Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16324 Surrender
Immortality is the pursuit of all cultivators, and this strange man is probably the oldest person Zhao Hai has ever seen. He has lived for tens of thousands of years, and the reason he can live for so long is because he used a secret technique to separate his spirit from his body. In other words, his spirit is active, but his body is as if it were dead, and all the functions of his body have stopped. Only when he needs it will his spirit return to his body, and his body will come back to life. This is a secret technique called the Nine Nether Profound Nether Secret Technique. Of course, there is a prerequisite for using this secret technique: there must be a material that can nourish your spirit and ensure that your body has a certain degree of activity. This strange man once obtained a kind of wood called Soul Nourishing Wood, which is extremely rare. He used this wood to make himself a huge coffin, and he has been lying in that coffin. If it weren't for this critical situation, he wouldn't have come out.

However, this secret method couldn't keep him alive forever. In fact, how long he could live depended entirely on when the Soul-Nourishing Wood's soul-nourishing ability would be exhausted. In fact, the energy of the Soul-Nourishing Wood had been slowly weakening over the years. He had calculated that in about a hundred years, the energy of the Soul-Nourishing Wood would be completely exhausted, and then he would die. Even if there wasn't this crisis, he planned to wake up after a while and ask the Gongliang family to help him find some more Soul-Nourishing Wood, otherwise he would really die.

But now Zhao Hai was telling him that if he surrendered, he would be granted eternal life, which explained the strange man's astonishment. Zhao Hai looked at the strange man and smiled slightly, then said, "If I really wanted to kill you, it would be too easy. I'm just giving you a chance. If you surrender, I can grant you eternal life. If you don't surrender, I will still make you my subordinates, but that might be very painful for you. So, the choice is yours."

The strange man glanced down at the Gongliang family members below, then let out a long breath, as if expelling all the air from his body, and said, "I am willing to surrender."

Zhao Hai smiled slightly, then looked down at Gongliang Juewen and the others, and asked, "And you?"

Gongliang Juewen and the others were now deathly pale, completely devoid of color. Gongliang Juewen, in particular, seemed to have all his energy drained away. He then managed to say with difficulty, "I surrender." Since he surrendered, everyone else naturally followed suit.

Zhao Hai then waved his hand, and countless runes suddenly appeared, landing directly on those people, including the strange man. When the runes landed on them, their bodies stiffened, because their minds were suddenly filled with many things that they had to slowly digest.

At this moment, Zhao Hai's figure had returned to normal, and the strange man's body had also returned to normal. However, he was still in a daze, and Zhao Hai did not call him, but just stood there quietly.

About half an hour later, they all woke up and their eyes regained their clarity. After they recovered, they all stared blankly at their surroundings. At this moment, Zhao Hai's voice came out and said, "I have had someone change the coordinates of a teleportation array here in Wukong City to the Void Realm. All of you can go back to the Void Realm in batches through that teleportation array to study and receive the sect's benefits."

Everyone responded, and Zhao Hai glanced at the strange man again before asking, "What's your name?"

The strange man immediately bowed to Zhao Hai and said, "Young master, my name is Gong Liangyu."

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Go to the sect first. Your health isn't very good. Collect all the sect's benefits as soon as possible, and rest there for a while. Your body should recover. Go." Gongliang Yu responded, bowed to Zhao Hai, and then flew straight towards a teleportation array on Wukong Island. That teleportation array was in a corner of Wukong Island, and it was originally only able to teleport a hundred people. Now, that teleportation array could only teleport to the Void Realm.

After seeing Gongliang Yu leave, Zhao Hai turned to Gongliang Juewen and said, "Come with me." Then he flew towards Gongliang Juewen's study, and Gongliang Juewen quickly responded and followed.

