Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 333: 179. The Changing Winds and Clouds, The Situation of the World (Part I)_2

Meng Qiuli's Blood Spirit Holy Method was most criticized for requiring a large amount of human blood as a catalyst, naturally leading to slaughter and the need for a large number of living people. Thus, not only were they disliked by The Righteous Path, but even other factions of the Demon Path like the Rakshasa Holy Sect and the Demon Derivation Holy Sect found them somewhat repulsive.

Generally speaking, when the Blood Spirit Demon Sect was strong, they would infiltrate or capture people from Yongzhou to the east or cause chaos in Fenzhou to the northeast, their original territory. When they were weak, they would go to the Western Frontier to target smaller foreign countries. Over the years, it was rumored that the Demon Sect had turned many small countries in the Western Regions into blood farms, which explained their rapid increase in strength.

The recent expansion of the Blood Spirit Demon Sect was no secret, especially to the Great Jin Dynasty and the Rakshasa Holy Sect, who could feel it keenly.

Recently, both regions had felt the infiltration from the Blood Spirit Demon Sect!

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West of Yongzhou, Beixi County City

Jiuling Prefecture governs eight counties, from west to east they are: Prince Dai, Boyan, Yetao, Guxin, Tianchang, Guangfu, Nuanquan, Beixi. Geographically, being closest to Bingzhou, Beixi County was the most affected.

In the city center, the streets were filled with people in various attire, although most wore black tunics, a mix of red and gold could still be seen among them. Some wore black fabric embroidered with gold or red patterns.

Meng Qiuli favored red, and thus the Blood Spirit Demon Sect used the extent of red in their garments to distinguish the levels of its sect members. The sartorial preferences of a provincial chief naturally influenced the attire of the local citizens, so the people of Bingzhou tended to favor red.

The ones in gold, on the other hand, were influenced by the Great Jin in the north.

In Beixi County's Shengxin Residence, within a room on the top floor that offered a wide view, a stunningly beautiful young girl in blue clothes stood by the window, watching the diverse crowd on the streets below. She suddenly turned, interested, to look at the black-clad maidservant beside her.

"Peony Herb, do you know what I like most about Yongzhou?"

"That's obvious, it must be Yongdu! Miss, you grew up in Yongdu. Our Holy Church's Headquarters and the Sect Hierarch are there; you must love Yongdu the most!"

The maidservant's answer brought a smile to the girl in blue, who shook her head.

Immediately, the maidservant's face showed confusion as she asked, "Not Yongdu?"

"What I like most are the various borders of Yongzhou. For example, Tongling County where we stayed last year, and right now, Beixi County where we have been staying for such a long time."

"Tongling, Beixi?" Peony Herb muttered, her face even more puzzled. In her eyes, these two places were among the poorest within Yongzhou's borders. How could her noble mistress like such places?

"It's because in these places, I can see many different colors. Look at the clothes these people are wearing, there's gold, there's red, and in Tongling last year, there were white, yellow, and Qing. These places are not like Yongdu or other parts of Yongzhou, which are just a sea of black..."

Looking at the bewildered expression on Peony Herb's face, Sikong Yue shook her head. Suddenly, she frowned slightly and gently waved a breeze of True Qi to close the window before slowly walking back inside the room and sitting down in a chair.

Peony Herb thought Sikong Yue had some instructions and was about to speak when suddenly there was a knock at the door. It was Fu Ling's voice. She quickly opened the door and let Fu Ling in.

Fu Ling, dressed in black, was slightly short of breath, clearly having just rushed back from somewhere. As she saw Sikong Yue and tried to bow, she was gently lifted back up.

"There's no need for formalities; just tell me the news!"

Fu Ling nodded respectfully, her face showing a hint of excitement, and said, "Miss, your foresight is astonishing. Last night, after Ji Yanzhi's breakthrough failed in Tongling, the Left Protector's projection appeared and with one palm repelled Lord Fengtian Jing Tianyu, then warned Leiyin Temple and the other three Holy Lands before tearing up the Jin Capital alliance.

The Prefecture Chief of Jiuling told me that Tongling is now preparing for war, and Yongdu has already begun sending reinforcements to Xingnan Prefecture. The great battle will likely start very soon!"

The Rakshasa Holy Sect ruling over Yongzhou put in great effort. The province was vast, and relying solely on manpower for message delivery could result in lapses and delays. Therefore, long ago, the Sect had established Sky Pivot Mirrors in the eight prefectural cities. If any emergency arose in one prefecture, the message had to be transmitted to the Sky Pivot Mirror, allowing the other seven prefectures, including Yongdu, to be apprised of the situation and respond accordingly.

Last night, the sound of Left Protector Huangfu Xing tearing up the Jin Capital alliance had spread throughout Yongzhou. Sikong Yue immediately sent Fu Ling to the prefectural city to gather news—or rather, to confirm them.

Although Fu Ling was always in awe of the mistress's brilliance, after personally confirming the news in Jiuling Prefecture, her admiration for Sikong Yue was reinforced once more, because the report she had brought back was already discussed by Sikong Yue last year when they left Tongling.

At that time, Fu Ling found it incredible and hard to believe, but now that she had gone to Jiuling Prefecture and witnessed that everything had come true...

Confronted with Fu Ling's admiring gaze, Sikong Yue remained calm. Hearing the news, she showed no surprise but thought for a moment, her eyes reflecting a hint of confusion. She then asked, "Yongdu is reinforcing its troops? Could it be that when the Xuzhou Army crossed the border to attack Tongling, Peng Yuhu didn't lead the main force to Xuzhou?"