Chapter 1232 - 313: Rebuke and Taking Sides, The Regret of the Neutral Immortal Venerables

Chapter 1232: Chapter 313: Rebuke and Taking Sides, The Regret of the Neutral Immortal Venerables

"That’s right, we can indeed have a duel," Ning Zheng said with a smile. "How about we set the date for three days from now?"

The Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate smiled,

"Of course, the prehistoric Immortal Venerates will also personally witness this significant meeting of past and future."

The Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate returned directly to the guest room, sat cross-legged, and entered a state of deep meditation.

Seeing him leave, Ning Zheng sighed inwardly: Ultimately, we must reveal the truth through martial strength.

A fight is necessary.

This battle cannot be avoided; both sides need to test the quality of the other.

The other side wants to see if your Ring Immortal Venerate, after Manor Master Xi Rong’s ascension, is still strong or just a facade without strong combat power.

On Ning Zheng’s side, we want to see the level of the prehistoric Immortal Venerates sent to the future as Extreme Path Immortal Venerates and probe their bottom cards.

Three matches decide victory or defeat.

The participants from both sides must be Extreme Path Immortal Venerates.

Initially, it’s a fifty-fifty chance; winning one match gains one resource point. If all three matches are lost, the opponent gains eight resource points while we are left with only two.

This would be akin to being utterly defeated, continually losing assets with only 20% of resources returning. Who can withstand that?

It’s like 80% of water evaporating into the atmosphere, but only 20% becomes rain returning to the earth; with the water cycle out of balance, drought and exhaustion are inevitable!

Moreover,

If we truly lose all three matches without a shred of resistance, they would gladly rip up the agreement. Who needs 80% then?

The prehistoric Immortal Venerates would directly send those three Extreme Path Immortal Venerates to defeat you and take all resources!

This is both a test and a war.

Conversely, for Ning Zheng’s side, if we win all three matches, it signifies the ancient Immortal Venerates’ lack of control over the future.

If you have no combat power in the "future," can you still manage me?

We’ll open the sluice gates to the "past," flood the upstream, and raid their lair... You send people who can’t even defeat me, just wait for your doom!

Hence,

Only with one victory and two losses, or two victories and one loss, would the gap not be too wide, and both sides would honor the treaty.

The intricacies within are significant!

"Thus, this concludes my analysis of this century’s duel!"

In the meeting room, the high-level officials sat, nodding as they listened to Night Mad Cultivator’s dazzling analysis.

"Not bad!"

"It does have some merit."

"What seems like a simple duel has much deeper significance."

Though many could have guessed this point.

After hearing the analysis, Ning Zheng’s gaze fell on the three Immortal Venerates in front of him, and he calmly said:

"What do you all think? Three duels will produce three Extreme Path Immortal Venerates. Have any of you three made a breakthrough recently? Would you be willing to step onto the battlefield as one of our contestants?"

The cultivators among Xi Rong’s higher-ups all looked toward the three of them.

Recently, it’s been more than just being close with the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate.

Shell Immortal Venerate, though not embarrassed, sighed, "Actually, we’re still on the side of the ’future,’ merely pretending to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate."

"We simply don’t want to fight, don’t want war; they are the prehistoric Immortal Venerates who are eternally undying, why provoke them so fiercely?"

"Initially compromising, buying some time; the ’past’ has hit a bottleneck, exhausted its potential, whereas the ’future’ holds infinite possibilities. We only fear you acting impulsively."

"Indeed, the longer we delay, the stronger we become." Great Longevity Immortal Venerate, this old man, stroked his beard with a kind and pleasant look and said, "We want to win this match."

The three of them exchanged glances but didn’t lie; they truly wanted to win.

This duel directly impacts major interests on both sides.

None of them want to be bled dry like this.

If only 20% remains, they would also be at a massive loss!

Beside them, Jiucai Rong couldn’t help but sneer and said, "You stand on their side as the peace faction, just not wanting to fight them, but aren’t we fighting them now?"

"This is a cooperative duel between both sides, not an all-out war," Great Longevity Immortal Venerate couldn’t help but argue.

"Who are you fooling; it’s just a change of names," Jiucai Rong said coldly:

"They just want to avoid a mass brawl and expanding the scope of war, letting a multitude of multidimensional clones descend."

"Because if these three core combat Immortal Venerates can’t win, neither can the clones split from them defeat our Embers’ split forces."

"This is already a war, like two clone civilizations, where first using clone prototypes for combat reveals whose future clone army is superior."

The three Immortal Venerates remained silent, completely quiet, clearly being deeply impacted by Jiucai Rong and Night Mad Cultivator’s piercing words.

In truth, they weren’t foolish.

Could they not understand this matter?

But precisely because they thought too much, knew too much, the more they contemplated, the more tangled and fearful they became!

For it was a dead end in every direction.

In their view.

