319: Chapter 149: One Spear, Blood River, People of Hundred Peaks_5 319: Chapter 149: One Spear, Blood River, People of Hundred Peaks_5 But who could have known that later on, Cao Zhen’s disciples, during the grand competition of the Hundred Peaks Sect, displayed their might.
Although none of Cao Zhen’s disciples won against their opponents, their strength was something he had witnessed with his own eyes.
Apart from Yi Sheng, he was no match for any of Cao Zhen’s disciples.
Furthermore, Cao Zhen’s Dao companion was currently the foremost person in the Hundred Peaks Sect, beneath only the Earth Immortals.
Even though Cao Zhen’s Four Treasures Peak was still the Hundredth Peak, he truly couldn’t surpass Cao Zhen.
And now, he somewhat wanted to be on good terms with Cao Zhen.
After all, once the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth arrived and all the experts above the Golden Core stage fell into slumber, Cao Zhen’s Dao companion would become the number one figure of the Hundred Peaks Sect.
Upon hearing Cao Zhen’s question, he quickly clarified, “After the Grand Preceptor overturned the foundations of both the Sun and Moon Demon Sect and the Red Refinery Demonic Sect, the other demon sects also withdrew from the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty.
Although they left the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, they were disgruntled in their hearts.
Every once in a while, they would infiltrate the dynasty to cause trouble, especially in the Eastern Wasteland region, where the disturbances were most rampant.”
Cao Zhen, perplexed, asked, “So doesn’t the Grand Preceptor care?
If he was powerful enough to overturn the Sun and Moon Demon Sect and Red Refinery Demonic Sect, then he naturally could go out and overturn the other demon sects.”
“I don’t know why the Grand Preceptor does not intervene; he always behaves oddly, as if he would never leave the Guardian Imperial Dynasty.
He only guards this land, but if someone dares to enter this territory and stir up trouble, the Grand Preceptor would certainly mete out punishment.”
Cao Zhen grew even more puzzled, “The Grand Preceptor neither leaves the Dynasty nor does anything but guard it?
What on earth does he want to do?
Why would he guard the Guardian Immortal Dynasty?
Is it because of some oath?”
Lan Pili shrugged and said, “No one knows.
I’m afraid no one in the world knows what the Grand Preceptor really wants to do, why someone so powerful would guard the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, and set such rules.
He’s really strange, but there is one thing that everyone knows.
The Grand Preceptor was once a general of the Guardian Immortal Dynasty.”
Cao Zhen was taken aback, “He was really a general?
How could a general suddenly possess such a high level of cultivation?” Previously, when he saw the Grand Preceptor’s apparition, he felt that the Grand Preceptor did not seem like a cultivator, but more like a general.
He had thought it was because the Grand Preceptor had been in the imperial court of the Guardian Immortal Dynasty for so long that he got that impression.
He never expected that the Grand Preceptor had indeed been a general at one point.
“That’s where the story of his military expeditions comes in.
He once led his troops into battle, but they were ambushed by an enemy army, and the entire force was annihilated.
This event caused a huge stir within the human world’s imperial court, as it was inconceivable for an army on the march to be entirely wiped out by the enemy, without any prisoners captured or deserters returning.
Yet in that battle, their entire army, all the soldiers, vanished without a trace, leading everyone to believe they had been completely destroyed.
However, rumors later surfaced that the Grand Preceptor had disappeared, and the enemy nation was also searching for him.
No one knew where he had gone.
Some said he’d fallen off a cliff and inherited a legacy, while others believed he had been saved by a person of Great Ability, becoming that person’s disciple.
In any case, he must have encountered an extraordinary stroke of luck, a truly earth-shattering fortune.
When he reappeared, he was already a cultivator.
Although his cultivation was not high at the time, he possessed strange abilities that made him almost invincible among those within the same realm.
Afterward, he broke through and ascended rapidly, defeating geniuses from both Immortal Sects and Demon Sects, quickly being hailed as the number one figure among the younger generation.
And his rise did not stop there.
While people were still debating when he might compare with the long-established experts, he reappeared already among the few top masters of his time.
In just a few short years, he had become the premier master of the age.
Never before had anyone within the Empire’s territory risen as swiftly as he.”
Cao Zhen couldn’t help but say, “This Grand Preceptor is somewhat terrifying.
