Senior Sisters, I Don’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

Chapter 75: Behind the Scenes Secrets

After three days and three nights.

In the luxurious suite on the top floor of the restaurant, a table full of sumptuous feast has been set up, with various delicacies from mountains and seas. Yu Lingzhou, radiant and charming, was happily enjoying the meal, while Qin Muling and Qi Yalan sat across from each other.

"...It's been so many years since I've enjoyed such a hearty drink!"

Putting down the white jade wine bowl in his hand, Yu Lingzhou let out a satisfied breath, "I've been like a living dead in the Grotto-Heaven secret realm, unable to go out for a few days of mountain and water excursions. I've had enough of that feeling!"

At this moment, the maidservants on the left and right had already left, and the shielding formation was activated, so the three of them could easily discuss some more private matters.

Qi Yalan asked, "I wonder how much Elder Yu's injuries have recovered? Can you take action in the future?"

Yu Lingzhou narrowed her beautiful eyes, "I've recovered about thirty percent. My lifespan has increased by nearly a thousand years. It shouldn't be a problem to go all out six or seven times. More importantly, I can leave the sect and travel outside. After certain 'acquaintances' learn about it, I'm sure they won't be too comfortable."

In the past, due to her severe injuries and inability to recover, she could only spend years in seclusion in the Grotto-Heaven secret realm of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace to ensure the continuation of her vitality. Only when the sect faced a life-threatening crisis could she go all out once and perish together with an opponent of the same level.

As for the cost, it was the complete annihilation of her own divine soul, completely falling into oblivion, without even the chance of reincarnation.

Qin Muling pondered, "May I ask, are there any other elders in the sect with similar conditions to yours? And there should be quite a few of them, right?"

Yu Lingzhou calmly replied, "There's nothing to hide about this. After the end of the great battle ten thousand years ago, many severely injured elders did not immediately perish, but fell into a deep sleep in the Grotto-Heaven secret realm, hoping that one day the sect could find rare resources to heal their injuries."

"In these many years, some familiar senior sisters and junior sisters have already dissipated their cultivation due to more severe conditions. My situation is not the worst, so I had the opportunity to wait until today. Otherwise, if it were delayed for another hundred or eighty years, I probably wouldn't be able to hold on."

Qin Muling fell silent. For elders of the highest level, if they didn't get injured, it was fine. Once injured, it would undoubtedly be extremely troublesome. The difficulty of recovering to their original state was much more exaggerated than the difficulty of ordinary people cultivating to become immortals.

In fact, in the Supreme Dao traditions of the Extreme Void Starry Sky, there was no shortage of suitable divine medicine resources that could heal the injuries of these elders. However, they would never sell them to outsiders, even to so-called allied sects.

For any sect or power, elders of the highest level were truly high-end strategic forces. At certain critical moments, one person could determine the overall situation. Therefore, any resources that could benefit them must be strictly controlled and not leaked to the outside world. At most, they would sell some low-quality goods at high prices, usually with a lot of harsh conditions attached.

Qin Muling was not unfamiliar with this trick. He had seen it a lot in his previous life. It can be seen that in certain aspects, the laws followed by different time and space worlds are the same.

Qi Yalan whispered, "It seems that Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace was not completely wiped out by those few mortal enemies back then. Apart from the constraints of surrounding forces not wanting to see them become too powerful, the main reason is probably because of the deterrence of these elders, right?"

Yu Lingzhou glanced at her, "What else do you think it could be? Even if they are like living dead, when forced to the extreme and fighting desperately, they can still take down quite a few opponents of the same level. That's why the higher-ups of the Jade Pearl Star Palace gave up the idea of exterminating them completely, so as not to lose too much of their strategic forces and let other Dao traditions benefit."

"The strategy they are adopting now is to slowly wear us down until all these elders of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace are completely extinguished, and there are not enough newly promoted elders to fill the power gap. At that time, they can take action without any worries and completely swallow our last foundation."

The more powerful a Dao tradition force is, the deeper its heritage. If they were to engage in a direct war, the battle could last for hundreds or even thousands of years. It is almost impossible to quickly defeat the other side and annihilate them overnight.

It can be imagined that without the appearance of Qin Muling, the future of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace would be quite difficult. Even if a few important treasures were repaired to suppress the qi, there would be no fundamental improvement. At most, it would only delay for a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, and in the end, it would still be unable to escape the fate of being divided and annexed by surrounding forces.

