Immortal Only Accepts Female Disciples

Chen Wentian discussed the matter with Zhou Ziyun until the next morning. Out of all disciples, he valued her advice the most. She viewed matters differently from him yet the result was often similar. Her sensibility suited his style of being cautious and prepared for all possibilities. She considered all factors. She calculated the reactions and responses of all parties involved. She was the one he trusted the most in this situation.

The first point that they both agreed on after lengthy discussion was that the Nineteen Demon Subduing Palms was the culprit for the demon’s abnormal reaction and that the palm arts contained a secret.

Lin Qingcheng should not have been able to dominate that jiangshi so easily, given the gap in cultivation levels as well as her poor fighting instincts and lazy practice. There must have been something in the palm strikes that were especially effective against demons which raised a primal fear within it. This something was so effective that even Lin Qingcheng was able to win.

The second point they concurred on was that the message talisman probably was not completely destroyed. Chen Wentian knew of at least one way to allow a message talisman to persist after being intercepted. His way involved teleporting a portion of the message away using space-attribute spiritual energy, the same energy that the void bee queen was capable of producing. Since there was one method, there was bound to be more known to higher realm immortals. Chen Wentian was still a Spirit Lord and incapable of using brute force to overwhelm something created by a higher power.

This led to the third point that some kind of danger was approaching. They both knew this to be true but they were unable to guess when it would come or in what form. It was even more difficult to gauge the true level of danger. They didn’t know how much of the original message survived but was it definitely was not the whole message. Less information sent back meant less danger while the opposite was also possible. The unknown enemy might only know the general direction or they might know the general area. Perhaps they knew the exact location already. It was impossible to tell.

Regardless of the possibilities, they both agreed that they had to react appropriately. They had to be prepared. They were both people that wouldn’t be satisfied with sitting still and waiting for lightning to strike them down in a storm. They would rather seek shelter and ask questions later.

The first reaction was increased vigilance. If something was coming, Chen Wentian wanted to know about it as quickly as possible. Chen Mo would be responsible for this task along with the void bee queen. Profits from void-attribute spiritual crystals were suspended for time being and the queen’s efforts would be solely focused on working together with Chen Mo.

This effort would be most arduous of all and would require the full attention of both immortal souls for the duration. Chen Mo would have to control as many shadow anchors as he could handle and the queen bee would have to manage a massively expanding hive. They were not allowed to slack off even one bit, not until Chen Wentian could get some assurances that the unknown danger had passed.

Thankfully, Zhou Ziyun had already thought about the matter of Chen Mo and the queen void bee working together for this kind of task. She came up with a cooperative system where the best strengths of both could be utilized. Chen Mo’s shadow anchors were great at instantaneous feedback but they weren’t able to scale to extremely large numbers. Bees, on the other hand, were naturally adept at producing hives in the millions, even billions. A single hive could cover a vast area and the queen could make multiple hives.

The system called for the bees to use their existing method of communication which involved intricate dances. These dances allowed scout bees to tell the hive where sources of void nectar were and where potential enemies were. They even had a set of dances to warn of overwhelming enemies in the vicinity. All Chen Mo had to do was learn these dances and place shadow anchors in each of the hives. If the bees found anything, he would know of it in almost real-time.

This was such a good idea that Chen Wentian promised Zhou Ziyun a big reward when they met up again. She wasn’t quite satisfied and made him agree to a bigger reward than what Lin Qingcheng was going to get. Stuck in a pointless competition between two women, he could only agree.

The second reaction was to gather more information. Zhou Ziyun had only casually read about demons before now. There were many more resources available that she had not studied yet. Chen Wentian could also use his status as an immortal to ask around and hopefully get information from his peers. They would both be responsible for finding as much information as they could about demon slayers, demon slayer arts, and what kind of demon could potentially be interested in them. The chances of actually finding anything useful were low but it was better than sitting around and doing nothing.

The third reaction would involve the remaining disciples. All of them, Jasmine especially, would focus on practicing the Nineteen Demon Subduing Palms as much as they could. Chen Wentian wasn't hoping for them to gain any special insights that he or Zhou Ziyun couldn’t. Instead, he simply wanted them to be well-practiced in these palms since they were highly effective against demons. If worst came to worst, they would at least be able to fight back.

The only caveat was that they were not allowed to use the palm arts against actual demons lest it triggered another, similar reaction as the jiangshi. The last thing he wanted was for the unseen enemy to get another piece of information about him and his disciples. As long as this rule was in place, he didn’t have to worry about another accident happening.

And lastly, demon hunting activities that had already begun across several provinces would continue unabated. Each disciple would be responsible for their existing demon hunting tasks in addition to these brand-new ones.

Chen Wentian had wanted to stop these activities but Zhou Ziyun convinced him otherwise. It was best to stay the course and not make any obvious moves. Anything out of the ordinary would be picked up by unseen enemies. The best reaction was to not react at all and play dumb. If they were alarmed, then their enemy would be alarmed as well.

The next morning, Chen Wentian sent word to all of his disciples informing them of the recent developments and how the sect would respond. He didn’t want to frighten them but the matter was too serious so he told them the simple truth.

Ten Thousand Flower Valley was facing a crisis, the first one in its short history and hopefully the one out of many in a long future.

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