Chapter 264.2
Thousands of years ago, every time the Qiankun Palace appeared in the world, it not only attracted the covetousness of many cultivators, but it also triggered wars among the cultivators. Some lucky ones got opportunities from the Qiankun Palace and then became the target of all forces. Although their own disciples did not get opportunities, it did not prevent them from getting opportunities from those who got opportunities!
Therefore, the lucky ones who came out alive from Qiankun Palace in the previous few times are often not so lucky after coming out. They often face the pursuit of various forces, like a moving “dragon-slaying sword.” If they don’t hand over the opportunity in their hands, they will never live for more than half a month.
After repeated attempts, not many people were still interested in the opportunities inside the Qiankun Palace. After all, it was good enough to come out alive after entering, but after coming out, they would be hunted down? Who could stand this?
But now, the entire cultivation world is unhappy. Because there is a situation that no one wants to say, but everyone understands.
Those cultivators who entered the Qiankun Palace were actually cannon fodder sent by various superpowers to look for opportunities. It doesn’t matter if others don’t want the opportunity, but they do! But if others don’t want to go in, who will go in and take out the opportunity?
Later, some superpowers in the five continents of the Upper Domain held a meeting on this matter and announced a decision shortly afterward.
No matter who obtains the opportunity from Qiankun Palace, no one is allowed to harass or hunt them down within one year, otherwise, they will face the joint attack from all the superpowers of the five continents in the entire Upper Domain.
This decision made Qiankun Palace once again a holy land of opportunity in the eyes of cultivators.
The development of history is always full of coincidences, and the formulation of various rules often means the inevitability of history. Human nature is complex and cannot be simply divided into good and evil, nor can it be simply guided by interests. Just like this rule, many people find it strange at first, but after careful study, they can finally understand its profound meaning.
However, any regulation often has loopholes. Allowing loopholes to exist is also a tacit agreement among all superpowers. The loopholes in this regulation are mainly in two aspects.First, the issue of the protection and belonging of the independent cultivators. Although cultivators who have obtained opportunities are not allowed to be hunted down, the prerequisite is that there must be a force willing to guarantee their identity. If no one guarantees their identity, they can only die. Anyway, the superpowers of the entire Upper Domain will avenge them after they die, which is also considered to be abiding by the rules.
The reason why this loophole exists and the major forces do not intend to fill it is that they still regard the opportunities in the Qiankun Palace as their own. As the saying goes, “A man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure.” If others belong to a major force and get the opportunity, it’s fine that they can’t afford to offend them. But if that person is a casual cultivator, what right do they have to take it? Therefore, not filling this loophole is more or less meant to scare away casual cultivators, so that too many people don’t come to grab the opportunity.
However, if a casual cultivator gets an opportunity and takes the initiative to seek protection from a superpower, that is another matter. After all, training a disciple consumes resources, and the superpowers are always a bit reluctant to send a disciple to the Qiankun Palace. And if a casual cultivator gets an opportunity and takes the initiative to join, it is equivalent to entering their force with a dowry. Who can resist such a good thing? Therefore, every time the Qiankun Palace appears, there will be many forces trying to win over the casual cultivators. And because the benefits are common, all forces also acquiesce to this behavior.
It is also worth mentioning that cultivators from small forces are also classified as “loose cultivators.” Unless there is another big force behind the small force, it is also easy to cause trouble for themselves.
The second is the constraints of small forces.
There are many sects in the Upper Domain, and there are many small sects that are unknown and have only a few members. Such small sects naturally cannot enter the eyes of the large sects and forces, so some of their actions are often not taken seriously by the large sects and forces. In addition to the characteristics of small scale, small number of people, and shallow foundation, small sects have another characteristic, that is, they generally do not understand the tacit rules.
Of course, the tacit rules mentioned here mainly refer to the rules set by major forces.
As mentioned above, no matter how bizarre the rules set by large forces are, there are always profound historical significance and inevitability behind them. But small forces are shallow and often fail to see this. Some smart people treat those large forces as fools, thinking that breaking the rules is nothing, at most they can just give some benefits to honor a large force and seek a backer, and that will be enough.
The truth is, such smart little forces are not rare, but there are many. And the consequence of treating others as fools is that they are often treated as real fools.
As a result, some small forces secretly hunted down the independent cultivators who had obtained the opportunity, and then secretly took the opportunity to join a certain large force. And then…
Needless to say, the murderer was killed on the spot. The forces behind him were also severely punished. As for the opportunity they offered… it was naturally accepted without hesitation.
Look, this is the real style of the powerful forces. Not only did they receive the advantages, but they still also followed the rules. They gained benefits both on the surface and beneath the table, and no one can find fault with it. Who is the big fool now?
So, others should not break the rules easily. Because others have already thought of countermeasures for the rules that will be broken. Only those who find loopholes within the framework of the rules are truly smart. Don’t pretend to be “I’m ignorant, so you can’t be too serious when dealing with me” all day long. No one in this world is willing to indulge those fools. There are more people who would take advantage of them breaking the rules and eat them to the bone.
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