As soon as these words came out, Hong Can and others immediately looked at Zhang Ke.
Now, they understand everything and finally realize something.
Without Zhang Ke's help, the Xiawan tribe might not be able to survive in this world.
Zhang Ke pondered and said:
"If you want the Xiawan tribe to survive in this war that lasts four hundred years, you have only one way, and that is..."
Looking at a few people, he slowly spoke.
"That is to become the final winner of this war!"
The hearts of Hong Can and others beat violently.
They know their abilities very well. If they want to do this, they cannot rely on the Xiawan tribe's own strength. It is only possible by relying on external forces.
And this external force currently only has one person.
Hong Can and others couldn't help but lower their heads and look at the short figure sitting upright above Wen Yu.
After thinking for a moment, Red Silkworm bowed to the ground first.
"Please Ruyi Jushi become the leader of the tribe and guide the tribe to victory in this war."
The red silkworm pressed its face tightly to the ground, pleading with the most solemn ceremony in the tribe.
Seeing this, Shi Xiong and the others looked at each other, and they all knelt down and bowed in the same way.
They all said in unison:
"Please invite Master Ruyi to become the leader of the tribe!"
"Please invite Master Ruyi to become the leader of the tribe!"
Zhang Ke smiled slightly and said softly:
"It doesn't have to be like this. Chief of the Red Silkworm clan, please get up first and listen to what I have to say."
Hong Silkworm stood up after hearing this, and Fengli and others also sat up one by one.
Zhang Ke held his chin and looked at a few people and said with a smile:
"You don't think that I want to seize the position of clan leader of the Xiawan tribe, do you?"
Hong Silkworm looked at the other people in confusion.
Since practitioners want to win victory over the ‘demons’ in this world, isn’t this what Zhang Ke’s intention is?
Otherwise, why would he have to talk so much to himself and others.
Zhang Ke smiled softly and said softly:
"In my realm, I control nearly a billion people. The Xiawan tribe only has a thousand people. To me, it's not even a drop in the bucket. If I were to become the leader of this tribe, I wouldn't be ridiculed by others."
Hong Silkworm's face turned red.
The position of clan leader that she regarded as a treasure was actually considered an insult by the people in front of her, which was a big blow to her heart.
Shan Qiao could not help but ask:
"Businessman, how many people are one billion people?"
Zhang Ke looked at Shan Qiao, whose eyes were full of confusion, and couldn't help but smile.
He shook his head with a smile and didn't explain much. He just said:
"Don't worry, you will know what this number is in the future."
Fengli suddenly said:
"Buddha, if you want to win this war, do you need to teach us some magical methods?
If so, can we live longer?"
The word "Shen Dao Dharma" was accidentally spoken by Zhang Ke when he was staying in the tribe three months ago, but it was memorized by Feng Li with a heart.
Hearing Feng Li's words, Zhang Ke was stunned.
He was stunned not because of Fengli's request, but because of the earnestness in Fengli's tone about "living longer."
Looking at Fengli and the others, their faces were filled with expectations and longing.
Zhang Ke suddenly understood.
Perhaps the earliest spiritual practice of mankind was born out of the desire to live forever.
Immortality!
For the first time, these two words had weight in Zhang Ke's heart.
As a result, I gained a deeper understanding of spiritual practice.
The heart moves as it pleases.
At this moment, in his 'Niwan Palace', the unified soul suddenly gained a hint of spirituality.
The long-awaited opportunity to advance to the rank of Dao Lord appeared without any warning.
Perhaps advancing to the rank of Taoist Master still requires a lot of sorting out and self-cultivation.
But like a seed buried deep in the soil, when it sprouts, it is only a matter of time before it breaks out of the ground.
Zhang Ke closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and understood and comprehended the feelings in his heart bit by bit.
Hong Can and others suddenly noticed that Zhang Ke seemed to have a mysterious aura around him, but when they looked carefully, there was nothing there.
It's like they see their own reflection in the water, illusory yet real.
Red Silkworm instinctively felt that it was not the right moment to interfere with Zhang Ke.
She stopped Feng Li from speaking again, and several people just sat around Zhang Ke and waited quietly.
A few days later, a roar like thunder suddenly came from the sky and the earth.
"My name is Feihong, and I hereby swear an oath to join the Luo Tribe and participate in the 'Tao Demon War' from today on. This contract will last until the end of the war!"
The mighty voice came down from the sky. It was obviously not the language of this world, but every intelligent creature in the world understood the meaning of this sentence.
Hong Can and others couldn't help but look up, as if they wanted to see who was talking through the mountain peaks.
While several people were thinking about the meaning of that oath, Zhang Ke also fell into trance and was awakened.
After he slowly opened his eyes, he only saw a few haggard figures.
"How many days will it take for me to enter samadhi this time?"
Red Silkworm whispered:
"The layman has been silent for seven days!"
Zhang Ke said "Hmm", looked at the haggard faces of several people, and waved his left hand across the stone table in front of him.
The stone table suddenly appeared full of various spiritual fruits and tea sets.
"You should eat some fruits first, and then continue talking."
The spirit fruit was crisp, sweet, and had a long aftertaste, but Hong Silkworm and the others had no intention of tasting it carefully.
After swallowing a few spiritual fruits, he looked forward to Zhang Ke's reply.
Zhang Ke freely used the power of the Five Elements to cook the spiritual tea with his fingertips. Thanks to his previous understanding of the secret of 'vital energy transformation', he could now use the vitality of heaven and earth with ease.
Note that what is said here is 'use', which is completely different from his past 'call'.
The use of the vitality of heaven and earth means different degrees of mastering the vitality.
When in the golden elixir realm, practitioners are "leveraging", using the magic power cultivated in their bodies to respond to the outside world, and using their own little bit of inspiration to "leverage" the energy of the outside world to perform spells.
When you reach the realm of Yuanshen, the three treasures of "Jing, Qi, Shen" merge into one, and heaven and earth arise within your body.
It is equivalent to a radiation source in itself. Within this range, the vitality of heaven and earth will be transformed into the same attributes due to the influence of radiation.
This is why when True Lord Yuanshen fights against True Lord Jindan, he can deprive True Lord Jindan of his vitality.
But this kind of radiation actually 'borrows' the vitality of heaven and earth.
And the word "borrow" also means that the vitality of heaven and earth does not belong to oneself.
Zhang Ke's state at this time is different from "borrowing" and can be called "using".
Assuming that vitality is public, then 'borrowing' means borrowing from the public, while 'using' means that the public vitality is your own, and you can use it as you want.
For example, the vitality of heaven and earth is a clock. Others can use the clock to determine the time, and that's it.
Generally speaking, perfect control of vitality already belongs to the authority of the Tao Lord.
But even if the Tao Lord takes over, he can only control the clock, sooner or later, faster or slower.
At this time, Zhang Ke was like a clock, and the operation of every part was controlled by himself.
If you describe it like this, you can understand how powerful Zhang Ke's control over vitality became after he understood the secret of 'vital energy transformation'.
But when Zhang Kezhi was so proud that he was able to use his energy to make tea, no one around him understood the mystery of his move.
‘Alas~! Maybe it’s me who is talking about Niu Tanqin!’
Zhang Ke sighed in dismay, calmed down his mind slightly, and raised his hand to signal the others to taste the tea.
Hong Can and others imitated Zhang Ke's example, picked up the tea cup, and drank the spirit tea calmly.
‘Tea’ has the effect of clearing the mind, calming the mind and relieving stress.
After drinking a cup of spiritual tea, the anxiety and irritability in the hearts of Hong Can and others were relieved a lot.
"Since you want to win this war, both practitioners and 'demons' will spare no effort to teach all kinds of Taoist and magical powers to the creatures in this world.
