Chapter 184: I have no regrets

With the elder Li’s finger pointing, everyone’s eyes fell on the map on the table.

It was still the same rocky slope, almost entirely covered in rocks… only a few clumps of weeds were mixed in among the rocks… the barrenness showed a kind of vicissitudes of life… I don’t know if it was because the map was too realistic, but looking at it, I felt a kind of desolation in my heart…

And on that hillside is the strange temple… Such a lonely house, just one look and there is a taste of eternal loneliness.

Below the hillside and the ancient temple… are vast expanses of grassland, but in the vastness, there is not a single human figure in sight.

At this time, the elder Li, who was responsible for introducing wartime matters, was about to say something, but unexpectedly, the old master suddenly stood up… He waved to stop the elder Li, then he walked lightly to the side of the elder Li and whispered something in his ear.

Elder Li’s face changed, and he whispered to the old master, “Do you really have to say this in advance? I’m afraid the morale of the troops will be unstable.”

Although the voice was low, everyone still heard what the elder said. Could it be that there was something so important that it would make the troops unstable? So, they couldn’t help but turn their attention back to the elder.

The old headmaster, in response to Elder Li’s question, simply said, “Of course, no matter what the situation is… we are the Snow Mountain lineage, the leading force of the righteous, so how could there be any reason not to be open and honest?”

After saying this, the old master didn’t say anything else, but returned to my side and sat down again. I turned my head and glanced at his profile. It was obvious that he had just been talking about something very serious, but why did he still look so calm?

“That’s fine.” Seeing that the old master had made up his mind, Elder Li sighed and his face suddenly became serious. After a long silence, he said, “The words I just said about withdrawing are now invalid… Now, after I have announced this situation… everyone can make a new choice.”

After saying this, Elder Li walked to the front of the conference table and looked at everyone with a serious expression, saying, “Everyone knows Yang Sheng’s plan, which is almost a plan to shake the entire world. There is also a rule between us cultivators and the secular world. Although it is not one of the three iron rules, it is almost an iron rule… that the secular world’s forces must not interfere with the grievances and grudges in the circle of cultivators, and the people in the circle of cultivators must not interfere with the grievances and grudges of the secular world’s forces.”

At this point, Elder Li placed one hand on the table, as if only in this way could he support himself… He sighed and said, “However, everyone is a high-ranking member of a powerful organization, and has a respectable position. He knows that the reason this rule has not been strictly followed is because when it is necessary to be flexible, the forces of both sides can overlap… Moreover, in the major secular organizations, there are almost always departments for cultivators and special individuals… After all, people have different aspirations, and this can be considered a point of intersection between the circles of cultivators and special individuals and the secular world, as well as a buffer.

For example, Jiang Yi is the spokesperson for this kind of power… but in this incident, Jiang Yi has hardly expressed any position… I immediately understood what Elder Li meant, and thought to myself in silence.

Elder Li continued: “It is precisely because of the existence of such a department that a bridge has been built between the circle of cultivators and the secular forces, and the previous need to be flexible has become more accommodating… In general, if the secular forces cannot solve a problem, the circle of cultivators will take care of it… In the midst of the struggle between the secular forces, if one side uses the power of the cultivators, and if the other side’s department is not strong enough, the cultivators of the entire force will also step in… Correspondingly, the cultivator circle’s affairs generally do not involve the secular forces very much… unless it is something that, once it happens, the outcome will be irreversible… Such things are all earth-shattering… Just like my country, China, it happened in the 1970s. Now, this Yang Sheng’s madness, the price is the whole world, do you think it won’t happen?”

All the high-ranking members of the forces were silent… Elder Li was absolutely right. Now that this situation has occurred… once the outcome is so terrible, it is definitely necessary to ‘talk’ with the secular forces.

At this time, a senior member of the forces stood up and looked at Elder Li and said, “What kind of response did they give?”

“Once we feel that we can’t stop it… then we will contact them in a special way, and they will strike indiscriminately! As for what excuse, everyone understands… so I don’t need to say it. This matter is already in full swing.” Elder Li’s face sank.

As he spoke, he could not help but sigh, took something out of his long robe, and threw it on the table, saying, “Since there is no need to hide it, I don’t want to carry this thing… it’s too heavy a burden.”

The thing made a dull sound on the table, and although it was said to be too heavy for Elder Li to carry, it was actually just a cell phone… but it was more sophisticated than an ordinary satellite phone, and it was full of a sense of technology.

The old master took the phone without a word. I guessed that it would be used to inform the secular powers once we realized that we had failed and it was too late to recover.

