Although the Jie Sect boasted ten thousand immortals coming to pay homage, it had a total of only 12,212 disciples. Most merely listened to Tongtian's teachings and could barely be considered outer disciples; there were only a handful of registered disciples. The true personal disciples Tongtian valued were even fewer: Daoist Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Wudang Holy Mother, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao, and the Seven Immortals. It was not much.
Tongtian was extremely satisfied with these personal disciples. Even Primordial Heavenly Venerate thought they were decent. As for those outer disciples, they were a complete mess, mostly crude and vulgar types. The sight made Primordial Heavenly Venerate give a string of Hehes.
Primordial Heavenly Venerate: Third Brother, just teach these few disciples properly. Why do you keep fussing with all that useless nonsense every day?
Sect Master of Heaven: Split the family!
Laozi:?
The disciples all stared at the world within Buddha's Golden Body's palm, utterly shocked. They felt that if it were them, they would not stand the slightest chance against this move. Zhao Gongming sat beside the Three Xiao. Watching the Twenty-Four Heavens flash past in an instant, he scratched at himself for a while before his expression suddenly changed drastically.
"Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearls, those are my Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearls! That treacherous bastard—I thought he was a righteous and loyal man, but he actually stole my spiritual treasure and pretended to know nothing. I'm furious!"
With that, Zhao Gongming hugged Tongtian's thigh and burst into tearful complaints. The main thing was that he had regarded Duke as a brother he would die for. Who would have thought that this brother would turn around and stab him in the back—right in the kidneys?
Tongtian kicked Zhao Gongming away and rebuked him. "I bestowed