Immortal Father
Chapter 858 - 858 300 Just an Ordinary Spring 3

858: Chapter 300: Just an Ordinary Spring 3 858: Chapter 300: Just an Ordinary Spring 3 Calamity Venerated Elder listened quietly to a subordinate’s report, sitting on a meditation cushion without moving for a long while.

Daoist Mosquito and over a dozen powerful fierce demons stood silently by his side, also having heard of the events unfolding in the main world.

Li Ping’an, an Intercepting Sect Immortal, arrived at Mount Ling with a commanding presence.

The Great Sect Leader of the Western Sect, Daoist Jieying, personally spoke up, claiming that he would hand over the Calamity Venerated Elder to the Heavenly Court.

Such words, at first hearing, were clearly a temporary measure, one that wouldn’t affect the Venerated Elder’s status within the sect.

But the key issue was that Daoist Jieying resorted to using this temporary measure.

This only indicated that the two sect leaders of the Western Sect had lost all advantage, and the alliance between the Intercepting Sect and the Human Race had put immense pressure on the Western Sect.

“How interesting.”

Calamity Venerated Elder suddenly laughed, his eyes full of amusement, and slowly said,

“Li Ping’an, a disciple of the Chan Sect, has completely sided with the Intercepting Sect.

The Chan Sect even dispatched Guang Chengzi, yet they afforded no courtesy at all.

“It’s strange, shouldn’t this fledgling Heavenly Court be hesitant to make a move between Chan and Jie?

“Isn’t he afraid of angering the Leader of the Chan Teachings?”

The fierce demons dared not interject.

Calamity Venerated Elder asked, “How great were the losses on Mount Ling?”

“This…”

The reporting demon spoke in a deep voice,

“The losses were quite severe, many treasures have vanished without a trace, and there’s no evidence left by the adversaries.

“It’s said that three lotus seeds have disappeared, all capable of cultivating Eighth Grade golden lotuses or higher.

“It’s very likely that they were pilfered by an immortal from the Intercepting Sect.”

“It must have been that Treasure-seeking Rat,” Calamity Venerated Elder sighed softly, “This is Emperor Ping’an warning us that we too have vulnerabilities in the Great Desolate Era.

We must have a baseline in our actions; otherwise, such incidents will recur, and my two revered masters’ faces will be rubbed raw by the Tongtian Sect Leader.”

A demon remarked, “Venerated, losing face isn’t such a big deal.”

“Mm—”

Calamity Venerated Elder nodded in agreement, earnestly saying,

“You speak wrongly, to have no shame is one thing, to be overtly disgraced is another.

Our principle is to be shameless, not to be shamed.

“That’s something you all should understand.”

Daoist Mosquito asked, “Venerated, the Tongtian Sect Leader is all set to support the Human Race’s Heavenly Court.

The Human Race may well initiate a large-scale assault on the Western Continent.

How should we respond?”

“The land of the Western Continent is our wedge in the main world.

Whether this wedge is big or small is immaterial; it must be firmly placed there.”

Calamity Venerated Elder continued to ponder.

He slowly said,

“The fate or perhaps the lifeline of the Great Desolate Era lies in the main world.

We toil to manage these lesser worlds only to collect faith and accumulate power.

“Now, it’s time to gradually pull in the net.

“Later, Jin Chan will lead another group of demon soldiers back to the main world.

First, we’ll send three million Dao soldiers to die, testing their combat strength, figuring out how to utilize the Dao soldiers effectively, and wear down the forces under the command of Xuanyuan Huangdi.

“Our current problem to solve is the Misty Realm.”

Daoist Mosquito spoke in a grave tone, “Venerated, the Misty Realm itself is enveloped by the Dao Charm of the Tongtian Sect Leader; it might be hard to deal with.”

“Hard to deal with or not, we must deal with it.

If Li Ping’an stabilizes his footing in the Misty Realm, in a few thousand years, he will devour us all.”

Calamity Venerated Elder slowly said,

“According to reports from our spies there, Tian Hu, the Great Mountain God, has actually come to life and been officially enshrined by the Heavenly Court; deducing from this, Li Ping’an can now use the faith and merit accumulated from wild gods for the use of the Heavenly Court.

This is our greatest trouble.

“But we are merely creatures between heaven and earth, not the Heavenly Dao itself, and we cannot see where this accumulation of faith and merit gathers.

“Even if we cannot destroy the Misty Realm, we must restrain them, holding out until we can accomplish our master’s vision.”

“Yes,” Daoist Mosquito said, “then I will first arrange for some Loose Cultivators from the Human Race to probe.”

“No rush, let me think about it.

The Misty Realm is filled with members of the Witch Clan, and they are not easy to handle.”

Calamity Venerated Elder fell into silent thought once more, and the underground hall became as silent as a dropping pin.

From the adjacent hall, a deep roar echoed.

It was Chiyou, freshly pieced together, accepting the infusion of Demonic Qi from the Sea of Blood.

“Ah, that’s it, let’s probe this way.”

Calamity Venerated Elder sneered coldly,

“Isn’t the Human Race’s vulnerability its mortals?

Let’s start by stirring up some plague in the Misty Realm, then send some wicked spirits and dangerous souls there to cause trouble.

That’ll keep the celestial officials of the Heavenly Court busy.

“Send some elites as well, to ambush their celestial officials.

Try to kill as many as possible.

“Once we get a clear idea of the hidden mechanisms in the Misty Realm, we’ll act to push them back to the main world.”

“Yes!” the demons responded in unison.

Calamity Venerated Elder further instructed,

“Remember to control the scale of the plague; don’t kill too many mortals at once.

Just create some panic.

“If it provokes the Tongtian Sect Leader to make another trip to Mount Ling, our master might have to start his plan sooner than anticipated, and our preparations are still not sufficient.

“The key is to keep those celestial officials exhausted, facilitating the ambush of their officials as cleanly as possible.”

“Yes!”

…

Three days later, in the main world, it was night.

And the night in Dong’an City was bustling with activity.

One high-service building after another was brightly lit and decorated, with no shortage of Loose Cultivators sneaking into the city under cover of darkness.

Of course, only a small portion of these establishments were “overnight relationship ford disaster grounds.”

Nowadays, Dong’an City’s nighttime entertainment included, but was not limited to, tea-drinking, book-listening, dance-watching, song-listening, foot-soaking, massage, bathing, Dao-discussing, and snack streets.

Places bearing the character ‘cloud’ were especially popular, and any shop with that character was inevitably prosperous and filled with customers.