Chapter 590: 259: People’s thoughts are hidden, Soul Devouring Ancestor approaches the city!
(Willful addition)_2 Chapter 590: 259: People’s thoughts are hidden, Soul Devouring Ancestor approaches the city!
(Willful addition)_2 In fact, after the past few years, she has cultivated the “Longevity Spring Skill” to the twelfth level.
Had she been in the four-level Spirit Vein Land of Longevity Peak in the Longevity Sect, she would have been able to break through to the Golden Core in just four years of cultivation.
She sat up from her recliner instantly, bound her hair up, and began cultivating with her exquisite tall body sitting cross-legged, her demeanor calm and elegant.
Throughout the night, Chen Dengming did not cultivate.
He mainly practiced arranging formations, and observed the situation in the border city through the incarnation that remained there.
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In this wilderness where spiritual energy is sparse, half a month of cultivation is no match for a day’s cultivation at Longevity Peak in the four-level Spirit Vein Land.
Therefore, there is no need to waste precious energy on foolish diligence.
Through the observations of his incarnation, he had already confirmed that almost all of the Demon Cultivators of the Soul Devouring Sect and cultivators of the Zou Family had been captured or put to death.
The war that suddenly swept through the border city had subsided in just half a day.
What surprised him, however, was that Jia Guoxian, a Golden Core cultivator of the Hualong Sect, came to his rented residence that night to express his gratitude and hand over the spoils of war confiscated from the Zou Family.
Considering the current situation of the border city, Chen Dengming chose to let his incarnation meet with the other party and made some suggestions.
Although the incarnation only has the cultivation level of the False Core, it would not be discovered by the Golden Core cultivator unless they deployed their Divine Sense – an extremely offensive behavior – so there was no risk of exposure.
“Taoist son, these are the ill-gotten wealth confiscated from the Zou Family, all contained in this storage bag.
Please take it.
This is the spoils of war you deserve.”
After entering the residence, Jia Guoxian expressed a few tactful words before handing a storage bag to Chen Dengming, looking weary yet grateful and joyful.
“Daoist Jia, I once said that these merits and wealth…”
“Ah!”
Jia Guoxian hurriedly interrupted, “You can rest assured, Taoist son.
I admire your integrity and won’t do anything that disgraces you.
I’ve already distributed half of the wealth confiscated from the Zou Family to our injured and fallen brothers, and used twenty percent for the reconstruction of the border city.
You must accept the remaining thirty percent!”
Unable to refuse any longer, Chen Dengming accepted it without ceremony, and dismissed the idea of reclaiming the spirit crystals for his rented residence from the Affairs Room Steward.
Although he rented it for half a year, he had lived in the house for less than half a month, which was somewhat wasteful.
But with thirty percent of the wealth of the Zou Family as his gain, he considered the rent for those high-quality spirit crystals as an investment in the construction of the border city.
He continued to pull on Jia Guoxian, carefully choosing his words to present his suggestions.
“So it seems you have already received the news too, Taoist son.
It’s to be expected, your sect would definitely be alerted when the Divine Transformation powerhouses clash, especially in this instance…”
Jia Guoxian sighed, didn’t say more, and solemnly said, “If you think that more powerful Demon Cultivators will invade the border city in the future, then I cannot leave.
There’s no other choice.
This is our duty for holding this position.
The experts of my Hualong Sect and the Heavenly Dao Sect will come to support us soon.
During this time, I will stay here to defend.”
He paused and looked earnestly at Chen Dengming, saluting, “I take the liberty of asking you, too, Taoist son, to stay here with me, to stand by my side in battle, to protect the border city together.”
Chen Dengming looked at Jia Guoxian’s eyes, with his spirit vaguely perceiving some thoughts behind the other’s determined eyes, suspected of exploitation.
However, considering that it was only an incarnation at stake, he thought it would do no harm to contribute to the alliance if there wais any danger.
Without further ado, he sighed and saluted.
“I will stay and help you guard for a while.”
In his heart, he said, ‘Only this incarnation is available for now’.
From the depths of Jia Guoxian’s seemingly firm eyes, he could see a bit of nervousness, fluster, and anticipation.
The other party was so solicitous probably because of his urgent plea for him to stay and keep the city together.
If he were to say that the other party was not flustered, it would be impossible.
After all, so many people have died from their failure to seize the city, it’s very likely that the Soul Devouring Sect would be furious and immediately send new experts to retaliate and seize the city.
The test now is the speed at which both sides send reinforcements.
Whoever’s reinforcements arrive faster will take the city.
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However, all of these now have nothing to do with him.
He had already saved the border city once, saving Jia Guoxian and many others.
Despite his kind advice to Jia Guoxian to lead the experts of the Hualong and Heavenly Dao Sects as well as others to leave first, the other party was unwilling to leave due to his sect duties, so he could do nothing about it.
He could only express admiration and regret from the bottom of his heart, and respect the other party’s choices.
However, he could not, due to the other’s solicitation, neglect the safety of himself and He Yingyu and truly stay.
Leaving an incarnation to assist the other was the ultimate act of grace.
“If I were the higher-ups of the two sects, I would probably ask for the preservation of people first and leave the border city.
Even if the city was taken, it could be retaken later.
What matters is to keep people alive…
The idea of people-orientedness has been deeply rooted in me in my previous life, and it still holds in this life in the Longevity Sect.”
Chen Dengming controlled his incarnation to send Jia Guoxian to the door, watching his retreating figure and sighed to himself, “Good luck!”
Jia Guoxian was willing to be at the mercy of the will of Hualong and Heavenly Dao Sects, harboring a glimmer of hope.
Chen Dengming, however, was not willing to pay for the decisions of others, to stake his own life on a view he didn’t agree with.
He was willing to sacrifice an incarnation at most.