Bringing the farm to another world

Then Suoming stood up again and said, "We can send back a smaller number of people. We can say they are injured and need to go back to recuperate. That way, there won't be any problems."

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing Suo Ming's words. This approach seemed feasible. Wen Wenhai also spoke up, saying, "Okay, let's do it this way. This should be able to deal with those sects quickly. Actually, if it weren't for the Prajna Temple incident, we wouldn't have needed to rush and could have taken our time. But that's not possible now. We must speed up our attack."

Everyone nodded, and Wen Wenhai said, "That's not enough. We need another contingency plan. What if the sects in the Hell Gate area discover our actions and start to resist? Let's discuss it."

Everyone fell silent for a moment. They hadn't actually considered this plan. Then Zhang Hongliang spoke up, "I do have an idea. Aren't the Hell Gate under our control now? And the Demon Blade Sect is also under our control. Both the Hell Gate and the Demon Blade Sect have quite a few rogue cultivators. These rogue cultivators are all our people now. We can release these rogue cultivators first, letting them go to various sects. Rogue cultivators are quite mobile, and those sects won't care about them. Once they're in those sects, they can find an opportunity to fly out of those sects and into the void." "Once they enter the void, they can send us the coordinates there. We can then send our disciples, along with Qianjixing, to those coordinates. They can stay far away from that continent so the people there won't detect Qianjixing. Once Qianjixing arrives, they can stealthily approach the continents where those sects are located. Then, they can stop not far from those continents and secretly set up a magic array. Once this array is set up, we'll have the ability to seal off their continents at any time. What do you all think?"

Everyone nodded, but one elder said with some concern, "Our Thousand Machine Star is indeed good and strong, but while it was alright before, the sects we're dealing with now all have Kingdom-level experts. If those Kingdom-level experts try to escape, they might break through the formation. After all, Kingdom-level experts are very destructive. The formations set up by our Thousand Machine Star might not be able to withstand the impact of Kingdom-level experts, right?"

"Don't worry about that. Our Thousand Machine Star has now completed the energy source replacement. Previously, our Thousand Machine Star used the Yin-Yang Thunder Pool as its energy source, but now it can use the Solar Array as its energy source. With the support of the Solar Array, the power of our Thousand Machine Star will be much greater than before. Even a kingdom-level expert would absolutely not be able to break through the array they form," Wen Yuming suddenly said.

Upon hearing Wen Yuming's words, everyone fell silent. They knew that Wen Yuming would never lie. If Wen Yuming said there was no problem, then there was definitely no problem. After all, when it came to understanding magic arrays, no one could compare to Wen Yuming.

Wen Wenhai then spoke up, "Alright, everyone agrees, so it's settled then. Everyone can go back and prepare now. Suoming, you decide how many people those sects will send back. Qin Sheng, Qi Shaowei, the task of arranging the rogue cultivators is yours. Both of your sects have a considerable number of rogue cultivators. It's up to you to arrange which sects those rogue cultivators go to. Remember, you two need to discuss this together and avoid sending the same people twice. Even if you're sending people out together, you must inform those being sent of the other party's identity. There can't be any situation where your own people fight each other." "No, Lao Wen, you need to arrange this immediately. Add an identification system to all the disciples' Heavenly Spheres. As long as one of our own is in a certain area, the Heavenly Sphere can identify them, preventing any mistakes. Also, you must keep a close watch on the Hell Gate and the Demon Blade Sect. Absolutely no mistakes are allowed. The current situation with these two sects is that anyone who enters either of them, regardless of their identity, must be transformed into an undead. I'll emphasize again, anyone who enters either of these sects must be transformed into an undead. Understand?"

Qin Sheng and Qi Shaowei both responded. Wen Wenhai walked to the podium again, glanced at everyone, and then said, "Many new members of the sect don't understand the current situation of the sect, and don't know why we still need to expand. We clearly don't lack resources, people, or territory, so why do we need to expand? Our territory is already enormous. We have the Void Realm, and we also have the Ouroboros Space. With such a large territory, why do we still need to attack? To many people, this may seem redundant, but I want to tell you that the main reason we do this is actually for self-preservation."

