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Chapter 740: Chapter 74 Wei Demon Head’s Evil Plan

Facing his wife’s threats and temptations, Wei Dongliu had no choice but to falsely claim it was a “message from the Hell Path.”

Jiang Lian, somewhat believing, gave credence to it by a third, considering that the Hell Path had indeed sent messages to Wei Dongliu in the past.

As for the other seven parts, it concerned the relationship between Wei Dongliu and the Hell Path.

Back when he first went to the Hell Path, Wei Dongliu made the journey alone, while Madam Jiang was out in the market purchasing miraculous pills and elixirs for her disciples, thus she wasn’t aware of the specific intricacies between Wei Dongliu and the Hell Path.

Now it seemed her husband had quite a deep involvement with the Hell Path… That’s right, the Abi Devil Lord, Endless Hell!

Could it be that her husband was the secret master of the Hell Path?

At this thought, Jiang Lian was excited, and a small sense of pride in uncovering her husband’s secret grew within her.

“So that’s how it is, you shouldn’t have kept this from me,” as she spoke, she pinned Wei Dongliu down on the bed like a cat pouncing on prey, planting a few kisses on his face, “then tell me, if Kunlun’s surprise attack troop were to be completely defeated, would Kunlun not recover from this blow, or perhaps even…”

“Stop dreaming,” Wei Dongliu pushed her head away and said with a cold laugh, “It’s just a defeat; it’s far from a crippling blow to Kunlun.”

“However, this war wasn’t meant to severely damage Kunlun…” Speaking up to this point, Wei Dongliu stopped suddenly, immediately silencing himself.

Jiang Lian was also shrewd and cunning. Hearing what Wei Dongliu said, she immediately understood.

What her husband desired wasn’t any tangible benefit, but precisely the nominal supremacy as the lord of the Six Paths.

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As long as the war could end perfectly, the Six Paths would realize that Wei Dongliu, this Alliance Hierarch, wasn’t just warming a seat but was a true leader who could lead them to confront the Three Pure Orthodox Sect.

When such a consensus was formed, it would bring Wei Dongliu immense prestige—this prestige had already surpassed the limits of the Mortal Life Path’s leader, as well as the limits of the Golden Core Cultivators and the Nascent Soul Cultivators. Based on the common interests of several interest groups, it was near indestructible.

Her husband’s vision was far-reaching, certainly not for overnight gains!

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In the days that followed, as the Demon Cult commenced their infiltration activities in the Guanzhong area, Wei Dongliu suddenly became very busy.

The Guanzhong area in the Cultivation Realm was different from its secular understanding.

When commoners mentioned “Guanzhong,” they thought of “eight rivers encircling Chang’an,” thinking of luxurious cities and vast farmlands.

But these resources of an agricultural society were as worthless as dirt to Cultivators.

What Cultivators truly needed—spirit stones, spirit grass, exotic beasts—mostly existed far away from the Human Race in remote mountains.

Thus, the resources contested by the Six Paths and Kunlun in Guanzhong were places like the Qinling, Long Mountain, Liupan Mountain, and especially the Qinling. Although harsh and difficult for mortals, for Cultivators, it was a famous and treasured land brimming with abundant spirit grass and rich spirit mines, with countless Immortal Sect caves.

Many of Kunlun’s controlled resources were scattered throughout the vast Qinling, requiring Wei Dongliu to direct the Six Paths’ cultivation troop to extract, occupy, and defend specific points.

At the same time, he had to scout the movements of the Kunlun Cultivators, dispatch reinforcements and manpower, design evacuation routes as contingency plans, and more—he was incredibly busy.

Of course, Wei Dongliu clearly knew how the Kunlun Cultivators would counterstrike—after all, the other side’s plans were designed by Qiu Changtian.

But precisely because it was designed by Qiu Changtian, and because a majority of the personnel employed came from the Xu Family and Ge Family, Wei Dongliu couldn’t afford to let them take too much damage.

This made things difficult; after all, one didn’t want to hurt either side of their hand, so it was not acceptable to let the troops of the Mortal Life Path take casualties.

For instance, it’s like a test where you can neither score below sixty nor above eighty, which is much more difficult than simply aiming for a high score.

This is a bona fide Sect war; it’s not possible to rush out and say, “We’re all on the same side, stop fighting.”

Just as Wei Dongliu was nursing a headache, he saw Jiang Lian come in from outside and chuckle,

“They’re discussing the bet.”

“What bet?” Wei Dongliu asked, puzzled.

“The bet you made with Mo Gu True Person,” Jiang Lian said leisurely, “about how Kunlun would respond to our infiltration.”

After an explanation from Madam Jiang, Wei Dongliu finally understood.

It turned out that the proposed strategies of upper, middle, and lower were enormously appealing to the aesthetic of the era. Therefore, once the meeting concluded, everyone enthusiastically debated the matter within their own Sects.

Of course, the discussions were confined to the higher-ups of the Sects, but the discipline on the Demon Cult side was ultimately lax. Given time, it was certain that someone would inadvertently leak information, which would eventually reach Kunlun’s ears.

If Kunlun learned of these upper, middle, and lower strategies, what would their reaction be? One thing was certain—they wouldn’t continue to opt for surprise attacks.

If that happened, it would mean Wei Dongliu’s predictions were wrong, and his prestige would suffer a massive blow… With that thought, Wei Dongliu sneered.

There was no need to think about it; it must be the Nether Ghost Path stirring the pot!

With this in mind, Wei Dongliu then refocused his attention on the tasks at hand.

Since Cultivators were mostly grouped into small teams, and those from the same Sect certainly knew each other well, the team compositions were mostly arranged with members of the same Sect together, like the Nether Ghost Path team or the Heavenly Demon Path team, and so on.

In organizing the teams, Wei Dongliu upheld the fairness expected of an Alliance Hierarch. Whether it was the relatively simple raid missions or the more dangerous defense tasks, he distributed them evenly among all Sects without showing obvious favoritism.

Such a distribution scheme, when presented to the Great Sects for review, left no room for criticism.

However, if Qiu Changtian, due to some unforeseeable factors, learned of this distribution and then chose to focus on annihilating the Nether Ghost Path’s teams and reclaiming the mines they occupied, how would that relate to me, Wei Dongliu?

At that thought, Wei Dongliu revealed a sinister smile and continued to plan.

Jiang Lian watched her husband’s smile, and although she didn’t know precisely what he was pondering, she surmised that he must be devising some wicked scheme. Leaning her arms on the desk, she stretched lazily and comfortably.

Life with her husband was never dull…

She thought contentedly, absorbing the triumph and joy emanating from her spouse, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

As the plan gradually unfolded, the nearly one hundred Demon Path Cultivators who’d initially attacked the Guanzhong area, just as Qiu Changtian had predicted, successfully seized many resource points.

Some of these were already surveyed mines; others were places where Spirit Grass was still maturing or habitats belonging to various exotic beasts.

Typically, mines required careful, meticulous mining to prevent damage to the stones. Spirit Grass and exotic beasts should be harvested at the right moment, but Wei Dongliu could no longer concern himself with such details—after all, Kunlun could reclaim everything at any moment.

The mines immediately had extra workers dispatched; whatever could be mined was extracted and transported away the same day.

The Spirit Grass, too, wasn’t left to mature—every plant was harvested and taken away. And the exotic beasts, naturally, were hunted to extinction, skinned and gutted, in a rampant waste of resources.

In a few days, the Six Paths’ gains were so substantial that they were astounding!

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