Becoming evil makes you ten times stronger, but becoming a demon gives you hundredfold strength

Western Wastes, Moon-Watching Sect.

"The medicine is really effective, hahaha!"

Bu Shixian waved her fists excitedly. In just eleven days, her arms had gone from being weak and powerless to recovering thirty percent of their fighting strength.

"Hmm, I do feel a lot better too. The medicine this time, really, is too effective."

Yu Paopao happily blew a bubble.

As for Hu Qingquan, she needed to heal first. Meng Yu also showed her a new tail, of better quality than last time, which would be installed later.

Bai Qianqian had spent the better part of half a year in Immortal Sect buying numerous healing items, and the last time Meng Yu visited, he had put out feelers through a proxy, contacting several of the Immortal Sect's highest-quality medical clinics to order various medical supplies. Although he couldn't send the detailed information on these few idiots' serious injuries (for confidentiality), Meng Yu could purchase a variety of healing methods.

Spirit Stones were not an issue. Please offer the most luxurious healing set, such as Spirit Talismans drawn by Nascent Souls and so on. You can use them on me!

Song Wuqiu had inflicted severe injuries on everyone, but she was also limited by her vision. Since ancient times, once so-called divine doctors entered modern society, they would be utterly outpaced by various advancements. The technical progress brought about by large-scale industrialization was not something one person could contend with, especially in a Cultivation World like Immortal Sect which possessed transcendent powers. To earn Spirit Stones, the medical community had put in an unknown amount of effort. As long as a dead person wasn't completely dead, they could be brought back, and while these four idiots' injuries were severe, it didn't mean there were no solutions.

When Meng Yu spent so many Spirit Stones that even he felt a pinch in his heart!

For instance, right now, those three had recovered thirty percent of their fighting strength, and Hua Miaochai had even recovered sixty percent of hers!

Don't underestimate this. Grand Carp Immortal was now able to control the Formation with a part of her True Qi. Bu Shixian could pretend to stabilize the people's hearts within the sect's gates. Hu Qingquan, as the mood maker, made everyone happy just by running around.

Of course, the most important were Bai Qianqian and the two masters.

Bai Qianqian, in Immortal Sect, had been a good child who loved to learn. She made friends with many Array Masters and even offered up Spirit Stones to sponsor everyone in researching the Long River Nine Bends Array. Now that she had returned, she had upgraded and refurbished the Great Formation, doubling its power and optimizing it down to the finest details.

Whether it was Fairy Taohua, who excelled in Five Elements magic, or Master Lihua, a swordsmanship prodigy, both were very important, versatile combat forces. Furthermore, when Meng Yu came back this time, he had purchased another four hundred Five Elements Divine Thunders.

With this, the number of Divine Thunders in Moon-Watching Sect had exceeded a thousand.

As previously said, a fight between Golden Cores in Immortal Sect is like battleships clashing, while Foundation Establishment is akin to frigates or destroyers. Their main guns can't break through a Golden Core, but torpedoes can.

This time, adding in the five hundred Divine Thunders that Meng Yu had bought before, the number of Divine Thunders in Moon-Watching Sect had officially broken past a thousand!

It's hard for torpedoes to become the main weapon in battleships' clashes, but what if the enemy rushes into a complex strait?

Come on, come on!

Meng Yu was very interested. How many Golden Cores were the enemies prepared to lose?

...

It was the same as the last assault on Five Directions Tower.@@novelbin@@

First came various scattered attacks.

Divine Thunders and Spirit Cannons aboard Flying Boats began probing, then they cut off the flow of Spiritual Energy around them, setting up various Spiritual Formations, while launching various attacks...

Well, for Meng Yu, this was really nothing. These weren't things he needed to worry about. Lately, his job had been working with Zhuge Caihua, sorting out all kinds of problems in Moon-Watching Sect, or rather, the issue of ruling over the entire Western Wastes.

