Chapter 351: Council
"It’s the Cangxing list and the bounty list." Jiang Yue exclaimed.
"Why did the lists appear?" Xuan Ke asked, and everyone fell into thought.
"Does it mean we can’t enter the blessed land until all the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front are eliminated?" Bing Lan wondered.
"It should be." Yang Xu said.
Since the bounty list first appeared, everyone knew that the Cangxing world could not tolerate the Death Flower Ascension Front.
This time, the Nine Treasures secret realm directly motivated everyone to deal with the disciples of the Front.
"I am afraid it’s more complicated than that." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
"What do you mean?" Xuan Ke asked.
"We are all trapped in a formation. Unless we eliminate the Front, we won’t be able to leave this area." Jiang Yue answered, and his face turned solemn.
"The world isn’t giving us a choice. We will either perish or the Death Flower Ascension Front will." Li Futian said and sighed.
He understood why the will of the Cangxing world was trying to eliminate the Front, but he was still a little sad.
After all, everyone in the world came from a single root.
It was difficult to kill so many cultivators at once.
"It looks like others have begun to realise it. We need to be careful." Yu Nianzhen said and stood closer to Jiang Yue.
"Brother Li said that we need to accumulate ten thousand merit points before we enter the treasure land in a hundred years. This is our opportunity." Jiang Yue reminded, and everyone agreed.
With excitement in their eyes and hearts, they looked at their surroundings.
Until now, they hadn’t realised that the plain was divided into two.
On one side were orthodox cultivators, and on the other were the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front.
"There are fifteen years before the close of the secret realm. We need to eliminate the enemy quickly. Otherwise, we won’t have enough time to cultivate in the spiritual pools." Yu Nianzhen observed.
"Nianzhen is right. The first thing is to gather everyone to form a unified front." Yang Xu suggested.
However, none of the six wanted to lead such a front.
Fortunately, others had realised the need and stepped up to take responsibility.
"Fellow Daoists, I am Meng Zihua, the young leader of the BlueStar Treasures Pavilion." A voice resounded in the plain.
"Most of you should have already realised what is going on. Please gather together to discuss a plan."
After the voice stopped, the orthodox cultivators began to look at each other.
As Meng Zihua said, most had already realised the situation and wanted to deal with it as soon as possible.
However, most cultivators had a dominant personality.
They didn’t like to listen to others unless the person was overwhelmingly powerful.
In this case, Meng Zihua was powerful but not overwhelmingly so.
"Meng Zihua is a good choice." Bing Lan said, and the others had to agree.
The BlueStar Treasures Pavilion and the Border Guard faction were the only truly neutral powers in the Cangxing world.
If a leader had to be chosen, he or she could only be from the two factions.
"Let’s go." Yang Xu said, and the other five joined him to fly towards where Meng Zihua stood.
At the same time, others did the same, and the sky was soon filled with cultivators.
In a short incense stick of time, thousands of cultivators gathered.
Unfortunately, the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front noticed the commotion and were also organising.
"Fellow Daoists, I suggest we form a council to discuss a battle plan. What do you think?" Meng Zihua asked.
"How to choose the council members?" Someone shouted.
"We propose a council of fifty members." Bei Chengling started and then continued.
"Each region, including the BlueStar Treasures Pavilion and the Border Guards will have two representatives."
"That’s only thirty-six people. What about the remaining fourteen?" Someone queried.
"The remaining are the first fourteen on the Cangxing list." Bei Chengling said, and the crowd couldn’t help but be excited.
The identities of those on the bounty list were open for everyone to know. However, the identities of those on the Cangxing list were hidden.
If the council was chosen according to the Cangxing list, everyone would know the identities of the most powerful cultivators in the origin tempering realm.
"I suggest all fifty be chosen according to the Cangxing list." Someone shouted, and the suggestion was met with immediate approval.
"This is the only way we will be convinced." Another shouted.
