Chapter 1281 - 361: Recruitment, Internal Division

Chapter 1281: Chapter 361: Recruitment, Internal Division

The Jiumu Immortal Venerate was momentarily stunned and turned her head.

"Why don’t we go outside and have a seat?" Xin Xichen said with a smile.

The expression of the Jiumu Immortal Venerate changed several times.

How could she not know what the other party was thinking?

Calamity aside, the two across from her, one being the Ring, the other the Oath Master, naturally possessed the power of unity and alliance.

Once she went with them, regardless of whether she agreed to their alliance, being discovered by other Immortal Venerates would make her unable to clear her name.

Even thinking darker thoughts.

Just by walking with them, should she refuse their alliance, they could immediately call other Immortal Venerates to discover their "conspiracy."

She still wouldn’t be able to clear her name.

In summary, just by going with them, she would inevitably be aboard their ship!

After contemplating these matters, the Jiumu Immortal Venerate still showed a determined expression and decided to go with them.

Rustling sounds.

They arrived at a secret area.

"Once you come here, there is no turning back," Xin Xichen turned and said, "but you still came."

The Jiumu Immortal Venerate sighed lightly, "Back then, Xian also sought me out, wishing for my support to instigate a reform, but I didn’t go because I felt his ideology was suicidal."

Ning Zheng was not surprised by this.

The Jiumu Immortal Venerate, this motherly figure, had cultivated Jiumu Qing, Immortal Venerable Changzhen, and numerous other geniuses.

She held a very important managerial position under the three Immortal Venerates, overseeing young talents.

Back then, if Xian wanted to ally with any Immortal Venerate, she would be the first he approached.

Just like Ning Zheng and Xin Xichen now sought her out first.

"Then why did you come now?" Ning Zheng couldn’t help but ask.

"I had no choice but to come," she said straightforwardly, "Choices are more important than hard work, and perhaps the three Immortal Venerates are about to fall."

"Makes sense." Ning Zheng did not dispute, "No Dynasty remains forever unchanged."

Xin Xichen said, "Since you’re here, you are now part of our faction, plotting grand schemes together; when the time comes to settle accounts, we will spare you a life."

The Jiumu Immortal Venerate was somewhat dissatisfied with Xin Xichen’s arrogance and couldn’t help but say, "I will help you in due time, but after you rule the world, what will I gain?"

"At least guarantee your survival."

Xin Xichen snorted coldly, "In fact, the painter now wants to kill us all... we can’t even protect ourselves; this is the cost of overturning the past."

"I promise, during the revelry, you won’t be part of it! Perhaps you could be a background figure pulling the strings, retaining some dignity."

The Jiumu Immortal Venerate’s expression didn’t look good.

She knew that once she came, there was no turning back, and she was even given a snub.

But the difficulty was excessively high.

She had witnessed too many civilizations and of course knew that even a defector from a former dynasty wouldn’t be heavily relied upon or receive excellent treatment.

"Your treatment will be properly enhanced."

Ning Zheng, acting as the mediator, said, "You also understand, a great war has erupted, and the situation is not optimistic. The specific Heavenly Path Contract signed will give you enough rights."

"If we win, what about a status just below our core founding members?"

With that, Ning Zheng looked at Xin Xichen.

"Fine, a position below Jiu Shui, the painter, and the two Manor Masters of Xi Rong, beneath the five of us. If we have a meal, you will at least have a bowl of soup." Xin Xichen directly took out a Heavenly Path Contract and handed it to the Jiumu Immortal Venerate.

After carefully reading it and confirming every word was correct, she signed the agreement.

Rustling sounds!

Golden firewood ignited.

"Come out, Jiu Shui. To show our sincerity, you should also sign." As Xin Xichen’s words fell, a shadow emerged from the void.

Jiu Shui’s expression was calm and speechless.

In the moment when the Jiumu Immortal Venerate completely let go of her resistance, the words seeped into the Heavenly Dao bodies of the four in front.

