Easy Way of Cultivation: Power Harvesting

Fairy Yunyin walked over from a distance with a face full of surprise. Although she had exchanged a few words with Wei Ran, they were only acquaintances slightly more familiar than strangers. For Wei Ran to take action on her behalf was already a very chivalrous act, and she never expected Wei Ran would kill Sun Changqing over her matter.

This is no small matter; given Sun Changqing’s status in Lingxu Cave, his death could very well lead to a sect war.

"Wei Ran, you beast! Just for such a small matter, you viciously killed three Saint Realm dignitaries of our Lingxu Cave. You are of the Demon Dao, and the Jianghu community will not let you go."

Elder Qingfeng’s eyes were about to crack, looking at Wei Fan with a face full of venom.

Just now, when Wei Fan killed those two Saint Realm powerhouses from Lingxu Cave, he did not show such an expression. But the tragic death of his beloved disciple Sun Changqing drove him hysterical, his heart spirit nearly collapsing.

Wei Fan’s expression grew ever colder: "You beast, do you consider this a small matter? The Human Race is suffering, the Demon Fiends are rampantly attacking the Human Race, countless civilians are displaced, many lost their lives to the demons’ claws. In times of crisis, your Lingxu Cave is nowhere to be seen defending the Human Race. It was Fairy Yunyin who rushed from the Holy City, fighting and battling the Demon Fiends, alone fighting against three Dharma Demon Saints, holding up a piece of the sky for the Human Race, repelling the Demon Fiends.

Fairy Yunyin, as a hero who repelled the Demon Fiends for the Human Race, suffered persecution from your Lingxu Cave immediately after. You beast consider this a small matter? Ask the fellow compatriots of the Human Race around, who thinks this is a small matter? Everyone wishes to tear you beasts to shreds."

His gaze was as sharp as a knife, staring intensely, and Elder Qingfeng didn’t even have the courage to meet his eyes.

"We didn’t cause any irreversible consequences to Fairy Yunyin. Changqing was merely teasing her and wouldn’t truly harm her."

Wei Fan’s eyes grew even colder: "Teasing, you say? Fine, then let me play with your Lingxu Cave a bit, and I won’t really harm you. Slaughtering a dozen of your Saint Realm elders will do."

The overwhelming murderous intent shattered the heavens, and Elder Qingfeng’s expression completely changed: "What do you intend to do?"

He shouted hoarsely, obviously realizing that Wei Fan intended to continue making trouble for Lingxu Cave, and the matter wouldn’t end with Sun Changqing’s death.

Fear finally rose in his heart; Lingxu Cave dared not resist the Demon Fiends, for essentially, they were cowards, and he was no different.

Wei Fan couldn’t predict if he would continue to trouble Lingxu Cave in the future, but today, there’s a high chance he would kill him as well.

"What to do? Didn’t you say I was vicious and evil? I’ll continue to show you viciousness and evil.

Lingxu Cave first relied on their power, threatening the Human Race to hand over Wei Fan, who had made great contributions for the Human Race, and after Shun’an City repelled the Demon Fiends, you immediately persecuted Fairy Yunyin, the hero who repelled the demons. Your Lingxu Cave has already colluded with the Demon Fiends, do you think the strongmen of the Human Race are blind?"

Wei Fan shouted, his voice resonating in the sky like thunder, and many people began to show an expression of sudden realization upon contemplating his words.

Upon careful consideration, Lingxu Cave indeed has a significant suspicion of colluding with the Demon Fiends.

Elder Qingfeng’s expression turned from fear to shock in an instant; colluding with Demon Fiends is a grave crime, and even a Martial Emperor’s Influence, let alone Lingxu Cave, would not bear it.

But Wei Ran’s words made sense, and he realized that Wei Fan’s heavy-handedness wasn’t solely for Fairy Yunyin but also related to the statements Lingxu Cave had made targeting Wei Fan earlier.

"Boom!"

Without hesitation, Elder Qingfeng turned to flee.

But he had just turned, only to find Wei Fan already behind him, his five fingers glowing, pressing down heavily like a millstone.

