Plots Among the Sects

After Ling Yunzi left, Jia Sheng immediately said to the Sage Master at the Langya Sacred Hall, "While we're discussing this with them, let's contact other sects. Each sect should send a few powerful experts, and we should simply wipe them out completely. Once we've eliminated them, we can take over the Azure Sky Ultimate Cloud Formation and continue to suppress the Demon Lord."

"Yes, that's exactly what we should do!"

"A mere Azure Cloud Sect dares to extort us? They've gone too far!"

"When the time comes, we'll all divide up the Azure Cloud Sect's assets, and the foundation of our Langya Sacred Land will be enhanced once again."

The elders chimed in, each offering their own opinions.

The Sage Master sat in his high seat, his brows furrowed, and remained silent.

After a long period of commotion, the crowd noticed the Sage Master's unusual behavior and hurriedly asked, "Sage Master, what did you say?"

The Sage Master slowly said, "Azure Cloud Sect is easy to deal with, but the Demon Lord is not."

"Isn't there the Azure Sky Ultimate Cloud Formation? We can take it and control it directly. Several of our major sects have experts in Formation Dao; it's no problem at all."

The Sage Master sighed, "The Demon Lord has broken free of its seal, and its Demon Fetus has overflowed, which shows that Azure Cloud Sect's situation is indeed critical!"

In other words, if one is not careful, all those Demon Lords will escape.

Even if our top sects could drive those Demon Lord back into their seal, what a huge price we would have to pay!

Everyone fell silent.

Many people here live for over a thousand years.

They had witnessed the Azure Cloud Sect's heyday, and that's why they were so attached to the Azure Cloud Sect assets!

However, thinking back to how the Azure Cloud Sect declined to its current state, nearly perishing, in its attempt to suppress those Demon Lord a thousand years ago...

Everyone felt a heavy weight in their hearts. If the Demon Lord were to reappear this time, even if their strength was not as great as it was a thousand years ago, countless people would have to die to suppress Demon Lord.

This is all on the premise that the Azure Sky Ultimate Cloud Formation remains intact!

If the Azure Sky Ultimate Cloud Formation completely collapses, those top sects will have no choice but to fight desperately, otherwise, their individual sects simply cannot defend their territory, and even the sects themselves will be in danger.

The consequences would be terrible!

"Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to allocate some resources to maintain the power of the Azure Sky Ultimate Cloud Formation and suppress those Demon Lords," the Sage Master continued.

Jia Sheng smiled and said, "We can also use this method to lull Azure Cloud Sect into a false sense of security, and then we can secretly prepare our forces. Once they lower their guard, we can take down Azure Cloud Sect in one fell swoop and finish them off in one fell swoop!"

"We can use the same trick again, send people to contact their disciples and poach them all!" Tan Qiushui hurriedly said.

"The Azure Cloud Sect has already suffered losses and been tricked before, so they certainly won't succeed so easily. How about... we send someone to arrange a marriage alliance, and through this means, we can lure all their disciples away?"

Simply put, it's a honey trap!

"Yes, it can also increase the Azure Cloud Sect's influence. We can also invite them to participate in the Azure Cloud Sect realm, gradually weakening their power."

The elders then began to discuss the matter, and all sorts of schemes and plots emerged.

The Sage Master waved his hand and instructed, "Leave everything else aside for now. Immediately contact all the other top sects, and have each send someone to ensure that the Azure Cloud Sect agrees to suppress the Demon Lord. Settle this matter first, then we can discuss other things."

"Yes, sir!"

Meeting adjourned!

Many elders left the Sacred Hall and sent messengers to various top sects to spread the news.

Meanwhile, Ling Yunzi had already traveled a long distance and returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.

"What did they say?" Azure Cloud Master asked.

He felt much relieved to see that Ling Yunzi had returned safely.

