Easy Way of Cultivation: Power Harvesting

Chapter 570: Chapter 352: Arranging for Wei Fan and the Vajra Sect

Zilan Sect, Sun Tao dragged his exhausted body back to the sect.

"Grand Elder, you finally returned!"

The Second Elder Huang Qiyuan came up to him: "The news that Fang Nanfei and the other two were killed by Wei Fan has spread in Jianghu, and the disciples in the sect are all agitated, clamoring for revenge."

"Wei Fan..."

Hearing this name, Sun Tao couldn’t help but feel a surge of murderous intent. This time, he almost broke off negotiations with the Black Nether and had to pay a huge price to settle the matter of the Black Nether Organization’s assassins being killed by Wei Fan.

The price was so great that it was as if one or two Martial King Ninth Layer Elders had died again.

"Overestimating themselves, if all three of Fang Nanfei were subdued and killed by Wei Fan, wanting revenge and letting them go down the mountain would just be sending them to their deaths."

Sun Tao’s expression darkened. What was this agitation? They just wanted to force the Elders to act. Going out to kill Wei Fan would be courting death. If they couldn’t kill Wei Fan, then they’d wait to be killed by him.

Now, even with the deployment of Holy Soldiers, he wasn’t confident of killing Wei Fan, especially since Feng Hua also had Holy Soldiers, and Wei Fan’s Great Tripod was not much weaker than a Holy Soldier.

To ensure success in killing Wei Fan, they would need at least three or four Holy Soldiers; Zilan Sect would not risk all their Holy Soldiers.

Of course, most importantly, he had already renegotiated with the Black Nether, who would continue to send stronger assassins to kill Wei Fan, so there was no need for the Zilan Sect to take risks.

"Raise the bounty, take the Holy Soldier with you, and take some people down the mountain to make a show of it. Don’t really go find Wei Fan. I’ve already arranged things for him; he won’t live long."

Not doing anything would also be bad. After thinking for a moment, Sun Tao added.

Previously, they had sent Fang Nanfei and the others down the mountain for the sake of the Zilan Sect’s face. If they did nothing after Fang Nanfei’s group was killed, the sect would lose face entirely.

"Also, send someone to deliver the news of Tian Qiuping being killed by Wei Fan to the Fire Cloud Cave, and inform that person about Feng Hua’s appearance..."

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The three of them were on their way to Yun Jin City, not quickening their pace because of Yuan Jie’s matter; after all, even if the Demon Fiends wanted revenge, they would need to organize their forces.

What’s more, the Saint Son Yuan Jie being slain was a significant deterrent to the Demon Fiends. With the Demon Saint and numerous prodigies from Beiding Continent in the Wilderness, a peerless prodigy capable of killing a Saint Son was enough to provoke fear amongst the Demon Fiends, making them dare not act rashly.

On the way, the three of them just as usual, when encountering injustices, would proclaim the name of the Three White Horse Heroes to champion justice, slaying demons and eliminating fiends.

From time to time, they would also use their Demon Hunter Waist Token to check for any nearby missions and conveniently take them on if there were any.

"Your Yang Family has managed Da Xu reasonably well!"

Feeling the various conditions of Da Xu throughout the journey, Wei Fan couldn’t help but praise the Zhihua Clan. Here, the people lived and worked in peace, not exactly wealthy, but hardly anyone went unfed. As long as they were not lazy, food was not an issue.

Security was also decent, with the three traveling encountering few incidents requiring their intervention.

As for the officials, though some were minorly corrupt, on the whole, they were much better than those in the Great Victory Dynasty where Wei Fan had previously resided, surpassed only by the Dragon Kingdom under Long Jianying’s rule.

However, according to Feng Hua, it wasn’t generations of wise rulers from the Yang Family, but rather the oversight of the Demon Hunter Organization that produced this state. For places governed by sects, the Demon Hunters had no supervisory power.

