Chapter 359: 359. Chapter 354 Qin Shi Huang's Schemes

359. Chapter 354: Qin Shi Huang's Scheme

The Sha Gui Sect's headquarters, a massive black banner stood in the sky all around, boundless killing intent rolling, surging resentment causing countless wronged souls and evil ghosts to drift in the air above the headquarters.

Wang Mei and the others entered the headquarters, their expressions instantly turning grave.

The whole person seemed to have fallen into the Nine Nether Cold Prison, the body invaded by icy killing cold from all sides, a feeling of cold seeping from inside out.

He circulated his cultivation level to resist the sky-full of resentment, but found it had absolutely no effect, the icy cold power penetrating everywhere could affect cultivators' hearts, involuntarily feeling a chill in the bottom of his heart.

Wang Mei stared in surprise at the four black banners in the sky, the icy resentment power spreading from within the black banners, the vengeful souls gushing from the black banners different from the ones in his Holy Infant Banner, many of the vengeful souls had human-like expressions on their faces, coldly staring at them, the terrifying scene making Wang Mei feel as if facing countless ghost cultivators like facing a great enemy.

"Junior Brother Li, do the four black Holy Infant Banners hanging in the sky seem different from ours?"

Wang Mei suppressed the turmoil in his heart and asked.

Li Shixiong heard the words and coldly snorted in his heart, the Black Myriad Soul Banner naturally differed from the Sha Gui Sect's Holy Infant Banner.

The Myriad Soul Banner was researched and upgraded by the elders of Da Ci Zhai based on the Holy Infant Banner.

The souls within the Myriad Soul Banner, after long absorption of the killing spirits in the banner, would develop spiritual intelligence, unlike the Holy Infant Banner where the main soul and ghosts are merely puppets with only instinctive killing ferocity.

Zuo Ci, Li Bai, and Zhu Dun, two elders of Da Ci Zhai, had promised him that if he could satisfactorily complete the mission at the Sha Gui Sect headquarters in Huanyu City, they would reward him with the Myriad Soul Banner.

Before.

He was punished at the Panlong Gate of Da Ci Zhai, truly feeling Da Ci Zhai's benefits, Da Ci Zhai cultivators rewarded for merit and punished for fault, true fairness, justice, freedom, once cultivating without worrying about any danger.

The cultivators who entered Da Ci Zhai with him obtained Da Ci Zhai's elixirs, cultivation techniques, and treasures, all making rapid progress in strength, with some rising stars able to steadily overwhelm him.

This time.

He and those fellow disciples captured into Da Ci Zhai entered the Sha Gui Sect headquarters in Huanyu City to atone through service, feeling very excited, finally no longer needing to kneel at the Panlong Gate being slapped in the face by countless cultivators every day.

However.

When they arrived at the Sha Gui Sect headquarters in Huanyu City, they were genuinely startled.

The three elders of the Sha Gui Sect, Gui Xiao, Gui Li, and Niu Jing Tian, had also been subdued by the strong ones of Da Ci Zhai, especially Gui Xiao and Gui Li, the two Supreme Elders, whose cultivation had long stood at the peak of the Wan Fa Realm for many years, lawless existences, terrifyingly strong.

Who would dare believe.

Gui Xiao and Gui Li, facing Da Ci Zhai strong ones like Qin Shi Huang, were even more honest than them.

At that time, their shocked eyes almost popped out.

"Not hiding from Senior Brother, the four black banners suppressing the Sha Gui Sect headquarters were refined by Gui Xiao and Gui Li, the two Supreme Elders, after entering Tian Yuan and comprehending the laws of death, refining the Holy Infant Banner, named the Myriad Soul Banner.

The Myriad Soul Banner is stronger than the Holy Infant Banner, capable of forming the Killing Ghost Devouring Spirits Grand Formation in the four directions of the headquarters.

Spiritual power, after passing through the Killing Ghost Devouring Spirits Grand Formation, will all be transformed into killing spirits for disciples' cultivation."

Li Shixiong spoke in an orderly manner.

These were all personally instructed by Qin Shi Huang.

"So it is the method of Gui Xiao and Gui Li, the two Supreme Elders, no wonder just a glance makes one's heart turn cold."

Wang Mei pondered for a moment, then spoke decisively.

Gui Xiao and the other two elders have existed in the world for a long time, their cognitive abilities perhaps even surpassing the Sha Gui Sect Sect Master, upgrading the Holy Infant Banner is entirely possible.

