Chapter 302: Taking the calming pill as food

As soon as the words fell, the entire palace fell silent instantly.

Everyone turned their gaze to Shen Yin, Zhu Xuan, Lu Yun, the Vajra Holy Monk, and Qingxuan Dao Ren.

If the land immortals were not present, these five would be the strongest beings.

Shen Yin, Zhu Xuan, and Lu Yun naturally needed no more words; they had no objections and sat directly beside Shen Qing, showing their agreement.

As the Vajra Holy Monk, because of Wu Nian, he naturally would not oppose, and he said lightly: "I agree."

Qingxuan Dao Ren even raised both hands and feet in approval: "I agree too."

Seeing that the five strongest had no objections, the others immediately understood.

A Martial Saint chuckled: "Shen Qing, sitting in this position is simply what everyone hopes for."

The surrounding Martial Saints immediately echoed.

"Yes! Yes!"

"I think this seat should be yours."

Shen Qing nodded satisfactorily; it seemed the Martial Saints present were all sensible.

Shen Qing said: "Very well, before the meeting begins, I have a question for you."

"You haven't allied with the evil spirits, have you?"

All shook their heads in denial.

His innate six senses told Shen Qing that these people were not lying.

Shen Qing then continued: "As you can see, the passage to the battlefield realm has been closed."

"Moreover, your guess is correct: the vast majority of land immortals have entered the battlefield realm, as have the Martial Emperor and Ancestor Shen, and they are currently out of contact with us."

"Moreover, the evil spirits are very likely to come to our world."

As expected, as soon as these words were spoken, many people's faces turned grim.

"What!"

"Did the Martial Emperor really enter the battlefield realm?"

"Could the evil spirits still invade our world?"

Anyway, this news cannot be kept hidden; rather than wait for them to discover it themselves and cause chaos, it's better to tell them now.

When the passage closed, the Martial Emperor also shouted that the evil spirits were coming.

Although we don't know how the evil spirits will come to this world, Shen Qing estimates they are likely to arrive soon, and it's even possible they have already arrived.

Shen Qing wants to unite all usable forces as soon as possible.

Although the evil spirits encountered so far are mere mortals, Shen Qing never underestimates an enemy; the evil spirits that have fought the Martial Emperor, Ancestor Shen, and the many Martial Saints for so long certainly are not weak.

Shen Qing lightly tapped the table, the Xuan Yun Palace grew a little quieter, and everyone looked toward Shen Qing.

Shen Qing said: "No need to panic too much; you have truly fought the evil spirits, their top-tier combat power is not much stronger than ours, and the main difficulty in fighting them is that their evil qi is hard to deal with, leaving our low-ranking warriors unable to take the field."

"But what if we could now solve the problem of evil qi?"

Shen Qing snapped his fingers, looked toward the Vice Workshop Master Liu He of the Heavenly Craft Workshop; Liu He nodded, then quickly walked out of the Xuan Yun Palace, soon returned, now holding a two-meter-tall stele made of Suke Stone, with various metal parts around it, and behind Liu He were several low-ranking warriors invaded by evil qi.

Liu He said: "This is the evil-qi containment stele made by our Heavenly Craft Workshop from Suke Stone; its function is to contain evil qi."

As he spoke, Liu He infused vital energy into the stele; the metal devices began to spin rapidly, bursting with white light, and the purple markings on the necks of the few warriors invaded by evil qi quickly faded, while dark-purple gas could be faintly seen being sucked into the stele in the air.

Liu He said: "Such a stele can serve ten thousand people, and the stele can digest evil qi on its own, allowing reuse."

A Martial Saint nearby seemed to have many questions, but Shen Qing directly cut him off, after all the focus of today's meeting is not this stele.

"That's enough, no need to ask more; with this, you won't have to rush about desperately—just match soldier to soldier, general to general, and it will be much easier, right?"

The surrounding Martial Saints all nodded; if only using Martial Saints to oppose the evil spirits, they could relax much more, though some Martial Saints still looked worried.

Shen Qing continued: "Second, I know you're worried that the Martial Emperor and others are in the battlefield realm, and you fear that the evil gods from their side will come to our world, right?"

The Martial Saints nodded again; this is also what they fear.

Shen Qing spoke firmly: "You needn't worry; the evil gods will definitely not reach our world."

A white-clad Martial Saint said: "Um, Shen Qing, I want to ask where this news comes from? Is it accurate?"

Shen Qing directly said: "The Martial Emperor said so."

Shen Qing wasn't speaking randomly; he had confidence in the Martial Emperor and others. Before the passage closed, the Martial Emperor had not warned to beware of evil gods, so there are only two possibilities: either the evil gods cannot come due to some restriction, or the Martial Emperor will not let them come.

At the meeting's end, Shen Qing rose, looked at the assembled Martial Saints, and said: "Finally, take a deep breath and slightly relax your minds."

The Martial Saints were puzzled; many did not comply. Zhu Xuan, with his immortal wind and dao bones, frowned, glanced at them, and shouted angrily: "Damn it, Shen Qing told you to breathe deep and relax, so do it—what are you looking at? Want a beating, huh?"

Zhu Xuan, as the eldest son of the Martial Emperor, perfectly inherited his temperament; although he looks like he has immortal wind and dao bones, that's all an act.

The Martial Saints who still had doubts immediately acted, not daring to hesitate; Shen Yin and Lu Yun saying they'd beat them might just be talk, but Zhu Xuan saying he'd beat them means he really will.

Shen Qing opened the Consciousness Network, linking the consciousness of the assembled Martial Saints.

【Consciousness Network has found...】

【Connection】

"Can you hear me speaking?"

The surrounding Martial Saints immediately sat upright; they clearly hadn't seen Shen Qing speak, yet the voice rang in their minds.

"Don't overthink it; this is one of my secret arts, called the Consciousness Network, which can link your consciousness, allowing communication through mind; follow my instructions, and you too can speak on this Consciousness Network."

Shen Qing explained the method once; the assembled Martial Saints immediately began learning—quick learners like Shen Yin and his group mastered it after four or five tries, while slower Martial Saints still hadn't learned after dozens of attempts.

Only then did Shen Qing understand that the Martial Emperor and Ancestor Shen succeeded on the first try because their comprehension was too high.

After the time it takes to finish a cup of tea, everyone finally managed to learn it, and Shen Qing continued speaking.

"This can be used for long-distance communication; I haven't tested the maximum range, but when I was in the Suke Dynasty I could communicate unhindered with the Martial Emperor in Wuyang Prefecture, and according to estimates, the distance could be even greater."

"When the meeting ends, disperse to the various regions of Great Wu; if there's an emergency, call for support on the Consciousness Network."

The Suke Dynasty lies outside the southern border of Great Wu, while Wuyang Prefecture is in the north of Great Wu; this distance is extremely great, equivalent to crossing several

Each prefecture.

All the martial saints looked at each other, their eyes full of excitement.

Others give calming pills little by little, but Shen Qing directly feeds them calming pills as meals.

First he set up an evil-qi containment stele, solving the problem that low-level martial warriors could not go on stage; later he brought accurate news that the evil god would not enter the world; later he gave them a consciousness network—in this age of inconvenient communication, information is life!

All the martial saints looking at Shen Qing no longer had any discontent.

Who says Shen Qing isn't good as the chief martial authority?

Shen Qing as the chief martial authority is awesome!