Chapter 110: Souls Have Value, Myriad Races Sports Meet!

The sky has fallen; we need tall people to prop up a patch of sky.

Then, is there any existence higher than the Wu Clan, higher than Houtu?

It seems not.

Before Fengxi grows into being able to stand on his own, ultimately someone is needed to shield him from wind and rain.

His heart's little abacus clicked away, but Fengxi showed little on his face, merely saying to Yuzhen: "So that's how it is…… The appearance of reincarnation is either a great victory for the Wu Clan's strategy, or a great defeat for the Wu Clan's situation?"

"More or less." Yuzhen nodded, "The Wu Clan up and down hopes for the former; while for the Demon Race, they hope even more for the latter."

"For now, it seems to lean a bit more toward the latter…… After all, Houtu's status is indeed a demerit."

"Once the Demon Race's table is formally set out in the open, forming a complete Wu-Demon opposition…… tsk tsk." Yuzhen shook his head violently, "If you were a member of the Demon Race, would you believe that the reincarnation opened up by one of the enemy's supreme leaders has no hidden problems?"

"The entire Honghuang land is either Wu or Demon; the Wu and Demon races are still locked in a great war…… yet the result is that the reincarnation opened up by the Houtu Ancestral Witch actually takes care of their mortal enemies, the Demon race, allowing them to reincarnate?"

"Such treatment, if you say it is the Demon Race's sovereign, pitying the myriad races under his rule, seeing them perish unwillingly, then establishing reincarnation…… only then does it stand logically."

"The Ancestral Witch tinkering with reincarnation? The invited guests are wrong!" Yuzhen pursed his lips, "A simple reasoning shows there's a crisis of trust."

"That's why I say Houtu's reincarnation dream is a heavy burden, hard to achieve, with too many games to go through."

Fengxi listened, nodding repeatedly, acknowledging that Yuzhen's words were not without reason.

After nodding, he again raised a doubtful opinion: "Indeed, the Houtu Lord's reincarnation company's personal accident insurance obligation, now due to premium issues, has faced resistance from many capital-backed customers who don't want to buy this insurance."

"But aside from those members, there is still a vast market in Honghuang!"

"I believe the number of beings who cannot achieve immortality is absolutely more than the trillion-fold of immortals!" Fengxi's expression solemn, "I think their attitude toward reincarnation is absolutely one of longing!"

"As long as the Houtu Lord starts from them……"

"But is that easy?" Yuzhen said helplessly, "The reality is that the vast majority of these beings are represented by those immortals."

"Thus, the immortals' beings have greatly increased their say in heaven and earth, holding more than half of the total rights and wealth, obstructing the Houtu Ancestral Witch's means to penetrate to the lower strata."

"Hey!" As he spoke, Yuzhen suddenly snorted, "Souls, this thing, are actually a kind of wealth!"

"If not controlled by Houtu but divided by the immortals, what sort of shady tricks could be played?" He introduced some public secrets to Fengxi: "First, craft some nefarious magical artifacts; souls are the best material."

"Or, sacrifice them to heaven and earth; the spiritual efficacy of the soul is extraordinary."

"These are still low-end play; how about high-end?" Yuzhen smiled, "Those with foresight, patience, and ample means will play a gu‑cultivation game, training themselves some capable enforcers."

"Gu‑cultivation? Enforcers?" Fengxi thought of something.

"You know, between life and death there is great terror, which can most stimulate the wisdom potential of beings." Yuzhen said, "Then, toss the countless collected souls into a huge killing‑field game, let them undergo life‑and‑death trials over and over, using the craziest selection to forge stunning talents…… how about that?"

"Aren't you afraid of it crashing?" Fengxi clicked his tongue, "The more stunning the talents, the easier they are to capsize when controlled."

"Those who dare to play these, who lacks some skill? Even perhaps they have a Great Luo‑level backer behind them." Yuzhen spread his hands, "Tie them up with a leash from the start, rebel? That doesn't exist."

"Nightmare reincarnation, endless terror……" Fengxi took a deep breath, "Each one of these, how are they so excellent?"

From Yuzhen's account, he learned more of Honghuang's bloodiness and cruelty, even more demonic than that scale of farming!

Once souls are given value…… too many people will swarm in, squeezing that value out drop by drop for their own use!

