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Kill the young man in front of you?

Neither the Wanxiang Sect Master nor the Great Elder dared to do so.

The principle of not killing envoys in war is a matter of martial virtue, but for the side with a knife to their throat, it is an essential quality.

The set of lenses in Xu Yuan's hand consisted of two lenses, disposable.

When this object is crushed, a special kind of Source Qi vibration will erupt, and another object within range will also emit a vibration.

A simple method of short-to-medium-range communication that has been used for thousands of years.

The Wanxiang Sect Master recognized him, but he still didn't stop what he was doing. While forcibly prolonging his daughter's life, he stared intently into Xu Yuan's eyes.

The deathly silence was finally broken by a sigh.

It was the Great Elder standing to the side, who seemed prepared to offer some kind of price to buy Zhou Xiaohe's life:

"Young master, may I ask you something?"

"This is not up for discussion," Xu Yuan interrupted.

Silence for several breaths,

The Great Elder slowly rose from the prayer mat and bowed to Xu Yuan:

"Young master, my apologies."

Xu Yuan wasn't sure if the two old men in front of him were putting on an act or if they were genuinely expressing their feelings, but after seeing this scene, he nodded in acquiescence to their behavior.

In the deathly silence, the Great Elder turned around and walked step by step to the Sect Wanxiang Sect Master.

The Wanxiang Sect Master knelt on the ground, holding the dying Zhou Xiaohe, and looked up at her.

Then,

He saw the coldness in the Great Elder's eyes.

The Wanxiang Sect Master aged considerably in an instant, but he still managed to protect Zhou Xiaohe:

"Nie Gongxu, what are you trying to do?!"

Zhou Xiaohe was mentally unstable and on the verge of death; her eyes revealed a mixture of fear and relief.

After a brief silence, the Great Elder's tone was very firm:

"Sect Master, I agree with your previous decision."

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The Wanxiang Sect Master was visibly stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

He certainly understood what the Great Elder meant by "agreement."

Xia Wenlin.

Perhaps a thousand years ago, the Wanxiang Sect Master Manifestations Sect held absolute power, but a thousand years later, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe the power structure of the Wanxiang Sect today as the Elder Council mentioned by those golden-haired Monkey from the sea.

Now, as the sect leader, his influence is only slightly greater than that of an ordinary elder. It is almost impossible for him to implement orders that would harm the sect's short-term interests but benefit its foundation.

centralization.

He had conceived of this ideal countless times, but it was never able to be implemented.

But with the support of the Great Elder, everything would go much more smoothly.

Taking a deep breath, the Wanxiang Sect Master' voice trembled slightly:

"What do you mean?"

The Great Elder glanced at Zhou Xiaohe in the Sect Master's arms, his expression calm:

"I know everything about Xiao He. Although she admires Rongyan, she has a deep attachment to Li Zhu. Even though Li Zhu is dead, she may still be affected by him. What has happened now may be a relief for her."

The Wanxiang Sect Master remained silent.

Xu Yuan sat to the side, listening to the two speaking without using telepathy, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Perhaps the Wanxiang Sect Master is truly expressing his feelings now, but he dares not believe it.

The conversation between these two old foxes is definitely not just what it seems on the surface.

They're definitely communicating telepathically in private.

If the two of them were to communicate telepathically, he wouldn't be able to hear them.

After a pause, Xu Yuan asked in his heart:

"Old Man Luo, can you hear their telepathic communication?"

In the current situation, the two old men from the Wanxiang Sect basically dared not Will Soul to probe Xu Yuan, and the Saint's Remnant Soul spoke very casually:

"These two are both at the Origin Beginning or higher. How could an old man like me, a mere soul body, possibly hear their telepathic communication?"

"Don't you know the Yantian Art?" Xu Yuan asked.

The Saint's Remnant Soul rolled his eyes and sneered, "I only managed to steal the Heaven Character True Mantra Chapter of the Yantian Art. If you want to eavesdrop, go find your lover; she's learned all four chapters."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan's mind conjured up Tianyan's stunningly beautiful face, and he sighed softly in his heart.

"Stop talking, I can barely remember anything now."

The Saint's Remnant Soul chuckled and said:

"Have her teach you the Spirit Soul Chapter, and you'll naturally remember it."

Xu Yuan snorted softly in his heart:

"If I were to encounter her alone again, I might only be imprisoned, but you old bastard who stole her sacred techniques would most likely pay with your life."

The Saint's Remnant Soul grinned:

"The Heavenly Oversight Pavilion is in a bad situation right now. If the world knew that the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion still existed, they would be the first force to be wiped out. Young Xu, think about it, who would want a force that can predict the future to be above them? At least your Prime Minister's Estate has room to maneuver, but the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion is impossible to manipulate unless a great calamity is imminent. Under these circumstances, why would they have time to bother with me, let alone imprison you, the Third Young Master of the Prime Minister's Estate's Mansion?"

Xu Yuan was slightly silent:

"But you did learn their secret Cultivation Method after all."

The Saint's Remnant Soul was completely unconcerned.

