Chapter 986: The Gift of Golden Mist

The golden lotus seats, like fish brimming with spiritual nature, swam about within the defensive perimeter formed by layer upon layer of defensive treasures, while also attracting many fervent gazes.

Looking across the various forces present, only two had seized golden lotus seats.

One was Li Luo's side; the other was the Tianyuan Ancient Academy, whose Senior Zong Sha and others had gathered quite a number of students this time, their scale and momentum being the strongest in the field, so after a bout of contention they too obtained golden lotus seats.

In contrast, Zhao Yan's side ultimately only managed to snatch two golden lotus seats.

Of course, besides the golden lotus seats, Li Luo's side also had quite a few "Jade Cushions"—these seats were second only to the golden lotus seats and were in fact an excellent opportunity in their own right; the goal of many loose cultivators was to seize a "Jade Cushion" seat.

Li Li Fuling's gaze withdrew from the golden lotus seats, then swept over the crowd as she said, "Everyone, since the fighting has ended, the time has come to tally the spoils."

"Of the golden lotus seats, two were snatched back by Li Li Lingjing, so she holds the right of distribution. She previously said she would give one to Li Luo, so those two belong to her and Li Luo."

No one objected to this—after all, in this contest for seats Li Li Lingjing's contribution was truly the greatest; it was precisely because of her fierce, lethal strikes that some loose cultivators had been deterred from coveting their side.

"Looks like I got the better end of the deal from Cousin Li Lingjing," Li Luo said with a smile.

Li Li Lingjing's slender hands gripped the Green Snake Staff; the staff's body was like jade, complementing those jade-like hands beautifully—yet anyone who had witnessed her earlier slaughter knew just how many people's skulls this slender jade hand had smashed with that Green Snake Staff.

She said with a smiling look at him, "Cousin Li Luo defeating General Zhao is no small contribution either."

Li Luo replied modestly, "I can't compare to Cousin; you even scared Zhao Yan into retreat."

As for the remaining golden lotus seat, it had been jointly snatched back by Li Li Fuling and Li Guan, so the two chose to settle it by drawing lots; after some procedure, Li Li Fuling became the lucky one.

Disappointment was hard to conceal on Li Guan's face, but he accepted the result nonetheless.

As for the "Jade Cushion" seats, there were quite a few of them, so Li Guan, Li Li Jingtao, Li Li Fengyi, Lu Lu Qingmei and others all received one; all in all, the outcome was rather satisfying.

Once the seats were divided, Li Luo moved and appeared directly atop a golden lotus seat. He sat cross-legged, and immediately felt a mysterious cool current flow into his body, causing the injuries he had sustained during the earlier fierce battle to show faint signs of recovery.

And most important, Li Luo sensed that the resonant palace within him seemed to ripple at this moment, the nature within becoming noticeably more active.

Li Luo's heart stirred—it seemed the baptism atop this Golden Dew Terrace truly benefited the elevation of one's nature; he just didn't know how much benefit he could gain from it this time.

"I hope this time it can push my Wood-Earth Nature or Dragon-Thunder Nature up another level," Li Luo thought expectantly.

"Right, there's also that 'ceremony' the lantern-bearer mentioned earlier... he said it would be on this Golden Dew Terrace, but I have no idea how it's actually supposed to be conducted."

Thinking of this, Li Luo's brow furrowed slightly. The "Formless Saint Sect" no longer existed, so whether this so-called ceremony still existed was truly hard to say.

"Forget it, leave it to fate." Li Luo had no better recourse and could only console himself thus.

At this moment, on the Golden Dew Terrace, figures from all sides had already taken their seats on their respective platforms; the golden lotus seats, jade cushions, and bluestone seats radiated different lusters, lending the Golden Dew Terrace quite a splendid appearance.

Outside the Golden Dew Terrace, many figures watched this scene with dejection; having failed in the contest, they hadn't even managed to obtain a single "Bluestone Seat"—but such is the cruelty of the world, not everyone can have their heart's desire.

And as every seat before the Golden Dew Terrace found an owner, the heaven and earth energy above the Golden Dew Terrace suddenly began to churn violently; vast energy howled down, pouring entirely into this massive Golden Dew Terrace.

Brilliant golden light bloomed within the Golden Dew Terrace, like a great golden sun.

And the "resonance tokens" everyone carried slowly rose at this moment, hovering above their crowns.