"Not showing off is impossible…" Yuzhen's voice trailed off, "Honghuang is so vast, all kinds of civilizations bloom in profusion…… the longer one lives, the more one sees; casually borrowing a bit or two, one can play and soar."

"Precisely because souls themselves have value." He shifted the topic, "So Houtu's reincarnation still has no trace."

"After all, forced fees are fine, but meddling with people's cake…… how unpopular is that?"

"Even if the lower‑strata beings are wholly willing——they have long stopped caring about the ownership of their souls, because it was never up to them; handing them to Houtu is ten thousand times better than falling into the hands of those long‑livers with sinister intentions."

"Too bad, public opinion propaganda is seized by those with ulterior motives, who obstruct it…… either deliberately neutralizing or distorting its spread, the truth of reincarnation is rarely known to the world."

"If no one knows it, how can we talk about gaining others' support and endorsement?" Yuzhen said, "The upper and middle layers resist, the lower are deceived…… Houtu urgently wants to break this situation."

"That's why we now bear this diplomatic mission." He spoke at length, "Establishing a resource exchange channel is one; cooperating with regional Great Luo beings is another…… but the most crucial hidden task is to directly converse with the lower strata, convey our Wu Clan's thoughts, letting those beings build in their hearts a vivid, objective, good image of the Wu Clan, thereby advancing the Houtu Ancestral Witch's reincarnation strategy."

"This task, said to be hidden…… actually the high levels of both Wu and Demon sides surely know it full well?" Fengxi recalled his previous encounter, feeling more certain of something, "If we carry it out, the Demon side will surely try every means to sabotage it?"

"Exactly, exactly, exactly!" Yuzhen laughed and nodded, "On the clash of such grand strategy, the game of the Great Luo beings on both sides starts out with almost all cards face up."

"Even if heavenly secrets are blocked, making them hard to see at first…… but there's no standing against thousands or tens of thousands of administrators, all eagerly using off‑board moves."

"After all the tinkering, conspiracies can't see the light of day; it's all overt scheming now."

"Everyone knows what's going on; the remaining contest is just who has the higher skill, who can show off and soar more, whose layout speed exceeds the opponent's counter‑exposure speed, literally pressing down the enemy."

"And now the Ancestral Witch has made the first move; the Demon side surely won't sit idle…… I'd guess they've already laid a net of heaven and earth, waiting for us to walk into the urn?" Yuzhen pondered briefly, "No, it's not waiting for us to enter the urn, it's waiting for you to enter the urn."

"After all, I'm not someone to be provoked…… I can call for support anytime, I have off‑board moves." He pointed at Fengxi and burst into laughter, "Even if we're plotted against, we can turn back time, treating it as if nothing happened."

As long as I reload the save before I crash, I can pretend to clear it in one life!

"Those people, I imagine, won't waste effort on someone like me."

"You just can't do it!"

"The wild trumpet abandoned by Yandi is just a blank slate, with no permissions at all…… truly can't afford to lose, must withstand all the enemy's yin and yang schemes."

"Even if you win a thousand times, but lose once, you crash…… tsk tsk!" Yuzhen made tsk sounds, the tsk making Fengxi want to hit him, "I suddenly don't envy your leadership position."

"……" Fengxi darkened his face, unable to utter a word.

"You gotta work hard!" Yuzhen smiled, having finished the dragon meat in his hand, "As the point most easily broken through, you must display the most stunning wisdom, truly defying heaven with humanity!"

"We'll silently support you from behind…… just go ahead with peace of mind!"

Fengxi glared, a single word brewed in his heart for a long time, finally spat out.

Fengxi stared angrily, eyes wide, a single word had been brewing in his heart for a long time, and finally he spat it out.

"Am I that easy to bully?"

"In the Wu Clan, a big bunch of guys are eyeing my position, constantly wanting to replace me; heaven's intent is to kill me."

"Now I've left the main camp, escaped the death‑dealing danger, only to jump into another fire pit?"

"Is heaven scheming against me?"

"Even mud folk have a bit of fire!"

Even a clay figure has a bit of fire!

Don't push me to lose it… I don't even know how scary I get when I go mad!

Fengxi angrily: "Just wait… I'll eventually trap those guys until they're half-disabled!"

He gritted his teeth, pulled out a little notebook from his bosom, his face ferocious, coldly laughing repeatedly, "Fighting, I really can't; against a Great Luo it's just giving away heads."

But digging pits? I'm an expert at that!

