The Master of Beasts-Chapter 706 - 209:

Song Bei shook his head: "You know, whenever I go somewhere, I habitually leave some surveillance measures behind. Three days ago, a great upheaval occurred in Ming Sea."

"These creatures resembling evil ghosts seem to have appeared out of thin air, and in just a few days, they have spread throughout Ming Sea."

"Now Ming Sea is in chaos."

"Wu Tian, in such a grand world, there is no place of peace; even a Daluo might fall. Join us."

Looking at Song Bei's sincere words, Wu Tian knew this was probably the final invitation.

"Oh....."

Sighing deeply, Wu Tian gripped Song Bei's hand and nodded: "Okay, but I won't do anything that goes against my principles!"

"That's not a problem. We only aim to protect ourselves!" Shuibing said with a light smile.

Having another Daluo adds a layer of security; no matter what, it's a good thing.

"What do I need to do now?" Wu Tian, feeling a bit embarrassed about the previous standoff, proactively asked.

Shuibing thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and said: "There's indeed a small task that requires your assistance."

"What task?"

"The Golden Desert needs you to take a look. In a few hundred years, it will merge with the True Realm; we have a young friend there." Shuibing thought of Chen Jiuge and smiled faintly.

"Young friend?" Wu Tian slightly frowned, knowing that the Golden Desert barely accommodates Heavenly Immortals. Does such a small matter need me as a Daluo to oversee it personally?

"Yes, his potential is great, though that's not very important now. The main thing is, I've selected the Golden Desert as a safe point." Shuibing nodded.

"Safe point? That place doesn't seem very suitable!" Song Bei expressed doubts.

Every time a development zone merges, it attracts many loose cultivators and some family cultivators arriving to welcome the changes, creating significant turmoil. Shouldn't we be concealing ourselves at such times?

"Many people enable better integration by mixing with other cultivators!" Shuibing shook his head.

"With our cultivation hidden, we won't be discovered!"

"Even if detected, so what? Could anyone detain all four of us at once?"

Song Bei nodded confidently: "That's impossible!"

Even against the notorious Evil Ghost Saint King Jialouluo, Song Bei is confident in confronting him; in a life-and-death battle, nobody can predict who would win!

"The key is that after years of exploration and development, the slightly valuable spiritual materials in the Golden Desert have mostly been collected!"

"Heaven and Earth Holy Weapons will also not be naturally produced; major powers won't invest much effort!" Shuibing explained.

"Wait, then there's no need for Wu Tian to personally guard that area!" Song Bei voiced his doubts.

Shuibing smiled: "There's logic behind this. I want him to occupy territory in the Golden Desert as much as possible. From what I know of that young friend, he should give us a surprise."

"At the very least, the territory once belonging to the Five Elements Sect may become our new stronghold!"

"Five Elements Sect?" Wu Tian frowned: "Isn't it difficult to take territory from such a major sect?"

"Rest assured, you've been in Ming Sea too long; the Five Elements Sect has now merged with Reincarnation Sanctuary. I think the group unable to maintain their sect title won't have the mind to concern themselves with minor matters like the Golden Desert." Shuibing said confidently.

Indeed, Shuibing was correct. The Five Elements Sect certainly lacks the capacity to focus on happenings in the Golden Desert now!

.......

Reincarnation Sanctuary, Five-Colored Peak, Five Elements Lineage!

Liu Tai glared angrily at the unexpected guest in front of him.

Her black hair was coiled into an Other Shore Flower, held by a blue hairpin. Her narrow eyes and thin lips gave this beautiful woman a slightly harsh demeanor.

Chen Danqiu tapped the desk lightly with her slender fingers, the crisp sound worsening Liu Tai's mood!

"Peak Master Liu, what do you think?"

"Given the current resources of the Five Elements Lineage, it can't support so many cultivators anymore, right?"

Her light words landed like a heavy hammer on Liu Tai's heart.

Peak Master? Resources? It was like trampling Liu Tai's dignity!

"So what? This is our Five Elements Sect's own affair, what's it to you, Human World Path!" Liu Tai suppressed his anger.

