The Supreme Elder of Liyang Grotto-Heaven

After discussing things with Gu Jinlai, Liu Feiyun had placed unconditional trust in him.

Or rather, she has placed all her hopes for the future of Liyang Cave on Gu Jinlai.

In the following period, he led the people of Liyang Cave Heaven to quickly integrate tens of millions of people.

The branch of Liyang Cave Heaven came from the Holy Domain. They experienced a long escape and suffered heavy casualties. Without exception, all the survivors had undergone countless trials and tribulations.

Many people's spirit and will were elevated through the hardships along the way.

Not only them, but many other humans who have fallen into the Chilong Territory are in the same situation.

They were able to persist in resisting and fighting the crisis to the end in such harsh conditions, with the longest-serving fighters having continued their resistance for more than a decade.

These wars tempered their spirit and forged their will. Gu Jinlai, as long as they are given some training and shown the way forward, the power they can unleash will not be much less than that of the carefully cultivated Lineage scions of Wind and Rain City.

In the process of integrating these tens of millions of people, both Gu Jinlai, some bad apples who had completely sided with Demonic Beasts were also identified and brought to justice.

Only...

Gu Jinlai, among these tens of millions of people, the number of people he identified as having Red Names is less than that of a single district in an outer city.

When he was clearing out the southeastern urban area, he received dozens of "clearing lights" in total.

This is even with many people hiding in the Inner City, or those with powerful backgrounds who are not suitable to take action easily.

If these people are included, the number of cleared lights that each district can obtain is definitely more than fifty.

The population of one of the districts is similar to that of Chilong Territory, around ten million.

However, in Wind and Rain City, there are more than fifty people with Red Names, but in Chilong Territory, he has only killed and dealt with fourteen "Red Names ".

He only received fourteen rays of clear light.

Reason!?

It wasn't because humans shared the same plight and helped each other, but because of Demonic Beasts!

Demonic Beasts forbid large-scale killings from breaking out among the human race.

If anyone dares to kill innocent people, before any human experts can step forward to uphold justice, the Demonic Beasts will descend first and kill these out-of-control individuals.

After all, every human being is their most precious treasure, and they cannot allow them to die in the infighting and strife among humans.

This result left not only those Gu Jinlai speechless, but also Liu Feiyun and others who remained silent for a long time.

At this moment, they seemed to finally understand why many Demonic Beasts could so easily rule over tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or even hundreds of millions of people and imprison them.

For ordinary people, living under the rule of powerful sects, Aristocratic Clan is living, and living under the rule of Demonic Beasts is also living.

There isn't much difference.

Sometimes when Qi Sheng and Liu Feiyun passed by those restricted areas, they would see many cultivators with the ability to slay Demonic Beasts, but they were indignant that these cultivators refused to stand up and exterminate the Demonic Beasts, or lead a rebellion. They despised these cultivators and regarded them as traitors to the human race...

That's because they themselves belong to the ruling class and the beneficiary class.

They are the True Disciples and protectors of Liyang Cave Heaven, not the people under the jurisdiction and rule of Liyang Cave Heaven.

While they enjoy the privileges of True Disciple Liyang Cave Heaven and spend Cultivation Resources that ordinary people could not afford in ten lifetimes, they cannot think about the living conditions of ordinary people, nor can they see the life and death of ordinary people.

When they are in danger and the Liyang Cave is shattered, they must call on the common people to stand up, defend their sect, and unite to fight against the invasion of Demonic Beasts...

That's naturally impossible.

This result dampened the spirits of Liu Feiyun and others, prompting them to consider for the first time whether the system under the governance of Liyang Cave Heaven over the past thousands of years was correct.

It was no easy task for tens of millions of people to migrate from Chilong's territory.

Fortunately, the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor did not take any action, seemingly because he did not have enough manpower to launch a large-scale Demonic Beasts war.

Or perhaps...

They are waiting for these tens of millions of people to enter a certain city so that they can take the opportunity to launch an attack, sweep through the border town, and plunder a huge number of people.

Therefore, although the migration of millions of people was not fast, taking ten days to leave the Chilong Territory and enter the human city, they did not encounter any large-scale Demonic Beasts attacks along the way.

And small-scale Demonic Beasts...

Before they could even get close, they were killed by Xi Bainian and his men.

After the millions of humans finally left Chilong Territory, Liu Feiyun, Qi Sheng, Qi Yunxiao, Zhuo Chunqiu, and several high-ranking members of Liyang Cave Heaven who had been rescued from Chilong Territory once again sought out Gu Jinlai.

With these people as witnesses, Liu Feiyun handed over a storage treasure to Gu Jinlai: "Ancient Martial Saint, this is the reward we promised you."

Gu Jinlai took the storage treasure, examined it, and couldn't help but look somewhat surprised.

"It seems that there are more than four Dao artifacts, three great Divine Ability, and six illusory immortal inheritances here."

"Besides the six Dao artifacts and various classic texts, there are a total of 166 Divine Ability, 24 kinds of inheritances, 9 great Divine Ability powers, and in addition... there is one true immortal inheritance."

Liu Feiyun solemnly said, "This is also all the inheritance that our lineage has mastered."

