Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 590 - 590 589 Perfect Persuasion

590: Chapter 589 Perfect Persuasion 590: Chapter 589 Perfect Persuasion However, the River Flood Dragon still had many questions.

“If everything is as you say, my Water Demon Clan is straightforward, and this deal can be done.

But I want to know, how can you guarantee that the Qin Sect and Yue Sect won’t interfere?

Even if your Shan Sect is powerful, it only holds territory in the Southwest, how can you make the two biggest Daoists in the Northwest willingly hand over the treasure?”

Hou Niao was neither hurried nor flustered.

“Perhaps you are not aware that concerning reforestation in the Kneecap Desert, the Qin Sect and Yue Sect are not opposed.

After all, this is a great act of kindness that benefits all the residents of the Northwest.

It’s a meritorious deed bound to benefit humanity greatly; which cultivator, which Daoist would refuse such merit?

This will undoubtedly win them favor before the Heavenly Dao.”

Therefore, as long as they know that the Water Spirit Pearl is used for this purpose, most cultivators in the Northwest won’t oppose it.

After all, this is their home, as well as the home of your Flowing Sand River Water Clan.”

If I’m not mistaken, desertification also greatly affects the Flowing Sand River, doesn’t it?

With the increasing sand, the riverbed rises, making it increasingly difficult for your Water Clan to control the water.

If this issue isn’t fundamentally resolved, after a few hundred or a thousand years, the Flowing Sand River might follow in the footsteps of the Snow River.

How would you, as a Lord, face your demon descendants and demon grandchildren?”

The River Flood Dragon was speechless, because this Sword Cultivator had hit the nail on the head.

To manage the river effectively, other methods were merely superficial fixes; only massive afforestation, turning the desert into plains with countless plants anchoring the soil, was the fundamental way to change the face of the Northwest.

This Sword Cultivator was formidable, having directly targeted his vulnerability.

To such a Great Demon, the living environment of the Water Clan was irresolvable.

With no legs to walk on land, where would they go if the water vanished?

Being rendered extinct was absolutely intolerable to it.

“What do you mean, young friend?”

“My meaning is this: let everyone go to the Ancient Lop Protective Forest and see for themselves.

Seeing the real thing beats countless words; what use is it now to explain and plead with them?

The proposal to afforest the desert has been around for more than a day or two, yet many still harbor doubts, not believing in its success.

Our plan is to let them see the results, which will make speaking up much easier.”

Then place the Water Spirit Pearl in the Snow River Dark River.

I can give it to you to familiarize yourself with its essence and operation, so you can retrieve it in a hundred years.

In such a case, how many human cultivators would dare commit a grave offense against the whole world by forcibly seizing the treasure?”

The River Flood Dragon was genuinely tempted, but there were still many details.

“What if, if the Qin Sect and Yue Sect still refuse and choose to make a forceful move?”

Hou Niao smiled, “Then your Demon Clan must rise up in resistance!

Whether you can hold out or not, your deeds will spread across the Continent.

You must believe that the mainstream of the human Cultivation World still loves nature, which is the cornerstone of the Jinxiu Continent Cultivation World.”

Then, the Qin Sect and Yue Sect will become targets of public criticism, shunned by the entire Cultivation World of the Continent, whether from the pressure of human cultivator forces or the strength of various Demon Clans across the Continent.

Can they stand against that?

The day that happens, your Flowing Sand Water Clan will be the heroes preserving nature in Jinxiu Continent.

Consider this: by that time, your reputation as Lord Flowing Sand won’t be limited to just the Northwest.

Where in the world would not recognize you?”

The River Flood Dragon admitted, it felt its Flood Dragon Blood boiling!

It was all due to the persuasion of this Sword Cultivator, who not only was compelling but also practical, not merely theorizing on paper.

But this was not the time to be hot-headed.

“So according to what you say, what significance does possessing the Water Spirit Pearl hold for my Flowing Sand Water Clan if the Qin Sect and Yue Sect dare not snatch it?

After a hundred years, does my Water Clan dare claim it as our own?”

Hou Niao gave a cold smile, “The Water Spirit Pearl is a rare natural treasure from Outer Space, and the Lord really dares to think big—to want to keep it in his own pocket to fiddle with and play, to make it one of your ornaments?

It should belong to the entire Jinxiu Continent.

The Lord is merely fulfilling a protective duty.

Only in this way will nobody constantly covet it with ill intentions.

This is the survival tactic of the Flowing Sand Water Clan, not to be overlooked.”

“But for you, is there a difference?

You can still constantly comprehend it without worrying about others coveting it.

Why must you possess it as your private property?

Can the Lord really protect it?”

The River Flood Dragon began to understand.

Indeed, not to mention the Flowing Sand Water Clan, even the Qin Sect and Yue Sect might not be able to protect it.

The Shan Sect never thought of taking the treasure back home, fearing it would become the target of all.

It also fully realized the true intentions of the Sword Cultivator, “I understand now, young friend.

Your intention is not really to give the treasure to my Flowing Sand Water Clan, but to act as a temporary administrator?

And the hundred-year agreement is just a diversion, perhaps for a very long time this Water Spirit Pearl can only stay in the Dark River, and whoever moves it will be a criminal of the Continent, right?”

Hou Niao chuckled, “A treasure is only a treasure when it is used where it should be used; otherwise, it’s just a plaything, where is the treasure in that?

In this way, the Lord becomes a guardian of the treasure for the people, utterly safe.

What concerns could there possibly be?”

The River Flood Dragon pondered, “If so, a large number of Water Clan need to guard the Dark River…”

Hou Niao reminded it, “Flowing Sand River is now riddled with demons, don’t you need to divert some?

In a few hundred or a thousand years, when Dark River becomes clear and returns to the glory of the Snow River, you would become the King of both rivers.

Such a merit, why do you hesitate?”

Glib-tongued, the River Flood Dragon finally understood another proverb.

Clearly, it was for his own planning, but speaking it out made it irresistible to them, as if the real advantage was his alone?

“Young friend, your mouth is even more powerful than a Flying Sword, leaving one speechless…”

Hou Niao spoke meaningfully, “The Lord is wrong, it’s not that I am eloquent, but that I am doing the right thing, not personal affairs.

If I were acting purely out of self-interest, how could I persuade the Lord?

How could I bring the Qin Sect and Yue Sect to reconsider?

How could I gather hundreds who share the same ideals in the direction of Ancient Lop?

Why not change the thought process and consider the future of Jinxiu Continent?

Imagine yourself as a fighter dedicated to nature?

As a hero who goes where millions have gone?

As a pioneer for the continuation of all living beings?

As a Great Demon revered by the public?

If the Lord thinks this way, you will discover from deep within yourself that you at least have the potential for it.

Weren’t all great historical figures once thought like this?

If you don’t dare to think it, how do you expect others to remember you?”

The River Flood Dragon was completely convinced, “All right, all right, I can’t argue with you, but I still don’t regret coming here to hear your persuasion, as you wish…

I am not some pioneering great figure, I don’t have that potential, I’m just the King of a great river, don’t put me too high, I’m afraid of falling…”

Hou Niao asserted seriously, “No, the Lord can be persuaded by me, which means you have that potential, indicating there is still goodness deep within your spirit; there is no need to feel unworthy.

Aren’t we all mortals, and isn’t it normal to give ourselves titles while fulfilling our wishes?”

The River Flood Dragon was completely crippled.