Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 256: The Plan
The Ancestor of the Yan Family listened carefully as the scholar asked questions, all hitting the key points. A look of admiration appeared on his face as he responded one by one.
“The Blood Spirit Great Technique—although our Yan Family’s ancestors never brought out this technique, they highly praised it in their notes, calling it the foremost demonic technique in the True Scripture of Ten Thousand Spirits. Once mastered, it can dominate the six demon sects, making it one of the most terrifying secret techniques in the world. However, this method is overly domineering. To avoid backlash, it must be cultivated through dual cultivation by one male and one female. The spiritual root aptitude determines how many layers of the technique one can master. If the aptitude is insufficient, cultivation will stop at two or three layers, which is merely a trivial and weak accomplishment. Therefore, Ru Yan’s heavenly spiritual root is the perfect dual cultivation partner that the other side has been dreaming of. Meanwhile, the young sect master of the Ghost Spirit Sect also possesses the extremely rare Dark Spiritual Root, making them an ideal constitution for cultivating the Blood Spirit Great Technique. With the unmatched aptitudes of the two of them, if they truly dual cultivate this technique, they will surely push the secret technique to its deepest level and sweep across the six sects. That is why the Ghost Spirit Sect has spared no expense to court us, even daring to reveal the imminent invasion of Yue Country by the six demon sects just to secure a chance to dominate the entire Southern District.”
“As for how they know about our Yan Family’s origins, that’s even easier to explain. Before our ancestor passed away, he sent someone to contact the Ghost Spirit Sect. It’s likely that from then on, our Yan Family caught their attention. The matter of Ru Yan was probably planned by them for a long time. They seized this opportunity, using both soft and hard tactics to make our Yan Family accept their terms,” the Yan Family Ancestor said with a bitter smile. It was clear that he felt helpless about the recklessness of his predecessor in reaching out to the Ghost Spirit Sect.
“The news about the six demon sects invading is indeed from them, but as for the fact that Jiang Country and Cheqi Country have already been taken, we detected something was wrong several days ago even before their notification. Normally, the agents we planted in those two countries would have sent messages by now, but there has been no word at all. It seems what they said is true. The reason they could easily seize the two countries, according to them, is because several sects in those countries were bribed by the six demon sects beforehand. So, with a powerful surprise attack and internal betrayal, the two countries fell at once. Right now, the six demon sects are probably clearing out the remaining cultivators who haven’t submitted and making preparations before invading Yue Country. After all, they did suffer certain losses.”
“As for the righteous alliance in Fengdu Country, don’t count on them anymore. Shortly before the meeting, I received news that the righteous alliance has invaded a medium-sized neighboring country and almost taken it over. It seems the two major powers must have made some secret deal to simultaneously launch large-scale expansion.”
The Yan Family Elder spoke clearly and methodically, leaving everyone present shocked and stunned.
“The demonic path and the righteous path expanding their forces simultaneously? Heh, if that’s really the case, it’s quite interesting!” The scholar smiled subtly after hearing the Yan Family Ancestor’s words and made a thought-provoking comment.
“Xuan Ye, what do you mean by that?” A pale-faced old man sitting opposite the scholar asked impatiently.
“Second Uncle! It’s nothing, just a small guess of mine. But this guess has nothing to do with our Yan Family right now. Let’s first talk about our current situation!” The scholar waved his hand casually and said indifferently.