The various factions' reactions were naturally well within Tongtian's expectations.
The resources needed to cultivate an expert at the fifth heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm were simply beyond measure, and without outstanding aptitude and innate foundations, reaching that stage was impossible.
Many minor factions had no way to grow, and the root of the problem was their lack of exceptionally gifted disciples.
Yet a grand array capable of matching an expert at the fifth heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm required only an array diagram and a few Spirit Treasures to serve as its focal points!
The materials were not worth much. What mattered was the diagram showing how to arrange the grand array!
Ying Dang had long since established a mental connection with Tongtian, and even his sales pitch had been perfectly prepared.
"The Heavenly Secret Pavilion sells arrays at sky-high prices, even those at the Primordial Origin Realm!"
"But array diagrams produced by our Holy Land Interception Sect cost only ten purple pearls for the Primordial Origin Realm, and only a hundred purple pearls for anything below the fifth heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm!"
"Of course, as I said earlier, anyone willing to affiliate with our Holy Land Interception Sect and swear a Great Dao Oath will immediately receive a fifth-heaven Dao-Unification Realm array worth a hundred purple pearls, absolutely free!"
Those words instantly sent waves rippling through the gathered factions!
Since they had come here today to offer their congratulations, they naturally hoped to attach themselves to a colossus like the Holy Land Interception Sect!
All the minor factions that had come had originally prepared themselves to pay tribute year after year and present themselves in homage every year.
Only now did they learn that affiliating with the Holy Land Interception Sect required no tribute at all. They