Chapter 192: Strength First

Hua Changxi really didn’t expect that the other end of the Qisheng Palace teleportation array would be the Jinyiwei’s office residence in South City.

The shock on her face was too obvious. Tong Yao saw it and coughed lightly: “The Fusang sacred tree has appeared in the world. All forces are paying attention to the weapon refining workshop. I can only take you through this passage.”

Hua Changxi was moved when he heard this: “Have you set up a lot of teleportation arrays?”

Tong Yao nodded: “Of course, even a cunning rabbit has three burrows. All forces want to get involved in the five holy places, and the royal family’s investigation is even more pervasive. We must be extremely careful.”

The location of the teleportation array was in an abandoned yard at the backyard of the Jinyiwei residence. Tong Yao led Hua Changxi over the wall and into a dark alley. After passing through the alley, they arrived at a busy street.

Hua Changxi didn’t ask much about the Jinyiwei, and was thinking about the teleportation array.

She had wanted to set up a teleportation array for a long time, but had been putting it off because she did not understand the technology. Now that she had finally met someone she could communicate with, she naturally wanted to find out more.

“Fellow Daoist Tong can not only refine weapons, but also set up formations?”

Tong Yao shook his head: “Arrangement is a very delicate job. I usually have to study the refining of weapons and have no time to learn the formation.” He paused and looked at Hua Changxi, “Fellow Daoist Hua, do you want to set up a teleportation formation?”

Hua Changxi nodded and admitted: “Yes.”

Tong Yao: “I don’t know how to set up a formation. The disciples of the Saint Weapon Palace are also good at refining weapons. However, I can introduce someone who is good at setting up a formation to Fellow Daoist Hua.”

Hua Changxi smiled and said, “Then I would like to thank Daoist Fellow Tong first.”

The Jinyiwei Office was not far from the weapon forging workshop. Not long after they walked, they saw the street in front of them that was under martial law. Behind the street was the weapon forging workshop that had been the most discussed recently.

Looking at the weapon refining workshop surrounded by imperial troops, Tong Yao’s face looked very bad, and Hua Changxi also frowned.

It was nothing, she saw her father and her elder brother.

Hua Dalang is now a member of the Demon-Suppressing Army. Hua Changxi can understand that he appeared outside the weapon refining workshop, but her father Hua Minghe is only a constable from the Six Gates. Why did he come to guard the street?

Hua Changxi turned his attention away from his father and brother, and looked at the other people surrounding the street. Soon, his eyes flickered: “The court is indeed profound. Most of the cultivators sent out for martial law are actually in the Qi Sea Realm.”

The Demon Suppression Army specializes in handling various matters related to the revival of spiritual energy. It is fine that they have abundant cultivation resources and are powerful. However, among the Jinyiwei and Dongchang people, 70% to 80% are Qi Hai realm cultivators, and there are more than ten Lian Jie Dan cultivators.

Tong Yao’s expression was a bit complicated: “The strength of Jinyiwei and Dongchang was not so strong before. More than a month ago, the Fusang sacred tree appeared in the world, and the spiritual energy surged. Many fire spirit root cultivators near the weapon refining workshop took the opportunity to break through the realm.”

Hua Changxi didn’t expect this to be the reason: “Then the royal family will be even more determined to acquire the five sacred places.”

Tong Yao nodded: “Not only the royal family, but other powerful families will not let go either.” He said helplessly, “With so many people watching, the disciples of the Saint Palace can only be careful and try to hide themselves.”

Hua Changxi didn’t quite agree with this approach after hearing this: “But hiding it like this won’t be good for the development of the Holy Land, right?”

Tong Yao smiled bitterly and said, “There’s nothing we can do about it. The royal family and some cultivation families are too powerful. If the Saint Artifact Palace dares to show up, these forces will definitely get involved. By then, who will have the final say in the Saint Artifact Palace? Who can tell for sure?”

