974: Chapter 262_2 974: Chapter 262_2 However, if it’s not the Central Five Provinces, but rather a region similar to ours in East Breeze, or perhaps the Eastern Wasteland or the Eastern Border, then they would need to assess the strength of their adversaries.
If their opponents were not strong and were embroiled in internal conflict, with each Immortal Sect sustaining severe losses, then they would take action directly, invading the other’s territory before even entering the Central Five Provinces.
They hadn’t considered completely conquering the other, they just thought to seize whatever they could.
After all, once they connected with the Central Five Provinces, the Central Five Provinces would also come to plunder these regions, so they might as well plunder first, to strengthen themselves before that happens.
Moreover, they had plenty of confidence.
In East Breeze, there hadn’t been any major wars for years, and they had encountered a period of explosive talent growth.
Not to mention anything else, just their Sky Flying Sect alone had three experts at the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection!
Furthermore, in East Breeze, there are more than ten Immortal Sects like their Sky Flying Sect.
What’s more important, East Breeze also possessed a reincarnated being of Great Ability!
That’s a reincarnated being of Great Ability!
People in this region probably only heard of reincarnated beings of great ability but never actually saw one!
They truly didn’t believe there were people from any other regions who could withstand them.
Upon hearing a fellow disciple’s question, Gu Ling immediately shook his head and said, “You’re thinking in the wrong direction.
If they are weak, it doesn’t mean they have fewer resources.
The resources of this territory won’t change.
On the contrary, the weaker they are, the easier it is for us to break through and plunder resources from more Immortal Sects at a faster rate.
Our enemy is time.
We don’t know how long our East Breeze and the current territory have left to connect to the Central Five Provinces; we must plunder enough resources before our East Breeze borders with the Central Five Provinces.
The weaker they are, the faster we can plunder.
Do you understand now?”
“I have learned, brother.
But we don’t know exactly how weak this territory is.”
“Perhaps weaker than us… Look, there’s another Immortal Sect over there!”
“It is an Immortal Sect, and it looks quite significant in size.
Moreover, the scale of this Immortal Sect seems almost comparable to our Sky Flying Sect.”
“However, why does this Immortal Sect appear so dilapidated?”
“It seems like there’s no one inside this Immortal Sect.”
“Let’s go, have a look.”
Gu Ling quickly led his fellow disciples to the clearly long-abandoned sect entrance.
“Was this Immortal Sect previously known as the Void Breaking Sect?”
“Look, the Mountain Protection Array of the Immortal Sect is gone.”
“Moreover, this Immortal Sect has obviously been long deserted, it’s become like this.”
“It must have been at least fifty years since anyone has been here.”
“Strange, how could such a large Immortal Sect be completely devoid of people?
Moreover, it doesn’t look like there has been any trace of battle.”
“Yes, it feels like the people of this Immortal Sect up and left en masse.”
“Left?
The Spiritual Energy here is quite abundant, which is a rare spot for Immortal Cultivation, so why would they leave?”
“Perhaps they encountered an irresistible attacking force?
So they had to move away?”
“How is that possible?
If they really encountered such a force, would they not even attempt to defend themselves?
Besides, if that were truly the case, the attackers wouldn’t just let them move away, right?
Or perhaps, they found a better place that could serve as a sect entrance, so they moved there?”
“That’s also unlikely, does their sect not have any Earth Immortal Realms?
Their Earth Immortals would need to sleep during the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth.
Would they have been asleep, and then dug out again?
Digging up resting places is very dangerous, one misstep could damage the foundation of those already sleeping Earth Immortals, even causing them to die.”
“It’s also possible that they had experienced a devastating war previously, and the remaining people, in order to survive, evacuated from the sect.”
The crowd one by one voiced their own speculations.
Listening to the various conjectures of the people around him, Gu Ling gently shook his head and said, “There’s no need to guess further.
In any case, seeing such an abandoned sect only further confirms our previous speculation that the Immortal Sects in this region engage in intensely fierce battles.
Such a sizeable sect disappeared just like that.
And, just like the remote areas outside the Central Five Provinces, I don’t believe the Spiritual Energy here is more abundant than in our East Breeze.
Here, this place is a precious location worthy of constructing an Immortal Sect, yet after whatever the Void Breaking Sect disappeared, no other sects have come to establish their own here.
For such a locale to go to waste like this, such a thing is completely inconceivable in our East Breeze.
This situation here can only mean that the Immortal Sects in this region are too fiercely competitive.”
Everyone around nodded in agreement.
After searching the place and finding nothing of value, they stood up and continued flying toward their next destination.
After a while, they encountered yet another abandoned Immortal Sect, and the location of that sect was no worse than the one they had seen previously.
“This, this place seems to be even more chaotic than we had imagined, to consecutively encounter two such large-scale sect entrances that have been directly abandoned!”