Right, according to Lin Qing, quite a few cultivators in both the Chu Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom had obtained those ink-colored jade pendants-the so-called entry tokens.
Although the Nangong Lineage had declined somewhat, its ancestors had, after all, included a Golden Core Realm cultivator. In terms of accumulated resources, even the present-day Qin Lineage and Zhao Clan probably could not compare.
So whether cultivators from the Nangong Lineage had come to participate in Senior Wu Daoxuan's Painting Refinement or accompany others to watch the ceremony, there was nothing strange about it.
Counting the one in his possession, there were eighty-seven pieces of Ink Jade in total, and their recipients were scattered throughout the Chu Kingdom, the Qi Kingdom, and the Central Region.
There should have been somewhat more in the Chu Kingdom. After all, Song Yan had destroyed that copy of the Hell Transformation Painting in Changping.
But the Chu Kingdom had endured several years of havoc from the Demon Ruins. Though that was not a long span of time, quite a few cultivators had been killed or injured.
Perhaps some pieces of Ink Jade had dissipated along with the loss of their owners' lives.
Song Yan did not know the situation in the Qi Kingdom, but he imagined it should not have been too different from the Chu Kingdom.
Then some cultivators might give up the opportunity because they considered the journey too long and a waste of precious cultivation time, or because they thought the roads unsafe.
In short, the number of cultivators who ultimately came to participate in the Painting Refinement should not exceed fifty.
That was still Song Yan's conservative estimate. More likely, the number would be far lower.
Still, if even the Nangong Lineage had already appeared, the Chu Kingdom's Six Great Sects should