"So... this was the grand gift Shi Nanqing spoke of?"
"This gift... really was grand! As expected of the Battle Immortal King!"
Amid his shock, Xiao Ying instantly understood Shi Nanqing's intention behind the gift, and he could not help feeling both moved and admiring.
Given Shi Nanqing's cultivation, strength, status, and background, Mozi and Li Jing were probably not merely people with the same names, but genuine ascenders from the Pangu World.
This was timely rain that relieved Xiao Ying's most pressing need. Not only could it help him reorganize and reform the Black Tower Tribe, whose population had soared to five hundred thousand, according to his plans, but he could also attribute everything concerning the Pangu World to these two men, preventing anyone from connecting the Great Huan Celestial Lord with the Black Tower High Priest. This was the true intention of the Battle Immortal King Shi Nanqing, and one of the principal values of her grand gift.
Another principal value was that ascenders from lesser worlds were exceedingly rare and precious. They were welcomed by every faction and valued even more highly by the various sects. Some factions even specialized in capturing ascenders to sell them for considerable sums.
Ascenders from lesser worlds had been tempered by a thousand hammer blows and a hundred refinings, struggling free of the mortal world step by step. They possessed not only deep foundations, but also aptitude, comprehension, potential, opportunities, and experience far beyond those of native Immortal Realm cultivators under otherwise equal conditions, including cultivation realm.
"Summon... bring them up!"
In his excitement, Xiao Ying nearly gave the wrong command. He hastily corrected himself, and his thoughts began churning again!
Mo Di was a man of the late Spring and Autumn period and early Warring States period during the Eastern