The strangest thing to Tie Dan now is that the nine major sects don’t seem to want to stop the demons from moving south.
After all, even though he is only at the Golden Core Realm with limited skills, there are quite a few mighty ones like Nascent Soul, Divinity Transformation, and Enlightenment, whose abilities are earth-shattering and capable of moving mountains and cities. They should be able to easily wipe out these demons, right?
Even taking advantage of the geographical terrain, casually setting up some grand formations and restrictions could completely block the demons, sealing them within the Returning Ruins. Why not take action?
Don’t say it’s unforeseeable. The current behavior of the nine major sects, withdrawing the Inner Sect disciples to Genzhou, clearly indicates they foresee this difficulty and are deliberately avoiding this calamity...
"Because the disaster of the demons rising again is not a bad thing for our Mystic Sect."
This time it was Xing Yuanzhi who revealed this simple truth with one sentence,
"Demons can be used for alchemy, why not raise more of them?"
"...Used for alchemy? Raise some?"
"Yes, indeed. It’s not about their Daoist hearts not being firm or focused, it’s purely due to a lack of cultivation resources.
Demons are naturally born spiritual creatures, full of treasures. The Immortal Palace driving them all to the Returning Ruins led to the Central Plains having no elixir materials available, Spiritual Qi is depleting day by day, and even a little chance of the Dao must be contested fiercely, even leading to repeated Soldier Disintegration and reincarnation of our Mystic Sect people.
And now, although for unknown reasons, it’s rare that these demons head south again. If we let them enter the Central Plains, fatten them up a bit, and then harvest them, it’s just right to train a group of disciples, expand our Mystic Sect forces, and conveniently eliminate the Immortal Palace. Wouldn’t that be perfect?
From now on, it would be a world for our Mystic Sect, why stop it?"
You heartless group, yet so calculated.
Tie Dan’s face turned cold,
"...But what if the demons devour all the mortals? Who will pass on the Dao of the Mystic Sect then?"
Xing Yuanzhi was indifferent,
"How could that happen? The world is vast, with a population not just in millions. During the Immortal Venerable’s time, the Human Clan didn’t go extinct, how could it be completely devoured now?
Furthermore, mortals are bound to die anyway, whether at the hands of the government or in the mouths of demons, what’s the difference?"
Tie Dan fell silent for a moment, and Xing Yuanzhi knew he was displeased, probably had some mortal empathy, so she patiently advised,
"brother, you also know, our Mystic Sect in fear of karma, punished by Heavenly Thunder, at least strictly abides by the sect rules of the Righteous Path, only using demons for alchemy and not harming mortal lives.
But ever since the Blood Talisman Demon Sect arose, it has already fallen into the Demon Path, wantonly slaughtering in the Western Regions, using human blood for refining.
Nowadays, when the Spiritual Qi is scarce and Daoist materials are diminishing, if there weren’t these demons, cultivators would sooner or later turn their attention to mortals.
Our Mystic Sect has strict rules, forbidding this and that, for a long time, how can we compete with the Demon Sect? Sooner or later, there will be someone who will defect to the other side to break through in cultivation.
Thus, with the current demon prosperity, it is instead an opportunity for our Mystic Sect to seize these Demon Cores and spiritual materials to strengthen ourselves, eradicate the Demon Palace and Demon Sect, all in one go.
In the struggle of the Great Dao, all beings are merely robbers, there is only a brave forward, no room for turning back."
Tie Dan was silent for a moment, shook his head,
"But I vaguely feel, behind this demon calamity, there might be a huge conspiracy. While the Three Great Sects are focusing on internal strife, allowing the demons to grow, it might lead to endless future troubles..."
Suddenly Tie Dan stopped speaking, jumped up, and looked towards the distant mountains.
Xing Yuanzhi also knew that he had probably detected something with his Divine Sense,
"Brother? What’s wrong?"
"Someone is coming, lots of people, being chased and blocked by a large group of demons, being driven this way."
"No, it seems to be Qunxian Palace... What’s in the Northwest direction?"
So Xing Yuanzhi understood,
"Isn’t the Northwest just Guyan Mountain. It’s probably the Kan People breaking through."