Chapter 140: Openly cultivating Fengxi, secretly advancing the Flame Emperor!

Sentiment.

This is something very special.

It often drives living beings to make choices beyond reason.

"Taking advantage of the moment, the first large-scale sports meet covering the whole Kunlun Mountain Range is underway; the various peoples don't really know each other, yet they're confident in their own ethnic strengths, believing they're the best in their specialties. As organizers, we can launch a publicity push."

Fengxi burst out with his scheming, speaking confidently to the hostile crowd below: "We'll lure them here, hype them there—using sentiment, using talk of ethnic self-respect and confidence—to drain every living being's pocket of their last cent!"

"Make them feel their ethnicity is excellent, that they will surely win in their specialty—this is the key to proving whether their group is a superior ethnicity; my ×× ethnicity is not inferior to humans!"

"Although objective problems require objective assessment, whether an ethnicity is excellent depends on the development of its internal civilization, not merely on physical prowess or talent in its specialty—otherwise, what's the point of having brains and wisdom?"

"Looking back, in the Dragon‑Phoenix Era countless ferocious beasts ran rampant; the heirs of the Chaos Demon God wielded heaven‑shaking battle power, rampaging across the primordial wilderness as soon as they were born, slaughtering later‑born beings like mowing grass, their blood nearly staining the wilderness red… Yet in the end, wasn't it under the siege of innate sages who used their wisdom to fathom heaven's mysteries and forge the supreme ways that they were reduced to protected species, forced to eke out an existence in remote corners?"

Fengxi said as such.

At this moment, applause rang out continuously.

Hougang, the painter, Xiling and other minor witches all showed their agreement with concrete actions—the Chancellor is absolutely right!

Exactly like that!

Fengxi pressed his hands down in the air, satisfied, "But…"

"We witches just need to know this principle."

"When promoting outward, we don't need to tell the truth—after all, all the big truths have been said, calming those demons and letting them view things rationally; how else could we profit by sentiment? How else could we spread ethnic superiority theory?"

Fengxi tapped the table and scanned the crowd below.

"You agree, right?"

"Shh!"

Instantly, the crowd below burst into boos.

This is all praise for Fengxi's remarkably low standards.

——Regardless of the actual meaning, that's how Fengxi understands it.

"So, Hougang!"

He pointed at the person who had booed the loudest.

"The burden on your shoulders is heavy!"

"Next, the core of your publicity work must shift to the Universiade."

"You must shout out a slogan!"

"Help each ethnicity build self‑confidence, strengthen cohesion, cleverly craft an atmosphere so that every living being feels their ethnicity is excellent and full of potential."

"Help them puff up, let them inflate… the higher they're lifted, the harder they'll fall."

"Do you understand?"

Fengxi looked at Hougang with hopeful eyes.

Hougang's face shifted in a myriad of ways at that moment.

He glared at Fengxi, unfriendly.

"Listen!"

"Is this something a person would say!"

Among the many ethnic groups in Kunlun Mountain, over ten thousand are eligible to appear on stage.

Each must be thoroughly promoted, cheered on, and beguiled until they're lame…

'How much work is involved in this?'

'Damn, can I even finish this work?'

'You just take on difficulties when they exist, and invent them when there are none?'

'Don't just because I have a bit of ability, latch onto me like a sheep and shear me hard!'

Hougang opened his mouth, feeling an urge to spew eloquence.

Perhaps it was the spirit in his eyes that moved Fengxi.

The highest official stationed in Kunlun Mountain pondered briefly.

"How is it? Hougang, do you think there's difficulty here?" he asked. "If so, feel free to bring it up."

"Conscripting labor… no, it's about selecting personnel, sharing work, etc. —you can apply here."

"After everyone discussed together, we can consider making some adjustments for you… our Wu Clan's organization is egalitarian, right!"

"Everyone present has the right to speak and to vote…"

Fengxi traced a half‑circle with one hand in front of him, gesturing slightly.

Hougang was overjoyed.

He instantly stood up, "I'm thinking, this work is too important; my witch power is insufficient, so to be safe…"

Hougang needs many people to help share the workload.

How does that saying go?

If you share your pain with another, you'll be left with only half of it.

This overloaded work is, for Hougang, a kind of pain.

If he could drag along a thousand eight hundred burial companions, wouldn't his pain be reduced to one‑thousandth?

However.

At this very moment.

His fellow colleagues together demonstrated what is called united cooperation and what is called the people's expectation.

