On Lai'er Island, at the Incense Market Branch Headquarters, Lü Xianyun, Yang He, Wang Tong, Xu Tu, and the others gathered to await Yao Lingxian, the man in charge.
"This really is a grand affair. Fellow Daoists from every quarter have come."
"Yes, I've seen quite a few fellow cultivators from the Immortal Sects here."
"And all sorts of capable fighters from the grassroots cultivation markets..."
With invitations sent out to heroes, a single call drew a hundred responses. Such was the prestige the Incense Accumulation Sect now enjoyed as a righteous Immortal Sect. As a veteran of the cultivation world and a major figure among the Immortal Sects, Li Ling was already more than qualified to summon a group of younger cultivators to join in a grand undertaking.
Slaying demons and defending the Dao was a duty none could shirk. How could it be his responsibility alone?
Every righteous Immortal Sect, and even grassroots rogue cultivators whose hearts inclined toward goodness, had an obligation to support it.
Thus, the arrivals went far beyond the Misty Wave Kingdom's Garrison Commissioners and Night Watchers, who served as the Incense Accumulation Sect's vassals. Cultivators traveling through the West Sea for experience, or already living around the Misty Wave Kingdom and making their living through the Incense Market's trade and the rule of a great righteous sect, came flocking to pay their respects.
The vast majority were only at the Qi Refining Realm, though a few elites had Foundation Establishment cultivation, and there were also true disciples of great sects, such as Lü Xianyun and Yang He.
At first, they sounded far inferior to those great cultivators and mighty experts. In truth, however, the cultivation world was full of people like them, who stood at the pinnacle among the teeming masses.
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