Chapter 1355 - 1355: Ambitious Woman

Even though this proposal seemed a bit strange, Advisor Gong never shoots aimlessly.

Brother Cheng was quite cooperative with her.

Immediately, he flew out of the mountain range with her, heading towards the outskirts of Yunmi Dao.

Jiang Cheng chose the route back to the Refining Heart Dao.

And as soon as he entered the Refining Heart Dao, Gong Qing stopped suddenly.

"Just as I thought!"

"Thought what?" Brother Cheng was confused.

Gong Qing's expression was extremely grave.

"You've refined the Shengyuan Crystal Core, which means you're carrying it out of Yunmi Dao now!"

Brother Cheng nodded.

"So what? Is there a problem?"

"A big problem."

Gong Qing slowly said, "The Shengyuan Crystal Core isn't supposed to leave Yunmi Dao."

"Why?"

"Because each path in the Land of Dao Extinction is isolated from the others, with no connection."

She clearly knew the situation around well.

"In the Refining Heart Dao, only Pill, Artifact, and Talisman Arrays count as combat power."

"While in Yunmi Dao, the number of people can enhance combat power."

"These two paths' rules don't interfere with each other. People from Yunmi Dao entering the Refining Heart Dao must obey the Refining Heart Dao's rules."

"In the Refining Heart Dao, having more people doesn't necessarily mean being stronger."

"Others with the crystal core can't leave the boundary of Yunmi Dao, even a Daoist Saint would be blocked by the special rules."

"But you... have broken that rule."

With her explanation, Jiang Cheng understood.

"You mean I can, by taking the Shengyuan Crystal Core out of Yunmi Dao, achieve the effect of strength in numbers in the Refining Heart Dao?"

"That's right!"

Gong Qing was only making a guess.

"Can you activate the effect of that crystal core?"

"Let me try."

Jiang Cheng then began trying to communicate with the mung bean-sized crystal core inside him.

The whole process was astonishingly smooth.

Because this crystal core had long been refined, it belonged to him.

When his will transmitted, the crystal core glowed faintly but didn't cause much commotion.

At the same time, changes occurred in the outside world.

Above him and Gong Qing appeared two very faint, small red clouds.

Jiang Cheng immediately noticed the difference—his combat power increased.

Although the increase was extremely slight, almost negligible, it was indeed an increase.

Gong Qing sensed lightly.

"The boost effect is less than one ten-thousandth of a normal red cloud."

"But it's still quite rare."

"And once there are more people, it'll make a significant impact, enough to change many things."

Jiang Cheng calmly said, "The effect can be enhanced, I just don't know how to yet."

He guessed that if the progress bar was full, the boost might be on par with a normal red cloud.

"Can it be enhanced?"

Gong Qing's eyes suddenly became fervent.

"So, it might eventually become the normal red cloud effect like in Yunmi Dao?"

"It should be."

"That's great!"

She clapped her hands heavily, joy overflowing from her face.

Brother Cheng sneered, "What's so great about it?"

This thing requires lots of people to increase combat power, which doesn't fit his solo grandstanding needs.

Imagine, when everyone's enhanced by the red cloud, won't they all steal his spotlight?

However, Gong Qing didn't see it this way.

"With this Shengyuan Crystal Core that can move between realms, as long as we recruit enough people, we can conquer other paths!"

"Imagine, in other paths, we have the advantage in numbers, while they don't."

"What an edge that is?"

The more she spoke, the faster she got, her eyes blazing with excitement.

"Not just the Land of Dao Extinction, but the Celestial Palace outside!"

"By then, with the Shengyuan Red Cloud's boost, everyone under our banner could exert extraordinary power!"

"Wherever the Ice Palace reaches, none would not surrender. The entire Primordial Immortal Realm will be in our grasp..."

"Alright, alright."

Brother Cheng couldn't help but interrupt her chant.

He wasn't against conquering the Primordial Immortal Realm, but he found it tiring.

Leading a bunch of people on endless campaigns would mean handling countless affairs and relationships, and once battles start, there'd be great loss of life.

How could that compare to the ease and comfort of solo grandstanding?

"This is exploiting a bug, you know? Such behavior is wrong!"

Gong Qing, accustomed to his speaking style, patiently advised, "Our Ice Palace would be the Dominator of the Primordial Immortal Realm, with all sects and races submitting..."

"And then?"

Brother Cheng glared at her irritably.

"You woman, why are you so ambitious?"

"It's simply outrageous!"

Despite his words, he understood that Gong Qing's desire to conquer the entire Primordial Immortal Realm wasn't entirely for her own sake, but mostly for his.

After all, he was the Commander of the Ice Palace.

Gong Qing didn't insist any further against his opposition.

She just threw out a guess, indirectly encouraging Jiang Cheng to expand his power.

"Maybe your crystal core can be enhanced through an increase in numbers."

Brother Cheng, not being stupid, immediately saw her intention.

"I'm not that idle."

"Don't expect me to follow your envisioned path; give up."

"I won't recruit anyone, never in my life."

With that, he flew off first back towards the Ice Palace in Yunmi Dao.

Along the way, Advisor Gong kept trying to persuade him, attempting to make this brother an ambitious ruler.

It seemed as though only then could her role as a military advisor truly fulfill its value.

But unfortunately, Brother Cheng turned a deaf ear to it all.

"When your Ice Palace settles down, I'll be leaving. Don't count on me to help expand your territories." He stated.

He didn't know yet that the Ice Palace was about to face a new batch of 'strong enemies.'

On the other end of Yunmi Dao, the Pill Masters from the Celestial Pill Department were about to cross the boundary into the next realm.

After parting ways with Jiang Cheng, they encountered no further danger.

The sects they met along the way treated them with high respect, those Daoist Venerable and Daoist Saints would have loved to host these Alchemy Grandmasters for billions of years.

But the masters politely declined.

Their traveling speed wasn't fast, and sect experts escorted them along the way.

They had just parted with the last group of those seeing them off.

At this moment, two figures with overwhelming Demon Qi quickly approached from afar.

Everyone looked closely and saw it was the Three-Eyed Tiger and Yan Yi.

Tian Lin and Taiheng hurriedly greeted them.

"Where's Elder Jiang?"

"Why did you come back first?"

Hearing this, the Three-Eyed Tiger wasn't pleased.

"This Divine Envoy comes to join forces, and your first question is about him?"

Opposite him, Venerable Jinpi sneered.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

The Three-Eyed Tiger, as the Pill Envoy in the Refining Heart Dao, held a high status, but in their eyes, he was still a scoundrel.

After all, they knew what this Tiger Demon was before.

Moreover, with the more formidable Elder Jiang around, who would try to flatter him?

Even Taiheng was losing patience.

"Quickly, where's Sect Leader Jiang? Did he leave you two behind and return early?"