Chapter 938: Chapter 937: A Promise for the Future

Hou Niao’s words were thought-provoking and directly touched on human nature.

Take the Qin Sect, for example, with fewer than two hundred Golden Cores. If these Anchor Chain cultivators flooded in, even a small portion would cause chaos at best or a complete change of leadership at worst.

Anchor Chain cultivators do not care about Ancient Martial Daoist traditions; they care about having a territory on the Jinxiu Continent, starting to cultivate a foundational system, and waiting for the arrival of the king’s army after Heaven Creation.

It is precisely because the Jinxiu Continent is also within the Anchor Chain, so this king’s army is sure to come, and it will come very quickly; unlike those in the Upper Realm, separated by hundreds of universes, there’s no massive influx possible.

Therefore, genuine upper realm visitors can be accepted; they will only bring ideas but not people. However, the Anchor Chain will bring everything since they are so close.

Understanding this, during the Divine Sense exchange among the Masters, the Anchor Chain’s Du Bai was completely out. Among them, two Masters had regretful looks, as if they knew Du Bai originally had two Masters supporting him.

Beside them, Yin Qingsi listened intently, realizing this guy was truly a terrifying devil. Seemingly upright, he actually controlled the overall situation, forcing others to follow his logic, yet they couldn’t say anything other than thank him.

The assessment that Wei Yi would not return soon meant the Qin Sect had to choose among three candidates; it was impossible to allow decades or even over a century of a power vacuum, with the sect’s strength stagnating, so they had to catch someone first without thinking about orthodox inheritance.

As for whether Du Bai offended this guy, she didn’t believe Hou Niao’s claim that they didn’t know each other at all. This cunning guy was too nasty, and yet their Qin Sect was inviting a wolf into the house.

She wanted to know which direction this wicked guy intended to steer the Qin Sect: towards Gao Tang’s Cui Huizuo or Kuangxing’s Helian Feng? What methods or excuses would he use? Should she ruin this guy’s plans?

She was filled with a rebellious spirit, thinking, “We are all Golden Cores; why should I listen to him?”

Hou Niao, oblivious to her thoughts, was steadily realizing his intentions, guiding the Qin Sect to follow his script. A Sword Cultivator shouldn’t be so calculating, but that applies to true Sword Cultivators, like the Qingkong Sword Vein, who act directly due to their strength.

The Jinxiu Sword Vein wasn’t there yet, still developing, so he, as the leader, inevitably had to be more thoughtful.

“Finally, about the cooperation between our two families, as you know, strictly speaking, my Quanzhen Sect doesn’t have an envoy from the Upper Realm. My senior sister threw a tantrum and chose a different path, so for the time being, it’s up to me to hold the fort.

There are quite a few such Daoist lineages. I estimate at least a dozen on the continent without orthodox descendants. I’m thinking of uniting these Daoist lineages to watch over each other and jointly face the complex situation of the future.”

Several Masters exchanged glances, all nodding and smiling. The Qin Sect is a relatively independent Daoist tradition, neither close to the Daoist Sect nor willing to collude with the Demon Sect. But that was before; the situation has changed now, and for the continuity of the Dao lineage, they can’t cling stubbornly to old ways.

They already had this intention, which is why they hinted to Yin Qingsi; now that it’s not forming a Demon Sect Alliance but a Loser Alliance, a survival alliance, what’s there to disagree with?

Master Hua nodded and smiled, “Have any participants been confirmed?”

Hou Niao replied with some hesitation, “So far, only Yunzhang Blood Transformation has agreed; as for the others, it’s still hard to tell, probably need to wait a bit more?”

Master Hua decisively said, “I can agree to this alliance right now, as it benefits both sides. I can already predict the Daoist and Buddhist Sects will grow arrogant within ten to twenty years after receiving the inheritance.”

Hou Niao took the opportunity to invite, “Then ten years from now, by then it will be pretty much established which Daoist lineages have genuine orthodox heirs. My Dushan Mountain Gate will also take shape. I invite you all to attend the grand sect leader ceremony of this junior.”

Master Hua clapped, “Good, we won’t miss it!”

Yin Qingsi’s heart stirred as she finally knew who this guy favored! He was truly cunning, not mentioning the final candidate directly, yet nearly finalizing it.

In the Cultivation World, looking at the future, assessing potential, probing growth, and considering long-term outcomes are the objective rules every Daoist tradition follows. No one is shortsighted.

But among the two remaining candidates, Kuangxing was a choice for the immediate benefits; it brought quick and easy inheritance, tempting many. The Gao Tang heritage took the premium route, was time-consuming and labor-heavy, and could impact a cultivator’s Upper Realm progress. Simply put, if opting for this Daoist tradition, success rates would be low. If the Qin Sect couldn’t hold on for sixty years, then there was no future to speak of.

However, the Alliance provided assurance to the Masters! The Qin Sect could rely on the Alliance’s strength to weather the toughest initial phase. With this, the choice was clearly Gao Tang heritage!

This meant that the wicked guy indirectly decided on the candidate by alleviating the Masters’ worries!

In reality, only one Master supported Gao Tang, the least among them, but this situation was subtly corrected by this person without making waves; she could imagine the helplessness faced by the Masters of Quanzhen Sect when confronting this peculiarity.

The key was that she couldn’t disrupt this because her Master, Master Hua, was the one supporting Gao Tang.

This guy, not only skilled with swords but also skilled with people!

The Masters were very satisfied as the problem perplexing them for over a month was perfectly solved with compelling reasons beyond doubt.

Hou Niao and Yin Qingsi exited, and the Masters still needed to discuss how to smoothly complete this process, ensuring the other two unsuccessful candidates wouldn’t bear much resentment.

“Speak, do you know this Cui Huizuo? Conspiring to mislead our Qin Sect?” Yin Qingsi asked fiercely.

Hou Niao spread his hands in an innocent gesture, “Truly don’t know! Qingsi, you must understand, after the Jinxiu Continent breaks free from the Heaven and Earth Chains, we’ll face countless visitors from the universe. In front of these foreigners, numbers matter little!

It’s the high-end combat power that counts, even more so at higher levels. Under such circumstances, you should choose Gao Tang; if you specialize in Body Meridian Divine Power Ancient Martial without excelling or lagging behind, what’s the point in the universe?”

Yin Qingsi stared at him, “You know all of this?”

Hou Niao sighed, “The upper family of our Quanzhen, the Qingkong Sword Vein, even has fewer people than the current Qin Sect, but who in the universe dares show any disrespect to Qingkong Sword Vein?

Those few people accomplished it!

So, not only should your Qin Sect choose this direction, but so should we in Quanzhen!”