The moment those words were spoken, the peak cultivators of both the righteous and demonic paths revealed looks of surprise. Even Dark Underworld Venerable felt somewhat astonished.
In this breakthrough by the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord, if credit were assigned according to who had aided and protected him, Qin Changsheng was unquestionably first.
Had he not held Chen Yang back within the Extreme Yang Realm, the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord could never have successfully crossed the tribulation, ascended to the heavens, and entered the Treading Void realm.
Thus, after that Old Devil succeeded and departed, the greater share of the immense fortune he had won for Azure Waves naturally fell into Qin Changsheng's hands.
This was one part of the deal he had struck with Ten Thousand Corpses Old Devil.
To the other peak cultivators, Qin Changsheng had gone to such lengths to safeguard the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord's path, so the fortune he obtained would surely be tucked into his own pocket.
They had never expected him to propose such a trade with the righteous path—fortune in exchange for land.
In their eyes, this was plainly a losing deal. To cultivators of their level, the amount of land within the Azure Waves Continent no longer held much meaning.
"What scheme is Qin Changsheng plotting now?"
"Land can be exchanged for fortune? Can there really be such a good deal?"
Most of the righteous path's peak cultivators were filled with suspicion, unable to understand Qin Changsheng's purpose in doing this.
Only Venerable Daohé, who had long resided at Demon Suppression Pass, and Dark Underworld Venerable, the current master of the Dao Academy, could see the deeper meaning behind it.
"Academy Master Dark Underworld, did that fellow Daoist in the mountains say something to Qin Changsheng before he left?"
Venerable Daohé