strictlysupreme Chapter 559 - 250: What Does Li Qun’s Fame Have to Do with Me? (Part 2)
Chapter 559 - 250: What Does Li Qun’s Fame Have to Do with Me? (Part 2)
As this thought flashed through his mind, Gong Yuyuan immediately clasped his hands and greeted the cultivators present.
At the same time, he vaguely sensed that the atmosphere inside this stone chamber was somewhat off.
He couldn’t help but ask a Golden Core Cultivator standing beside him whom he was familiar with:
"Fellow Daoist Qiu, what has happened here?"
Upon hearing Gong Yuyuan’s question, the person gently shook his head and sighed:
"The territories under the responsibility of the Biyun Sect and Black Stone Valley have been completely taken over by people from the Demon Alliance and Celestial Extreme Alliance.
It’s said that two other sects have also lost some territory, though fortunately not much.
But in this way, our Cloud Peak Alliance originally had only about two-thirds of the territory, and now not even two-thirds remains."
Upon hearing this, Gong Yuyuan’s eyes flashed slightly, but he did not immediately reveal the news on the Jiuhua Sect’s side.
He knew that the reason for this gathering was most likely about this matter.
Sure enough, once all the sects had gathered, Jiang Cheng began to speak:
"Fellow Daoists, you have probably all heard that the territories under the responsibility of the Biyun Sect and Black Stone Valley have been taken by the other two alliances.
Could those from the other sects please also share their situations? We can then report to the Grand Alliance and see how to strategize next."
As Jiang Cheng said this, the expressions of the Golden Core Cultivators from the Biyun Sect and Black Stone Valley were somewhat unpleasant.
At this moment, Ao Langtian from the Daluo Sect stood up first with a tone of pride and said:
"The territory under our Daluo Sect’s responsibility is second in size only to that of the Guiyuan Sect, and everything is normal.
We have it completely under control, and the related arrays have been properly arranged."
Upon hearing Ao Langtian’s words, the previously disgruntled Biyun Sect Golden Core Cultivators glared angrily.
One of the Black-haired Elders, with a slightly swarthy face, spoke directly:
"Fellow Daoist Ao, isn’t it shameful to say that?
Your Daluo Sect’s territory hardly borders the other two alliances.
Last night, the Demon Alliance’s two factions launched a sneak attack on the Biyun Sect’s territory. Even though our sect’s disciples requested aid from you, you ignored it completely.
We fought with the strength of one sect against two factions’ cultivators; how could the territory not be lost?"
Ao Langtian laughed upon hearing this.
"Fellow Daoist Wu, you say that, but when your sect’s cultivators retreated to our Daluo Sect’s territory, wasn’t it us who provided protection?
If our sect really sent people out, and something got scattered, wouldn’t we have lost even more territory?"
Upon hearing this, the elder from the Biyun Sect named Wu looked even grimmer and was about to say something more.
At this moment, Wang Cheng suddenly spoke:
"Alright, Fellow Daoists, there’s no need for quarreling. We are here to discuss the situation today, not to argue about right or wrong.
Please clarify the situation, and I will report to the alliance. The specifics will be determined by the alliance leaders and the Elder Council."
Upon hearing Jiang Cheng’s words, the two of them fell silent.
Other sects began to recount their situations as well.
The territories under the responsibility of each sect behind them were mostly held firmly, and indeed a couple had lost some territory, but not much.
This allowed everyone present to breathe a sigh of relief; after all, the combined territories of the Biyun Sect and Black Stone Sect spanned just over a hundred miles, which wasn’t particularly large.
The territories under the responsibility of the Jiuhua Sect and Celestial Sound Pavilion were at the very edge, so they were addressed last.
At this moment, it was the turn of the Golden Core Elder from Celestial Sound Pavilion, a black-haired female cultivator seeming fifty years old, who laughed and said:
"Our Celestial Sound Pavilion’s territory is well secured.
Moreover, we have captured about fifty percent of Demon Spirit Sect’s territory, possibly around seventy miles in circumference."
Upon hearing this, the Golden Core Cultivators from the various sects in the room all looked over.
Even Jiang Cheng showed a surprised look and quickly asked:
"Fellow Daoist Xu, is this true?"
"It is indeed true!" The female cultivator named Xu chuckled and said:
"This is all thanks to the Jiuhua Sect. If they hadn’t held back half of the demon cultivators from the Demon Spirit Sect, we wouldn’t have managed to capture it.
Oh, and the Jiuhua Sect should have captured part of the Demon Spirit Sect’s territory as well."
As the female cultivator named Xu finished speaking, everyone’s eyes immediately fell on Gong Yuyuan and the others.
All eyes were filled with surprise and doubt.
"Weren’t the Jiuhua Sect people supposed to deal with the Netherworld Sect? How could they hold back the Demon Spirit Sect and even seize territory from them?"
Facing everyone’s gaze, Gong Yuyuan chuckled and then addressed Jiang Cheng and others:
"I was just about to tell you all this news.
Last night, our Jiuhua Sect already seized all of the Netherworld Sect’s territory, along with half of the Demon Spirit Sect’s territory.
Currently, we have completed the preliminary arrangements of the arrays."
"What?"
"Is this true?"
"Both the Netherworld Sect and Demon Spirit Sect territories are in our hands?"
With Gong Yuyuan’s words, the Golden Core Cultivators in the stone chamber were all filled with astonishment.
Jiang Cheng’s face beamed with joy, just as he was about to ask for clarification, Ao Langtian had already questioned ahead:
"Gong Yuyuan, are you joking?
How many Foundation Establishment Cultivators do the Netherworld Sect and Demon Spirit Sect have combined? Could they let their territories be taken over by you?"
Upon hearing this, Gong Yuyuan returned the gaze and mockingly replied:
"Oh, your Daluo Sect has been avoiding exerting effort these past few days and can’t stand to see other sects do well?
As to whether it’s true or not, didn’t Fellow Daoist Xu just confirm it?"
"You..." Ao Langtian was just about to say more, but Jiang Cheng was already somewhat impatiently saying: