Before heading out to make his breakthrough, Lu Ming called Big Yellow and the others to the side to give them some instructions.
Hearing that Lu Ming was about to break through, Big Yellow and the others were thrilled.
They showered him with congratulations:
“Congratulations, congratulations... May the Great Dao accompany you, and may you never part!”
“Felicitations, felicitations... On this auspicious day, may your breakthrough bring great fortune...”
Hearing their congratulations, Lu Ming was completely speechless.
He was going to make a breakthrough, not get married.
They made it sound like he was heading to the bridal chamber...
...
“What should we do with those guys?” Big Yellow asked, baring its teeth and pointing at the Demon Emperor and the others.
“Except for your little grandson, why don't we just kill them all? Keeping them alive is just asking for trouble...” Huang Tianbao suggested.
“Sounds good to me,” Big Yellow agreed, nodding in approval.
Hearing their suggestions, Lu Ming glanced at the crowd in the distance. “No, we can't kill them yet...”
Hearing Lu Ming say they couldn't be killed, Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao looked at him in confusion.
Their boss wasn't exactly soft-hearted or overflowing with saintly compassion.
Seeing their expressions, Lu Ming knew exactly what they were thinking and explained, “These are the top experts of the Northern and Eastern Provinces. They're old fogeys who have lived for who knows how long. If we try to kill them, who knows what kind of trump cards they might have up their sleeves?”
“I don't think they're that simple!”
Hearing Lu Ming's analysis, Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.
“Eldest Senior Brother is right!” Huang Tianbao chimed in.
“But are we just going to let them go like this?” Big Yellow asked, somewhat unwilling.
“We'll deal with them after I return from my breakthrough...” Lu Ming looked at the big shots squatting on the ground. He couldn't just let these guys sit around idle. Otherwise, who knew what kind of trouble they would stir up?
Suddenly, Lu Ming's eyes focused on the areas that had been destroyed during the fighting.
“Make them rebuild the secret realm for me. Have them repair all the places they broke. Plant trees where they need to plant trees, and plant spiritual herbs where they need to plant spiritual herbs...”
Hearing this suggestion, Big Yellow and the others' eyes lit up.
That was a great idea.
At the same time, Lu Ming warned them to be careful.
“Don't worry, Eldest Senior Brother. If they push me too far, I'll just kneel and call them Daddy until they drop dead!”
Hearing Huang Tianbao's words, Lu Ming was at a loss for words.
It seemed like Huang Tianbao hadn't shown his might ever since he jinxed the entire Ten Thousand Souls Sect to death.
It must be because his own Protagonist Halo was suppressing him.
When the Demon Emperor and the other big shots heard that they were being ordered to repair the ground, plant trees, and grow spiritual herbs, they were all dumbfounded.
Them?
A group of Unity-stage big shots, repairing the ground and building roads?
What kind of cosmic joke was this?
“What are you standing around for? Hurry up! Do you want another beating?”
Hearing Diao San's urging, the crowd actually held back their anger!
One by one, they actually started working.
“Old bastard, I don't believe you don't have any trump cards. Why aren't you using them?”
“You are a dignified Unity-stage powerhouse, yet you're content to plant trees here...” the Blood Refining Demon Lord asked as he placed a sapling into a pit.
The Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect shoveled dirt in and rolled his eyes. “Why don't you use the secret technique you used to escape last time? You know, the one where you were covered in blood...”
“You ran so fast we couldn't even catch up...”
Recalling the time he was hunted down, the Blood Refining Demon Lord's eyes turned slightly red as he roared in anger, “You're looking for death! I haven't even settled the score with you for last time yet!”
“Look at you getting all angry. I was only speaking the truth...” the Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect said.
“Hmph... Why aren't you using your own trump cards then?” Suppressing his anger, the Blood Demon Ancestor asked back.
“I don't have any!”
Hearing the Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect claim he had none, the Blood Refining Demon Lord basically said, I'd sooner believe a ghost.
Seeing the Blood Refining Demon Lord's expression, the Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect's eyes flickered. “You can't blame me for that. I thought you had obtained the Break-Stage Grass. If you had reached the Mahayana stage, how could I ever sleep in peace?”
“I already told you, I didn't get the Break-Stage Grass! By the time I got there, my useless disciple was already dead...”
The Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect chuckled. “See, if you didn't take it, you should have made it clear earlier. It caused a misunderstanding, didn't it?”
In truth, the moment the Blood Refining Demon Lord had also joined the fray to snatch the Break-Stage Grass, he had believed him!
“Was I the one who didn't make it clear?!” the Blood Refining Demon Lord fumed.
“Calm down, calm down... Keep digging the pit, I'll go grab some saplings.”
With that, the Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect left.
“How is it? Who has the Break-Stage Grass?”
Hearing the Dingyuan Sect Ancestor's inquiry, the Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect stroked his beard. “I suspect it's in the hands of the bandit leader!”
The Dingyuan Sect Ancestor nodded. “Could it be that the bandit leader killed his disciple back then and took the Break-Stage Grass?”
“Very likely. Why else do you think that guy is planting trees so obediently? He must have a scheme!” The Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect picked up a sapling and tidied it.
Then, he spoke again, “I suspect the bandit leader didn't just take the Break-Stage Grass; he also has control over this secret realm!”
The old Daoist of the Dingyuan Sect narrowed his eyes. “Doesn't that mean the weapons our sect was swindled out of before were also the work of these bandits?”
The Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect nodded. “It is highly likely!”
“Damn it!” the Dingyuan Sect Ancestor cursed under his breath.
At this moment, the Ancestor of the Zixuan Sect looked around and said, “No wonder no one is using their trump cards... It turns out everyone is waiting for an opportunity!”
“Plant the trees well, don't get kicked out. Once we find an opportunity, we won't just get the Break-Stage Grass, we'll also seize this secret realm...”
Hearing the Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect's words, the Ancestors of both the Dingyuan and Zixuan Sects found it acceptable.
Planting trees for a secret realm that would eventually belong to them was not a hard pill to swallow.
“What about the demon race?” the Ancestor of the Zixuan Sect asked, swiftly pulling up a sapling and shaking it.
“Let's put that on hold. I didn't expect the Northern Province to be involved as well. It won't be worth it...” the Grand Elder of the Haoran Sect analyzed.
“But everyone should still be careful. I feel like the poison used by this band of bandits is not simple...” the Grand Elder of the Dingyuan Sect spoke up. He felt that there were some poisons in there that even he couldn't refine and had never seen before!
The impact on their bodies was not small.
On top of that, their cultivation was currently suppressed.
...
“Demon Emperor, there are no fools here! They've all set their sights on this secret realm...” Minister Fox said, dropping a pill seed into the soil.
The Demon Emperor used a tool to cover it with dirt. “We'll also wait and see!”
“We must find an opportunity to kill that old bug demon of the Southern Frontier...”
As he spoke, a cold, murderous intent flashed in the Demon Emperor's eyes.
“Understood!” Minister Fox replied, starting to look for an opportunity.
“Shut up, all of you! No chatting, just get to work!”
At this moment, the Third Prince, who had been cured of the poison, roared imperiously.
Lu Ming had given him a task to supervise these people's work...
This had made the Third Prince absolutely ecstatic!
Hmph... These old fogeys have finally met their match.
This is what you get for not taking me seriously!
Today, I'm definitely going to give you all a piece of my mind.
As for the future? We'll worry about that later!
For now, I'll vent my anger first.
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