Chapter 361: Alliance's Secret

Ye Liuyun was startled by the spatial fluctuation behind him, breaking out in a cold sweat.

He immediately vanished again, daring not to move a muscle.

He had uncovered the Alliance's great secret; if the Alliance discovered it, they would surely kill him to silence him!

Regardless of whether the Alliance's actions are right or wrong, they would probably not allow him to leak the secret.

"You kid, you're never honest anywhere! Stop hiding!" a kindly voice laughed.

Ye Liuyun felt a stir in his heart, recognizing the voice. Moreover, it seemed he had already been discovered, so he stopped concealing himself, revealed his form, and turned to look.

"Director?" Ye Liuyun exclaimed upon seeing the newcomer.

The person was none other than the Director of the Sacred Martial Academy's Main Institute! The one who had once let him comprehend Heaven and Earth Power in the back courtyard!

"My given name is Cheng Yi, head of the Northern Alliance. The Director of the Sacred Martial Academy is but one of my avatars. Since you are within the Alliance, you need not call me Director," the Director explained with a cheerful smile.

"Senior Cheng, I was reckless! Having uncovered this secret, I do not know how you intend to deal with me," Ye Liuyun said, knowing he could never match the Director, so he asked directly.

"First, tell me your impression of this place!" Cheng Yi said, still wearing a smile.

"The machinery is marvelous; the method of converting Corpse Demon crystal cores is worth promoting, but the rest is open to discussion," Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and said cautiously.

Cheng Yi nodded and began chatting with Ye Liuyun. "The Five Domains' resources are far scarcer than those of other regions; without this approach, there wouldn't be enough resources for Martial Cultivators to strengthen themselves. Yet this method does invite criticism. Your words are fairly courteous; some regions even call us the Demon Path."

In fact, this Mechanism Technique is neither inherently good nor bad; it depends on the user's purpose. It has been passed down generation after generation, and whenever a Foreign Tribe invades, it activates, training Martial Cultivators in the Alliance's name to protect the continent. Qianyin gun heng

Actually this isn't much of a secret; many great powers are aware of the situation. The Five Domains Alliance persists because its actions and goals have been recognized by other realms. Whenever battles intensify, other realms even collect corpses from the battlefield and send them to our Alliance in exchange for resources.

I am the 158th-generation inheritor of this Mechanism Technique, responsible for guarding these machines, and when a Foreign Tribe invades, I rally Northern Alliance members to let it function, cultivating talent to resist Corpse Demons.

Ye Liuyun nodded in understanding. It was like his Lingyun Pavilion; without resources, it could never be built. Perhaps that is the only way they have.

Cheng Yi continued, "Each generation of inheritors in the Five Domains undergoes extremely strict selection, assessing character, will, and realm level. Of course, historically there was an incident where a domain's Mechanism was misused by an inheritor and was ultimately destroyed by the other four domains working together."

"Senior Cheng, are you telling me this to make me an inheritor?"

Ye Liuyun now understood the Five Domains Alliance's approach, but he had no intention of becoming an inheritor. He worried that refusing might lead to being silenced.

"Every member the Alliance recruits becomes a candidate for the inheritor's assessment. I do see great potential in you, but you, kid, are still not qualified!" Cheng Yi laughed.

"So am I about to be punished?" Ye Liuyun asked tentatively.

Cheng Yi smiled again, "The Alliance has no rule that anyone who enters here must be punished!"

Ye Liuyun heard that and finally exhaled, "Good, it seems I won't die this time!"

"But..." Cheng Yi began, his words trailing off.

Ye Liuyun's heart rose again.

Cheng Yi smiled, then continued, "But you and your companion must also swear not to reveal this secret, right? After all, if ordinary people learned it, they'd find it astonishing and shocking!"

Ye Liuyun finally relaxed again. "Of course!" he said, releasing Qiong Qi as well, and together they swore not to disclose the secret.

Then Ye Liuyun asked Cheng Yi, "Why not make this secret public to win everyone's understanding? Would keeping it hidden not raise members' doubts?"

Cheng Yi shook his head, "It's not that simple! If it were made public, many great powers would scramble to seize this Mechanism Technique for their own profit. As for ordinary people, until Corpse Demons actually reach them, they won't realize the importance of resisting them. Thus they would only be exploited, becoming tools for attacking us."

Qiong Qi and Ye Liuyun both nodded, indicating they understood his explanation.

Cheng Yi continued, "As for suspicion, most people, as long as they can obtain resources, won't investigate. Few wish to probe deeper, and they lack the ability you have to get in. In the residence of Heavenly Gang Realm members, there are only mechanisms that convert crystal cores, no mechanisms that convert essence blood, so we need not fear their scrutiny."

"I see now!" Ye Liuyun finally understood why the Heavenly Gang Realm and Yuan Dan Realm are separated.

"Those Kuailei seem to possess sentient intelligence, don't they?" Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and asked another question he wanted to know.

"Those Kuailei indeed have sentient intelligence. After reaching the Fourth Level of the Heavenly Gang, if an Alliance member consents, upon their death their Divine Sense stored in the Alliance's identity Token is injected into the Kuailei, becoming the Kuailei's Divine Sense. After a period of cultivation, it can become a Kuailei guardian of the Alliance."

The process, however, is lengthy. The Kuailei you see now have been cultivated for several hundred years to attain such sentience. In the residences of Heavenly Gang Realm members, the Kuailei have been cultivated for thousands to tens of thousands of years, making them even more human-like.

Cheng Yi answered every question without omission, providing detailed explanations to Ye Liuyun's inquiries, which completely dispelled Ye Liuyun's doubts about the Alliance.

Only after Ye Liuyun had no more questions did Cheng Yi prepare to lead them away.

"What about the resources I took?" Ye Liuyun asked shyly.

"Haha, I'll just give them to you, as a silencing fee!" Cheng Yi laughed. "There are quite a few people trying to deal with you lately, so you should hurry to improve your strength!"

With a wave of his hand, Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi were instantly sent back to the mountain peak where they reside.

"Why did we suddenly return here?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

"It seems this Alliance outpost is a treasure of a vast space, already fully controlled by that old man. Nothing that happens inside can escape his scrutiny," Qiong Qi thought, offering this as the only explanation.

"Before we went exploring, shouldn't he have already known? Why did he still let us in?" Ye Liuyun asked again after realizing.

Qiong Qi gave him a glare, "How would I know what he's thinking! Perhaps he just wants you to give up! Fine, now that you understand, hurry and send me out; I still need to find a fire source and quickly boost my strength!"

Both of them paid no heed to Cheng Yi's warning. There have always been many people out to deal with Ye Liuyun, so they simply didn't care.

"Alright! First send you out, and we can also bring Lei Ming and the others back," Ye Liuyun said, placing Qiong Qi into the Storage Ring and heading outward.

At that moment, Mo Ya rushed over in a hurry and stopped him.

"Lin Feier is in trouble!"

"What? What happened?" Ye Liuyun was bewildered by Mo Ya's abrupt, headless remark.