Becoming evil makes you ten times stronger, but becoming a demon gives you hundredfold strength

The days that followed were good, with endless clear skies and tranquility.

The surrounding powers, large and small, sent their congratulations to the Moon-Watching Sect, expressing that they had always been supportive and so on, while some sects that kicked others when they were down either fled overnight or were destroyed by other families.

The congratulatory gifts piled up like a mountain, and captured prisoners were everywhere.

The situation Bai Qianqian was most worried about did not occur. Although the Five Directions Tower controlled the surroundings, they did not massacre indiscriminately, including friends who came to Bai Qianqian's rescue. They captured whenever possible instead of killing on capture.

As a result, although some people died, the majority were preserved.

The Five Directions Tower had a simple reason for doing this: they originally wanted to peacefully take over the Moon-Watching Sect, or subdue it after defeating it, so they left some leeway.

Now, this leeway had come into play.

Within the Long River Nine Bends Array, Bai Qianqian captured twenty-seven Foundation Establishment members of the Five Directions Tower, and later captured quite a few enemies in pursuit.

Bai Qianqian was not a bloodthirsty person. She asked for Meng Yu's opinion, and to her surprise, Meng Yu was even more generous, saying, "The Five Directions Tower is our neighbor. If such a thing has happened, there must be some misunderstanding. We have all lived in peace for two hundred years, why should we fight to the death?"

Just fine them and demand more Spirit Stones, we are in the entrepreneurial stage now.

Meng Yu's words delighted Bai Qianqian. Her future was as a housewife, not some Demon Emperor from the Western Wastes.

So, under the leadership of Master Lin, both parties began to negotiate.

Negotiations were a good thing, demonstrating Bai Qianqian's generosity and kindness, among other qualities. Even though so many people died from the Five Directions Tower, it happened on the battlefield and did not damage Bai Qianqian or Meng Yu's reputation.

The reason for not continuing the fight was because Meng Yu keenly sensed danger.

Humans are humans, demons are demons!

This victory in the Western Wastes was the greatest victory the Demon Race had won since the Demon Race Royal Court was destroyed by numerous cultivators five hundred years ago!

This was one of the few victories the Demon Race had won since the destruction of the Central Plains Demon Race Imperial Court twelve thousand years ago.

If they could quickly annihilate the Five Directions Tower now, it wouldn't be a problem, but with the enemy taking refuge within their sect's gates and Bai Qianqian unable to undertake a long journey of thousands of miles, what if a prolonged war attracted other powers claiming to help the Human Race by joining under the banner of fighting demons and protecting the path of righteousness?

This could not be done!

A great war swiftly entered its second half, and Bai Qianqian's name leaped to become the hottest legend in the Western Wastes. Countless demons came to visit, and numerous Loose Cultivators from the Human Race, even those from small and medium sects, sought to join her. Her past was interpreted by all, finding something extraordinary within it, huh, Meng Yu seemed to really be the descendant of a Deity-Transforming Honored One?

Previously, everyone thought the two were mismatched, but now it looked like the union of an ancient noble princess and an even more noble descendant.

A powerful sect, the Moon-Watching Sect, was rising in the Western Wastes, where the princess and the prince lived happily together.

Sect Leader Bai Qianqian, Vice Sect Leader, Meng Yu.

Oh, by the way, it's said that Meng Yu has connections that can procure a large amount of materials from overseas. Now, investing a portion of Spirit Stones can quickly double, I'm only telling you because I consider you my friend, the rest I'll keep to myself.

I'm going to invest.

By the way, I heard Bai Qianqian thinks the Long River Nine Bends Array wasn't powerful enough, and now she's buying mass destructive weapons like the Mother-Child Annihilation Divine Thunder and Supreme Yin Divine Thunder. If you have any, you could also use them as shares in exchange for Spirit Stones.

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A Flying Boat landed in front of the Moon-Watching Sect's gates.

Apart from the crew, there were five people on the Flying Boat, one man and four women.

Master Lin, looking at the misty gates, nodded to everyone.

The couple, the man named Fu Youzhi and the woman named Fang Zhenghua, he with a dignified look and she beautiful as a flower, both late Foundation Establishment stage disciples from the Central Plains Mystical Sect, came to the Western Wastes to buy Spirit Rice. Hearing that the Moon-Watching Sect had supplies, they hurried over.

The two women behind them were a pair of exquisite sisters-in-law.

The former, in the late Foundation Establishment stage and dressed in plain clothes with a small white flower in her hair, had married a Golden Core widower from the Five Directions Tower thirteen years ago when she had just established her foundation. This time, however, she came to plead with Bai Qianqian for mercy and to retrieve her husband's body.

The latter, also in plain clothes, her grandfather, another Golden Core expert of the Five Directions Tower, died in battle at the Moon-Watching Sect and was yet to be buried. Her brother and father had become prisoners, and their fate was uncertain.

Although Master Lin had mediated a ceasefire between the parties, the final agreement had not been signed, and many details still needed to be hammered out. These two women had already visited three times, but the negotiation results were not very favorable.

After all, the Five Directions Tower still held a bit of pride.

The two groups had met on the road, and Master Lin had not originally wanted to bring them along, but since the Five Directions Tower was also his client, it was difficult to refuse, so they came together.

"The two of you, Bai Qianqian is a descendant of a Divine Beast. You must not see her from the perspective of ordinary people, understand?"

