Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Chapter 727: The Alliance's Choice

Su Yuan was not the least bit worried that the Chaos Alliance he was building would attract attention.

Within the First Frontline.

The strongest powers were the three apex forces, each hosting hundred-rank powerhouses, the pinnacle factions.

Next were the top-tier forces, those with powerhouses above the 95th order. There were not many of them, only four: Sifang City, Hollow Heart Temple, the Alliance Association, and Blood-Slay Pavilion.

Most of the over-95th-order powerhouses were concentrated in the three apex forces; very few operated outside them.

Sifang City sat in the western region. It was a major rogue cultivator city, effectively the stronghold of rogue cultivators.

Hollow Heart Temple gathered many Nothingness Dominators. Many Nothingness Dominators truly had little interest in fighting, so they formed a force and outwardly refrained from conflict.

The Alliance Association was the base camp for the "ascenders" who came from the Second Frontline; in reality, they were members of the Chaos Alliance who refused to join the Chaos Immortal Alliance and instead formed the Alliance Association.

Theoretically, these people were the Chaos Alliance's official members on the First Frontline.

Blood-Slay Pavilion was an organization of assassins, intelligence brokers, and mercenaries, accepting all manner of kill or hire contracts. Aside from the three apex forces, they would do anything.

Following that were the higher forces, those with 90th-order and above powerhouses stationed—some thirty-odd in number—each backed by either the three apex forces or the four top-tier forces.

After that came the medium forces built by those above the 85th order; they were far more numerous, easily in the thousands.

Forces established by 80th-order Dominators were small-scale, like Jiang Town and Redleaf Town, and their numbers were vast.

Dominators below the 80th order could not found real factions; at best they had outposts.

Now that the three apex forces had disappeared, it had drawn the sustained attention of the four top-tier forces and the thirty-six higher forces.

Medium forces, being driven by those above them, paid no mind to minor groups popping up on the outskirts.

And minor forces were exactly the sort of targets the Chaos Alliance could handle.

Su Yuan checked the moves of the top-tier powers.

As expected.

People from Sifang City had already arrived outside a branch outpost of the Chaos Immortal Alliance, preparing to probe the interior.

Blood-Slay Pavilion operatives were near the Ultimate Dueling Arena.

Hollow Heart Temple’s people—far from being truly uninterested—had appeared near the Nothingness Prison.

But the Alliance Association’s people…

"Huh?"

To Su Yuan’s surprise, the Alliance Association had not rushed to investigate the three apex forces’ situation.

They were actually holding a meeting to discuss the sudden appearance of a Chaos Alliance town.

At this moment.

Within a core chaos chamber of the Alliance Association.

Three 95th-order powerhouses and seventeen elders above the 90th order were scrutinizing the three figures before them.

These three were no strangers: Lin Feng, Zhou Hao, and Xuan Huang.

Su Yuan found that the truth was this: Su Lian had too many medicinal pills; she brought them back to the Second Frontline for Little Cai and the others to use. A few disciples were present and received Su Lian's gifts, successfully breaking through to the 73rd order.

The three then travelled together to the First Frontline, and somehow got the idea to establish a little town on Xuan Huang's body.

Xuan Huang’s true form was now a super Chaos Island—more than sufficient as the foundation for a small town.

The three then began wandering about as traveling merchants.

Their wandering took them out of remote zones and into the territory of major powers, where they happened to be encountered by members of the Alliance Association.

After layers of reports up the chain of command,

the three appeared before the Alliance Association’s senior council.

Lin Feng cleared his throat. "Seniors, that's basically the situation. We really are people of the Chaos Alliance!"

A 95th-order elder laughed. "If you are part of the Chaos Alliance, then who are we?"

Lin Feng scratched his head. "Uh, are you also from the Second Frontline?"

The elder immediately blocked Lin Feng and the others' perceptions, then looked to several council members and asked, "What do you all think?"

Silence filled the room.

Finally, another Dominator of the 96th order spoke: "It appears the main Merit Points Mall of the Chaos Alliance was obtained by someone. Our scouts indicate that the three apex forces likely suffered a major incident—they all vanished. Someone entered the Chaos Immortal Alliance ahead of time and took that treasure!"

"What should we do now? Try to seize that treasure back, or bring this person into the Alliance Association?" asked a 95th-order matron.

All eyes turned to the Alliance Association’s president, Xiao Feng, a 96th-order.

Xiao Feng replied calmly, "If he wants to be the alliance leader, let him be. The Chaos Alliance has always been built around the Merit Points Mall system. Now that it can be restored to its proper place, why should we go to the trouble of snatching it or trying to recruit him?"

The elder was stunned. "President Xiao, you mean we should integrate into this so-called Chaos Alliance?"

"Why not?" Xiao Feng answered indifferently.

Silence settled over the council.

The matron stared, then laughed, "Xiao Feng, if you really do this, you might not be my superior anymore!"

"So what?" Xiao Feng did not care.

He then lifted the perception block on the elder and turned to Lin Feng. "Invite me into your town."

Lin Feng stared dumbfounded, glanced at the other two, and then sent Xiao Feng an invitation to join the town.

Xiao Feng accepted immediately.

A Chaos Alliance token flew toward him.

When Xiao Feng saw the token, his expression confirmed his expectation. He checked the information and found the Merit Points balance was zero.

He then produced his treasured Chaos Alliance token from the Second Frontline and merged the two tokens.

Something miraculous happened!

The two tokens fused into one.

Xiao Feng opened the merged token and immediately saw that the Merit Points he had accumulated on the Second Frontline had successfully transferred to this new token.

Even the contact information for his old friends had been reactivated and replicated.

He clicked a name he had not contacted for a very long time and sent a message.

"Ah Zhu, are you… okay?"

The instant the message was sent,

a reply came back.

"Brother Feng? Is that you? You finally have news! That's great!!!"

Xiao Feng broke into a broad smile!

He checked item transfer between the Second and Third Frontlines and found that while items could not be directly transported, Merit Points could be transferred for a fee.

Without hesitation, he transferred his remaining Merit Points to Ah Zhu.

Seeing his Merit Points were insufficient, he promptly uploaded a large number of treasures to the Merit Points Mall at ninety percent value to exchange for abundant Merit Points, then took a ten percent handling fee and forwarded the rest to Ah Zhu.

"Ah Zhu, I've transferred Merit Points to you. Exchange them for a Void Mixed Spirit Pill, then come to the First Frontline and I'll fetch you over!" Xiao Feng messaged immediately.

In a Second Frontline location, a woman’s face lit with joy. Without hesitation she exchanged for a Void Mixed Spirit Pill and swallowed it to raise her cultivation.