Chapter 574: Plan to Destroy the Statue (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Unexpectedly, the other party actually fulfilled his promise five days later. For a moment, many martial artists from the East Island rushed to Dong Dou City.
At the same time, Rong Sufei, who was on the western island, also received the news immediately.
“Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!!” Rong Sufei’s expression was ferocious. His entire mind was in chaos. No matter what, he did not expect Xiang Zizhen could actually take out so many items. “It’s impossible for the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect to give him so many treasures! Why is he still able to take out these treasures? Where did he get all these treasures?!”
Rong Sufei clenched his fists tightly. Veins covered the back of his hand. He was even more confused. Firstly, he was certain that these treasures were not obtained by Xiang Zizhen in a lucky place after coming to the Nandou Domain. After all, Xiang Zizhen had been under his surveillance ever since he arrived in Nandou Domain. He had never left Dong Dou City. It was naturally impossible to obtain these treasures outside.
He suddenly recalled Xiang Zizhen’s magnificent feat of bringing the Eye of the Emperor Judgment back from the demigod land where it was sealed.
“Could it be that these treasures came from the demigod land that sealed the Eye of the Emperor Judgment?” Rong Sufei felt that this was the most likely possibility. It was impossible for the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect to give Xiang Zizhen so many treasures.
These treasures were definitely his own gains. And a place that could obtain so many treasures at once could only be a demigod’s land!
Thinking of this, Rong Sufei could not help but take a deep breath. He felt immense pressure. In fact, from the moment he knew of Xiang Zizhen, he had already realized that this person was not simple.
He had always had a huge advantage in the competition in the Nandou Domain. Coupled with the support of the martial pavilion and the prince, this made him feel fearless. But now, he began to feel the threat brought about by Xiang Zizhen. He suddenly felt that the situation was not as stable as he had thought.
Especially after Xiang Zizhen took out this greeting gift, the martial artists on the West Island would definitely use it as a reference and comparison. If he didn’t do anything, then it was very difficult to win people’s hearts in the West Island.
After all, the West Island was not like the East Island. He had operated on the East Island for a long time, so he had enough people there. But he had just arrived at the West Island. Like Xiang Zizhen, he was still at the stage of gaining people’s hearts.
The difference was that the martial artists on the West Island did not have a position for the time being. Therefore, it was much easier to gain the hearts of the people here than on the East Island.
If Xiang Zizhen had just arrived at the West Island in the Nandou Domain, just the greeting gift he took out this time was enough to gain more than 80% of the people’s hearts. However, on the East Island, there would be people like Zou Xiang who would remain on the sidelines.
Still, now that Xiang Zizhen had done this, it directly affected the West Island. Rong Sufei clearly realized that if he wanted to win the hearts of the people of the West Island, he had to be like Xiang Zizhen and give every martial artist on the West Island a greeting gift.
Even if he could not take out a greeting gift like Xiang Zizhen, he had to do something. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him and the martial pavilion behind him. According to their usual style of doing things, they would definitely not give away treasures for free.
But now that Xiang Zizhen had made the first move, the martial artists of the West Island would definitely not support him if he did not do this. He was also worried about the situation on the East Island. He wondered how many people would change their stance after Xiang Zizhen’s actions.
The subordinate beside Rong Sufei said, “Lord, you don’t have to worry too much. Although Xiang Zizhen’s taking out so many treasures this time has exceeded our expectations, it’s definitely impossible for him to make the martial artists of the East Island change their stance with just these treasures.
“Even if a small number of people will change their stance, it won’t hurt. As long as most of the people on the East Island are on our side, the statue built by you on the East Island will not be shaken! With the statue around, it’s impossible for Xiang Zizhen to refine the earth vein on the East Island!”
Rong Sufei nodded. Thinking of the statue he had built on the East Island, he immediately felt much more at ease. As long as the statue was still there, he would always be invincible! However, he had to think of a way to prevent the martial artists of the East Island from changing their stance. He could not let Xiang Zizhen constantly instigate these martial artists to defect on the East Island.
“It’s going pretty well.” Xiao Shi looked at the martial artists from the East Island who had come to visit Xiang Zizhen. At the same time that these East Island’s martial artists came to meet and receive their greeting gifts, Xiang Zizhen also announced the benefits that supported him.
Although many people still chose to wait and see after knowing the benefits, there were also some people who changed their stance under such generous benefits. All in all, there were many more people who changed their stance than Xiao Shi had originally expected.
“The next step is to destroy this annoying statue!” Xiao Shi stared at the huge statue in the distance. On the first day he arrived in Nandou Domain, he had wanted to destroy this statue. And now, he knew that this statue suppressed the earth vein on the East Island. If he did not destroy it, he would not be able to refine the earth vein here. He could not tolerate the existence of this statue even more.
Based on the people’s hearts that Xiang Zizhen had obtained, he would definitely suffer a backlash if he rashly destroyed this statue. Part of the reason why people like Zou Xiang, who had been observing, did not immediately change their stance was that once they changed their stance, they would no longer be able to enjoy the cultivation increase brought about by this statue.
And Xiao Shi had already thought of a solution. After Xiang Zizhen distributed the treasures, he would immediately begin to implement this plan. As long as he could overthrow this statue, the East Island was basically taken down.
As a large number of martial artists from the East Island arrived every day, after ten days, all the martial artists in the East Island basically received greeting gifts from Xiang Zizhen.
Xiang Zizhen had successfully gained many people’s hearts on the East Island. Even those who remained on the sidelines had a good impression of Xiang Zizhen. There was no longer any resistance.
In addition, Xiao Shi also realized that some martial artists from the West Island actually disguised themselves as martial artists from the East Island and came to receive the greeting gift after they learned of this matter.
Xiang Zizhen’s method was to vaguely expose the identities of these people. But he was not stingy with his greeting gifts. He expressed to them that no matter where they came from, he welcomed anyone from Nandou Domain.
Such an action made Xiang Zizhen gain a wave of popularity on the West Island. After Rong Sufei found out about this, he had no choice but to block the passage of the two islands in order to avoid more martial artists from the West Island running to the East Island.
When he found out about the benefits Xiang Zizhen had given him, he realized that the treasures on Xiang Zizhen were far more numerous than he had imagined. He became even more anxious.
As Xiao Shi assisted Xiang Zizhen, he also paid attention to the situation on the West Island. His demon avatar had been placed on the West Island. He kept an eye on the situation on the West Island at all times.
The West Island knew that Xiang Zizhen had given them a greeting gift, and even though Rong Sufei immediately imitated Xiang Zizhen and gave them a greeting gift, the quality of the greeting gift he gave was far inferior to the treasure Xiang Zizhen gave. It could only prevent him from being criticized on the West Island and could not obtain support because of this.
With him blocking the passage of the two islands, it made many martial artists on the West Island dissatisfied with him.
“I believe Rong Sufei will take action soon.” Xiao Shi narrowed his eyes. With their actions, he did not believe that Rong Sufei would choose to wait for death. However, before Rong Sufei took action, Xiao Shi decided to do something bigger first. “It’s time to get rid of this annoying statue!” He stared at the huge statue in the distance with a cold glint in his eyes..
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