Chapter 925: Spreading News
The envoys looked at the information provided by Lin Wu, finding it to be detailed in some aspects and lacking in some.
“King Lin Wu, is there no other sketch or video record of this beast?” The envoy from the Chan sect asked. “If you do, we will try to look in our old sect repositories.” He added.
“Yeah, the Dark Plains sect will do the same. We found the information about the Calamity Fiend before and we might be able to do the same for this.” The envoy of the Dark Plains sect agreed.
“Unfortunately I don’t have anything more than this. Or even if I did it would be useless.” Lin Wu replied.
“Why so?” they couldn’t help but ask.
“Simply because the appearance of the beast might have changed till then. The image that you have seen right now is that of its juvenile form.” Lin Wu replied.
“Ji-Juvenile?” The Chan sect’s envoy stuttered.
“That is a juvenile beast?!” they didn’t want to believe it.
“Indeed. By now I’m sure that it has grown quite a bit.” Lin Wu confirmed.
The envoys were left baffled and wondered how they would be going against this thing. Just the Calamity fiend along was large, but at least they knew it was an actual creature that had grown to the maximum.
This ‘Juvenile’ beast they were seeing was already the size of that Calamity fiend. If it grew to maturity, just how big would it be?
“King Lin Wu, I have a doubt. Forgive me if I’m being a bit stupid but… why is it that such a large beast has not been seen?” The envoy of the White loom kingdom asked.
“Yeah… I think many people should have noticed it.” The others chimed in.
“And according to the information you provided, it could be above the Dao Shell realm right? If a beast like that passed by any of our kingdoms, or sects it would have been noticed. Either by the elders or the arrays.” Elder Chi was confused as well.
“This is something that perplexes me as well. But know this, the beast is very elusive. There is a chance that it had left the area long before it became strong enough to be noticed.
Then there is also the fact that it might have just found a place to hide and stayed there all this time. Oh and don’t forget, it can dig and travel underground too.” Lin Wu explained.
Hearing this the envoys understood a bit more, but the mystery of this large juvenile beast was still too big for them to grasp fully.
“Alright then, King Lin Wu. We shall keep an eye out for this beast.” The envoys agreed.
To them, it didn’t matter that the payment was in this form. Or rather it was actually better for them since they wouldn’t have to expend any physical resources for it. Plus they also learned of another danger that was hidden and now they could be wary.
They could only wish that they knew of the Calamity Fiend beforehand. If they knew that there would be attacks like that, they could have taken some precautions and saved a lot of lives.
Lin Wu talked with the envoys for a while more about some miscellaneous matters before bidding them farewell. The envoys couldn’t wait to get back to their respective bases. One could easily guess that there would be an upheaval after this information would spread in a few days.
After the envoys were gone though, Lin Wu was still in the hall.
~shua~
A teleportation circle appeared in the front and two beasts appeared from it.
“The beasts are ready, King.” The Slim Arm ape king spoke.
“The disciples are ready as well.” The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape spoke.
“Good… you can send them out as per the plan tomorrow.” Lin Wu said before taking a moment to think. “Also announce to the world that the Millennium Forest kingdom will be sending out humans and beasts to support the kingdoms and sects of the south as per their request.” He stated.
An announcement like this was meant to be both a notification and a warning to everyone.
A notification for those that were wondering why they were doing this and a warning for those that had started to get some nefarious ideas about the Millennium forest Kingdom and it’s inhabitants.
Having given this order, Lin Wu just needed to wait for a few more days.
“Things are falling into the right place nicely…” Lin Wu said to himself.
The Slim Arm Ape king and the Emeraldine Skylight Monk Ape had already left to carry out Lin Wu’s orders.
So far there were no one directly opposing the rise of the Millennium Forest Kingdom and neither was there anyone intending to do so. This was what Lin Wu had determined. But this was only possible since they didn’t know that Lin Wu was intending to control the entire Long continent.
His control over the south would be established as soon as his subordinates were spread out. Even if it might be unofficial, it was still quite big. If it weren’t for the fact that Lin Wu had done this over a long period of time, and made it seem like a passive effect, things might be a lot different.
‘The best war is the one that you do not need to fight in… guess that stands true in the cultivation world as well.’ Lin Wu thought to himself.
He wanted to extended his influence and control all over the Long Continent without anyone opposing him openly. That way, he would have legitimacy on his side and wouldn’t have to face too many conflicts.
Of course, the scheming and plans he needed to monitor were also rather massive. But with the assistance of his servants and the system, it was all simplified.
“My own strength also needs to increase. The two Dao Traces I’ve sensed are becoming clear slowly. Perhaps they have something to do with my actions?” Lin Wu wondered to himself.
The two Dao traces with the 100% compatibility were the best ones for him to use and give birth to a Dao Embryo from. Thus Lin Wu was firm on making use of them no matter what. As long as he had the 100% compatibility, his progress would be a lot better than that of any other person who was in the Dao Treading realm.
Lin Wu’s intentions were understood well by the higher ups of various powers once the news spread.
The smaller powers realized that this was basically the same as sending out an army and exerting one’s dominance. But in this case, the powers on which the dominance was being exerted had already been weakened. Or rather, they were the one’s who had asked for this and had no other choice but to smile and accept all the after effects.
And just like that tens of thousands of beasts set out from the Millennium Forest kingdom under the guidance of several Nascent soul realm beasts as well as several Human cultivators.
These Human cultivators truly belonged to the Millennium Forest kingdom now and had dedicated themselves to it. This was due to the fact that they had been given a lot of resources and opportunities to get strong. The strongest ones among them being none other than those that had trained at the shrine of the Sky Bright Daoist.
They had all been trained personally by the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape and had gained the inheritance of the Sky Bright Daoist. Each of them were at the Nascent soul realm, making them a very strong group. In fact, the number of Nascent soul realm experts in the Millennium forest were now exceeding several kingdoms and sects combined.
This ‘army’ of the Millennium Forest Kingdom swept through the seven kingdoms and ‘protected’ them.
There were obviously some concerned people among these kingdoms who were worried about letting beasts roam like this. After all, they weren’t just roaming in the wild or the forests, but even in the cities and other human settlements.
It was simply too scary for the average human to see this scene. Only after a couple of weeks did the humans get used to it. Surprisingly they saw the benefits of the beasts. They could see tangible effects of the ‘patrols’ that were being carried out.
The number of beast attacks on humans had fallen by over 70% and even bandit attacks and other such occurrences had fallen by a lot.
The biggest thing though was the request of the seven kingdoms and the three sects; the request to help them with the Calamity Fiend.
That request was already being fulfilled, since there were no more attacks happening. The Calamity Fiend did pop up in many places, but before it could do anything, a swarm of beasts would attack it. Plus in some places, the beasts could detect when an attack would happen. This alone saved a lot of lives.
