to death.

Immediately, countless people were running around, some passing on messages, some plotting, and some trying to verify.

In just one day, one can sense the undercurrents within the Sacred Flame Realm.

But on the surface, nothing seems to have changed.

As always.

People got up as usual, ate as usual, worked as usual, and rested as usual.

There is no other reason than 'it is the usual practice'.

What keeps everything in the world running smoothly is not those few invincible otherworldly immortals, but 'custom'.

Convention, or the Way, transcends everything.

The death of the immortals, which is the crushing of the large bead, only resulted in the beads rolling and colliding with each other.

But it has no effect on the wires inside.

The same goes for Bai Gaga.

He carried his sword as always, the one he was born with, which he began to train after it fell off when he grew up.

His name is Gaga, and his surname is Bai.

He wasn't originally surnamed Bai, but the immortals required everyone to give themselves a surname, and he thought Bai Se (white) was a good one, so he decided to use that.

He is a 'guardian'.

The traditional profession of the Sacred Flame Tribe: In ancient times, most Sacred Flame Tribe had not yet mastered the methods of using the weapons they were born with.

At that time, a group of people began to try to master the swords they were born with.

They succeeded; they developed their own 'martial arts' and became a group known as the Guardians.

They were soldiers, knights-errant, and even rulers for a time.

However, this group is almost extinct.

Just one hundred years ago.

It's very simple; being a guardian is a 'traditional profession' for the Sacred Flame Tribe.

The Sacred Flame Tribe of today has no need for tradition.

All traditions were shattered, and everything had to be done according to new rules.

Therefore, he could only go hunting, claiming to be a hunter, and vehemently denying that he was practicing the path of the guardian. Even his practice could only be done in private.

Just as Bai Gaga was practicing, suddenly, the instructor arrived.

The mentor pushed open the door, flapped his wings, and said to him, "No training today, come with me somewhere."

His mentor was the one who led him into the path of the guardians, and Bai Gaga placed absolute trust in him.

However, the sudden order still surprised the young man.

"Master, what's wrong?" he asked.

He used the word "master" clearly and distinctly.

Bai Gaga was a child born a hundred years later. He could only speak the languages of the world and not the language of the Sacred Flame Tribe, so he directly addressed his master as "Master".

"I have something important to take care of, so I need to take you with me. I'll tell you more on the way. Let's leave now," the mentor said quickly, his tone leaving no room for argument.

Bai Gaga didn't question it. Upon hearing this, he immediately sheathed his sword, grabbed some luggage, and went out.

It wasn't until he was on the way that he realized what his mentor had asked him to do.

They were going to deliver a message.

On the way, his mentor told him that the immortals' palace had all been burned down.

All five palaces are gone.

Located in what is known as the 'Four Extremes' and four palaces, as well as the palace where the first person was born, the immortals and the palace itself were all crushed by something sudden.

This terrified the entire Sacred Flame Realm.

What exactly is coming?

What can defeat an invincible immortal?

I don't know, all sorts of news and rumors are circulating, chaos is running rampant, and riots have even broken out in various places.

Guardians, as representatives of traditional power,

Bai Gaga's master collected numerous rumors and information about the time when the westernmost part of this world was destroyed.

It includes portraits and records of the ruins, as well as specific information such as the power fluctuations within them.

The Sacred Flame Realm lacks a method for rapid communication. They do not cultivate Reason Way and therefore have not established any useful industries, so they must rely on people to transmit messages.

This is the case in many worlds; their cultivators may be very strong, but they are always lacking in one area or another.

Bai Gaga and her mentor walked through this chaotic world.

They passed through a city, weaving through a large number of refugees.

Many of the displaced people were likely created as a result of the riots.

The riots of the ascetics could easily destroy villages, so they saw many refugees along the way.

However, this is the first time I've seen them all gathered together.

"So many people," Bai Gaga exclaimed, holding her innate sword.

"This is not a good thing; the chaos is even greater than we imagined." The mentor calmly observed the displaced people.

