Chapter 381: Chapter 380: The Chosen Candidate

After the arrival of the Third Supreme of the Golden Scale Sacred Land, people began to arrive one after another.

At the very least, they are Mahayana Cultivators standing at the pinnacle of the Cultivation Realm, leaving almost no weaknesses over the endless years.

In terms of long-distance travel, Mahayana Cultivators are more or less equal.

When these Inspection Team members arrived on the scene, they immediately discovered that the individuals Lv Bai had summoned this time were all Mahayana Cultivators.

There are only a few dozen Mahayana practitioners in the entire Xuan Province. Even if Lv Bai hadn’t formed the Inspection Team, these Mahayana Cultivators were still familiar with each other.

They couldn’t help but wonder what Lv Bai intended to do by gathering all the Mahayana from the Inspection Team together.

However, in front of Lv Bai, they found it inconvenient to speak, and privately transmitting messages through mana fluctuations was also impossible to avoid Lv Bai’s detection.

The gathered Mahayana Cultivators quietly began to ponder, considering how best to respond if Lv Bai made any unacceptable requests.

As the number of these Great Powers gradually increased—even though they weren’t deliberately releasing pressure or mana fluctuations—the natural heavy aura exuded by the assembled Mahayana together was enough to make the surrounding Death Fighters feel short of breath.

Fortunately, Lv Bai did not keep these venerable experts in suspense for long.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, he lightly coughed to draw everyone’s attention to himself.

"There’s no need to worry, everyone. The reason I’ve gathered you here today is to discuss something good."

Lv Bai cheerfully set the main tone.

No matter what they thought in their hearts, everyone on the scene could only express their respect and obedience to the Celestial Venerable’s mandate.

The Third Supreme of the Golden Scale Sacred Land was particularly enthusiastic, showing a willingness to go through fire and water for Celestial Venerable Lü.

Lv Bai, without beating around the bush, directly summoned the Immortal Dao Flower attached to his Primordial Spirit.

"I believe everyone is familiar with this, correct?"

There are historical records of Immortal Dao Flowers like this in the Cultivation Realm.

Without exception, their possessors were all truly extraordinary geniuses who dominated their peers upon debut until their ascension.

Even if one is unfamiliar, one could judge what this thing is used for through the Immortal Dao Flower’s aura.

What the venerable experts present never anticipated was Lv Bai’s next shocking statement: "I plan to pass this Immortal Dao Flower on to one of you."

Gasp~

The scene was in an uproar.

After all, it is a rare divine object capable of arousing greed in Mahayana Cultivators. While prompting them to snatch it from Lv Bai was indeed unrealistic, at most, they could look at the Immortal Dao Flower with fervent eyes.

But they never expected Lv Bai to say he intended to give this Immortal Dao Flower away.

Upon hearing this news, these venerable experts couldn’t help but have a slight desire to claim it as their own.

"Surely the Celestial Venerable jests?"

"Is this a passing down of the legacy?"

"Begging the Celestial Venerable’s pardon, divine objects have always belonged to those of virtue. In my humble opinion, only the Celestial Venerable is qualified to wield such a divine object."

Of course, the last line was flattery from the unwaveringly loyal Third Supreme.

But it wasn’t entirely a bootlicking statement; it was more about suspecting Lv Bai was testing them.

This was previously mentioned; such Immortal Dao Flowers have appeared before in the Cultivation Realm, but each one was taken to the Immortal Realm upon its possessor’s ascension, never leaving any behind.

After all, an Immortal Dao Flower is beneficial even to True Immortals; why would anyone leave behind such an object upon ascension?

It would be akin to heading to a battlefield but leaving one’s weapon at home. Even with all the confidence in oneself, one wouldn’t do such a thing, right?

After the scene slightly calmed down, Lv Bai continued: "Of course, it’s not for free. I won’t hide from you that I’ve added restrictions to this Immortal Dao Flower..."

The Mahayana Cultivators present held their breath, carefully listening to every word Lv Bai spoke.

They were perhaps never this attentive, even when listening to their master’s teachings.

While Lv Bai spoke, he used mana to move the Immortal Dao Flower to the center and allowed these venerable experts to inspect it with their Divine Sense.

"...Those are the basic conditions; now, do you still want it?"

Even after thoroughly listening to Lv Bai’s explanation, the fervent eyes of the Mahayana Cultivators present remained undeterred.

The reality is that among these Mahayana Cultivators, under normal circumstances, not even one would likely become a True Immortal.

After ten thousand years, they’d be nothing more than a handful of yellow earth.

Now, with the hope of ascension to immortality, not to mention adhering to laws and regulations that align with universal values—even if it meant slaughtering all living beings in Xuan Province—they wouldn’t hesitate at the end of their lifespan.

Upon confirming that Lv Bai truly intended this, the Third Supreme immediately exclaimed, "Celestial Venerable, you know me; my loyalty to you is as clear as the heavens and the earth, and even without this divine object, I would still act strictly according to your commands until my life ends."

Not a word suggested that Lv Bai should give him the Immortal Dao Flower, yet the entire statement implied this meaning. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Quite a few present began to regret not maintaining a good relationship with Lv Bai to keep up their dignified facade as venerable experts.

Watching the opportunity for immortality slip away from their grasp, these Mahayana Cultivators would likely recall this in seclusion and slap themselves.

Someone immediately retorted, "Elder Yuan Zhong, after all these years, you’re still talking nonsense, just like before."

Reminding Lv Bai that the Third Supreme was untrustworthy, especially mentioning "train" to show their acceptance of social reforms.

One must admit that when needed, these old foxes could be sharper than anyone else.

The remaining Mahayana Cultivators also made statements one after another, using precise words that did not irritate Lv Bai, even if they were essentially competing.

Lv Bai looked on with a smile, not interrupting them.

Finally, it was Master Yuxu, the Sect Leader of the Integration Stage, who, recognizing he had no chance of obtaining the Immortal Dao Flower, spoke with a semblance of objectivity and fairness, "Elders, let’s stop exposing each other’s secrets and let Elder Lü decide."

Yuan Zhong Daoist, representing the Third Supreme, immediately performed a grand salute toward Lv Bai upon hearing Master Yuxu mention him, "So it should be."

Lv Bai pondered for a moment, then finally made a decision, "Then the position of Second Generation Celestial Venerable shall be assumed by Yuan Zhong Daoist."

Yuan Zhong Daoist used mana to turn his face red on the spot, "Rest assured, Celestial Venerable, I swear to the Heavenly Dao that I will spare no effort to ensure people live well."

Lv Bai did not comment further on this and instead turned to the others, speaking in a tone tinged with inexplicable coldness, "However, the opinions of fellow cultivators cannot be ignored."