Novel Full Chapter 2249: Forming an Alliance
Chapter 2249: Forming an Alliance
Recently, Liu Zhen was worried about the Blood Knife Gang’s matters. Although Yu Linfeng and the others were no longer against him and their relationship had eased a bit, the matter with the Moonfall Palace was still lingering. In the past few days, influential groups in Demonheart City have approached the gang to ask about the matter.
It was impossible for Liu Zhen to tell the truth. He just told them what he told the Forbidden Path Sect. He repeated the story again and again that even he was getting convinced that it was the truth.
Despite this, the Blood Knife Gang was having a hard time. A few forces have given harsh words saying that if the Blood Knife Gang didn’t give a satisfactory explanation, they would take action against the gang.
Liu Zhen was as anxious as an ant in a heated pot. In fact, it wasn’t only him, the entire Blood Knife Gang was very nervous. The current strength of the gang was too low. They no longer have a Teleportation Stage Expert. Without a Teleportation Stage expert, it would be difficult for them to survive in Demonheart City. If others decided to deal with the gang, it would have no way to fight.
Just as Liu Zhen and the others were feeling restless, the Abundance Hall approached them and told them that they would help. However, they have a request. They wanted the Blood Knife Gang to support the Abundance Hall in the future. Moreover, if the Abundance Hall has tasks for the Blood Knife Gang, they couldn’t ask for any fees.
When Liu Zhen and the others heard the Abundance Hall’s question, they agreed without any hesitation. At most, they would lose a few jade essences. But in turn, they could ensure the Blood Knife Gang’s survival.
More importantly, once the Blood Knife Gang agrees to the Abundance Hall’s request, it would mean that they would have a connection with each other. If something happens to the Blood Knife Gang, the Abundance Hall wouldn’t ignore them. And if the Abundance Hall needs something done, the Blood Knife Gang would do all it could to complete it. This made the two groups firm allies. This was what the Blood Knife Gang needs right now.
The Blood Knife Gang doesn’t have a backing in Demonheart City, nor did they have allies. This allowed the forces of Demonheart City to threaten the Blood Knife Gang. These forces knew clearly that the Blood Knife Gang had no idea where Wang Da was. The reason they threatened the blood Knife Gang was because they wanted to poach people from the gang. They wanted to swallow the gang’s people.
Although the Blood Knife Gang has no experts at this time, the gang still had members that had potential. Clone Stage and Soul Fusion Stage cultivators were still valuable, not to mention Earth Monarchs like Liu Zhen and the others.
Their cultivation might not influence the matters of the city, but in terms of raw strength, the Blood Knife Gang was still valuable. Anyone that could absorb it would increase their strength substantially.
Because of this, other gangs were racking their brains to come up with methods to deal with the Blood Knife Gang and swallow it whole.
The Abundance Hall was one of the biggest forces in Demonheart City. There were very few groups that dared to offend them. The Blood Knife Gang only had a few interactions with the Abundance Hall, and those interactions were always the Abundance Hall lending them a hand. Now, the Abundance Hall was once again extending a helping hand. If the Blood Knife Gang still didn’t agree, then they were being ungrateful.
Once Liu Zhen accepted the Abundance Hall’s offer, the Abundance Hall immediately released rumors as well as sent gifts to a few forces in Demonheart City along with word that they were now protecting the Blood Knife Gang.
Liu Zhen and the others didn’t really understand why the Abundance Hall wanted to help them. And it would be impossible for them to find out. The Abundance Hall was helping them because of Zhao Hai. The Abundance Hall was a branch of the Long Clan. The Long Clan doesn’t like Zhao Hai’s identity to be revealed. They also want Zhao Hai to join the Forbidden Path Sect to understand the movements of the Demon Cultivators. Because of this, the Abundance Hall helped the Blood Knife Gang. Then the Blood Knife Gang would provide a proper background for Zhao Hai.
Although Liu Zhen didn’t know about this, he knew that the Blood Knife Gang’s crisis had passed. This was good for the Blood Knife Gang. Liu Zhen immediately organized the members to take on missions. Originally, while Zhao Hai was in seclusion, the gang wasn’t able to complete any missions due to the other forces making it hard for them.
