Chapter 841 Conflict
Qin Yanyang accompanied Yang Fei overnight, transferring True Qi to Yang Fei three times in total.
Early the next morning, Tong Yunshu came.
Qin Yanyang glanced at her, got up, and left.
During the day she had many things to handle, so she didn't compete with Tong Yunshu.
As she reached the doorway, she said to Tong Yunshu, "I'll come over tonight."
Tong Yunshu frowned slightly; she wanted to stay by Yang Fei's side all the time. After returning yesterday, she took a bath and changed clothes. Although she rested alone for a night, she hadn't actually slept well, her mind was too preoccupied with Yang Fei.
However, Qin Yanyang was Yang Fei's legal wife and an important leader of the Divine Continent Country; she seemed to lack the courage to oppose her.
Just after leaving the valley base, Mo Yinpeng greeted her with a heavy expression.
Qin Yanyang slightly frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mo Yinpeng immediately said, "Something happened. Last night, members from the Hidden Sect clashed with our people at the number one settlement point, and it got physical."
Qin Yanyang's expression changed, and she rebuked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Mo Yinpeng felt a bit wronged but still bit her lip and said, "You haven't rested for a while now, you were too exhausted. Last night, you finally rested here, we couldn't bear to disturb you. But rest assured, the conflict from last night did not escalate, it was quickly settled on both sides with mediation."
Only then did Qin Yanyang breathe a sigh of relief, thinking how Mo Yinpeng was also considering for her, she softened her tone and said, "Sorry, Yinpeng, I was too agitated just now."
Mo Yinpeng immediately shook her head, "I'm not blaming you, you are working for this country, aiding you is my utmost satisfaction."
Qin Yanyang nodded appreciatively and said, "What exactly happened, tell me."
Mo Yinpeng said, "Actually, for the past while, some conflicts have already emerged at several settlements where Hidden Sect members reside. However, because the Hidden Sect Plane was about to collapse, and later after its collapse, Heaven and Penglai's allied forces attacked the Divine Continent, those people from the Hidden Sect didn't stir up trouble. Now, perhaps feeling the world is stable, they grew restless, unwilling to stay confined, claiming we restricted their freedom. Last night, over a dozen young Hidden Sect people wanted to leave the settlement area, were stopped by guards, and then it got physical."
"Do we have any casualties?" Qin Yanyang asked hastily.
"None, both sides had people injured, but they exercised great restraint without going for the kill. Plus, many elders and strongmen from the Hidden Sect rushed to the scene in time, subduing those young people." Mo Yinpeng said.
Qin Yanyang breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as there are no casualties, it doesn't count as a major incident.
However, she understood that tensions between Hidden Sect members and the secular world of the Divine Continent had begun.
The Divine Continent Country intends to delineate regions for millions of martial cultivators belonging to the Hidden Sect for monitoring to a certain extent, hesitant to let them roam freely, fearing that once dispersed nationwide, they'd be hard to manage.
This was part of the conditions settled when Hidden Sect was agreed to be fully transferred.
But now, this clause seems soon to be abandoned.
Hidden Sect martial artists are accustomed to freedom, how could they willingly stay in one place, losing absolute liberty?
But if this restriction fails, once the Hidden Sect people disperse, the number of martial artists in Divine Continent Country will be too large, extremely difficult to manage effectively.
An era where martial arts challenge regulations would arrive.
This would be a severe collision between two groups living under different orders and systems.
If not handled well, turmoil would arise internally in the Divine Continent.
Essentially, the number of martial cultivators in the secular world of Divine Continent is too few, unable to balance with the number of martial artists in the Hidden Sect World.
Especially the number of strongmen is immensely disparate.
The only advantage is the modern weapons specifically designed against martial artists.
However, such things also require people with a martial arts background for better effectiveness, otherwise ordinary people using such weapons can only threaten those below Inner Strength; when confronting those in the Energy Transformation Realm and above, ordinary people holding special weapons can't necessarily suppress them.
Moreover, when powerful martial artists want to break laws and cause chaos, they won't confront secular law enforcers in the open; they hide in the dark or suddenly burst out. Even if ordinary people have powerful weapons, it's hard to defend against and counter them.
So, the best way to regulate these martial artists is to use martial arts against martial arts.
But the number of secular martial artists in Divine Continent is too few, and their overall quality still falls far behind Hidden Sect martial artists.
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Try to establish good relations with the strong original leadership of the Hidden Sect, letting them restrain the Hidden Sect influences under their previous control.
Thinking of these matters, Qin Yanyang felt a profound sense of powerlessness.
She couldn't help but think of Yang Fei.
If only Yang Fei would wake up, and recover his power.
With him present, he could create stronger elixirs than Genetic Liquid Medicine, which could significantly boost the combat power of the Military Department; given time, the number of top martial artists trained by the secular world of Divine Continent would surely surpass the Hidden Sect World. Then, they could achieve great integration, allowing Divine Continent's overall strength to become truly number one globally.
But for now, she had to resort to delaying tactics.
She said to Mo Yinpeng, "Notify Helian Zhan, Ouyang He, the Zhang Family, Ji Family, Qingtian Sect, and Langya Wang Family, and invite them to Wu'an City for a talk."
"Yes." Mo Yinpeng accepted the order and left.
Wu'an City is the capital of Jiangbei County. With the completion of the Yunwu Mountain Gathering Spirit Array, Wu'an City has become one of the most important cities for the future of the Divine Continent.
After the impending collapse of the Hidden Sect Plane was confirmed, the high officials of the Divine Continent relocated from Imperial City to Wu'an City.
Following the war a week ago, many strongmen from the Hidden Sect left the settlement areas on their own, entering the borders of Jiangbei County.
With a sharper sense of Spiritual Energy than ordinary people, upon discovering that Jiangbei County had the highest Spiritual Energy concentration in the Divine Continent, these top strongmen moved over.
Nowadays, Helian Zhan, Ouyang He, and several strongmen from the Qingtian Sect have settled in Wu'an City.
However, the strongmen from the Langya Wang Family, Zhang Family, and Ji Family remained obediently in the settlement areas, although they were also eager and planning to move.
Upon receiving Qin Yanyang's notification, Wang Chunyang, Ji Bangying, and Zhang Daozong, who recently had been actively rebuilding the Taoist Gate on Dragon and Tiger Mountain in Gannan County with Huang Chengcheng, all rushed to Wu'an City.
That night, around nine o'clock, the people invited by Qin Yanyang gathered in Wu'an City.
"Everyone, have you heard about the incident in settlement area number one that happened last night?" Qin Yanyang began the meeting directly, cutting straight to the point.
Everyone nodded, indicating they had heard of it.
After all, although the Hidden Sect Plane collapsed, communications in Divine Continent were significantly impacted, but the most basic communication facilities remained. With Divine Continent's superb infrastructure and fast repair processes leading globally, satellite communications in major cities have mostly recovered over these past days.
"I was on the scene yesterday, and those troublemakers were scolded by me to retreat, and they've received their deserved punishments."
Wang Chunyang said to Qin Yanyang, "But you must have noticed, this is not a sustainable solution. Such incidents are just beginning, will happen more frequently, and conflicts will grow bigger."