Without delay, the two continued on their way.

Their goal is their 'hometown'.

In the language of the Sacred Flame Tribe, "hometown" is a proper noun. It does not refer to the birthplace of oneself or one's ancestors, but rather to the land where all members of the Sacred Flame Tribe originated.

The Sacred King resided there... or rather, was imprisoned there.

They walked for three days straight.

For three days, the situation worsened each day.

At first, they were just some refugees who had lost their homes. They could run, shout, and dig wild vegetables to eat.

By the afternoon of the next day, the two of them could see blood all over the ground, not red, but yellow and white, which was the bodily fluid of the Sacred Flame Tribe.

By the third day, there was less blood, and what was seen were mostly intact corpses.

Those were starving people.

It seems that some kind of order has collapsed, rendering the original food supply completely ineffective.

However, the Sacred Flame Tribe must eat every day. Their body structure is like that of a beetle, lacking the energy storage mechanism of fat. Three days without food would be enough to starve many people to death.

If Li Qi were to take a look, he would probably say, "This is the result of straying from the Way."

Without a guiding principle, everything will fall into chaos.

Bai Gaga had never seen anything like this before and was trembling slightly. He asked his mentor, "Master... aren't we just going to ignore all of this?"

"Can you control that?" the tutor retorted.

Before anyone could answer, the tutor said, "How can you and I manage each other? Just finish your task and deliver the letter."

Bai Gaga didn't know what to say, so she quickened her pace.

Perhaps things will get better after the letter is delivered?

He didn't know.

On the fourth day, I passed through a city once again.

This time, at least there are some signs of human habitation.

In this city, it seems that someone is distributing food to the disaster victims, and it seems that someone in a higher position has temporarily organized people to restore order to the city.

Bai Gaga breathed a long sigh of relief.

It looks pretty good.

However, before they had taken two steps, they saw the disaster victims in disarray.

The daily food distribution is a matter of life and death for these people.

The food had just been transported out of the warehouse and hadn't even been displayed yet when the disaster victims panicked.

Everyone pushed forward, and some even had some cultivation levels and tried to rush out to grab food.

However, another group of the Sacred Flame Tribe could be seen, all of whom possessed cultivation. They brandished their weapons, disregarding everything, and started wildly attacking, creating a scene of wailing and howling.

Not only were there wailing and howling, but some people even had their legs broken or were beaten to death here.

The ranks didn't become more orderly, but many people died.

Bai Gaga gripped her sword, her face full of anger, and looked at her mentor, seeking his opinion.

His eyes seemed to say, "Can I kill them?"

The young man was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to draw his sword to help.

But his advisor grabbed him and turned to leave.

Bai Gaga was puzzled, but she couldn't go against her mentor's wishes, so she could only follow him for a while.

After walking past them and making sure no one was watching, the instructor said, "Kill them, and you stay here to distribute the food?"

Bai Gaga's anger was instantly extinguished.

He glanced back and killed another bunch of them, and finally the people who were scrambling for food obediently lined up.

Even bad order is better than no order at all.

So the two continued on their way.

Bai Gaga asked on the way, "Does the Sacred King know about these things?"

"Of course the Sacred King doesn't know."

"So, we're going there just to let the Sacred King know about this?" Bai Gaga raised his head, seemingly understanding his mission.

"Yes," the tutor replied affirmatively.

"If he knows, he can solve it, right?" Bai Gaga asked again.

"I don't know," the tutor replied.

"Why?" Bai Gaga asked, puzzled.

"Because we weren't the only ones who sent him the message," the tutor explained.

Bai Gaga made a questioning sound with its wings.

The mentor said, "Because many people are sending messages to the Sacred King, these messages are conflicting and contradictory. When combined, it means that the Sacred King knows nothing."

At this point, the mentor thought for a moment and added, "But it's better than not knowing at all; he will make a decision."

Bai Gaga lowered his head.

If you know nothing, you can do nothing.

Then why send a letter at all?