Chapter 262 - 259: Earn A Spot

Chapter 262 - 259: Earn A Spot

The oath and details were hammered out by both groups before things were properly settled. The Alchemist Association’s elders were quietly keeping their smiles concealed, while the Myriad Monarch Sect’s elders had uncertain yet confident expressions. To both sides, their young elites were of the top-shelf, highest quality with no equal when contesting against those of the same generation. These emotions fueled their respective outlooks on this wager.

As for the Elemental Heaven Pavilion, they were temporarily relegated to being spectators and witnesses of this bet. They didn’t have the financial qualifications to throw their hats in nor the certainty of their victory if given six months of preparations. Furthermore, they felt that the Alchemist Association’s chances of victory with this ample time to prep were absolute. They would win.

They did not need to muddy the bet with their participation. Instead, they quietly brought up the allocation slots, but Qingye Yun responded with a carefree attitude. To him, his main purpose was to claim victory against the Myriad Monarch Sect and Wei Wuyin for their own purposes. As for the allocation of slots, it was secondary. Regardless, now that they knew about it, there was no way they wouldn’t receive their share.

The Elemental Heaven Pavilion’s dispute over their slot allocation was minor to irrelevant to him in their hearts. They were always just a segway to reach this point. Now that their original goal had been reached, what of the Elemental Heaven Pavilion?

Lin Ruyan could only be disgruntled in her heart. The Alchemist Association revealed their attitudes with clear indifference. Fortunately for her, Tuo Bihan wasn’t neglectful and brought up the subject.

The raised subject brought the lights of excitement to the Elemental Heaven Pavilion’s elders’ eyes. Tuo Bihan laid down a few simple starter conditions to decide the overall allocation of slots, and it would be thoroughly restricted to the Elemental Heaven Pavilion and themselves. If other forces wanted to squeeze in, they would have to receive slots from these two forces.

This suggestion left the Alchemist Association with bloated cheeks as they were obviously unwilling, but even if they didn’t originally obtain any slots, which force wouldn’t concede a few to them? They had their own pride. In the end, they would definitely have a slice of this pie.

Lin Ruyan agreed to this, but when Tuo Bihan finally explained how the slots would be decided, her heart quietly trembled. Just as they expected, intended, and wanted when arriving, it would be decided by the former Monarch Spirit Trials, not Grand Spirit Trials, but this would be individual-based.

There were a limited number of slots available and there was an age limit to enter the Gateway. This age limit was similarly three hundred years, so he suggested that each genius would compete to earn their own spot. Since this new Grand Spirit Trials will likely include nearly all the eligible geniuses available from both forces, it was the best method to decide.

This also gave the Myriad Monarch Sect a definitive advantage, as it should. Lin Ruyan didn’t have any legitimate reason to argue against this, her eyes were calm as she looked towards the Alchemist Association. Her only concern and attempt to invalidate this method was the Alchemist Association’s participation. The fact it only included the Myriad Monarch Sect and Elemental Heaven Pavilion meant the Alchemist Association’s involvement made things difficult and a chaotic variable to both sides.

Tuo Bihan was swift to come to an answer, as if expecting it. "We will have two sets of rankings. As the trials focus on the accumulation of points to decide placement and victory, one ranking will include all forces, and the second ranking will only include our two forces." The number of slots was a thousand, so the top thousand in the second list would earn their spot. As for if they’ll keep their spot or give it up to others, that was their choice.

The final loophole was if the Elemental Heaven Pavilion won first, claiming victory. If this were to occur, the oath between the two forces would be rendered null and void with neither side claiming victory. Since they didn’t owe each other anything, the Spirit Oath would also crumble. However, neither the Myriad Monarch Sect nor the Alchemist Association felt like they would lose, and even if they did, it definitely wouldn’t be to the Elemental Heaven Pavilion.

Wei Wuyin glanced at Tuo Bihan, his eyes flickering. He flew off the platform, and Tuo Bihan stretched his back before following. Seeing them both taking off, the elders realized they wanted a private conversation. They decided to prepare to return.

Qin Rui and Ji Changkong waited on the platform. They still had more inquiries regarding this matter, and they were the only ones with qualifications to do so.

When Wei Wuyin and Tuo Bihan flew off, they went off to the second Sky Layer and hovered near each other. Wei Wuyin waved his hand slightly, a spherical barrier of spiritual force encapsulated them. This spiritual barrier was exceptionally solid.

Tuo Bihan was somewhat startled as he felt the inherent spiritual force within. It might have the aura of a Sky Ruler, but its power was incredible. There was likely not a single Soul Idol Phase cultivator that could rival Wei Wuyin in spiritual strength.

Tuo Bihan chortled, "If you participated in the trials, I’d imagine there’s no one who could defeat you." He shook his head. Wei Wuyin’s cultivation base had reached an astounding extreme. While in the Astral Core Realm’s World Sea Phase, he could rival Qi Lang, and likely defeat him. This wasn’t just abnormal, it was heaven-defying. Furthermore, he reached the Sky Ruler Phase in a short period of time, and his spiritual force was already so impressive.

"I don’t have time for that." The Grand Spirit Trials was a year-long trial. He wouldn’t waste an entire year doing something so tiresome.

Tuo Bihan didn’t feel this to be out of place. Wei Wuyin was already capable of concocting ninth-grade products before the age of fifty, every year for him was a thousand times more precious than others. If he wasn’t cultivating, he should be concocting, and if he wasn’t concocting, he should be enjoying his life as he pleased, not involving himself in minor matters like this.

If the Alchemist Association and Elemental Heaven Pavilion knew that Tuo Bihan considered this competition a ’minor’ matter, they might rage into a deathmatch.

"So little fellow, what is it?" Tuo Bihan asked.

"You should know what I intend to do," Wei Wuyin calmly responded. Tuo Bihan nodded. Wei Wuyin was going to select a talented group of individuals and develop them. This was the same method the Alchemist Association intended to do. Unfortunately for them, they paled vastly when compared to Wei Wuyin.

They likely had no more than three eighth-grade products, but Wei Wuyin might have dozens or more. There was no way they could cultivate an elite capable of sweeping the competition when facing him. They even got baited and allowed him the time of six months. If they didn’t, perhaps Wei Wuyin would’ve simply participated himself and dominated the trials. Regardless, they had absolutely zero chance of winning in his eyes.

"I do. But why the need for privacy? Want me to pick some good seeds?" He smiled, causing the wrinkles on his face to lift. But he knew Wei Wuyin wouldn’t care. Since arriving on the Myriad Monarch Sect, he had always been mostly deciding his own matters. As for who to develop, as an Alchemist, he knew that other people’s recommendations were irrelevant.

Shaking his head, "No. I’ll use this as a platform to develop Ascendants, my faction." Wei Wuyin stated before continuing, "I need to talk to you about two matters: How confident are you in becoming a Realmlord?"

"..." Tuo Bihan’s smiling expression faded as his eyes flashed with an endlessly circulating wisp of solemnness.