Chapter 30: Setting Sun Devil Sect

After Li Zhangsheng put away the compass, he also felt this thing was really good.

Just recite a few lines of the incantation, and it can play back past events—just like a trans‑temporal surveillance!

It's practically a tool for tracking others!

Hmm… it's indeed a good thing.

Li Zhangsheng turned to look at the Nether Emperor and said, "I quite like this thing; how about… you name a price?"

The Nether Emperor smiled and said, "Senior, if you like it, just take it!"

The Nether Emperor certainly didn't dare refuse, after all, with Li Zhangsheng's strength he could easily wipe him out and take the compass for himself!

Li Zhangsheng could ask him so politely, so he naturally wouldn't seek embarrassment!

Moreover, that treasure compass can only exert its true function in the hands of someone like Li Zhangsheng.

The Nether Emperor holding it is truly a waste of heavenly treasure!

On this point, the Nether Emperor still has some self‑awareness!

"You should still name a price," Li Zhangsheng said leisurely.

Li Zhangsheng also knew the Nether Emperor could hand over the compass mostly because he feared Li Zhangsheng's strength.

But he has no habit of taking others' things for nothing!

"Then… I hope that after I return, senior, you'll let me view the seven steles left by the Seven Emperors predecessors of the Longevity Gate." The Nether Emperor spoke in a very low posture, seeming to have a special obsession with those seven steles.

"Sure!" Li Zhangsheng agreed without even thinking.

It's just seven stone tablets with inscriptions; exchanging them for a trans‑temporal surveillance device is a great deal!

"I never expected the Setting Sun Sect to actually collude with those heretical demonic paths!"

Recalling the footage just played, the Nether Emperor felt somewhat surprised and sighed.

"Oh? You also know about the Setting Sun Sect?" Li Zhangsheng curiously looked at the Nether Emperor.

"The Setting Sun Sect did something rather interesting a few years ago." The Nether Emperor nodded with a smile, then he and Li Zhangsheng, the three of them, talked about some past events of the Setting Sun Sect…

The Nine Provinces Continent has nine provinces; to the north of Qing Province lies another great province, Wasteland Province.

The Setting Sun Sect is located at the southernmost part of Wasteland Province, right next to the border of Qing Province.

Previously, as the hegemon of Qing Province, the Nether Emperor naturally understood some of the powers and their lineages surrounding Qing Province.

According to him, the sect leader of the Setting Sun Sect, Duan Yun, is an elderly man of high virtue and prestige, greatly respected and beloved!!

The main reason for his respect is that a few years ago he suddenly shouted the four words "education without discrimination" to the outside world!

Since he shouted those four words, the admission threshold of the Setting Sun Sect has become extremely low!

Or rather, there is basically no threshold.

As long as you can draw qi into your body to cultivate, regardless of talent, if you're willing, you can come to the Setting Sun Sect to study and cultivate.

Moreover, the Setting Sun Sect teaches all disciples equally, opening up all techniques and martial arts—whoever wants to cultivate can do so, with nothing held back.

You should know that, however you say it, the Setting Sun Sect is also a quasi‑imperial lineage of Wasteland Province!

Suddenly pulling this off is practically riding a huge wave of popularity in Wasteland Province!

Taking in disciples with almost no threshold, and all techniques and martial arts fully open—so generous, it's unprecedented and unlikely to be matched later!

Although the Setting Sun Sect ranks last among the quasi‑imperial lineages of Wasteland Province, its techniques and martial arts are still out of reach for some loose cultivators and low‑born cultivators.

For a time, nearby low‑born cultivators and some loose cultivators flocked to apply; the Setting Sun Sect turned none away, taking them all into the sect.

With Sect Leader Duan Yun doing this, the formerly struggling Setting Sun Sect, in just a few short years, actually became a thriving prosperous scene!

Consequently, the reputation of Sect Leader Duan Yun in Wasteland Province rose dramatically all at once!

"Education without discrimination"—low‑born cultivators also have a chance to rise; the sect leader of the Setting Sun Sect is truly a great person!

Because of his reputation, some secular families, upon finding good seedlings, are even more willing to send them to the Setting Sun Sect for cultivation……

"Looking at it this way, the sect leader of the Setting Sun Sect really carried out a bold sect reform!" Xiao Jue, hearing the Nether Emperor's words, couldn't help but nod, stroking his chin,

"But… how does it feel weird? With so many disciples, doesn't the Setting Sun Sect feel crowded?"

Xiao Jue seemed to have hit the nail on the head right away!

Generally speaking, a quasi‑imperial lineage can at most support the cultivation of a hundred thousand people with its resources!

This is also why most lineages insist on admitting none rather than poor quality when recruiting disciples!

Yet the Setting Sun Sect accepts all loose cultivators and low‑born cultivators without refusal!

With so many people, how are cultivation resources to be allocated?!

Then the only option is expansion!

But expansion would bring conflict with other forces!

"This point is rather strange," the Nether Emperor said. "The Setting Sun Sect has been recruiting disciples like wildfire these past years, yet its territory shows no sign of expansion."

"Alright, I used to not pay much attention to this, but now I think… the Setting Sun Sect really does have something going for it!"

The Nether Emperor obviously also thought of something.

If cultivation resources aren't enough, why not just create them?

"No wonder they uphold 'education without discrimination'—look, those loose and low‑born cultivators who joined the Setting Sun Sect have all turned into talent!" Liu Yiming also said this with a shudder of dread.

He meant the "cai" as in material!!

Low‑born cultivators and loose cultivators risk their lives hoping to become dragons and phoenixes!

Little do they know that dragon liver and phoenix marrow, in others' eyes, are just a plate of food!

"Damn, all those loose and low‑born cultivators have turned into cultivation resources for the Setting Sun Sect." Xiao Jue also reacted, saying, "The Setting Sun Sect has already fallen into a devil sect—haven't the several Emperors of Wasteland Province noticed?"

"It must be because the Cloud Emperor has some means of concealing heavenly secrets." The Nether Emperor said, "Besides… who among the Emperors would deliberately pay attention to a quasi‑imperial lineage?"

"Let's go and take a look at the Setting Sun Sect." Li Zhangsheng said in a calm, light tone, "I don't even know whether the members of the Willow Cloud Sect have been sacrificed or not now."

"Exactly, let's hurry over, destroy this devil sect, and rid the people of harm!" Liu Yiming also felt a sudden chill.

If we're a second late, the Willow Cloud Sect gains an extra second of sacrifice risk; he doesn't want to waste even a single second!

Li Zhangsheng made a casual move, and several people vanished right where they stood!

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