Chapter 1428: 9 Great Elysiums?

In the Spirit Luxuriant Hall, Lu Wuzi’s sudden agreement shocked those who were present.

Ain’t no way Lu Wuzi and the Ice Essence Sect are trying to restore the relationship with the Northern Sea Mystic Sect...

Don’t fucking joke around like that!

Even though everyone prioritized their interests, Lu Wuzi and Zhang Xuansheng had a grudge between them that went so deep that it shouldn’t be repairable.

What Zhang Xuansheng did back then was to sever Lu Wuzi’s path of cultivation and nearly his life. Perhaps, he might even be used as a stepping stone for Zhang Jianzi who was the Elysium True Immortal of the Heavenly Star Palace at the moment.

How could a grudge like that be easily erased?

There was also no need to mention how after Lu Wuzi defected, he brought a batch of experts over to the Ice Essence Sect. Both factions clashed repeatedly with each other for dozens of years and the hatred they formed for each other had long since reached an irreversible state.

As such... They wanted to know what Lu Wuzi’s real intention was for agreeing with Zhang Xuansheng.

One had to know that with Zhang Xuansheng’s insistence, the allocation of the land was pretty much settled. He didn’t have to jump out of nowhere to agree.

There might be some secrets some people were not privy to, or Lu Wuzi might have his reasons to do so, but it was still pretty abnormal behavior.

Regardless, the matter was settled and the True Immortals turned their attention back to the splitting of the profits after the Yuhai Sect was destroyed.

Because of Dou Jie’s interference, experts of the Yuhai Sect turned into creatures that were neither human nor beast. The damage was great, but they had to admit that controlling sea spiritual beasts was a great way to gather spiritual treasures in the vast oceans!

The Yuhai Sect far surpassed the Tianya Pavilion in that regard.

If they ignored the forbidden technique, the Yuhai Sect’s inheritance to control sea spiritual beasts in the first place could be considered their secret inheritance. Now that they had fallen, the special technique was carefully stored by the experts of the various factions.

They quickly split up the inheritance and brought away the method to control sea spiritual beasts without using the Man and Beast as One technique.

The Holy Land that the Yuhai Sect built was also split among the various factions. Matters like that didn’t require the involvement of the True Immortals, but the remains of the destroyed Elysium was reason enough for them to step in.

“Let’s hand this over to the disciples under us. Obtaining the remains or any benefits inside will be their fortune.” Kou Chongxue suggested.

With that, the most important restriction was set. No True Immortals would interfere in the matter!

It wasn’t as though he was the only person to come up with a condition like that. In the past, the celestial remains above the Azure Origin World also didn’t see the presence of a True Immortal.

It being greatly damaged was also a reason they didn’t enter to grab everything within.

With Kou Chongxue’s decision, not a single refusal was heard. The reason was simple. If True Immortals were allowed to take part, no one would be able to fight against the Tongyou Institution!

To put everything simply, Kou Chongxue’s decision basically affected the Tongyou Institution the most.

Yang Taihe coughed softly at the side, “We merged 2 world fragments into our world in succession and since there can be remains of an Elysium from the Spirit Dusk World, there might also be one from the Spirit Dawn World. Since True Immortal Kou has already made the restriction, what would happen if we find another? Will the same rules hold?”

Kou Chongxue exchanged a glance with Shang Xia before he turned to look at them. Before he could speak, he saw the look on Lu Bailu’s face and he couldn’t help but chuckle softly, “True Immortal Lu, is something the matter?”

Lu Bailu clearly had something to say, but because he was a new True Immortal and was taking part in the decision making of the Spirit Luxuriant World for the first time, he didn’t dare to speak up.

With Kou Chongxue’s prompt, he knew that a rare chance for him to speak had arrived and he quickly cupped his fists at everyone else. “The grand formation of our world has barely taken shape, but it isn’t able to reach its full potential because we lack Elysiums... My Jianmen Gate is willing to take on the task to protect our world and I hope all of you will show some support.”

At the end of the day, he was following the example of the Heavenly Star Palace to gain the support of the True Immortals of the other factions to help the Jianmen Gate develop their Elysium.

However, the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World seemed to give a lackluster response this time, greatly unlike when they supported the Heavenly Star Palace.

The reason was simple. The establishment of the Heavenly Star Palace was key to the initial deployment of the grand formation and safety of the Spirit Luxuriant World. In order to hasten the process, they poured all their resources into the Heavenly Star Palace.

Now, the situation was completely different.

The Spirit Luxuriant World had a way to protect themselves against Seventh Order energy and the appearance of another Elysium might strengthen the formation slightly, but it wouldn’t cause too many changes.

On the contrary, once the Jianmen Gate established an Elysium, there would only be 1 slot left to create an Elysium in the Spirit Luxuriant World.

How many powers were there in the Spirit Luxuriant World? If a new faction rose, everyone would have to split up their benefits. As such, allowing them to establish an Elysium held much more weight than allowing them to produce a True Immortal.

The various factions wouldn’t allow them to succeed easily.

Lu Bailu noticed their hesitation and understood their consideration. However, he still had to try to fight for benefits for his faction now that he was a True Immortal.

What Lu Bailu and the other factions didn’t know was that there weren't actually 2 more Elysiums that were waiting to be established in the Spirit Luxuriant World. A certain faction would quickly take up another spot.

The Tongyou Institution’s operation to transfer resources to the Jiao Continent had been very successful. Shang Xia also provided a way to establish an Elysium to the institution, greatly increasing their progress. They weren’t too far away from creating another Elysium!

