Everyone froze and exchanged glances.
They had not expected the Xuanlei Domain Lord to try to recruit them.
Everyone looked at Dongfang Lei, signaling with their eyes.
Dongfang Lei coughed and asked, "May I ask, High Immortal Xuanlei, what benefits do True Immortal elders of the Xuanlei Immortal Sect receive? What would we need to do? Are there mandatory assignments?"
The Xuanlei Domain Lord hastily replied, "Little Martial Uncle, you flatter me far too much. Please, simply call me Xuanlei."
"My venerable Master values the hierarchy of seniority above all."
Dongfang Lei could only nod. "All right, Xuanlei."
The Xuanlei Domain Lord pondered briefly before explaining, "In my Xuanlei Soul-Extinguishing Domain, True Immortal elders are divided into three ranks. Their stipends are issued once every hundred years."
"First-rank elders are members of the Elder Council. When I am in seclusion, they may manage the sect on my behalf and decide matters great and small. Their century stipend consists of ten Immortal Crystals, three First-Grade Immortal Pills, and a hundred thousand Origin Stones."
"Second-rank elders stand just below the elders of the Elder Council. Almost all are masters of individual peaks. Their century stipend consists of five Immortal Crystals, two First-Grade Immortal Pills, and fifty thousand Origin Stones."
"Third-rank elders are also mainstays of the Xuanlei Heavenly Domain and the Xuanlei Immortal Sect. Their century stipend consists of three Immortal Crystals, one First-Grade Immortal Pill, and twenty thousand Origin Stones."
At these words, everyone's heart gave an involuntary leap.
Now that they had entered the True Immortal Realm, they all possessed lifespans of a million years. Receiving a stipend once every hundred years-for a True Immortal, that span was not even enough for a single period of seclusion or cultivation.
They could collect a stipend every hundred years, paid in the