Li Xiao replied quickly.
"Good boy, you have broken through to the Dharmakāya so quickly, you are quite good." Li Xiao was very moved. He was a rookie in the early stage of True Dan, but now he is a big boss. He is not jealous at all. He had broken through to the Dharmakāya a few years ago. In addition, he practiced swordsmanship and had unparalleled attack power. Once he broke through, he became a strong man in the first level of Dharmakāya.
"It was luck, just luck." Zhang Shen said casually. He and Li Xiao were good friends and partners in interests. They often got along very casually and didn't need to be too restrained.
He told Li Xiao that he wanted to seek development and find a base for the Ancient Alliance to continue expanding.
Li Xiao thought for a moment and gave a suggestion.
Inside the human territory and the abyss sea.
There is no invasion from foreign races within the human race's territory, and there are fellow human beings all around. There is no need to worry about the source of disciples, and there are sufficient resources for cultivation, which can fully meet the needs of a Dharma force for cultivation. However, the infighting among the same race is very serious. For the sake of interests and resources, the fights between each other are extremely brutal, and it is common for the loser to have his entire family inheritance destroyed.
The human race's territory is limited, and the resources are limited. If you want to become stronger, you need more resources. It's not like money that can be circulated. As long as it is not destroyed, it will exist forever. Cultivation resources are always in a state of consumption, and the amount in circulation is far less than the amount consumed by the warriors themselves in their cultivation.
People's desire for power is basically the same. Everyone wants to have great power and hegemony. For this reason, they fight and kill each other mercilessly for limited cultivation resources.
The pros and cons of going into the human territory are very obvious. It is where humans gather and is suitable for the development of human power. There is no need to worry about attacks from powerful foreigners. You just need to be careful not to become a loser in the competition for interests and resources.
Of course, in the human territory, even if one is defeated, one's inheritance will only be taken away, and all dissatisfied warriors will be killed. As for mortal blood relatives who have not entered the realm of warriors, the winner usually will not destroy them.
The fight is limited to warriors above the acquired level, and without special reasons, it will not affect mortal blood relatives.
The abyss sea is completely different. The fighting there has no bottom line, and any conspiracy or trick can be used. The winner gets everything, and the loser loses everything. It is a paradise for the strong and a hell for the weak. There, the will of the strong is the criterion for everything.
This is so because the Abyss Sea is rich in resources. Not to mention the human territory, even if you add up the resources of the human and demon territories together and multiply them dozens of times, it is still less than one ten-thousandth of the resources of the Abyss Sea.
Such a huge amount of cultivation resources naturally attracted various races from the Great Wilderness Realm to flock there, thus creating a chaotic situation there.
The advantages and disadvantages of the Abyss Sea are also clear at a glance.
"But decades ago, there was a space riot in the Abyss Sea, and countless forces were destroyed because of this space riot. Until now, there are still a large number of ownerless chassis there. With the power of Dharma, you should be able to gain a foothold there." Li Xiao introduced the advantages and disadvantages of these two places to Zhang Shen in detail.
Zhang Shen knew more about the Abyss Sea than Li Xiao. His clone had been there for decades and knew it better than Li Xiao. There were indeed a large number of ownerless chassis there, but the situation was much more complicated and the chaos was even more terrifying than what Li Xiao described.
Especially after the space riot, countless strong people were waiting there for opportunities.
Zhang Shen really needs to think carefully about these two places before making a choice.
To be honest, none of them are particularly good places, but except for the spiritual desert, there is no other good place in the Great Wilderness that is not occupied by living beings.
No matter where you are, fighting is inevitable. Relatively speaking, the territory of the human race and the abyss sea are already
Better.
The rest are places of alien races, and there is no room for human forces to intervene unless they can be suppressed!
"Take your time to think about it. No matter what, you must leave a branch in the human territory. Not only will it leave a backup plan for revival, but it will also help you get the latest intelligence."
"Although there is all sorts of information on the main brain website, there is always a delay, not to mention that some very confidential information will not be circulated on the main brain website at all."
Zhang Shen readily accepted Li Xiao's proposal.
It was decided to establish a branch of the Ancient Alliance in the area where the True Sword Ancient Sect, a true god-level force behind Li Xiao, was located.
Li Xiao's grandfather, the demigod Tianyu, was extremely powerful in the Zhenjian Ancient Sect, so Li Xiao's status naturally rose with him as well. With him looking after him, it would be more stable for the Ancient Alliance branch to be established in the Zhenjian Ancient Sect's jurisdiction than in other places.
It is called a branch, but in fact it is just a stronghold, similar to a shop, which will sell various low-level cultivation resources.
Asking Li Xiao to take care of the matter is not just a free favor. The Ancient Alliance also needs to pay some price, such as a certain amount of offerings every year, and taking sides.
This is because of the meaning.
Both of them are sober and decisive people who know how to maintain the friendship between the two parties. A friendship that simply makes one party suffer a loss cannot last long, unless that person is an idiot.
Putting down the extension leaf, Zhang Shen began to think about who to send to the Zhenjian Ancient Sect to establish a branch.