Li Shixiong saw Wang Mei's face show regret, and understood very clearly why.

Within the Sha Gui Sect, mutual benefit exchanges, senior members lining their own pockets is commonplace, the Myriad Soul Banner was refined by Gui Xiao and the two Supreme Elders, so he had no way to secretly demand it.

Wang Mei, as an officer of the Sha Gui Sect's own Law Enforcement Hall, holding the power to reward good and punish evil for all disciples of the Sha Gui Sect, most easily takes a liking to powerful techniques and treasures.

"Senior Brother Wang Mei, Junior Brother still has some thin face with the two Supreme Elders.

If you like it, Junior Brother will try my best."

Li Shixiong transmitted sound into Wang Mei's ear, speaking gently.

Wang Mei's eyes suddenly brightened, satisfiedly nodding happily at Li Shixiong.

Chen Chong beside him saw this, feeling very surprised in his heart.

He had not expected Li Shixiong and himself to actually be like-minded.

Since Li Shixiong could gain Wang Mei's appreciation, he would definitely need to interact frequently in the future.

Chen Chong's pupils flickered slightly, he silently calculated in his heart, trying every means to get some benefits from Li Shixiong.

Not long after, a pitch-black great hall appeared in everyone's field of vision.

The pitch-black great hall was propped up by a massive black stone lotus, its shape that of a black blood-sucking bat, the hall door precisely the giant mouth of the bat opening its fangs.

Wang Mei and the others arrived at the hall door, the blood-sucking bat's eyes suddenly brightened, emitting a chilling red light, the light falling on everyone moving up and down before disappearing on its own.

"What is this thing?"

Wang Mei frowned slightly, speaking lightly.

"Senior Brother, please forgive.

This is to prevent him from sending cultivators to impersonate Sha Gui Sect disciples and mix into the headquarters, a restriction set up.

You also know that recently the headquarters and the four orthodox sects have been quite unpleasant.

Junior Brother, for the first time becoming the person in charge of the headquarters, to be prepared for any eventuality, just in case."

Li Shixiong, hearing the words, carefully explained from the side.

The bat door is the entrance to the 'Evil Bat Calamity Heart Formation' set up by Qin Shi Huang, entering cultivators' souls will unconsciously be affected by the Evil Bat Calamity Heart Formation, their soul bodies gradually becoming numb and unconscious.

The Evil Bat Calamity Heart Formation confusing cultivators is much more useful than those colorless and tasteless bewitching pills, cultivators immersed in fantasy slowly lose their soul's perception of all worlds.

He really does not know how Da Ci Zhai researched so many strange and wondrous formations, each one having supreme profundity.

The Sha Gui Sect, as a major evil sect in the Universe Cultivation World, the various strong ones of Da Ci Zhai are even more evil than them.

"Junior Brother's courage, too small.

The Sha Gui Sect is one of the Ten Great Evil Sects of Huanyu, orthodox cultivators mixing in will be affected by killing intent.

Suddenly heart demons enter the body, those orthodox cultivators going mad from cultivation will solve themselves."

Chen Chong stood beside Wang Mei, speaking jokingly, as Wang Mei stepped into the entrance of the council hall.

Hehe.

My junior brother's talent is not as outstanding as that of the senior brothers; his cultivation level has already entered the Tianling Realm, and reaching the Wanfa Realm is merely a matter of time.

My junior brother is insignificant and his words carry little weight, so the sect has become overly cautious in valuing him.

The senior brothers all laughed, laughed.

Li Shixiong heard this but did not refute; he lightly nodded and teased himself.

Wang Mei and other cultivators of the Shagui Sect who were monitoring entered the council hall, saw Ni Jingtian seated in the main position, hurriedly led their disciples in performing respectful worship, and took out a memorial to hand over to Ni Jingtian.

"By order of the sect master, verify the situation of the four major sects' attack on the Shagui Sect's base.

Please allow Elder Niu Zhao to let us meet the captured disciples of the four sects."

Wang Mei stood in place and spoke respectfully.

Ni Jingtian glanced at the information on the memorial, then took out the elder's seal and stamped it inside, serving as evidence for Wang Mei and other law-enforcement hall disciples having entered the Shagui Sect's base in Huanyu City.

"Does the sect have any instructions regarding the captured orthodox cultivators?"