Now that the problem has been solved, Liu Zhen immediately sent everyone out to collect resources. Liu Zhen knew that if the Blood Knife Gang didn’t take any tasks, they wouldn’t be able to sustain themselves for long.
The Blood Knife Gang had funds as a buffer for situations like this, but these resources were on Wang Da. Now that Wang Da was missing, these funds were nowhere to be found. Although Liu Zhen and the others also have saved a few resources, it wouldn’t last for a long time. Even if the tasks that the gang completed were minor ones, the pay was better than nothing. What the Blood Knife Gang needed to do right now was to survive.
All of this occurred as Zhao Hai was in seclusion. Cultivators secluded themselves for years on end, so Zhao Hai’s two-month seclusion wasn’t anything special.
There are rarely any accidents when a cultivator goes into seclusion. Unless they were assassinated or were disturbed during a critical moment, ordinary seclusions wouldn’t harm a cultivator. Naturally, a death seclusion was very different.
Death seclusions are special occurrences. Usually, when cultivators want to break through a major realm, they would go into death seclusion. Ordinary seclusion would increase a cultivator’s strength by a small but steady pace. On the other hand, death seclusion happens when a cultivator wants to force themselves to overcome a huge obstacle. The end to a death seclusion resulted in a cultivator’s success, or death. ṙ𝐚ΝỐВЁꞩ
Zhao Hai was only doing ordinary seclusion this time. Therefore, Liu Zhen wasn’t too worried about him suffering any accidents. Liu Zhen continued to support the Blood Knife Gang’s operations while paying attention to the Forbidden Path Sect’s movements. He wanted to know when the sect plans to open their gates to accept disciples.
Actually, Zhao Hai made a small mistake in the information he gathered. He thought that the Demon Cultivators would immediately launch an attack against the Righteous Faction. Although the Demon Cultivators were indeed planning to attack, it wasn’t as soon as Zhao Hai expected.
Cultivators lived long lives. It was precisely because of this that their perception has been warped. If they decided to do something, it would take a long time before it would happen.
It was just like when kingdoms wage war against another kingdom. It would take them a couple of years before they were ready.
War between cultivators were the same, but in a longer timeframe. If cultivators want to start a big war, they will need to prepare a lot of things. Sometimes, a huge war would need hundreds, or even thousands, of years of preparation. If they only prepared for a hundred years, it would be considered as a small skirmish.
Zhao Hai didn’t consider this in his analysis. This was because in the Hundred Treasures Realm, preparation only lasted a couple of years. So, when Zhao Hai got information that the Demon Cultivators were going to attack, he expected them to launch an assault in a short period of time.
Fortunately, the Yin Yang Elders were familiar with how the True Spirit Realm functioned. They knew that if a war between the three major factions was going to happen, then the preparation period would take a very long time.
The Tyrant Blade Sect was only getting ready because they knew that they would need a long time to prepare. Zhao Hai didn’t know that the Tyrant Blade Sect was now beginning to recruit new disciples from clans in their sphere of influence. As long as they had talent, they would be recruited by the sect. Notable rogue cultivators were also being invited by the sect. The reason the Tyrant Blade Sect was amassing materials was because if they want to recruit people, then they would need resources to support their growth. Only in this way can the sect improve its strength in a short period of time.
It was also because of Zhao Hai’s mistake that he was anxious to seclude himself. He didn’t know when the Forbidden Path Sect would open its doors, so he wanted to prepare. After all, once he joins the sect, he wouldn’t be able to be as free to move as he is right now.
Zhao Hai knew that once he joined the Forbidden Path Sect, he would at most be an outer sect disciple. Outer disciples of a sect didn’t have as easy of a life as rogue cultivators thought. Although outer disciples receive support from the sect, they also need to do a lot of chores in return. If they can’t successfully complete the sect’s missions, their allocation would be reduced. If they failed to complete missions multiple times, they would even risk being expelled. So, if Zhao Hai wants to infiltrate the sect, there would be a long period where he needs to focus on amassing achievements. Only after he gets a higher position could he gain more valuable information.