novelslam #3375 - Sophie: I repay evil with kindness?
#3375 - Sophie: I repay evil with kindness?
Deep within the desolate land, those old fellows held complex feelings about this large-scale operation against Qin Buyi.
It wasn't that they were worried about capturing Qin Buyi.
Indeed, the fundamental purpose of these old fellows' grand endeavor wasn't to capture Qin Buyi at all.
It was to prevent Qin Buyi from interfering with their attempts to deal with Hongjun.
If it weren't for Qin Buyi's interference, they would have completely sealed Hongjun away countless years ago.
It was precisely because of this guy's repeated disruptions that they were now in a passive position everywhere.
"I just hope this native kid doesn't see through our intentions, otherwise our entire plan will collapse. It would be best if he could retreat in the face of difficulty, like before, and leave our desolate land. We can seize the years he's gone to make some arrangements and defenses."
"This native kid is too strange. Every time he leaves our desolate land and returns, his cultivation and combat power have improved. I've been wondering, is this guy just pretending to be weak, or has he really improved his strength? It's hard to guess."
"What's the point of pursuing these things now! Regardless of whether this guy has heaven-defying foundations or is just playing the fool with us, our top priority is to get him to leave the desolate land as soon as possible. Don't stay here and continue causing trouble, delaying our sealing of Hongjun."
"Hmph, I must say Hongjun is really lucky. He was destined to spend eternity with us in this desolate place, but a mysterious native suddenly appeared, giving Hongjun a lot of hope. No wonder he's resisting so vigorously."
...In the blink of an eye, a year passed.
During this year, Qin Buyi didn't leave the desolate land.
He was constantly playing cat and mouse with those life-and-death Dao realm beings deep within the desolate land.
The number of life-and-death Dao realm beings who had fallen at his hands had reached thirty!
This number might not be much to the outside world.
But in this desolate land, it was enough to drive those old fellows crazy.
If these old fellows hadn't seen that Bai Ze and the Myriad Dragons army all had life-and-death Dao realm cultivation...
They would probably have been so angry that they spat out three liters of blood!
With the Myriad Dragons and their army as backup, these old fellows could accept it a little more.
But their anger towards Qin Buyi didn't diminish at all.
On the contrary, it grew stronger and stronger with the passage of time.
Each of these life-and-death Dao realm existences was a candidate to control the seal.
After they fell, the seals they were in charge of had to be quickly taken over by these old fellows.
Seals that couldn't be taken over in time could only be watched helplessly as they were destroyed by Hongjun.
Over the past year, these old fellows deep within the desolate land had completely understood.
Their initial plan to make Qin Buyi retreat in the face of difficulty had failed!
As for why it failed... the reason was simple.
This guy had become very powerful, and he didn't even care about life-and-death Dao realm beings.
"I just want to know how this guy cultivates. He can despise life-and-death Dao realm existences, it's too terrifying! You know, a few years ago, this guy would be beaten to a pulp by life-and-death Dao realm beings, but now his combat power has reached the peak of the life-and-death Dao realm. If this trend continues, it'll be terrible!"
"Hmph, don't boost the native's prestige at this time. What do you mean by 'if this trend continues, it'll be terrible'? Are you saying that in a few years, we'll have to send out Grand Luo Immortals to resist this native kid? If that's the case, it'll be a disaster for all of us!"
"If we really have to send out Grand Luo Immortal level existences to deal with this native kid, then there will only be two situations. One is that the Grand Luo Immortal's dispatch goes smoothly, and the native kid is completely killed, then we can concentrate on sealing Hongjun."
"The other situation is that our Grand Luo Immortal's dispatch is unsuccessful, and is killed by this native kid. Losing one Grand Luo Immortal means we still have a high probability of sealing Hongjun, but if more and more Grand Luo Immortals fall at the hands of this native kid, how are we going to seal him?"...
Qin Buyi threw all the cultivation resources he had gained over the past year into the system store for recycling.
[Ding! Item value calculating...]
[Calculation complete, total value: one million Divine-Demonic points.]
Including these Divine-Demonic points, Qin Buyi now had a total of two million seven hundred thousand Divine-Demonic points.
He glanced at the depths of the desolate land. Qin Buyi did not choose to stay here any longer.
The next time he came, his combat power would be at the Grand Luo Immortal level.
At that time... he would definitely make those old fellows deep within the desolate land understand what regret and despair meant!
Calling out to the system in his heart, Qin Buyi directly chose to leave this place.
After a brief teleportation, he landed on the Divine Clan Continent.
The Hongmeng faction he created now had three cities on the Divine Clan Continent.
They were Fire Heng City, Dongchang City, and Sky City...
These three cities were connected in a line.
Fire Heng City was in the center, with Dongchang City and Sky City standing on either side.
Qin Buyi looked towards the other two corners of the three cities.
Next, he wanted to acquire the fourth and fifth cities.
He would have these five cities form a square for his Hongmeng faction.
Then, he would completely devour all the forces within the square, and advance to a Grade A force in one fell swoop!
There were many Grade B and Grade C forces in the Divine Clan Continent.
Grade A forces were relatively rare.
This was because their foundations and requirements for top-tier experts were too high.
Many Grade B forces would not reach the threshold of a Grade A force until they were destroyed!
The condition that the army under their command had to uniformly enter the life-and-death Dao realm had already stopped many Grade B forces.
Moreover, as the leader of a Grade A force, one's own combat power had to reach the Grand Luo Immortal level.
How many Rank 9 life-and-death Dao realm existences wanted to enter the Grand Luo Immortal realm, but could not make any progress in their entire lives.
Otherwise, Sang Luo, who had previously provoked the Little Hongmeng Star Region, would not have been so excited to see a trace of an opportunity to advance to the Grand Luo Immortal realm.
Qin Buyi found Sophie and told her his thoughts.
Sophie said with a smile: "Emperor Qin is willing to let this little girl be the city lord of as many cities as he wants. This little girl thanks Emperor Qin!"
After a pause, she saw that Qin Buyi did not respond to her words. Sophie continued:
"This little girl has nothing of value, and doesn't know how to repay Emperor Qin's kindness. How about offering myself?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Buyi's voice entered her ears: "Don't try to repay evil with kindness..."