Chapter 1975: Chapter 960
Chen Mobai couldn’t understand why Ye Qing would wield the Tai Peacekeeping Sword, especially since their Five Elements Sect and Fire Cloud Palace had no quarrel with each other. Could it be that the Burning Heaven Meridians really wanted to stand up for the Sun Bathing Sea?
“What is the reason behind this? Could you enlighten me, fellow Daoist?” Since Xing Ji brought up this matter, it was evident that he wouldn’t keep it hidden. Chen Mobai asked politely.
“Speaking of this matter, it mainly goes back to the failure of the Yi Yuan Taoist Child to handle neighborly relations well…”
With a smile, Xing Ji narrated the reasons for this matter in full detail.
The source was Bai Wu, the Ancestor.
But the main reason was the rapid development of the Five Elements Sect over the past decades.
The Golden Core Cultivators popped up like leeks in the fields, one after another. It should be noted that the Golden Crow Immortal City, having the Sun God Tree, could refine its own Golden Elixir Spiritual Medicine, the Sunfire Liquid, and over hundreds of years, it had accumulated only ten Golden Core Cultivators.
Among these, Zhu Jun died in the Eastern Wilderness, and recently a new Golden Core Cultivator emerged in the Sun Bathing Sea, conveniently maintaining the prestige of the Sun Bathing Ten.
The Five Elements Sect possessed even more outstanding Golden Elixir Spiritual Medicine than the Sunfire Liquid, which, after being widely publicized by Bai Wu, the Ancestor, became almost known to all major forces in Eastern Lands.
Initially, being wary of the might of the Yi Yuan Dao Palace, and considering that the Five Elements Sect was indeed a Nascent Soul major faction, without a sufficiently powerful leading force, those major factions in Eastern Lands just kept their intentions in check, waiting for someone to take action against the Five Elements Sect first, so they could follow suit.
This wait brought news of Mo Douguang’s success in Nascent Soul Formation.
At this point, all the forces that were merely watching couldn’t sit still anymore.
The Five Elements Sect, with three great Nascent Souls, could even rank among the top twenty in Eastern Lands.
Moreover, after Mo Douguang’s Nascent Soul Formation, Bai Wu, the Ancestor, concluded that besides Golden Elixir Spiritual Medicine, the Five Elements Sect certainly possessed Infant Forming Spirit Medicine.
Regardless of the truth of this information, many major forces in Eastern Lands believed it.
Sometimes the ability to endure stems only from inadequate leverage and benefits. In the face of Golden Elixir Spiritual Medicine, those great forces of Eastern Lands could endure, but with Infant Forming Spirit Medicine, even the name of the Yi Yuan Dao Palace couldn’t suppress them.
After all, the Yi Yuan Dao Palace had remained silent for too long, and in the eyes of many forces, it had even been kicked out of the ranks of Holy Lands.
Some greedy Nascent Soul major factions in Eastern Lands, under the secret manipulation of an unseen hand, formed a coalition in secret, planning to come to the Eastern Wilderness to force the Five Elements Sect to hand over the alchemy recipes for the Golden Elixir and Infant Forming Spirit Medicines from the Ancient Longevity Sect.
At the forefront was the Fire Cloud Palace, head of the Burning Heaven Meridians.
Bai Wu, the Ancestor’s persistent promotion of the Five Elements Sect threat theory indeed had its effect.
However, not long after this coalition was formed, Ye Qing, who had received the news, personally descended upon the Fire Cloud Palace.
Faced with Ye Qing, this junior, the Great Elder Hong Yun of Fire Cloud Palace, an expert in Great Perfection of Yuan Infant second only to Divinity Transformation in East Continent, initially had no intention of backing down.
It wasn’t until Ye Qing drew the Tai Peacekeeping Sword and reasoned with him that Hong Yun finally came to his senses.
After Ye Qing intervened to help the Five Elements Sect avert a disaster, he didn’t inform Chen Mobai.
“Brother Ye Dao is truly righteous!”
After hearing about this matter, Chen Mobai sincerely expressed his admiration.
“After Ye Qing wielded the Tai Peacekeeping Sword for you, even if you weren’t the Yi Yuan Taoist Child before, after that, even if the Yi Yuan Dao Palace publicly denied it, they would all be thought to be trying to cover for you to avoid being targeted by the major demon factions.”
Xing Ji’s words made Chen Mobai smile wryly, and then he asked for more specific details.
After Ye Qing persuaded Hong Yun, the Fire Cloud Palace exited the coalition. Without their lead, the remaining forces in the Eastern Lands dared even less to offend the Yi Yuan Dao Palace and the Nine Heavens Demon Slaying Sect at the same time and promptly withdrew.
“It seems that after the pioneering, there is no necessity for the Golden Crow Immortal City to exist anymore.”
Having learned the reason behind the matter, Chen Mobai also understood Xing Ji’s implication of failing at neighborly relations.
“Actually, it’s not impossible to mend things before the pioneering.”
What Xing Ji said next was something that astonished Chen Mobai greatly.
“Isn’t it said that the Burning Heaven Meridians are greatly useful for the pioneering? The Dao Morale Sect shouldn’t stand by and watch me take over the Sun Bathing Sea, right?”
“Then whom do you think, Sect Master Chen, is behind the scenes driving the Fire Cloud Palace to deploy the Burning Heaven Meridians and all major factions in Eastern Lands against your Five Elements Sect!” Xing Ji asked a question that made Chen Mobai furrow his brows in contemplation.
The Five Elements Sect possessing the alchemy recipe for Golden Elixir Spiritual Medicine was now common knowledge. After all, the new formations of Golden Core over the decades were too many, and they were already selling to outsiders like Wan Dengyong.
But Infant Forming Spirit Medicine was likely just Bai Wu, the Ancestor, spreading lies to create animosity towards the Five Elements Sect. However, after Yan Shaoyin and Qing Nu successively refined the Infant-Feeding Elixir, primarily using the Sun Holy Fruit, traces might have been discovered.
In East Continent, only the Holy Land Dao Morale Sect could refine the Coagulation Infant Pill, and together with Star Heaven Dao Sect’s Three Lights Divine Water, these were the two most famous Infant Forming Spirit Medicines.
If the Five Elements Sect had one more, it would undoubtedly further weaken the influence of the Dao Morale Sect.
And according to previous intelligence, the Fire Cloud Palace negotiated with the Burning Heaven Meridians and Dao Morale Sect, aiming to get the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill as a merit for helping the pioneering effort.
In other words, the coalition targeting the Five Elements Sect this time was supported by… the Dao Morale Sect!
With Xing Ji’s pointers, Chen Mobai realized this and fell into deep thought.
“It seems that the Yi Yuan Taoist Child already understands; in that case, we may perhaps collaborate.” At this moment, Xing Ji spoke again.