Ni Jingtian also did not raise his head and spoke sternly.

His true form in the Universe Cultivation World's Shagui Sect is likewise at the Wanfa Realm, and he has held the position of sect elder for over two hundred years.

Wang Mei, a mere clerk of the law-enforcement hall, is not even worthy of notice; even if the law-enforcement hall elder came in person, it would still be barely sufficient.

Moreover, as one of the Ten Evil Sects of Huanyu, the Shagui Sect faces far fiercer competition than in the Universe Cultivation World; every one who reaches a high position has emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood—evil in nature, yet they deeply respect the strong.

The Shagui Sect itself never imagined that its base would be attacked by the Fuyang Sect and three other major sects, unexpectedly losing all its possessions to the Dacizhai.

He and the elders Gui Xiao and Gui Li had their life souls taken away, completely reduced to servants of the Dacizhai cultivators.

Now, together with Li Shixiong and other Shagui Sect disciples, he is merely a nominal ruler of the Shagui Sect's base; the true master is Qin Shi Huang and Zhenyang Zhenren and other Dacizhai cultivators.

Those cultivators employ ruthless methods, deeply sinister; their means of controlling people are each enough to make one's heart tremble with fear.

Even Zifu Zitian and Long Zhan Tian of the Tianlongmen, despite having ambitions to surpass all heroes, were forcibly converted by the strange bald cultivator and likewise became subordinates of Qin Shi Huang and Zhenyang Zhenren.

"Reporting to Elder Niu, the sect master has a sentence to convey.

Seize the opportunity, take the chestnuts from the fire."

After hearing Ni Jingtian's words, Wang Mei inadvertently spoke, then involuntarily yawned; realizing his lapse in etiquette, he hastily straightened his body, struggling to muster his spirit.

Wang Mei felt something very strange.

His soul body inexplicably felt drowsy; his entire body felt light and floating, extremely fatigued.

Upon inner inspection, Wang Mei found no abnormalities and speculated it might be due to discomfort from initially entering the primordial realm affecting the soul.

Ni Jingtian's mouth twitched slightly; in his heart, he greatly admired Qin Shi Huang's methods.

The council hall is a natural bewildering formation; cultivators without special means entering will be hypnotized by the Xiebai Hui Xin Array, falling into unconscious slumber without realizing it.

During this period, any Shagui Sect cultivator returning from training in the primordial spiritual realm has been affected by the Xiebai Hui Xin Array, all arrested.

He and Li Shixiong again took charge of the council hall.

Those returning Shagui Sect cultivators, even if they racked their brains, would never imagine that the supremely respected sect superiors before them had already defected.

Ni Jingtian can imagine that if this continues, all Shagui Sect disciples training in the primordial spiritual realm will be toppled by Qin Shi Huang.

The methods used by the Dacizhai cultivators to control people are also very special; if the controlled cultivator's soul returns to the Universe Cultivation World and leaks secrets, their life soul will perish, and their physical body in the cultivation world will directly become a walking corpse.

Ni Jingtian's heart is filled with great shock.

If the Shagui Sect fails to detect the tremendous changes in the primordial spiritual realm's base, an evil sect that has echoed through the Universe Cultivation World for thousands of years will completely change hands.

Peng peng peng.

Wang Mei and other Shagui Sect cultivators responsible for inspection could not withstand the influence of the Xiebai Hui Xin Array; all dazedly collapsed to the ground, hearing even breathing sounds, completely like deep sleep.

Seeing this, Ni Jingtian hurriedly stepped down from the main seat of the council hall.

The hidden figures of the First Emperor and Zhenyang Zhenren, etc., one by one manifested.

"Master Juexin, use the Universal Salvation True Scripture to convert Wang Mei and the other cultivators."

Qin Shi Huang spoke solemnly.

He extended a finger; those cultivators' life souls were all drawn from within their souls, one by one suspended in Qin Shi Huang's hand.

"As commanded."

Upon hearing this, Juexin recited the scripture.

Lines of mysterious scripture transformed into golden runes flying toward the life souls in Qin Shi Huang's hand; the life souls of Wang Mei and other cultivators were wrapped by the runes, countless black mist was drawn from the life souls, and finally, a Buddhist character appeared on the forehead of each life soul.

This is the essence of the Universal Salvation True Scripture; once a cultivator's life soul is imprinted with the Buddhist character, they will become utterly devoted—even if ordered to suicide, they must obey without question.