The two quickly arrived at Gongliang Juewen's study. Zhao Hai took the main seat this time, and then had someone bring Gongliang Juewen a chair. Gongliang Juewen carefully sat down. He now realized what kind of person Zhao Hai was. To be honest, he felt extremely lucky to have joined the Blood Slaughter Sect, and he now held Zhao Hai in the highest esteem. After they sat down, Zhao Hai pondered for a moment before speaking, "I didn't lie to you before. I really didn't intend to attack the Divine Kingdom so quickly, but now that it has been discovered, there's no need to wait any longer. That's why I took action. We've taken Wukong City, but we haven't taken the sects, aristocratic families, or armies yet. And frankly, I don't want to fight anymore. It's pointless to attack you all. So I plan to leave the rest to the disciples of the sects. In this way, the armies of both sides will begin to clash. What are your thoughts on this matter?"

Gongliang Juewen thought for a moment, then said, "Qingxuan and Wanhai have already started their investigation. They will definitely discover the problem. If I step in now and stop them from taking action, they will definitely suspect my motives. If things go wrong, they might even jump out to oppose me, which would be even more disadvantageous for us. So my idea is that I should still step in, integrate the various armies, pretend to fight against the sect, but secretly send messages to the sect, and then make some mistakes in command. This would be more beneficial to the sect."

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "That's not necessary. Just command them as you normally would. Just pass their messages directly to Chang Jun. You don't need to worry about anything else. You should know that almost all the disciples of the sect are immortal now. Even if they die, they can be resurrected directly, so there's no need to worry about them."

Gongliang Juewen responded, and Zhao Hai continued, "What you need to do now is only one thing: ensure the safety of those ordinary people. Almost none of them have cultivated, and their soul imprints are extremely fragile. When the battle actually starts, the aftershocks could kill them or even shatter their soul imprints. In that case, they would be truly dead, and even I wouldn't be able to revive them directly. After all, there are just too many ordinary people in the Divine Kingdom, and I can't turn them all into members of a sect. So, it will depend on you. When the battle begins, your most important task is to move all the ordinary people near the battlefield to a safe place."

Gongliang Juewen responded, and Zhao Hai continued, "Alright, apart from this matter, I won't concern myself with anything else. You can handle it yourselves. By the way, I'm calling Chang Jun over. If anything happens in the future, you can discuss it with Chang Jun." After saying that, Zhao Hai directly called Chang Jun over.

As soon as Chang Jun arrived, he saw Gongliang Juewen and was taken aback. He immediately bowed to Gongliang Juewen and said, "Elder Gongliang." He understood what was going on as soon as he saw Gongliang Juewen. Gongliang Juewen must have joined the sect, so he could only call him Elder Gongliang now.

Gongliang Juewen returned the greeting and said, "Elder Chang."

Zhao Hai said, "Chang Jun, the sects and aristocratic families have already started investigating the sects below. They will know of our existence and prepare for a direct confrontation. However, I have already turned Gongliang and the others into our people. You can discuss future actions with Gongliang and the others. Gongliang will tell you all the action plans of the sects and aristocratic families. It's up to you to decide what to do."

Chang Jun responded, his expression turning serious as he said, "Young Master, should we strike first?"

Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "There's no need for that. The reason I'm telling you this is so you can use this time to prepare for the great battle. Remember, your preparations must prioritize the lives of ordinary people. Those ordinary people haven't cultivated much, and their soul imprints are extremely fragile. If they are affected by the energy waves during the battle, their soul imprints may shatter, and they will truly die. So, you'd better settle down as many ordinary people as possible now, so that it won't be too late to make arrangements once the battle begins. Also, tell Xu Ying that once the battle starts, they should join your side directly. Don't stay with Gongliang and the others; there's no need for them."

Chang Jun responded, and Zhao Hai continued, "You can discuss the battles with Gongliang. I've already told Gongliang that there's no need for him to harm those people from the sects and aristocratic families. With our strength, we can easily deal with them directly. You will be in charge of this battle. The battle here in the Divine Kingdom won't end anytime soon, so there's no need for you to rush."

Chang Jun responded again, and Zhao Hai turned to Gongliang Juewen and said, "No one outside of Wukong Island will know what happened here, so you don't need to worry. Just do what you did before, and don't worry about Chang Jun and the others. You just need to tell them your action plan. Chang Jun, even if you know their plan, don't be too confrontational about it, or they'll immediately suspect an inside job. Remember, follow our sect's style." Chang Jun responded; he understood what he had to do.