Yefutidaolu

Chapter 311 The Border is Now Established
Faced with Gao Jian's suggestion, Jin Dafu and Huang Chengshi pondered for a moment.

Afterwards, Huang Chengshi said, "Then Mr. Gao will be in charge of this matter. You should come and find out about the situation here. Your cultivation level is not high enough to pose a threat, so you shouldn't provoke any resistance from them after you go down."

Gao Jian is only at the sixth level, which is not worth mentioning to the enemy. However, his special status makes him a suitable candidate to go down and negotiate directly.

Of course, calling it a negotiation is actually just a way of testing the waters, and Gao Jian is indeed very suitable for this task.

Jin Dafu said, "That's true, but there's a problem. If those self-proclaimed righteous sects make a move at this time, or even create an opening for us at this crucial juncture, how should we deal with it?"

Huang Chengshi lowered his head, his expression gloomy: "This matter will be left to Youmingdi. It's nothing more than a few battles with them. It's a matter of great importance. Youmingdi is definitely not just going to sit back and reap the benefits without contributing anything. All related matters will be handled by me."

Gao Jian shook his head: "No need. Other immortal sects probably won't make a move at this time. They didn't make a move before, and they certainly won't now. As long as we say that we are 'punishing the rebels and pursuing the traitors,' they shouldn't dare to make a move."

At this critical juncture, Gao Jian took the initiative to make a suggestion.

"I'm afraid only Mr. Gao is qualified to raise the banner of punishing the rebels and pursuing the traitors. So, I'll leave this matter to Mr. Gao." Huang Chengshi nodded immediately upon hearing Gao Jian say this, looking very pleased.

It was obvious that he had wanted Gao Jian to say this for a long time. Jin Dafu brought up this topic in the hope that Gao Jian would take the initiative to accept this attitude.

Why are Youmingdi and the Jin family willing to invest? Why are they willing to win over Gao Jian? And why are they so confident in promoting this matter without worrying about any resistance?

It's because of the big flag that Takashi carries on his back.

Once the flag of the imperial envoy of the Divine Dynasty was planted, no one dared to act rashly.

Why give Gao Jian a million-gold caravan and tens of thousands of gold in gifts right from the start, plus the revenue from tax collection later?
Isn't it precisely for this moment that Gao Jian can step forward and say hello?
That sound was incredibly valuable; the status of a student of the Imperial Academy and an imperial envoy of the Divine Dynasty was indeed worth that much.

If Gao Jian had simply stayed at the Imperial Academy and remained a student there, he would have enjoyed wealth and honor for the rest of his life, a level of riches that could only be imagined.

As for Gao Jian, he chuckled and said to the two important figures in front of him, "Leave it to me. You two go back now, gather manpower, and bring more experts from the Jin family and Youming Land. We will try our best to wipe this place out in one go, take back the border, and get everything back on track."

"Alright, with Mr. Gao's words, I'm relieved. We'll head back now and return within ten days. But during this time, I'll trouble Mr. Gao to stabilize the situation here and understand the circumstances."

"Okay, leave it to me. I'll go down now." Gao Jian nodded.

Jin Dafu and Huang Chengshi were overjoyed to see that Gao Jian was so insightful, and they rode away on the dark clouds.

It's likely that within ten days, a group of experts will be summoned to quell the operation here and bring everything back under the control of the Divine Dynasty.

Gao Jian watched them leave, then looked down at Qin Long, lightly stepped down, and landed gracefully.

He could ride the wind, and the dragon pearl was still on his body. Flying was nothing special for him, so he simply landed down there alone. A hundred feet ahead of him was Qin Long.

Facing a genuine Grandmaster of the Two Gates alone, he felt no tension, only looking at Qin Long before him.

Gao Jian's mind began to race.

Gao Jian didn't take the so-called "righteous path" of the Divine Dynasty, as mentioned by Jin Dafu and Huang Chengshi, to heart at all.

Although Jin Dafu and Huang Chengshi were both wary of these people, Gao Jian didn't actually think that these so-called 'righteous' people could play a significant role in this matter.

To be honest, Gao Jian has hardly encountered any so-called 'righteous people' in this Divine Dynasty. Even some righteous people are, in truth, good people. Gao Jian has heard many stories of chivalry, and they are all very good.

There's just one problem.

They can't change the way things are, or rather, they're used to it and support it. In my opinion, they're no different from Dan Sha.

They will be good people and do good deeds, but they support the world and roam freely in it. They cultivate themselves, become strong, and then do good deeds according to their own will.

Are they good people? Of course they are.

Can they change it? No.

In this world of divine dynasties, doing good deeds and helping people one by one is like scooping water from a sunken ship with a cup.

What's the point of doing good deeds your whole life? You exhaust yourself, give so much, but in the end, you can only change the fate of a small group of people, and even that change only temporarily.

In this world of the Divine Dynasty, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue is truly like holding a flimsy cup and standing in the hull of a massive, slowly sinking ship riddled with holes. The icy seawater surges in from all directions through the gaps in the torn planks, its force terrifying and relentless.

You strained with all your might, scooping up spoonful after spoonful of the murky, bitter seawater and splashing it onto the seemingly endless ocean. Your arms ached and felt like they were about to burst, and sweat mixed with seawater soaked through your clothes, but the water under your feet didn't recede. Instead, it rose inch by inch at a visible speed, overflowing your ankles and reaching your calves.

You might be able to use this cup to scoop out a small, temporarily dried-up puddle in some corner, allowing the few creatures huddled there to catch their breath for a moment and avoid drowning.

Their eyes might gleam with a faint light of hope at this brief respite. However, above them lies an irreversible, collapsing ship, and beneath their feet lies a bottomless abyss that will devour everything.

All the good deeds I did, exhausting my life's energy and giving my all, were merely a delay in the time it took for a few drops of water to fall from a piece of rotten wood within the belly of this doomed beast.

You can save one person at a time, but you can't save the thousands of lives lost with the capsized ship; you can heal one wound, but in the blink of an eye, ten or a hundred new cracks will burst open in despair.

This massive, decaying ship is dragging everything on it irrevocably toward the icy sea of ​​death. The tiny drop of water in your cup is as insignificant as dust before the towering waves, swallowed in an instant by deeper despair and darkness, leaving not even a ripple. To consume oneself, to offer everything, ultimately only to witness those whose fates are temporarily lifted sink even faster into the abyss when the next, more turbulent wave crashes in.

This is the 'right path' that Gao Jian saw.

Look at what's happened in Liangzhou. What are the righteous sects doing now? They're worried about the rules of the Divine Dynasty, thinking about how to fight against the Netherworld, trying to find a solution, and... waiting.

They stood by and watched, because they dared not cross the line; the ways of the world bound them, and they hadn't even considered the matter...

In Gao Jian's eyes, these "good people" stubbornly held onto their cups, running back and forth in the dark cabin, scooping and splashing water, day after day.

They firmly believed that as long as they scooped water fast enough and in large enough quantities, the ship would not sink. They encouraged and praised one another, honoring those who scooped the most water as "good people" and "righteous men," as if their cups contained not seawater, but a panacea for saving the world.

However, they never looked up at the already broken keel, nor did they hear the muffled thuds of planks cracking from the bottom of the ship. They just kept their heads down, focused on scooping water in front of them, and some of them even firmly believed that if everyone could do what they did, scooping water with a cup, the ship would eventually be saved.

However, their cups were too small, too small to even scoop up the puddles at their feet; their strength was too meager, too weak to even offer a moment's respite to those on the verge of death. For every child they rescued, countless others were swallowed by the raging waves in the next instant; for every elderly person they helped up, many more silently slid into the abyss as they turned away. Their good deeds merely altered the order of death, but could not change the final outcome in the slightest.

What's even more ridiculous is that they were actually smug about it, even regarding their cups as the greatest merit and their exhaustion as proof of nobility. They never thought about why the ship sank or why the seawater flooded in. They just numbly repeated the action of scooping water, as if as long as they worked hard enough, the world would change because of them.

Of course, it's not to say that no one sees this clearly. Among these people, there are certainly intelligent people, and there are certainly people who see all of this clearly. But so far, Gao Jian has not seen any large-scale resistance.

