Chapter 248: The Pushers of the Era (17)

Regarding the 'green luster' that flew out of the Cauldron, Hua Changxi spoke ambiguously. Although everyone wanted to get to the bottom of it, Hua Changxi would not cooperate, and in the end, they could only leave the No. 13 Qihuang Hall in low spirits.

Compared to the unhappiness of others, Seeing Gu Xing's mood at this moment was quite good. Looking at the Medical Division, which had expanded several times over, and feeling the rich spiritual energy in the air, his mind was filled with visions of the Holy Land recovering its ancient glory.

The current Medical Division, with spiritual clouds churning and auspicious energy rising, was already showing the embryonic form of a Holy Land.

Joy surged in Seeing Gu Xing's eyes, but when he noticed the undisguised calculation and greed in the eyes of various factions, his smile slowly faded.

The current concentration of spiritual energy in the Medical Division was likely even richer than the secret realms occupied by the Imperial Family. Just placing people inside to cultivate would yield immense benefits.

Previously, in order to strengthen their own power and win over other factions for their own use, the masters of various secret realms had made the already faction-ridden Medical Division even more complex.

Now that the Medical Division had become the place with the richest spiritual energy in the capital, more and more people would be eyeing it, and the Medical Division would likely become even more chaotic in the future.

Every time Seeing Gu Xing thought about how Hua Changxi still maintained an attitude of wanting to fight alone and stay out of it, his head would ache uncontrollably.

In the midst of chaos, someone needed to stand up and lead the followers who shared the desire to revive the Pill Saint Hall, pushing for the revival of the Holy Land together.

He was quite optimistic about Hua Changxi, but unfortunately, that girl had no such intention.

Seeing Gu Xing glanced again at Meng Qingyao, who was following closely behind Xia Zhen. He absolutely recognized her talent in alchemy.

It was just...

Meng Qingyao was raised by the Meng and Xia families, and inevitably shouldered the expectations of both. Her relationship with the Pill Saint Hall would not be too pure.

What Seeing Gu Xing worried about most was that if a major event occurred in the future, Meng Qingyao would very likely sacrifice the interests of the Holy Land to favor the Meng and Xia families.

"Let's wait and see..."

Now was only the initial stage of the spiritual energy recovery. As time went on, more and more geniuses would appear. Perhaps in the future, a genius even more suitable for the development of the Holy Land than Hua Changxi or Meng Qingyao would emerge.

Seeing Gu Xing comforted himself in this way, only then suppressing the worry in his heart.

Not far away, Wei Zhenjie noticed the wavering look Seeing Gu Xing gave Meng Qingyao and raised an eyebrow in understanding.

If there were no Hua Changxi as a comparison, he guessed Seeing Gu Xing would choose to support Meng Qingyao.

However, Hua Changxi had popped up.

In most cases, a good family background is a person's asset, but this is not absolute.

Take Meng Qingyao and Hua Changxi, for example.

Meng Qingyao came from the immortal cultivation family, the Meng family, and was taught by the guardian family, the Xia family. Her cultivation path could be described as quite smooth, and her future was visibly bright.

However, these things came at a price. After Meng Qingyao grew up, she had to repay the Meng and Xia families and strive for their interests in many matters.

On this point alone, it was unfavorable for her to gain the support of Seeing Gu Xing, who put the Pill Saint Hall before everything else.

And Hua Changxi? She had no family background troubles, fewer entanglements, and a simple stance. Her actions could be purer and more focused, without having to consider too much.

If he were Senior Gu, his heart would also lean more toward Hua Changxi.

Wei Zhenjie looked at his disciple, Huo Yunxiao: "Didn't Hua Changxi say her secret realm is going to recruit apprentices? Pay more attention to this matter. The Demon-Suppressing Army will also send a batch of people in as apprentices."

Huo Yunxiao thought for a moment and said: "Master, based on my understanding of Hua Changxi, she is not the type to make wedding clothes for others. I estimate her conditions for recruiting apprentices will be extremely harsh."

Wei Zhenjie smiled: "No matter how harsh the conditions are, there will be people who are suitable."

He paused.

