Chapter 1945 - 1941: Fiery Sun Sect
Because.
Everyone in the Ancient Martial World knows.
Helping the Chen Family means offending the Nether Flame Hall.
Compared to a third-rate small family.
Nether Flame Hall, a first-rate, established sect, is the real behemoth.
Helping the Chen Family would be like helping a dog, while offending a tiger.
It’s said in the Ancient Martial World that strength is respected and there aren’t a lot of hidden agendas.
But actually.
The Ancient Martial World is very realistic.
The sects and families in the Ancient Martial World are very pragmatic.
They know how to act for their own benefit.
How to act is very dangerous.
They understand this very clearly in their hearts.
So, they resolutely avoid doing things that are against their interests.
Seeking benefit and avoiding harm is human nature.
And in today’s Ancient Martial World, the same principle applies.
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Chen Family headquarters, Family Head’s office.
Chen Feng sat at the desk, fingers tapping the tabletop, waiting for something.
At that moment, someone pushed open the office door from outside.
A man in black night attire walked in briskly.
He first cupped his fist respectfully toward Chen Feng and said, "Reporting to Family Master, the information you sent me to investigate about Nether Flame Hall now has some clues!"
"Oh?"
Chen Feng’s eyes sparkled, and he immediately stood up from his chair, walked up to the man in black, and asked, "What’s the situation? Quickly tell me!"
"It’s like this! In the current Ancient Martial World, the various sects and forces are clinging together, with the weak attaching to the strong, and the strong helping several weak ones, seeking warmth and gaining the benefits they want."
"Take the first-rate forces, for example. It’s known that each of them has several second-rate or third-rate forces under their wing."
"These weaker forces would annually offer tributes to the first-rate ones, giving all their sect’s unique treasures to seek protection and allow their sect to survive proudly!"
"And a third of the resource income for the first-rate forces actually comes from these tribute offerings from small sects, like Nether Flame Hall, which has several small sects attached to it!"
The man in black said slowly.
"Oh?"
Chen Feng mulled over this with narrowed eyes, then looked at the man in black and said, "Continue, I’m listening!"
"Among the small sects attached to Nether Flame Hall, there’s one sect that is particularly important to them!"
"This sect excels in cultivating medicinal herbs, with a unique herb crucial for the experts of Nether Flame Hall to cultivate using the Netherflame Technique!"
"We all know that the Netherflame Technique, when cultivated frequently, produces an extremely cold flame, Ming Yan!"
"And because of its inherent properties, Ming Yan, being extremely yin and cold, staying inside a person will generate a type of Cold Poison within the cultivator that is highly detrimental to the human body, which could damage foundations or even lead to death, making it highly lethal!"
"The sect plants an herbal medicine called Fiery Sun Grass, which can just neutralize the cold poison produced by cultivating the Netherflame Technique!"
"Thus, the Fiery Sun Grass planted by this sect is crucial for Nether Flame Hall. You could say, without Fiery Sun Grass to suppress it, the Netherflame Technique could cause great harm to the body and even threaten lives—this is a very serious side effect!"
"But if Fiery Sun Grass is present, the Netherflame Technique can be cultivated without concern!"
"Moreover, the Cold Poison produced by the Netherflame Technique and Fiery Sun Grass counteract each other, resulting in a unique effect that enhances the power of the Netherflame Technique even more! So, you can imagine this sect’s importance to Nether Flame Hall. Over the years, Nether Flame Hall has given it strict protection, treating it as its own child!"
The man in black spoke slowly.
"Can’t Nether Flame Hall plant this Fiery Sun Grass themselves?"
Chen Feng frowned and asked in confusion.
"No! Because the planting and living conditions of Fiery Sun Grass are very demanding, and only the land of this sect can cultivate it. If it is planted elsewhere, the grass would immediately die!"
"Moreover, it must be nurtured by cultivators from this sect, using their unique cultivation technique, to grow true Fiery Sun Grass. Otherwise, even if someone else plants it on the sect’s land, it would be no different from ordinary herbs and wouldn’t suppress the cold poison!"
"So, Fiery Sun Grass can only be grown by this sect in the entire Ancient Martial World, and this is why the sect is crucial to Nether Flame Hall. You could say, for Nether Flame Hall to stay prosperous, this sect and Fiery Sun Grass are indispensable!"
"For these reasons, Nether Flame Hall has sent one-third of its sect’s experts to protect this sect, demonstrating how much it values this sect, which has also shown much loyalty to Nether Flame Hall, effectively becoming its puppet!"
The man in black shook his head and said seriously.
Upon hearing this.
Chen Feng pondered for a moment, then curled his lips into a teasing smile: "Ha-ha! This truly is Heaven’s gift to me, I’ve been worried about finding a weakness in Nether Flame Hall, but now this huge weakness has come right to me! What’s the sect called?"
"Fiery Sun Sect!"
The man in black quickly replied.
"Fiery Sun Sect? Very well, let’s start with Fiery Sun Sect!."
Chen Feng narrowed his eyes and laughed coldly.
"Family Master, do you mean... to attack Fiery Sun Sect?"
The man in black was taken aback and asked in confusion.
"Exactly, now that our Chen Family and Nether Flame Hall are on the brink of war, I plan to harass Nether Flame Hall from other aspects to distract them a little!"
"I didn’t know where to start initially, but now it seems that Fiery Sun Sect is a good choice. We’ll take down Fiery Sun Sect first, and that way, Nether Flame Hall will surely panic; they’ll definitely disperse their energy and experts to protect Fiery Sun Sect!"
"Then, they won’t be able to attack our Chen Family with their entire sect’s strength. This is definitely favorable for us and would increase our chances of victory!"
Chen Feng nodded and said with a cold smile.
"Brilliant plan, what a brilliant plan! Family Master, this strategy is excellent!"
The man in black praised repeatedly.