I already have a foolproof plan; I will set up a heaven-and-earth chessboard and play a grand game!

Heaven's will? So what if it is heaven's will?

If you can't kill me, the one who moves the pieces, then I have a thousand and one ways to disgust you to death!

Fengxi spoke with full confidence, that assured look making Yuzhen glance at him twice.

Are you sure? Yuzhen's face odd, "Don't end up with a fierce operation like a tiger, only to look back and find your record is zero wins, five losses?"

Let me think: even if we don't fight, some top strategists of the Demon Race entering the fray would be more than you could handle.

Di Jun, Fuxi, Báizé—these three… none of them simple; are you sure you can withstand them?

Fengxi fell silent for a moment, realizing his earlier words might have been a bit over the top.

But it's fine; losing a person doesn't mean losing the battle.

How if I can withstand it? How if I can't? Fengxi snorted coldly, "Anyway, could the situation get any worse?"

Any gain I can achieve is a victory!

Quite right." Yuzhen nodded, his brow lifting, "I think I now understand why Houtu sent you here to be the leader.

Oh?" Fengxi glanced sideways.

Treating a dead horse as if it were alive." Yuzhen's eyes flashed, "You at least have some connection to Yandi, which to some extent reflects that human emperor's abilities… perhaps Houtu is also curious about what tricks the human race's Five Direction Heavenly Emperors have.

If optimistically estimated, they're hardly different from the already revealed Qingdi Fuxi… then this match might actually be winnable!

Yuzhen instantly perked up.

He has always kept a close watch on the game of guessing the identities of the human race's Five Direction Heavenly Emperors.

Not only their true identities, but also their strength and abilities.

What exactly gives them the right to strut atop the Ancestral Witches?

Right now, it seems there's a chance to witness the answer?

Come on, Fengxi!" Yuzhen's eyes shone, "You're representing Yandi in battle!

You bear the hopes of humanity… if you lose, you'll be a huge stain on humanity's war against the Demon Race, forever nailed to the pillar of shame!

Pah!" Fengxi bluntly expressed his attitude, "What nonsense hat are you trying to put on me?

What 'bearing humanity's hopes,' what 'pillar of shame'… that's just nonsense!

When has humanity's self-improvement ever fallen to needing a single individual to bear all hopes? That kind of clan is beyond saving.

I've never been that important, nor would I choose to be…" Fengxi said, "Just do what you ought to do.

Your mindset is quite good." Yuzhen chuckled.

Whatever ability one has, one does that much… even the Ancestral Witches can't do much better, they just take it step by step. Although I have some ideas that can disgust the enemy, I dare not be overly complacent." Fengxi rolled his eyes, "Once the dust settles and I win big, I'll show off a bit and spread the word that I'm the savior.

If we don't win, let's just pretend nothing happened.

Self-blame? Feeling ashamed and humiliated for failing to bear the hopes?

It doesn't exist!

Fengxi's voice was resonant and powerful, though what he said was a bit…

Good news travels far, bad news stays at home?" Yuzhen muttered, suddenly realizing that Fengxi's bottom line seemed even more dangerous than he imagined!

This is playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses!" Fengxi hummed twice, "Right, my plan needs your cooperation.

What cooperation?

Spread the word!" Fengxi's eyes gleamed, "I want to hold a super-large event right here on Kunlun Mountain!

Resources are fine, but the manpower needed here will have to be hard on you all…

Wait… I want to ask something." Yuzhen raised a hand, interrupting Fengxi, "Your super-large event… just how large are we talking?

Eh, it's not that exaggerated!" Fengxi said bluntly.

Rough estimate: maybe involving tens or hundreds of thousands of the Kunlun Mountain tribes?

Not exaggerated?" Yuzhen gripped his sword hilt, staring at Fengxi's forehead as if wanting to chop it off.

An event this big—how could our meager manpower bear it?

You can't, don't you have connections behind you?" Fengxi rubbed his hands, "At least try to mobilize them!

Houtu sent you these diplomatic members; although not expecting much, just laying groundwork… but do what you can, at least exert some effort.

Not even asking you to rally fighters to brawl, do something life-threatening… it's just selling a bit of labor.

Disciples and such… the person behind you must have plenty, right?

……" Yuzhen was speechless, finally waving his hand weakly, "Fine… what do you want to do?

Set up a stage—the Honghuang First Myriad Races Sports Games!

(End of chapter)