Chapter 124: Successors

Although a bit shameful, a Fenhai Zhenjun's promise was worth a thousand gold. Since he had already nodded, Xuanyue found it difficult to go back on his word. However, he was also a bit curious and asked, "How did your Ming King Hall become so rich recently?"

The Hall Master of the Ming King Hall finally waited for this question, laughed, and said, "This is just the beginning! Give me some more time, and my Ming King Hall will not be worse than the Heaven Secret Hall or the Creation View. What is the most expensive thing in the current era? Talent!"

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue was confused, but facing a big financier, it was not good to question his words.

The Hall Master of the Ming King Hall didn't stay long, patted the two extra jade bracelets on the table, and got up to say goodbye.

After he left, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue pondered without speaking, not understanding why the Hall Master of the Ming King Hall would spend so much. To say it was just for the immortal stone Azure Void, it seemed it wasn't enough.

He suddenly remembered one thing: a few days ago, at the meeting of True Lords of each hall held every three months, someone proposed that the concentrated teaching in these two sessions had achieved remarkable results, and more and more disciples were participating in the concentrated teaching. The first session was less than thirty percent, and the second session was already more than half. When the new session of disciples came in, it was feared it would exceed sixty percent.

With the effectiveness of concentrated teaching, the Dingxin faction took the second step: teachers choose students, and students also choose teachers.

Specifically, the recruitment of disciples was uniformly responsible by the palace, and after they were recruited, they were no longer directly assigned to each view and hall, but there was an extra link of mutual selection. In this link, each view and hall could choose the disciples they liked, and the disciples could also choose the places they wanted to go.

This proposal was supported by many True Lords, and the higher the rank of the hall, the more it was supported, so it had become a foregone conclusion. Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue originally had an indifferent attitude toward this. The Azure Heaven Hall had had a bit too many genius disciples in the past few decades. Originally, after Zhang Sheng, resources were already a bit tight, but he didn't expect another Wei Yuan to appear. If a few more genius disciples came, the empty-bottomed Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue didn't know what he would use to cultivate them.

At this time, the Hall Master of the Ming King Hall suddenly did such a thing. Presumably, in the disciple selection link, he must be taking all the disciples to the Wan Xiangdian for a turn, so as to show the divine power of his Ming King Hall disciples lifting the earth. In this way, the new disciples' favor for the Ming King Hall would definitely rise in a straight line, and presumably, there would be several more Heaven Foundations in a few years.

Thinking of this, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue cursed cunningly. He didn't expect the Hall Master of the Ming King Hall to be laying a foreshadowing for this matter! Who said body cultivators were honest and straightforward?

But Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue was not easy to deal with either. By that time, he was prepared to send a disciple to disguise himself and stay in the Wan Xiangdian. After the Hall Master of the Ming King Hall finished showing the strong men lifting the earth, he would tell the new disciples what the four strong men were actually carrying.

Just thinking about this matter, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue thought of Wei Yuan.

At present, Wei Yuan was on his first solo training. He had only been gone for a few days, and he had already caused another major event of an immortal stone recognizing its master, which immediately made Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue feel overwhelmed.

The Azure Void was famous in ancient times, and heaven and earth shook when it was refined. Since ancient times, there had been less than ten Boundary Stones with strange phenomena when refined. It was just that the Azure Void disappeared shortly after it was refined, and there had been no trace for tens of thousands of years. Everyone thought it had fallen into the hands of foreign races and been destroyed, but they didn't expect it to still exist, and it was activated and recognized by Wei Yuan.

Upon receiving Wei Yuan's letter, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue immediately let Zhang Sheng go west, and in addition, the two True Lords Fenhai and Lanhua also set off together, preparing to sit in Hanyang Pass to deter the Xu family. What kind of person was Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue? From Wei Yuan's few words, he judged that there was a problem with the Xu family. Otherwise, if the Xu family was close at hand, why wouldn't Wei Yuan go to them for help, but instead send so many distress letters to the palace?

At this moment, the warehouses of the Azure Heaven and Water Moon Halls were empty. Except for some treasures used by True Lords and Immortal Lords as family heirlooms, other things had been sold off. Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue searched the warehouse and barely managed to scrape together supplies worth one hundred thousand taels of immortal silver for Zhang Sheng to bring. Those heirloom treasures naturally couldn't be sold; otherwise, it would be the same as selling off the ancestral property.

But wanting to expand territory, how could one hundred thousand taels be enough?

Fortunately, the Hall Master of the Ming King Hall sent charcoal in the snow, solving the urgent need. Originally, when he offered two million, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue almost agreed. Fortunately, he was a Fenhai Zhenjun of many years, and his cultivation of qi was at home. He liked to be three beats slower whenever he spoke. As a result, not only did he get a loan of five million taels, but he also added an Immortal Foundation helper for Wei Yuan.

It was just that although he got a sum of silver from the Ming King Hall, it was still difficult for the Azure Heaven and Water Moon Halls to hold the Azure Void alone.

Just as Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue was having a headache, the voice of Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai suddenly sounded in his ear: Come to Xianju Peak to discuss Wei Yuan's matter.

Figures constantly appeared on the peak where Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai was located, and a total of fifteen True Lords arrived in the end, and some True Lords were in seclusion and could not participate.

Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai sat on the edge of the cliff, fishing. At this moment, the fishing rod bent into a huge arc, obviously a big fish was hooked. White steam rose from the top of his head, and suddenly he exhaled and shouted, "Hey!" and finally lifted the fishing rod!

The long fishing rod was raised high, but there was nothing.

The Tinghai Xianjun pondered for a moment, put the fishing rod aside, got up and walked into the main hall, sat in the main seat, and said, "I called everyone here this time to discuss Wei Yuan's matter."

"Did something happen just now?" someone asked.

Pei Tinghai said, "I fought Xu Wangu again. This time I lost a game, and something I had planned for a period of time failed. But it doesn't matter." Fenhai Zhenjun Yanshi, who was still in the appearance of a young Daoist, said, "I see that the weather in the west is becoming more and more dangerous. This old guy is playing with fire! We must guard against him taking risks."

The Hall Master of the Ming King Hall snorted and said, "Isn't this nonsense? That old guy's lifespan is coming to an end, and he is doing everything possible to go further. At this time, no one wants to provoke him, so he is becoming more and more unscrupulous in his actions."

Everyone knew that Xu Wangu was the ancestor of the Xu family and had achieved Return to Oneness for over two thousand years. The Tinghai Xianjun's status suppressed them, and these True Lords of the Imperial View could not call Xu Wangu's name directly, otherwise, it would easily cause the other party to have a whim. If the cultivation was lower, it would be fine.

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue got up and said, "Wei Yuan mistakenly ordered the Azure Void to recognize its master, which was his fault first. I will take responsibility for this matter."

Someone sneered, "Can you take responsibility?"

Someone also said, "Immortal objects have a saying of wrong recognition? Hehe, if I didn't have some research on the refining of tools, I would almost believe it!"

Xuanyue's eyebrows gradually stood up, and he had the intention to get up. Pei Tinghai reached out and pressed virtually, immediately making the True Lords quiet down.

"Wei Yuan was sent by me to go west. Although the Azure Void recognizing its master was his intentional act, the situation at that time was special. For the sake of hundreds of thousands of people, it cannot be said that recognizing the Azure Void as master was wrong." Pei Tinghai said.

A Fenhai Zhenjun with long eyebrows hanging down his shoulders lowered his eyes without lifting his eyelids, but said, "How can the life and death of a mere hundreds of thousands of mortals compare to the immortal object Azure Void? If this Azure Void is used well, it can save millions and billions of people. To plant the Azure Void for these few people, it is called small loss for big gain, or short-sighted and disobeying orders!"

"Is this not appropriate?" Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue's voice was already full of coldness.

The long-eyebrow Fenhai Zhenjun was unmoved and said calmly, "I am just talking about the matter itself. Xuanyue, speak from your Dao heart, if the Azure Void is moved to the north, it will inevitably break the current stalemate in one fell swoop. If you manage it well for a few hundred years, you can open up three thousand miles of land and save fifty million people. This is still a conservative estimate, right? Even if there is a chance to hold that piece of land in the west, the north has a ten-percent certainty; how can they be mentioned in the same breath?"

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Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue had no way to refute for a while and could only say, "But the Azure Void may not be able to be brought back."

Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai raised his hand and pressed virtually again, stopping the quarrel, and said, "At least the Azure Void still belongs to my Tai Chu Palace now. Xu Wangu not only gained nothing, but also lost a capable general like Xu Guanwen. So this game, we can be considered a great victory, and Wei Yuan should be the first merit, with merits outweighing faults. As for what happens in the future, it depends on whether we can hold it. This time I decided to increase the merit earned by all activities in Ningxi by thirty percent, so if each family has spare energy, you might as well participate."

The long-eyebrow Fenhai Zhenjun raised his eyes slightly and said, "This is going to move the focus of the entire palace."

"Just move a little bit."

The long-eyebrow Fenhai Zhenjun nodded and stopped talking.

Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai said again, "I will go west for a period of time to see the Dao techniques of the Eternal Tinghai Xianjun. It will be a few days at the shortest, and a year at the longest. During this time, you can decide the small matters in the palace, and discuss the big matters."

The Hall Master of the Ming King Hall immediately said, "Absolutely not! That old thing has practiced for more than a thousand years, and now he is on the verge of madness. The Palace Master's immortal path is long and has hope of going further; how can you fight that old guy hard at this time?"

Pei Tinghai smiled and said, "Everyone thinks so, and so does Xu Wangu. But I am afraid that the immortal path will be broken; is he not afraid that the hope of extending his life will be broken? If I fall, he will not live for ten years. Taking a step back, even if I am gone, there is still the Palace Master sitting in town, and there are you all. Every generation behind has genius disciples, and my Tai Chu Palace can still stand tall. As long as there are successors, what do I have to fear?"

A group of True Lords looked at each other, and Pei Tinghai said, "You don't need to say more, I have made up my mind. He suffered such a big loss this time because of the Azure Void recognizing its master, and he will definitely not let it go. If I don't go, Xu Wangu will definitely think that everyone must let him have his way! But there is no need to worry too much. This kind of old guy who doesn't have much lifespan is actually the most afraid of death."

The True Lords could not persuade him, and they saw Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai walking toward the cliff, walking into the sea of clouds step by step, and disappearing from then on.

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