Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 605: Four Eight Seven Mining

Chapter 605: Four Eight Seven Mining

Seven Innate Dao Monarchs and two Half-step Dao Sovereigns - this was the strength exhibited by the Divine Race on the surface. However, if the principle of always holding back was to be applied, the real strength of the Divine Race was certainly not limited to this.

Who, in this age, would be naive enough to reveal all of their strength? It was certain that everyone would reserve some - a hidden ace.

So, Jiang Chen guessed that the number of Half-step Dao Sovereigns in the Divine Race was not two, but three. As for the number of Innate Dao Monarchs, it should be around nine to ten.

No matter how concealed, it was impossible for the Divine Race to hide half of its strength - too extravagant an idea. The Divine Race doesn’t have any enemies they couldn’t reconcile with, why hide such a substantial amount of power? It was absolutely unnecessary.

"Ten Innate Dao Monarchs, Three Innate Dao Sovereigns, quite a formidable force."

Unable to ascertain the true strength of the Divine Race, Jiang Chen could only strategize based on his estimate.

Nevertheless, this wasn’t a big problem. As long as the Divine Race didn’t suddenly produce another Innate Dao Sovereign, everything would be within Jiang Chen’s control.

With the Tower of Heaven and Earth by his side, Jiang Chen was invincible below Dao Sovereigns. The top Fierce Beasts in the Five Elements Secret Realm possessed an enormous amount of strength, it approached that of an Innate Dao Sovereign, but even then, they were still slain by the Tower of Heaven and Earth.

The strength of the Divine Race was exceptional, but could it exceed the Fierce Beasts of the Five Elements Secret Realm?

Not to mention, Jiang Chen’s Ancestor of Thunder authority was poised to restrain the Divine Race. Under the suppression of the Ancestor of Thunder’s authority, the full strength of the Divine Race’s elites could at best manifest about eighty percent.

What Jiang Chen was concerned about was how to completely eliminate the Divine Race. The Divine Race wasn’t like Fierce Beasts - if they couldn’t defeat him, they would run away.

Each member of the Divine Race was a treasure. If any escaped, it would be incredibly heart-wrenching for Jiang Chen.

Furthermore, if the Divine Race was not quickly eradicated, once the news reached other forces, even if they didn’t help the Divine Race, they would rush to compete with Jiang Chen for the spoils of war.

Many forces had their eyes on the big piece of meat that was the Divine Race. They wouldn’t just sit by and watch Jiang Chen gulping down the entire Divine Race. They were bound to come and want a piece of the pie - even if they couldn’t get the meat, they would want some soup.

Jiang Chen had never been worried about the Divine Race. He was always concerned about the other forces coveting the power of the Divine Race.

"Destroying the Divine Race, for the Three Realms, is just a minor thing. But for the forces close to the Divine Race, it’s a major event. It’s difficult to not alert them."

"However, there is a way – that is, to extirpate the Divine Race from the Three Realms at the quickest speed, without giving the forces around them time to react."

A thought came to Jiang Chen’s mind, and he set the policy for this attack on the Divine Race. First, to screen the Heavenly machine with his divine ability, then obliterate the Divine Race with lightning speed and take over all the territories of the Divine Race in the process.

In the end, even if the other forces reacted, what could they do? The territories of the Divine Race already belonged to Jiang. If anyone dared to tamper, Jiang Chen wouldn’t mind killing a chicken to warn the monkey, leading them down the same path as the Divine Race.

Frankly, a single Divine Race could not satisfy Jiang Chen’s appetite. However, everything should be done with just cause. Jiang Chen could not take action against the other forces without proper reasons.

But if these forces attacked his territory, wouldn’t that give Jiang Chen a reason to attack them? To such forces, Jiang Chen said he was very welcoming; in fact, the more the better.

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"Your Majesty, please act for us, and seek justice from the Divine Race!"

"The Divine Race is brutal, oppressing us of the Human Race, we beseech Your Majesty to take action and punish the Divine Race..."

Unbeknownst to anyone, a vast number of Human Race cultivators had gathered outside Cang Mountain, continuously chanting slogans, imploring Jiang Chen to administer justice.

Their voices merged into one, overwhelming in its grandeur, with majestic willpower wildly spreading out, causing the sky to shiver, jolting Jiang Chen, who was recuperating in the Cangtian Hall, awake.

"Such a strong willpower. I never imagined people’s resentment towards the Divine Race has reached such a level, that it has pooled into a willpower as vast as a great river."

"If I hadn’t dealt with the Divine Race in time, venting people’s dissatisfaction, I’m afraid that this willpower would accumulate more and more, causing the Heavenly Dao to sense the tribulation."

Opening his eyes, Jiang Chen saw that above Cang Mountain, there was suddenly a vast river appear, surging in the boundless sky.

That was a river of willpower formed, and that willpower had come from a part of the Human Race’s resentment towards the Divine Race.

"Indeed, in a world where the mind can interfere with reality, ordinary people are also not to be slighted. The willpower of all beings at that time drew the Heavenly Dao’s response. Even the Innate Dao Sovereign would be peeled off a layer of skin." For the first time, Jiang Chen showed respect for common mortals.

A single mortal might not pose a threat, but when countess mortals gathered together, the erupted willpower was enough for Dao Sovereign, Quasi-Saint, and even the Great Divine Transcendents to frown and face suppression.

