My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 381: Candidate
After the Third Supreme Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land arrived, not long after, people began to arrive one after another.
After all, they were all Mahayana Stage cultivators standing at the pinnacle of the Cultivation World, and over the long years, they had almost no shortcomings left for themselves.
In the aspect of traveling long distances, the Mahayana Stage cultivators could only be said to be evenly matched.
And these Disciplinary Team members, upon arriving at the scene, immediately discovered that the personnel Lu Bai had summoned this time were all Mahayana Stage cultivators.
In the entirety of Xuanzhou, there were only that many dozens of Mahayana Stage cultivators in total. Even if Lu Bai hadn’t formed the Disciplinary Team, these Mahayana Stage cultivators were all very familiar with each other.
They couldn’t help but guess what Lu Bai was exactly trying to do, actually calling together all the Mahayana Stage cultivators in the Disciplinary Team.
But in Lu Bai’s presence, they weren’t convenient to speak openly in conversation, and the magic power fluctuations from private sound transmission similarly couldn’t avoid Lu Bai’s perception.
The gathered Mahayana Stage cultivators silently calculated in their minds, pondering how they should appropriately respond if Lu Bai proposed demands they couldn’t accept.
As the number of these great powers gradually increased, even if they didn’t deliberately release pressure and magic power fluctuations, the heavy aura naturally emanating from a two-digit number of Mahayana Stage cultivators gathered together also pressed down so heavily that the surrounding death fighters found it hard to breathe.
Fortunately, Lu Bai didn’t let these senior experts worry for too long.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, he lightly coughed, attracting everyone’s attention to himself.
“Everyone doesn’t need to worry. The reason I called everyone here this time is to tell you some good news.”
Lu Bai chuckled and set the main tone.
No matter what the people present were thinking in their hearts, they could only successively voice their agreement to strictly follow the Heavenly Venerate’s decree.
This Third Supreme Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land was especially enthusiastic in his performance, with the appearance of being willing to go through fire and water for Heavenly Venerable Lu.
Lu Bai didn’t keep them in suspense and directly summoned the Flower of Immortality attached to his Primordial Spirit.
“I believe everyone recognizes this, right?”
This thing, the Flower of Immortality, had also been recorded in the history of the Cultivation World.
Without exception, every possessor was a true heaven-defying genius, who from their debut suppressed their peers until ascension.
Even if they didn’t recognize it, they could judge exactly what this thing was for through the aura of the Flower of Immortality.
What these senior experts present didn’t expect was that Lu Bai, as if determined to shock without stunning words, concisely said: “I plan to pass this Flower of Immortality to one among you.”
Hwa~
The scene was in an uproar.
After all, it was a rare divine object that could stir greed in Mahayana Stage cultivators. It really wasn’t realistic to expect them to snatch it from Lu Bai’s hands; at most, they would look at the Flower of Immortality a few more times with burning gazes.
But they never expected that Lu Bai would say he planned to give away this Flower of Immortality.
Hearing this news, these senior experts present all couldn’t help but develop some thoughts of claiming it for themselves.
“Heavenly Venerate, you’re not joking, are you?”
“An inheritance?”
“Reporting to Heavenly Venerate, since ancient times divine objects belong to the virtuous. In my humble opinion, such a divine object in this world is only qualified for Heavenly Venerate to master.”
That last sentence was, of course, flattery from the Third Supreme Elder, who was unwaveringly loyal.
But it wasn’t entirely flattery; more so, he suspected that Lu Bai’s words were testing them.
As mentioned before, this kind of Flower of Immortality had appeared in the Cultivation World in the past, but every Flower of Immortality had been conveniently taken to the Immortal Realm together when the possessor ascended; there had never been a Flower of Immortality left behind.
After all, even a True Immortal could benefit from the Flower of Immortality, so how could they specially leave behind such a thing after ascension?
It would be no different from throwing away one’s weapon at home right before heading to the battlefield—no matter how confident one was in oneself, they wouldn’t do that, right?
Once the scene had calmed a bit, Lu Bai continued: “Of course it’s not given for free. I won’t hide it from you; I’ve added a restriction to this Flower of Immortality…”
These Mahayana Stage cultivators present all held their breath and listened intently to every word Lu Bai said.
Even when listening to their master lecturing on the Dao back then, they probably weren’t this serious.
While speaking, Lu Bai used magic power to send this Flower of Immortality to the center of the field, allowing these senior experts to release their divine senses to inspect it.
“…These are basically the requirements. Do you still want it now?”
Even after hearing Lu Bai’s detailed explanation, the burning gazes of these Mahayana Stage cultivators present toward the Flower of Immortality showed no sign of cooling.
The fact is, among these Mahayana Stage cultivators present, under normal circumstances, not even one True Immortal could emerge.
Ten thousand years later, they would just be a handful of yellow earth.
Now with the hope of ascension to immortality, let alone restrictions like abiding by the law that align with universal values—even if asked to slaughter all living beings in Xuanzhou, they wouldn’t hesitate in the slightest when their lifespan was nearing its end.
After confirming that Lu Bai really had this idea, the Third Supreme Elder immediately called out: “Reporting to Heavenly Venerate, You know me. My loyalty to You can be vouched for by heaven and earth. Even without such a divine object, I would still strictly act according to Your orders until my lifespan ends.”
Not a single word said to give him the Flower of Immortality, yet the whole sentence hinted at that meaning.
Many present began to regret not building a good relationship with Lu Bai in order to maintain their posture as senior experts.
But watching the opportunity to become an immortal slip away from their hands, these Mahayana Stage cultivators would probably slap themselves every time they thought of it during secluded cultivation.
Someone immediately refuted: “Yuan Zhong, old man, after so many years, you’re still the same as before, spouting train nonsense.”
On one hand reminding Lu Bai that this Third Supreme Elder was untrustworthy, and specifically mentioning the word train to show his attitude of fully accepting social reform.
It had to be admitted that these old undead had brains sharper than anyone’s when needed.
The other Mahayana Stage cultivators also spoke up one after another to express their positions, using words that were quite precise. Even though they were essentially competing, they absolutely would not make Lu Bai feel annoyed.
Lu Bai just smiled and watched them without interrupting.
In the end, it was Yu Xu Zi, the Integration Stage Sect Leader, who believed he had no opportunity to obtain the Flower of Immortality. He reluctantly said in an objective and fair manner: “Fellow seniors, stop exposing each other’s old secrets. Let Elder Lu make the decision.”
Yuan Zhong, that is, the Third Supreme Elder, upon hearing Yu Xu Zi mention Lu Bai, unhesitatingly bowed deeply to Lu Bai without thinking: “That is as it should be.”
Lu Bai thought for a moment and finally made his decision: “Then the position of Second Generation Heavenly Venerate shall be taken over by Yuan Zhong.”
Yuan Zhong immediately used his magic power to flush his own complexion red: “Heavenly Venerate, rest assured. I swear upon the Heavenly Dao that I will exhaust every effort to let the masses live good lives.”
Lu Bai made no excessive evaluation of this and instead turned to look at the others, his tone inexplicably carrying a hint of coldness.
“However, the opinions of the other fellow daoists cannot be ignored either.”
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