Compared to these, Yang Ling seemed quite handsome. Although Yang Ling had many thoughts, he was actually very bold, ridiculously so.

The man before them, Qin Long, was just as daring as Yang Ling.

Gao Jian stepped forward and, when they were thirty feet apart, said to Qin Long, "This is our second meeting, Mr. Qin. This time, I have truly broadened my horizons. I never expected you to be a Grandmaster."

Qin Long remained silent.

To be honest, from the beginning until now, including when he scared away Jin Dafu and Huang Chengshi, he hardly said anything. He just stared coldly outside. If Gao Jian hadn't read his divine will, he would have thought he was a dead man or a cold stone.

However, having already seen the other party's expression, Gao Jian already knew that Qin Long was not a stone; in fact, his heart burned like fire.

So he didn't pay it any mind and just continued to ask, "Is Yang Ling here? I need to talk to him."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a person darted out from the border defense base behind them.

Upon seeing this, Qin Long immediately rushed forward, clearly to check if anyone was eavesdropping.

If the people here were from certain lineages skilled in magic, such as shamans, they could use magic to seal off the surrounding aura, making it impossible for others to detect them.

Unfortunately, Qin Long was a martial artist, and he had no way to deal with such functional things, so all he could do was use his physical body to explore.

Martial artists cannot prevent investigation, but their senses and physical instincts are still there. With Qin Long's senses as a Grandmaster of the Two Gates, if anyone dares to investigate this place, as long as the difference in cultivation level is not too great, he will definitely be able to detect their gaze and interrupt Gao Jian and Yang Ling's conversation.

Then, he nodded to the back. Clearly, Qin Long had used his martial artist's senses and instincts to confirm that no one was investigating this place, so Yang Ling and Gao Jian could talk without worry.

So Yang Ling straightened up, smiled, and waved to Gao Jian, saying, "Lord Gao, you've arrived! Come in and say hello!"

Yang Ling smiled happily, but Gao Jian noticed his wariness.

As for whether Gao Jian can emerge from here, that will be up to Yang Ling. Moreover, Qin Long's trump card was indeed unexpected. No wonder he dared to face Gao Jian with this level of cultivation at the beginning.

Yang Ling's scheme was truly meticulous and flawless.

But it's good that you have to be bold and careful when doing this kind of thing. You have to be bold enough to be all-encompassing and willing to try anything. You have to be careful to pay attention to every single needle and not let a single detail lead to total failure.

So, Gao Jian smiled with satisfaction and said, "Let's go inside and talk. Yang Ling, you've really stirred up a big mess this time."

"Haha, when it comes to important matters, how can I compare to Lord Gao? You can rob a million-gold item just like that, and kill an eighth-realm martial artist just like that. How can I compare to such boldness?"

As the two were talking, Gao Jian quickly walked into the array base at the border.

This array base is a giant bronze tower, hundreds of feet tall and weighing over ten million tons. It is the core of the array, made with ancient bronze as its core, and the entire border is built around this giant tower.

Now, it can be seen that many 'interfaces' inside the giant tower have been connected, and many energy pipes have spread along the interfaces on the base, forming different 'structures' in the border region.

The reason why a formation base is a formation base is because the interfaces on it can extend into many 'buildings' with unique functions. Together they form a large formation. For example, the interface that Gao Jian is seeing now connects to 'fire energy'. This fire energy will spread to the back to form a refining pool. All military supplies can be made on-site through the refining pool. Whether it is alchemy or weapon crafting, it can provide sufficient space and energy support.

The entire border fortress is composed of many such buildings, which are then linked together on the base to form a whole, thus creating the entire border fortress!

Looking at what was before him, Gao Jian sighed with emotion.

Indeed, the technological level of the Divine Dynasty is truly impressive. No matter how much one looks down on their character, one must admit that their productivity and technological level are top-notch.

This base, with enough materials and a base master, is basically a mobile base!
Yang Ling seemed unfazed, and simply said to Gao Jian, "Mr. Gao, please come in!"

(End of this chapter)