The Demon Palace, besides preserving the Demon Cult's heritage, was also a refuge.
After Dongfang Wuqing discovered this, she immediately made her decision to join the Demon Cult, finding a very good reason for her revenge method. Whether this action was right or wrong, no one would care.
With Dongfang Wuqing's talent plus bloodline, among those practicing the Heavenly Demon Technique, her progress was the fastest. If this continued, perhaps she might become the Demon Cult's Master.
If it really was like this, then this matter would become more and more dramatic.
Of course, this possibility was very small, unless Dongfang Wuqing truly contributed to the Demon Cult. After all, the Heavenly Demon Technique was just one of the standards.
At this time, Hei Xue was handling daily affairs in the Demon Palace. Things had been somewhat busy during this period, but otherwise it was just a martial world gang, not a country, what daily affairs needed handling every day? Even if there were matters, they could be delegated to subordinates. This was the difference between gangs and countries.
Just at this moment, Sister Hong seemed to have something urgent and came rushing over. Without even knocking, she burst through the door, panting, "Hei Xue... they... they..."
"Sister Hong, catch your breath and speak slowly. Don't be anxious. What exactly happened? Who are 'they' and what did they do?" Hei Xue said calmly.
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Sister Hong rested for a moment, then said, "The Nine Great Sects want to form an alliance, uniting other sects. They might be preparing for war with us!"
The Nine Great Sects, originally the Ten Great Sects, but since Heavenly Gate had been destroyed, they naturally became the Nine Great Sects. These people had existed for so many years and definitely had ways to contact each other. Because of the Demon Cult threat, they had contacted each other for cooperation.
They had shown signs of cooperation before, but exactly how wasn't known. However, news had just leaked that they wanted to form an alliance to jointly resist the Demon Cult.
If those sects could form an alliance, their strength would be comparable to the Demon Cult's, or even stronger than the Demon Cult's. Of course, the prerequisite was that they could cooperate seamlessly.
This was impossible. Wherever there was power, there would be struggle, just like wherever there were people, there would be martial world affairs. This was an eternal law.
Among these sects, not to mention power distribution issues, just the conflicts between them were a big problem. Every sect had more or less friction with others, and some were even mortal enemies.
Without the Demon Cult, these sects had always been competing. Sometimes there would even be sect extinctions. The conflicts between them might not be less than those with the Demon Cult. However, at this time, they could only cooperate because they had a common enemy, and this enemy was one they couldn't resist individually.
Seeing these problems clearly, Hei Xue said unconcernedly, "Let them form an alliance. When they're together, more things will happen. Then we can make some moves in between. It'll even save us trouble!"
"You mean we should use this alliance?" Sister Hong quickly caught on and looked at Hei Xue questioningly.
"Mm, this is also an opportunity," Hei Xue said with a smile.
"If you put it that way, this is indeed an opportunity. As long as it's used well, we should be able to make their alliance collapse without attack and even have them kill each other," Sister Hong somewhat understood Hei Xue's meaning.
"Where will they form their alliance? How many people will go? And how many of our people are qualified to be inside?" Hei Xue asked calmly.
"We don't know how many of our people can go or how many will go, but one thing is certain, they'll form the alliance at Medicine Immortal Ridge," Sister Hong said.
"Medicine Immortal Ridge?" Hei Xue was stunned, then nodded. "That's right, only that place is suitable. Besides Medicine Immortal Ridge not having major conflicts with other sects, others more or less have conflicts with others. Naturally they wouldn't go to opponents' places. Medicine Immortal Ridge is indeed the best choice."
Medicine Immortal Ridge, just hearing the name, you knew it was famous for medicine. For doctors, ordinary people generally wouldn't offend them, especially martial world people. They wandered between life and death every day, who knew when they might need someone to save their life? So for medical sects like Medicine Immortal Ridge, generally no one would conflict with them. Everyone would leave themselves a way out.
Because Medicine Immortal Ridge had no harassment from others, it had also developed into a relatively large sect, but it didn't belong to the Ten Great Sects. After all, they focused on medicine, their techniques and martial arts weren't very strong. Sect strength was generally measured by martial power, and Medicine Immortal Ridge was inherently deficient in this aspect, easily being eliminated.
Actually, Medicine Immortal Ridge wasn't participating in the alliance this time. They were a neutral sect. The Demon Cult wouldn't attack them. In fact, the Demon Cult wouldn't attack a sect for no reason. It was just that these sects were stimulated by Heavenly Gate and wanted to form an alliance to resist.
