Chapter 1116 - 1216: The River of History

Therefore, Ye Tianfan cannot be in trouble, and it's not just Ye Tianfan who must stay out of trouble. Every sect's seed disciples must also avoid trouble.

Because those seed disciples might be the next Sect Leader. Imagine this: the future Sect Leader who you've worked hard to cultivate, just halfway through training, they perish unexpectedly. Anyone would be furious.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, no one would specifically target Ye Tianfan, unless they were deliberately trying to attack the Taichu Sect, then they would be ruthless against their seed disciples.

Moreover, in the entire cultivation world, almost no one would be ruthless towards seed disciples, unless it reached the point of life-or-death.

Only at that moment would these things be disregarded, and under normal circumstances, these matters are considered to avoid creating irreversible grudges. Although it sounds harsh, in major sects, the death of one or two disciples can be resolved through resource exchanges to smooth over these grudges, but once a seed disciple dies, it becomes an irreconcilable grudge.

At that point it's basically a life-or-death situation, but right now Ye Tianfan is different. Because Ye Tianfan possesses the Chaos Treasure Lotus, a supreme treasure, killing Ye Tianfan yields gains.

Which far outweigh the costs of offending the Taichu Sect. At that time, a sect could just plant the Chaos Treasure Lotus outside the wall and never return inside the wall, focusing on outside development.

At that time, the Taichu Sect really couldn't do anything against them, because after losing the Chaos Treasure Lotus, the Taichu Sect would have no way to reach outside the wall, and they can only wait for the sect members to return inside the wall to deal with them.

However, by then the situation is such that, since those people have entered outside the wall, they wouldn't easily return inside the wall unless they have enough confidence to eliminate the Taichu Sect, otherwise under normal circumstances, it's unlikely they would return inside to seek death.

So, Master Taichu understands this, which is why he goes to great lengths to conceal Ye Tianfan's identity.

Otherwise, there's a high chance that Ye Tianfan would be attacked outside the wall, but if they declare the Chaos Treasure Lotus belongs to Master Taichu, no one would dare take this bad turn, otherwise they would face a deadly strike from the Taichu Sect.

After all, before coming outside the wall, the sects of the cultivation world had an agreement, no matter what grudges exist between these sects. During the exploration outside the wall, they must unite with one heart, and they cannot revisit old scores. Moreover, other sects shouldn't create any disputes among them, if there's any dispute, the offending sects will be driven back inside the wall, and restricted from participating in outside activities for two years.

Meaning if a dispute arises, the disputing sects, or several disputing sects, will halt development for two years. In the past, halting development for two years didn't matter because there were limited resources inside the wall, even halting for two years.

Using previously stored resources would suffice, but now halting development for two years means they cannot contribute anything to outside efforts, and two years of contributions, when reflected in territory distribution afterwards, would result in receiving at least half as much territory.

Because contributions made at the beginning are much more important than those made later, so halting development for two years initially would nearly ensure these sects fall far behind every other sect. Even a sect at the Fan Sect level, falling behind two years in development, when it's time for final territory distribution, would slowly be surpassed by other sects.

Although for now none of these are evident, once the resources from the allocated territory begin to be applied, at first, the Fan Sect might still manage with the resources from their allocated territory to sustain themselves, preventing other sects from catching up.

But once several years pass and other sects still have plenty of resources left, the Fan Sect's resources will be nearly depleted, and then the Fan Sect's development speed will quickly slow down, while other sects will continue to develop rapidly due to having enough resources.

Slowly, they will surpass the Fan Sect. But even surpassing the Fan Sect doesn't mean entering the ranks of the four major sects, because even surpassing the Fan Sect, there are still many sects ahead, progressing alongside them, and ultimately the rankings won't change greatly; it's just a matter of who can earn greater achievements in the middle.

Under such circumstances, the sect's foundation will be stronger. When years pass, perhaps they will surpass the few sects ahead of them.

Actually, after starting the exploration outside the wall, the rankings within the cultivation world sects have lost significance. Previously, the rankings were mainly for easier recruitment of disciples and to give a strong impression of their power, making resource acquisition easier.

Because, for instance, if the Taichu Sect ranked first encounters a herb alongside a sect ranked eighteenth, the disciples of the eighteenth sect, likely intimidated by the Taichu Sect's influence, might give up the herb.

But outside the wall it's different, because resources abound here, and they no longer need to do various things for a single herb.

So outside the wall, strength reigns, and sect rankings have lost their meaning.

Of course, individual rankings are still very significant.

However, no matter what ranking, at this moment, they don't affect anyone. Although everyone has some concerns, fearing they won't be able to inflict real damage on outside creatures.

However, they also know there's already a team dedicated to capturing an outside creature for experimentation to see how they can truly eliminate it.

This reassures everyone, so even though concerns and worries linger, they still can't stop everyone's enthusiasm.

Because once territory distribution begins, it represents their abilities entering a golden age, starting to rapidly rise.

At that time, their lifespan will also start to increase upwards. Then their names will be recorded in historical records.

Because they are the first batch of individuals to make significant contributions to the cultivation world, concerning the outside exploration, the cultivation world has never given up since the beginning. However, from the birth of the cultivation world until now, no effective method for exploiting the outside has been found.

But now it's different, even though the Magical Treasure isn't theirs, they've joined in this event. Although future historical records may mainly document Master Taichu, since he is the owner of the Magical Treasure, the names of others will also be recorded, and that's enough for those individuals.