"With Li Xiao taking care of it, as long as we don't do anything stupid and touch things we shouldn't touch, the branch will be fine."
"However, conflicts in the human race's territory are frequent. Whether it is business competition or martial arts friction, we need someone who is both powerful and versatile to preside over it."
After thinking it over, Zhang Shen found that only his uncle Zhang Yu and Li Zhong had this ability.
They have now entered the True Dan realm and have enough strength to establish branches.
At the same time, in their lives, they have had times of high status and power, as well as times of poverty and struggle to survive. They have experienced all kinds of complex situations and have enough experience to deal with them.
"Uncle is needed here in the Endless Wilderness. Li Zhong does not have the status to command the entire Ancient Alliance."
After the process of elimination, Li Zhong was the only candidate left.
Zhang Shen summoned Li Zhao and Li Zhong and told them what had happened.
"This is very important. The Ancient Alliance cannot continue to wander around the periphery of the human race. We need to hammer a nail there so that the Ancient Alliance can take root in the human race in the future."
"Li Zhong, I need you to be the one to hammer the nail in."
"Are you willing?" Zhang Shen had already made the decision and was prepared to persuade others if he was rejected, but it would be best if Li Zhong could agree on his own.
Li Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Everything depends on the leader's orders."
Zhang Shen nodded with satisfaction. "Your mission will not be easy. You need to gain a firm foothold there, familiarize yourself with the rules of conduct within the human territory, and sort them out."
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"Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly. If you do this well, I will give you a mid-level Dharma-phase technique."
Zhang Shen said a lot, and at the end he threw a sweet date to Li Zhong.
This is something that any martial artist who lacks a method of cultivation cannot refuse, and Li Zhong is no exception.
I was immediately excited and determined to run the branch well.
Li Zhao was also happy for Li Zhong. Although she had many skills, she had no Dharma-phase level skills. She only mastered the "Thousand Mountains" that she was currently majoring in.
The ninth level of Daozhendan practice.
She had originally planned to wait until later to slowly find a suitable martial arts book for Li Zhong, but now it was best for him to have the opportunity to obtain it with his own abilities.
Li Zhong went back to prepare the manpower and materials needed to establish a branch, and waited for news from Li Xiao.
Without Li Xiao leading the way, it would be impossible to establish a branch with Li Zhong and others.
Unless Zhang Shen takes action himself and relies on the strength of a powerful Dharma master to do this.
But he had no intention of running to the territory of the Zhenjian Ancient School.
The clones are hiding in Zhenwu Continent and have no plans to leave there in the short term.
The same goes for him. Unless his life is at stake, he has no intention of hanging around in the territories of those powerful men.
Just two words: cautious!
In fact, he already had a solution to this problem in his mind.
The soul inheritance he obtained from Lord Soul Sorrow contained a solution to this problem.
The second soul!
"There is actually a method of cultivating a second soul in martial arts, but I don't have such a method at the moment."
"The flesh and blood clone is very similar to this, but the flesh and blood clone is in the same predicament as me, and it is not suitable to continue to show up in public."
The second spiritual power technique is just right for the current situation.
"The Soul Path is the path to cultivating the spirit and soul. The second spirit of this path is even more mysterious than the second spirit, or even my flesh and blood clone."
It is precisely because of this that Zhang Shen needs the world to comprehend this technique.
According to his estimation, within ten to fifteen years, he would be able to fully comprehend the technique of the second divine soul.
"To separate a second soul, one's own soul is extremely demanding. If one's will is not strong and the soul is not powerful, the soul will be directly shattered when the soul is split."
"It's just right that I can use these ten years of contemplation to strengthen my soul."
Those soul treasures in his hands that were selected to avoid being converted into experience points are just right to be used now.
"There are so many things to do." Zhang Shen sighed, but he was very satisfied in his heart. Such days were very fulfilling. Every minute and every second was spent working hard to become stronger and preparing for the major changes that would follow in the future.
Soon, Li Zhong brought a group of people and followed Li Xiao, who had returned to the Zhenjian Ancient Sect, to the interior of the human territory.
Li Zhao also had a new task.
On the development path of the Ancient Alliance, Zhang Shen finally chose the Abyss Sea.
The situation within the human territory is too complicated. If the Ancient Alliance wants to intervene, the first thing it will have to face is collective rejection and suppression from the other side.
As for outsiders, everyone has a tacit understanding that they must defeat the outsiders first and then decide the winner.
Even if we can divide it up, it will take too much time and energy.
It would be better to go to the Abyss Sea, where everything is decided by fists and there are fewer intrigues and deceptions.
Not to mention that Zhang Shen knew more about the Abyss Sea than the human territory, and he had even driven a nail into the Abyss Sea long ago.
Li Zhao was the person Zhang Shen chose to go to the Abyss Sea to develop the Ancient Alliance.
Zhang Shen has great confidence in his apprentice. Although her strategies are not very sophisticated, her strength and cautious and decisive character make her very suitable for the Abyss Sea, a place where fighting is raging.
Coupled with some trump cards he prepared, as long as he didn't face the demigod directly, he would be fine.