Chapter 441: Chapter 244: A Chicken Standing Among Cranes, Task Allocation

Watching Zheng Fa and a few others follow Tongming Master into Tongming Mountain, Sect Leader Chen’s fingers twitched, and she stuffed another storage bag into the sleeve of the ushering disciple.

Now, not to mention Master Fang Yuan and her disciples, even the ushering disciple was utterly baffled—this gift came out of nowhere!

“Could you help me find out which counties Jiushan Sect will be assigned to during the event? I’d like to follow along…”

Upon hearing this, the ushering disciple from Tongming Mountain looked at Sect Leader Chen with immediate respect in his eyes.

Even Fang Yuan understood Sect Leader Chen’s strategy—

If even Tongming Master holds Zheng Fa in such high regard, following Jiushan Sect would be safe!

…

Zheng Fa, of course, was oblivious to these machinations. After leading the Jiushan Sect disciples to their guest rooms, he and Senior Sister Zhang, escorted by Tongming Master, headed towards the sect hall on Tongming Mountain.

“Your Jiushan Sect is among the last to arrive. By now, aside from the five Divinity Transformation cultivators of the Xuanwei Five Sects, three other Divinity Transformation cultivators have also come, along with more than a dozen Nascent Soul Great Cultivators, who are all discussing matters in the hall.”

“Three Divinity Transformation cultivators?”

Zheng Fa was startled upon hearing this.

The Hundred Immortals Alliance dares to occupy such a vast territory with just one Divinity Transformation cultivator of their own, even boldly claiming to be the sixth sect of Xuanwei.

And now three more Divinity Transformation cultivators have appeared?

Where on earth did they spring up from?

“Two of them are like me,” Tongming Master said with a smile, hinting at something.

“Like you, Master…”

Zheng Fa muttered quietly to himself, grasping the implication—those are surely extraordinary disciples of the Supreme Dao.

So, for this battle alone, the Supreme Dao has presented four Divinity Transformation cultivators.

Without pushing, who knows the potential of the Xuanwei Five Sects…

“As for the other one, I have no information,” Tongming Master continued to elaborate, “As for the ten-odd Great Cultivators, they are either Sect Leaders or elders from major sects in the vicinity.”

Zheng Fa nodded silently.

In the Xuanwei Realm, the term ‘Great Cultivator’ refers to a Nascent Soul cultivator in the later stages. Although they are powerful, they are not in the same league as a Divinity Transformation cultivator:

This can be seen from Jiushan Sect, which is not short of Nascent Soul inheritance but has never even brushed the realm of Divinity Transformation before.

Walking on, Zheng Fa realized he was gaining more insights:

Before even entering the hall, he smelled an aroma that penetrated his divine soul, causing the Creation Jade Disc within him to leap with excitement. Following the scent, he saw dozens of beautiful female cultivators, dressed in light-white garments, standing motionless against the wall of the hall with lanterns in hand, as if illuminating the inside.

The fragrance was wafting out from these lanterns.

“Ming Dao Candle.”

Senior Sister Zhang whispered this suddenly, even her usually serene eyes filled with surprise.

Zheng Fa understood her amazement. Ming Dao Candles were extremely precious in the Xuanwei Realm—it was said that cultivating with a lit Ming Dao Candle could accelerate the pace of cultivation. More importantly, they could stimulate and animate spiritual power, aiding cultivators in breaking through.

Even Nascent Souls could benefit marginally from these.

Their value was indeed extraordinary.

Zheng Fa inexplicably started to feel the pinch—even though he ruled over a Jiushan Realm, he had never been this extravagant…

After all, he had to cultivate many more cultivators than the average sect.

Looking at the female cultivators, Zheng Fa was even more astonished—many of them had participated in the Hundred Immortals Conference, and most were Golden Core disciples. In other words, they were the talented ones of Hundred Immortals Alliance, the cream of the next generation, yet now they served as maids here?

But looking at their expressions, they seemed rather proud.

Zheng Fa figured it out—they were seating among Great Cultivators, so it was normal for Golden Cores not to have a seat in the hall.

More importantly, even though they served as lamp stands, they could still get a whiff of the Ming Dao Candle; closer proximity meant possibly breathing in more.

Honestly, it was a fair deal.

Once he stepped into the hall, the clear hierarchy among Cultivators became even more evident.

Eight Divinity Transformation cultivators, including Cheng Kong Master, sat at the head, while the other dozen Nascent Soul cultivators’ seats were near the entrance.

Each had a low table in front of them, upon which were fine delicacies such as Spiritual Wine, Spirit Fruit, and spirit beast meat, all of apparent quality and suited to the stature of Nascent Souls and Divinity Transformation cultivators.

Zheng Fa realized:

Below Nascent Soul, you stand in the hall, either as a fixture or a maid, unable to eat.

Nascent Soul cultivators could sit and have a bite, but they couldn’t sit at the head or dare to speak.

Only Divinity Transformation cultivators were the stars, with not a single Nascent Soul daring to utter a word in the hall, only these Divinity Transformations conversing or debating.

In fact, these Nascent Soul Great Cultivators had to listen in and react accordingly to every word spoken by the Divinity Transformation bigwigs…

This meal must be truly taxing.

Zheng Fa paused in his step, suddenly pondering on something—should he also go fetch a lantern?

The lantern was a joke, but the problem was he didn’t know where he should sit.

“Zheng Fa?”

It was Cheng Kong Master from the main seat who spoke, seemingly noticing his confusion. He pointed to an empty seat nearby and said, “We were just waiting for you.”

The hall immediately quieted down. The seat Cheng Kong Master pointed to was right next to Xie Qingxue of Tianhe Sect.

Everyone watched as Zheng Fa, with his obvious early Golden Core stage, walked past the Nascent Soul Great Cultivators, bowed to the three newly-arrived Divinity Transformations, and then sat down with Senior Sister Zhang in the small circle of the Xuanwei Five Sects.

Zheng Fa felt as though everyone’s gaze was piercing him from all around, like watching a Husky calmly walking into a pack of wolves.

He didn’t particularly mind—for although he could only be considered half Divinity Transformation, he played as a double player.