Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 587: Chapter 456: Mangcang

The annexation of the Cultivation Realm wasn’t as brutal as Shi Hao imagined, but the process was still accompanied by bloodshed.

As a friend of the Celestial Sword Elder, Shi Hao was invited to observe this process.

Few people died.

Mainly because the sects within the Gan State Cultivation Realm were not large, and those truly willing to die rather than submit to their sect’s downfall were only a handful of individuals.

Take the Mangcang Sect, for example.

The Mangcang Sect was a small cultivation sect with an upper limit of merely the Divine Travel Realm, consisting of a Sect Leader and two Elders, totaling three Divine Travel Realm members, with no more than seventy disciples altogether.

Among them were six Divine Communication Stewards, twenty-two Inner Sect Void Transformation disciples, and the rest were merely ordinary disciples with little cultivation.

Such a weak sect, Shi Hao hadn’t expected them to choose resistance when he came, yet they did!

...

Mangcang Sect.

Cang Mountain Peak.

Within the Bamboo Sea Moon Circle where the sect resided, Wang Hao, an Inner Sect Disciple, hurriedly made his way to the Sect Leader’s quarters with his head down.

Wang Hao was the second disciple of his generation in the Mangcang Sect. Though the sect had been established for less than a hundred years, Wang Hao had considerable affection for it.

A few days ago, upon hearing the Sect Leader say the Iron Sword Sect was renamed the Iron Sword Sect and planned to annex surrounding sects under the guise of an alliance, Wang Hao’s initial reaction was to refuse.

"Sect Leader, we really can’t agree. Although Mangcang Sect is small, the Moon Bamboo produced in the Bamboo Sea is a spiritual object that enhances the cultivation of even great cultivators in the True Self Realm. If the Iron Sword Sect discovers our Moon Bamboo, they will certainly take it for themselves!"

"..."

"Yes, Sect Leader, Brother Hee Qiang is right, we can’t agree."

"That’s right, we can’t agree!"

"Not even for the Moon Bamboo, but for the sake of the family heritage...."

"Silence!"

The Sect Leader of Mangcang Sect, Qian Tong, sitting in the main seat, suddenly opened his eyes, seemingly close to having someone mention his taboo.

What family heritage?

Are there secret treasures within the Mangcang Sect that he was unaware of?

Sitting further back in the room, Wang Hao’s heart tightened, contemplating whether there were secrets within the sect he did not know.

Soon after, his attention was drawn back to the Sect Leader, who began speaking again.

"Ahem, over the past century, the Iron Sword Sect has attempted several times to absorb us, but because we had the support of Snow Fox Mountain, we managed to handle the Iron Sword Sect’s advances one by one. But this time... it’s different."

Sect Leader Hee Qiang stood and swept his gaze across the disciples of Mangcang Sect gathered in the meeting hall as he walked.

"Previously, I communicated with Master Wangxue from Little Gu Peak. From her, I learned that this time, the Divine Sword Elder found a powerful ally, whose presence even made Snow Fox Mountain hesitant to intervene on our behalf..."

"Did Master Wangxue from Little Gu Peak say this?"

"An external ally, perhaps a great cultivator in the True Self Realm, or maybe..."

"Could it be that the Divine Sword Elder invited a Nirvana Realm great cultivator from another state to interfere in our Gan State’s affairs?"

"If Master Wangxue wasn’t mistaken, then the young person he invited is indeed a Nirvana Realm great cultivator..."

After Sect Leader Hee Qiang’s words, the meeting hall fell into silence.

How many Nirvana Realm cultivators are there in the entire Gan State?

On Chongming Mountain, beside Venerable Chongming, there are two Nirvana Immortals.

On Moon Viewing Slope, in Guanghan Temple, Master Yideng is a high monk of the Nirvana Realm.

Then in Sheep City, the Hea Family of Gan State, as the rulers of the largest mortal city in Gan State, is rumored to have a Supreme Ancestor in the high stage of the Nirvana Realm, which is why the Hea Family’s Sheep City can house a million people from Gan State.

The remaining ones are the Iron Sword Sect and Snow Fox Mountain, each having a Nirvana Realm Sect Leader.

A Peak Great Demon who never appears, along with six Nirvana Realm great cultivators; these are the known powerhouses of Gan State.

"You also know that the Immortal Envoys on Chongming Mountain are ordered by Venerable Chongming never to interfere in Gan State’s internal affairs, only managing the production of Cold Essence Snow Soul from that place, avoiding worldly matters altogether... The Hea Family in Sheep City mainly governs the mortals of Gan State. As long as the Iron Sword Sect doesn’t interfere with the Hea Family’s control over Gan State, the Hea Family won’t concern themselves with the Iron Sword Sect’s actions either."

"But there’s still Master Yideng of Guanghan Temple; if we could persuade this high monk to act...."

This Divine Travel Realm cultivator’s words stopped halfway, and he sensibly closed his mouth.

Sect Leader Hee Qiang shook his head with a bitter smile, "Yes, I know that if we could persuade Master Yideng to intervene, there would be a chance for reconciliation, but Master Yideng is of Buddhist origin, cultivating solely to enlighten others and himself. He won’t care about the sect conflicts in Gan State."

Not care?

Looking at the expressions of the two elders and various stewards in the meeting hall, Wang Hao couldn’t help but inwardly scoff.

’What do you mean by cultivating solely for enlightening others and not caring about Iron Sword Sect’s annexation? It’s evident that Master Yideng isn’t part of our system. No matter how fierce Divine Sword Elder may be, he can’t drag those monks out of Moon Viewing Slope to work!’

It’s a clearly understood truth.

Guanghan Temple exclusively accepts monk disciples, leaving no room for expansion in Gan State. Thus, even if other sects in Gan State want to annex or expand, they wouldn’t deliberately provoke this old monk tucked away in Moon Viewing Slope.