"Same joy to you~" The Golden Armored Confucian General nodded slightly, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the Nascent Soul atop the disk, its eyelids tightly shut and utterly motionless. "This already makes the third! Royal Brother truly is my peerless strategist. I destroyed two Daoist sect countries and spent enormous effort traveling to the Cangxian Continent to seek out Daoist Nascent Souls, yet in two years I captured only fourteen Nascent Souls—far short of what the Immortal Envoy required. Who would have thought that beside Yaotai, we would seize three in merely a dozen days?"
"Haha, this is all thanks to Royal Brother's good fortune!" The scholar waved a hand and laughed. "If not for Royal Brother granting me land and a marquisate, how could I have learned of this Yaotai Gathering from that Daoist sect cultivator? Besides, it is said that the Yaotai Gathering is mostly attended by those so-called Golden Core cultivators of the Daoist sect; few Nascent Souls can participate. Yet the ones we encountered in succession were all Nascent Soul cultivators. Is that not proof that Royal Brother's blessings reach the heavens? Once Royal Brother fulfills the Immortal Envoy's command, you will surely win the favor of the Immortal Palace. Forget establishing an empire that endures through ten thousand ages—even taking your place among the immortals will be within reach!"
"Rest assured! Since childhood, you and I have stood shoulder to shoulder as one word. What I have, Royal Brother shall never lack!" The Golden Armored Confucian General laughed. "Once I erase this Nascent Soul's Primordial Spirit, we shall seek out a fourth Nascent Soul!"
As he spoke, a dragon pattern emerged between the Golden Armored Confucian General's brows. He bit through his middle finger, and a drop of fresh blood seeped out. With