Chapter 237 - 173: Breaking Evil

Chapter 237: Chapter 173: Breaking Evil

"The Saint Demon Sect’s Saint Master is indeed a formidable figure," Jiang Changge said, waving his hand. "I’d like to meet him one day, if I get the chance. As for considering him a kindred spirit... Land Demon Sect, you are young and don’t understand the history between the Divine Sword Sect and the Saint Demon Sect. It’s understandable that you’d misspeak. I won’t hold it against you."

Lu Changfeng sighed internally. ’These sect disciples have been indoctrinated since childhood. This division between righteous and demonic, these generational feuds... they really aren’t so easily resolved.’

"Well, the crisis has been resolved. I shall take my leave now," Jiang Changge said calmly.

Lu Changfeng and the others bowed, watching as Jiang Changge slowly strode away.

If Jiang Changge hadn’t intervened today, Lu Changfeng would have been forced to act against Daliang ahead of schedule.

He was confident he could have annihilated Daliang’s leadership.

However, the resulting clash between the middle and lower ranks would have inflicted horrific casualties on the still-fledgling Saint Demon Sect—an outcome Lu Changfeng did not want.

"Brother Lu, Brother Zhao, what’s our next move? I doubt Daliang will let this go," Bai Yimeng said, drawing near.

"Let’s find a nearby restaurant and talk this over," Lu Changfeng said quietly.

Bai Yimeng and Zhao Xingtian nodded in agreement. The other five youngsters naturally had no say in the matter and simply followed them.

The Long Family Siblings also recognized Zhao Xingtian and stepped forward to bow to him.

Although the Long Family Siblings were of royal blood, Zhao Xingtian was a Young Sect Leader—and rumored to be ascending to the position of Sect Master soon. As he was also a powerful senior, it was perfectly appropriate for them to greet him as juniors.

After joining the Desert North Dragon Country, the Xuanyuan Sword Sect had been treated with the utmost respect. Quite a few members of the Dragon Country’s Royal Family who possessed Sword Dao Talent had already joined their ranks.

Inside a private room at the restaurant, shielded from prying eyes and ears.

Zhao Xingtian spoke first. "I’ll take the Long Family Siblings back to the Desert North today."

The Long Family Siblings, who had been terrified by the sight of their Bone Refining Realm servant being killed in an instant, nodded eagerly in agreement.

’Daliang’s ambition is greater than we imagined,’ they thought. ’They just captured Jiangnan Prefecture, and now they’re already coveting the faraway Desert North.’

Lu Changfeng shook his head. "I’m afraid you alone won’t be enough."

"That person from Daliang who attacked today could instantly kill someone at the Bone Refining Fifth Layer. If you were to face him alone, even if you could rely on your Sword Species to remain undefeated, you would have no way to protect the Long Family Siblings at the same time."

Zhao Xingtian sighed. He knew Lu Changfeng was right.

"But I can’t ask all of you to escort me back to the Desert North, can I?" Zhao Xingtian asked.

Bai Yimeng was tempted, but considering the current state of the world and the fact that he possessed a Heroic Root Bone, he decided against it.

If he were to leave Sword City, hordes of people would try to capture him and refine him into a ’Primordial Medicine’.

Wei He, off to the side, thought, ’They don’t need anyone else to go. Lu Jun and I would be enough.’

’We could take out any ordinary Bone Refining Realm experts that came our way.’

The clone, Lu Jun, shot him a look, apparently having read his mind. Wei He pretended to sip his tea, avoiding her gaze.

Lu Changfeng cleared his throat. "Ahem, I do have an idea."

"However, if we use this method, your Desert North Dragon Country will owe the Saint Demon Sect a favor."

All eyes fell on Lu Changfeng.

Lu Changfeng took a deep breath. "Through the Saint Demon Sect’s communication channels, I’ve learned that our White Tiger Guardian has been active near Sword City these past few days."

"The White Tiger Guardian is deeply trusted by the Saint Master and is exceptionally powerful. If the Dragon Country’s Royal Family requests his help, and he agrees to act, your safety will be guaranteed."

’Clone Yang Jingtian’s power ranks in the second tier among the current top-class experts.’

’Aside from Pei Yuanshi himself, there’s really no one who could snatch someone away from Clone Yang Jingtian.’

’Pei Yuanshi has been living in seclusion lately, likely in closed-door cultivation, trying to figure out a way to defeat the Saint Master. He’d never get involved in a minor affair concerning the Dragon Country.’

’The only problem is that I’ll have to split my attention to control three ’accounts’ at once. The drain on my Heart Power will be... rather terrifying.’

In truth, the Martial Arts Powers under the Emperor of Daliang could be divided into three factions.

Sword Saint Pei Yuanshi and Daliang’s five Supreme Generals constituted the Emperor’s strongest ostensible force. It was powerful, to be sure, but the Emperor couldn’t fully control it due to the complex web of interests involved.

Getting the Sword Saint and the five Supreme Generals to reach a consensus on annexing Jiangnan Prefecture had required a great deal of internal maneuvering.

The other two factions were the Blue-clothed Guard and the Daliang Secret Domain.

These two powers answered directly to the Emperor of Daliang, but their overall strength was too limited for them to ever serve as a main offensive force.

They could only carry out minor operations for the Emperor in the shadows, unable to influence the larger situation.

This latest incident was clearly born from the Emperor of Daliang’s personal ambition to take a bite out of the Desert North Dragon Country, which was why the Blue-clothed Guard and the Daliang Secret Domain had been mobilized.

Sword Saint Pei Yuanshi had likely only just learned of today’s events after they had already transpired.