"One hundred and sixty-six Divine Abilities! Nine great Divine Abilities... and even a True Immortal inheritance!?"

Upon hearing Liu Feiyun's words, everyone Gu Jinlai, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He quickly glanced at the True Immortal inheritance.

The True Fire Technique of Departing Yang?

The core inheritance of Liyang Cave Heaven!?

A dozen or so people solemnly bowed and cupped their hands to Gu Jinlai: "Ancient Martial Saint, we would like to invite you to be our Supreme Elder of Liyang Cave Heaven."

"The Supreme Elder!?"

Gu Jinlai at Liu Feiyun, who was in the lead.

Invite him to be the Supreme Elder of Liyang Cave Heaven!?

This scene...

It looks familiar.

"Yes."

After saying that, Liu Feiyun immediately added, "Regardless of whether the Ancient Martial Saint ultimately agrees, we are willing to let the Ancient Martial Saint read through these books, whether they contain supernatural Divine Ability or inheritances."

Her expression was full of sincerity, as if she had entrusted the entire future of Liyang Cave Heaven to one person from Gu Jinlai present.

Gu Jinlai to appreciate the scrolls of ancient texts contained within this treasured storage item.

Liyang Cave Heaven...

This is an ancient grotto that has been passed down for more than 2,800 years.

The entire grotto-heaven has a history of nearly three thousand years and has produced four great immortals.

Forty years ago, many sacred sites in the Holy Domain were breached, and a large number of cultivators flocked to Liyang Cave Heaven, regarding it as the last base to resist Demonic Beasts. At that time, five resident immortals once gathered in Liyang Cave Heaven.

These immortals also left behind a portion of their inheritance, which was incorporated into the Liyang Cave Heaven, doubling its inheritance value.

It's impossible that there's only one lineage of True Immortals in Liyang Cave.

This is only a part of the many traditions of Liyang Cave.

However, due to cross-copying, this part, even if it does not account for half of all the precious books in Liyang Cave, is definitely a third.

This one-third portion...

If it were completely absorbed by someone, it would be no problem to take it to the outside world and create a new grotto-heaven to pass on the legacy.

"When dealing with those heinous criminals in Chilong Territory, I briefly explained my philosophy to you. This philosophy may not align with your Liyang Cave Heaven. Appointing me as the Supreme Elder may not be a good thing for you."

This Gu Jinlai.

"We know that the ancient martial arts saint wanted to establish a world with fairness, stability, and orderly inheritance, a world where there are no absolutely privileged classes and where everyone is equal."

Liu Feiyun nodded. "Along the way, we thought a lot, and even connected it to the reason why the Holy Domain was so powerful back then, but ultimately couldn't stop the invasion of Demonic Beasts. In the final analysis... it's about order! The Holy Domain back then didn't have a complete order at all."

Zhuo Chunqiu chimed in, "When the Demonic Beasts first rose to power, the major sects of the Holy Domain were fully capable of extinguishing Demonic Beasts, but none of them chose to do so. Some even chose to let the Demonic Beasts grow stronger and drive Demonic Beasts away to deplete the strength of their rivals. When the Demonic Beasts rose to power, the sects of the Holy Domain were not truly united."

He sighed, "During the great battle that destroyed Gengjin Cave Heaven, the human race was not defeated on the front lines, but by their own people. Yuanjing True Immortal, because of his personal grudge against Xuanlei True Immortal for leading his people to destroy his sect, secretly attacked Xuanlei True Immortal at the critical moment when Xuanlei True Immortal was fighting the Demon God to the death, which led to the destruction of Gengjin Cave Heaven and the extinction of its lineage... And similar incidents were commonplace in the decades of fighting against Demonic Beasts."

It has been said Gu Jinlai that the Holy Domain's defeat stemmed from the mutual distrust and ulterior motives among the various powers.

I just didn't expect...

Those high and mighty immortals who reside in this world would go to such lengths.

"If there can truly be a unified order, and if this order is as fair and just as the ancient martial arts master said, giving everyone a channel to rise in rank and change their destiny, then... we are willing to accept it."

Liu Feiyun said in a deep voice, "I believe that with the abilities of our Liyang Cave disciples, even in fair competition, we can still stand out. As for those who lack ability... becoming just another face in the crowd is not a bad thing for them. At least under order, they can still have the most basic guarantee of life."

"If you are willing to accept my ideas, then... I will accept this position as Supreme Elder."

As the saying Gu Jinlai: "However, I must make this clear beforehand: if in the future, there are still people in Liyang Cave who uphold the arrogant ideas of the past, treat the people under their jurisdiction as livestock, and boss them around with their lives and deaths, then don't blame me for showing no mercy."

"Please rest assured, Elder. As the only remaining Elder of Liyang Cave Heaven, your words are equivalent to the rules and regulations of Liyang Cave Heaven. If anyone violates the rules of Liyang Cave Heaven, we will take the initiative to clean up our own sect without your intervention."

Liu Feiyun quickly replied.

Upon Gu Jinlai present turned their gaze to the crowd.

Under their somewhat expectant and apprehensive gazes, he nodded.

Immediately, more than a dozen people joyfully cupped their hands and bowed deeply, saying, "Greetings, Supreme Elder."