This kind of power was the ultimate manifestation of the Great Wish Technique. By subduing the faith of all beings with forty-eight great desires of the Hongmeng, it was used to suppress everything.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen’s understanding of the Great Wish Technique deepened, and he was able to mobilize more willpower from the void. The power of the Great Wish Technique skyrocketed, gaining a bit of the power of a Dao Sovereign.

At this moment, Jiang Chen realized something. The power of the Great Wish Technique came from the masses. To fully master it, he must interact with them; the closer he is to the people, the more powerful it becomes.

"Good, at this critical moment, the power of the Great Wish Technique has become even stronger. It can even suppress a half-step Dao Monarch; dealing with the Divine Race should not be a hard task."

Upon sensing the changes in the Great Wish Technique, excitement appeared on Jiang Chen’s face. He was worried about how to annihilate the Divine Race quickly, but now he had no need to.

He could simply use the Great Wish Technique. After forty-eight Hongmeng Great Wishes, he wondered how many of the Divine Race would be left. All would be subdued and suppressed by Jiang Chen, kneeling at his feet as his most devout followers.

Transforming the Divine Race entirely would be much easier than killing them outright. After the Divine Race’s transformation, Jiang Chen could easily take all of the Divine Race’s treasures and territories.

Although, if the Divine Race were exterminated, all their possessions would still belong to Jiang Chen. But why not let the Divine Race willingly give them up?

If Jiang Chen searched himself, he might overlook some places. But if the Divine Race willingly gives up, there certainly wouldn’t be any omissions.

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A big battle was imminent. His sudden increase in power put Jiang Chen in a very good mood, his face full of happy smiles. However, considering the situation outside, Jiang Chen didn’t think it appropriate to wear a smiling face.

Wiping away all smiles, Jiang Chen stepped out of Cangtian Hall with a serious look on his face and said in a deep voice to the crowd: "I am Jiang Chen, the 72nd generation descendant of the Flame Emperor, why are you making a fuss here?"

Although these people were all summoned by Jiang Chen, a good show must be performed in full. Even though he knew well why they were here, Jiang Chen had to act as if he knew nothing.

Since these people dared to come to Cang Mountain, they must already be well-informed. As soon as they saw the main character come out, someone immediately stepped forward and pleaded: "We ask your Majesty to stand up for us and kill the Divine Race."

On hearing this, Jiang Chen was startled and asked, "Stand up for you? Kill the Divine Race? Did the Divine Race bully you? Quickly tell me what happened. If what you say is true, I will confront the Divine Race for you right now."

Seeing Jiang Chen’s reaction, the people felt as if they had found a savior, and they began to recount the Divine Race’s crimes one after another.

Being domineering, injuring people for no reason, killing people for treasures, these were all expected and not particularly serious crimes. But the next crime was enough to wipe out the Divine Race from the world. They secretly enslaved humans to mine for them.

Mining for ordinary people could result in life-threatening situations. As for cultivators, it was even more dangerous.

All immortal mines, whether they yield divine gold or spiritual veins, are accompanied by special creatures of heaven and earth. They possess a variety of strange divine abilities that are invisible and can catch people off guard.

Therefore, mining has always been a high-risk occupation in the world of cultivation.

The higher the rank of the immortal mine, the more dangerous it is. In the ancient era, there are cases of Innate Dao Sovereigns dying in top-tier mines, which illustrates how dangerous it is.

Due to the high risk, those who mine are generally desperados or poor people struggling to make a living. But hiring these people to mine costs a lot of money, a lot.

Cultivators are not ordinary people who could be easily dismissed with some money. If you don’t pay enough, God knows how they will retaliate, perhaps coming to kill you in the middle of the night. It has happened before.

Therefore, some forces, in order to save this part of the cost, would have death row prisoners mine for them. Or they would simply capture a group of cultivators, set up a ban, and force them to mine.

This was an unspoken rule that everyone was well aware of, and many forces in the Three Realms were doing it.

But there was one universally agreed principle regarding this matter, that is, only to target small forces and never the large ones to avoid retaliation.

Jiang Chen had never heard of the Divine Race acting so boldly by targeting the human race, it was truly outrageous.

In fact, many forces had attacked human cultivators before. After all, there were the most cultivators in the human race.

As long as they were secretive enough, no one would notice in the grand scheme of human cultivator population if only a few disappeared, or rather, no one would pay attention.

"Very good. The races nowadays are becoming bolder and bolder, even daring to capture our human cultivators to mine for them. Truly wonderful."

This was the first time Jiang Chen had heard such news, and he was so angry that his face turned blue. A wave of anger was raging in his heart, seemingly about to erupt at any moment.

However, he forcibly held it back, not showing any indication of his anger. He merely noted this down in his mind, intending to hunt down these forces one by one and settle accounts with each of them after dealing with the Divine Race.

The human race should not be bullied. These forces committing such crimes, no matter who stands behind them, Jiang Chen will settle accounts with them, vowing to pursue the matter to the end.

Jiang Chen wouldn’t need to kill them. They like to capture people to mine, right? Then let them mine to their heart’s content.

The human race was never short of mines.

PS: I think I should have finished writing the transitional Chapters. It’s annoying, transitional Chapters are hard to write, they are difficult to write and are not popular, but they still need to be written.