"There are no regions in the secret realm. Only strength is true."
"Only the powerful have a right to make decisions for the collective."
In this way, the crowd fell into chaos as everyone tried to give their opinions."
[Azhen, you and I...] Jiang Yue started and looked a little worried.
When the Cangxing list was first released, they knew their titles were troublesome.
If their identities became public, their lives would never be peaceful.
[It’s okay.] Yu Nianzhen said and held Jiang Yue’s hand.
Originally, he thought that revealing his title was troublesome.
However, when he enlightened in the tower of time, he realised that hiding so desperately served to suppress his destiny.
Since the Cangxing world recognised him as the Supreme God of Swords, he had to acknowledge the title and live up to his potential.
The same was true for Jiang Yue.
[I see.] Jiang Yue relaxed when Yu Nianzhen explained his rationale.
[You are right. My potential is the Lord of Infinite Illusions, and acknowledging that is the first step to becoming.] He said.
[If the council is chosen according to the Cangxing list, we will all make it.] Yu Nianzhen said, and Jiang Yue nodded before turning solemn.
[Master is at the top of the Core Formation realm list. What will happen to those seniors who have suppressed their cultivation?] He asked, but Yu Nianzhen didn’t have a chance to say anything because another cultivator had already asked the question.
"The seniors will be part of the council." Bei Chengling answered.
After a lot of discussions, all the gathered finally agreed on the council.
As previously suggested, the council would be made up of fifty cultivators.
Since the Nine Treasures secret realm was for origin tempering realm cultivators, thirty council members would be from this category. The remaining twenty would be divided equally among the core formation realm and nascent soul realm cultivators.
If there weren’t enough core formation realm and nascent soul realm cultivators to take up all the places, the extras places would continue the list of the origin tempering realm cultivators.
After deciding, the gathered did not waste time.
"Nascent soul realm seniors, please come forward." Bei Chengling requested and bowed in respect.
Soon after, a male cultivator flew over the crowd and stood beside Bei Chengling.
"How do we know he is a senior in the nascent soul realm?" Someone asked, and everyone looked at the person in doubt.
After all, the cultivator wore a mask and had suppressed his cultivation.
"Fellow Daoists don’t have to worry. Our BlueStar Treasures Pavilion has a treasure that can detect a cultivator’s true cultivation realm." Bei Chengling said and smiled.
"As expected of the BlueStar Treasures pavilion." Several people said and continued to watch the show.
"This stone will turn green if held by a nascent soul realm cultivator." Bei Chengling informed and injected a brown stone with a strand of his qi.
"It’s red for the origin tempering realm and gold for the core formation realm." He stated as the brown stone radiated a red light.
"If the fellow Daoists believe me, we will conduct the test." Bei Chengling said, and no one had any objections.
Right after, he handed the stone to the male cultivator, and the person didn’t hesitate.
Soon after, a green light radiated from the stone, which showed that he was a true nascent soul realm cultivator.
"If there aren’t other nascent soul realm seniors, the nine extra places will be added to the origin tempering realm cultivators."
After saying that, Bei Chengling waited a moment, but no other nascent soul realm seniors came forward.
With a sigh, he called for core formation realm cultivators, and several people, including Yang Xu, flew forward.
This time, there were six cultivators, and all passed the test to become council members.
"Seven seniors have already joined the council. The remaining forty-three will all be origin tempering realm cultivators." Bei Chengling said as a brilliant light flashed in his eyes.
No matter how composed his personality was, he was also excited about this part.
After all, he was also a genius of his generation and a cultivator in the origin tempering realm.
"The first forty-three in the origin tempering realm list, please come forward." He said and waited eagerly.
A moment later, tens of cultivators began to move forward.
Among them were Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, Bing Lan, Li Futian and Xuan Ke.
"I will say it first, I want to challenge the first-placed Supreme Sword God." A voice echoed even before the people reached the front.
