Dashing Student-Chapter 1230: The Struggle Between Righteous and Demonic Paths

Chapter 1230: Chapter 1230: The Struggle Between Righteous and Demonic Paths

The cultivator from the Righteous Alliance spoke with blatant threats, tinged with disdain towards Gao Xue and the others, causing Zhong Ling and the others to clench their fists in anger, as it was practically extortion.

Suppressing the anger in her heart, Gao Xue immediately instructed someone to fetch the Spirit Stones and handed them to the cultivator from the Righteous Alliance, only hoping for this matter to pass quickly.

Taking the storage bag, the cultivator from the Righteous Alliance weighed it and laughed, saying, "It’s good you know your place. However, changing the Island Master and re-certifying identities is quite a hassle."

Gao Xue knew exactly what he meant, and she was so angry she wanted to kick that dark face. She was not the type to swallow her anger, and bowing and scraping like this was intolerable for her.

Just when she was about to lose her composure, Li Songnian quietly entered the living room, stepped forward to shield Gao Xue and Zhong Ling, and handed over a storage bag.

"Sir, here are thirty thousand Spirit Stones for your gracious acceptance, hoping you’ll take good care of us."

The cultivator from the Righteous Alliance happily took the storage bag, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Hmm, you understand things well. As an envoy, I can only burden myself for this."

He then took out a token from his own storage bag. The front of the token was engraved with the words "Island Master Zhong Ling," while the back had the words "Righteous Alliance," and the edges had special patterns, very exquisite, but obviously pre-made.

Just having him take it out cost thirty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, which almost made Gao Xue’s eyes blaze with fire, but when she thought of the Righteous Alliance, she forcibly restrained herself.

In addition to Zhong Ling’s Island Master token, he took out more tokens, with the back also having the words "Righteous Alliance," but the front only had names, carved on the spot.

Compared to the Island Master token, Gao Xue and their tokens were somewhat coarse, but even Chen Nan received one, except that the token had the name "Jue Mingzi" on it.

The inside of the token had intricate miniature arrays engraved as anti-counterfeiting marks, easily detectable with a slight sensation. Moreover, the token required fusion with the owner’s hair and blood to prevent it from being used by Demon Cultivators.

Chen Nan dropped a drop of blood on it, which was quickly absorbed by the token, marking it as his personal token, a pass for the Righteous Alliance’s territory.

"By the way, may I ask for your name, sir? Since we are now cultivators of the Righteous Alliance, we should know who our guide is." Li Songnian asked with a smile.

"This envoy’s name is Sun Changgeng. You are quite impressive." The cultivator from the Righteous Alliance looked at Li Songnian with great satisfaction. After all, bringing people into the Righteous Alliance and collecting protection fees was considered a great merit within the alliance.

Having collected enough Spirit Stones, Sun Changgeng left, and after he walked away, Gao Xue slapped the table, causing it to shatter into pieces.

"They’re simply insatiable. If the Righteous Alliance is all like this, they’d better be overthrown soon!"

Li Songnian sighed. Being older and more composed, he still couldn’t help but feel a slight anger: "There’s no way around it. If we don’t join the Righteous Alliance, they will keep causing trouble unless we leave Luoyue Island. Consider it a financial disaster averted."

Listening to their conversation, Chen Nan asked in confusion, "What is the Righteous Alliance?"

Zhong Ling also nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, how come I don’t know about it?"

Li Songnian sighed, shook his head, and smiled bitterly, "This isn’t a big deal, so back then, Brother Zhong Fei never mentioned it."

"As for the Righteous Alliance, its history is quite long..."

Through Li Songnian’s explanation, Chen Nan came to understand what the Righteous Alliance really was.

It turns out that although the Endless Sea is vast and boundless, there are sects and families, just like on the Nine Provinces Continent. Even though the lifestyle is quite different from that on the Nine Provinces Continent, there is still a distinction between righteous and demon paths, even more intense than on the Nine Provinces Continent.

Demon Cultivators on the sea aren’t like on the Nine Provinces Continent, where everyone wants to eliminate them, because the righteous and demon paths each have their own areas and territories, competing for resources, islands, and treasures. The battle between righteousness and demons continues without end.

The righteous forces have united to form the Righteous Alliance, with Wuji Palace being the most powerful. Similarly, the demon forces have formed a union called the Demon Sect, with the Ten Thousand Demon Sect as the leading force.

However, the battlefield is far from Luoyue Island, and since Luoyue Island is within the Righteous Alliance’s territory, we need to pay a protection fee to support the frontline battles.

If the fighting becomes too intense, there might even be times when cultivators are conscripted to join the battle.

In short, the cultivation environment on the Endless Sea is more intense than on the Nine Provinces Continent, and the conduct of sea cultivators is more fierce.

"Ten Thousand Demon Sect?"

Chen Nan slightly furrowed his brow, recalling the alluring Tu Susu, surprised to find out she was from the Endless Sea.

Seeing everyone’s indignant expressions, Chen Nan sighed slightly, originally just wanting to cultivate peacefully, but he didn’t want anyone riding on his neck either.

The Righteous Alliance can collect protection fees, but they can’t extort!

Looked down upon before cultivation, and still looked down upon after cultivating, then what’s the point of cultivating?

"Ling’er, I need to go out to sea to hunt demon beasts, so I’ll be leaving for a while. Don’t slack off on your cultivation, understand?"

Suddenly hearing Chen Nan was leaving, Zhong Ling was stunned for a moment: "Master, I want to go with you!"

"Not this time!" Chen Nan firmly refused: "I’ll take you next time."

"I’ll trouble everyone to take good care of Ling’er."

"Of course." Gao Xue and the others replied quickly.

Then Chen Nan left Luoyue Island, quickly disappearing into the sky.

"Do you think Jue Mingzi is really going to hunt demon beasts?" Li Songnian, watching the direction Chen Nan had left, suddenly spoke up.

Gao Xue snorted coldly, "You’ve guessed it already, so why ask? As expected of the man I fancy!"

"Will Master be alright?"

Zhong Ling suddenly interjected, causing Li Songnian and Gao Xue to startle. Was it right to let Zhong Ling know about this?

Seeing their expressions, Zhong Ling curled her lips: "I’m not stupid, that Sun Changgeng just left, and Master followed right away. Obviously, he’s going to vent his anger."

A gratified smile appeared on Gao Xue’s face as she patted Zhong Ling’s head, "Ling’er has finally grown up. Don’t worry, although I don’t know your Master’s background, he is certainly not an ordinary person."

Li Songnian looked somewhat worried, "Killing a cultivator from the Righteous Alliance, I hope it won’t cause too much trouble."

"Even if it does cause trouble, it won’t reach us." Gao Xue wished she could go with Chen Nan, to which Li Songnian could only sigh heavily.

On the other side, after leaving Luoyue Island, Chen Nan conjured a pair of Thunder Wings behind him, his body streaking across the sky like a bolt of lightning, intercepting Sun Changgeng, who hadn’t gone far.

"It’s you? What do you want now?" Sun Changgeng, still unaware of his problem, remained haughty in his demeanor.

Chen Nan’s expression was indifferent, with no mana fluctuations, but his gaze was sharp and terrifying.

"Hand over the Spirit Stones you extorted, and I might let you die more comfortably."