Of the four people Meng Yu brought back this time, the most important was Zhuge Caihua.

She was a domestic political expert.

Sorting out the records, finding manpower, training military formations, organizing structures, teaching Loose Cultivators, according to Immortal Sect's processes, everything was in preparation for firmly establishing a foothold in the Western Wastes.

Remember how Mysterious Heaven Sect massively collected Spirit Rice in the Western Wastes before?

Remember how Meng Yu made a fortune by selling large quantities of Spiritual Wine and speculated whether others might imitate his brewing?

Remember the continuous wars plaguing the land now?

The next few years would mark some of the most difficult times the Western Wastes had ever seen.

One of the big reasons why Meng Yu didn't take the opportunity to attack Five Directions Tower amidst the chaos before was that Five Directions Tower's subordinate forces weren't suffering enough yet.

Without selling children, the death of all males in the family leaving women in tragic circumstances, and a large number of people starving to death, how could Five Directions Tower's subordinate forces possibly capitulate to Moon-Watching Sect at the first sign of trouble?

And to speak more extreme, if there weren't detrimental actions from the Human Race forces, causing the people below to lose hope, how could Moon-Watching Sect have a chance to succeed?

People always tend to favor their own kind over others like rabbits. Because Meng Yu rose in power due to Moon-Watching Sect, he would inherently carry the stigma of being a human traitor.

This time, Sky-splitting Sword Sect traveled twenty thousand miles, launching two consecutive raids on Moon-Watching Sect, which would necessarily mean all kinds of hardship for the people below. Winning could still be dealt with, but a loss would be Meng Yu's opportunity!

How could the Sui Dynasty have collapsed if it weren't for the three failed campaigns against Goryeo?

"Cai Hua, you've worked hard."

This matter was very important. Also, Zhuge Caihua had to help Meng Yu spot oversights, aiding in the formulation of a plan to conceal his traces of timeline manipulation, serving the second large-scale deception operation.

...

Time thus passed day by day, with probes, sieges, and even intrusions. The Sky-splitting Sword Sect followed the very path once taken by the Five Directions Tower years ago.

In between, Fairy Taohua and Master Lihua stepped in twice. They played the roles of Hu Qingquan and Song Wuqiu perfectly, leading the enemy to believe that these two were unharmed.

Yes, it was Master Lihua who took on the role of Song Wuqiu. She picked up Song Wuqiu's long sword, Phoenix Tree, and transformed into her likeness, even curiously or peculiarly asking Meng Yu why couldn't she, as a female swordsman, impersonate Song Wuqiu?

This woman, after forty years of obscurity, was unknown to many in her swordsmanship; moreover, even if she used the techniques of the Lihua lineage, who could say they weren't Song Wuqiu's own creations?

Wasn't Master Lihua impersonating Song Wuqiu just perfect?

As for being a traitor, you didn't announce her identity, and besides, she's dead. Using her identity to enact treacherous deeds would be the perfect revenge, wouldn't it?

Alright, then everyone watched Meng Yu with grins on their faces before Meng Yu hemmed and hawed, admitting... sigh, he had fallen for her charms—no, rather, he had let the demon feign humanity in his presence not too long ago.

It was no secret to anyone; many had seen Song Wuqiu's radiant appearance.

Understanding dawned on Master Lihua, Bai Qianqian got it, Zhuge Caihua got it, and then everyone looked at Meng Yu derisively, suggesting his tastes were indeed peculiar or that he really had a fondness for meat.

But no one pursued the issue further, and the plan for Master Lihua to play both Bu Shixian and Song Wuqiu was thus settled.

As for Hu Qingquan, Fairy Taohua suggested, "I can pose as a fox spirit too, you know. Although Hu Qingquan has lost her tail, portraying her and allowing her to recover in peace is perfect. Everyone will think I'm a False Core, but in reality, I am a Golden Core expert. I can master several of the Fox Clan's combat techniques, and I can use her spells even better. What do you think?"

