Chapter 726 - 699: Meeting Everyone
Chapter 726: Chapter 699: Meeting Everyone
"Regarding your matters with Tiger Peak Manor, we..."
Elder Sizhi wore a trace of embarrassment on his face, accompanied by a sense of apology that had always resided in his heart.
"Elder Sizhi, you need not feel guilty. In fact, under such circumstances, Five Immortals City had to consider its own interests.
Whatever decision was made, I can understand."
What Shen Han said was not false; it was genuinely what he thought.
Tiger Peak Manor had invested a vast amount of resources and hired so many sects to go against him.
But Shen Han, indeed, never came to hate any sect because of it.
Including Five Immortals City, though he felt displeased, it never reached the level of hatred.
However, upon hearing these words, Elder Sizhi shook his head solemnly.
"It’s commendable that you can understand; it’s your magnanimity, but the decision made by Five Immortals City was certainly wrong.
The Vice Sect Leader’s position has been revoked.
Shen Han, you must have heard about it, right?
The resources sent by Tiger Peak Manor should also be returned in a few days."
Upon hearing this, Shen Han frowned slightly.
"Even after helping Tiger Peak Manor, why return the resources?
Returning them would just aid them again..."
Shen Han was somewhat speechless.
It sounded like Five Immortals City wanted to sever ties with Tiger Peak Manor.
But returning the resources was akin to refueling Tiger Peak Manor.
Elder Sizhi paused for a moment, then nodded repeatedly.
Indeed, it made sense.
It would be beneficial for Shen Han if others retained the resources they received.
The two conversed for three two-hour periods, facing invitations and gestures of goodwill.
This time, Shen Han responded only with a smile.
As dusk approached, Shen Han took his leave of Elder Sizhi.
Before parting, he asked Elder Sizhi to relay any related news to him in the future.
He planned to make a trip back to the Great Wei, needing someone to update him on the changes here.
Perhaps out of guilt, Elder Sizhi did not refuse at all.
After the conversation ended, Shen Han promptly set off for Great Wei.
It had indeed been a while since he left Great Wei.
Now that Tiger Peak Manor had been dealt a heavy blow, this so-called protective sect wasn’t as rampant as before.
Having achieved a phase of his goals, it was time to return and see.
Winter had passed, and it was already early spring.
Time seemed to pass so quickly on the Southern Heaven Continent.
This continent was vast, and the time often spent traveling was counted in months.
A season lasted only three months, and coming and going would waste much time.
Watching the sprouting trees, their tiny buds seemed to carry endless power.
The trees had been reborn, but he had not yet been.
Although Tiger Peak Manor was much lower-key than before, You Wanying would never let him go.
They merely knew he wasn’t easy to provoke.
People of Tiger Peak Manor once regarded him as a mouse or a cockroach.
They thought he excelled at hiding and was not easily found.
But once located, he could easily be exterminated.
After this incident, Tiger Peak Manor realized he was a fierce beast adept at hiding.
Not only hard to detect, but even when found, they couldn’t easily deal with him.
You Wanying and the others knew well that he wasn’t easily dealt with.
But such hatred won’t easily dissipate.
For him to live peacefully, Tiger Peak Manor must disband, and You Wanying needs to meet his end.
Though Five Immortals City was near the passage, it would still take several days to reach.
During the journey, Shen Han focused on his cultivation.
Yet, advancing beyond the Second Grade of the Immortal Realm wasn’t easy.
At this point, he truly found no direction.
In the short term, he seemed to have little chance.
After about ten days, Shen Han finally reached the passage back to the Great Wei.
Passing through the passage, the familiar scenery around provided a sense of peace.
The passage to the Southern Heaven Continent had been around for several years.
Those wanting to go to the Southern Heaven Continent had mostly gone.
The superiority of the new Cultivation System attracted young practitioners of Great Wei to leave and head to the Southern Heaven Continent.
As a result, the entire Great Wei became much more peaceful.
Not just Great Wei, but neighboring Yan and Qi as well.
The current situation wasn’t much different from Great Wei.
Given a new system that made cultivation easier, what young person would choose to practice the Old Method?
Even if Shen Han told them that, at the same realm, the strength from the Old Cultivation Method was much greater than the new system,
no one would still choose to practice the Old Method.
As before, Shen Han would stop at the cities along the way, sit in tea houses, and listen to the idle chatter of the Great Wei people.
When the Southern Heaven Continent first emerged, the entire Great Wei was restless.
This restlessness trickled down from His Holiness to the people.
But this time, upon returning, Shen Han could feel the change in atmosphere.
The people of Great Wei had returned to calmness.
The restlessness of the past few years was gone.
The Cultivation System of the Southern Heaven Continent, although easier to learn than the Old Method, wasn’t without barriers.
Ordinary people had realized it.
They were just ordinary folks, and a new cultivation system might also be beyond their reach.
Sitting in the tea house, listening to the people’s conversations,
overall, Great Wei’s order remained intact.
But the past centralization was no longer there.
The once-centralized Great Wei could be summarized by the phrase, "Under heaven, all is emperor’s land."