Ling Yunzi said angrily, "These scoundrels are still plotting against us, still... In Zhang Yang's words, they're morally blackmailing us, forcing us to continue guarding the Demon Lord! I vehemently refuted them; they're utterly despicable! However, the Sage Master of Langya seems to have agreed to give us resources, so I've asked them to send someone over to discuss it."

He looked at Azure Cloud Master with some worry and asked, "Eldest Senior Brother, what if they come and cause trouble?"

"Smash them!" Azure Cloud Master said calmly.

"Ah!" The others looked at Azure Cloud Master.

Azure Cloud Master smiled and said, "It's impossible for everyone who comes to be Tribulation Realm old monster, right? Aren't their sects afraid of problems? So, the most likely candidates are Dao Integration Realm, or at most, Peak Dao Integration Realm. In that case, none of them are my match!"

"What if someone at the Tribulation Realm arrives?" Biling Zi asked, frowning.

The Azure Cloud Sect laughed arrogantly, "This is our Azure Cloud Sect! We can even suppress those Demon Lords. Those one or two Tribulation Realm are no match for those Demon Lords!"

The others, however, did not look relaxed. They were worried about what would happen if the Demon Lord escaped when the Azure Sky Ultimate Cloud Formation was activated.

"If they send someone to negotiate properly and promise to give us resources, how much would we want?" Baiyun Zi asked curiously.

Azure Cloud Master smiled slightly, "Let Zhang Yang handle this matter!"

Everyone smiled knowingly when they thought of Zhang Yang.

They felt that Zhang Yang was very good at this kind of thing.

When the Divine Sense of a few people saw what was happening in front of the Azure Cloud Great Hall, they were speechless and puzzled.

This ideological education seems rather absurd!

In front of the Azure Cloud Great Hall, Zhang Yang had all his disciples sit in a large circle, all cross-legged on the ground.

There are ninety disciples, plus three Golden Core cultivators— Zhang Yang, Situ Mingyue, and Jiang Zhiqiu —and one "auditor" Chunxiao, making a total of ninety-four people.

All eyes were on Zhang Yang, waiting for Zhang Yang instructions.

Today is the day they give their summary report!

Zhang Yang glanced at everyone and slowly said, "After seven days of reflection, everyone should have a deep enough understanding of all aspects of this trip to the secret realm. Now, I would like to invite those who have the deepest feelings to stand up and speak, and tell us their thoughts. Everyone has to give a report. Who wants to go first?"

Several people immediately raised their hands.

As Zhang Yang instructed, during the assembly, one must raise their hand before speaking!

"Alright, Zhang Changshan, you go first!" Zhang Yang looked at one of the disciples among the group.

Zhang Changshan was one of those who became fanatical after undergoing ideological education; he was extremely enthusiastic.

His talent is also quite good; he's already considering forming Dao Seed.

Once the Dao Seed is successfully formed, the Foundation Establishment Realm of cultivation is considered completely complete.

"Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother!" Zhang Changshan took out a few sheets of paper and said solemnly, "During this trip to the secret realm, I entered the realm and met Foundation Establishment Realm disciples from other sects. These Foundation Establishment Disciple completely disrespected our Azure Cloud Sect. Their words were full of contempt for us."

It pains me to think that my Azure Cloud Sect, a High Antiquity sect with a history of five thousand years, is being looked down upon by a small sect that has only been established for a hundred years.

Besides feeling heartbroken, I'm also furious!

I'm wondering, why has my Azure Cloud Sect fallen to such a state?

I recalled something my Eldest Senior Brother once said, "If you fall behind, you will be bullied; if you are weak, you have no voice..."

He turned the pages and recited his summary report.

"Finally, as the younger generation of the Azure Cloud Sect, the Future of the Azure Cloud Sect is in our hands! We must shoulder the responsibility of revitalizing the Azure Cloud Sect, and work together to create a bright future for the Azure Cloud Sect!"

Zhang Changshan put away the summary report and solemnly proclaimed, "Azure Cloud Sect live Qingyun!"

The crowd spontaneously echoed, "Long live Azure Cloud Sect!"