“Isn’t Fellow Daoist Hua from the Medical Department? Now that the Medical Department is controlled by the royal family, most alchemists choose to rely on the royal family and aristocratic families. Even if the successor of the Alchemy Temple appears in the future, how many people do you think will listen to him?”

Hua Changxi instinctively retorted: “The Medical Department is the Medical Department, and the Alchemy Temple is the Alchemy Temple.” Tong Yao glanced at her and said: “The Alchemy Temple has the responsibility of guarding the center of the formation and teaching medical skills and alchemy skills, and all of these cannot be done without people. The people are controlled by the royal family, so even if the successor of the Alchemy Temple is legitimate, he will be sidelined.”

These words reminded Hua Changxi again of the cooperation with You Lao and the other four in the Sancha Medicine Valley to develop the Fire Spirit Mine.

Even if she had voluntarily given up the Fire Spirit Mine, and even gave it to Hua Liulang under the pretext of training, unless she went on a killing spree, it would not change the fact that she could not control the four people including You Lao.

She was just sidelined!
“You have a point.”

Tong Yao sighed: “My senior brother always said that managing people is the most difficult thing. The struggle for power and the distribution of benefits are very challenging for people’s abilities.”

Hua Changxi’s shortcomings in this area were obvious, and he was not happy to deal with such matters in his heart. He nodded in agreement: “You are absolutely right. Managing people is so troublesome. It is better to concentrate on training and improving your skills.”

Tong Yao looked at Hua Changxi and said, “But if you don’t hold power, you will always be controlled by others. After all, people can’t survive in the world alone.”

Hua Changxi disagreed with this: “If I were invincible, who could do anything to me?”

Tong Yao was stunned after hearing this. He was shocked to find that the female cultivator in front of him, whose strength was far superior to his, seemed a little too… pure?
Hua Changxi saw Tong Yao’s strange expression and asked, “Why, what I said is wrong?”

Tong Yao shook his head: “It’s not wrong, I just think that Hua Daoyou is not a person who advocates violence.”

Hua Changxi: “Of course I’m not.”

Tong Yao looked puzzled: “Then why do you think violence can solve everything?”

Hua Changxi was stunned for a moment, then said: “I am not saying that violence can solve all problems. What I mean is that if I am strong enough, no one can hurt me. No one can stop me from doing anything I want to do.”

Tong Yao: “You think strength is supreme.”

Hua Changxi asked back: “What’s wrong with strength being supreme?”

Tong Yao was silent for a long time: “It’s not that it’s bad, what I mean is, Hua Daoyou, don’t you have anyone you care about? If someone you care about stops you from doing something, what will you do?”

Hua Changxi was stunned by the question, and spoke after a long while: “The people I care about must care about me. If they care about me, how can they stop me from doing what I want to do. What Brother Daoist Tong said is really unreasonable.”

Tong Yao was speechless for a moment when she saw her talking about him. “People are different, so there will definitely be disagreements.” He paused, “In fact, I used to have similar ideas to Hua Daoyou, but after experiencing some things, I realized that pursuing absolute strength is a form of torture for myself. This way, I can neither find myself nor others.”

Hua Changxi disagreed with this at all: “That’s your feeling, fellow Daoist. I feel very accomplished in my pursuit of strength.”

After all, it was only someone he had met once, so Tong Yao didn’t want to get too close to him. He coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject: “Friend Hua, are you familiar with the capital? Do you have a place to stay?”

Hua Changxi didn’t dwell on the previous topic: “Yeah.”

Tong Yao handed over a communication talisman: “I have to go back and take care of Xia Yang and Xia Xue. If you have any questions in the future, please use the communication talisman to contact me. Regarding setting up the formation and burning the white jade lotus petals, I will contact my friends after I go back. Once they respond, I will inform my friends as soon as possible.”

Hua Changxi nodded and thanked him: “Thank you, Brother Daoist Tong.”

Watching Tong Yao disappear in the crowd, Hua Changxi retracted his gaze, thinking about the conversation just now, and shook his head with a smile: “People are really different from each other. How could you think that pursuing strength is wrong?”