Rebellion, little chance of winning.

Compromise, also has vitality.

Better to choose compromise; it’s just a choice between two options, but the situation is bad now, the opponent still wants to fight.

Jiucai Rong continues to drive the knife:

"You went to help them, isn’t it that now you are being pressed step by step by the opponent, isn’t it that you came to help us?"

"We have an ancient saying, seeking peace through war would let peace survive, seeking peace through compromise would let peace perish."

The three were rendered speechless.

You’ve said all the good and bad words, now you’re coming to be the ideological educator, spouting these Holy Mother righteous arguments?

"Enough."

Ning Zheng interrupted their words, "I understand the concerns of the three, and I can comprehend you, it’s okay to get close, as long as you can recognize the way back."

"Your excellency’s insight." Immortal Venerable Pingtian said: "We don’t have the historical backdrop of Xirong Manor Master, having a retreat; we are solitary, really can’t afford the hassle."

Ning Zheng waved his hand, he saw it too.

These people lack the spirit, just want stability, which in peacetime is not wrong.

But the current path to survival, wanting to seize imperial power, how could it not require desperate struggle? Which founding emperor in history didn’t struggle with a one in ten thousand effort?

These people, indeed have completely rotted, ambitions no longer exist.

Perhaps there is a chance to find a way to eliminate them, regain life, live out a second lifetime, and have a first youthful heart.

Ning Zheng spoke indifferently, but in the heart flashed the killing intent, wanting to find an opportunity to transcend them!

Killing for the sake of protection.

Killing you is also for your own good.

Ning Zheng has no enmity with them, it’s just that their existence already constitutes an element of instability, it is only reasonable to perish and revive young.

"Three of you, just try to breakthrough to Extreme Path Immortal Venerable, you are not far."

Ning Zheng waved his hand, "At that time, maybe one of you could go up the stage for a battle, to win glory for our ’future’."

"Good!"

The three also left.

Ning Zheng looked at their backs, sighed.

It is truly troublesome to death.

But he still has retreat options, at worst run away, abandon the Immortal Realm.

It’s still the same saying, as long as he can gain one day, in the Imperial City, he can reap one more day of destiny.

"Jiucai Rong, Night Mad Cultivator, discuss the plan with others." Ning Zheng stood up.

...

On the other side.

The three Neutral Immortal Venerables left the Immortal Venerate meeting, looking at each other, remaining silent for a moment.

"Alas, alas! Perhaps we have chosen the wrong path." Shell Immortal Venerate sighed, "Truly tribulation qi confuses the heart, losing the mind."

Great Longevity Immortal Venerate revealed a peculiar expression, "Are you saying that Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate, used their method from Confusion Bottle Storage Immortal Venerate to confuse us?"

"I don’t know." Shell Immortal Venerate shook his head, also adopting the riddler style, "Perhaps they did, perhaps they didn’t."

They were already quite shaken.

Plus recently Xirong Holy Mother’s style has caused complaints among their clansmen below, they themselves have developed grievances.

After all, indeed Xirong went too far by exploiting their interests, just to maintain a good reputation.

"When we were hesitant and indecisive, if there was no intention of our own, how could we listen to Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate’s suggestion?"

Immortal Venerable Pingtian said: "Unfortunately, Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate set us up, we agreed to seek peace and equally divide the empire, yet he set another match, making us neither welcome inside nor outside."

Now they’ve sought refuge with Xirong, already impractical.

Recalling Xirong’s previous methods, that particular reincarnation amazed them greatly, giving rise to a hint of regret.

Xirong’s methods are truly awe-inspiring, unfathomable.

Even now they’ve turned into self-imagining stream, thinking: Xirong previously offended us using Holy Mother, perhaps testing us?

Actually, Xirong just wanted to make quick money, to reap a batch of Qi Fortune Value, then prepare to run away, or gather more Qi Fortune Value to guard his empire.

But by this moment of indecision, they couldn’t help but to imagine Xirong testing them.

The more they think, the more they feel Xirong is unfathomable.

Those fool-hard blacksmiths are all skillful in precise calculations, just preferring to pretend foolish to disguise themselves, suddenly casting a mysterious veil over the three Immortal Venerables.

"Perhaps it’s destiny, we’re too old, stuck in traditions, even Flawless Immortal Venerate can’t keep up with the times." Immortal Venerable Pingtian said: "Now, there is only one way, that can regain Xirong’s acceptance, and can greatly increase our potential."

"Are you saying, you intend to commit suicide? Are you crazy?"

"I’m just speaking hypothetically, specifics are yet to be observed, after all, awakening the second life is too difficult!"

"Perhaps, it’s fate to die once, without gambling, how to win? Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerate is such a figure, even Xirong Manor Master took that step through nine deaths and one life gamble."

The three sighed secretly, feeling they are ultimately old, lacking the courage and decisiveness of the past.