In the eyes of Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue, if they agreed to the Jianmen Gate’s request, all the slots for establishing Elysiums would be taken up!

The experts of the Tongyou Institution weren’t fools either. They wouldn’t reveal such a crucial secret to the others!

In the Spirit Luxuriant Hall, Lu Bailu continued to pitch his idea about how the establishment of the Jianmen Elysium would greatly benefit the safety of the Spirit Luxuriant World and the example of the Heavenly Star Palace. He brought up the unfairness in a roundabout way since they weren’t fully supporting the idea, but the others couldn’t express their hostility openly, especially the Heavenly Star Palace.

Watching Lu Bailu who was still trying to convince them, the others couldn’t help but sneer silently in their hearts.

How can the situation now be compared to back then?

As he continued to speak, there were many experts of smaller factions present who finally spoke up. As they were allowed in the hall to listen to the decision of the True Immortals earlier, they were currently unwilling to see the Jianmen Gate take all the benefits for themselves.

Lu Bailu ignored them completely as his attention was fixed on the True Immortals of the hall.

He was clear that they were the only ones with the ability to help the Jianmen Gate. No matter how the others spoke against him, it was useless.

The Tongyou Institution didn’t take a stand on the matter from start to end, and Zhang Xuansheng didn’t seem to be paying too much attention because of Lu Wuzi’s sudden agreement earlier. Yang Taihe, who was used to stepping out to mediate any conflicts eventually found a way to interject and he smiled. “True Immortal Lu, it’s reasonable for you to try to help your sect, but you need to understand that the situation has changed. Our Spirit Luxuriant World is no longer in desperate straits but we will definitely provide whatever help is appropriate. It’s just that we won’t be able to help you as much as the Heavenly Star Palace.”

With his explanation, Lu Bailu no longer spoke, He started to hide his presence and no longer participated, afraid he would draw the ire of the other True Immortals. He wanted nothing more than for the others to forget what he did earlier. He only chose to speak out because of his duty to his faction, and now that an agreement had been reached, he would leave the rest up to fate.

“Oh? True Immortal Yang, how do you think we should help?” Liu Jingsheng asked suddenly and his feelings were completely masked. He felt that Yang Taihe’s agreement wouldn’t help them in the slightest and only the Jianmen Gate would benefit.

The experts of the Heavenly Star Palace also felt the same, but they received the help of everyone in the past and it wasn’t appropriate for them to speak out at the moment. They knew that in order to ‘give back’ to their world, they would definitely need to do something and they cursed Yang Taihe silently in their hearts.

Yang Taihe also realized that he messed up by making the promise to provide assistance so easily, especially when he didn’t consult the other True Immortals. He thought for a second and he suddenly turned to Kou Chongxue. “I believe the Tongyou Institution and the Jianmen Gate were both in the same situation back then as part of the border continents of the Azure Origin World. You should know each other well and I believe Patriarch Kou knows how we should provide our assistance.”

It was a beautiful but ballsy attempt to shove the responsibility to Kou Chongxue, especially considering they were throwing the strongest faction in the Spirit Luxuriant World under the bus.

How the fuc...

Kou Chongxue throughout for a moment and suddenly asked, “True Immortal Yang, do you also think that my Tongyou Institution should greatly assist the Jianmen Gate?”

“?!” Yang Taihe was greatly taken aback by his sudden question. Especially since it was so strange.

Of course, Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue had their considerations. The moment they established a second Elysium in the Jiao Continent, they knew that they would draw the ire and jealousy of many factions.

For Yang Taihe to step out now, the Tongyou Institution naturally wouldn’t mind that someone would be there to take the heat with them if they established another Elysium. Since Yang Taihe wanted there to be another Elysium, so be it!

And if the Tongyou Institution agreed to help the Jianmen Gate, it would be because they were also greatly involved in the strengthening of their world and not just because of their great relationship with the Jianmen Gate.

Because Shang Xia had already reached the sixth tier of the Martial Void Realm, he would be fighting Zhuo Gudao and the unseen sixth tier True Immortals of the Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance World for the qualification to enter the Martial Emptiness Realm.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Yang Taihe felt a little uneasy after hearing Kou Chongxue’s reaction, but there was no turning back. He could only continue to ask, “That’s right... I wonder how your institution is going to support the Jianmen Gate.”

Kou Chongxue laughed, “We’ll communicate with them directly. However, there is something we need to state clearly. As long as it is something they require to establish their Elysium and it's something we have, they will be allowed to trade for it as long as the price is right.”

Even though that statement seemed ordinary, but Lu Bailu was already cupping his fists in thanks.

The reason was simple. For such a massive undertaking to create an Elysium, the treasures required were basically things they couldn’t get their hands on even if they had money. For the Tongyou Institution to agree to do the trade as long as the price is right, they were already doing the Jianmen Gate a huge favor. Lu Bailu had to express his thanks.

After thinking a little more, Yang Taihe continued, “In that case, my Eternal Palace also agrees to do the same.”

Unfortunately for him, his promise didn’t seem as valuable since it came after the Tongyou Institution. However, it was still valuable.

Lu Bailu cupped his fists in Yang Taihe’s direction as a show of appreciation.

The other factions quickly followed suit, promising to do the same.

Of course, the promises of True Immortals were still quite valuable. The other factions in the hall quickly chirped in bit by bit, but no one knew if they would actually help when the time came. However, their verbal agreement was enough for Lu Baili.