"This is a tremendous tempering opportunity for Brother Hougang, a great chance for soul elevation—how could it be destroyed?" Yuzhen shook his head repeatedly.

"Work brings happiness…… this is Hougang's blessing cultivated over three lifetimes!" The painter said in a mystic, rambling tone, somewhat like a Buddhist charlatan coaxing people.

"Without experiencing a bone-chilling cold, how can one get the fragrance of plum blossoms?" Xiling sighed, "Only by enduring the bitterest hardship can one become the supreme of the Wu Clan."

"Hougang, believe in yourself…… you can do it!" Qingxuan was very direct.

……

The scene was in chaos for a moment.

Hougang deployed his silver tongue, vainly trying to change something.

But alas, the will of the masses was so united; according to the unwritten rule that the minority follows the majority, he ultimately could not realize the beautiful dream of completely shedding his burden.

Just having a few dozen errand-runners was already the limit.

Fengxi watched the scene calmly, feeling no guilt.

Anyway, he just planned the grand strategy; the rest… what does it have to do with him?

After leisurely enjoying Minzhu's great victory, he put a period on this meeting and then said a couple more sentences.

"Please, everyone, work together with one heart, handle your own tasks…… grasp both speed and effectiveness!"

"This is all for the service of the Wu Clan and the human race; do not be negligent, do not be careless!"

"We must carry forward the work spirit often mentioned by the Ancestor Wu of Houtu: 'one must, two attentions, three utmosts'……"

……×N

"All right."

"The meeting ends here."

"Adjourn!"

……

"This is an important meeting."

"This is a great meeting."

"This is the key node of the Wu Clan's strategic turning point, a crucial step in planning the encirclement and suppression campaign against the evil forces represented by Xihuang of the Demon Race, shifting from the abstract to the practical, taking root in the heart of the Demon Race, forming a community of interests with the broad base of demon commoners, laying a deep foundation for the Wu's dominion over the earth, and leaving a bold and vivid stroke in the victory of the Wu-Demon war."

——《History of the Wu and Demon: Annals of Fengxi》

After myriad ages, the Human King Cangdi wrote the dawn of an era, settling all matters once and for all.

……

"When I needed financial support, I couldn't even see a trace of you."

"Now I've made a fortune; you come out faster than anyone."

In 999's consciousness, helplessness filled.

"Hahaha!" Fengxi chuckled, "I also have no choice, do I?"

"Normally I also have to cultivate… besides, you still have so many compatriots still struggling."

"I'm not having it easy either."

"Hehe." 999 gave a cold laugh.

"Eh eh eh, don't be like that!" Fengxi laughed, "Broaden your mind a little, don't nitpick."

"Pfft." 999 snorted, "Although I know your rapid emergence is definitely related to money…… but I still want to hear you say it yourself, so I can give up—how do you intend to extort my labor achievements?"

"Hey! You can't say that!" Fengxi spoke with conviction, "You think I'm asking you for luck because I'm greedy?"

"Wrong!"

"I'm acting out of public spirit, letting you support those compatriots still struggling…… they've all dragged behind the average wealth line of the Great Fengxi Group!"

"As the saying goes——the Way of Heaven: reduce the surplus to supply the deficient!"

"Now, we need your surplus to take care of those who are lacking, so that our entire collective can develop faster and more effectively!"

Fengxi was expounding grand principles.

999 fell silent.

Just as Fengxi thought the early-developed Trumpet's mindset had gone wild, 999's painful consciousness transmitted over.

"Good…… alright……"

"Luck, I can transfer it to you."

Fengxi was very surprised, feeling somewhat incredulous.

The Trumpet's personality and worldview can refer to the Tuba.

The current problem is…… when did the Trumpet's mental realm and spiritual awakening become so high?

"Not not not…… this isn't his awakening that increased." Fengxi rubbed his chin, "rather, my own awakening has always been high, always having a great sentiment of universal love, sacrificing the self for everyone!"

"It usually doesn't show, just because there's been no chance to display it."

"Yes…… that must be it!"

Just as Fengxi was analyzing his own spirit, 999's consciousness came over, carrying a hint of helplessness.

"Tuba, if you're going to boast, can you first disconnect our consciousness channel?"

"Although what you think are all correct, they are facts…… but as a listener, I always feel a sense of shame, eh?"

999 poured out his heart.

Fengxi did not agree.

"Shame? Is there any?"

"What is this thing?"

