Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 480 - 63 The Enfeoffment in the Underworld

Chapter 480: Chapter 63 The Enfeoffment in the Underworld

Jiang Jucai returned to his secluded cave mansion, activated the protective array, and took out a dark Black Iron Token.

A wisp of divine thought sank into the earth, entering the thick soil, traversing deep within the earth element.

The main means of communication in the Cultivation World is through divine thought, each method of transmitting divine thought is different. For safety and long-distance, objects such as paper cranes, flying swords, or Imperial Decrees are used to transmit messages. For quick communication, a thread of divine thought is pulled out to communicate within limited distances.

In most cases, the former is preferred by many cultivators.

It does not require extremely high cultivation to perform and there is no need to worry about exposing the location when transmitting divine thoughts.

Among the various ways of transmitting divine thoughts, flying escape is the fastest, while earth escape is the most hidden.

A quarter of an hour later, the Black Iron Token emitted a dark, eerie light, and a wisp of divine thought emerged from it.

"Hehehe... You still can’t sit still. I have a disciple who’s gone missing here. It seems that you’ve really been targeted by the True Martial Palace."

"It’s normal for an Evil Cultivator lurking everywhere to be killed."

"His soul token is still intact, indicating that his Three Souls and Six Spirits are still present. As long as we return his soul token, someone will perform a Soul Search to restore him."

Jiang Jucai frowned and said, "Didn’t you say that none of the disciples under your sect knew about the Jiang family, but only used the Jiang family’s name to commit evil deeds?"

"That’s true, but the Daoist Sect is not foolish. Every matter leaves a trace, every effect has a cause, you have the possibility of being exposed."

The cold divine thought seemed to grasp Jiang Jucai’s weakness, speaking in a soft, mocking tone, "Even if the Jiang family doesn’t get into trouble, why don’t you take control? After so many years, shouldn’t you stop this? If the Daoist Sect truly pursues it, do you think they won’t find out?"

"Once upon a time, my Heavenly Demon Sect also did not initially go against the Daoist Sect, but who would have expected that the Daoist Sect would truly investigate. Millions of disciples from the Daoist Sect, going up mountains and down to the countryside, visiting mortals, entering farming households, one by one."

"Qingcang couldn’t achieve Universal Unity, nor could we disguise a flourishing world. Whether it’s bitter or evil, the people will decide. When hundreds of inspectors visit the countryside where you don’t know, your concealment is useless."

Inside the cave mansion, silence fell.

Jiang Jucai’s face darkened, and his undisguised expression allowed the Returning to Void Stage elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect, located hundreds of miles away, to see it clearly, a dry smile cracking on his parched lips.

The Jiang family controls the Pill Alliance, and as a sect viewed as Evil Cultivators, what they lack most is not blood food, but pills and Spirit Stones.

No matter how good blood food is, it can’t compare to pills. Evil magic also values moderation, a proper amount, you can’t become an Immortal by just relying on consuming people.

Vitality, souls, dull energy, etc., can only play a supplementary role. In the end, everyone needs to refine qi to transform essence.

The Heavenly Demon Sect is in urgent need of pills, especially after the reclusive Pill Master from Huajian State disappeared, the hidden Evil Cultivators lack pills even more.

Relying solely on wild herbs cannot satisfy everyone, and they can’t openly cultivate Spirit Fields.

After a long time, Jiang Jucai asked, "Can the Heavenly Demon Sect help my Jiang family through this?"

"No, if we had that ability, we wouldn’t be hiding."

The cold divine thought was very honest, without the need to lie, only interests could be exchanged with smart people.

"But I can let you join the Heavenly Demon Sect, and I promise you an elder’s position."

"What’s the price?"

"I need the leaves of the Taixuan Tea Tree, three leaves."

"This is a unique Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root of the Yuqing Sect, I cannot obtain it."

"You can obtain it, do you think the Heavenly Demon Sect is like those small sects? Who doesn’t know that the Jiang family is backed by the Yuqing Sect?"

Otherwise, how could the Jiang family control the Pill Alliance?

Even considering all the Pill Sects, to bring in a non-Alchemy force to run things, it wouldn’t be allowed for a lesser-known cultivator family.

Jiang Jucai pondered for a long moment and said, "I can only get one leaf."

"One leaf is not enough, Yuqing Mysterious Leaves are not particularly rare, one per year."

"Asking for more will arouse suspicion, and one elder position isn’t worth that much."

The cold divine thought transmitted a mocking laugh, "If I give you the position of Great Elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect, would you dare to take it?"

"I dare."

Jiang Jucai’s tone was calm. Although he was not highly powerful, influence was not always solely determined by strength.

As the master of the Pill Alliance, known as the richest in the world, he had the capital to stand on equal footing with these giants of the Demon Path.

This was the influence of the Daoist Sect, the might of rules and order.

"As long as the Heavenly Demon Sect grants me the position of Great Elder, I can provide millions of Spirit Pills to the Heavenly Demon Sect. The Daoist Sect has not yet traced it to me, you know the acting style of the True Martial Demon Cleansing Heavenly Venerate, if there were truly problems, you wouldn’t be able to contact me now."

"..."

Such courage instead caused the divine thought on the other side to fall silent.

For what Jiang Jucai said was exactly what they needed, but being so coincidentally desperate left them at a loss.

"Allow me to think about it."

The Heavenly Demon Order lost its eerie light, the cave mansion fell silent.

Jiang Jucai casually threw it aside, not cultivating as usual but summoning Jiang Ning with a thread of divine thought.

The young master in a fur coat strode in, his posture always unruly. He came to a position a zhang away from Jiang Jucai who was sitting cross-legged on a jade platform and bowed with folded hands, "Second Ancestor, why have you summoned me?"

"Come closer, why stay so far away?"

Jiang Jucai beckoned, Jiang Ning immediately approached, kneeling below the jade platform, letting the Ancestor who watched him grow up pat his head.

Outside, he was a notorious troublemaker, the head of profligates, but in front of Jiang Jucai, he was just a child.

The Jiang family has proliferated to tens of thousands over the years, mostly due to Jiang Jucai’s arranged marriages and pregnancies from various connections, but only Jiang Ning’s lineage is singly passed down each generation.

This is because Jiang Ning was born from a female disciple of the Yuqing Sect whom he met in the Cultivation World.

At that time, they were merely at the Foundation Establishment stage, and the Yuqing female disciple eventually stopped at the Golden Core Stage.