Chapter 277 : 244 Decision
Chapter 277 : 244 Decision
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The three Heavenly Saints of the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory couldn't fathom how the Heavenly Saints of the Demon Sects managed to find allies willing to help them, and to find three at once!
You must know that once cultivation reaches the Heavenly Saint Realm, there are very few things that are regarded as important, and those things that Heavenly Saints value, you can imagine how precious they must be.
Given the barrenness of the Western Wilderness and Southern Territory, unless born in this domain, it is rare for Heavenly Saints to set foot in the Western Wilderness and Southern Territory.
They would only be in the much richer central region with more cultivation resources, and in the Chaotic Sea Area where opportunities and fortunes are much greater.
Asking a Heavenly Saint for help is impossible without offering astonishing benefits.
After all, to engage in combat with other Heavenly Saints, sustaining injuries or death is a difficult thing for a Heavenly Saint to bear. Without significant benefits or interests involved, very few Heavenly Saints would assist others in war.
And in the Western Wilderness and Southern Territory, there really isn't much to captivate the attention of a Heavenly Saint-level powerhouse.
This is also the reason why the three Great Heavenly Saints of the Southern Territory couldn't figure out how the ten Great Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness managed to recruit Heavenly Saint-level helpers.
They couldn't understand, but facing this very real possibility, the three Great Heavenly Saints had to be extremely cautious!
They even had to make thorough preparations to face any potential crises that might erupt!
Three Great Heavenly Saints, ah, the strength of the ten Great Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness was already comparable to the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory. If they found three more Heavenly Saints as reinforcements, then should a war truly break out, the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory might suffer a crushing defeat!
Moreover, after Heavenly Saint Moya returned to the Demon Sects with the Law Relic of Heavenly Saint Linghua, the series of actions by the Demon Sects had made the Southern Territory uneasy.
Even though refining the Law Relic and performing a grand law ritual does not guarantee the creation of a new Heavenly Saint, what if a new Heavenly Saint was born? Wouldn't that mean even greater pressure on the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory?
The probability of defeat, of course, would be even greater!
As Fairy Jia Luo transmitted through her message, upon learning of these developments, the strongest Heavenly Saint of the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory, Heavenly Saint Long Xuan, immediately announced she would begin seclusion to break through to the mid-stage of the Heavenly Saint Realm! Your journey continues with m v|l-e'm,p y r
And Heavenly Saint Long Xuan declared that unless her breakthrough failed, or a war between the Southern Territory and Western Wilderness broke out, nothing else should disturb her. Facing the many tactics of the Western Wilderness, Heavenly Saint Long Xuan had the thought of a final battle!
Heavenly Saint Long Xuan, the most talented and powerful Heavenly Saint of the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory—if she really made it into the mid-stage of the Heavenly Saint Realm, she could potentially turn the tide!
But, of course, the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory couldn't put all their hopes on Heavenly Saint Long Xuan alone.
After Heavenly Saint Long Xuan went into seclusion, the other two Great Heavenly Saints, apart from trying to find other Heavenly Saints for assistance, also began preparations for nurturing the younger generation.
Over the past few hundred years, they discovered several legacy sites, and these sites contained many treasures that could greatly benefit practitioners at the Rotating Pill Realm.
The two Great Heavenly Saints directly placed these items from the legacy sites in one particular domain.
Normally, this domain was only accessible to the disciples of Heavenly Saints, but now, faced with the aggressive Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness, the two Great Heavenly Saints wouldn't keep it for personal use. They decided to open up this domain, fully nurturing all the talented Rotating Pill Realm practitioners across the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory!
If the ten Great Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness were planning to cultivate new Heavenly Saints, the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory certainly wouldn't fall behind!
Three days ago, Fairy Jia Luo, who had just returned to her sect, left in haste because she received the orders from the two Great Heavenly Saints. She was selected as an important candidate for nurturing and was to head to that special domain!
