Chapter 643

"The essence of the cultivation world is just like this; having mastered things you shouldn't have mastered, you don't hide them well, but insist on shouting them out loud."

"In the end, it can only invite disaster."

"If the Body-Refining Furnace truly had the effect of creating special constitutions, it is no exaggeration to say that the three giants would have triggered a war in the cultivation world."

"Treasures are possessed by those with virtue; in the cultivation world, power is virtue."

Everyone nodded heavily. At this moment, Ei thought of something and said thoughtfully:

"Demonic cultivators?"

"No, you guessed wrong."

Jiang Yan shook his head.

"Don't blame everything on demonic cultivators; are righteous cultivators all good people? ~"

"Not necessarily; two-faced hypocrites and true villains who stab in the back—the cultivation world has never lacked such people."

"Truly good people have long since died; none of those who can survive in the cultivation world are kind."

"It's just that righteous cultivators mostly scheme against each other and kill for wealth, while demonic cultivators mostly poison the common people, which is why demonic cultivators are loathed."

"The destruction of the Divine Machine Sect stemmed from the Dragon City clan of the Spirit Cage Island."

After a pause, Jiang Yan's tone became melodic.

"The Dragon City clan was once the best comrade of the Divine Machine Sect; the Dragon City patriarch and the Divine Machine Sect Master were as close as brothers."

"But that was before the Divine Machine Sect obtained the Body-Refining Furnace."

"The Body-Refining Furnace, although the three giants of the cultivation world didn't care much about it, was a supreme treasure to other sects."

"Greed is the root of all disaster and the reason why the cultivation world can never stop the slaughter."

"The Divine Machine Sect obtained the Body-Refining Furnace, but the Dragon City clan felt the most uncomfortable."

"They could not tolerate their former companion, who was once unremarkable in the cultivation world, becoming a famous great power."

"And they could not curb their own greed."

"Thus, the cultivation world, which was already turbulent due to the appearance of the Body-Refining Furnace, under the all-out hype of the Dragon City clan,"

"the Divine Machine Sect became the target of public criticism."

"So, now please tell me…"

Jiang Yan looked at Ningguang, implying something:

"A sect whose strongest person is only at the Refining Void into Dao stage, whose reputation spreads throughout the cultivation world, and everyone knows they have a powerful Body-Refining Furnace."

"What will be the next step?"

Ningguang's face sank, and she said slowly:

"Destruction…"

Jiang Yan nodded.

"After the Divine Machine Sect's momentum reached its peak, many forces struck simultaneously."

"First, the major disciples of the Divine Machine Sect were sniped while out training, including the child of the Divine Machine Sect's Great Elder."

"Therefore, the Great Elder of the Divine Machine Sect came out of the mountain in hatred, only to be killed by an unknown powerhouse at the Refining Spirit into Void stage."

"Later… an inexplicable beast riot swept through the entire Divine Machine Sect."

"The Sect Master died in battle, many elders died in battle, and of the entire Divine Machine Sect, only a few disciples who were out escaped the disaster; the sect's base was also destroyed."

"This was a very strange beast attack; the attack came very hastily and strangely bypassed the righteous alliance's defense line."

"It precisely attacked the Divine Machine Sect; apart from the Divine Machine Sect, no other place suffered damage, and not even a brick or tile of the mortal cities was lost."

"After the attack, even the three giants like Shushan only took a rough look and solved some beasts."

"Sealing some beasts into the Demon-Locking Tower, and that was the end of it."

"As for the Body-Refining Furnace, it disappeared without a trace."

Everyone felt a chill down their spines; Zhongli found it hard to accept.

"Just because of the Body-Refining Furnace… how could it lead to turning against each other!"

"Weren't Dragon City and the Divine Machine Sect brothers? If Dragon City needed it, the Divine Machine Sect might not have refused."

Jiang Yan was noncommittal.

"You think so, but how can you guarantee the other party thinks so?"

Zhongli fell silent.

"I think we are brothers and should help each other, but you have already soared to success; the world of flowers and desires confuses the eyes, how much of the past friendship will you still remember?"

"Furthermore, the inferior nature of humans is also the inferior nature of cultivators; humans will always envy those who were once the same as them but suddenly started living a good life."

"What's more, it's better to have things like the Body-Refining Furnace in one's own hands."

Zhongli couldn't refute this, but Keqing asked naively on the side.

"Then why didn't Shushan strike? Such behavior, inciting demons to attack, has already somewhat violated the moral bottom line, right?"

Jiang Yan smiled meaningfully.

Everyone also tacitly turned their heads away.

A super sect composed of cultivators, even if it is the leader of the righteous path, does it absolutely do good things?

The world is not black and white.

But Jiang Yan didn't avoid this matter either, instead talking about another thing:

"The Origin of Qi is a technique similar to the inheritance of heaven-man induction, and there has never been any written record of it."

"Previously, Shushan had collected seven of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, missing only the Origin of Qi, but after the destruction of the Divine Machine Sect, the Eight Extraordinary Techniques were complete."

· ·····Seeking flowers· ········

"Tell me, why was Shushan able to fill the final gap of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques and get the record of the Origin of Qi?"

Keqing's pupils shrank, and she looked at Jiang Yan in shock.

"Could it be…"

Jiang Yan nodded.

"The Great Elder of the Divine Machine Sect was captured by the Small Lei Yinsi, and through a special method of feathering and crossing the spirit, the Origin of Qi was extracted."

"The Jixia Academy covered up the heavenly secrets for the Small Lei Yinsi, hiding everything, while Shushan turned a blind eye to the beasts that were deliberately guided."

"The destruction of the Divine Machine Sect is a consensus in the cultivation world."

Keqing's gaze flickered; it seemed to be the first time she had re-recognized Shushan, and she said tremblingly:

"Why…"

"There is no why."

Jiang Yan said calmly:

"The strong destroying the weak has nothing to do with the weak."

"An innocent man is innocent, but his treasure is his crime."

"After obtaining the Body-Refining Furnace, the Divine Machine Sect was bewitched by its false reputation; in private, they even dared to intercept genius disciples preparing to join the three giants."

"They even boasted that within one hundred thousand years, they would become a great sect on par with the three giants."

"A stable cultivation world does not need a disobedient madman."

"A mere Divine Machine Sect dares to say it can compare with the three giants? Which of the three giants is not a representative of a famous power from the upper realm in the cultivation world?"

"The Divine Machine Sect had long since brought destruction upon itself."

"Furthermore, the Origin of Qi is the core part of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques; only with the Origin of Qi can the Eight Extraordinary Techniques be fused more perfectly."

"The Body-Refining Furnace is not worth the three giants striking, but the core of a technique that might recreate the Fenghou inheritance is worth it."

"Since someone wanted the Divine Machine Sect to die, the three giants just pushed the boat along."

Keqing had nothing to say and re-recognized the cruelty of the cultivation world.

"That's why I often say, apart from fellow disciples, you cannot trust anyone."

"The cultivation world has always been full of slaughter; no one can change it, and Shushan's status was also fought for."

"Where there are people, there is a Jianghu; Jianghu only looks at interests."

"Even the righteous path needs to develop."

"As the leader of the righteous path, Shushan only opposes the demons that cause chaos in the world and only ensures the overall stability of the cultivation world."

"Shushan will not manage the schemes within the cultivation world, nor can it."

"Otherwise, it would be offending the whole world."

Keqing nodded silently and said no more. ===== CHAPTER 644 =====