“Company A is very powerful… Compared to us, the righteous cultivators, those who practice evil ways see the whole world’s situation more clearly than we do… In this day and age, the role of money and resources cannot be underestimated… To put it another way, the lifeblood of many great powers is secretly in the hands of some financial giants, isn’t it? And when we describe Company A as being as rich as a nation, we are underestimating them… In this world, because of the role of money and resources, many forces have their presence, and to move them… the secular forces are also quite cautious… Therefore, all actions are kept secret and secret … and in order to eliminate some of the effects and consequences… it is necessary to carry out indiscriminate attacks… and… whether it is us or the secular forces, all we want to stop is this big move by Company A… we cannot uproot Company A, this is a long battle… the era of the curtain has been raised.” Elder Li sighed.

“In order to eliminate the impact, we cannot obviously target… Therefore, this is a battle that can only be won, not lost… Victory belongs only to the circle of cultivators. Once worldly forces are involved, then we must be prepared to make sacrifices for it… The situation is complicated… The struggle is long, is that what you mean?” One of the top leaders sighed and suddenly asked.

He wasn’t too excited, and didn’t even stand up, talking about this matter as if it were an extremely ordinary matter.

“Yes.” Elder Li’s expression also became calm… and then he said, “In order to be absolutely sure, we have no choice but to do this. We old people must be prepared to die… In fact, Yang Sheng wanted to delay for a while. He was avoiding a duel… Although the situation was very bad, the death toll might have reached the upper limit of the Iron Rule Three, but Yang Sheng also wanted to do this… to shrink all forces and give him some more time. But he also has things he has to do… Don’t forget his ambitions, which are complicated to talk about, so we’ll talk about that later… Anyway, this meeting of ours is the highest-level secret meeting, and the power of the secular forces is our last card. But the secular forces have also told us that, for many reasons, it’s best not to let them act unless absolutely necessary. The impact, and the various forces involved intertwined forces… Anyway, it’s a good thing that this is still in China. If it were in other secular forces, especially those controlled by the financial sector, I’m afraid they would have a hard time facing Company A… at least they would hesitate for a long time, make a lot of preparations, and even throw everything at the circle of cultivators… But by then, Yang Sheng might…”

Elder Li was silent. He didn’t say anything else.

The senior members of the following forces also fell silent… If a major battle brings a heavy psychological burden to people, then a major battle where success is allowed but failure is not… this kind of thing that has no way out at all, the psychological burden it brings to people can be imagined…

Therefore, such silence is predictable… I am very calm. If dying for the sake of defending the truth is a way for cultivators to die in a worthy way, and is a kind of predestined destiny, then what is there to worry about? However, I sadly discovered that apart from thinking of the Master and having very complicated emotions for Wei Chaoyu, who no longer exists… I have no worries or concerns…

On the contrary, Chen Chengyi, that little brat, is full of some kind of concern… but he is still generous and has not backed down. Compared to him, should I be happy or sad?

I feel that I have too many emotions in this world.

“As Elder Li said, we are also immortal… Since we are on the right path, it is only natural to die for the right, and there is no reason to back down… But in this battle, I hope that the Snow Mountain sect, as the leader, will think about all the things that will happen after a defeat… What I mean is that the fire of my righteous path cannot be extinguished. And as for us, if we die, then we die.”

I turned my head in shock and once again discovered that the cultivators of this world, the cultivators of the righteous way, really have a kind of spirit that I cannot describe… It is moving, it is moving, the words are very simple, but what is behind it is moving to the heart.

And I looked at the speaker, one of the ten most powerful forces, an elderly man of great virtue and respect.

After he spoke, the senior members of the other forces also spoke.

“You’re right, it’s fine to die, as long as it’s not meaningless…”

“Don’t you think we can understand the merits of the cycle of life and death? If it can bring me such a great merit, I should be willing to die a thousand deaths.”

“Why regret dying in a good cause?”

“…”

At this time, people from various powers spoke one after another… Their words were not heroic, but rather a determination not to back down! In fact, the words were easy to say, after all, reincarnation is continuous, and merit can be accumulated… But I don’t know in which life I will be able to continue to develop my “wisdom” and enter the time of cultivators again… And the worldly wealth and power brought by merit… is it meaningful to cultivators?

Here, they rely on nothing but a heart to defend the truth… for the sake of countless lives.

For a moment, I realized that I had ignited a passion in my heart, and I was no longer simply fulfilling Chen Chengyi’s trust.