Initially, I had just performed a scene, experimented with the specifically made fake... hmm, researched acting props, and even received a considerable fee. Yu Ziqing was in quite a good mood.

Now, not a shred of good feeling is left.

Doing something good, being a positive figure recognized for doing indisputable good deeds for the entire world, why is it so hard?

The research inside the Big Island Cave Heaven will certainly be promoted in the future; it's impossible to keep it hidden, only for personal use.

Ultimately, even if it can't elevate the world, at least it can eliminate an important factor leading to degradation.

Even the Divine King just found out about this, and before that, there were people causing trouble. Yu Ziqing was very displeased.

It's like knowing clearly that something is beneficial for everyone.

Some people are prepared to become stronger, face challenges, and maintain hegemony.

Just like the Emperor Qian, no matter if this fellow's reign is lackluster, he truly dares to face challenges and even can be said to proactively initiate challenges, adding difficulty for himself.

But some people might just like to drag everyone down to a certain level, being king among weaklings.

Previously, Yu Ziqing never thought that among the more powerful individuals, there would be such people.

After all, for cultivators, many people's goal is merely longevity. Power and realm are just necessities in the process.

Ninth Tier can live for thousands or ten thousand years.

Tenth Tier, to say the least, can live for tens of thousands of years. How many things can they do in tens of thousands of years?

If those Dao Cultivators in the Big Island Cave Heaven could live for tens of thousands of years, you think they would still be competing fiercely with each other? Surely they would work nine to five, with weekends off.

Those Deans, if they don't Enter Dao, no matter how they use various methods to extend life, having a thousand years of life would be outstanding.

Why do Lihuo Institute and Langya Institute have so many Dao Cultivators? Apart from knowledge, the most important thing is their abundant finances.

Whether it's longevity extending spiritual medicine or various treasures, they are all valuable.

Moreover, these spiritual medicines basically have innate limitations. Only the first use gives the best effect; the second use of the same spiritual medicine halves the effect, and the third use is scarcely better than nothing.

The current Jinlan Mountain can't produce any longevity-extending spiritual medicine.

The ones available on the market, at most, extend life for a hundred or two hundred years.

The Deceitful Ghost managed to somehow get from some merchant, spiritual medicine that can extend life for over five hundred years.

But a kind of spiritual medicine can only be used once or twice. The life extension effect can't compare to increasing one's upper limits or enhancing one's realm.

This whole thing is strange, leaving Yu Ziqing in not so good a mood.

Of course, the main reason is purely that someone wants to ruin his plans.

The grand name is just used for show.

After all, pressing someone with the guise of grand righteousness and standing on an uncontroversial moral high ground to deliver blows feels rather exhilarating.

Therefore, Yu Ziqing plans to rally support.

Since that spy from before was a hard-working student of Lihuo Institute, then Lihuo Institute and Dali should put in full effort, right?

If someone wants to sabotage, it's not just my business they're ruining; it's yours too.

Imagine if one day, after success, a place where the spiritual energy density is thick enough to liquefy into spiritual liquid, watering the fields without feeling hurt, the derivative benefits would be astronomical, incalculable.

Therefore, the grand name is just a title; the actual driving force is still interest.

Yu Ziqing didn't even fan the flames; he merely showed a bit of intent.

After confirmation from Dali, they immediately pounded their chest, indicating a definite explanation would be given to everyone.

And over at Langya Institute, not willing to fall behind, naturally stated, "I'll follow, and double what Lihuo Institute offers."

The Regent of Daqian's Crown Prince, upon knowing this, handed the task to Song Chengyue, sparing no effort, acting first and reporting later.

Such matters must not allow anyone to jump out and obstruct.

Even if it were brought to light for discussion, no Imperial Censor or critic would dare to object just for the sake of opposition.

So, Yu Ziqing hadn't even begun to act, and Dali and Daqian were already on the verge of cooperating fully to accomplish the same task.

Oh, forgot to mention Dazhen; no folks from Dazhen in this big project.

Hmm... it's not that we don't want to invite them; it's just not their field of expertise.

Within a few days, Zhong Shouzheng, looking younger than those hard-working students, arrived at the Southern Sea.

He swept through the entire team for inspection, actually uncovering two scholars whose divine souls had problems.

One from Lihuo Institute, another one from Langya Institute.

But whether they've been brainwashed, or it's just cultivation mishaps affecting their divine souls, or other reasons, no one dares to bet on it, so they can only be controlled first.

The rest continue striving, without pause.

While Dali and Daqian are in a flurry, the Shadow Department and Jinyi Wei are like mad dogs, biting fiercely onto any clues.

A tip of the White Water Egg organization's tail has been discovered.

In such chaos, New Five naturally found an opportunity to shirk responsibility.

During audience with the Divine King, New Five candidly stated that the chance of causing trouble was lost.

As soon as he made a move, he faced a situation where the world became his enemy. Forget about causing trouble in the Southern Sea; he couldn't even approach it.

Assault is out of the question. Nowadays, without thirty or forty Ninth Tier cultivators, even the threshold of Big Island Cave Heaven can't be reached.

Even the Daqian and Dali, which almost fought each other to the death years ago, reached a consensus on this issue.

This side had just made a preparatory move; even a basic attack probe hadn't landed, and there, the preparations for a world war were already set. How is one supposed to play?