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Chapter 464 A person cannot stand without integrity

The group drank a pot of tea with Li Kang, and when they estimated that it was about time, they left Ji'an Hall.

After leaving Ji'an Hall, Wu Chang noticed that An Rong's hesitation had disappeared, so he asked:
"Brother An, have you found the answer you're looking for this time?"

An Rong looked into the distance and said:
"I came back this time not to find answers, but to make sure I can make this decision."

Wu Chang asked in confusion, "I don't understand, Brother An is now an Earth Immortal, is it possible that someone else can make decisions for you?"

An Rong sighed, his expression complex, and said:

“Since I was born, I have been bringing misfortune to those around me. When I was in Huaigu Village, I encountered the Black Wind Mountain bandits who came to the village. The Black Wind Mountain bandits did not kill me. They later encountered Master Tang and Uncle Yuan.”

"Uncle Yuan brought me to Uncle Chen's place. Not long after, the spiritual energy revival broke out in full force, and there was a struggle for the position of sect leader within the Renxin Pavilion. Uncle Chen was caught up in it and was seriously injured. His cultivation will be difficult to improve in this lifetime."

"Years later, I had mastered my skills and ventured into the Great Xuan. Wherever I went, the earth would often turn upside down and demons would appear. I killed demons and made a name for myself, but many more people died in attacks by demons."

"Even if I obtained the opportunity to become an immortal by chance, the subsequent events were still the same. Even when I led other cultivators to explore the demon race, the exploration team that was with me suffered the most casualties."

"In the Humanitarian Alliance, people call me the Fierce Thunder Grand Duke, but in reality, many more people call me the Calamity Grand Duke behind my back, meaning that wherever I go, I will bring disaster and misfortune."

Wu Chang was not surprised by what An Rong said.

An Rong's aura of fortune is so strong that he could definitely be considered a protagonist of a plane. It's perfectly normal for people to die wherever the protagonist goes.

Let alone a chaotic world like Da Xuan, even in a peaceful era, a certain elementary school student destined for death will encounter murder cases as soon as he leaves his home; this is the protagonist's fate.

Wu Changkai explained:

“This is not Brother An’s fault. The disaster did not come because of you. Rather, the seeds of the disaster had already been sown, but your appearance triggered them prematurely.”

An Rong said with some helplessness:
"That being said, in reality, if I make a mistake, many people will die because of me, and it will cause a lot of trouble, so I gradually became afraid to make mistakes."

"That is why it was so difficult for me to pass the final test of the Kaiyang Immortal Mansion. Even if I barely passed the final test, I would hesitate and not dare to make a decision in the battle with the master of the Immortal Mansion, which would ultimately cause me to miss the opportunity."

At this point, An Rong looked at Wu Chang and said:

"So there's something I've always wanted to ask Sect Leader Tang. You have more experience than I do, and you've seen more death than I have. Don't you ever have doubts about yourself when making decisions?"

Wu Chang shook his head and said, "No. Perhaps you are too young now. When you have experienced as much as I have, you won't hesitate because of these trivial matters."

Wu Changlun may not be as old as An Rong, but in terms of experience, he can only say that An Rong still has a long way to go.

Even if An Rong claims he can bring disaster, it's only limited to the instance plane, and specifically to the Great Xuan realm.

The calamities Wu Chang had experienced could span multiple planes of the Desolate Realm. Every decision he made was enough to influence the fate of a plane. In his eyes, the disasters An Rong encountered were no different from playing house.

Upon hearing this, An Rong looked at Wu Chang with admiration, thinking to himself that Master Tang was indeed experienced and wondered when he would be as composed as Master Tang.

When the three met up with the players, the teleportation array was just completed, and in a flash, everyone was back in the Lidi Temple.

When they returned to Lidi Temple, it was already the morning of the next day at 9:00 AM, nearly 24 hours after they left Zhenyue City.

Wu Changben ordered everyone to stay where they were and then took Eileen and An Rong to report back.

The three arrived at the council hall of the Humanitarian Alliance, just in time to find Lü Changgeng gathering a group of elders to discuss matters related to activating the Ziwei Exorcising Array.

Not only were the elders of the Humanitarian Alliance present, but Emperor Zhaoning, the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and the Vice Minister were also present.

The meeting was discussing the specific steps of the ceremony, and whether, in order to ensure the abundance of spiritual energy, the entire trial area should be reclaimed before the sacrificial ceremony.

The initial discussions had been completed, and Lü Changgeng was preparing to summarize when he saw Wu Chang, Eileen, and An Rong walk in.