Yet, all Imperial Dynasties within the Five Great Domains were under the supervision of the Demon Hunter Organization.

This is why in the Five Great Domains, cities ruled by sects and families coexist with Dynasties.

Some forces, even though their domains rival those of Dynasties, choose not to establish a nation to avoid the scrutiny of the Demon Hunter Organization.

Once a territory is labeled an Imperial Dynasty, the Demon Hunter Organization must intervene in its governance.

Of course, establishing an Imperial Dynasty has its downsides, such as being under Demon Hunter supervision, but it also has advantages. If sect forces dare to oppress the Imperial Family, the Demon Hunter Organization will back them up.

Similar to the situation in the Wilderness, the Demon Hunter Organization provides certain resource support and aid to an Imperial Dynasty. If they encounter an insoluble Demon Fiend issue, upon reporting, the Demon Hunter Organization will send experts to handle it.

This is unlike the sects and families that only establish cities. As long as they aren’t destroyed by Demon Fiends, the Demon Hunter Organization doesn’t intervene if they are eradicated, as with the Chen Family of Ghost Mountain City, which was exterminated by Wei Fan and his two companions without any Demon Hunter inquiry.

However, if they eliminated an Imperial Family member without collusion with Demon Fiends, the Demon Hunter Organization would intervene, especially if it involves outsiders, as the Demon Hunters generally don’t destroy an Imperial Family without reason.

This is the downside of not being under the Demon Hunter Organization’s supervision; they won’t protect you, but if you do something wrong, the Demon Hunters will come to eliminate you.

The two governance methods each have their pros and cons.

Zhi Hua shook his head: "The places under my Imperial Yang Family’s jurisdiction are indeed decent, but the areas controlled by sects, the people’s lives aren’t as good."

Within the Imperial Dynasty, there are also sects. Like in the Wilderness, sects within the Dynasty and the Imperial Family don’t get along. Some sects stronger than the Imperial Family, within the Dynasty, act like emperors among emperors, arbitrarily exploiting the people.

Because as long as they don’t attack the Imperial Family or collude with Demon Fiends betraying the Human Race, the Demon Hunter Organization won’t act against them.

In fact, the Demon Hunter Organization supervises the forces of the Human Race in the Five Great Domains not so much through its many transcendent rules, but more through the chivalrous hearts of the demon hunters under its command.

"For example, not far ahead, there is a sect called the Vajra Sect. When the Court issues a decree, if the Vajra Sect does not agree, it cannot be implemented. The people within their territory are constantly oppressed and suffer greatly."

Many of the rules of the Demon Hunter Organization are aimed at Demon Fiends, as can be seen from its name.

For instance, within the Human Race’s territory, as long as there is a human harmed by Demon Fiends, even if only one person dies, the Demon Hunter Organization will investigate thoroughly, even going as far as dispatching powerful Martial Kings and issuing bounties to capture the culprit.

But if mountain bandits or Jianghu sects cause hundreds or thousands of deaths, the Demon Hunter Organization will not intervene.

It should be noted that being a demon hunter does not equate to acting on behalf of the Demon Hunter Organization. Demon hunters act independently and chivalrously, which is not necessarily the organization taking action. Only when bounties are officially issued does it count as the organization acting.

You could kill hundreds or thousands, and the Demon Hunter Organization wouldn’t care. You could even leave these bodies exposed to the Wilderness.

However, if after killing you feel that discarding the bodies is a waste, and instead feed them to Demon Fiends, trade with Demon Fiends, or use them to create Human Essence Pills and cultivate Demonic Martial Arts, then the Demon Hunter Organization will inevitably be drawn out.

Even if you didn’t murder them, but simply found the bodies on the road and used them for demonic purposes, the Demon Hunter Organization won’t seek the murderers but will certainly come after you.

Thus, even if a sect enslaves the people, the Demon Hunter Organization will not interfere, as long as you don’t engage in demonic acts.

