Extra's Strategy: Cultivate Protagonists, Become Invincible-Chapter 164: The Sect Master Is A Real Old Monster!

After Kong Ye’s lecture, Han Xuhan made up some excuses to ditch Xiao Wu and went on a visit to the Sect Master’s mountain peak. But this time, he didn’t get to see the man so easily.

"The sect master has summoned you in," the older disciple guarding Xuan Zi’s residence said after keeping him waiting for an entire hour, with no explanations whatsoever for the wait.

It wasn’t his first visit there. He had been forced to visit the Sect Master on his very first day in Crimson Snow Sect. So Han Xuhan navigated his way through the temple-like building with ease, constantly replaying the planned scenarios in his mind.

After a lot of thinking, he had decided to change his current lifestyle last night. For one thing, he had to make sure he wouldn’t end up suffering the same fate as those protagonists in cultivation novels. The pros outweighed the cons.

It was one of the reasons why he had decided to meet Xuan Zi today. He was going to come clean to the old man, just the opposite of what every xianxia protagonist would do.

Keeping secrets? Making shady deals with shady cultivators? Getting dragged into mysterious realms unsupervised? Being manipulated to do the bidding of malicious experts?

No, thank you! Han Xuhan was not going to accept these shitty subplot bombs being thrown in his direction that easily. He knew how to break out of the template with one simple move!

He found the sect master in the backyard of the building. The old man was, as usual, meditating in a lotus position, seemingly in the middle of a cultivation session.

"Greetings, sect master. I have a matter to report."

Arching an eyebrow upward, Xuan Zi gestured at him to sit down.

"Explain."

"I hope you remember the law seal in my foundation tower, Sect Master. I asked for your help in dealing with it."

"I sure do." Xuan Zi said without any hint of guilt. "Did something happen?"

Han Xuhan hid his grimace and took a deep breath.

"Yes. Last night, someone with an anonymous identity summoned a part of me, my consciousness, over to a secret realm unique to the Holy Land of Laws. Then he forced me to make a deal with him."

The whole time he spoke, Han Xuhan kept his eyes glued to Xuan Zi’s face, and he saw absolutely no surprise or anger appear over his placid expression.

"Continue." Seeing him falling silent, Xuan Zi urged him on patiently.

"...Wait, you couldn’t have seen it coming, did you?" Han Xuhan asked, a sense of dread and disbelief coloring his tone.

Xuan Zi exhaled a long breath.

"Not exactly, but I expected something to happen. I’m more surprised that it has happened this late. I was originally starting to think you were hiding the issue and working for them already."

The plans in Han Xuhan’s mind crashed into pieces, never having anticipated a situation like this.

"But... You told me that the seal is harmless-ah, of course."

Seeing Han Xuhan cool down instantly rather than throwing a fit, Xuan Zi smiled approvingly.

"Good. I like smart children. You’ve understood what I did, haven’t you?"

Han Xuhan nodded, his dry lips pressed into a thin line. For a long time, both disciple and master stared at each other dispassionately. Han Xuhan broke the silence after gathering his thoughts.

"You wanted me to be your... spy? A middleman? A bridge that connects you to whoever is in charge of the desolate Holy Land of Laws?"

"Something like that, yes. The law seal in your spiritual world cannot harm you without alerting me, I made sure of it when I was testing it. But the cultivator in charge of its control certainly can mess with your spiritual world if you refuse to cooperate with him.

"But your incredible deeds in the Holy Land gave me some confidence that you’d be able to evade the worst outcome. So I made a bet at the expense of your safety."

"How are you so sure that the seal wouldn’t be able to bypass your understanding and do something big?" Han Xuhan asked, not feeling particularly assured.

"I suppose you’re still too inexperienced to figure it out yourself. The Holy Land of Laws has been deserted for many years, has it not?

"As a makeshift prison, it shouldn’t have many exits to our world either, right?

"And its decimated lands aren’t suitable to germinate decent cultivation resources, remember?

"Then, how would a cultivator, regardless of their power level, run a gigantic mechanism that can effectively control someone in a separate macrocosm? Have you thought about it? Controlling the seal is not an ability they got through their own cultivation. It requires external resources!

"By now, you may have heard of power conversion theories in your lessons. One fact that you always have to keep in mind is that the bigger the scope of a technique, the bigger is its consumption of power.

"And a mechanism like that law seal should involve at least multiple incredibly powerful formations, spiritual instruments that can establish a cross-cosmic connection, tracking devices that could drain an ordinary sect in a day if kept activated.... Elder Long Xie from the Snow Thread Mountain Peak could go on for hours if you ask him the details.

How is a mechanism like that supposed to run without any resources? Even if the Holy Land had all of its resources intact after all these years, they’d still have drained their stock dry with a handful of stunts like last night. Mechanisms like that are only intimidating when you’re within their reach."

Han Xuhan finally realized why Qian Yun had been so cooperative last night!

Now it made a lot more sense! His adamant behavior last night hadn’t been the only factor affecting Qian Yun’s attitude, the desperation for access to more resources was the bigger influence!

Seeing him looking less anxious, Xuan Zi leaned back into a more relaxed posture.

"Now why don’t you tell me about this deal you signed with the other party?"

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