I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 191: Prosperity and Decline

Many cultivators who have close ties with the Wuji Sect cannot leave and can only stay behind.

Many cultivators want to escape, but the Wuji Sect has employed numerous methods to prevent them from doing so. There are also many cultivators who want to peacefully resolve this matter with the sect, but now the Wuji Sect has no choice left.

It can be said that even before the Qingfeng Sect's camp has launched an attack, the morale of the Wuji Sect has already been weakened, and their strength has diminished.

During this period, there was also an incident that became the subject of ridicule throughout the Zhao Kingdom.

The Zhu family of the Wuji Sect, the same family that extorted the Lin family's mountain, experienced a decline in their family's power after their ancestor Zhu passed away and their elder Zhu failed to break through to the Purple Mansion stage. Faced with the growing threat from the Zhao Kingdom, the Zhu family actually considered fleeing the Wuji Sect as a whole.

When their ancestor was still alive, the Zhu family used some means to make the spiritual consciousness left behind by their Foundation Building cultivators in the sect fake, allowing the Foundation Building cultivators of the Zhu family to successfully leave the Wuji Sect.

However, they did not dare to seek refuge with other forces in the Zhao Kingdom and instead thought of going to other states.

The Zhao Kingdom is located on the eastern side of the Yunzhou, close to the Endless Sea. The Zhu family's more than ten Foundation Building cultivators had a good idea, planning to fly to other states through the Endless Sea.

But the result...

They flew less than a hundred miles and returned to the Wuji Sect.

At this time, the Wuji Sect also became aware of this matter and captured these cultivators again, leaving their spiritual consciousness behind, ready to live and die with the Wuji Sect.

As for why they returned after flying a hundred miles, according to the Zhu family cultivators, they saw a flock of birds in the air, and the two leading birds were Purple Mansion stage demonic beasts. They hurriedly returned.

Upon hearing this, all the knowledgeable cultivators in the Zhao Kingdom laughed. These Zhu family cultivators were simply too naive.

Who doesn't know that although there are other states beyond the Endless Sea that isolates Yunzhou, none of them have the strength of the Gold Core stage. Who would dare to cross it? The Zhu family was lucky enough not to lose their lives. Previously, there were incidents where even Purple Mansion stage cultivators from the Zhao Kingdom perished. If there might be Purple Mansion stage demonic beasts in the mountains of the Zhao Kingdom, then the Endless Sea is filled with them, especially avian beasts, which cultivators find difficult to deal with. Not to mention the giant beasts in the sea. With such a vast sea, who knows what kind of demonic beasts might be born? Gold Core stage cultivators would probably be common.

There are small islands in the sea where one can rest, but it can be said that the dominant force in the sea is demonic beasts. Cultivators can only flee when they encounter them. The demonic beasts on the islands are even more terrifying.

The Zhu family members have managed to save their lives this time.

However, many people feel a bit regretful. If all the Zhu family members had died outside, it would have been like the Wuji Sect losing an arm.

As time slowly approaches, the situation in the entire Zhao Kingdom can no longer be described as tense. The Qingfeng Sect and the Xianxia Sect have been dispatching cultivators frequently, gradually approaching the Wuji Sect, while the Wuji Sect remains in a defensive posture, constantly retreating.

As Huaxiu said, the upcoming battle is mainly a contest between these three major sects. The Chiyang Immortal City and the Baibao Tower are only serving as high-level combat forces to deal with the Purple Mansion stage cultivators of the Wuji Sect. The lower-level cultivators and various territories of the Wuji Sect are constantly being taken over by cultivators sent by these two sects to gain benefits.

If this war is successful and the Wuji Sect is annexed, both sects will grow stronger in the future.

Previously, Qin Laozu had told Lin Qing that he would be notified when the time came, but now it was unnecessary. This was because the members of the Qingfeng Sect had made a bold move after seeing the effective oppression of the Wuji Sect.

In the month before the agreed-upon six-month period, the Qingfeng Sect, the Xianxia Sect, and the Chiyang Immortal City jointly issued a call for all cultivators within the Zhao Kingdom to join forces against the Wuji Sect. For a while, major families and individual cultivators flocked to respond.

To be honest, when Lin Qing heard about this, he felt that something was not right, that it was going too far.

This call for recruits was not meant for this time. It was usually issued in the face of invasion by cultivators from other countries or when the Zhao Kingdom faced the threat of annihilation. After it was issued, all cultivators in the Zhao Kingdom would gather together to respond. But now, it was just an internal struggle within the Zhao Kingdom, yet they raised the banner of recruitment, which seemed inappropriate.

But in this matter, Lin Qing had no say at all because no one from the Qingfeng Sect had consulted him.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Qingfeng Sect, Lin Qing, although a Purple Mansion cultivator, was only in the early stage of the Purple Mansion. After Lin Qing confirmed his collusion with them, they no longer needed to pay much attention to him. In the future, he would just receive a slightly larger share of the benefits.

In response, Lin Qing kept a low profile and quietly watched the development of the situation. Although he couldn't be described as sitting back and watching the tigers fight, he was still waiting patiently.

After the Qingfeng Sect issued the call for recruits, the Wuji Sect quickly responded by issuing their own call.

However, compared to the Qingfeng Sect's camp, very few individual cultivators were willing to follow the Wuji Sect's call, and only a few closely related families responded.

This was easy to understand.

Setting aside who was right or wrong, the power imbalance was clear to everyone.

The individual cultivators and families were not fools; they could see the huge disparity and naturally chose to stand with the Qingfeng Sect.

In simple terms, they would support whoever won.

The call for recruits issued by the Qingfeng Sect emphasized that the Wuji Sect had been acting recklessly in recent years, relying on their own strength, and now it was time to eradicate them. On the other hand, the Wuji Sect claimed that the Qingfeng Sect and its camp had been influenced by other forces and were trying to incite chaos in the Zhao Kingdom, using the Wuji Sect as an excuse.

Both sides had some basis for their claims, but now no one was willing to listen to the Wuji Sect.

One day, Lin Xuzhe met Lin Qing, and they unconsciously started talking about the call for recruits. After a while, Lin Xuzhe sighed and said, "Father, in this current conflict between the two sides, our Lin family is safe and sound, but the future of the Zhao Kingdom is uncertain. Regardless of who wins or loses, in this relentless battle between the two sides, the overall strength of the Zhao Kingdom will suffer. After this battle, the overall strength of the Zhao Kingdom will regress by several decades. If nothing unexpected happens, not to mention external forces, even the Bai Bao Tower in the Chiyang Immortal City will expand greatly after the Wuji Sect is destroyed. In just a few years, a new force will emerge. At that time, whether it's called the Wuji Sect or not will be irrelevant; it will just be another Wuji Sect."

Lin Qing nodded and then said, "Xuzhe, that's just how things are in this world. Separation and reunion, reunion and separation. It's just a change of name, but in the end, it's all the same. Father understands what you mean, but this is not something anyone can change. There are not many people like you who can see things clearly. Most people just go with the flow. And even those who see things clearly, at this moment, they pretend not to."

After speaking, the father and son mourned for the future of the Zhao Kingdom.

The rise and fall of sects is unstoppable by anyone, and the reasons for it are endless. But all of that is not important; what is important is the underlying root. In the competitive and motivating world of cultivation, the struggle of life and death is inevitable.

(End of this chapter)