It’s like he has an unfair advantage.”
It’s like he’s the protagonist out of various novels, precisely the template Xiang Zi Yu wanted to follow.
Moreover, this Grand Preceptor treats mortals and cultivators equally, even strictly enforcing the law, with everything subject to legal judgment before sentencing.
Who else would do this?
Only someone like me, a transmigrator, would act in such a way.
Could it be that this Grand Preceptor, like me, is also a transmigrator, just one who arrived earlier than me?
“What kind of cheat is that?” Lan Pili looked at Cao Zhen with a puzzled face.
Cao Zhen did not explain but instead asked, “That Grand Preceptor, aside from declaring that mortals and cultivators are equal, has he issued any other decrees?
After he became the Grand Preceptor, has the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty undergone any reforms?”
Lan Pili shook his head and said, “Reforms?
No, there haven’t been any major changes apart from that decree.
The Grand Preceptor hasn’t issued any other regulations, and the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty hasn’t seen any significant reforms.”
Cao Zhen became even more puzzled.
Listening to Lan Pili, it seemed that the Grand Preceptor might not be a transmigrator after all.
After all, if the Grand Preceptor were a transmigrator, and he still valued the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty so much, then he would likely have become the emperor himself, or at the very least, he should have implemented some governmental reforms.
Even if the transmigrator had never passed history and politics from childhood to adulthood, and was not adept at political reform, at the very least, they should have attempted some technological reforms.
Anyone who has undergone nine years of compulsory education should have some basic knowledge, even if they don’t understand physics or chemistry.
Don’t they at least know addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division?
Moreover, with even a slight understanding of physics and chemistry, one could make some changes.
Although this world is different from Earth, there are many similarities; if someone were a transmigrator, they could surely find those similarities and then change the world.
Yet, this world still remains a purely agricultural and feudal society, without any signs of technological advancements.
All things considered, the Grand Preceptor probably isn’t a transmigrator like myself.
If he isn’t a transmigrator, then the Grand Preceptor’s way of thinking is rather interesting.
Nonetheless, it’s best for me to keep my distance from the Grand Preceptor, even when I arrive in the Capital City and an encounter with him becomes inevitable, I must avoid having too much interaction with him.
After all, I can’t see through the Grand Preceptor’s way of thinking at all, and even from an Earthling’s perspective, I can’t grasp what he wants to do, which is quite terrifying.
As they were talking, Chang Tiance had already come over, asking curiously, “So, what does this person from the Red Refinery Demonic Sect want to do?
Gathering so much fresh blood and demanding the town’s people to sacrifice children.”
Lan Pili mused, “It must be for practicing some dark arts, or perhaps to forge some kind of evil weapon?
It’s also possible that they’re trying to summon some kind of terrifying demonic beast.”
As his words fell, a series of crisp explosion sounds suddenly rang out.
The crowd quickly looked around, and one by one, the white-haired witches, who had been taken away without leaving, saw the residents of Yu Min Town, whose bodies suddenly began to crack, bleeding from every orifice, and then their bodies completely exploded.
For a moment, streaks of crimson blood sprayed across the land.
“What’s going on here?”
“Be careful.”
At Hundred Peaks Sect, disciples quickly backed up against each other, warily looking around.
“This isn’t right, the white-haired witch’s cultivation was sealed, and she was taken away.
How could the townspeople suddenly die?
This is too strange.”
Cao Zhen, frowning deeply, looked at the ground, where the blood of the dead townspeople spread out and flowed toward the same direction.
He quickly took a few steps forward.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and slammed his palm downward.
In an instant, the ground violently burst open, clumps of soil flew into the air, revealing pieces of jade which clearly should not have appeared there.
Streaks of blood seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, flowing eerily quick across the jade.
For a moment, each of these jades emitted a wicked, chilly aura.
“A formation!
There’s another formation underneath the town.” Cao Zhen suddenly understood, whispering, “The townspeople had previously offered their blood in sacrifice, and it’s their blood that triggers this formation.
Now, it has been activated.
Not good, the blood, all of their blood has entered into this formation, it’s about to start.”
Lan Pili suddenly came to a realization and exclaimed in shock, “Demonic beasts!
The white-haired witch isn’t trying to practice dark arts or forge evil weapons; she’s trying to summon demonic beasts!”