lcionline Chapter 473 Self-Destruction, Opportunity for Tribulation | Happy New Year's Eve!
Chapter 473 Self-Destruction, Opportunity for Tribulation | Happy New Year's Eve!
In Chu Lengyu's view, inequality in intelligence is the greatest inequality.
"Today, the Myriad Star Alliance forcibly divided the right to trade between races. In reality, they are taking advantage of the conflict between the two sides to reap the benefits. It is impossible for you all not to see this."
With a hint of sarcasm, Chu Lengyu continued, "While the Minghai Realm is indeed rich in resources, don't you all understand the principle of 'sitting idle and spending until everything is gone'?"
“Rare spiritual items take tens of thousands of years to accumulate, but the Myriad Star Alliance buys them at low prices and then sells them at high prices. If this continues, the resources of the Minghai Realm will be drained, while the Myriad Star Alliance will become stronger and stronger.”
Before anyone could retort, Chu Lengyu gave them the chance, pressing further, "Leaving aside everything else, let's just talk about the spiritual marrow! May I ask, Elder, how many spiritual veins has the Sea King Palace hollowed out in the past few years?!"
Her questioning left the Grand Elder of the Sea King Palace speechless, frozen in place.
Because answering this question would cause a huge uproar and might even shake the foundations of the Sea King's Palace.
However, at this moment, the female cultivator from the Sea King Palace who had previously thrown out the Heavenly Thunder to save him couldn't help but step forward.
Her face was ashen, and she said angrily, "I know! In the past few years, nearly a hundred fourth-order spiritual veins have been hollowed out!"
As soon as she finished speaking, both humans and demons showed expressions of disbelief.
Only at this moment did they truly realize the serious consequences of the actions of the Sea King's Palace.
The unique geography of the Minghai region dictates that spiritual veins and islands are almost destined to be interdependent.
In this vast and boundless sea, a towering island may not necessarily have a spiritual vein, but the location of a fourth-order spiritual vein will always be accompanied by a giant island.
However, removing the spiritual essence is tantamount to severing the root of the spiritual vein.
As the spiritual energy dries up, the giant island will lose its support and gradually sink into the endless waves, causing millions of people to lose their homes and become displaced!
A single first-order spiritual vein is only enough to support the propagation of a Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment family, but it can protect the peace of hundreds of thousands of mortals.
A fourth-order spiritual vein is standard equipment for second-rate sects, enough for Nascent Soul cultivators to cultivate, protecting dozens or even hundreds of surrounding islands, allowing countless cultivators and mortals to thrive in this sea area.
But now, the Sea King's Palace has secretly hollowed out nearly a hundred such spiritual veins.
This news came like a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone present feeling heartbroken and angry.
They couldn't imagine that the Sea King's Palace would do something so heinous for its own benefit.
Even the elders of the Qianlan Sect, who always followed the lead of the Sea King Palace, were now so angry that their eyes seemed to spit fire.
He didn't dare ask how the Sea King Palace planned to settle the many mortals on the island after these hundred spiritual veins were dug out.
In the vast ocean, land is precious, and land that can be lived on and cultivated is even more precious!
Even the demon kings of the four seas found the Sea King Palace's actions utterly absurd.
Although they didn't understand human farming and survival methods very well, they knew very well how many demon lives would be needed for a sea monster to successfully conquer an island with a fourth-order spiritual vein.
However, now, humanity is destroying itself.
Chu Lengyu gently shook her head and said firmly, "I believe it's far more than that."
She raised her index finger: "I guess the Wanxing Alliance estimated that the Sea King Palace could extract a total of 100,000 cubic meters of spiritual marrow."
These words were like a thunderbolt, causing an uproar among the crowd.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the Grand Elder of the Sea King Palace, their gazes almost murderous.
They couldn't believe that the Sea King's Palace would disregard the future of the entire Netherworld for the sake of some spiritual essence.
The Grand Elder of the Sea King's Palace waved his hands repeatedly in denial: "No, no, no, how could there be so many! This is absolutely a rumor, a frame-up!"
Even with his cultivation level, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, clearly indicating that he was extremely nervous at the moment.
Upon hearing this, the Azure Tide Poisonous Dragon said sarcastically, "So that's how it is. It seems we really don't need to fight tonight."
If humans continue digging like this, island after island will disappear into the endless waves.
Perhaps in just a few years, the entire Minghai Realm will return to the hands of the demon race.
