Wang Wei returned ho and summoned his team. Everybody soon arrived except for Mongke. "What happened? Is he in retreat?"
"He has returned to the clan," Dulgun quickly explained. "I stay here so I can relay his ssage. He apologized for the sudden departure, but he had good reason. He's planning on taking down one of the moons, but that requires him to return ho."
"Oh? Can you elaborate more? You sound very confident?"
"I apologize, but I cannot say anything more since it involves secrets of our Barbarian Clan," Dulgun replied. Wang Wei was intrigued, but he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he took a mont to analyze the information he knew about the Barbarian Clan and rembered certain rumors he had read about in Wu Hong's library.
'Could it be that ceremony? Interesting.'
He did not mind Mongke's actions as long the latter could succeed. Wang Wei had to agree with Heavenly Dao's approach since he was starting to feel overwheld with all the things he had to do. So, now more than ever, he was glad he had people to help alleviate the workload and pressure.
"Well, that's fine," he said. "Anything to report?"
"There is nothing significant except that the Fate Changing Hall has shown signs of collapsing," Wang Qi reported. "As you know, these people joined because they needed an outlet to get resources. But now, these resources are useless since they cannot be cultivated.
"Our non-immortal mbers are still active since they want to exchange for longevity resources to extend their lifespan, but the immortal mbers could not care more. A while ago, there was a craze of hoarding resources, but after a brief period, it has beco quiet and desolate."
Wang Wei groaned. The operational model of the Fate Changing Hall was flawed from the beginning, operating on a pure reward basis, similar to rcenaries. Now that the rewards and benefits were useless, these people — who had no loyalty except to themselves — will not work for Wang Wei anymore.
"Although cultivation was impossible, fighting techniques are still valuable. We could use that to placate them temporarily," Wang Wei suggested.
"Dulgun had the sa idea, and she even provided access to Mongke's pagoda," Wang Qi replied. "Quite a few people were tempted to learn new fighting techniques to increase their strength, but they are not so desperate compared to before. It is still challenging to mobilize their powers compared to before."
"Well, it's good enough that we can still use…them," Wang Wei stopped as he frowned. "No, I overlooked sothing." He instantly beca serious; the light of wisdom flashed in his eyes as sothing dawned on him.
"The people from the Fate Changing Hall are directly linked to . Most of them even have my Spirit Particles in their souls, aning they can be used against ." His face turned seriously as soon as he uttered these words. Then, Wang Wei fully displayed his quality as a Dao Overlord. He ruthlessly and without a single hesitation ordered his spirit particles and the backup he put on these people to kill all of them. He did not spare anyone, including the few talents he had previously recruited or had his eyes on.
With this single order, he killed countless loose cultivators, but Wang Wei did not care. He did not want to take risks with an opponent such as Supre Unity, so he even wiped out his spirit particles, intending to condense new ones.
'Hmm?' He suddenly sensed sothing.'It seems I made the right choice.' He just realized a few people survived his attack. How could ordinary loose cultivators survive his thod? There must be sothing wrong with these survivors.
"Lord?" Wang Qi asked with a pale expression. He was the Fate Exchanging Hall liaison, so he noticed it when so many people died. He also knew the source, but he did not understand why.
"We are facing a terrifying enemy, and no amount of caution is enough," Wang Wei replied calmly. His eyes and tone were cold or indifferent, just calm, as if he had sothing as simple as sipping tea instead of killing millions of cultivators.
"But, did we have to kill all of them?"
"My power is not enough to determine who has a problem or not, so this is the simplest, most direct, and most effective approach." Wang Wei also felt so pain. The hall was one of his ways to build his team so that he had so power before returning to the sect. He did not want to play politics, and having Paragon Strength and his own team would make incorporating into the sect much easier. However, he had to sacrifice them.
Wang Wei then turned his eyes to his current team. He saw fear in the eyes of people like the Flesh Demon, and he understood their mindset. Unlike Mongke and his wife, these people were controlled by him, aning they could also be killed instantly once they beca a liability.
"I know what you're thinking and feeling, and I also know that you won't feel secure no matter what I say," Wang Wei said to the team. "But I still must say it. I am not cruel, but I will be due to the circumstances. So, try to act less suspiciously from now on. No, better yet, from now on, all etings will occur with a projection while I'm hiding sowhere else."
"Patriarch, is this really necessary?" Wang Qi asked.
"This is not about trust," Wang Wei said, already guessing what he's thinking. "We are dealing with powers beyond our very understanding, so this level of precaution is the bare minimum."
Wang Wei turned to Dulgun: "Do you have an opinion on my approach?"
"No problem," she answered truthfully. She admired his decisiveness and ruthlessness, feeling much she and Mongke could learn from. Wang Wei nodded after detecting she was not telling the truth.
"I have a mission for you guys," Wang Wei continued. "You need to help protect these mortal civilizations from any accident." He distributed a map to everyone.
"Dulgun, you can contact your clan to see if they can help."
"No problem."
"One more thing," Wang Wei said. He raised his hand and reduced the cause and effects between him and this team. Just like how the hall's mbers can be used against him, it's the sa for the people he controlled, so he needed to take precautions. Although he did not know how effective such an approach was, it was better than nothing.
Everyone felt a slight weight lifted from their shoulders. Most did not know what just happened, but the ones who did, did not explain, and Wang Wei was not about to either. After all, he could be accidentally revealing information to the enemy.
"Alright, everyone is dismissed except for Red Mask," Wang Wei ordered, and once he was left alone with his shadow, he handed her two talismans: "I need you to monitor and even capture these people. Use your best judgnt for what to do." Wang Wei was interested in the people who survived. He knew they did not do so with longevity resources since his spirit particle should have remained in their souls once they revived.
"The second talisman contained the location of the Dao Imprints of all the Emperors and Empyreans from the hall. Create a team to eradicate these people." Wang Wei did not think these people would be able to grow to the point that they could avenge him, but he would not leave such an obvious flaw for soone with a destiny to grow and co back.
"I understand," Red Mask nodded. Wang Wei dismissed her, taking this mont to think. What happened with the Fate Changing Hall is more than enough proof for him that his paranoia was warranted. He cannot directly detect The ans of transcendents; he can only rely on his deduction and cautious nature.
'I need a new hiding place,' Wang Wei thought. He was not joking when he said he would only attend future etings using a projection.
Swish!
Red Mask suddenly appeared in the room, and a terrifying power imdiately pressed her to the ground, followed by a frightening killing intent locked on her before disappearing.
"I almost killed you," Wang Wei said as he removed his thods and stopped his attack. He also realized his nerves were too tense. "Sorry about that. Did sothing happen?"
Red Mask took a mont to regain her bearing. She knew how strong her lord was. After all, she had borrowed his power a few tis in so missions, so she knew — especially after his recent retreat. However, it was a different experience from using that power to its full force being directed toward her.
Wang Wei felt the dread in her soul and waved his hand to release a subtle soul power that soothes her spirit.
"I'm fine, sir," Red Mask said slowly.
"What is the ergency that made you return unannounced?"
"War," she replied. "Soone has declared war."
"Who?"
"It's…"
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