Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation
Chapter 1174 - Chapter 1174 Chapter 789 Encumbrance

Chapter 1174: Chapter 789: Encumbrance Chapter 1174: Chapter 789: Encumbrance A possibility flashed through his mind, and He Song immediately felt shock and suspicion.

Sun Faction.

Nine Yang Sect.

These two names.

Were they not too similar?

However, one was Yi Yang, and the other was Nine Yang.

The comparison of strength between the Sun Faction and the Nine Yang Sect was also extremely evident.

The Sun Faction was a Nascent Soul Force.

But the Nine Yang Sect, it was a Deity Transforming Sect.

And the name of the Sun Faction was merely called Yi Yang.

Whereas the powerful Nine Yang Sect was referred to as Nine Yang.

Such matters,

In He Song’s view, must have some connection between them.

Otherwise, when the Sun Faction was established, why would they choose a name that seemed so closely linked to the Nine Yang Sect within its Area of Influence?

This name, wasn’t it blatantly suggesting a connection with the Nine Yang Sect?

With such thoughts flashing through his mind, He Song felt even more convinced that his guess might indeed be nearing the truth.

However, even though the idea of a connection between the Sun Faction and the Nine Yang Sect had flashed through his mind,

He Song considered these to be mere speculations of his own.

Perhaps, the ancestor of the Sun Faction had not cared about these things when naming the Sect.

Or perhaps, there was no relationship between the Sun Faction and Nine Yang Sect at all, and True Monarch Ruoshui mentioned the Sun Faction simply because he had incidentally learned of its name.

With this thought, He Song quickly dismissed the other ideas in his mind.

Instead, he turned his attention to True Monarch Ruoshui standing before him,

Waiting for her response.

And True Monarch Ruoshui did not ponder much,

Instead, a hint of realization crossed her face when He Song had mentioned that he’d also heard of the Sun Faction.

“So that’s how it is.”

“Since Fellow Daoist comes from that area, then, it makes sense.”

“Not to conceal from Fellow Daoist,

“there is indeed some relationship between the Nine Yang Sect and the Sun Faction.”

“Many years ago, demonic beasts stirred trouble in the Demons Realm, a horde of them swarmed out, continuously devastating numerous Nascent Soul Sects neighboring it.”

“Once this happened, it caused great shock to many.

“And the Nine Yang Sect, located here, naturally bore the brunt of it.”

“To prevent those demonic beasts from the Demons Realm causing chaos,

“the Nine Yang Sect mobilized in full force after receiving the news, and after several bloody battles, they finally managed to hold back the beasts that swarmed out from the Demons Realm.”

“Later, through the intervention of the Deity Transforming cultivators of their Sect,

“they finally managed to settle this event.”

“However, to guard against the demonic beasts of the Demons Realm harboring malicious intentions and striking again,

“the Nine Yang Sect sent several Nascent Soul cultivators to the current location of the Sun Faction to establish a sect and unite the surrounding forces to brace for another possible assault from the demonic beasts.”

“Yet, as time passed,

“tens of thousands of years flew by in the blink of an eye, and the demonic beasts of Demons Realm no longer stirred,”

“the Sun Faction naturally declined due to the small territory it occupied and the scarcity of spirit Qi in the region, as well as the diminishing attention from the Nine Yang Sect,”

“and the number of Nascent Soul cultivators within their Sect.”

“By now, I fear, has dwindled from several to merely one or two, hasn’t it?”

At this point, True Monarch Ruoshui looked towards He Song.

Though her words were inquiring, her tone was quite certain,

Seeming to take for granted that the Sun Faction had long since declined.

Seeing this, He Song hesitated slightly, but in the end could only nod.

And when True Monarch Ruoshui saw He Song nod,

True Monarch Ruoshui then shook her head with a chuckle and continued,

“The decline of this Sun Faction, in my view, was inevitable.”

“Initially, when the Nine Yang Sect dispatched several Nascent Souls to establish the Sun Faction, apart from wanting to use the Sun Faction as a nail firmly placed before the Demons Realm to gain time,”

“it was also to reassure those Nascent Soul Sects adjacent to the Demons Realm.”

“Because as long as the Sun Faction remained there, it signified the Nine Yang Sect wouldn’t treat them as cannon fodder.”

“However, as time went by and the Demons Realm remained silent,

“the resources allocated to the Sun Faction by the Nine Yang Sect naturally diminished.”

“It is said that when the Sun Faction began to fall out of favor with the Nine Yang Sect, which reduced its yearly allocation of resources,”

“some incidents actually occurred.”

“At that time, several Nascent Soul cultivators from the Sun Faction sent one among them to the Nine Yang Sect, to make clear the pros and cons to the Sect leader of Nine Yang at the time, asking not to continue cutting resources to the Sun Faction.”

“Otherwise, it would lead the Sun Faction into an irreversible decline and also lead to the Sect no longer having the capacity to defend against an onslaught from the Demons Realm.”

“Especially since the Nine Yang Sect was reducing the resources given to the Sun Faction every year and not permitting their Nascent Soul cultivators to expand their territory.”

“The decline of the Sun Faction was thus doomed.”

“And by the time the Sun Faction deteriorated completely, leaving only a couple of Nascent Soul cultivators within the entire sect,

“how could they possibly have the strength to unite the Nascent Soul forces in the vicinity to resist an invasion from the Demons Realm and serve as a nail for the Nine Yang Sect?”

“However, the Sect leader of Nine Yang at that time did not heed such opinions.”

“The resources given to the Sun Faction by the Nine Yang Sect continued to reduce year by year.”