C398 Ready to Go
Early in the morning, the disciples of the various sects were led by their respective sect elders to the Jiugong Sect's martial arena and gathered there.
Everyone was already familiar with this place, so Zhuo Bufan brought the Duobao Sect disciples and headed towards the Middle Palace.
Halfway there, Zhuo Bufan coincidentally met Thunder Sovereign leading a group of men. After the two teams met, they simply walked side by side.
"Thunder Sovereign, you brought so many people this time?" Zhuo Bufan saw that behind Thunder Sovereign, there were not only many disciples, but also many elders.
Thunder Sovereign responded with a laugh: "Haha, this time, the disciples are going to train in Eternal Relic, no matter what, it is a huge matter. We don't dare to be negligent, so we bring more people with us.
After he finished speaking, Thunder Sovereign secretly said to Zhuo Bufan: "Moreover, we don't know what those Pingsha Sect disciples are planning. We were worried that our disciples would have problems, so we brought more people with us to plan for safety."
Although the Pingsha Sect had only sent a few disciples as part of the Origin Sect's experiential learning, no one was clear about the intentions behind the Pingsha Sect. Bringing a few more people was not a bad thing for them.
Although the attitudes of the various sects were different, they all shared similar thoughts. In a situation where they didn't know what the Pingsha Sect was up to, it was safer to have all of the main force by their side.
"Brother Nie, the day before yesterday, I heard that several sect masters of your Duobao Sect made their breakthroughs. Is that true?!" When Lei Yan saw Nie Zhen, he hurriedly went up to Nie Zhen and asked with a smile.
Wu Tie nodded his head, and said: "Maybe it's an opportunity, or maybe the luck Zhuo Great Sect Master brought with him when he broke through Origin Stage caused the other sect masters to have some enlightenment, so they might have had a breakthrough."
Nie Zhen naturally wouldn't reveal the real reason, so he casually found an excuse to dismiss Lei Yan.
"Ha? This can help him achieve a breakthrough? That Sovereign Tai Yi has already broken through for so long, why is my Master still in the Earth Sage Stage … " However, he also knew that it was useless even if he thought about it. Perhaps this was the real reason, after all, sometimes, when one's luck was good, it might even be so coincidental.
When they arrived at the middle palace's martial arena, everyone discovered that many sects had already arrived early. Eight Extreme Martial School, Five Appearances Sect, Tianyi Pavilion, and Ice River Valley were all present. This time, each sect finally brought out their entire lineup.
Earlier on, everyone only brought a few participating disciples and sect elders, but after Sovereign Tai Yi said that there were ancient ruins to participate in, those sects had to send messages back to their respective sects, and send a lot of sect experts to Jiugong Sect.
This was also the reason why the Pill Tao Competition had only started visiting the Ancient Ruins after an entire month had passed.
Although this experiential learning team was mainly made up of young disciples, after all, they were going to the endless sea, so no one knew how much danger there was.
After all, the space where the ruins were hidden restricted the limit of the cultivator's cultivation level. The cultivators who entered the space where the ruins were located could not surpass the ninth level of the sky realm, but there were no restrictions on the cultivator's cultivation level in the endless sea area.
All of the major sects, other than Jiugong Sect, had brought over a dozen elder-level experts. At the same time, Great Sect Master had already arrived.
"Brother Zhuo, everyone from Duobao Sect greets you." When Elder Xuan Feng saw that Zhuo Bufan had arrived at the scene with the Duobao Sect team, he was the first to stand up and greet Zhuo Bufan with clasped hands.
The other sect heavyweights also greeted Zhuo Bufan and the others. Zhuo Bufan and the others also smiled and returned the greetings.
Now that Zhuo Bufan was a First Level of the Origin Stage expert, the other four Duobao Sect giants were all Heavenly Sage Stage experts as well. With this kind of strength, in all of the sects present, even if it was Jiugong Sect, it was impossible for them to suppress him, so it was normal for the Duobao Sect giants to have this kind of treatment.
"Young Fellow Taoist Nie, it's been a while. Are you confident in this exploration event?" Elder Xuan Feng greeted Nie Zhen again.
"Thank you, Xuan Feng Pavilion Lord, for your concern. Naturally, we have confidence. If we cultivators don't even have this bit of confidence, how can we raise our cultivation?" Nie Zhen smiled at Elder Xuan Feng.
"Hahaha!" Well said, bold! "Those useless disciples of mine can't compare to me. Can Young Fellow Taoist Nie take care of this experiential learning if he has the chance?"
"Xuan Feng, Pavilion Lord is too polite. We're all friends, let's help each other."
Seeing Elder Xuan Feng and Nie Zhen talking and laughing, some of the sect leaders became a little envious. Elder Xuan Feng was obviously going to do something soon, first building a good relationship with the few giants, then taking the initiative to befriend them.
Everyone knew that Tianyi Pavilion and Duobao Sect were currently in their honeymoon period, and the relationship between the two sects was advancing at a tremendous pace.
Anyone could see that the current Duobao Sect had no limits. Four Sages in just one piece, and one Preparative Pill Sage meant that the future of Duobao Sect was limitless. Of course, they had to make use of this opportunity to establish a good relationship.
Compared to other sects, the number of people that the Jiugong Sect had brought was different. The Nine Palace Palace Masters each brought over a dozen or so elders, and in total, there were over a hundred elders. In addition, the number of disciples also far surpassed the combined numbers of the other sects.
At this moment, Sovereign Tai Yi of the Central Palace led countless of troops behind him in a grand manner, as if they were an army that was about to set off for war.
"I, Zhuo, lead the Duobao Sect people and greet Sovereign Tai Yi." Zhuo Bufan was the first to clasp his fist towards Sovereign Tai Yi and smiled.2
The heavyweights of the other sects also greeted Sovereign Tai Yi and the others.
Sovereign Tai Yi looked deeply at Zhuo Bufan, then smiled at him and said: "I heard that all my fellow disciples from Duobao Sect congratulated him consecutively. This Sovereign did not come to congratulate you, I hope Sect Master Zhuo can forgive me …"
"Sovereign Tai Yi, you don't need to say it. We have been disturbing the Duobao Sect for a long time and were already embarrassed to begin with, so why would we care about all this?" Zhuo Bufan and Sovereign Tai Yi also courteously exchanged pleasantries.
Actually, Sovereign Tai Yi was quite courteous towards Duobao Sect before, and even had a good impression of it. However, ever since Zhuo Bufan entered Origin Stage, and since Duobao Sect posed a threat to the status of Jiugong Sect, Sovereign Tai Yi's attitude towards Duobao Sect started to become ambiguous.
Until now, when Duobao Sect's strength was not at all inferior to Jiugong Sect's, Sovereign Tai Yi had completely developed a relationship with Duobao Sect, and the two of them greeted each other with more of Hsu Wei's courtesies.
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