As for whether we can obtain the method of immortality, it still needs to be deduced and perfected bit by bit.
After all, the laws of each realm are different, especially since the human race in this realm has a different body shape than ours, so certain adjustments are needed.
This step is not easy. It has been six hundred years since the ‘Heavenly Demon’ came to this world, and it seems that there is no cultivation method suitable for the human race in this world.
Of course, perhaps the 'Heavenly Demon' has deduced the method of cultivation, but in order to control the human race in this world, it is possible that it has never been widely taught."
Hong Can and others looked at each other, but no one spoke.
Zhang Ke continued:
"The level of civilization in this world is very low. In order to win this war, the outsiders participating in this war will also introduce different civilizations to strengthen the creatures and tribes they support.
Including language, writing, gods, customs, etc..."
When Zhang Ke said this, a thought suddenly occurred in his mind, his heart suddenly tightened, and he couldn't help but stand up next to Wen Yu who was sitting there.
"Why do the countless different countries in the dream have different languages, writings, and myths and legends?
Has that world ever experienced events similar to this one?"
Zhang Ke couldn't help mumbling to himself, and his mind fell into a trance.
Hong Can and others didn't understand why Zhang Ke suddenly became dazed again. Feng Li didn't want to wait another seven days and coughed hard twice.
"Ahem~~!"
The sound was not very loud, but it was enough to wake up Zhang Ke who was confused.
His thoughts were disrupted, and a trace of anger suddenly arose in Zhang Ke's heart. As his mind changed, a mountain-like pressure directly crushed Fengli.
It was obviously just mental oppression, but Fengli actually felt the pressure on his body.
"Gaba! Gaba!"
The joints all over his body were shaking, and he was pinned to the ground, unable to move.
"Although I can't take action directly in this world, it doesn't mean that you can be unscrupulous.
This is the last time, I dare to say something stupid again...
snort--!"
After the aura and pressure dissipated, Zhang Ke turned to Red Silkworm and asked without looking at Fengli:
"Can you understand what the people from the farthest tribes you have ever come into contact with are saying?"
Hong Silkworm didn't know why and answered cautiously:
"I have had contact with the Shangwan tribe eight hundred miles south of the river. What they say is the same as us and we can all understand it."
Zhang Ke touched his chin and thought quietly.
Feng Li got up from the ground in pain, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhang Ke again.
This time she finally understood how big the gap was between herself and Zhang Ke. Even if she couldn't attack her directly, she could be hurt just by the aura she exuded.
Feng Li guessed that if it weren't for the [Contract Flag] agreement to bind him, he would have died at this moment.
Hong Can and the others had no intention of speaking out for Feng Li, and Hong Can mentally gave up Feng Li's intention to inherit the position of clan leader, and then turned slightly to look at the mountain cliff to the side.
A person must be self-aware.
There are as many as a thousand people in the Xiawan tribe, and Fengli behaves so recklessly. If she becomes the tribe leader, it will probably bring crisis to the tribe.
Especially when she angered Zhang Ke at such a juncture, she was even more dissatisfied with Red Silkworm.
After a while, Zhang Ke suddenly said again:
"Two monkeys separated by a thousand miles, can they understand each other's cries?"
Hong Can and others looked at each other, wondering what was going on with Zhang Ke and why he was talking nonsense.
Watching Zhang Ke staring at him and others, waiting for an answer.
Hong Silkworm frowned and thought for a moment:
"You should be able to understand it!"
Zhang Ke nodded thoughtfully.
He shook his head and dispersed his thoughts. What is the truth? He will wait for the opportunity to explore it in the future. What he has to do now is to win this war.
"I will try my best to help the Lower Bay Tribe win this war.
But my creed is fairness, and what you pay will be rewarded. Can you understand what I mean?"
When Hong Can heard what Zhang Ke said, she felt relieved.
As the head of the clan, years of experience have made her understand one thing.
