Chapter 537

With the extension and expansion of the spatial landscape caused by the successive recovery of the Artifact Saint Palace ruins—the Forging Workshop in the southern area of the capital—and the Dharma Saint Palace ruins—the Medical Department in the eastern area—the former capital of the Great Jin Kingdom had long been unrecognizable.

Nowadays, when people mention the capital, the first thing they think of is not the imperial palace, but the Heavenly Department, which represents the Central Holy Land.

The center of power had long since shifted quietly.

Heavenly Department.

At dawn, Wei Zhenjie had just finished his cultivation and walked out of the cultivation room when a personal guard came to report that people from the four great holy lands had arrived.

"My head hurts..."

Wei Zhenjie felt helpless when he heard this.

Yesterday, Lingguang Hall made a reply regarding entering the Nine Nether Soul Realm to cultivate, and since then, his One-Thought-Connection had been vibrating constantly, receiving countless messages complaining about Lingguang Hall's exorbitant demands.

At this moment, he sincerely hoped that the Xuanyuan Prefecture would appear soon, so that the Central Holy Land wouldn't have to come forward to govern and coordinate the various human forces.

Wei Zhenjie dawdled to the main hall, looked at the representatives of the four great holy lands, and greeted them with a forced smile: "Morning."

The elder of the Array Saint Sect ignored his slackness and went straight to the point: "Minister Wei, what do you think of the conditions set by Lingguang Hall?"

Wei Zhenjie spread his hands, very indifferent: "I'm standing and looking at them."

The elder of the Artifact Saint Palace looked helpless: "Minister Wei, everyone is talking about serious business; can you be serious?"

Wei Zhenjie sighed, restrained his smile a bit, and also said with some helplessness: "The initiative is in the hands of the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall; naturally, it's whatever she says. What else can we do?"

The elder of the Array Saint Sect stared at him with sharp eyes: "Do you really intend to hand over the family fortune that the Demon-Suppressing Army fought for with their lives?"

"Otherwise?" Wei Zhenjie asked back, "Do you have any good ideas?"

The elder of the Talisman Saint Pavilion spoke: "The Hall Master of Lingguang Hall went deep into the Nine Nether hinterland to obtain the Nether Firewood; we acknowledge this point."

"In order to cultivate in the Soul Realm, it is reasonable for us to pay some price."

"However, the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall wants too much!"

On the side of the Dharma Saint Palace, Xia Zhen came, and he also followed: "I heard that for some sects and families, Lingguang Hall is asking for secret realms, ruins, and spiritual mines."

"To put it bluntly, the behavior of the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall is simply taking advantage of a fire to rob."

Wei Zhenjie looked over, his tone faint: "Yes, I also think the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall is asking for too much, but you shouldn't just stare at the price to be paid; you also have to think about the harvest."

"Many Spirit Platform cultivators have their cultivation stagnant because their divine sense cannot rise; entering the Soul Realm to cultivate, they might be at the Spirit Platform realm when they enter, and perhaps at the Spirit Condensation realm when they come out."

"The higher the realm of a cultivator, the harder it is to improve; I don't need to tell you what an extra Spirit Condensation realm cultivator means to the human race and to various forces."

Hearing this, the people from the four great holy lands stopped talking.

After a while, the elder of the Artifact Saint Palace said again: "The Nine Nether Soul Realm is related to the high-level combat power of human cultivators; with the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall asking for so much, I'm afraid there are not many forces that can come up with corresponding resources."

Wei Zhenjie smiled: "You underestimate those families and sects."

To be honest, he didn't really mind the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall's move this time, and even wanted to applaud.

Those cultivation families and dignitaries, relying on knowing about the spiritual energy recovery first, grabbed and occupied cultivation resources; although they cultivated many cultivators, their ultimate goal was to expand their own power.

Instead of letting those forces fatten themselves, it's better to use the resources on the Zhu Que Army.

The elder of the Artifact Saint Palace: "Even if they can come up with it, that is the family fortune that several generations have worked hard to save; the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall obtaining the Nether Firewood is a great merit for the human race, but she is asking for so much and raiding people's family fortunes, I'm afraid she will offend all forces."

Wei Zhenjie looked at the representatives in front of him who were suffering, didn't want to entangle with them, and gave a suggestion.

"We want to enter the Soul Realm to cultivate, and Lingguang Hall wants to charge a fee; in essence, this is a business transaction."

"Since it's a business transaction, they make an offer, and we just counter-offer."

"If you ask me, you should each counter-offer first and see Lingguang Hall's reaction."

"Business is business; there's always a bargaining session, and in the end, everyone can take a condition that both sides can accept."

The representatives of the four great holy lands looked at each other, saw that Wei Zhenjie didn't want to take the lead, and could only helplessly accept this proposal.

"That's all we can do."

Watching the people from the four great holy lands leave, Wei Zhenjie just breathed a sigh of relief when the One-Thought-Connection vibrated again. He picked it up and looked at it, then sneered.

Chu Junyi brought Meng Ziyu and the other four back from the Nine Nether and saw Wei Zhenjie sneering: "Master, what's wrong?"

Wei Zhenjie looked over, saw it was his disciple, and immediately snorted: "The major families and sects feel that the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall is asking for too much and want to unite to force her to lower the conditions."

Chu Junyi frowned after hearing this.

Meng Ziyu interjected: "The Hall Master of Lingguang Hall is very strong and domineering, but two fists are no match for four hands; with all forces putting pressure together, I'm afraid the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall won't be able to hold on."

Wei Zhenjie heard this and hummed with a smile: "That's not necessarily true."

This tactic might work on others, but it probably won't work on Hua Changxi; it might even backfire.

When the Dharma Saint Palace recovered, all parties joined forces to threaten her, but in the end, didn't Hua Changxi win a complete victory?

Now, with the ten thousand Zhu Que Army as her backing, she will only have more confidence.

Chu Junyi and the other five looked at each other after hearing this, with the same expression in their eyes—the Master (Minister) thinks highly of the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall.

Lingguang Hall.

Seeing Yun You received replies from various forces one after another, and after reading their counter-offers, her expression remained gloomy.

Su Yu: "Why, do they all disagree?"

Seeing Yun You nodded: "The four great holy lands directly cut our conditions in half, and some families and sects directly cut ninety percent."

After speaking, she began to send a message to Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi was not in Lingguang Hall, but was inspecting the remaining few blessed lands.

Red Flame Mountain, Fire Rock Grotto, Fire Cloud Cave, Sui Ren Bone, Nirvana Pool...

According to her experience in occupying blessed lands in the past, she had some sense of them, but for these five, except for Red Flame Mountain, for the other four, apart from spatial fluctuations, she had no sense of the situation inside the blessed lands at all.

Is her ability insufficient, or do these four blessed lands have their own mysteries?

"Hum~"

The One-Thought-Connection vibrated, interrupting Hua Changxi's thoughts.

After reading the message sent by Seeing Yun You, she wasn't surprised, but replied: "The conditions set by Lingguang Hall will not be budged an inch."