Choosing the Five Elders, Soaring Serpent Leaves Wa Emperor Palace (Two Chapters Combined into One...

Chapter 444: Choosing the Five Elders, Soaring Serpent Leaves Wa Emperor Palace (Two Chapters Combined into One)

Honestly, given the Heavenly Court's current strength, it hardly mattered whether it recruited the Saints' first disciples. After all, a Saint's first disciple was not a Saint. Even Duobao, the strongest among them, was only at the middle stage of Great Luo, weaker than Yinglong. Joining the Heavenly Court would not greatly increase its fighting strength.

It was not that Great Luo cultivators were too weak, but with both the Witch Race and the demon race supporting it, one or two more Great Luo cultivators would make little difference.

But!

They were not ordinary Great Luo cultivators. They represented the Saints. If they joined the Heavenly Court, or even merely held nominal posts under his administration, it meant the Saints were proclaiming to the Primordial World that they supported him. That symbolic significance was what Gungun truly valued.

So what if you have the Dao Ancestor's support, Haotian? I can win the support of every Saint besides him, and the Heavenly Court's actual power remains firmly in my hands. Even if you return, what can you do?

Soon, Gungun and Ao Yue arrived at Shouyang Mountain to pay their respects to the Supreme Pure Sage.

After learning why they had come, Laozi could not help laughing. He said to Gungun, who knelt below him, "Gungun, I have only ever accepted two disciples. Zhenwu has already gone to heaven to serve you, and Xuandu's disciple Ganglie has joined the Heavenly River Navy as your subject. Now you want Xuandu too? You intend to take over my entire Renjiao!"

Gungun was not frightened by Laozi's words, because he knew Laozi was not threatening him, but genuinely joking with him.

With that thought, Gungun raised