I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

The major issue being discussed by the Celestial Demon Sect’s leadership was related to the Black Dragon Hall.

The issue was whether or not to seek aid from the Black Dragon Hall.

It was a deeply humiliating prospect. They didn’t know what things were like tens of thousands of years ago, but they were certain that in the last several thousand years, no Demon Cultivation Core Formation Influence like theirs had ever asked the Black Dragon Hall for help over a matter concerning Spirit Refiners.

Spirit Refiners were inherently weak in the Qionglin Domain.

It wasn’t as if they had been forced into this situation by a Ghost Cultivator Influence or a Blood Demon Influence.

"Do we really have to ask the Black Dragon Hall for aid?" the Celestial Demon Sect Leader asked, his question coming from the heart.

"Given the current situation, seeking aid is a necessity."

It was Supreme Elder Cao Yuchen who answered the Celestial Demon Sect Leader.

"A few years ago, our strategy was effective, and the Demon Spirit Sect stepped in to support us because of it. But not long after they acted, they pulled back. This shows that it will be very difficult for them to support us in the future."

In recent years, their strategy toward the Demon Spirit Sect had been different from before. They would truthfully provide whatever information the Demon Spirit Sect wanted, but they would not proactively seek their help.

Judging by the fact that the Demon Spirit Sect had come to their aid, this reverse-psychology approach had certainly been effective.

But the Celestial Cloud Sect quickly put an end to that.

The mysterious Spirit Refiner, who had long been absent, annihilated two of the Demon Spirit Sect’s subordinate Foundation Establishment Influences in quick succession, delivering a severe warning.

And the warning was indeed effective.

Just like that, the Demon Spirit Sect’s support came to an abrupt halt.

As the leadership of the Celestial Demon Sect, they naturally saw things from their own perspective. In their eyes, the Demon Spirit Sect couldn’t just stop supporting them like that.

’To help us, only to back down after a single warning... doesn’t that just prove the Demon Spirit Sect is truly afraid of the Celestial Cloud Sect?’

At the time, they had been sorely tempted to use this argument to provoke the Demon Spirit Sect, but their chosen strategy did not allow it.

"I disagree with Supreme Elder Cao’s assessment. The Demon Spirit Sect might still support us," Lu Yaoling said, shaking his head.

"Elder Lu, are you referring to a time when our very survival is at stake?" Cao Yuchen retorted.

If it truly came to that, the Demon Spirit Sect would have to intervene no matter what. It was also highly likely that the Black Ghost Cave would help them fight the Celestial Cloud Sect.

The Demon Spirit Sect would absolutely be the last to want to see the Celestial Demon Sect fall. The Dragon Demon Palace would likely be next, followed by the Black Ghost Cave.

At that point, they wouldn’t have to worry about a lack of support.

But by the time things got that desperate, the rest of the territory in the Celestial Demon Sect’s Earth Realm would have been almost completely devoured by the Celestial Cloud Sect.

It wasn’t hard to see the Celestial Cloud Sect’s current strategy: to encroach upon the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory bit by bit.

To date, nearly thirty percent of the territory in the Celestial Demon Sect’s Earth Realm had already fallen into the Celestial Cloud Sect’s hands.

"I’m certainly not talking about a moment when our survival is at stake."

"Elder Lu, please elaborate on your idea."

"Of course." Lu Yaoling nodded, then spoke slowly. "Before long, I’m almost certain Pang Feng of the Demon Spirit Sect will do something."

He had just finished speaking when a communication talisman appeared before him.

A single glance told him it was from the Demon Spirit Sect.

These days, communications from the Demon Spirit Sect were usually just requests for information.

Lu Yaoling received the message.

"..."

At that moment, his expression changed.

"Elder Lu, what information does the Demon Spirit Sect want now?" the Celestial Demon Sect Leader asked first.

"This time, they’re not asking for information," Lu Yaoling said, shaking his head.

"Then what is it?"

"Bad news." Lu Yaoling paused for a moment before continuing. "Pang Feng... he’s passed away..."

The timing of this news was excruciating for him.

He had just voiced his opinion, and then the news of Pang Feng’s death arrived.

’As the Demon Spirit Sect’s only late-stage Core Formation cultivator, he did nothing against the Celestial Cloud Sect before his Life Span was depleted?’

Lu Yaoling truly couldn’t understand it!

He himself had at most twenty years of his Life Span remaining.

’In the last two or three years before my own Life Span was depleted, I would, no matter what, deal a heavy blow to the Celestial Cloud Sect.’

"He just passed away like that?"

The other members of the Celestial Demon Sect’s leadership were also stunned by this, especially given what Lu Yaoling had just said.

"Now, it seems the Demon Spirit Sect won’t support us until we’re in a true crisis," Cao Yuchen said.

He had been very much hoping for the Demon Spirit Sect’s support.

Although he was at odds with Lu Yaoling, he didn’t mock him for his recent gaffe.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yaoling could only nod silently.

For Pang Feng, the Demon Spirit Sect’s strongest Supreme Elder, to do nothing before his Life Span was depleted meant that the Demon Spirit Sect really wouldn’t do anything later.

One had to understand that cultivating to the Core Formation realm was not like Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment.

Once the Core is formed, one’s domain is one’s own.

There was no question of their strength declining before their Life Span was exhausted.

In fact, the year before their Life Span ran out was the very year they were at their strongest.

"So, does anyone have any other views on seeking aid from the Black Dragon Hall?" Cao Yuchen’s gaze swept over the other senior members of the sect. He then added, "We aren’t in the worst-case scenario yet. If we can obtain the Black Dragon Hall’s support, we won’t be pushed by the Celestial Cloud Sect to that true moment of life and death."

The Black Dragon Hall was very far from them.

They had to seek the Black Dragon Hall’s support early; they couldn’t wait until their sect headquarters was besieged by the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Core Formation experts before asking for help.