If you don't hunt, the prey won't come to the hole by itself; if you don't catch the fish, the fish won't jump into your hand.
Zhang Ke's proposal is the best, and everyone taking what they need is the long-term solution.
"Businessman! If you need anything, just ask."
Thinking of what Zhang Ke said in the tribe a few months ago, Red Silkworm said again:
"The clan also has some luminous treasures that were accidentally found from the outside world. I can give them all to you."
Zhang Ke smiled lightly.
"Everything I have given will be returned hundreds or even tens of thousands of times. Now the Xiawan Tribe cannot give me what I like.
In the future, I will sign a deed with the Hawan tribe as a proof.
All you have to do now is whether you agree with me to settle in the Xiawan tribe, support and participate in this war.
If you don’t want to, I will never force you.”
Hong Can looked at Stone Bear, Fire Snake, Shan Qiao and others, and said with a wry smile:
"I don't think other practitioners or 'demons' would talk so much to us except lay people.
As you said, who cares what the ants under their feet think.
The fact that lay people are willing to give the Xiawan tribe a chance is already God's favor to the tribe. How can I be a ungrateful person?
I have decided to invite lay people to settle in the Xiawan tribe and help the tribe win this war."
Red Silkworm said, and once again prostrated himself at Zhang Ke's feet.
Shi Xiong and others also followed and bowed down again.
Zhang Ke did not refuse this time, but waited for the red silkworm to bow three times before speaking:
"I swear in the name of 'Ruyi' that from today onwards I will settle in the Xiawan Tribe and participate in the 'War between Dao Demons'. This agreement will last until the end of the war!"
When Zhang Ke opened his mouth, he activated the [Contract Flag] rule, and endless echoes suddenly sounded from heaven to earth.
All the practitioners and "celestial demons" who participated in this "battle between Tao and demons" in the "Shanhai Realm" heard the oath made by Zhang Ke at this moment.
Any practitioner or 'celestial demon' who invests his true spirit in the [Contract Flag], when he joins a tribe and makes an oath, will trigger the rules laid down by the [Contract Flag].
On the contrary, if you do not take an oath, you will not be recognized in this ‘battle between Tao and Demons’, and even if you win, you will not be recognized by the [Degree Banner].
As soon as Zhang Ke made his oath, powerful roaring sounds were heard one after another from heaven to earth.
"I swear in the name of 'Jiuluo' that from today onwards I will settle in the Miaodong tribe and participate in the 'War between Taoists and Gods'. This agreement will last until the end of the war!"
"I swear in the name of 'Ming Xin' that from today onwards I will settle in the Jinhe Tribe and participate in the 'War between Dao and Demons'. This contract will last until the end of the war!"
"I swear in the name of 'Aqiluo' that from today onwards I will settle in the Lihun Mountain tribe and participate in the 'War between Taoists and Gods'. This contract will last until the end of the war!"
"I think..."
On this day, countless creatures in the ‘Mountain and Sea Realm’ were frightened and trembled by the mighty sound that resounded across the sky.
They don't know what happened to this world, but they feel that some kind of change has occurred in the world.
The sun and moon are upside down in the sky, stars all over the sky appear and disappear, and night and day are constantly alternating.
Countless terrifying creatures were awakened by this mighty sound, and one by one crawled out of the mountains, or emerged from the rivers, lakes and seas.
Mountains and rivers collapse and rise, rivers and mountains are in constant turmoil, and various strange celestial phenomena occur frequently in various places within the realm.
And if you look down from a high altitude, you can also see countless tribes of humans, monsters, etc., under the influence of a famous cultivator and the ‘demons’, making shouts that shake the mountains and rivers.
The entire 'mountain and sea realm' was like water in a pot being boiled by a fire, boiling brightly and fiercely.
Murderous intentions arise from the sky, and the stars change.
The earth emits murderous intent, dragons and snakes rise from the land.
People are murderous and the earth is turned upside down.