Master Lin did not concern himself with the people from the Five Directions Tower but seriously instructed the couple with an emphasis.

Both of them nodded quickly.

The more prestigious the orthodox sect, the clearer they understood how terrifying some of the ancient clans could be. As for the Five Directions Tower's defeat, they actually felt it was to be expected. These country bumpkins had truly never seen the terror of the other Nine Great Divine Beasts; how dared they bully one of them?

"We will never be impolite, nor will we use the distinction of right and wrong, or the difference between humans and demons, to judge anything."

"That's good."

Master Lin nodded with a look of pretended approval. In fact, after Qian Qian won, the major figures of the Western Wastes suddenly became very panic-stricken.

Before, everyone thought Bai Qianqian was a cowardly and foolish rabbit, but after witnessing the terrifying power of the Milky Way Nine-Bend Formation, they suddenly felt that maybe... she was just not bothering with them.

But what if she started bothering now?

Luckily, Bai Qianqian remained that good rabbit. After her victory, the Moon-Watching Sect was bustling for three months, after which Bai Qianqian announced the closure of the sect's gates, refusing to see guests and declaring she would not vie for supremacy and so on.

This action, although disappointing for some ulterior-motived members of the Demon Race, also let the Human Race, including Master Lin, breathe a sigh of relief.

Some are cowardly due to lack of strength, some due to honesty, and if the latter suddenly turned corrupt and gathered the demons of the Western Wastes, along with their messy allies, the consequences would be unthinkable!

The Human Race doesn't exterminate the Demon Race to extinction not because they don't want to, but because they can't!

The flying boat stopped, and after Master Lin presented the token, he delivered the twelve boxes into the hands of the disciples of the Moon-Watching Sect and then waited an hour before being invited into the mountain gate.

This was part of the transaction; the twelve boxes contained twelve large-scale lethal magic artifacts, like the Mother-Child Annihilation Divine Thunder, Kuishui Divine Thunder, Geng Metal Extermination Thunder, and so on. Naturally, the Moon-Watching Sect wouldn't let him bring these items with him into the mountain gate.

Last time he was leaving as a intermediary, Meng Yu told him that it would be great if he could obtain some large-scale but easily transportable magic artifacts. The more the better, "You provide as many as you have, and I'll trade with Spirit Rice," he said.

This proposition greatly moved Master Lin, but as a man of dignity, he waited until the conflict between the Five Directions Tower and the Moon-Watching Sect ended, and Bai Qianqian on behalf of the Jade Rabbit Family promised not to use the twelve divine thunders outside of the Moon-Watching Sect's reach in the Western Wastes world, before delivering the items.

Although the final scope of this promise was a bit strange, it wasn't unreasonable.

The rabbits said the divine thunders were to strengthen the Long River Nine Bends Array, but the rabbits would flee every few thousand years. Wouldn't these divine thunders be able to be taken elsewhere then?

If people were reasonable, one shouldn't get too caught up in the exact wording.

As long as it's not used in the Western Wastes, it's fine.

Once inside the mountain gate, Master Lin's party of five was quickly led into the reception hall, where Bai Qianqian and Meng Yu were waiting for them.

Bai Qianqian had already verified the authenticity of the twelve divine thunders, while Meng Yu greeted Master Lin with a smile.

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Central Plains examined Meng Yu carefully.

Though they appeared young, they were nearly a hundred years old, while Meng Yu was at most in his thirties!

An ordinary Qi Refinement Practitioner, merely at the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation, calmly met and chatted with Foundation Establishment and Golden Core experts.

Without arrogance or inferiority, self-possessed, and knowledgeable, they had never been to the Central Plains, and there were aspects of Master Lin's interesting stories they did not understand, but they could join the conversation and had seen a broader world than this. Find adventures on My Virtual Library Empire

Only a true major family could cultivate such talent. When they talked to you about various aspects of cultivation and experiences, you could feel their erudition and humility.

"Master Lin, the twelve divine thunders have been received, thank you very much. Now, let us talk about the transaction," Meng Yu said.

After some small talk, they got down to business.

The twelve divine thunders, each roughly equal in power to a full-force strike from an early stage Golden Core expert, were very effective against Foundation Establishment, but in facing versatile and resourceful Golden Core experts, honestly, they weren't as good as buying suitable Third Grade Spiritual Weapons.

The latter could be properly used and even nurtured to be upgraded, employed countless times. Therefore, the market price for these twelve divine thunders was about the same as two ordinary Third Grade Spiritual Weapons.

A Third Grade Spiritual Weapon, in the Western Wastes, started at eighty to ninety thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, and if the quality was good, a hundred thousand or more wasn't considered expensive, buying one could let many small sects save up for many years.

"Twelve divine thunders, priced at a hundred thousand Spirit Stones," declared Fu Youzhi, suddenly offering a very friendly price.

However, Meng Yu's reaction was a bit strange.

"That's expensive?"

Meng Yu's smile was quite provocative, like a person from a big city seeing a soft drink worth a few tens of yuan a bottle in an underdeveloped area.

That smile wasn't mocking the high quote, but rather an I-know-you're-poor-and-had-to-suffer-to-bring-this-cola-here-with-all-its-additional-costs, I'll-pay-for-it look.

Fu Youzhi didn't get angry but instead asked politely.

"Mr. Meng, do you also have our divine thunders over there?"