It sounds peculiar, but that’s the reality.

And this is precisely why the Demon Hunter Organization has existed for countless ages, consistently leading the Human Race in the resistance against Demon Fiends. The organization’s core is to combat Demon Fiends, not to act chivalrously. The scope of chivalry is too broad, and among the organization’s enemies, there has never been the Human Race.

The Demon Hunter Organization never demands its members possess a chivalrous heart; they only need to hate Demon Fiends.

"Your Yang Family can’t deal with the Vajra Sect?" Wei Fan looked at Zhi Hua.

Zhi Hua shook her head and said, "The Vajra Sect used to be a Holy Sect. But like my Yang Family, now without a Martial Saint powerhouse stationed, it has fallen from the ranks of Holy Sects."

As she spoke, she showed a slightly embarrassed expression: "If my Yang Family wanted to destroy the Vajra Sect, we could certainly do it, but the cost would be too severe, and the ancestor of the clan won’t allow it."

Barely sustaining the people!

Wei Fan understood instantly. For most people, if protecting the populace can be done effortlessly, they won’t mind doing it.

But if protecting the populace requires risking their own lives or their loved ones’ lives, then they will stand by.

In fact, Wei Fan was one of those; ninety-nine percent of demon hunters are like that too, hence the first rule of the Demon Hunter Organization is to preserve your own life.

Demanding others to sacrifice, unless you take the lead in sacrificing.

The Yang Family is the same way; if eliminating the Vajra Sect required no effort, the Vajra Sect would have been gone for thousands of years already, but if it meant sacrificing many of the Yang Family’s Martial Kings, they certainly wouldn’t attempt to destroy the Vajra Sect.

A day later, Wei Fan and the other two passed the region where the Vajra Sect is located and entered a small city. The entire city exuded a bleak atmosphere, as if it had just suffered a major disaster, the streets sparsely populated, mostly with the elderly, weak, and women, hardly any robust young people.

Zhi Hua furrowed her eyebrows: "When I began my journey to gain experience, I traveled to every city in Da Xu. I’ve been here before; although it suffered from the Vajra Sect’s exploitation, it was still flourishing. How could it now have become so desolate?"

Wei Fan and Feng Hua felt it less obviously, but having visited before, she knew the situation here.

The pedestrians on the street hurried past; distress seemed etched in their brows, and encountering people like them from Jianghu, they avoided them as one would avoid plague gods.

"Excuse me, fellow townsfolk, what has happened to Xiaomeng City?"

Feng Hua grabbed an elderly woman passing by for information, but upon glancing at the sword held in her hand and the steed she led, the woman hastily said "I won’t say anything" and struggled to break free from Feng Hua’s grasp, seeming deeply fearful of her.

Seeing the woman’s panic, Feng Hua did not insist, releasing her to let her leave.

"There must have been a major incident here, and the populace is being threatened to keep quiet about it."

Although unaware of what happened, guessing some details was not difficult.

"Let’s go ask the Demon Suppression Bureau, they should know what happened!" Feng Hua snorted coldly, not intending to further trouble ordinary people.

Considering what they’ve encountered, none of the three could ignore it, as it’s not unlike the paths taken by the Three White Horse Heroes.

Feng Hua shook her head: "There is no Demon Suppression Bureau here, the Vajra Sect does not allow the Court to establish branches of the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"Then let’s go straight to the City Lord’s Mansion!"

Feng Hua looked towards the center of Xiaomeng City, using the Qi Observation and Demon Identification Technique to scan the surroundings, finding no Demon Fiends present.

Wei Fan was actually also scanning the people around, but his panel did not react, nor did he see any Demon Qi or the like.

Although the Demon Hunter Organization traverses the Five Great Domains, its reach cannot possibly penetrate every corner. In truth, the scourge of Demon Fiends in the Five Great Domains is far more serious than in the Wilderness.