Juexin is the most favored disciple of the abbot of Xiguangsi; the Universal Salvation True Scripture, originating from blue and surpassing blue, has already converted many Shagui Sect strong cultivators.

Ni Jingtian's heart and spirit were shaken.

Fortunately, he and Gui Xiao and Gui Li understood the times, knowing the situation was lost and thus fully surrendered; otherwise, they would have been completely converted like Wang Mei and the other cultivators.

Although the converted cultivators retain their own thoughts, their mind and spirit have been forcibly twisted; even with original memories, their intellect is incomplete, which is greatly detrimental to cultivation.

Long Zhan Tian and Zitian Du were thus forcibly converted; they are now fanatically devoted to Qin Shi Huang and the other Dacizhai cultivators, obeying without hesitation.

"There are personnel from the Shagui Sect's law-enforcement hall; henceforth, conducting affairs in the primordial spiritual realm's base will be much more convenient." Zhenyang Zhenren's eyes flashed with divine light; he and Qin Shi Huang had discussed this.

Although the Shagui Sect's base is in the hands of earth cultivators, every word and deed must still be monitored by the sect's own law-enforcement hall.

For earth cultivators to make a move in the primordial spiritual realm, the Shagui Sect's base will inevitably involve many major actions; if prolonged, it may easily arouse suspicion from the sect's main body.

The converted Wang Mei and other law-enforcement hall cultivators planted within the Shagui Sect's main body can plan actions and report truthfully afterward; this not only reduces suspicion from the sect's main body but also ensures absolute control by earth cultivators over the Shagui Sect's base.

"If using Wang Mei's hand to draw the law-enforcement hall elder into the primordial spiritual realm for control.

Earth cultivators planted within the Shagui Sect's main body would also be very secure." Qin Shi Huang's eyes were incomparably sharp.

He was once the lord of Great Qin.

The non-demon master crossed the long river of time, guiding his soul to pass into the modern Shangqing Observatory, sustained by the incense of myriad people, long since fallen in history.

Now he has obtained the demon master's heaven-defying ability to be reborn, wishing to trample Huanyu and lay down a vast universe for earth.

"Amitabha Buddha.

My master has sent word that Daoist Qingwei has officially begun preaching in the Primordial Spirit Realm.

The Shangqing Sect is using Silver Severed City as a gathering point to widely recruit wandering cultivators from Huanyu to join the sect.

Xiguangsi also wishes to seize the time to universally save the sentient beings of Huanyu."

Master Juexin spoke with hands clasped together.

"Master Juexin need not be anxious.

Since Luyan Valley dares to seize the business of Earth cultivators, this time we will absolutely not let them off lightly.

Once everyone returns from Silver Severed City,

we will issue orders to gather all cultivators of the Shagui Sect and raze Luyan Valley's base to the ground." In the depths of Qin Shi Huang's eyes burned fervor.

With the Shagui Sect's base in our hands, a new official setting three fires upon taking office—even if we do something outrageous, it will be forgiven; we must make good use of this matter.

Moreover,

the Shagui Sect's main sect received verbal instruction from Wang Mei, enabling the sect's base to act opportunistically and gain advantage from the situation.

This shows the Shagui Sect inherently harbors the desire to annex Huanyu, seeking more resources in the Primordial Spirit Realm.

Since the Shagui Sect's main sect holds such intent, Earth cultivators have decided to escalate the matter; after consulting with Ziyang Zhenren and other cultivators, they concluded that striking Luyan Valley would be most appropriate.

"You have done well; merit points have already been sent to your jade tablets.

Enough to exchange for the Wan Hun Banner."

Qin Shi Huang's solemn voice rang out, causing Ni Jing Tian and Li Shi Xiong to hear it and slightly startle.

The Wan Hun Banner is a treasure upgraded from the Sheng Ying Banner, possessing immense power; they had long coveted it.

They never expected Qin Shi Huang to truly fulfill his promise, willingly giving them the Wan Hun Banner.

"Rest assured, Qin Shi Huang and Ziyang Zhenren,

we will wholeheartedly follow you, slaughtering Luyan Valley until not a single tile remains."

After Li Shi Xiong and Ni Jing Tian came to their senses, they hurriedly expressed thanks.

Having just obtained the Wan Hun Banner, they are ready to attack Luyan Valley—the materials needed to upgrade the Wan Hun Banner are now directly available. (End of chapter)