The old man of creation led a large group of experts, full of vigor, each as if they could seize the Great Dao Tree at any moment.
Then they would cultivate enlightenment fruits from their teammates' corpses and refine them to greatly increase their strength.
Just then, the old man of creation, who was being escorted at the very front, frowned deeply, stopped, and showed a look of confusion.
"Old thief! Hurry up!"
A strong man behind him kicked the old man of creation's backside, almost making him fall face-first.
"Don't play coy and try any tricks!"
"Fellow Daoists, please let me explain..."
"Heh! You old rascal, trying to quibble again!"
Several cultivators rushed forward and beat the old man of creation soundly again.
"This fellow Daoist is truly misunderstood!"
"I have suddenly lost my sense of the Creation Jade Butterfly and can no longer find the way."
The old man of creation skillfully crouched down, covering his head, and quickly explained the actual situation.
Otherwise, these brutes would beat him until they were tired before they would listen to his explanation.
A group of cultivators rained blows on the old man of creation's hunched back, and then gradually stopped.
"You should have said so earlier!"
"How would we know if you didn't say it sooner?"
"See, we took this beating for nothing!"
The old man of creation: I...
"You old rascal, you're not trying to play any tricks again, are you?"
"Fellow Daoists, it's absolutely true!"
"It's possible that the imprint I left on the Creation Jade Butterfly has been erased by someone."
The old man of creation quickly swore oaths to prove he was not lying.
"So, you can't find the Creation Jade Butterfly or the Great Dao Tree?"
Just as the old man of creation was about to nod, he saw the unfriendly expressions of the crowd and shook his head again.
"Then what use are you to me?"
"Might as well kill you with one stroke, simple and clean!"
Seeing everyone's unfriendly faces, the old man of creation knew they might act at any moment.
In his haste, he could neither nod nor shake his head, neither say yes nor no.
"I still have a way!"
The old man of creation could only shout this out to maintain his value.
People without value are looked down upon and easily die.
"I was once the master of the Creation Jade Butterfly. If we are relatively close, I can still find its location."
"The approximate location where the Creation Jade Butterfly's aura disappeared can still be found."
"I can lead everyone to the location where the Creation Jade Butterfly disappeared to search for clues."
To survive, the old man of creation displayed his value to the fullest, finally persuading the crowd and leading them to continue their journey forward...
...
Since Xiao Fei completely took control of the Jade Butterfly World, he had been carrying out drastic reforms in the world.
Now that this was entirely his territory, he naturally had to manage it well.
First was the population reform in the Jianmu World.
The Jianmu World had integrated various races. Previously, people lived in certain areas according to their own race, with little interaction with other races.
In the past, when development was prosperous, the major races were all quite strong, and there had even been many armed conflicts between them.
If not for the strong intervention of Huang Feifei, Fei Yu, and others, it would have long developed into a world war.
Now, after the previous catastrophe, although the population of the Jianmu World had recovered a lot, it was still far from its peak.
Looking around, the population in the entire Jianmu World was very sparse.
This time, Xiao Fei dispatched Huang Feifei, Fei Yu, Fei Xin, and Huangfu Xuan to be in charge of the reform.
First, they disrupted everyone's traditional way of living.
Previously, everyone lived together according to their race. Now, the population of all major races in the Jianmu World was scattered.
Each race was divided into small villages, dispersed throughout the land, and mixed with other races.
This would increase daily exchanges and interactions between the various races, and over time, racial prejudices would gradually be shed.
In this way, even if the various races developed and grew strong in the future, it would be difficult for them to form such powerful forces, and it would be even more difficult for large-scale conflicts between races to occur.
Scattering and then re-mixing the population was only the first step to prevent large-scale conflicts between races in the future.
Secondly, Xiao Fei arranged for them to build academies throughout the Jianmu World.
Everyone could enroll in the academies for free, and the academies also provided various resources such as elixirs for free.
The courses offered by the schools included various cultivation techniques and immortal cultivation skills, such as formations, alchemy, and artifact refining.
They also practiced combined battle formations from a young age, which were rehearsed daily.
In addition to learning these techniques and skills, the academies would also teach cultural courses.
The main task of the cultural courses was to make everyone correctly recognize their own insignificance and how great the world's ruler, Lord Xiao, was.
Therefore, all living beings in the world should revere Lord Xiao.
Once the schools and academies were established, all talents cultivated in the academies would be comprehensive talents.
Furthermore, during their growth, they were constantly indoctrinated with the greatness of Lord Xiao.
As long as time passed, through subtle influence, they would firmly believe that all this was the truth.
In addition to the academies spread throughout the Jianmu World, he would also select talented individuals from various regions for concentrated training.
These outstanding elites would be fortunate enough to become Xiao Fei's personal guards, and their lives would be dedicated to fighting for Lord Xiao.
Being able to join Xiao Fei's personal guard was the highest honor in the entire Jianmu World, yearned for by everyone.
Xiao Fei was also extremely generous to these elite personal guards, investing all sorts of treasures, causing their strength to advance rapidly.
They would surely become a reliable force in the future.
Xiao Fei's subordinates were currently in a state of transition, with the lower ranks needing tens of millions of years to grow.
The higher ranks consisted of people like Ji Wudi.
These trusted confidantes had all been promoted to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
However, the Great Daos they comprehended were somewhat different from the Great Daos truly comprehended by cultivators in the outside world.
They were called pseudo-Great Daos by the old man of creation and were suppressed by him.
He had previously distributed several true enlightenment fruits.
Those who consumed the enlightenment fruits had indeed mastered a true Great Dao, but not a single one had successfully broken through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and become a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
According to the information he obtained from the Duowen Tower, these top-tier enlightenment fruits could help Taiyi Golden Immortals break through to the Grand Luo realm.
However, he had wasted so many fruits without seeing much effect.
Xiao Fei speculated that it might still be related to the Great Daos they had comprehended before, and that their cultivation foundation had problems.
As for the remaining top-tier enlightenment fruits, Xiao Fei was somewhat troubled.
Each one was a top-tier enlightenment fruit in the entire world, capable of helping people break through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
If he had more than a dozen Grand Luo Golden Immortals assisting him, he would not need to fear the old man of creation.
If he, Xiao Fei, refined the enlightenment fruits himself, it would strengthen his Great Dao origin. The effect would not be very obvious in the short term, but it would definitely have a great long-term effect.
Therefore, he was somewhat troubled about how to choose.