Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

"So, apart from wasting time on this Qiyuan Island, you don't have any other countermeasures?" Putting aside his thoughts, Mo Juren looked at Han Li again. The latter did not answer immediately, but glanced at an old man not far away.

The old man had a head full of white hair and looked quite old, but the aura he exuded was extremely astonishing. He was wearing a loose grey robe, and his cultivation had reached the peak of the middle Nascent Soul stage.

Mo Juren had never seen this person before, but he had heard of his name. When he was greeting everyone just now, he was one of the few people who did not come forward on his own initiative.

His real name is Qi Chongyang, nicknamed the Seven Evils Old Man. He is the great elder of the previous generation of the Biyun Sect, and the strongest man among the many sects in the waters of Qiyuen Island.

The Taoist Miao He, who was killed by Mo Juren for following him, was his direct descendant.

Of course, Taoist Miaohe died too quickly, and even though the Biyun Sect investigated for many years, they still found nothing, and in the end the case was left unresolved.

Mo Juren understood Han Li's meaning almost instantly. This old guy was no simple man, especially he had considerable influence among the various forces of Qiyuen Island.

The tactic of attrition currently being adopted is most likely not the original intention of the Inner Sea monks, but is related to this person. After all, as the "native faction" of Qiyuen Island, they have suffered the greatest losses and naturally have more say.

  At this time, Qi Chongyang also took the initiative to take over the conversation:

“Fellow Daoist Mo, you may not know that in the past few years, we have tried more than once and sent out many Yuanying stage experts to investigate, but we still found nothing.

That unknown existence is completely elusive and seems to always know our every move with extreme accuracy.

If the team going out to explore is strong, he will stay away from them and launch a sneak attack on the forces in the nearby waters. If the team going out to explore is slightly weaker, he will take direct action.

In the past few years, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators who have died has reached nearly ten, as well as countless lower-level cultivators such as the Core Forming and Foundation Establishment stages, all due to this reason.

We really had no other choice but to gather everyone here and fight them. This method worked well, at least we didn't lose any more people, but the foundations of the surrounding factions were completely destroyed."

"Gather everyone here? All the cultivators, right? Your various sects have taken root here for so many years, and have raised countless mortals. How did you arrange them?" Mo Juren's expression was indifferent, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. However, as soon as he said this, Qi Chongyang's face changed slightly, and even the whole hall became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Qi Chongyang finally came back to his senses, and his expression became somewhat ugly.

"What Daoist Fellow Mo said may make sense. It is indeed inappropriate to do so, but facing the current situation, we have no other choice but to make this choice. Otherwise, let alone ordinary people, even the cultivators of our various sects will not be able to be saved."

"Please forgive us, Fellow Daoist Mo. We don't want to do this, but our abilities are limited and we can't take care of everyone..."

"Yes, if there is a way, why would we give up..."

As soon as Qi Chongyang finished speaking, the cultivators from other sects on Qiyuen Island also began to agree with him. There was no guilt on their faces, but they felt that it was natural to do so.

Listening to these people's words, Mo Juren's expression remained unchanged, and he even sneered in his heart. Although what they said sounded high-sounding, in essence they did not take ordinary people seriously at all.

The area of ​​Black Rock City is not small. Although there are quite a few people in the city at the moment, it is still far from the capacity limit. Especially since the buildings here are all single-story style. If they are fully renovated, they can protect more people.

What's more, not only Black Stone City, but the entire Qiyuen Island can be utilized, as long as a large island protection formation is set up on the periphery of the island.

As a result, each sect only brought all the monks and a part of the mortals here, and abandoned the rest.

In the final analysis, I still don't want to care about it. After all, those mortals are of no value and are just a burden.

And although they were abandoned, these mortals still nominally belonged to various factions. Han Li and other cultivators who came from the Inner Sea naturally couldn't interfere, and finally chose to turn a blind eye.

"Let's put aside how to deal with the enemy for now and take care of a few things first." Mo Juren was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people and immediately began to assign tasks.

"First, send out a formation master to set up another formation outside the Black Stone City defense formation to protect the entire island..."

"The second is to build houses. We will renovate the entire Qiyuan Island, including Black Stone City, and build as many temporary residences as possible..."

"Third, everyone present will be divided into teams of ten and go to different sects together to bring back all the stranded mortals and resettle them..."

"..."

As the orders were issued one after another, the expressions of everyone present changed slightly, not only the 'native lineage' here, but also the cultivators from the Inland Sea.