Lu Changgeng was stunned for a moment. He clearly remembered his disciples telling him that Sect Leader Tang and his party had left before noon yesterday. Could it be that they had mistaken him for someone else?

He wondered:

"Sect Leader Tang, have you not set off yet? Is there anything you need our cooperation with?"

Wu Chang cupped his hands and said:
"Reporting to Alliance Leader Lü, I have not yet set off, but have already returned."

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned. They all looked outside the hall to check the time, and Emperor Zhaoning even asked the eunuch beside him how long the meeting had been going on.

After everyone confirmed that the meeting had only lasted for an hour and that they had not become so engrossed in the discussion that they had not been aware of it for several days, the way everyone looked at Wu Chang and the other two became strange.

Since the timing was correct, Wu Chang and his group returned in less than a day.

What can you do in a day?
For cultivators who are slower, a day is not enough to complete one trial of the Demon-Slaying Army. Yet, they have already traveled back and forth in the Demon Realm in a single day.

Lu Changgeng looked at Wu Chang and the other two, about to say something, when suddenly his heart skipped a beat, and he asked in a panic:
"Sect Leader Tang, I remember you took many celestial beings with you when you left. Could it be that they have all perished?"

The fact that they left and returned so quickly, without any celestial beings accompanying them, suggests only one possibility: they had just entered the demon realm when they accidentally encountered a large number of demons. Unable to withstand them, the three abandoned the celestial beings and returned to the Human Alliance for support.

Or perhaps the three of them had a conflict with the Celestials, and that they were the ones who ruthlessly killed them.

Wu Chang shook his head and said, "The celestial beings are all unharmed, and not a single one has died."

Lu Changgeng breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. The group of celestial beings were extraordinary, and two of them had even gained the approval of the Immortal Mansion. They would be excellent cannon fodder when attacking the Demon Realm. It would have been a huge waste to use them beforehand.

"What brings Sect Leader Tang back?"

Wu Chang said:

"Reporting to the Alliance Leader, we have successfully completed our mission and have successfully tested the Wind Demon King."

Everyone:?
Even Emperor Zhaoning looked at Wu Chang strangely. In just one day, he not only traveled back and forth in the Demon Realm, but also completed a test of the Wind Demon King.
If the speaker hadn't been the Tang Sect Master, widely recognized as the most honest person in the Great Xuan cultivation world, and instead it had been Blood Eagle Valley Master Yin Sheng who said those words, everyone would have already started cursing.

Even though it was Wu Chang who spoke, his words were too shocking. Perhaps there were too many demons in the demon realm, and they couldn't make a move. They just watched from afar.
Lu Changgeng asked cautiously, "Have you managed to probe the Wind Demon King's true strength?"

Wu Chang replied, "The Wind Demon King has already been killed."

"Ah." Lu Changgeng nodded immediately. It wasn't enough to just glance at it; at least it was acceptable.

In a split second, his brain processed what was happening, and he exclaimed, "Huh?"

Everyone in the room thought they had misheard, and their expressions echoed each other, showing the same bewildered expression as Lü Changgeng.

Wu Chang walked up to Lü Changgeng and Emperor Zhaoning, took out the Wind Feather he had retrieved from Zhenwo before reporting back, and placed it on Lü Changgeng's table, saying:

"The Wind Demon King, Azure Feather Bird, has been slain. This feather is the essence of the Azure Feather Bird's demonic power after its death."

As soon as the Wind Feather was taken out, its powerful wind attribute aura immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The twelve elders were surprised that Wu Chang was serious. They immediately stood up and surrounded him, wanting to see the wind feathers that had been released after the Wind Demon King's death.

When they entered the demon realm to explore, they were chased and forced to flee in terror by the four demon kings. They didn't even have many opportunities to observe the demon kings closely, let alone see their life essence.

The Divine Sword Sect is the number one forging sect in the Great Xuan Dynasty. As the sect leader, Lü Changgeng's forging skills are superb. As a top-level forger, he can tell 80% of the materials in front of him from fake with just a glance.

He held the Wind Feather in his hands with such gentleness that he was even more careful than when he held his most beloved youngest son back then.

Feeling the torrent of wind-attribute energy in his hand, he was certain that forging materials of this caliber could only be dropped after a demon king died.

He suppressed the urge to blurt out, "Was the Wind Demon King's suicide or murder?", took a deep breath, and asked:
"How did you kill this Wind Demon King?"

Wu Chang said calmly, "We worked together with the celestial beings to find a way to subdue the Wind Demon King. After a fierce battle, we barely managed to defeat it."

