Chapter 1889 - 1893: Nothing to Worry About
The West Peninsula of Sword Island, which is the remaining half of the island yet to be occupied by Jiuyao.
Within a grand palace, a colossal throne stands tall, and beneath it, there are three slightly smaller thrones.
However, all four thrones, one large and three small, stand empty, exuding an aura of authority.
These represent the highest rulers of the island, the Sword Master, and the three Crossing Tribulation cultivators.
Generally speaking, these thrones are merely symbolic.
The four eminent figures, how could they possibly be concerned with governing this island?
As long as they exist, this island exists!
Nine individuals stand below the thrones.
All are of the Body Integration Realm, the highest nine leaders on the West Peninsula aside from Crossing Tribulation, and they also possess the highest cultivation levels.
They are here, of course, to discuss the matter of Jiuyao!
"What’s going on? How can Jiuyao, merely a bandit, have so many cultivators?!"
A cultivator in the Body Integration Realm said, seething with anger.
He couldn’t help but be furious because half of his fiefdom had already been plundered by Jiuyao!
But bound by the rules, he couldn’t move against Jiuyao, forced to watch helplessly as Jiuyao flaunted his prowess.
"Zhang Xiong, don’t be anxious. Isn’t he just a bandit! The army has already started gathering! Once the army is fully assembled, we can completely erase him from this world!" another Body Integration cultivator chuckled and said.
"Tu Lao’er, you damn well speak easy while standing. Who doesn’t know what you’re thinking?! You’re waiting for my territory to be completely taken over, and then you’ll take action!"
Zhang Xiong erupted in rage, furious and cursing.
Wherever there are people, there is conflict, and Sword Island is no exception.
Although it was said the entire West Peninsula’s army was gathering to counter Jiuyao, there were still many underlying issues.
After all, this island has three Crossing Tribulation individuals, and the land is divided into three parts, not two.
Take Zhang Xiong, for example. His territory spans both the East and West Peninsula and belongs to Elder Xiao Lei.
Among those present, two more belong to Elder Xiao Lei.
The remaining six, including the mentioned Tu Lao’er, are purely forces from the West Peninsula, under Elder Zhang Pei.
So, although it was said the West Peninsula was uniting to fight Jiuyao, it was clear that the forces of Elder Zhang Pei were quite content seeing Elder Xiao Lei’s territory being troubled.
Consequently, after defeating Jiuyao, expanding their territory slightly wouldn’t be questioned by anyone.
After all, the forces of Elder Zhang Pei are the mainstay of this campaign against Jiuyao!
Tu Lao’er, hearing Zhang Xiong’s words, lost his smile and said coldly to Zhang Xiong, "Don’t appreciate kindness! If you’re capable, you three go fight Jiuyao yourselves! No skill, but what a temper!"
Hearing these words, Zhang Xiong became even more furious: "Tu Lao’er, what the hell do you mean by that?!"
Seeing the two about to fight, people nearby quickly intervened to stop them.
These two truly, although some things were understood by everyone, why tear the face off?
The atmosphere fell silent, and a representative of Elder Zhang Pei’s forces smiled, trying to mediate: "Gentlemen, gentlemen, do you have any news? Where did all those cultivators come from, anyway? This number seems a bit off, doesn’t it?"
"Where else could they come from? Aren’t they just those bandits! The governance of East Peninsula has always been rather chaotic! Look at the life of Jiuyao, and you will know. A bandit captures a piece of land, and he becomes the rightful owner of that land?! It’s truly ridiculous!"
Li Meng, also from Elder Zhang Pei’s forces, spoke up.
Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
This matter was originally intended to ease the atmosphere; none of them really cared where these cultivators came from.
After all, due to the feudal system, the high-level cultivators truly couldn’t know precisely how many hidden cultivators existed beneath them.
𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
It’s not that they wouldn’t consider the perspective of island invasion; it’s just that such an idea was utterly unfathomable!
As high-level cultivators, each living for several hundred years, they never considered cross-island invasions. They weren’t even qualified to know about the existence of cross-island transmission arrays!
Of course, they weren’t qualified, but they certainly knew such things existed!
However, knowing is one thing; who would relate this knowledge to the situation?
None of them in the Body Integration Realm had ever been to other islands. How could those bandits with low-level cultivators cross islands?!
With this topic concluded, the previously tense atmosphere eased, and the discussions resumed.
The focus was on how many forces each would contribute and to what extent the battles would go.
Of course, the most crucial matter was how much benefit each would gain after defeating Jiuyao!
You East Peninsula actually let bandits grow strong, attacking our West Peninsula. If we help suppress them, shouldn’t we gain some benefits?
At the very least, during the attack, by accident, the boundaries of the fiefdoms might shift slightly, and disputed areas like mines and herb gardens might fall into our fiefdom. Surely, no one would blame us for that!
As the conversation turned to this topic, the anger on Zhang Xiong and Tu Lao’er’s faces disappeared instantly!
All that anger, all that cursing?!
Was merely an attitude, an attitude to gain more benefits!
Merely a matter of one relying on misery, another on merits!
The discussions continued, with everyone arguing with red-faced fervor, particularly the pure West Peninsula forces under Elder Zhang Pei, who united and made extensive demands.
Demanding to seize all the land of the West Peninsula!
Of course, the three from Elder Xiao Lei wouldn’t agree to that. If you take over the entire West Peninsula, then wouldn’t that mean driving them all to the East Peninsula to reclaim territory?!
So, the three united to tenaciously argue their case!
As for the war itself?!
Who cares?!
People die?!
Who cares?!
As the saying goes, the fundamental core of Sword Island is the high-level cultivators. As long as they exist and reach an agreement, it doesn’t matter how many low-level cultivators die.
Anyway, even if there weren’t any conflicts, they would schedule times to fight a few battles and mutually reduce the number of low-level cultivators.
After all, no one wants a newcomer to rise up to their level, do they?!
The Sword Master acted that way, so did the three Crossing Tribulation individuals, and naturally, so did those in the Body Integration Realm!
It’s just that this time it’s a bit big, and the response from the East Peninsula’s forces is somewhat odd, but that’s nothing major!