Thinking of this, every cultivator present felt heavy-hearted, their hearts filled with worry and unease as they gazed at the vast and boundless sea.
Chu Lengyu then said, "Have you demon kings ever considered why you've come here tonight, and where the invitation came from? The true purpose of the Myriad Star Alliance is to make you both suffer heavy losses, while they can easily control everything in the Minghai Realm."
She paused slightly before continuing, "The domineering nature of the Myriad Star Alliance is nothing new. They arbitrarily set rules with an arrogant attitude, treating the cultivators and demons of the Minghai Realm as pawns on a chessboard, to be manipulated at will. Since they can offer such an absurd condition as the right to trade races today, they might very well come up with other even more harsh terms tomorrow, forcing you step by step into a desperate situation."
The human cultivators exchanged bewildered glances, beginning to suspect the wolfish ambitions of the Myriad Star Alliance.
The Grand Elder of the Sea King Palace finally found his voice and tried to refute, "Fellow Daoist's reminder is well-intentioned, but it's really worrying unnecessarily! The Myriad Star Alliance is, after all, a business, and its primary principle is profit. If they keep increasing their harsh conditions, who will be willing to trade with them? And from whom will they earn their spirit stones?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Lengyu's lips curled into a cold smile.
She glanced sideways at the Grand Elder of the Sea King Palace, her tone laced with sarcasm: "Oh, really? Hasn't the Sea King Palace reached some kind of shady deal with the Myriad Star Alliance, intending to break through to the eighth rank and achieve the Tribulation Transcending Realm?"
She didn't want to expose this in public, but the Grand Elder of the Sea King Palace's stubbornness forced her to bring it all up.
These words caused another uproar in the crowd.
The Grand Elder of the Sea King Palace turned ashen-faced. He never expected that such a confidential matter would be exposed by Chu Lengyu in public. Did she guess this, or did someone deliberately leak it?
His face was ashen, and he finally admitted the shocking truth: "That's right, the Myriad Star Alliance did indeed agree to provide the method for transcending tribulation."
Upon hearing this, the expression of the Four Seas Demon King immediately turned extremely ugly.
If the Sea King Palace really breaks through to the Tribulation Transcending Realm first, then the current balance will be completely broken!
"But we can't do that," the elder of the Thousand Mist Sect sighed, with a hint of compassion. "Mortals are the foundation of us cultivators. If our foundation is destroyed, how can we remain unscathed?"
However, the Grand Elder of the Sea King Palace glared at him angrily and shouted, "Shut up! Isn't your sect leader also determined to break through to the Great Ascension Realm? Why put on this act here!"
The elder of Qianlan Sect was speechless after hearing his words, and his face turned bright red.
For cultivators, hindering their path to enlightenment is tantamount to killing their parents, something no one can accept.
Seeing this, the North Sea Black Tortoise turned its gaze to Chu Lengyu, cupped its hands in greeting, and said in a hoarse voice, "Please enlighten us, fellow Daoist, what should we do?"
However, facing the expectant gazes of the crowd, Chu Lengyu shook her head repeatedly, her expression showing a hint of helplessness: "I've said it before, I'm just a passerby, how could I be qualified to instruct you?"
The cause and effect involved were too complex and too heavy for her to bear; she dared not get involved.
Tonight, she was willing to stand up and stop them, and to say these words, simply out of her conscience.
Even if she hadn't spoken out about these things, they would have gradually realized the seriousness of the problem sooner or later, but by then, they would probably have paid an extremely heavy price.
For a moment, an eerie silence fell over the surroundings. People's eyes occasionally met, but then looked away again.
Years of hatred form an insurmountable chasm between the human and demon races, making it difficult for either side to let down their guard and hostility.
Even when faced with the threat of the Myriad Star Alliance, the human race will not compromise and join forces with the demon race, and the demon kings will never show weakness to the human race.
They were well aware that the fate of the merfolk who had previously submitted to the Thousand Mist Sect was almost no different from that of slaves, and they would never choose such humiliation.
However, what they heard tonight forced them to re-examine the current situation and plan for the future.
The four demon kings discussed the matter telepathically, revealing that they had already decided to retreat and remain on the sidelines to see how the human race would choose.
If the human race continues to extract spiritual essence in exchange for the secret to breaking through to the eighth-order tribulation, then they will need to devise a new plan on how to disrupt the other side's tribulation plan.
Just then, Chu Lengyu suddenly spoke up and brought up another matter.