Chu Yang found Old Wang.
Wang Zhicheng had essentially become Chu Yang's dedicated tool. This was also the task assigned to him by his superiors.
Chu Yang disliked haggling with a crowd of strangers. Therefore, he directly communicated with Old Wang about any matters, letting him discuss them with those people.
The pressure was entirely on Old Wang. Although the higher-ups would generally listen to whatever Chu Yang said, due to his imposing presence, this approach was not ideal. They needed to maintain most of their decision-making autonomy.
So now, Chu Yang generally only released some secret realms for trials, set the rules, and then left it to Old Wang to handle.
Apart from specific individuals, everything else was decided by them. For example, they would also solicit some benefits from foreigners and then open up some spots for them.
"Old Wang, I've come to see you today for a very important matter."
Chu Yang poured Wang Zhicheng a cup of tea, his voice filled with earnestness.
Wang Zhicheng gratefully accepted the tea offered by this immortal. Having interacted with Chu Yang for a while, he knew Chu Yang was easy to talk to. A timid attitude, on the other hand, displeased him.
"My dear brother, just say whatever you need to. My heart can definitely handle it!"
"You know that the trials in the [Demon Spirit Realm] are the last phase, right? The low-level demon beasts are almost all gone, no longer suitable for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage to train."
Wang Zhicheng casually replied, "Bah, isn't this simple? Just create another new secret realm, and that's it. I know you definitely have plenty of resources in your possession."
Chu Yang sighed and shook his head, saying, "Old Wang, you might not know, but I likely won't be releasing any new trial secret realms in the future. The Time Secret Realm might still be released."
Wang Zhicheng was shocked, "What? How can this be?"
Cultivators who had experienced life-and-death battles were different from those who had never seen blood in terms of combat effectiveness.
If these trial secret realms did not exist, then everyone would be no different from flowers in a greenhouse. When they truly had to fight the evil race, they would probably not even be able to cast their skills.
Of course, there was a way, which was to conduct trials themselves, like martial arts competitions, but these matters were very troublesome. They only had three years, which was not suitable for doing such things.
While Wang Zhicheng was deep in thought, a book appeared in Chu Yang's hand.
"Old Wang, you don't need to worry. There's no shortage of trials, but the trials in the future may be different from the current ones."
"Ah? What do you mean?"
"Let me give you a basic understanding of the rules of the universe and planes, and then I'll tell you about the matters concerning the evil race..."
Following this, Chu Yang explained the theory of plane cosmology and the matters concerning the Sky-Slaying Race to Wang Zhicheng.
The information overload was immense. Old Wang's eyes widened, his mouth agape, and his brain's CPU was working overtime, digesting what Chu Yang had said.
He, a fifty-year-old comrade, was now being forced to comprehend these earth-shattering pieces of knowledge.
After taking a calming pill, Wang Zhicheng finally recovered.
He cautiously asked, "So, our enemy is not an enemy from another plane, but the Sky-Slaying Race, which wreaks havoc and is incredibly powerful in various planes?"
"Don't look like you're about to die. Weren't you quite confident in me before?"
"I was very confident, but you're the one who scared me like this!"
Chu Yang waved his hand, "Let's put that aside for now. I have an ability that can send people from our Blue Star to various planes recorded in this book in my hands for them to train. Mind you, these are real immortal cultivation worlds!"
"Isn't that great?"
"It's great, but you need to understand something. Once they are sent to another world by me, they won't be as controllable as they are now! All the secret realms you see now are almost like my magic treasures. I can completely monitor every single thing that happens within them. What you perceive as brutal is actually within my control."
Under Wang Zhicheng's dumbfounded gaze, Chu Yang continued, "Just like last time when they entered the ruins of the [Li Huo Palace] and provoked a hidden Boss. If I hadn't intervened, everyone inside would have had their souls refined into vengeful spirits."
Wang Zhicheng felt as if he was meeting Chu Yang for the first time. Before, he thought Chu Yang didn't care about the lives of these people at all, but it turned out he couldn't bear to see those geniuses die either.
"I thought you were very cold-blooded!"
"Under normal circumstances, I have to appear cold-blooded to these trial participants, otherwise, it will create a dependency on me."
Wang Zhicheng nodded, indicating his understanding, but a hint of grievance appeared in his eyes when he looked at Chu Yang. If you had said earlier that you would provide a safety net, would I have needed to prepare quick-acting heart-relief pills every time I watched the live broadcast?
Chu Yang continued, "However, once they go to a real immortal cultivation world, no one will have their backs. Real immortal cultivation worlds are very brutal, without the constraints of laws or morality, and it's very easy to die! Moreover, no one supervises them. Even if they slack off, I can't do anything about it, nor are there guaranteed opportunities waiting for them to discover. They can only strive for them themselves against the geniuses of those worlds."
With that explanation, Wang Zhicheng finally understood completely.
If Li Qingyun were sent to those other immortal cultivation worlds and suddenly perished, he wouldn't be able to accept it either!
"Moreover, among the five hundred planes recorded here, many are currently fighting the Sky-Slaying Race. Sending them to these worlds would provide excellent training effects, but the danger is also top-notch! Especially those geniuses with heaven-blessed talent, they will become priority targets for the Sky-Slaying Race."
"Holy crap, what should we do then?"
"Don't worry about Li Qingyun and the others for now. My suggestion is that you first select some people from your army, and I'll send them to some less powerful immortal cultivation worlds to test the waters. People from the army, both in terms of ideological awareness and survival skills, are generally better than ordinary people."
"What? You want to persecute the soldiers under me?"
"What are you saying? This is a necessary process. Without training, how can they gain strength improvement?"
Wang Zhicheng stood up and began to pace anxiously again.
After a while, he said, "Just sending them for a few days, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
"A few days? What kind of training effect can a few days achieve! The further away a plane is from our plane, the higher the time flow rate. Many can even approach three hundred times the flow rate. At the very least, they will have to experience several years or even decades there!"
"Good heavens! Isn't that equivalent to a combination of trial secret realms and time secret realms?"
"You can understand it that way. You find a few hundred people first, and I'll see how many are left in the end."
Wang Zhicheng was about to cry, "That sounds so cruel, my immortal big brother!"
"There's no other way."
"I need to go discuss it with the higher-ups."
"It's fine, I'm only looking for you because you're the messenger."
Wang Zhicheng: "???"