With his current strength, if he faced a true late-stage nascent soul cultivator, the outcome was still hard to predict.
And his present goal was merely to secure the position of Prefecture Lord,
thereby boarding the great ship of the Great Jin Dynasty, gaining the qualifications to exchange for treasures from Great Jin's secret treasury, and making use of the Great Jin Dynasty's intelligence network
to gather high-grade spiritual items and resources for himself.
As for whether that prefecture was prosperous or not, that was secondary.
Thus, he chose Jiangling Prefecture, greatly increasing his chances of success.
As for True Lord Tian Ci and Wang Erniu, they had likewise chosen several of the weaker ones—Lingling Prefecture and Guiyang Prefecture, respectively.
"Infuse your mana aura into this jade register!" Elder said bluntly.
Zhou Xun nodded and flicked a finger. A streak of spiritual light landed upon the jade register before him.
"From the twenty-seventh to the thirtieth of September next year will be Jiangling Prefecture's selection. Take this token and head to the west city gate."
"The arenas will be set up there at that time!"
As Elder spoke, he took out a token and handed it to Zhou Xun, then dismissed him.
So the tournament would be held outside the west city gate.
At that time, ten arenas would be erected, each spanning ten thousand zhang, allowing the Prefecture Lord selections for ten prefectures to proceed simultaneously.
After the tournament began,
cultivators registered for the same prefecture would draw lots and fight one another in pairs, round after round,
until only the final person remained, who would then become the Prefecture Lord.
At the same time, they were required to stop short in their matches and were forbidden from taking lives. Otherwise, they would face a joint manhunt by Great