He paused here, while the elders below were all dumbfounded. They didn't understand why Wen Wenhai would say such a thing. If their Blood Slaughter Sect wanted to protect itself, wouldn't it be too easy? Right now, if they weren't bullying others, those others should be grateful. How could they say they needed to protect themselves? Why was that?
Looking at everyone's expressions, Wen Wenhai began, "I know many of you may not understand what I mean, so let me explain in detail why I say our current expansion is for self-preservation. This all starts with our leader, the sect master of our sect." He paused, glanced at everyone, and continued, "Many of you here have fought our leader, especially the newcomers. Even those who haven't fought him directly have witnessed his power. Don't you all feel that we're not on the same level as our leader? We're completely outmatched. In front of him, we're like newborn babies, utterly powerless to fight back? You all feel that way, don't you?"

Many people nodded, especially the newcomers. They had seen Zhao Hai in action, and some had even fought him. Only those who had fought Zhao Hai knew how terrifying he was. Just as Wen Wenhai said, Zhao Hai was not on the same level as them at all. They were completely powerless against him.

Wen Wenhai continued, "Your feelings are actually correct. The leader is indeed not on the same level as us. The leader could have ascended long ago; he has the strength to do so. However, he hasn't left because he is very clear about what would happen to us if he ascended. Would he just leave us here? Then we would end up like the people in the Divine Realm, only able to cultivate to the Kingdom level at most, and eventually pass away, becoming a handful of dust. Taking us with him? That's possible; that's what the leader did before. But the reason he didn't do that this time is because he felt that it would be dangerous. If he took us with him to ascend, we would be in danger, and he would be in danger too. So the leader didn't do that. He wants to make us stronger so that we can ascend together, and that way we will have the ability to protect ourselves. That's why the leader hasn't ascended yet."

At this point, Wen Wenhai paused again. He glanced at the people below and continued, "At this moment, some people might be even more curious. If that's really the case, then we can just focus on our cultivation. Why do we need to expand? Expanding our territory and absorbing more people into the sect, including a large number of commoners whose strength is quite weak, wouldn't that drag down the overall strength of our sect? Why do we still do this? I'll tell you the reason now."

He glanced at everyone and then said, "I've followed the boss for so many years, I understand him. I know why he hasn't ascended yet. It's because this time, he feels he might not be able to fully protect us. When we ascended with him before, our strength wasn't very high, but he still took us with him because he knew that even if we weren't strong enough, he could still protect us, because he was very powerful. But this time, he didn't do that. The main reason is that he probably feels he can't protect us anymore. That means if he ascends again..." "The enemies we encounter might be even stronger, and even our leader isn't confident he can protect us. So why do we still expand? It's actually quite simple. When we expand, our territory becomes larger, and we have more people. This allows us to provide our leader with more faith power. And all of this territory and these people can become our leader's support. No matter what kind of enemy we encounter, we will face them together with our leader. Even if necessary, we are all willing to sacrifice ourselves to protect our leader's safety. The more people we have, the more energy we provide to our leader. This is the fundamental reason why we need to expand. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing Wen Wenhai's words, everyone finally understood why the Blood Slaughter Sect wanted to expand. It was all for the sake of population and territory. The larger the territory and the more people there were, the greater the help they would provide to Zhao Hai. That's why they wanted to expand. After hearing Wen Wenhai's words, everyone below became excited and loudly responded, "Yes, we understand."

Wen Wenhai nodded, then said, "Good, it's good that you understand. Then all of you go back and prepare."

Everyone responded once more, then stood up, turned, and left. Only Zhang Hongliang and a few others remained. Wen Wenhai noticed this and led them directly to his study. After everyone sat down, Wen Wenhai took out the tea set and began to brew tea. Zhang Hongliang and the others remained silent. Only after Wen Wenhai finished brewing the tea did Ding Chunming speak, "Old Wen, is what you said really true? Is it true that the more people from our sect there are, the greater the help to the young master? The young master doesn't seem to have said anything like that. He only said that the stronger we are, the greater the help we will be to him." (End of Chapter)