Under the current circumstances, it is too dangerous to go out. If you are traveling alone, there will be basically no problem if you go with a group of people, not to mention a team of ten. But if you bring a large number of mortals with you and need to protect them at all times along the way, the difficulty will increase significantly.

When the various factions on Qiyuen Island proposed to abandon the mortals under their command, everyone considered that they could not interfere in other people's affairs, but they were also worried about their own safety.

You must know that although many Nascent Soul cultivators came to the Inner Sea, most of them were recruited from the righteous and evil paths. There are not many elders in the Star Palace, and naturally everyone has their own selfish motives.

It's not worth putting yourself in danger for these mortals.

  As for the monks from various sects on Qiyuen Island, they were naturally even more unwilling. Those abandoned mortals were nothing but burdens, so what was the point of bringing them back?

Now that the waters of Qiyuen Island are no longer habitable, they will most likely have to return to the inland sea to settle down in the future. However, the resources of the inland sea are limited, and the good places have long been divided up by various factions. It is conceivable how difficult it is for these "outsiders" to find a suitable foothold, so how can they care about mortals?

You have to know that those mortals were originally kept as goods by them, and there were quite a lot of them, more than ten or a hundred times more than the monks. Eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, birth, aging, illness and death were all problems, and they couldn't take care of them, and they didn't want to waste their precious time and energy.

"Why, do you have any objections to what I said?" Seeing everyone's faces changing, Mo Juren narrowed his eyes and his voice was as cold as ice.

Seeing this scene, Han Li, Yun Lan and Xu Qingcheng on the left and right sides all had flickering eyes and had the same thought in their minds, fearing that someone was going to be in trouble.

"It's not that we don't want to, but the current situation is too special. If we go out rashly, even if we are in a team of ten, there is still a great possibility that something will go wrong." Qi Chongyang frowned and spoke again.

"A team of ten will have problems. Are your Nascent Soul cultivation just made of paper? Especially you, as the strongest of the many forces near Qiyuan Island, I think everyone is led by you, but you did such a cold-blooded thing. Do you feel the slightest bit of guilt?

It is true that they are all mortals and fellow human beings, but you have ruthlessly abandoned them. Isn't this even worse than pigs and dogs?

What you said about danger is clearly an excuse. You are at the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and only one step away from the late stage. Could it be that all these hundreds of years of practice have been in vain..." Mo Juren's face was cold, and his words were as sharp as a knife, which immediately made Qi Chongyang's face change wildly, turning blue and red.

What does it mean to be ruthlessly abandoned by yourself? It was clearly the decision of everyone, right? Why should all the "blame" be placed on me alone?

Besides, the other party is just talking without any consideration. Who would be willing to take risks for those useless burdens?

But this person stood on the moral high ground and even raised it to the justice of the human race, making it impossible for him to refute.

Ever since he broke through the Nascent Soul stage, no one has dared to insult him like this, especially in front of so many people. It was a naked humiliation.

At that moment, he wished he could fight back immediately and tear the person in front of him into pieces to relieve the hatred in his heart.

However, it was only a moment before he came to his senses. The person in front of him was someone he could not afford to offend. If he attacked him, he would be humiliated, and he might even lose his life. Having lived for so many years, he might lack courage, but he still had the ability to save his life. Tolerating what ordinary people could not tolerate was always his strength.

  Thinking of this, he immediately regained his composure, and forced a trace of guilt on his face:

"What Daoist Fellow Mo said is very enlightening. I have learned from it and feel extremely ashamed. Please rest assured, Daoist Fellow, I will set out with other Daoists later and try to bring back all the stranded mortals from various sects safely."

Mo Juren: “…”

Han Li, Xu Qingcheng, Yun Lan: "..."

Other Nascent Soul cultivators: "..."

The lightning-fast change of attitude really shocked everyone. You know, Qi Chongyang is a powerful Yuanying stage expert of the older generation and has a very high status and influence in the various sects on Qiyuen Island.

Although everyone is a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, they basically maintain a certain degree of respect when they meet each other.

However, they did not expect to see the other side of the other party today. They considered themselves to be thick-skinned, but they were far inferior to this person.

Mo Juren had to admit that the other party was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations. The reason why he reprimanded the other party mercilessly in front of so many people, in addition to establishing his authority, was also somewhat selfish.

It is impossible for Xinggong to allow Qiyuen Island to remain independent forever. Even though the various factions here have surrendered, they still maintain a great degree of autonomy.

This is obviously not possible. Not to mention the huge interests involved, even the many laws issued by the Star Palace would be greatly discounted here.

  Moreover, Qiyuen Island has a special geographical location and is the communication hub between the human and demon races. How can we just leave it alone?