"Colluding with the Demon Fiends, scared and trying to escape?"

"Our Lingxu Cave..."

Elder Qingfeng attempted to explain he wasn’t fleeing to cover his guilt, but Wei Fan didn’t give him the chance to finish, his palm struck heavily on Elder Qingfeng’s head, smashing it into his chest and abdomen.

[Killed Elder Qingfeng, gained 500,000 years of Ordinary Power, 9,000 years of Martial Saint’s Power]

[Ordinary Power: 8,390,000 years]

[Martial Saint’s Power: 19,000 years]

"Rumble..."

Elder Qingfeng’s Dao revealed itself, then exploded with a bang.

With such cultivation, if Wei Fan wished to kill, even an elder of the Martial Emperor’s Influence could not withstand a single move.

Silver Lake City boiled over, everyone shocked by Wei Fan’s terrifying strength and ruthless manner, as he even killed Elder Qingfeng and still pursued Lingxu Cave.

"He intends to wage war with Lingxu Cave."

"Waging war is good. Even if Lingxu Cave wasn’t colluding with the Demon Fiends, they are a bane to the Human Race, deserving total annihilation."

"They can’t be seen when there’s demon hunting; once the Human Race wins, they jump out and attack heroes. Who dare say they aren’t colluding with the Demon Fiends?"

"Wei Ran is mighty!"

...

Soon, voices rose in shouts. Previously, there were people who tried to stop Sun Changqing’s evil deeds but were beaten to death. The strong in Silver Lake City were angry but dared not speak; now with all the evil doers of Lingxu Cave exterminated, roaring cheers erupted from Silver Lake City.

Wei Fan looked on with a hint of curiosity; as one of the top ten giant cities in Jinzhou, Silver Lake City housed a population far exceeding ten million. As the shouts rose, the Divine Ring in his Sea of Consciousness began to glow, once again emitting the power of the Human Path.

Evidently, today’s events garnered recognition and gratitude from the people of Silver Lake City, and as the story spread throughout Jinzhou, the benefits would be even greater.

"Lingxu Cave colluded with Demon Fiends, harmed heroes of the Human Race. Today, I, Wei Ran, declare war on Lingxu Cave. From now on, only one of us shall live."

As he spoke, he reached out a massive hand from the sky, crushing the Transmission Domain Gate controlled by Lingxu Cave.

"Rumble..."

The earth trembled, raising a huge cloud of dust. Not only was the Transmission Domain Gate destroyed, but also a group of Lingxu Cave disciples guarding it.

Everyone’s hearts shook with it—Wei Ran truly declared war on Lingxu Cave. Many people’s gaze at him changed from admiration to fanaticism.

Especially those ordinary people in Silver Lake City, who almost worshipped Wei Fan.

Suddenly, Wei Fan felt the Power of the Human Path surging more violently, and the sound of appreciation echoed in his ears.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Wei!"

There were also two Martial Saints watching the battle, who approached with flattering expressions and saluted Wei Fan.

These two were local Martial Saints from Jinzhou, yet he hadn’t seen them in the Battle of Shun’an City. When Sun Changqing attacked Fairy Yunyin, they didn’t speak out for justice and even approached to watch the show.

Such scoundrels, Wei Fan didn’t actively kill them, which was already a restrained act, but didn’t expect that they would actually approach him on their own initiative.

"Shameless scoundrels, do you have the right to call me Daoist friend? Get lost..."

He roared, using a part of Celestial Dragon’s Roar technique. The two Pathway Condensing Martial Saints didn’t even have time to scream before they were turned into a mist of blood.

Silence permeated all around, everyone was stunned that Wei Fan even killed the two Martial Saints who were just watching. However, considering Wei Ran’s actions against the Martial Emperor Sect for not resisting the Demon Fiends, killing a few selfish Martial Saints seemed normal.

There was little sympathy, since whether these Martial Saints who didn’t protect the Human Race lived or died did not affect Jinzhou’s situation in the slightest.

