Ao Yi had been gone for less than half a day when the Dragon Palace's gift-giving procession arrived at the Sea God Temple, hauling chest after chest of treasures.
The Dragon Palace truly was rich and imposing, having enjoyed the Four Seas for countless ages. They did not feel the slightest pain at giving such gifts.
But...
He accepted gifts with his left hand and handed out god positions with his right...
Why did Li Changshou feel as though he had forcibly turned himself into a corrupt Heavenly Court official who wielded power for personal gain and sold offices for money?
He was supposed to be a loyal minister!
In the Sea God Temple's Back Hall, Li Changshou's Old Immortal Paper Daoist swept his fly whisk, and most of the treasure chests vanished. The pearls, agates, coral, and luminous pearls—things considered treasures only in the mortal world—were left behind as rewards for his subordinates.
Afterward, this Paper Daoist tidied up his makeup, rode a cloud toward the Eastern Sea, and began the plan he and Ao Yi had settled on earlier—
The Primordial Wilderness's first talent show—cough, god-selection competition!
This competition would feature the Four Seas Dragon King as special guests, the Dragon Clan's thirty-nine elders as the judging panel, and Profound and Unblemished, Great God of the Four Seas, together with Ao Yi, the Dragon Clan's pioneer in ascending to the Heavenly Court, as the competition's "senior panel."
As long as you were outstanding enough, you could make a "senior" turn around for you and grant you a Heavenly Court God Position!
This would both demonstrate how seriously the Dragon Palace took the matter and give the Heavenly Court some face;
Since it was an internal Dragon Clan selection, it would also lessen the Dragon Clan's resistance;
And while