Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 374 Lu Mingzhao's Scheme
“If any of you dare to leave this place, the four great Dao Palaces will be destroyed in an instant.”

Outside the Four Great Dao Palaces, Zhou Qing spoke with an expressionless face.

Ziyun, Half-Buddha, Moon Soul Immortal, and Wu Sword Immortal, who had just come out of the Four Great Dao Palaces, all looked at Zhou Qing with solemn expressions.

They had received information that those rebel groups were gathering and moving towards the Arctic, perhaps intending to use the Arctic as a route to reach West Antarctica.

Therefore, each of the four major Dao Palaces sent a Nascent Soul cultivator to suppress the evil spirit.

To deal with those rebel groups, there was no need for Nascent Soul cultivators like them to appear.

However, some shocking changes have recently occurred in the Liu Clan, forcing the four major Dao Palaces to take them seriously.

According to reports from spies of the Zhidao Dynasty, a group of people known as saints have been appearing one after another among the Liu clan.

These saints can use Zhou Qing's signature scarlet ray, which is extremely powerful and cannot be resisted by ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

According to reports, six such saints have already appeared.

Therefore, after discussion, the four major Dao Palaces decided to send out four Nascent Soul cultivators.

No sooner had the four of them stepped out of their respective Daoist palaces than they encountered Zhou Qing blocking their way.

Soon, the other Nascent Soul cultivators also sensed Zhou Qing's aura and rushed over.

Lu Mingzhao, who wields the Azure Frost Sword; Lu Qing, who exudes harmony; Da Cong Luohan, who is blind; Dao Yi Sword Immortal, whose sword aura soars to the sky; Yue Guang Xian, who is peerless in beauty; and the four people who were already there, make a total of nine Nascent Soul experts.

Then add last week's settlement.

This is the true ruler of Qionghua Continent today; any one of them can decide the life and death of countless people with a single word.

Lu Mingzhao said, "Those rebels are not worth mentioning, but I didn't expect you to attach so much importance to them, which makes me curious, and I must keep them here."

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist can give it a try, but as I just said, if Fellow Daoists Ziyun and the others go to intercept them, the four Dao Palaces will be destroyed."

Lu Mingzhao sneered, "Zhou Qing, you don't need to bluff. We are now locked in a life-or-death struggle. If you really could destroy the four Dao Palaces, you would have already done it. Why waste your breath here?"

“However, I’m willing to take your advice today. We’ll all stay here, and then we might as well gamble on whether your men can successfully return to West Antarctica.”

The Nascent Soul cultivators were all greatly surprised when they heard Lu Mingzhao's words.

After a moment's thought, the Great Cong Arhat understood his meaning. Half-Buddha was suspicious and scheming, and he guessed that Lu Mingzhao had some plans, but he didn't know what his specific plans were.

The others were even more confused.

Zhou Qing said, "Since it's a bet, you must have a stake. Why don't you tell me?"

Lu Mingzhao said, "If we lose and those people successfully return to the Western Continent, I am willing to provide you with fifty Gold-Melting Pills."

Zhou Qing's eyes flashed, and he said, "Fellow Daoist, you are very generous."

Lu Mingzhao laughed and said, "You don't need to be happy. If you lose, you will stay in our Dao Palace as a guest for fifty years."

Being a guest is, of course, a form of house arrest.

Lu Mingzhao said, "It's not a solution for us to keep fighting like this. Why don't we take this opportunity to settle things once and for all?"

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "I don't think I have any reason to refuse."

Lu Mingzhao said, "Alright, it's a deal over there. We'll all move to the border of the Arctic Continent. No matter what happens, none of us are allowed to make a move, or we'll lose!" So everyone got up and flew north.

Of the nine Nascent Soul cultivators, only the Great Wise Arhat understood, while Half-Maitreya, being shrewd and not easily revealing his thoughts, was deeply puzzled.

Fifty Gold Melting Pills wouldn't have been much in the past, but now that the path to Nascent Soul has been severed, they only have a little over a hundred Gold Melting Pills left.

While the quantity may seem considerable, considering the number of Golden Core cultivators in Central Continent and even the Four Great Dao Palaces, these hundred-odd pills are merely a drop in the ocean.

Especially considering that, under normal circumstances, it takes an average of three Golden Core Pills to create a Nascent Soul cultivator when a Golden Core cultivator breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage.

In other words, these hundred or so pills used for advancement can at most create thirty or forty Nascent Soul cultivators.

This is the only number of Nascent Souls that Qionghua Continent can produce in the future; after that, no more Nascent Souls will appear.

Thousands of Golden Core cultivators have no chance left.

At this point, each pill weighed more than a mountain.

Lu Mingzhao then took out fifty pills to bet with Zhou Qing, which left the Nascent Soul cultivators completely baffled.

After much deliberation, Ziyun finally couldn't hold back any longer and used her divine sense to communicate with Lu Mingzhao, asking, "Master, those so-called saints among the rebels all possess Zhou Qing's methods and may not be easy to deal with. If they manage to escape by chance, should we really give them the elixir?"

Lu Mingzhao said, "Don't be fooled by his facade. It's impossible for so many people to suddenly appear using such methods."

“I have already had people investigate. Those six so-called saints rarely act at the same time, and when they do, the power of their methods is greatly reduced.”

"Therefore, I am certain that Zhou Qing is lending his power to them in a way that is difficult for ordinary people to understand."

"The upper limit of their strength is no more than Zhou Qing's, and probably much less. After all, the power that is lent out is never as convenient as the power that is used by the person himself."

Zi Yun's spirits lifted, but she hesitated and said, "But even if they reach fifty percent of Zhou Qing's strength, how could a Nascent Soul cultivator possibly withstand them?"

Lu Mingzhao turned around and glanced at him. The murderous intent in his eyes made Ziyun feel a chill in his heart. He instantly understood the true intention of the ancestor's bet with Zhou Qing.

If Zhou Qingzhen lent most of his power to those so-called saints to help them break through the interception of the Nascent Soul cultivators under the four Great Dao Palaces, how much cultivation would his main body still have left?

Then, those Nascent Soul cultivators can take the opportunity to kill Zhou Qing.

This was the ancestor's true intention, not the bet.

The bet was just a smokescreen to deceive people.

The old ancestor is probably still hoping that Zhou Qing can lend his power to others, so that he can have a chance to get rid of this major threat.

If Zhou Qing doesn't lend his power to others, those rebels will definitely not be able to escape the search and capture of the four major Dao Palaces.

Zhou Qing will lose the bet and be trapped in one of the four Dao Palaces as agreed. Once trapped, they can do whatever they want with him.
If Zhou Qing does not intend to fulfill the agreement, it will give the four major Dao Palaces a real reason to hold the Western Continent accountable.

Old Master Lu's move effectively sealed off all of Zhou Qing's escape routes.

Ziyun secretly admired the wisdom of her ancestor, and thus felt relieved and focused on continuing her journey.

In less than half a day, the group of ten arrived above a large plain not far from the border between Central Continent and Arctic Continent.

After two months of dissemination, the news spread far and wide among the Liu Clan, and all the Liu Clan members migrated towards the Arctic Continent. Now, they have merged into a vast and mighty human tide, approaching the border between the Central Continent and the Arctic Continent.

(End of this chapter)