Anyone who understood the Human-Demon situation knew that the Demon Race would return. Clearing out Martial Saints who didn’t resist the Demon Fiends allowed Jinzhou’s Human Race to fully oppose them in the future.

"What a domineering man!"

Even Fairy Yunyin couldn’t help but twitch her eyelids, unable to predict that Wei Fan would roar them to death just for speaking to him.

Of course, she didn’t dislike it, but her impression of "Wei Ran" being ruthless deepened.

Any Human Race power that cared to protect people hated those who had the power but remained indifferent, though few had the strength of "Wei Ran" to kill whoever they didn’t like without hesitation.

"Thank you, Brother Wei, for saving me!"

She floated over, swaying like a celestial flower, clasping her hands to Wei Fan with a smile.

Wei Fan shook his head: "It was just a small effort, these creatures that are only aggressive internally, I kill every one I see. Are you okay, Fairy?"

Fairy Yunyin shook her head, her eyes flickering; Sun Changqing intended to capture her alive and didn’t use heavy hands, but if "Wei Ran" hadn’t appeared, she would likely have been defeated in Silver Lake City today.

Though Wei Ran squeezed Sun Changqing to death with ease, Sun Changqing was actually quite strong, not even a match for the Heaven-Shaking Saint Ape of the same realm.

"Fairy, I still have some matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave!"

Wei Fan clasped his fists, then transformed into a streak of light across the sky. There was still a Spirit Medicine Field of Lingxu Cave in the distance he needed to destroy.

Watching Wei Fan’s departing figure, Fairy Yunyin bit her lip and flew after him.

Until their figures disappeared, Silver Lake City erupted completely, the citizens clapping and celebrating. Soon enough, news of Wei Fan slaying four Martial Saints in Silver Lake City and declaring war on Lingxu Cave spread widely.

Among the rumors, one of the Lingxu Twins, Sun Changqing’s failed attempt to flirt with Fairy Yunyin, resulting in enraged actions against the credit of the Human Race also spread, as well as previous statements from Lingxu Cave targeting Wei Fan being brought up again.

The citizens of Jinzhou, already resentful of Lingxu Cave’s failure to resist Demon Fiends, now even more hated Lingxu Cave for relying on force to harass Fairy Yunyin.

Wei Fan, who took action, completely won the favor of Jinzhou’s citizens, with countless people regarding him as an idol, hero, and knight-errant.

Many people went to the Demon Hunter Organization to accuse Lingxu Cave of colluding with Demon Fiends, petitioning for the organization to eradicate Lingxu Cave, removing this malignancy.

"Brother Wei is indeed ruthless!"

In Shun’an City, Zhu Jincheng reviewed the intelligence from Silver Lake City, his face filled with a murderous aura.

He did not expect Wei Ran would act so quickly, having already slain four Demon Saints of Lingxu Cave, knowing that Lingxu Cave was finished.

In fact, Lingxu Cave had previously refused assistance to Shun’an City, the Demon Hunter Organization already harbored a murderous intent towards Lingxu Cave, but without any wrongdoing, the organization lacked an excuse to act.

But now, even ignoring Lingxu Cave’s persecution of Fairy Yunyin, just the accusations from Jinzhou citizens allowed the Demon Hunter Organization to initiate an investigation into Lingxu Cave.

A major sect, with a population of tens of thousands, couldn’t possibly be clean.

"A death wish indeed!"

At a time of the Human-Demon War, the Demon Hunter Organization needed to make an example to intimidate sects not resisting the Demon Fiends, and Lingxu Cave is the perfect target for establishing prestige.

Not only a target for prestige, but also a source of resources. With the continuous battles, the resources accumulated by the Jinzhou Demon Hunter Organization for many years were nearly exhausted. If more battles were to occur, he wouldn’t know how to reward meritorious Demon Hunters.

Flattening Lingxu Cave would certainly fill the treasury again.

"But I can’t make this decision on my own; it must be reported to the Town Commanders."

Taking the intelligence, Zhu Jincheng quickly knocked on the closed-door chamber of the three Town Commanders, Sword Hero, Wei Ying, and An Shanhe.