And the law talisman and letter that Fairy Jia Luo sent to Sister Yu one day earlier to pass on to Ye Chen, they contained a hidden purpose.
After Fairy Jia Luo went to that domain, she knew she might not come out for a long time, and it might be a while before she could return to the Taixuan Sect.
In such a situation, Fairy Jia Luo thought of Ye Chen and Jiang Yao! And many others from the Taixuan Sect!
She had already made arrangements for the others, but for Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, the two people Fairy Jia Luo was most concerned about—one a young man she esteemed, and the other her most beloved disciple—she naturally put in extra thought to arrange for them!
Ye Chen, with his performance in the ancient tomb, had already reached a level that could suppress early-stage Rotating Pill Realm practitioners, equivalent to the strength of a mid-stage Rotating Pill Realm practitioner.
In a situation where a war might erupt between the Southern Territory and the Western Wilderness, Fairy Jia Luo, of course, wanted to nurture Ye Chen to further enhance his strength—to protect himself and face the crisis!
Fairy Jia Luo requested the two Great Heavenly Saints to allow Ye Chen to join the training in that domain.
But when the two Great Heavenly Saints learned that Ye Chen was at the Spirit Sea Realm, they shook their heads. The cultivation items they placed in that domain were beneficial only to Rotating Pill Realm practitioners who had merged with the five major void heavens' laws and were of no use to Ye Chen, who was still at the Spirit Sea Realm.
Ye Chen could not enter that domain for cultivation.
At this point, Fairy Jia Luo thought of many arrangements and finally, she came up with the most appropriate one.
The letter for Ye Chen was related to this most appropriate arrangement!
The matter was to have Ye Chen proceed to the central region and cultivate within an even more powerful sect, a third-grade great sect.
This third-grade sect was called "Tai'a Sword Sect"!
When Ye Chen saw the name "Tai'a Sword Sect," he was astonished beyond measure.
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For Ye Chen had never been to "Tai'a Sword Sect," yet he had a significant connection with this sect!
Back when Ye Chen and Jiang Yao entered the Qian Lian Cave Mansion, the shadowy avatar of Heavenly Saint Qian Ji had mentioned that the sect Heavenly Saint Qian Ji and Lotus Leaf Heavenly Saint had joined years ago was the grand sword sect "Tai'a Sword Sect"!
Even the sword qi spirit liquid that Ye Chen and Jiang Yao absorbed through their Sword Palace acupoints, which they had activated, was derived from the innate sword qi "Tai'a Sword Aura" collected by Lotus Leaf Heavenly Saint at the Tai'a Sword Sect!
Ye Chen hadn't expected that Fairy Jia Luo would actually ask him to go to Tai'a Sword Sect for cultivation; the sect that Heavenly Saint Qian Ji and Lotus Leaf Heavenly Saint had joined back then turned out to be a third-grade major sect!
According to Fairy Jia Luo, she had traveled to the Central Region to participate in the Rotating Pill Realm Sword Dueling Conference years ago and befriended a late-stage Rotating Pill friend from Tai'a Sword Sect who also held a significant position within the sect.
The letter she gave Ye Chen was intended for that friend; as long as Ye Chen had the letter, that friend would surely take him in and allow Ye Chen to cultivate within the Tai'a Sword Sect.
Fairy Jia Luo also said that with Ye Chen's current cultivation level, Taixuan Sect could no longer teach him much, and since she was going to cultivate in the Heavenly Saint Domain, she wouldn't be able to instruct Ye Chen either. If Ye Chen were to practice in Tai'a Sword Sect, he could increase his strength much faster in a shorter amount of time.
After all, Tai'a Sword Sect was a third-grade major sect.
If it were before he learned about the impending war, Ye Chen might have hesitated to accept Fairy Jia Luo's suggestion to cultivate at Tai'a Sword Sect.
However, knowing that the Demon Sects were likely to launch a major war against the Southern Territory's thirteen kingdoms, Ye Chen's hesitation had turned into a final decision!