Xin Xichen extinguished the flames and said indifferently, "The Heavenly Path Contract is of the highest standard; any cultivator below the Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerate is doomed to die if they break it."

"And as a Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerate, claiming to be undying, you would have to die a hundred times to completely erase the Heavenly Path Contract from your soul."

But a hundred deaths?

The rebirth of a Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerate after death has a certain cooldown.

Though the time isn’t long, it significantly hampers battle opportunities if engaged in combat.

If betrayed, dying a hundred times would be necessary to join the enemy’s side, which would severely delay the battle situation, making it almost no different from not betraying.

And if you secretly committed suicide one by one to chip away at the contract?

It would also be sensed by Xin Xichen, the Oath Master Immortal Venerate, deemed as betrayal.

So, when considered comprehensively, the Jiumu Immortal Venerate’s defection carries sincere approval, with very little possibility of betrayal back to the other side.

Moreover.

Once the contract is revealed, even if the Jiumu Immortal Venerate defected back, the three Immortal Venerates wouldn’t rely on her heavily, maybe even defend against her.

Of course.

The contract is mutual.

And for Ning Zheng to void this contract, they’d have to die a hundred times, and for Xin Xichen, the Oath Master Immortal Venerate, to die ten thousand times, they could never violate the oath etched into their very bones.

As the contract itself, it is impossible to betray oneself.

Can’t have Ning Zheng accused of being untrustworthy like a boomerang, when aiming to be a trustworthy Immortal Venerate, striking back at oneself?

"I’m heading back." The expression of the Jiumu Immortal Venerate changed several times, clearly unable to endure the indignation, and finally disappeared from the spot.

"Humph." Xin Xichen did not indulge her, "Perhaps she thinks she’s right, believing herself to be a good person who never did wrong, but in my eyes, she’s a decayed monopolist."

"I can certainly understand, to her, we are scum, from her perspective, she indeed is a motherly figure." Ning Zheng did not have much of an issue with this.

Right and wrong are merely relative.

To say something unpleasant.

If Ning Zheng were born in her era and became a Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerate, they would have also killed many people for the sake of the world’s environment.

As Heaven and Earth, retaliating against humanity who destroys nature, erasing the 2% of high-level pyramid civilizations that plunder 80% of the Earth’s resources.

It’s like in reality, eliminating a group of powerful financial magnates would naturally dissolve their class monopoly and wealth would flow back to the grassroots.

In this moment, you would say, what are these Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerates?

They are class warriors! Great heroes fighting for the people, and the fair and just Heaven!

As for enslaving those geniuses? Mind branding? Transforming the lives of rebels, readjusting them at birth to become dogs under their command?

It’s even more commonplace!

"Just different standpoints."

Ning Zheng sighed, "I sometimes think if we overthrow them and become the next generation of Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerates, would there come a day we end up like them?"

"It’s just an objective historical law."

Xin Xichen viewed it with an open mind, "Everything under Heaven has nothing eternal, untarnished and everlasting. The universe itself is like a grand Dynasty where rulers will be reformed, overthrown, and changed."

"It’s like my Xin Family Dynasty back then, I thought I tried hard, yet wasn’t it Jiu Shui who overthrew us?"

Ning Zheng said no more, just watched the back of the Jiumu Immortal Venerate.

Unexpectedly, this once famous Motherly Immortal Venerate of antiquity, ended up being estranged by us like this.

And this is just the beginning.

With grave misfortune looming, everyone may still be persuaded with the same method.

Xin Xichen said, "We aren’t just speaking empty words; my control over the Oath Master’s rights gives them enough assurance and confidence; at least our sincerity is genuine."

Even if it doesn’t succeed, it’s not wrong to try.

Ning Zheng also thought silently: The previous Oath Master path was fortunately blocked by me in ancient times, giving Xin Xichen the time to seize it!

If it had fallen to the hands of the prehistoric Immortal Venerates, and they united as a single rope, it would have been tough to handle!

This was truly a case of taking a wrong step leading to a drastic difference!

Next, life’s troubles, time’s troubles, space’s troubles, the three supreme rulers, are in for great trouble.