Ao Yi did not continue to pester Rongyang, nor did he descend upon Dragon Palace Square again.
After Rongyang, Ao Yi, and the others left, the tens of thousands of Cultivators in the square let out long breaths. The common people kneeling throughout the city slowly rose as well. Under the supervision of Linshui Prefecture's other five princes, the sect grand tournament proceeded as usual.
The next day, representatives leading the Mystic Sect, Heaven Sect, and Demon Race were summoned by Linshui Prefecture to a council hall in a side hall of the Dragon Palace to discuss matters concerning the Dao Palace headquarters.
A result was reached in less than half an hour. The tournament rankings would still determine ownership of the headquarters site, but the rules had been slightly altered. Previously, the last-place finisher had been responsible for constructing the Dao Palace headquarters; now, that responsibility fell to first place.
As for Wang Ping's original plan to join forces with the Star God Alliance and the Demon Race to place the headquarters in Mianzhu County, Wang Ping had already abandoned it himself. The previous night, he had specifically informed Que Cai and Leng Kezhen of the matter through a Puppet.
A month later.
With the advantage of playing on home ground, Linshui Prefecture successfully took first place in the tournament. Taiyan Sect came second, Vajra Temple third, Yuqing Sect fourth, Earth Cave Sect fifth, the Demon Race sixth, Northern Nine Tripod Sect seventh, Southern Nine Tripod Sect eighth, while ninth and tenth place both went to Jade Clarity subsidiary sects from Hushan Kingdom.
From eleventh through twentieth place, every position was occupied by Jade Clarity subsidiary sects. Only after twentieth place did Mystic Sect subsidiary sects appear.
In truth, the Nine Tripod Sect's Artifact Cultivators had found it easier