Therefore, sooner or later, Xinggong will take over this place completely.

Qi Chongyang has a special identity, a respected position in the various factions on Qiyuen Island, and great influence. Naturally, he will take the opportunity to attack and give the other party a good beating, which will be of great benefit to his future takeover.

As a result, as soon as he made a move, the opponent immediately gave in, making him feel like he had punched cotton.

He did not think that this was a fear of death. On the contrary, the other party's adaptability proved that he was a difficult guy.

Mo Juren looked at him deeply, and didn't know what to say. He turned to look at the others and asked again, "What about you fellow Taoists? Do you have any other opinions?"

"Friend Mo's arrangement is very reasonable. We really can't ignore the mortals stranded in various sects. Besides, there will be no problem for us to form a team of ten. After all, we have gone out to investigate clues in groups of three or five before, and there was no danger..."

"What you said is right, fellow Daoist. In this case, we should set off as soon as possible, lest we delay too long and cause more mortals to suffer..."

“We think the same way…”

"..."

Everyone expressed their attitude one by one, and no one raised any objections. So Mo Juren did not hesitate and immediately asked everyone to discuss how to form a team and the rescue route.

This requires the various factions on Qiyuen Island, led by the Biyun Sect, to speak up. After all, they are the hosts and are more familiar with the nearby waters and areas where mortals live.

It was formed not long after, and was divided into four teams. Each team had more than four middle-Nascent Soul stage powerhouses, and each team would lead a large number of Core Formation stage cultivators.

With such a lineup, even if we really encounter that unknown existence, we will still be able to fight.

At the same time, Mo Juren also planned to let Han Li and Yun Lan go out together, as the leaders of two of the teams respectively.

"Isn't this arrangement inappropriate? After all, if we all leave, Qiyuen Island will become empty. It just so happens that that unknown existence seems to be well aware of our every move. What if it launches a sneak attack?" One of them suddenly thought of something and quickly gave a reminder.

"You know everything about us?" Mo Juren's eyes flickered, and then he turned to look at Han Li, who immediately understood and said,

“In the past few years, Senior Yunlan and I have conducted countless investigations and have not found anything suspicious. We can be sure that everyone present, even the low-level cultivators and mortals on the island, are fine.

Therefore, I guess that the reason why the other party was able to grasp the situation of Qiyuan Island was not because of spies, but through other means. "

"Other ways?" Mo Juren fell silent.

There are all kinds of strange things in the world of cultivation, and anything is possible. The other party can even avoid the detection of a strong man in the Spirit Transformation Stage, so it is not surprising that he can do this.

"Don't worry about this matter for now, just go ahead. I will be responsible for the safety of the island." Mo Juren made the decision immediately.

Far from being afraid that the unknown enemy would take advantage of the island's lack of strength to launch a sneak attack, he was happy about it because it saved him from searching blindly like a headless fly.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, everyone stopped delaying and turned away.

Since we need to rescue people and transport a large number of people, some preparations such as flying boats are naturally necessary, and everyone will need a certain amount of time.

The remaining few Nascent Soul cultivators began to busy themselves with the transformation of the island. First, they built a large number of houses, and secondly, they summoned all the formation masters to set up a large island protection formation around the island.

As the person in charge, Mo Juren was only responsible for giving orders and did not need to worry about specific matters.

After everyone had left, only Xu Qingcheng, Han Li and Yun Lan were left by his side. He immediately took out a wheel-shaped treasure engraved with mysterious runes, and on it were inlaid thumb-sized spirit beads.

He immediately took off four and gave them directly to the two.

"This is a set of ancient treasures that I got by chance. It is called the Tianyan Treasure Wheel, and it has extremely mysterious effects. This bead is called the Tianyan Spirit Bead. You two each take one, and have your own people in the other two teams take one as well. If there is any change during the journey, immediately activate the Tianyan Divine Light contained in the spirit bead..."

"Master, are you doubting..." Looking at the spirit bead in his hand, Han Li's heart moved.

"I just have some guesses..." Mo Juren nodded, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

……

Just as the battle on Qiyuen Island was in full swing and everyone was preparing for action, deep underground on an island thousands of miles away, in a spacious space, a middle-aged man wearing a loose black robe and with a stern face was sitting cross-legged on a high platform.

On both sides of him, there were two women standing. If Mo Juren were here, he would be able to recognize them. They were the four holy ladies: Miaoru, Xuanjing, Bihan and Chiyan.

There were also countless figures standing densely around the platform. Except for the dozen or so people in the lead, the rest had wooden expressions, like puppets. (End of this chapter)