The Candidate

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

After all, they are Mahayana stage cultivators standing at the top of the Cultivation World. Over the long years, they have hardly left any weaknesses for themselves.

In terms of long-distance travel, cultivators at the Mahayana stage are roughly equal in skill.

When these members of the Inspection Team arrived at the scene, they immediately discovered that all the people that Lu Bai had gathered this time were Mahayana stage cultivators.

There are only a few dozen Mahayana stage in the entire Xuanzhou. Even though Lu Bai didn't form Inspection Team, these Mahayana stage cultivators are all very familiar with each other.

They couldn't help but wonder what Lu Bai was up to, that he had actually summoned Mahayana stage from the Inspection Team together.

However, it was not convenient for them to speak in front of Lu Bai, and the fluctuations of magical Mana transmitted privately could not escape Lu Bai's perception.

The gathered Mahayana stage cultivators silently pondered how they should respond if Lu Bai made demands they found unacceptable.

As the number of these powerful beings gradually increased, even without them deliberately releasing their pressure and Mana fluctuations, the sheer weight of the naturally emanating aura from the double-digit Mahayana stage cultivators made it difficult for the surrounding fighters to breathe.

Fortunately, Lu Bai didn't keep these senior experts worried for too long.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, he coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention to himself.

"Don't worry, everyone. I called you all here today because I have some good news to share."

Lu Bai chuckled and set the tone.

Regardless of their true thoughts, everyone present could only express their determination to obey the Heavenly Venerate law.

The Third Supreme of the Golden Scale Holy Land was particularly enthusiastic, appearing ready to go through fire and water for Heavenly Venerate Lu.

Without keeping everyone in suspense, Lu Bai directly summoned the Immortal Dao Flower attached to his Primordial Spirit.

I'm sure everyone recognizes this, right?

The concept of Immortal Dao Flower has been recorded in the history of the Cultivation World.

Without exception, all owners are true geniuses, who dominate their peers from the very beginning and eventually ascend to immortality.

Even if you don't recognize it, you can tell what this thing is used for just by Immortal Dao Flower aura.

To the surprise of these senior experts present, Lu Bai, as if determined to surprise everyone, succinctly stated, "I intend to pass this Immortal Dao Flower to one of you."

Wow~

The scene erupted in uproar.

After all, it is a rare divine object that can arouse the greed of Mahayana stage cultivators. It is unrealistic to expect them to snatch it from Lu Bai. At most, they will look at this Immortal Dao Flower with burning eyes.

To everyone's surprise, Lu Bai said he planned to give this Immortal Dao Flower away.

Upon hearing this news, all the senior experts present couldn't help but have the idea of taking it for themselves.

"Is the Celestial Venerable joking?"

Has it been passed down?

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, divine objects have been possessed by those of virtue. In my humble opinion, only Your Majesty is qualified to wield such divine objects in this world."

That last sentence was, of course, a blatant act of flattery from the ever-loyal Third Supreme.

But it wasn't entirely flattery; more so, he suspected that Lu Bai's words were a test.

As mentioned before, this kind of Immortal Dao Flower has appeared in the Cultivation World before. However, every single one of these Immortal Dao Flower was taken to the immortal realm with its owner when they ascended to immortality. No Immortal Dao Flower has ever been left behind.

After all, even True Immortals can benefit from the Immortal Dao Flower, so why would someone who has ascended to immortality specifically leave such a thing behind?

It's like being about to go to war and then leaving your weapons at home. No matter how confident you are in yourself, you can't do that, can you?

Once the atmosphere had calmed down a bit, Lu Bai continued, "Of course it wasn't given away for free. I won't hide it from you; I added restrictions to this Immortal Dao Flower..."

The Mahayana stage cultivators present held their breath and listened intently to every word Lu Bai spoke.

I probably wasn't this attentive when I listened to my master's sermons back then.

As Lu Bai spoke, he used his Mana to move the Immortal Dao Flower to the center of the arena, allowing these senior experts to examine it with their divine senses.

"... These are the basic requirements. Do you still want it?"

Even after listening to Lu Bai's detailed explanation, the burning gazes of these Mahayana stage cultivators towards the Immortal Dao Flower remained undiminished.

The truth is, among these Mahayana stage cultivators present, normally there wouldn't even be a single True Immortal.

Ten thousand years from now, it will be nothing but a handful of dust.

Now that they have the hope of ascending to immortality, let alone the restrictions of obeying the law which conform to universal values, even if they were to slaughter all living beings in the entire Xuanzhou, they would not hesitate at all when their lifespan is about to end.

After confirming that Lu Bai truly had this idea, the Third Supreme immediately exclaimed, "Your Majesty, you know me. My loyalty to you is as clear as day. Even without such a divine object, I will still strictly follow your instructions until the end of my life."

Not a single word explicitly asks Lu Bai to give him the Immortal Dao Flower, yet the entire sentence implies this meaning.

Many people present began to regret that they hadn't cultivated a good relationship with Lu Bai in order to maintain the air of a senior expert.

Watching the opportunity to become an immortal slip through their fingers, these Mahayana stage cultivators probably slap themselves when they think about it during their seclusion.

Someone immediately retorted, "Old Daoist Yuan Zhong, after all these years, you're still just spouting nonsense like before!"

On the one hand, he reminded Lu Bai that this Third Supreme was not trustworthy, and on the other hand, he specifically mentioned the word "train" to show that he fully accepted the attitude of social reform.

It must be admitted that these old fogies are sharper than anyone else when needed.

The other Mahayana stage cultivators also spoke up one after another, using very precise wording. Even though they were essentially vying for something, they certainly wouldn't annoy Lu Bai.

Lu Bai watched with a smile, without interrupting them.

Finally, it was Yuxu Zi, the sect Sect Master at the Integration stage, who admitted he had no chance of obtaining the Immortal Dao Flower and said with a forced sense of objectivity, "Seniors, let's not expose each other's secrets. Let Elder Lu make the decision."

Daoist Yuan Zhong, also known as the Third Supreme, upon hearing Yuxu Zi mention Lu Bai, immediately bowed deeply to Lu Bai without hesitation. "That's how it should be."

After some thought, Lu Bai finally made a decision. "Then let Daoist Yuan Zhong succeed to the position of the Second Celestial Venerable."

Daoist Yuan Zhong immediately Mana to flush his face. "Please rest assured, Heavenly Venerable, I swear to the Heavenly Dao that I will do my utmost to ensure that all people live a good life."

Lu Bai didn't comment much on this, but turned to look at the others, his tone inexplicably tinged with a hint of gloom.

"However, we cannot ignore the opinions of our fellow practitioners."