Upon returning to the Huai Xu Realm, An Jing immediately sought out Weng Cuiyu.
[An Jing? I vaguely remember telling you not to disturb me recently... Ah, respected Lord of Linjiang City, it’s an honor for you to visit my humble abode. What instructions do you have?]
An Jing patted the two-ton Evergreen Wood beside him, saying with a smile that seemed otherwise, "Why the initial disdain followed by sudden respect, it’s quite amusing when you think about it, isn’t it?"
Clearly, even when a Demon Spirit becomes an official, it cares less about face than humans, Weng Cuiyu laughed heartily, not showing the slightest embarrassment: [I am currently using this opportunity to gain the favor of the Broken Blade Mountain Blessed Land, striving for a breakthrough in Divine Repository and committing all my thoughts to it, fearing the return of Shuo Yueying, thus I want to accelerate as much as possible, not daring to waste a moment of time]
[Earlier, I even dealt with a batch of Iron Li and True Demon Sect spies intending to infiltrate Broken Blade Mountain, costing me much effort. I naturally felt that our debt of gratitude was settled, and I hoped not to be disturbed during my advancement process, hence the poor attitude]
[But now that we’ve discovered, Lord of the City, that your visit seems to be for my benefit, to hasten my Cultivation, and since we also have requests towards you, of course, we should show respectful enthusiasm]
"Ha ha, I actually quite like you Demon Spirits. I’ll gift this Evergreen Wood to you."
An Jing hadn’t expected Weng Cuiyu to actually spell out his entire thought process openly and felt that indeed Demon Spirits are different from humans.
He shook his head and tossed the Evergreen Wood into the forest: "Alright, Weng Shenjun, I’m not going to mince words with you. Even if you really rely on the power of the Blessed Land to become a Divine Repository, do you think you can continue to progress in Da Chen without official permission for your breakthrough?"
Although the trees had no expressions, An Jing could sense that the surrounding trees all shrank their leaves slightly, clearly very nervous, somewhat amusedly: "No merits earned, even if you manage a breakthrough you won’t get the corresponding position, even if Yue Ying makes a mistake and is discharged, it’s not necessarily your turn to be the ’Broken Blade Mountain General’."
"But now, the opportunity has come—Weng Shenjun, don’t you think, helping us win this battle is exactly that merit?"
"Now, this batch of Evergreen Wood I’m giving you, plus the fertilizer I’ve already distributed to you, shouldn’t it at least save you half a year’s time? Can’t it make you lend a bit more help?"
Weng Cuiyu had already taken the advantage from An Jing, naturally, there wasn’t any reason to spit it out.
He was willing to help An Jing, it’s just that his capabilities were indeed lacking: [We are merely plant Demon Spirits, unable to move or even leave the ground until we achieve Divine Repository and condense a ’Divine Skill Dharma Body’]
[Among peers, any flying creature can easily suppress us, rendering us helpless... but if we plant Demon Spirits breakthrough to Divine Repository, the depth of Spiritual Power in Divine Skill Dharma Body, and are much thicker by a dozen times than animal Demon Spirits, with an extremely long lifespan, hence most animal Demon Spirits won’t let us succeed in breaking through]
[And our advancement is very slow, not nearly as swift as humans, needing about a year to condense a new form of Blessed Land among the forests, through which we can breakthrough. But after breaking through, we truly become the people of Broken Blade Mountain, able to genuinely control this mountain]
[We still have to say, this is also why Da Chen hasn’t been willing to over the years—Lord An, do you really intend to help me advance?]
—These plant Demon Spirits think too far ahead, if we can’t win this battle, there won’t be a future.
An Jing slightly shook his head, he straightforwardly said: "I’m not telling you to breakthrough now, I just hope during this time you hinder those from Iron Li from entering the mountain and occupying the Earth Vein, use your full strength to stop them."
"Of course, if we fight around Broken Blade Mountain, I’d also hope you could lend a hand then."
[That’s natural, in fact, without you saying, we would also do our utmost to stop them]
Weng Cuiyu said: [Those Iron Li people once considered this place some sort of ’holy land’, forbidding all communications inside and out, they’d freak out when we greeted them, calling us ’Evil Spirits possessed by Heavenly Demon’, seeking to find and completely eliminate our roots]
[Those several hundred years were truly humiliating, we nearly got burnt off completely by these Iron Li folks... That’s why I chose to join the Da Chen Demon Division, because Da Chen could at least recognize that we are normal Demon Spirits, not Evil Spirits, and definitely not Heavenly Demons]
[In this lifetime, we will absolutely not talk to fools, and we’ll never reconcile with these idiots!]
An Jing’s expression subtly changed: "Holy land? Heavenly Demon? Iron Li people know this place is special?"
[Hmm?] Weng Cuiyu was a bit puzzled: [Of course, Da Chen also knows this place was once sealed with a Heavenly Demon—there are too many such places in the world, otherwise, why would Da Chen appoint us Demon Division?]
[We Demon Spirits are close to nature, have simple minds and are not easy to be corrupted, hence are best suited for guarding seals]
—No wonder Da Chen hardly intervenes in Broken Blade Mountain... It seems True Chi Suppressing Demons is also one of those guarding seals, but it must be the strongest among them.
An Jing somewhat understood the role of the Demon Division now, but another possibility was even more critical.
—Have Iron Li’s morals sunk to releasing Heavenly Demons for the sake of victory.
Ha ha, no need to think about it.
An Jing shook his head, even Da Chen would collude with Heavenly Demons to slaughter their own city and seek the Commandery Princess, what’s releasing a few ancient Heavenly Demons for Iron Li to win a battle?