Choice

"Medicine King Sect..."

A great deal of information about this sect immediately surfaced in Qing Yan's mind. "The foremost sect in the Far Western Lands, and the only Nascent Soul power there. It has two Nascent Soul Cultivators, probably both at the Early or Middle Stage... Its Supreme Elder, Old Monster Fang, has lived so long that nearly everyone who knew his true name is dead. His talent is astonishing. He advanced to Nascent Soul over two hundred years ago and may now be a Middle Stage cultivator... The sect master, Bai Caiwei, once traveled through Great Qian and remains at the Nascent Soul Early Stage..."

"Patriarch..."

Qing Yan's gaze gradually flickered. "There are only two Nascent Soul Cultivators... I seem to have seen several refugee cultivators from the Primordial Demon Sect aboard the flying vessel just now... If we join forces, the Medicine King Sect may not be able to withstand us..."

"Yes, if our sects joined forces, we could probably take down the Medicine King Sect... But what then?" Quiet Void Child said wistfully. "How can our Grand Void Sect trust the Primordial Demon Sect? And when the time comes, how would we divide the Far Western Lands? That would be another great war... Fighting back and forth only drains the strength of us immortal cultivators. Then, when that one from the League of Aberrants comes to kill us, we'll all be giving our lives away for nothing... So why bother?"

Qing Yan's body could not help trembling at this. "Xuanxuanzi... This man actually succeeded in attaining the Dao even while spiritual qi was declining. The methods of eldritch cultivators truly differ completely from ours... It is said that this Great Sage cultivates the Blood Moon's supreme secret transmission—the Grand Mystery Scripture, which can shave away one's lifespan...