Stronger by Killing

Gu Zhan slightly raised an eyebrow and said, "In these two countries, are there no forces with cultivation backgrounds like the Kong Family and Ming Family of Xia Kingdom?"

Regarding the Kong Family in Jizhou and the Ming Family in Xuzhou, Gu Zhan naturally knew as well, and was not too surprised. Having known before that beyond the two Buddhist sects there were cultivation sects in the world, he knew that it couldn’t be just the two Buddhist sects with cultivation backgrounds.

Kou Baimen sighed, "How could there be none? Beiwei has already seen four human forces with cultivation realm backgrounds emerge, which are capable of interfering in the human world before the spiritual energy revival. They must belong to big sects. If they make a move, they could save the royal family. However, the Beiwei royal family has always been domineering, having long offended those four forces."

Gu Zhan chuckled, "So, they all stand by without intervening?"

"Yes," Kou Baimen nodded, "As for Song Kingdom, it’s just unlucky. Someone did try to intervene but didn’t make it in time. It was a cultivation sect named Mo Yu Sect, which couldn’t save the Song royal family before chasing that evil sect. Now Song Kingdom is a mess!

Southern Jin was lucky. At that time, a cultivator directly declared that the Nan Jin Empress should come for a night’s sleep, and that day, the cultivator’s head was cut off by a Daoist and hung on the city wall."

Gu Zhan chuckled and asked, "What about here in Xia Kingdom?"

"The royal family is okay," Kou Baimen said, "Because Jixia Academy is in the capital city, and it has deep ties with the Kong family. No cultivation sect dares to cause trouble there. However, the royal family has basically lost control of the lands in the Nine Provinces."

Speaking of this, Kou Baimen hesitated for a while before saying, "Lord, the royal family’s situation is not important; our Prince Wu’s Mansion is in some trouble recently!"

Gu Zhan frowned, "What happened?"

Kou Baimen said quietly, "Prince Wu’s Mansion is only sustained by your status as the world’s strongest martial artist. Now, with the arrival of divine sects, everyone believes Martial Arts has declined, claiming your status as the world’s strongest means nothing. There’s unrest among people; many leave Prince Wu’s Mansion from Yunzhou to pursue immortality. Some are just afraid, seeing divine sect massacres; they worry Yunzhou will face divine sect purges and flee to places starting to stabilize."

Gu Zhan chuckled softly and said, "None of this matters. Those people are of no importance to us. Um, there’s no troublemaking, right?"

"No," Kou Baimen said, "Though there’s unrest, your prestige remains. Prince Wu’s Mansion still controls Yunzhou. But, what’s infuriating is many outsiders now mock your status as the world’s strongest, making me furious!"

Gu Zhan waved his hand and said, "It’s unimportant; notify everyone to return to Prince Wu’s Mansion!"

"Oh, by the way, Lord, there’s one more thing," Kou Baimen said, "Whether it’s the Celestial Star Cave children you killed in the County City or the Golden Core cultivators like Huang Longzi, changes have been found in their bodies."

"What changes?" Gu Zhan asked.

Kou Baimen thought and said, "Maybe not changes exactly; after their bodies decomposed, the spiritual energy at those places became thick. The higher the cultivation, the more vigorous the spiritual energy where their bodies decomposed!"

"Reciprocal, feedback!"

Gu Zhan squinted his eyes slightly, murmured a sentence, then suddenly looked at Kou Baimen and asked, "Do you think if I killed all the cultivators appearing in the world today, it would accelerate the spiritual energy revival?"

...

After over a month, Gu Zhan finally returned to Prince Wu’s Mansion.

In this period, the world was chaotic; many major events occurred. The arrival of divine sects drastically changed the world’s structure. Yunzhou was relatively fortunate, perhaps due to its small geographical size, not having seen divine sects yet, but the entire Yunzhou was restless, a cloud of uncertainty.

Nonetheless, Gu Zhan had earned his status as the world’s strongest through fists and blades. Even with today’s drastic changes, his prestige persisted. Now that he’s shown up, Yunzhou’s unsettled state gradually began to stabilize.

Gu Zhan descended from Sword King Mountain and made his way to Yun City very ostentatiously. When his entourage arrived outside Yun City, many high-ranking figures of Prince Wu’s Mansion came to greet him, led by Rong Yichu.

When Rong Yichu saw Gu Zhan’s figure riding in the scorching summer, his heart found stability.

He had been under tremendous pressure lately,

Facing the mysterious divine sect, he couldn’t be unworried or unafraid. However, with Gu Zhan absent from Prince Wu’s Mansion, he had to lead the overall situation, always appearing calm and collected, yet inwardly, he was anxious.

Though the presence of divine sects was growing ever stronger, their incomprehensible and unfathomable nature was deeply rooted in public perception, relatively diminishing Gu Zhan’s status as the world’s strongest a bit.

But he couldn’t explain why,

Just seeing Gu Zhan, his internal unrest instantly vanished.

"Lord!"

Rong Yichu quickly stepped forward to greet him.

Gu Zhan dismounted, patting Rong Yichu’s shoulder, "You’ve worked hard."

"Not at all," Rong Yichu smiled slightly, "As long as the Lord is back, everything can be resolved."

The crowd and the high-ranking members of Prince Wu’s Mansion entered the city with Gu Zhan.

Gu Zhan and Rong Yichu walked in front,

Gu Zhan asked, "During my absence for over a month, the world was chaotic; surely there was some movement in Prince Wu’s Mansion too?"

Rong Yichu nodded slightly, "It’s a mixed bag, joy and worry. The joy is over a month, Prince Wu’s Mansion gained ten new Divine Sight Martial Artists. The worry is with the current world situation, under divine sect pressure, the court already confines itself without prestige. Without the Lord’s prestige, Prince Wu’s Mansion would face big issues. However, for now, it’s still within control."

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