That is, he would follow Fairy Jia Luo's arrangements and go to cultivate within Tai'a Sword Sect!
As Fairy Jia Luo had said, a third-grade sect much stronger than Taixuan Sect could potentially enable Ye Chen to reach higher realms of cultivation in far less time!
With the impending war between the Western Wilderness and the Southern Territory likely to break out at any moment, Ye Chen naturally needed to seize every opportunity to enhance his strength!
Only when he truly became more powerful could he better protect himself, his loved ones, and his nation!
As he cultivated at Tai'a Sword Sect, he remained a disciple of Taixuan Sect and was also a citizen of the Heavenly Wind Kingdom; should war truly erupt between the Western Wilderness and the Southern Territory, he would definitely join in to contribute to the Southern Territory's cause!
A martial artist's cultivation could not always take place within a single sect, especially for the powerful ones, who might cultivate across many sects throughout their lives.
Therefore, Ye Chen wouldn't be overly resistant to going to Tai'a Sword Sect for cultivation.
Moreover, this was the very sect where Heavenly Saint Qian Ji and Lotus Leaf Heavenly Saint once trained—a third-grade major sect of the sword path—Ye Chen was also curious to see what this sect was like!
Another factor in Ye Chen's decision was Fairy Jia Luo's arrangement for Jiang Yao.
Through a transmitted message, Fairy Jia Luo also expressed her hope that Jiang Yao would go to Tai'a Sword Sect to cultivate. She had included Jiang Yao's name in the letter to her late-stage Rotating Pill friend from Tai'a Sword Sect.
Fairy Jia Luo knew from Ye Chen that Jiang Yao was undergoing a Bloodline Awakening; she hoped Jiang Yao could further her cultivation within the Tai'a Sword Sect after completing the Bloodline Awakening, so she would be able to protect herself when the great war came.
Ye Chen was even clearer than Fairy Jia Luo on how crucial strength was to Jiang Yao.
Jiang Yao belonged to the divine phoenix family from the Upper Realm's Minor Spirit Realm, which found itself besieged by two ancient races—the Zhu Yan race and the Flying Spirit race—in flaming warfare.
Knowing her background, one could imagine the weight on Jiang Yao's shoulders.
Although she now had the opportunity for a Bloodline Awakening, Jiang Yao would surely wish to accelerate her cultivation within a more powerful sect.
Although Jiang Yao was still in the midst of her Bloodline Awakening and had not emerged, Ye Chen, through the level of heart-mind connection he shared with Jiang Yao, knew that if Fairy Jia Luo suggested that Jiang Yao cultivate at Tai'a Sword Sect, she would certainly agree.
Sigh!
Within Sister Yu's small courtyard, Ye Chen took down the transmitted message talisman from Fairy Jia Luo off his forehead. He glanced at Jiang Yao, still cultivating inside the Blue Mansion, and heaved a long sigh.
"If that's the case, then it's off to the Central Region I go, to that 'Tai'a Sword Sect,' to take a look!"
Ye Chen had thought that he would soon be heading to the Central Region to participate in the Sword Dueling Conference.
Now it seemed there was something else in the Central Region that related to him.
"The Peak Master advised that the sooner I get to Tai'a Sword Sect, the better, it seems I must set off earlier."
Originally, Ye Chen had planned to remain in closed-door cultivation until just before the Sword Dueling Conference started and then head to the Central Region; now, this schedule had to be brought forward.
"After making some preparations, I'll head to the Central Region."
"The Sword Dueling Conference will start in a little over two months. Before that, I can visit the Tai'a Sword Sect first."
"Jiang Yao has been undergoing Bloodline Awakening for nearly two months now. Phoenix Spirit Senior mentioned that the longest period for Bloodline Awakening is three months. Perhaps by the time I reach the Central Region, Jiang Yao will have completed her Bloodline Awakening."
"By then, we can explore the Central Region together!"
Ye Chen had made up his mind.