Alright, Meng Yu totally accepted both Masters' proposals. This arrangement was more manageable, freeing up personnel, and as for Hu Qingquan being able to recuperate while staying by Meng Yu's side, she was undoubtedly overjoyed.

Moreover, Master Lihua once disguised herself as Bu Shixian, clashing with a hunting squad and the people from Sky-splitting Sword Sect with no victor determined!

As layers of smoke clouded the battlefield, the Sky-splitting Sword Sect felt the unreliability of the Ten Directions Demon Subduing Hall and, with the Moon-Watching Sect in full strength, commenced formal siege warfare.

Golden Cores are selfish, and since two major powers hadn't suffered any losses, the Sky-splitting Sword Sect gave up the idea of a surprise attack. There were too damn many Five Elements Divine Thunders in the Moon-Watching Sect's ranks.

In the Long River Nine Bends Array, Divine Thunders floated everywhere!

Until these Divine Thunders were spent, the Sky-splitting Sword Sect would not launch a full assault, even though twenty-eight Golden Cores, united, could completely shatter the Great Formation. Still, the hundreds of Divine Thunders Meng Yu had collected could definitely take some Golden Cores with them!

Thus, the battle evolved into a standoff with squads of Golden Cores attacking yet lingering on the fringes. Meanwhile, smaller teams launched their own assaults to bait out the Divine Thunders and then retreated behind protective shields.

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Then came another attack and another retreat, gradually depleting the Moon-Watching Sect's Divine Thunders.

However, Meng Yu and everyone else were quite willing to continue waiting, now realizing that Meng Yu had hoarded even more Five Elements Divine Thunders!

Battleships in the open ocean were invincible, but daring to rush into a narrow strait amidst mines, shore cannons, and coordinated aircraft strikes was asking for destruction!

The injuries of the four were healing rapidly; after all, the medical talismans and medicine provided were the best that the Immortal Sect had to offer.

Time marched on day by day, and soon three months went by.

Master Taohua, Master Lihua, and Zhuge Caihua had been there for a hundred days. However, for the last month, whether it was Meng Yu or the trio from the Immortal Sect, they never showed their faces, claiming Sect Master Meng was in seclusion for cultivation.

Everyone's injuries went from being unable to act, to being able to fight, to now being seventy percent healed!

Everyone also had a premonition that next month, the real decisive battle would begin.

It would be a battle that would shock the entire Western Wastes.

...

The ninety-ninth day.

This was a secret meeting, attended only by Hua Miaochai, Bai Qianqian, Meng Yu, and the trio from the Immortal Sect.

"We now have two options. The first is to keep waiting. Their full assault will take place in fifteen days.

That period, just before and after the day, is when the sun's True Qi is most active within the year, and combined with their Formation setup, they will achieve the best attack effect. We continue to stand our ground, using the upgraded Long River Nine Bends Array and the Divine Thunders to fight them. The outcome will be the death or injury of about ten or so of their Golden Cores, and they will find they have hit an iron wall and then retreat.

However, the downside is, what if they bring in more allies?"

The second option is for us to return to the Immortal Sect now and call for reinforcements, but there's a problem. Meng Yu, aren't you worried about revealing the secret of time manipulation or, let's say, letting someone find out about your origin?"

Although in the second scenario, Zhuge Caihua and the others thought of some workaround that might deceive people if handled properly, it still posed a risk.

Meng Yu took a deep breath, his thoughts on the countless times he had been bullied in the Western Wastes.

Sometimes, you need to bring in people to help with the fight!

"Huahua, Qianqian, and I will go, and I'll bring back the troops in at most three days. You hold down the fort, no problem, right?"

"No problem."

"Alright, goodbye."

Meng Yu had not shown up during the last month, all for the sake of preparing for today's departure.

The other side would complete the conscription in a month and then come over, with time synchronized!