"The only way to learn this is through the Heaven-Transmitting Stele."

Xu Yuan's eyes narrowed upon hearing this:

"The Heaven-Transmitting Stele?"

The Saint's Remnant Soul made no attempt to hide anything from this, and said with a smile:

"Even if you copy the Yantian Art using conventional methods, you can't cultivate it at all. Otherwise, why would I only cultivate the Heaven Character True Mantra Chapter? You can think of it as the Daoist insights gained from the Charm God Cherry Tree. Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion will have two to four Holy Sons or Holy Daughters as backup. It is Yantian Art also has a fifth chapter that only the Pavilion Master can cultivate. If that girl Tianyan learns the fifth chapter, perhaps she can teach you the Spirit Soul Chapter."

Xu Yuan asked softly, "What is the fifth chapter?"

The Saint's Remnant Soul scoffed, "This old man hasn't even finished understanding the four ordinary chapters of the Yantian Art, let alone the mysterious fifth chapter."

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Xu Yuan remained silent for a moment, about to ask another question, but the two old men opposite him seemed to have already made an internal exchange of interests within the Wanxiang Sect.

The Great Elder slowly turned around, and the Wanxiang Sect Master also released the dying Zhou Xiaohe with a gloomy expression.

Upon seeing this scene, Xu Yuan felt a strange sense of mockery and amusement.

Political beings experience human emotions, but these emotions take a backseat when it comes to what they want or the vision they want to achieve.

Seeing Zhou Xiaohe lying on the ground, her breath completely gone, Xu Yuan felt a complex mix of emotions, but he still chuckled and said:

"Have the sect leader and the Great Elder finished their talks?"

The Wanxiang Sect Master remained silent with a gloomy face, while the Great Elder beside him chuckled.

"Young master is joking. As you heard, I was merely offering advice to the sect leader."

Xu Yuan remained noncommittal.

"Is that so? Then can we get straight to today's real topic?"

Upon hearing this, the Great Elder smiled slightly, his tone becoming more serious:

"Young Master, I've thought about it carefully. Your Prime Minister's Estate's Mansion has put in so much effort for this military exercise; five million taels might be a bit too little. It should be doubled. What do you think?"

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Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan was momentarily stunned.

He hadn't expected that even at this point, the Great Elder of the Wanxiang Sect still showed no intention of breaking off relations.

He had already killed the sect leader's daughter, and the sect leader had essentially admitted to the events in Shengshan County in his words.

But the actions of Great Elder have now perfectly illustrated how the idiom "to swallow one's pride" is written.

This was Xu Yuan had never experienced before.

In your past life, even if you were the client in a business negotiation, if you dared to insult the other party's character, they might just roll up their sleeves and attack you.

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan chuckled softly, took out a piece of paper from his Sumeru Ring, gently placed it on the tea table, and tapped it:

"Since the Great Elder has said so, here are our terms. You may take a look."

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The Wanxiang Sect Master Myriad Manifestations silently glanced at the paper door for a moment, and his aura instantly became unstable.

And this time,

Even the Great Elder standing to the side was breathing differently.

There are four very simple regular script fonts.

Ninety million taels.

In Xu Yuan's previous life, it would have been 135 billion.

For the entire Great Yan Dynasty, this amounted to only about one-tenth of its annual military expenditure, but for a single sect, it was a devastating blow.

Taking a deep breath, the Great Elder whispered:

"Young master, are you joking?"

Xu Yuan smiled and placed the beads he was holding on the tea table:

Is this enough?

Forty thousand Black Scale Army have already entered Wanxiang City.

Upon seeing this scene, the Wanxiang Sect Master, who had remained silent since Zhou Xiaohe's death, finally spoke:

"That's enough, but the Prime Minister's Estate can't afford the consequences."

Destroying the Wanxiang Sect would make the Prime Minister's Estate suffer greatly as a whole.

Xu Yuan shook his head and slammed another object onto the table.

"Is this, and this one too, enough?"

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silence.

The Wanxiang Sect Master and the Great Elder remained silent as they watched the "object" that Xu Yuan had escaped from the Sumeru Ring.

This is a head.

A head that was frozen and well-preserved.

With their powerful cultivation levels, they could clearly hear that the head was still alive, even through the ice.

Xu Yuan poured himself a glass of wine and said with a light laugh:

"This item was found by our Prime Minister's Estate near Shengshan County. I wonder if the Sect Master and the Great Elder recognize it?"

Neither the Wanxiang Sect Master nor the Great Elder spoke.

The worst-case scenario still happened before their eyes: Xia Wenlin's words in the council hall came true, and the person in charge of the formation was captured alive.

Seeing the two remain silent, Xu Yuan smiled and said:

"If you want to silence me, you can try. After all, I'm just a sixth-grade Iron Body cultivator."

Upon hearing these sarcastic remarks, the Great Elder's composure was clearly at its peak; he remained completely unmoved in the face of such evidence.

"Young master, we do not know this person."

Xu Yuan sighed and said:

"Forty years ago, Cao Guxin, a prodigy of the Myriad Wanxiang Sect who had already passed away, unexpectedly managed to survive by cultivating Undying Cultivation Method."

