Chapter 2587: Chapter 532
Although the mountain gate of Hundred Peaks Sect was crowded with Sect Hierarchs of the various Great Teachings and Sect Leaders of the various Sects, for the moment, not a single person voiced opposition to Cao Zhen becoming the leader of the Human Clan in Eastern Province.
What a joke—Eastern Province now had only three Golden Immortal Realm existences; with these three having reached a unified opinion, who would dare oppose it!
Moreover, Sacred Poison Sect, Dragon Chant Sect, and Yin Yang Sect were all top-tier Great Teachings, and they too had expressed their support; to oppose it at such a time would be nothing but asking for trouble for oneself!
Since the Sect Hierarchs of the Great Teachings had all agreed, the remaining Sect Leaders of the various Sects and the Loose Cultivators naturally had even less reason to object.
Seeing this, Cao Zhen finally opened his mouth for the first time and said, "Since all of you agree to have me serve as Clan Leader of the Human Clan of Eastern Province, then next, I will speak about some of my thoughts.
Previously, our Eastern Province was also divided into many regions, with each region having an expert in charge, but the connections between them were still not close enough.
During this period of time, I discussed matters with the three of Three Talents Sword Lords, and we decided to divide our entire Eastern Province into thirty‑two Daos, with each Dao having one Dao Master!
At the same time, we..."
As the people all around listened to Cao Zhen’s words, one after another their expressions quickly became strange; how was this division so similar to the division system of the Human Clan Dynasties.
However, they could also understand. In this clash with the Alien Races, they had also discovered that compared to the Alien Races, their greatest shortcoming was that their strength was not unified enough.
Those Alien Races all had Emperors; they all obeyed the command of the Alien Race Emperors, orders carried out without question—when told to attack, they attacked; when told to retreat, they retreated.
Whereas communication among their Human Clan was greatly problematic.
With Cao Zhen’s division like this, at the very least the power of their Eastern Province could also be concentrated together. Although Cao Zhen’s authority would increase greatly, they still had comparatively high trust in Cao Zhen.
Furthermore, the Dao Masters for the thirty‑two Daos that Cao Zhen divided out were all distributed extremely fairly; they were all people in the nearby regions whose Cultivation Base was profound and who were also persons of high virtue and great prestige.
But what Cao Zhen said next left them somewhat unable to understand.
"There is one more point. Every one of us—whether of Golden Immortal Realm, or True Immortal Realm, or Immortality Regainment Realm—before we began our Cultivation, we were all mortals.
We are of the Human Clan, and mortals are also of the Human Clan. Our Human Clan, facing such a great calamity, must unite utterly as one.
Therefore, from this day forth, within the territory of our Eastern Province, it is forbidden for anyone to slaughter mortals wantonly; if any are found, they shall pay with life for life!"
Quite a few people around, upon hearing this, had their faces instantly turn unsightly. If this was so, did it not mean that those mortals were the same as them?
Could it be that if an existence of the True Immortal Realm casually killed a single mortal, they would have to pay with one life for one life?
Could those mortals be compared to them?
Just like this time, when their Human Clan faced the assault of the Sky Clan, the Prison clan, and the Evil Clan, of what use were those mortals?
In the end, was it not still them who fought these Alien Races to the death?
Don’t speak of a single mortal—even ten thousand mortals, a hundred thousand mortals together could not compare to the strength of a single True Immortal Realm.
How could it possibly be life for life!
But before they could speak, Cao Zhen’s voice rang out once more.
"This rule, in fact, has long already existed in our Eastern Wasteland. The Great Teachings and Sects of Eastern Wasteland should also know that this is the rule of Eastern Wasteland.
And in the very beginning, this rule was first implemented by the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty; it was also a rule set by the Grand Preceptor."
At the sound of the two words "Grand Preceptor," those Cultivators who had originally wanted to open their mouths instantly fell silent.
They were not fools. Back then in the Void, the Xu Ying of the Grand Preceptor had appeared, and with a single palm the Grand Preceptor had shattered the River of Time.
The Grand Preceptor was absolutely an existence far surpassing the Golden Immortal Realm, and the fact that the Sky Clan and the Prison clan were able to retreat was certainly also because of that one palm of the Grand Preceptor.
It could be said that that one palm of the Grand Preceptor had saved the entire Human Clan.
This was a rule set by the Grand Preceptor; Cao Zhen was only pushing it forward, expanding this rule from Eastern Wasteland to encompass the whole Eastern Province.
If they were still to harbor doubts, that would be to doubt the Grand Preceptor—to possibly doubt the strongest existence within their Human Clan.
Since that day, many people had been saying that the Guardian Immortal Grand Preceptor was very likely the strongest existence of their Human Clan.
They also knew that the Human Clan still had some powerhouses; they just did not know why those powerhouses had never shown themselves.
Yet the Grand Preceptor had appeared at the critical juncture.
Why was it that the one who appeared was the Grand Preceptor, and not other powerhouses?
Perhaps it was that those other powerhouses did not care about their Human Clan, but this possibility was extremely small. After all, all strong experts were of the Human Clan; they had all grown up within this Great Thousand World. Their descendants were here; this was their race. How could they possibly not care in the least!
Therefore, the most likely explanation was that the other experts were unable to make a move—only the Grand Preceptor was able to act.
Previously, quite a few people had been very displeased with the Grand Preceptor because the Dynasty he belonged to was called the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty.
But now, not a single person felt there was anything improper in the Grand Preceptor bearing the name "Guardian Immortal."
Whether True Immortal or Golden Immortal, was there any whom the Grand Preceptor wished to suppress that he could not suppress!
Seeing that the crowd had fallen silent, Cao Zhen gave a slight nod and continued, "Aside from this, one more problem remains in our Eastern Province, namely that when everyone recruits Disciples, they all maintain a fixed region.
Moreover, in many cases, those Disciples selected to Cultivate are not given the opportunity to choose.