Qin Muling sighed. The internal situation of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace was even more severe than he had estimated beforehand. It was understandable, considering the sudden loss of such a large territory and the fact that many rare resources fell into the hands of hostile forces. Coupled with the terrifying consumption of the great war, the upper echelons could hardly allocate many resources to help these elders recover, especially since ordinary resources wouldn't be of much help to them.

Fortunately, in two days, the other nineteen elders would also come out of seclusion. Their injuries and lifespan should be able to recover to some extent. Qin Muling believed that this would be good news for the sect.

Qin Muling pondered for a moment and asked, "How many elders in the sect still need help? If my senior sisters and I can obtain more divine medicine resources, or even heavenly medicine, can we save them all?"

Yu Lingzhou stared deeply at him and said in a low voice, "The specific number is not convenient to disclose at the moment. However, if you can really obtain enough divine medicine resources, you will be the number one contributor to the revival of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace. We will jointly recommend you as the successor and the future head of the sect will not fall into the hands of others!"

For any Daoist force, the quantity of high-end strategic power is the key factor determining the rise and fall of the sect.

In front of a Quasi-Saint Emperor-level elder, even thousands of core disciples could be easily destroyed. There was no room for luck.

Qin Muling cautiously said, "I can only do my best and cannot guarantee anything. But I have a question that I don't understand. What kind of world is the Illusory Mist Secret Realm? Why can't most of the resources inside be taken out?"

Yu Lingzhou smiled and said, "This question is quite complicated. Currently, the mainstream view in the Extreme Void Starry Sky is that it is a part of the collapsed heavenly realm. However, the power behind it is not simple. Only the legendary Hongmeng Saint Supreme would have the ability to freely modify the laws of heaven and earth here, right?"

"Unfortunately, we have no way to investigate the truth. In the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, only foreign cultivators at the peak of the Immortal Ascension realm are allowed to enter and seek opportunities. Once cultivators above this realm enter, they will be noticed by the powerful beings among the Tianren Clan. Their every move is under their surveillance, and any behavior that goes beyond the boundaries will be wiped out."

"In the past, some powerful beings in the Extreme Void Starry Sky didn't believe this and secretly entered to plunder and conduct certain experiments that were not suitable for outsiders. They tried to take away the resources here, but soon they were attacked by mysterious forces and almost completely wiped out."

"I see..." Qin Muling pondered. He had also noticed that there were too many natural formations and restrictions in the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, and the limitations were too strict. In many places, even cultivators above the Perfected Being realm couldn't enter. If they wanted to enter, they had to seal part of their cultivation and couldn't exert power beyond the Perfected Being realm. Otherwise, they would be wiped out.

This was the reason why high-level cultivators in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, including the protectors, were not willing to enter the Illusory Mist Secret Realm. No matter how high their cultivation was, they had to obediently follow the rules inside, only able to move around with the power of the Immortal Ascension realm, and couldn't act as they pleased.

"If you want to bring out a large number of resources from this secret realm..." Yu Lingzhou looked Qin Muling up and down. "It seems that there is really no suitable way, unless... you can obtain an Innate Chaos-level spatial bracelet. Only that kind of Innate divine treasure, which evolves from chaos and adheres to the laws of the great dao, can perfectly bypass the rules and restrictions of the Illusory Mist Secret Realm."

Qi Yalan sighed. This statement was equivalent to saying it in vain. Even the Palace of Calamitous Fate, with the longest historical inheritance, couldn't possibly find such a treasure in its secret treasury. Unless it returned to the ancient era of the immortal path, there might be a slight possibility.

"Okay, I understand," Qin Muling said calmly, but he began to ponder. His Innate Primordial Spirit Seed in his sea of consciousness should meet the requirements, but it didn't have any storage space inside. He didn't know if it could evolve later, but perhaps he could consider trying?

Moreover, if he could really find enough divine medicine or even heavenly medicine resources, wouldn't he be able to completely heal all the injured and sleeping elders in Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace? That would also mean that the sect's high-end strategic power would be restored to a large extent, laying the foundation for a comprehensive revival.

Continue writing, the next update will be after midnight, I will not break my promise.

(End of this chapter)