Upon hearing this,

Even with a knife to his throat, even with irrefutable evidence, the Great Elder's voice remained calm and unhurried, even carrying a hint of surprise:

"I never expected that you would be able to find Cao Guxin. I was on good terms with him, but I was grieving for him for a long time."

Cutting at the speed of light.

In this era without surveillance or recording, witnesses who wish to convict someone in matters concerning the survival of their sect will ultimately be reduced to conflicting accounts.

after all,

No one can prove that Cao Guxin has been serving the Wanxiang Sect for decades.

Such evidence warrants a thorough investigation, but annihilating the sect is not enough.

Xu Yuan sighed upon seeing this:

"If you're going to cut things up like this, shouldn't your Wanxiang Sect purge some of its higher-ups?"

In this generation, once you're in the interrogation room, they won't talk to you about human rights.

Torture, mazes, and illusions were used in turn, making it virtually impossible to withstand them.

The Great Elder remained calm. "This is an internal matter of our sect, so there's no need for you to trouble yourself, young master."

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Xu Yuan fell silent.

He suddenly felt somewhat relieved that he had agreed to Yuan Hao's suggestion to attack the city first.

He truly couldn't believe that even with knives to their throats, these high-ranking members of the sect still acted as if he wouldn't dare kill them.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Yuan glanced back at Xu Xinyao behind him.

Xu Xinyao's expression was complicated, but she remained cool and silent.

Inhale slowly and exhale gently, Xu Yuan pick up the lens from the tea table.

The Wanxiang Sect Master and the Great Elder of the Myriad Manifestations Sect watched without speaking, seemingly certain that Xu Yuan would not dare to crush it.

After all, if they were going to take action, why send someone to negotiate with them?

Wanxiang Sect really died, the remaining assets on his body wouldn't just be divided among the Prime Minister's Estate's family.

With the sect's main gate destroyed, the power structure of the Wanxiang Sect will allow its various businesses and shops to quickly find new owners.

Simply put,

The remaining forces in the Xize Continent will devour everything edible as quickly as vultures.

Unless the Prime Minister's Estate wipes out the entire Xize Continent, it can only get scraps and the remaining stock in the mountain gate's storeroom.

Under the watchful eyes of the two elders, the stable lens gradually deformed as Xu Yuan exerted force, and then exploded with a "bang".

This was followed by the start of the second phase of the Sect Slaughter Plan.

Above the city gate,

Feeling the unique Source Qi fluctuations emanating from the military-grade Sumeru Ring, Yuan Hao's entire body trembled with excitement.

What does this mean?

From lines to surfaces, they conquered the entire city from the East City.

What does conquering an entire city signify?

Those sect disciples will use the city's complex street layout and City Protection Array to entangle them.

In other words,

The common people will become their shield.

Although the order was to minimize disturbance to the people, since he was being used as a shield, he could be killed without mercy.

We can't let our own soldiers die just because of morality, can we?

Humming a little tune, standing on the city tower, Yuan Hao slowly took out a brand new lens from his Sumeru Ring and crushed it without hesitation.

This represents the second wave of aerial attacks from flying Demon Beast.

After all, the streets inside the city are not conducive to breaking through the military formation, and the City Protection Array is still very lethal to the military formation. Unless absolutely necessary, the City Protection Array should be destroyed first.

After doing all this, Yuan Hao paced back and forth on the city wall in a somewhat impatient manner, his boots clicking as he walked.

Because the remaining 30,000 Black Scale Army have not yet entered the city to reorganize, the current 10,000 Black Scale Army are not enough to control the entire Wanxiang City.

He cannot rush this matter.

Inside the Mystic Eagle Pavilion, both old men had an incredulous look in their eyes.

You ask for an exorbitant price, and I'll negotiate it down to the bottom—isn't that a consensus?

But after seeing this scene,

Xu Yuan said with a smile:

"Sect Master, Great Elder, I forgot to tell you, the second and third stages are connected."

The knife pressed down on his neck, and blood gradually seeped from the Wanxiang Sect's neck.

But the Great Elder still insisted:

"Young master, you have no evidence?"

Xu Yuan grinned:

"Great Elder, I suggest you deal with the materials needed to build the Ghost-Capturing Array before saying this. Besides, you don't really think your accounts are clean, do you?"

Upon hearing this, the Great Elder clenched his fist slightly.

These two points are their Achilles' heel.

The accounts were manageable, as we had prepared in advance, but the mountain of array materials simply couldn't be dealt with in a short time.

After a brief silence, the Great Elder quickly whispered:

"Ninety million is too much."

Xu Yuan smiled:

"It doesn't matter. The Black Scale Army has already begun its operations. Don't say you can't come up with the money; if you don't have cash, use your assets to pay off the debt."

Having said that,

Xu Yuan slowly and methodically handed a densely packed document to the Wanxiang Sect Master:

"It will probably be a while before the Black Scale Army completely enters the city."

"Now,

"You probably have about 45 minutes to consider."

Sorry for being a few minutes late.