Seeing that the important matter of succession had been settled, Feng Mingzhu relaxed and said with a smile, "Everyone, next let us discuss how to recruit Attendants."
"In the past, while Fellow Daoist Luo was still with us, the Yunshan Lineage had no Foundation Establishment Attendants, only a few Guest Advisers with whom its ties were rather loose. Most never renewed their contracts and have long since gone wandering. Now, recruiting Foundation Establishment Attendants to safeguard the lineage is imperative. These Attendant elders must also form a council of elders together with Lin and Pang, jointly governing the Yunshan Lineage."
"Under the City-State Alliance's rules, an Attendant's contract lasts a hundred years and requires signing a 'Karmic Pact' and swearing a binding oath upon one's Primordial Spirit."
At these words, the eager, animated atmosphere immediately cooled.
Although the contract's punitive conditions would not be triggered so long as they followed certain rules, it was still the equivalent of fastening a rope around everyone's neck, ready to tighten the moment they violated the spirit of the agreement.
The severity of the backlash they suffered then would depend entirely on the terms each had signed.
Such contracts were formed through the workings of karma and fate, the most mysterious and powerful Dao in this world. Once signed, not merely Foundation Establishment cultivators, but even those at Core Formation, Nascent Soul, or Primordial Spirit might be unable to withstand them by force.
To keep these incoming "enthusiastic friends" in check, the City-State Alliance had made this contract mandatory and drawn up numerous templates, gaining widespread acceptance throughout the Eastern Victory Continent.
Moreover, there were indeed people who upheld these rules and this order of their own accord.
Feng Mingzhu was one such example. Though he had intervened in the Yunshan Lineage's succession, from