Who goes there?
The leaders of the five factions spoke in unison, each with a different tone.
Just when Master Xuanwei was about to speak, David raised his hand to stop him.
He stepped forward, his gaze sweeping across the disciples of the five sects. Suddenly, he formed a hand seal, and a chaotic light spot shone from between his eyebrows.
The chaotic immortal power turned into five-colored streams of light, which shot towards the disciples of the five respective lineages.
The disciples of the Five Veins instinctively defended themselves, but the five-colored light did not attack. Instead, the light turned into five small cycles of the Five Elements in front of them—metal produced water, water produced wood, wood produced fire, fire produced earth, and earth produced metal, which produced each other perfectly without any hindrance.
What is even more amazing is that these five smaller cycles are interconnected, forming the larger cycle of the Five Elements and continuously renewing themselves.
“This is it” The disciples of the Five Families were stunned.
They had practiced the Dao of the Five Elements for hundreds of years, and had never seen such perfect and harmonious operation of the Five Elements.
Each of the five lineages in the sect cultivated one of the five elements. Although they understood the principle of mutual generation of the five elements, they never actually practiced it because of sectarian prejudice.
“Take me to Sect Leader Jin.”
David retracted his Chaos Immortal Power. “I’m just saying someone can solve the Five Element Sect’s thousand year dilemma.”
The disciples of the five lineages looked at each other in confusion. Finally, the leader of the Golden Bloodline gritted his teeth and said, “Please follow me.”
Five Elements Sect, Five Elements Great Hall.
The main hall was pentagon-shaped, with five elders from five lineages sitting in five different directions.
At the head of the table sat a round-faced old man, wearing a five-colored Daoist robe and always smiling; he was none other than the sect leader, Jin Buhuan.
“Young friend David has come from afar; I apologize for not welcoming you properly.”
Jin Buhuan smiled widely, “I heard that you, young man, sparred over swordsmanship with Old Man Dugu in the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, and even managed to get him to submit and join the alliance. I really admire you.”
David cupped his hands in greeting: “Sect Leader Jin, you are overpraising me. I came here to invite the Five Element Sect to join the Anti-Devil Alliance.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the elders of the five clans began discussing among themselves.
“An alliance? My Five Elements Sect is protected by the Five Elements Reincarnation Array, which the Evil Path Hall cannot penetrate. Why take the risk?”
“Exactly! Instead of going out and risking our lives, we should stay and wait for them to weaken each other!”
“Nonsense! Don’t you understand the principle ‘if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold’? Once the Evil Path Hall annihilates other forces, we will be next!”
“If you want to fight, fight members of the Fire Sect! We, disciples of the Water Stream, are not good at fighting!”
The five factions each had their own version of events, and it seemed they would soon start arguing.
Jin Buhuan remained smiling, not stopping him or giving him any instructions. He just stared at David, as if waiting for his reaction.
David understood—Jin Buhuan was testing him. If he couldn’t even resolve the internal disputes among the five factions, how could he possibly talk about an alliance?
He suddenly spoke, his voice not loud, but drowning out all arguments: “The difficulties facing the Five Element Sect are not caused by external enemies, but rather by internal strife.”
The main hall fell silent.
David continued, “The Way of the Five Elements is supposed to be mutually reinforcing and exist in a continuous cycle. However, the five lineages of the Five Elements Sect each cultivate one element, compete with each other and refuse to yield to each other, which leads to an imbalance of the Five Elements and deficiencies in the Way.”
“Therefore, although the Five Elements Reincarnation Formation is powerful, it will never reach the perfect state of ‘eternal life’ – because the disciples of the five lineages who set up the formation are not of one mind.”
Elder Jin sneered, “Kid, you make it sound so easy! Co-generation of the five elements is great, but resources are limited. How are we going to allocate them?”
Why allocate resources?
David argued, “The five elements mutually produce each other; metal produces water. Therefore, the metal energy lost during metal path cultivation can help water path cultivation.”
“Water nourishes wood. The water essence cultivated by water stream disciples can nourish wood stream. In this cycle, with all five streams being cultivated simultaneously, resources will not only not be lacking, but will actually increase due to recycling.”
The little fire unicorn on his shoulders jumped out at the right moment, its little claws slashing through the air, once again depicting the perfect illusory image of the cycle of the five elements.
This time, David infused a trace of chaotic immortal power into it.
The five-colored light shone brightly, the circulation speed increased drastically, and it even began to actively absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the void, turning it into pure five-element power!
FAQ Novel
Q: What happens during the intense sword battle?
A: An epic sword clash between David and Dugu Ao showcases incredible power, leading to a surprising outcome.
Q: What new alliance is formed in this chapter?
A: The Heavenly Sword Pavilion pledges its allegiance to David, under the condition that they only obey his direct orders.
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