Although Wu Chang's explanation was essentially meaningless, everyone spontaneously applauded after hearing it. Even Lü Changgeng put down the Wind Feather and joined in applauding Wu Chang and his companions' actions. The explanation might not have been detailed enough, but even the most detailed description couldn't compare to the convincing evidence of the equipment dropped by the Wind Demon King.

Lu Changgeng turned his gaze back to Feng Zhiyu, reached out to grab it again, and said:

"Sect Leader Tang has made a great contribution this time. This treasure is a rare material for magical artifacts. If it were used by the Human Alliance, it could be disassembled and used to make several more..."

Before Lü Changgeng could finish speaking, he saw a flash before his eyes and Feng Zhiyu had already been captured and taken back by Wu Chang.

"Sect Leader Tang, what's going on?"

Wu Chang said in a cold, businesslike tone:

"Heaven and Man have made a great contribution to killing the Wind Demon King. I have promised him this Wind Feather as a reward. I, Tang, have never broken my promise to anyone in my life."

Upon hearing this, the elders, who had been following Lü Changgeng's line of thought and figuring out how to divide the cake, were instantly dumbfounded.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness—these are the tenets of a Grandmaster-level cultivator. They may be unbenevolent, impolite, or lacking in wisdom, but they absolutely cannot disregard righteousness and trustworthiness.

Let alone those who appear to be upright people, even those who follow the wicked and unorthodox paths must uphold righteousness and integrity.

The honesty of the Tang Clan leader is unique in the Great Xuan. He used the letter to shut him up, so who would dare to say a word against it?
If anyone were to be so foolish as to offer to exchange Master Tang's credibility for this Wind Feather, no one in the room would doubt that Master Tang would immediately turn hostile and draw his sword.

The Feather of Wind was promised to those celestial beings, so they would naturally side with Headmaster Tang.

You should know that the last thing to try to make contact with these people was that feather.

Lu Changgeng stared longingly at the Wind Feather in Wu Chang's hand. He opened his mouth wide, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time. Finally, he could only slam his fist on the table and say with heartache:
"Sect Leader Tang is foolish!"

Wu Chang seemed oblivious to Lü Changgeng's heartache, and continued in a cold voice, seemingly incapable of understanding human relationships:
"Alliance Leader Lü, this exploration of the Demon Realm has not only yielded some gains, but also successfully slain the Wind Demon King. The Celestials deserve much credit for making this all the more successful."

“The celestial beings have come from afar overseas, disregarding their own lives, to enter the demon realm with me to exorcise demons. Although they are of noble character and do things that are righteous and selfless, they certainly do not care about material things. However, we cannot fail to express our gratitude and chill the hearts of the celestial beings.”

Lu Changgeng almost choked on his breath because of Wu Chang's anger.

The rewards he originally prepared for the celestial beings, even when all were bundled together, were not even worth a tenth of the Wind Feather. Now, not only had he lost the Wind Feather, but they also wanted him to give them more rewards.

dream!

Before Lü Changgeng could mention the imminent attack on the Demon Realm and the difficult conditions within the Human Alliance, Wu Chang slowly said:
"This is also what Tang made to the heavenly people."

Lü Changgeng: ...

He took a deep breath, forced a hearty smile, and said:
"We have all witnessed the achievements of the celestial beings."

"All the Celestials who participated in the exploration of the Demon Realm and made great contributions in the battle to kill the Wind Demon King have been promoted to Hall Masters. Leng Shan and Jian Xing have been promoted to Stewards, and the rest of the Celestials have been directly promoted to Managers."

"Peace, Cold Mountain, and Sword Star have each received a Level 1 Battle Merit, while the other cultivators have each received a Level 2 Battle Merit."

"Sect Leader Tang, is my method of calculating merit appropriate?"

Since Wu Changjiang had spoken to such an extent, the matter of being rewarded by the Celestials was unavoidable. In that case, rather than making things look bad for everyone, Lü Changgeng directly raised the originally prepared reward by one level, which would at least earn him a good reputation among the Celestials.

He is the leader of the Humanitarian Alliance, and he is also the one who bestows the rewards. It's impossible for Tang Wuchang to take all the goodwill from the Celestials in the end.

Being stingy with the Celestials is the basic principle of the world's dungeons; there's not much profit to be made even if they keep trying. Wu Chang then conveniently stated:

"The matter of bestowing rewards shall be entirely decided by Alliance Leader Lü."

