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"Immortal Lord, are you sure you want to stake everything on this? Don't forget that Immortal Lords Daoyuan and Baili only recently met with disaster. The Immortal Court is already tearing its hair out over their positions. If you do this now, won't it only make an even bigger mess?" Old Madam Nangong asked seriously.
"The positions naturally can't be handed over for other Immortal Lords to arrange. I returned to the Immortal Alliance this time precisely to fight for those positions on their behalf! And now that I'm leading the Azure Immortal Pavilion, the Myriad Immortal Sect, and the Great Dao Immortal Gate into the alliance, I think two more Immortal Lord positions should be added!" Li Nianjun said, his expression as calm as an ancient well.
Those words instantly made all the crooked and evil sect leaders present spring to their feet in shock. Even Taishu Qian, Murong Yan, and Xu Wanxian looked at Li Nianjun with strange expressions. Clearly, none of them had expected him to say something like that.
"Add two more positions? Wouldn't that mean four Immortal Lord positions would be available?" Even the old fox Taishu Qian couldn't stop her eyes from lighting up. Xu Wanxian stroked his beard, then glanced at Murong Yan, who sat beside him with her mouth slightly open, still too astonished to react. "See? I told you—the successor we chose wouldn't be simple. Think about it. What kind of person is Fellow Daoist Taishu? Would she have asked us to stand up if there were no absolute benefits for us? We all prosper together and suffer together. We stand behind the Immortal Lord, and the Immortal Lord will likewise fight for things we couldn't obtain even by reaching out for them ourselves. Understand?"
A faint smile touched the