"Originally, this had nothing to do with Human World Path, but when your Five Elements Lineage disciples defect to us, I can't ignore that!" Chen Danqiu chuckled softly.

Since the Five Elements Sect moved from its previous base to Reincarnation Sanctuary, many resources were no longer accessible, and having directly occupied the main lineage's identity led to dissatisfaction among the other six paths.

During these few hundred years at Reincarnation Sanctuary, the Five Elements Lineage's days have been tough. Compared to the past, the original Five Elements Sect disciples now receive fewer cultivation resources.

Actually, given the Five Elements Sect's longstanding foundation, it shouldn't be this way. However, the Sect has existed for so long that within it, factions and family forces are widespread, and those lofty figures don't care about the life and death of ordinary cultivators!

As they say, aren't ordinary disciples merely cannon fodder, labor? Expecting them to allocate resources to supplement their cultivation is impossible.

Even in Liu Tai's residing six families, the Daluo Seniors who truly hold power but have no heirs do not care!

Taking a deep breath, Liu Tai said solemnly: "What do you intend to do?"

Chen Danqiu flashed a slightly harsh smile, mocking him: "Of course, I'm inviting Peak Master Liu to transfer those disciples' names to Human World Path. Naturally, because of the large number, we at Human World Path aren't oblivious; consider these resources as an exchange."

Liu Tai initially wanted to refuse loudly, but seeing the names of resource points on the roster, followed by a long list of resource yields, he hesitated!

The resources listed totaled up to almost a quarter of the former Five Elements Sect's yield, yet Human World Path considered it an insignificant compensation!

"Alright, I agree!" Liu Tai tremblingly consented!

"Great, Peak Master Liu. I think we can be friends in the future!"

Chen Danqiu was not the first, nor the last!

After hearing of Chen Danqiu's successful transaction, the remaining five paths couldn't keep quiet anymore.

Huge pies were thrown directly at those disciples who were previously overlooked. The dizzy disciples quickly found themselves being swayed and confused.

However, indeed, these five paths are somewhat sneaky, only befriending and enticing ordinary disciples, while ignoring even blatantly disregarding those family disciples as long as there's a Heavenly Immortal in the family.

They primarily target those with good talent but poor or even terrible treatment, for such ordinary disciples are easier to train and loyalty better assured.

In a short span, the once multitudinous disciples of the Five Elements Sect now in the Five Elements Lineage have dwindled to less than a hundred thousand, with ninety percent being family disciples.

"Report to the Sect, news from the Golden Desert!"

Receiving the secret message from a family junior, Liu Tai felt somewhat downcast: "Golden Desert? I recall the returning elder said it was entrusted to Zhang He, right?"

"Though that young fellow's talent isn't great, his loyalty to the Sect is credible, with Five-Colored Great Mountain as a protector, likely nothing went wrong....."

Before finishing, Liu Tai couldn't believe what he read on the message!

"How is it possible? Zhang He was captured? Mu Ling defected to Chen Jiuge? Chen Jiuge rebelled against the Sect?"

"What on earth happened here?"

In fury, Liu Tai initially wanted to convene a meeting of elders, but realizing that the Golden Desert's territory was no longer exclusive to the Five Elements Sect, he felt somewhat dispirited: "Forget it."

"Sect Master, should we send people over?"

"Send people? Better not; currently, the Golden Desert is incredibly tough to penetrate, consuming resources excessively. Besides, do we even have reliable disciples?"

"Let the family disciples go; who knows if we'll receive the resources in return, forget it."

"However, since Chen Jiuge is from the Shen Buhai lineage, let them know, notify Wood Hall as well."

"Understood, Sect Master."

The news of Chen Jiuge's rebellion stirred up a small ripple, but soon it was calmed.

To family disciples, the Golden Desert? What's that remote corner?

Ordinary disciples had long been mostly enticed by the other six paths, who weren't considering anything different.

The only attention would be from Lou Boxuan and Shen Boyi. As for Shen Buhai, he was in seclusion, unaware of the news.