"The player has completed the hidden side quest: Lead a team (following the Earth Immortal of the Human Alliance) to explore the Demon Realm and test the Wind Demon King's true strength."

"You have made significant contributions to the Humanitarian Alliance in vanquishing demons and protecting the righteous path. Contribution value +450 (150)".

"Your current contribution value is 3000, ranking 1st among all players."

"Due to your outstanding performance in successfully killing the Wind Demon King during the mission, your Humanity Alliance rank has been promoted to Hall Master, and you have received an additional reward: one Level 1 Battle Merit."

Item Name: First-Class Merit for Demon Slayer Army

Item Type: Special

"Item Description: Proof of making significant contributions to the Demon-Slaying Army. With this merit, you can choose one of the following rewards: exchange for or reforge a B-grade item, receive a B-grade pill, obtain a B-grade mount, learn a cultivation technique with a maximum level of B-grade, or learn a B-grade spell."

Wu Chang raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected that his main body and true self could act at the same time. Besides being able to openly claim credit for his true self, he could also receive two rewards from the settlement of a hidden mission, directly increasing his contribution points by 600.

After the awards ceremony, Lü Changgeng returned to his previous state and gestured for Wu Chang and the other two to sit down.

"Sect Leader Tang, Little Tai Sui, and Madam Tang, the three of you have just returned. Let's listen together to the next steps in the construction plan for the Ziwei Exorcising Array."

"Thanks to the intervention of the Celestials, the Seven Star Immortal Mansion, which had been stalled for so long, was broken ahead of schedule, and the seven core array eyes were activated ahead of schedule, which gave us a lot more time."

"But the progress is too fast, which means that the central area where the demonic energy is supposed to be cleared is still under the control of the demonic energy. The spiritual energy boundary has not yet been nailed down with the demon-suppressing stele. Now that the earth-sacrificing ceremony is starting, we are worried that the demonic energy will impact the spiritual energy area, causing the earth-sacrificing ceremony to fail."

"Moreover, according to what the Celestial Being said, more Celestial Beings will enter the Great Xuan in the future, so we want to postpone the activation of the formation by three days."

"First, use three days to seal the boundary with the Demon-Suppressing Stele, then wait for the people to arrive before activating the Ziwei Exorcising Array."

An Rong looked at Wu Chang, who said expressionlessly:

"Alliance Leader Lü's considerations are thorough, and I have no objections."

Just as Lü Changgeng was about to continue speaking, he suddenly heard a cry of surprise from outside. He summoned the Human Alliance cultivators guarding the hall and asked what had happened. The cultivator pointed to the sky and said:
"Alliance Leader, auspicious omens have descended from the heavens!"

As Wu Chang and the others walked out of the hall, they saw that colorful auspicious clouds had appeared in the originally clear sky. The auspicious clouds were above Zhenyue City, as if good fortune was about to arrive.

Wu Chang glanced at the sky; it was around noon. Ma Jia and the others had entered the world instance around the same time yesterday.

It looks like new players have joined.

Wu Chang guessed correctly. Just as people's attention was drawn to the auspicious clouds, streaks of pale white light appeared around Zhenyue City.

"Due to the player's outstanding performance in the qualification dungeon, they have entered the world dungeon ahead of schedule. The current phase is the exploration phase. The Jupiter Transcendence dungeon will officially open 24 hours after the dungeon starts."

"You are currently under a blessed state. You will not be harmed if you do not initiate an attack during the initial exploration phase."

This time, a total of nine hundred players appeared, and they were the last batch of players to have the privilege of exploring ahead of time.

They appeared in a location farther away than Ma Jia and the others; some players couldn't even see Zhenyue City.

If Wu Chang and the others were to drive, their starting point would be extremely unfavorable, and it would take them a considerable amount of time just to get to Zhenyue City.

However, these players were unaware that they were optimistic about the world dungeon and were all eager to explore it thoroughly in the next 24 hours.

Inside the Lidi Temple, Lü Changgeng turned his gaze from the sky and addressed the crowd:

"Auspicious omens have descended from the heavens, indicating that a large number of celestial beings are about to enter the Great Mystery. In order to welcome the celestial beings, we must finish what we are doing as soon as possible. Let us all disperse."

The appearance of the third group of celestial beings caused the meeting to end prematurely.

Just as everyone was about to leave Lidi Temple, Wu Chang's physical body and his true self, who was waiting outside, each received a telepathic message.

These two telepathic messages came from Lü Changgeng and Emperor Zhaoning respectively. They both wanted to discuss the details of the Wind Demon King and the Demon Realm exploration with him.

(End of this chapter)