Chapter 73: The Xianxia Sect Cultivators Are No Longer Overbearing

Upon hearing these words, the Cultivators present all fell silent; they also understood the Xianxia Sect's plan very well.

If one had no money, then one could only join the Patrol Guard, risk one's life for Miyun City, and face off against the Youmo Sect.

The problem was that those demonic cultivators of the Youmo Sect were extremely terrifying, with sinister methods.

Even with the protection of a Second-tier Array, over this past year, the Miyun City Patrol Guard had still lost quite a few Cultivators.

It is said that the Patrol Guard is currently troubled by a shortage of personnel.

Therefore, this time the Xianxia Sect wanted to force those Loose Cultivators to join the Patrol Guard and contribute to protecting Miyun City.

To put it bluntly, they wanted to find some cannon fodder to exhaust the strength of those Youmo Sect cultivators.

Of course, if they pushed too hard, it might lead to resistance from the Loose Cultivators.

Thereby causing instability within Miyun City, allowing the Youmo Sect to find a flaw and break the Array Formation.

So they started with the rent, further increasing it.

They even secretly raised the price of food, causing the Spirit Stones on the Loose Cultivators to be consumed rapidly.

Forcing them to the end of their rope.

As long as a Cultivator had no Spirit Stones on them, they would have no choice but to agree to their conditions.

Join the Patrol Guard and become cannon fodder for the Xianxia Sect.

This method of using a big stick in one hand and a candy in the other had already been perfected by the Xianxia Sect.

As for the Loose Cultivators, they did not want to fight the Xianxia Sect to the death unless they were pushed to the brink.

"Alright, I will only give you one day to consider."

"Either pay up, become a soldier, or die."

Deacon Fan Ze of the Xianxia Sect revealed a Cold Glow in his eyes and issued the final ultimatum.

He did not have much interest in saying anything more to this mob.

In fact, if the Xianxia Sect were not in imminent danger, being besieged by the Youmo Sect, this group of Loose Cultivators would have no qualifications to enter the Patrol Guard.

Letting these Loose Cultivators have the opportunity to join the Patrol Guard now could be considered their great good fortune.

To actually dare to make excuses; it was simply being ungrateful.

"Deacon Fan, you are right. Everyone is responsible for the safety of Miyun City. I have decided to be the first to stand up and pay the rent to support the Xianxia Sect's cause. Otherwise, if Miyun City is breached, none of us will have a good end."

At this moment, Xu Tianze jumped out, showing a righteous appearance. He expressed that he absolutely supported any decision of the Xianxia Sect, and that paying more Spirit Stones was also very normal.

"Not bad, it seems there are still people who understand the situation."

Seeing Xu Tianze's appearance, Deacon Fan Ze immediately felt very satisfied. With such a righteous Cultivator present, it seemed that this collection of high rent would go very smoothly.

Seeing this scene, the other Loose Cultivators also knew that the situation was lost.

"Deacon Fan, it is indeed our fault."

"Now that Miyun City is in imminent danger, it is only natural to contribute money if one has money, and effort if one has effort."

"That's right, we cannot contribute effort, but we can certainly contribute money."

"Four Middle-grade Spirit Stones, we will pay."

The many Loose Cultivators spoke up one after another.

Those speaking were basically Great Cultivators at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer. After all, they had large families and abundant assets; although four Middle-grade Spirit Stones were a lot, they were not unbearable.

The most miserable were those Loose Cultivators with low cultivation.

They did not have many Spirit Stones on them and were basically living paycheck to paycheck; even if they wanted to continue renting, they had no way to do so.

It could be said that their only choice was to join the Patrol Guard and participate in the war against the Youmo Sect.

Without money, one could only risk one's life.

Zhou Sui naturally hid among them and obediently chose to pay the money.

After all, he did not want to risk his life for the Xianxia Sect or be cannon fodder for them.

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Not long after, having collected a large amount of Spirit Stones, Fan Ze and the other Xianxia Sect Cultivators left.

After all, they still had to head to other places to continue collecting rent.

For the Cultivators of the Xianxia Sect, this was an opportunity to scrape up wealth that could not be missed.

Seeing this, the surrounding Cultivators also returned to their homes one after another.

"The situation is not good."

After returning home, Zhou Sui frowned, feeling a faint sense of unease in his heart. He felt that this matter was a bit unusual because the Xianxia Sect was being far too reasonable.

The Xianxia Sect Cultivators from before were not like this.

They would never reason when they could be overbearing; the only reason they were reasoning now was because they could no longer be overbearing.

Since when were these Xianxia Sect disciples so polite to Loose Cultivators?

"What is wrong, husband? Is there something wrong?"

Ji Bingyu, Mu Ziyan, and Xia Jingyan all looked at Zhou Sui curiously.

"Of course something is very wrong. If I am not mistaken, the situation of the Xianxia Sect might be a bit dire, and the Xianxia Sect might not even have rescue personnel coming."

"If rescue personnel could really come, then Golden Core Cultivators would have long since arrived to wipe out that group of Youmo Sect cultivators outside. How could they have held out for a year without any news?"

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.

"Husband, do you mean that the Youmo Sect might have launched an attack on the Xianxia Sect headquarters, tying down the two Golden Core Cultivators of the Xianxia Sect, so the Xianxia Sect headquarters will not send anyone to rescue us at all?!"

"That's impossible, right? Isn't it said that the Young Sect Master of the Xianxia Sect, Leng Yuexi, is in our Miyun City? This is the future Golden Core seed of the Xianxia Sect; could they just give her up like that?"

The three women, Ji Bingyu, Mu Ziyan, and Xia Jingyan, were suddenly a bit shocked.

"It cannot be said that they are giving her up; perhaps it is just because their strength is insufficient and they are powerless to help."

"I am afraid the Youmo Sect has put great pressure on the Xianxia Sect, making it impossible for the Xianxia Sect's Golden Core Cultivators to be dispatched."

"If the hearts of the people in Miyun City are wavering at a time like this, and with the addition of Youmo Sect spies working from the inside and out, Miyun City might very well be completely breached."

Zhou Sui rubbed his chin and voiced his speculation.

"If that is the case, then what should we do?"

Mu Ziyan asked with some nervousness.

"What is there to fear?"

Hearing this, Zhou Sui immediately smiled: "We are not disciples of the Xianxia Sect; even if the city is truly breached, those Youmo Sect Cultivators would kill the Xianxia Sect Cultivators first, rather than us Loose Cultivators."

Of course, one cannot rule out the possibility that those Demonic Sect Cultivators might want to kill to seize treasures and slaughter us Loose Cultivators, but isn't the Underground Shelter I excavated earlier prepared for a time like this?

Once chaos erupts, we will hide inside the Underground Shelter, seal the entrance above, and hide for a year or a half, or perhaps several years; I do not believe the chaos will not end."

He was very calm right now.

Whether the war between the two great sects, the Xianxia Sect and the Youmo Sect, ends in victory or defeat has little to do with him.

Right now, it is enough for him to just survive amidst the chaos.

Once they hide in the Underground Shelter hundreds of meters deep underground, even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator would not be able to discover them.

After all, a Foundation Establishment Divine Sense can extend for dozens of zhang only because there is no obstruction.

If one goes deep underground, a distance of a few zhang is the limit.

I believe no Cultivator has the ability to dig hundreds of meters into the ground.

"Do not leave the house these days; if a problem truly arises, we will immediately hide in the Underground Shelter."

Zhou Sui said in a deep voice.

"Alright."

Ji Bingyu, Mu Ziyan, and Xia Jingyan all nodded.

(End of this chapter)