Chapter 292: Chapter 195: Harvest_2
As to why he needed to withdraw…
Of course he had to withdraw!
The situation was already crystal clear.
Xu Ling’s legacy was of great importance, and within a century, there would inevitably be major changes in this world.
Now, beyond the boundaries of the Void Spirit Realm, a multitude of powers converged, all covetously eyeing this treasure.
The commotion he had caused was big enough. If he did not withdraw now and continued to let things develop, when the Void Spirit Cave Heaven opened in a hundred years, he, the Stone Spell King of Green Jade Mountain who had ruled Liang Country for many years, would inevitably become the primary target for everyone.
This was clearly not what Xu Yang wanted.
So he chose to withdraw after achieving his goals and retreat to develop from behind the scenes.
Of course, this move had a bit of a ‘burying his head in the sand’ quality to it.
Not to mention the Tianshu Sect, even the various powers lurking outside, and the cultivators within the Void Spirit Realm, probably all had great doubts about his life and death.
But there was no way around it. You can’t do everything perfectly, without a single flaw or leak.
Sometimes, with some issues, you just have to choose between ‘not so bad’ and ‘especially disastrous.’
Like now, faking death to escape, though it seemed even more suspicious, it was truly better than continuing to rule Liang Country and becoming the top target of major powers in a hundred years, right?
Choosing the lesser of two evils, it was better to vanish into the city and hide.
Having decided to withdraw, then why bother with a big battle before leaving, leading to a pyrrhic victory?
It was to preserve the Liang Kingdom Cultivation Realm.
In ten years, the Green Jade’s teachings and the Taoist Martial True Scripture had spread throughout the Liang Kingdom Cultivation Realm, available for all to learn and practice.
The cultivators of Liang Country, as long as they practiced, were all Xu Yang’s disciples, and could bring him feedback through various features of the “teacher skill.”
They were equivalent to millions of cultivation accelerators!
If Xu Yang withdrew directly and returned the Liang Kingdom Cultivation Realm to the rule of Tianshu Sect, would they allow the Taoist Martial True Scripture to continue spreading?
Obviously not, they might even carry out a purge, slaughtering those who practiced it and forbidding the spread of the Green Jade teachings.
This was something Xu Yang could not tolerate.
Xu Yang lacked a Spiritual Root and relied solely on skills for cultivation, as well as various kinds of nourishment and external forces like the Luotian Dajiao to advance swiftly.
Now, with his Nascent Soul formed, the Luotian Dajiao was not that effective anymore; its power greatly reduced. After all, this mana point was used in the World of Dao and Law to achieve the status of a Heavenly Master, and above that rank, it naturally became less effective. The Wandao School had not yet been able to innovate and create a new Luotian Dajiao suitable for higher realms.
Without the Luotian Dajiao, relying only on Spirit Pills and Medicines for nourishment?
It wasn’t impossible, but the resources of this accursed place, Liang Country…
One word, slow, very slow!
So the “cultivation babies” must be kept, no matter what.
Otherwise, Xu Yang’s cultivation speed would slow to an unacceptable level, leaving him powerless to cope with the changes brought about by the Void Spirit a hundred years later.
To protect these “cultivation accelerators,” Xu Yang had no choice but to go after the Tianshu Sect and eradicate them completely.
As for whether they would flip the table…
Times had changed!
Xu Yang used to be concerned about this, but now he was not worried at all.
Given the current situation of the Big Dipper Immortal Sect, it was impossible for them to flip the table.
Because that would do them no good. Now that powers have gathered outside the Void Spirit Realm, even if they used the Immortal Sect’s potential to blast open the Cave Heaven, they would gain no advantage, and might even find themselves in a compromised position due to the lack of high-end combat power.
And even if Tianshu Sect, in a fit of desperation, wanted to blast open the Cave Heaven by any means, Xu Yang had the “Escaping One” to cover him, combined with the power of the Earth Deities. As long as he gathered all the Spirit Monsters into beast bags and hid under Fish and Dragon Island with the divine seal concealing him, Xu Yang didn’t believe they could still find him.
If they could find him under those circumstances, then Xu Yang would accept his fate.
In any case, he had done his utmost with this matter.
How things would develop from here was up to fate.
He needn’t be too concerned about that.
This was the cost of the war, as well as strategic planning.
Xu Yang lowered his gaze, then looked at the spoils of war.
Although the battle had been fierce, culminating in mutual destruction, his formidable power allowed him to still plunder some spoils.
First was a Spirit Sword, broken into several pieces.
It was the treasured Tianshu Sword, an upper-tier Tianshu Spirit Sword!
This sword was incredibly powerful, but it was unfortunate enough to meet Xu Yang’s Thunderfire Overturning Heaven Seal.
The Thunderfire Overturning Heaven Seal, forged from the Gold Stone Qi of the three mountains and five sacred peaks, was naturally the nemesis of Flying Swords and similar items. After composing the Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, its toughness was even greater, and its power was more substantial. The Tianshu Sword, being pure offense and no defense, naturally could not withstand it.
Now that the sword was broken into pieces and its spirit destroyed, a decline in quality was inevitable, but the material quality was there, and in the end, it still was a Lower Grade Spiritual Treasure.
A Lower Grade Spiritual Treasure, no matter how low-grade, was still a Spiritual Treasure.
Xu Yang had scoured Liang Country, accumulating resources for ten years, just to refine a Lower Grade Spiritual Treasure. In the end, it was only due to chance and Heavenly Tribulation Creation that he obtained a middle tier one.
Just this Spirit Sword alone would compensate for the Spirit Stone deficit caused by this war’s expenses.
Xu Yang was a Sword Cultivator himself, in particular a cultivator of the Heavenly Sword, so the Tianshu Sword was also very suitable for him.
Unfortunately, he did not plan to use it.
The best match for the wielder of the Heavenly Sword was still Xuanyuan.
This sword, he intended to smelt and disassemble, harvesting its materials to repair the Thunderfire Overturning Heaven Seal.
As the sword was metallic, it matched perfectly with the Rebellion Seal. After melting and forging it, not only could it repair the damages from the recent battle, but it would also deepen the essential potential of the Thunderfire Overturning Heaven Seal, creating a foundation for advancing to an upper-tier Spiritual Treasure in the future.
This was the first acquisition; now on to the second.
He drew forth a bronze mirror from amidst a myriad of Star Stones, the center of which was polished and gleaming, and Xu Yang took it out.