Kong Hongwu hurriedly said with a fawning smile, "The hall masters within the Immortal Palace are the true hall masters. This title of mine is merely to fool those Daoist sect remnants. Others may not know, but how could the Immortal Envoy not?"
"Mmm, I know. As long as you handle the matter she entrusted to you properly, I cannot promise you the position of hall master, but I can at least secure you an immortal post upon your return to the Immortal Palace, one that will extend your life by ten thousand years."
"Then many thanks to the Immortal Envoy." Kong Hongwu was inwardly delighted, yet he did not dare reveal it and hurriedly bowed in thanks.
The Immortal Envoy flicked a sleeve. "Sit. The Yaotai Gathering will begin in three days. How many Nascent Soul cultivators have arrived? Is your Yaotai Mountain prepared?"
"Reporting to the Immortal Envoy, more than seven hundred Daoist sect Nascent Soul cultivators and over six thousand Golden Core cultivators have gathered beneath Yaotai Mountain..." Kong Hongwu answered without hesitation. "However, most of those seven hundred Nascent Soul cultivators came for... the Qing Ming Dragon Saliva. They are still watching from the sidelines and may not necessarily participate in the Yaotai Gathering. Most of the six thousand Golden Core cultivators, meanwhile, will attend. As for the grand formation of the Yaotai Gathering, Immortal Envoy, please rest assured. Since obtaining the formation diagram from you, I personally urged the Twenty-Eight Star Lords to rearrange Yaotai Mountain's grand formation. Furthermore, upon the foundation of this formation, the heavenly generals sent by the Immortal Envoy jointly laid down the Sun, Moon, and Stars Immortal Formations. Not to mention Nascent Soul cultivators—even if Out-of-Body and Spirit Division cultivators came, they would never be allowed to leave alive."
"Good.