Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

In a distant part of the forest, the battle was still ongoing.

But regardless of how it was fought, it was already decided that the outcome would be the defeat of Godhead and Beast Refining. Without their strategic advantage, any effort they put in was pointless.

This had nothing to do with who the first treasure belonged to. The moment Tang Jie's plan to lay a siege and attack the reinforcements began, foreign relations became the decisive factor, rather than strength. Those who lost out in the battle of human relations would lose the entire battle.

After resting in the forest, Tang Jie and Wei Tianchong had recovered much of their strength.

Wei Tianchong shook his body and stood up. "Let's go and see how Senior Brothers Ye and Peng are doing. We might even be able to get something more."

This was his first time on the battlefield, and rarely had he obtained such spoils, so he was in high spirits, all of his cowardice swept away.

Tang Jie shook his head. "If you want to go, go. I won't be heading over."

"Huh? Then where are you going? It was so hard to get everyone together, so why split up again?" Wei Tianchong was confused.

The members of other sects couldn't contact each other whenever they wanted like those of the Seven Absolutions Sect, so they had only been able to get together by using the treasure light. Now that they had finally come together, there was naturally no need to split up again. Thus, Wei Tianchong had thought about having all of them move together.

Tang Jie laughed. "I'm naturally going to look for a chance to improve myself. Why else would I ask for so many blessed land quotas?"

Tang Jie's first priority was to advance in cultivation realm, waiting until he was in the Mortal Shedding Realm to exert himself. Thus, he was in no rush to meet up with everyone else.

In any case, Godhead and Beast Refining had already been eliminated, and what came next was a clash between the Absolutions-Ocean alliance and the Moon-Passions alliance. This would naturally be a stalemate, which was exactly what Tang Jie hoped to see.

The longer this competition dragged on, the greater his chances of reaching Mortal Shedding became.

He now had Ye Tianshang's, Wei Tianchong's, and the Seven Absolutions Sect's quotas, which was eight extra quotas, and he had eight bottles of True Essence Pills besides that. Together with the more concentrated spiritual energy of the blessed land, if he were given a month, he could reach the peak of Spirit Sea.

Of course, it would be very difficult for the competition to go for another month in this state, but Tang Jie had a plan.

Wei Tianchong was very reluctant to see Tang Jie go off on his own, but Tang Jie was right. Cultivation was very individualistic, and it wasn't right to do it with everyone else around. He could only say, "Then what do we do if we need to find you?"

Tang Jie thought it over and pointed at a distant mountain. "We passed that mountain on the way here. See that outcrop on the mountain? The one that looks like fish lips? It is located in a position of extreme Qian, at the intersection of Li and Geng, making it the perfect place to absorb spiritual light. I will go there to improve myself. If you guys have anything to say to me or have gotten anything, you can send a message to me by flying sword. If the other senior brothers have found Ghostface Ginseng or other plants, they can also sell it to me there. Of course, I will have to pay them once we get out of the blessed land. Right—if there is any news of the Stop Gate Banner, inform me as soon as you can."

When it came to cultivation resources, Tang Jie's attitude was "the more, the better."

Tang Jie laughed. "Actually, it's not easy to come to a blessed land, so why rush to decide the outcome? If I had any say, I would have everyone put down their arms and use this opportunity to cultivate for a few days to get stronger before having the final battle. That's the best way, in my view."

Wei Tianchong scratched his head. "That's true, but once the treasures emerge, battles are inevitable. They wouldn't be able to stop themselves even if they wanted to."

Tang Jie smiled. "This is very simple. Once the treasures are found, immediately put them in Mustard Seed Bags."

"Huh?" Wei Tianchong was shocked.

Tang Jie explained, "Think about it. The moment the treasure enters the bag, the treasure light will stop, so there naturally won't be any battles. Of course, this would mean that the twelve-hour limit isn't met and that the treasure doesn't belong to anybody, but what does that matter? Put it to the side and cultivate. Once you're basically done cultivating, you can take out the treasure and get everyone together for the final battle. Do you know what Yun Wuji's greatest mistake was? It wasn't that he took the first treasure, but that he didn't join up with the rest of his team after getting the Taiyi Profound Clarity Cup. If he had gotten everyone together and then taken hostages, we wouldn't have been able to pull off our plan of besieging him and targeting his reinforcements."

The people outside cursed at Tang Jie for acting too far out of line.

If things went as he said, these days were bound to be calm and peaceful for a time. Nobody would show the treasure light until they were satisfied with the cultivation progress they had made. But once they appeared, there was bound to be treasure light coming from all corners, followed by a frenzied melee until everything was settled.

But the days in between would be insufferably boring and plain.