Even if the Demon Cult swept across the world, they wouldn't attack Medicine Immortal Ridge, because Demon Cult people were also people. They also wanted their lives to have security. Although the Demon Cult itself had medical practitioners no weaker than Medicine Immortal Ridge, they still wouldn't attack Medicine Immortal Ridge unless Medicine Immortal Ridge stood in opposition to the Demon Cult.
Obviously, Medicine Immortal Ridge wouldn't do such a thing. This time they were just lending a place and had no plans to join the righteous alliance. But they would provide treatment for injured members of the righteous alliance. The Demon Cult would be the same, but generally the Demon Cult wouldn't go to Medicine Immortal Ridge. So actually, joining or not joining was the same.
The Nine Great Sects people also knew this, so they didn't require anything from Medicine Immortal Ridge, just providing a place was good. Medicine Immortal Ridge also didn't participate in organizing this activity, they really just provided a place. Everything else was handled by the Nine Great Sects. After lending the place, Medicine Immortal Ridge evacuated their members.
The various sects choosing Medicine Immortal Ridge wasn't just to have a neutral place. If they only wanted such a place, they could randomly choose a location and establish one.
Choosing Medicine Immortal Ridge was because they felt they might need to use Medicine Immortal Ridge's power, their medical skills, because everyone would think someone might get injured.
Before they even began discussing how to form an alliance, they already thought this negotiation might erupt in battle, because whoever could become the alliance leader would definitely have to speak with martial power, it would be a fierce battle.
Indeed, as Hei Xue said, these people forming an alliance might not be a bad thing. It might even create opportunities. With clever arrangements, they might be able to ignite their war.
"It's just that at Medicine Immortal Ridge, some things can't be arranged. We'll have to see how things develop before making arrangements," Hei Xue was also somewhat troubled by Medicine Immortal Ridge. Medicine Immortal Ridge's medical skills would make some of her plans fail, but if this method didn't work, she'd switch to another. Hei Xue would think of other ways.
"I'll have people pay attention. There's still a long time, it won't start until three months later," Sister Hong nodded. "I'm going to cultivate. I might break through recently and need to go into seclusion for a while."
After obtaining complete manuals in the Demon Palace, many Demon Cult people began breaking through. This also made the Demon Cult's strength expand rapidly. This might also be part of the reason Dongfang Wuqing joined the Demon Cult. Otherwise, facing the entire Demon Cult would indeed be very troublesome.
Hei Xue nodded and said, "Mm, I'll also go into seclusion to cultivate in a few days. Things here are pretty much handled! By the way, is there any news of him?"
"Him? Oh, who is he?" Sister Hong asked with a smile. Although she didn't understand at first, she immediately knew who Hei Xue was talking about, but she deliberately pretended not to know.
Hei Xue said irritably, "You know!"
"I don't know," Sister Hong said.
"Fine, I'm asking you, if there is any news about Xiaoyao!" Hei Xue didn't seem embarrassed at all. She had long publicly acknowledged this and felt this was fate's arrangement. What was there to be embarrassed about?
"No, there's been no news. We also don't know which direction he went, it's hard to find." Sister Hong said.
"That's right. He would definitely conceal his whereabouts. If he wants to hide, we can't find him at all." Hei Xue said lightly. "Forget it. He'll appear eventually. No rush."
No rush? I think you're the most anxious one, who knows how many times you ask per day!! Sister Hong thought to herself, but didn't say it out loud and left to go into seclusion.
Hei Xue was also busy for a few days. After receiving some details about the righteous alliance, she formulated some plans, having people first stir up some small conflicts. These small conflicts wouldn't affect much, but they would plant some seeds. If some of these seeds sprouted and grew, Hei Xue would unhesitatingly help water and fertilize them.
Now, where was Xiaoyao?
Xiaoyao was now in a small country, in a small town whose name couldn't even be found on maps. Today, he was just passing through here, merely passing through.
However, in this place he was just passing through, in such a small country, in such an inconspicuous small town, he encountered a strange matter.
The beginning of this matter was because Xiaoyao bought flatbread. Again it was flatbreads causing trouble. Who knew if after this time, Xiaoyao would still buy flatbread? He would probably think about it.
"Boss, give me ten flatbread!" Xiaoyao said to the flatbread shop owner. "No, twenty."
"Eating so many, aren't you afraid of bursting?" The boss looked up at Xiaoyao, sizing him up.
A youth who didn't look very strong, with somewhat tattered clothes, didn't seem to be from a wealthy family. The little monster beast on him, although cute, wasn't worth much money either.
It seemed this youth should be a small commoner passing through here.
(End of Chapter)