"Can it be eaten?"

His series of counterquestions made 999 involuntarily let out a long sigh, "I don't know if it's my illusion, but Tuba, your lower limit seems to have dropped a bit."

"Forget it, let's not talk about these."

I'll transfer the funds to you now…… I must say, in the primordial unity realm, the harvest is truly not small.

Especially, the world I'm in is quite special.

Jiujiujiu muttered, but Fengxi could no longer listen.

His focus was entirely on the qi fortune and merit system, and that series of notifications filled him with joy from the depths of his heart.

That is the joy of being rich!

Unfortunately, this good fortune didn't last long.

The transfer ended quickly.

The astronomical amount of fortune on the Trumpet account shrank enormously when it reached the Tuba account.

Ah... this exchange rate difference is too huge, right?

Fengxi sighed, "How can the difference be so huge?!"

The dream of getting rich overnight... shattered!

I was still hoping to rely on it to speed up my cultivation to the threshold of the Great Net...

Don't! Jiujiujiu immediately spoke up to cut him off, "This fortune, you mustn't use it all for your own cultivation... Better give it all to other Trumpets so they can develop quickly."

Oh? Fengxi's doubtful thought arose, he transmitted it, "What's up?"

Jiujiujiu was thinking about the great secret that Fuxi Great Sage had mentioned, and was about to confess it.

But when his thought reached the edge of transmission, he paused.

A flash of inspiration sped by, and his train of thought became clear and smooth.

"Why would Xihuang, in such a small world, transmit to me, a Trumpet, instead of directly telling my Tuba?"

"Fuxi Great Sage always acts covertly; in the primordial Honghuang world, he never speaks openly... It seems my Tuba is not suited to know these things."

"If he knew, his actions would inevitably be deliberate... Even with an innate spiritual treasure to conceal, it would not be foolproof."

"It's better for me, this Trumpet, to act—unnoticed, and still under the cover of Fuxi Great Sage..."

Jiujiujiu discerned some hidden secrets.

Regarding the matter of Yandi, now is not a good time to lay cards on the table.

It's simply that Fengxi's Tuba is right at the vortex center of the Lich clans' contest!

How many heavenly wills are paying attention there?

"I'll first collect the fragments of Xihuang, then talk... When we finally need to find Suiren's fire-drilling, we'll lay cards on the table then."

"We haven't even seen a shadow of the human race yet—what's there to get excited about?"

Jiujiujiu's mindset calmed down.

In that moment of calm, he had already planned his future arrangements.

——Openly cultivate Fengxi, secretly advance Yandi!

"Sorry, Tuba, but reality forces me to use you as a raft... Originally, you were the one who should have been crowned as Yandi."

"What can be done? What can be done!"

Jiujiujiu felt a myriad of emotions, with a sense that fate toys with people.

Of course.

Fate toys with people, that's fate toying with people.

An explanation is still needed.

"Dog management... no, Tuba, listen to me explain slowly."

"What is your identity now?"

"The great loyal minister valued by Lord Houtu!"

"What does this identity mean?"

"Unless the Lich Great Tribulation develops to its most brutal point, the ancestral witches are powerless to stop him; otherwise, he's quite safe."

"In terms of raising your cultivation, you don't need to be especially urgent... After all, ordinary cultivation improvements don't help much with the threshold of the Great Net."

"Rather, by tempering yourself in the crucible of myriad heavens worlds, forging your grand Dao convictions, you can have a huge effect, reducing the future difficulty of attaining the Dao."

Jiujiujiu employed his eloquence, earnestly stating facts and reasoning to the Tuba.

After Fengxi carefully considered, he nodded.

Indeed.

The current Lich standoff hasn't yet reached the point where this strategist-type talent needs to go onto the battlefield.

Moreover.

If a major war really breaks out, given his jumping behavior during this time, there will surely be heavenly providence looking after him... At that point, is there any difference between the early stage and the peak of the Great One?

They all end up as a mosaic from a single slap.

"Indeed."

"Short-term gain is not advisable."

"We should still play the long game, do long-term planning, directly laying the groundwork for attaining the Great Net."

Fengxi was convinced, and fully accepted Jiujiujiu's suggestion.

"Oh, right."

After Fengxi realized the meaning, his thoughts turned malicious.

"What did you just say?"

"Honest child, say it again for me to hear?"

The little brat at home has finally been suppressed... Starting tomorrow, I'll begin making up the missing updates.

(End of chapter)