Chapter 76: The Rabble
Hundred Beasts Mountain, at the foot of the mountain.
The Hundred Beasts Mountain, which was originally inhabited, gathered many people at this time.
They are dressed in all kinds of ways, and people from all walks of life and all levels in the magic capital can be found here.
The messy outfits, casual sitting and lying down, make this group of people seem more 'rabble'.
Everyone here is a spirit master, and they are the people who participated in the spirit master alliance of the 'game' this time.
Most of them had never met before, because since before entering the Demon Capital, they had found teammates who were also 'their own people' in their own ways.
This time, for the sake of this elixir, many spirit master forces have participated.
Most of these spirit master forces appeared in the early days of the establishment of [Mountains and Seas].
At the beginning, they were just trying to prevent the [Mountains and Seas] from clearing them, after all, these scattered cultivators have never had a very good sense for the military.
Back then, because of the civil war with the spirit master family, many spirit master forces wanted a piece of the pie, so they also participated in it.
The result was that it was obviously cleaned up by [Mountains and Seas] after the fact.
And the rest of them, either did not participate in the civil war, or stood on the side of [Mountains and Seas].
Because these spirit master forces have not done anything evil in the future, and some of them will even maintain the order of the city where they are located, so [Shanhai] has also acquiesced to these scattered cultivation forces.
The so-called Spirit Master Alliance is actually just a trading and communication platform formed by these Spirit Master forces.
And this platform itself is also formed by a relatively powerful spirit master force.
This spirit master force is called the [Alliance].
If [Shanhai] is the ancient imperial army, then [Alliance] is equivalent to some righteous sects.
They are more active among the people than [Mountains and Seas], and they are also the most common among the general public.
The original [Alliance] also acted more decently.
What to maintain the order of the city, what roads are uneven, and even take the initiative to arrest some evil spirit masters or spirit beasts.
It is precisely because of this that [Shanhai] has a friendly attitude towards [Alliance].
After all, it is an official recognition of the existence of the [Alliance], and even allows the [Alliance] to complete some tasks issued by [Mountains and Seas] in exchange for some resources, or a quota to enter the secret realm!
Even if these places are not the first places to enter the secret realm, it is still a precious opportunity for ordinary casual cultivators!
These are all equivalent to supporting the [alliance] in disguise.
Although this has the implication of raising tigers, it is true that the [Mountains and Seas] at that time did not have so much energy to govern every city, so they needed the assistance of the [Alliance] with a wide range of local forces.
Such a 'friendly' relationship between the two lasted for a long time.
But later, because of the special 'status' of the [Alliance], more and more scattered spiritual cultivators joined it, and some spiritual master forces had some other ideas.
This is like having an emperor in the imperial court and an alliance leader in the martial arts.
The mixed forces were intertwined, and different factions began to appear, some advocated affinity with [Shanhai], some broke away from [Shanhai] and established their own sects, and some even wanted to reunite those spirit master families and start a civil war again.
In short, it was originally an alliance composed of multiple forces, and some large and small forces were formed within it, and each group wanted to compete for the position of the 'alliance leader'.
Although there are different opinions inside, they have not done anything to oppose [Shanhai] on the bright side.
It's just that the temptation of the evokor this time is too great, and some groups even think that this is an opportunity to become the new leader of the alliance.
Of course, there are also some people who have the idea of fishing in troubled waters, anyway, they can grab it, and if they can't grab it, forget it, and even if [Shanhai] is more advantageous, they may turn their heads and stand on the side of [Shanhai].
Originally, some of the members and forces of the [Alliance] basically did not participate in the competition for this elixir.
As it was, it was almost impossible for these groups to cooperate.
Sometimes, they even organize other groups to get the elixir.
Now, not only are they all gathered together, but they are all as if there are no barriers at all, although they are still scattered in small groups of several or dozens of people, but there is no hint of conflict between them.
Even those groups that advocate the opposite are just staring at each other, without any sign of making a move, or even making a move.
And all of this is because of the man who stood at the front of the crowd.
It was a thin old man with a hunched back, on crutches, and looking very weak, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.
However, it is such an old man, standing at the forefront of all people, not only is there no one who opposes it, but even from the eyes of some people looking at this old man, you can see the look of fear!
"Ahem, everyone, before I go up the mountain, I'll say a few words. The old man turned to face everyone, and his voice was not loud, but it could be clearly heard in everyone's ears.
"I believe you also know the purpose of coming here, although you are willing to help me, an old man, it is already an old man's blessing, but I still want to make a small request to everyone. ”
"After going up the mountain, I don't want anyone to run away while we still have an advantage!"
As he spoke, the old man scanned the crowd with his cloudy eyes, and those who he saw bowed their heads and did not dare to look at him.
"Although if you really run away, I won't want your life, old man, but I still hope that you can be a person with a head and a tail, since you promised to help me, then don't give up halfway, okay?"
The old man had an inquiring tone, but no one answered below, just silently lowered his head, as if there was a treasure under his feet.
The scene was silent, and the old man didn't care, and continued: "Since there is no objection, then I will take it as your acquiescence, and when the time comes, I hope not to disappoint the old man!"
After saying that, the old man turned around and began to walk up the hill first.
The people who stayed behind were still silent, and slowly followed the old man's back, and slowly began to search in the Hundred Beast Mountain.
From time to time, some of them secretly looked at the old man's back, and they all regretted it for a while, and came to fight for this elixir.