"The high-grade secret realms controlled by Senior Gu and Meng Qingyao have already had several batches of people enter. Judging from the commotion they've caused during this time, the high-grade secret realms cover a vast area."

"It can be inferred that the secret realm in Hua Changxi's hands will not be too small either."

"If the secret realm is large, it will need many people."

"Since Hua Changxi needs manpower, we can send people in."

After hearing this, Huo Yunxiao felt it made sense, then sighed: "Hua Changxi is not stupid, it's just that her vision is too narrow."

"Why can't she see it clearly? She is a piece of fat meat right now, and everyone wants to take a bite. She thinks that by not cooperating with us, she can prevent others from getting their hands on the secret realm. She is really too naive."

Wei Zhenjie said nothing upon hearing this. Geniuses are all arrogant and unwilling to be controlled by others. Once Hua Changxi is taught a harsh lesson by reality a few times, she will know that one must learn to compromise and concede.

"You keep a close eye on all parties in the Medical Division, and if anything happens, send a message to your master immediately."

Wei Zhenjie gave Huo Yunxiao a few instructions and returned to the Heaven Department. Once back, he went straight into the underground palace, opened several restrictions, and flashed into the Heaven Department's forbidden area, an independent space different from the underground.

In the forbidden area, countless thick golden rune chains were floating.

The rune chains intertwined, weaving into a large golden net, sealing all the black demon energy that kept gushing out from the ground within the net.

With the recovery of spiritual energy in the Four Spirit Realm, the seal of the Demon Prison was also loosening.

As the seal loosened, demon energy overflowed. As the central Holy Land of the formation, as well as the Pill, Formation, Talisman, and Artifact Holy Lands which served as the formation eyes, they bore the brunt and were being eroded by the demon energy to varying degrees.

At this moment, the demon energy accumulated within the golden net hooked by the rune chains was already quite rich.

Wei Zhenjie, who was in the late Nascent Soul stage, only dared to stand on the edge where the demon energy was slightly thinner. Even so, his mind was still affected to a certain extent.

He, who usually remained calm even if Mount Taishan collapsed before him, felt his mood becoming uncontrollably irritable due to the influence of the demon energy.

Wei Zhenjie steadied his mind, suppressed his restless emotions, and quickly looked toward the center of the forbidden area.

In the center of the forbidden area stood a dharma altar inscribed with complex formations and runes.

Above the dharma altar hovered a golden demon-subduing staff.

Golden light radiated from the staff.

Within the golden light, eight runes were lingering.

At this moment, a new rune was condensing and taking shape.

Wei Zhenjie watched the formation of the new rune nervously.

Time passed bit by bit. After an unknown amount of time, the new rune finished condensing, and immediately flew to join the other eight runes.

The nine runes connected end to end, quickly constructing a new golden rune chain.

Once the rune chain was formed, it flew toward the golden net and merged into it, becoming a part of the net.

Watching this scene, Wei Zhenjie's tense expression slowly relaxed.

Sure enough, the stronger the four great holy lands acting as the array eyes were, the stronger the Central Holy Land's ability to resist demon Qi became.

The last time he entered the forbidden area, the Demon-Suppressing Staff had only condensed four runes. He had originally thought it would take a long time for a new chain of runes to form, but he had not expected that the appearance of the Sage Cauldron Hall's Cauldron Altar this time would allow the Demon-Suppressing Staff to rapidly condense a fifth rune.

Wei Zhenjie looked at the defensive network at the heart of the array, which had increased in defensive power due to the addition of a new chain of runes. While he felt a sense of relief, he also had more to ponder.

"If only there were a way to push the other three holy lands to revive quickly as well..."

Wei Zhenjie also knew this was his own wishful thinking. Reviving the holy lands was too difficult; if it were easy, the Guardian Families and the Imperial House would have long since held the five great holy lands in their grasp.

That the Sage Cauldron Hall could make the Cauldron Altar appear so quickly had also greatly exceeded his expectations.

As for the other holy lands, aside from knowing where their ruins were, there was absolutely no sign of revival.

Of course, the revival progress of the Central Holy Land was also extremely slow.

"Is it that the Sage Cauldron Hall is reviving too quickly, or that the other holy lands are reviving too slowly?"