Chapter 240: Overwhelming Odds
Chapter 240: Overwhelming Odds
So he really thought I was lacking spirit stones?
Fu Young saw through his master’s thoughts instantly.
"I do not need them," he said.
"However, if Master wants even more merit, I do have a method. If you have enough high grade spirit stones and spirit jades."
"What method? If it requires high grade spirit stones or spirit jades, I have plenty. I could even set up several small spirit jade mines without any problem."
Xiao Shou felt that he was learning something new again.
So merit could still be obtained this way?
Fu Young nodded. "No need for several. One spirit jade mine is enough."
"How would that be done?" Xiao Shou asked expectantly, he already imagining more ways to collect spirit stones in the future.
After collecting the last drop of merit rain, Fu Young said, "Reconstruct the spirit veins of the Sunfall Domain and restore the spiritual energy and vitality of this land. Over tens of thousands of years, those people have exhausted the life force and spiritual energy of this region, bringing it to the brink of destruction. If Master restores this land, the amount of merit gained should not be less than this time."
"Ah, it is actually something so simple, and I did not think of it!" Xiao Shou had been thinking of methods from modern cultivation novels like creating characters or mending the heavens, but he had not expected something so straightforward could also generate merit.
By this time, all the merit rain had already been collected.
Xiao Shou shrank the Void-Time Calyx and carefully sensed the merit within it.
Only then did he realize that this batch of merit rain was even more concentrated than what he had gained from simply purifying spirit veins.
It clearly showed just how much damage those karmic sins had inflicted on the Heaven Origin Realm.
Thinking of this, Xiao Shou’s excitement faded slightly, replaced by concern.
"Let’s put the matter of merit aside for now. We should first finish things here, then go meet up with San Tu and the others. I wonder how things are going on their side."
...
At this very moment, under the leadership of Qing Shuang, Tao Lin, and San Tu, all Alliance token holders who had taken the mission arrived at the central core of the formation in a state of high alert.
This was also the base of the mysterious cultivators.
Both sides had high level cultivators, and because Qing Shuang had deliberately lured the enemy earlier, the opposing side was already in a defensive stance.
Before either side even fully made contact, they had already sensed each other’s presence.
When the two sides’ divine senses collided, San Tu and the others could not help but draw a sharp breath.
Only at this moment, when they are close to the enemy, did they truly sense the full extent of the opponent’s strength.
There were five hundred seventy nine at various stage of Nascent Soul cultivators alone.
There were several thousand Golden Core cultivators.
Foundation Building cultivators were everywhere like grass.
And faintly, they could even sense children at the Qi Refinement stage within the depths of a massive palace complex underground.
As for their own side, just as described in the original records Xiao Shou had seen, there were only a little over ten Nascent Soul cultivators holding the jade tokens.
Even with the three overseers, San Tu, Qing Shuang, and Tao Lin who were at the Spirit Transformation stage and could ascend at any moment, the gap in strength between the two sides was still far too great.
Seeing this, San Tu regretted his arrogance.
He had not followed Fu Young’s original suggestion to invite Spirit Transformation cultivators from various sects, factions, and great families to jointly suppress these people.
Instead, he had confidently believed that the strength of the Alliance in the Heaven Origin Realm alone would be enough to end all conspiracies.
However, the enemy forces were simply too numerous.
He knew now was not the time for regret and could only suppress his emotions for the moment.
He looked at the other two people of equal status and cultivation.
Qing Shuang remained expressionless, while Tao Lin covered her lips with her sleeve and smiled lightly.
She transmitted her voice to both of them.
"As expected, everything is within that young friend Fu Young’s expectations. Thankfully, he prepared in advance."
"Prepared in advance? Ah, the message he sent you before leaving, was that referring to this?" San Tu, though straightforward in temperament as a true sword cultivator, was not foolish.
With long years of cooperation, he immediately understood Tao Lin’s meaning.
At this moment, the Nascent Soul cultivators who had followed them looked at the overwhelming disparity before them.
They were all experienced fighters who had gone through countless battles to reach this level of cultivation.
Although they did not show fear, all of them frowned deeply.
One of them, an elder with white hair and white beard wearing the robes of the Heavenly Void Sect, sighed and asked, "Fellow overseers, what should we do? Fight or retreat?"
"Of course we fight," San Tu said without hesitation.
"This time we caught them off guard and have the advantage of surprise. We can capture them while they are still unprepared. If we delay and allow them time to regroup, then even if we gather more reinforcements, they will already have scattered without a trace. The Heaven Origin Realm is vast, with countless independent cultivators. Once they disperse, there will be no way to track them."
A righteous sword cultivator from the Holy Sword Sect nodded solemnly. "We understand this point. However, with such overwhelming numbers, how exactly are we supposed to fight?"
"We already anticipated such a situation," Tao Lin transmitted calmly to everyone present.
"When we engage them later, we will..."
After hearing Tao Lin’s plan, everyone’s expressions relaxed slightly, though their fighting spirit rose instead.
On the enemy side, after sensing the strength of the incoming forces, their leader apparently made a decision.