Chapter 627 - 727: Final Resolution
Actually, before Ye Tianfan arrived, besides placing his hopes on his disciple Yun Tian, Tian Chu Zhenren also favored Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji.
Can you believe it? A leader of the righteous sects actually favored a leader of the demonic sects.
But this was an undeniable fact.
Because before, Tian Chu Zhenren truly had little hope of advancing to the Taichu Realm and believed that Demon Sect Leader was currently the person with the greatest chance of entering the Taichu Realm.
However, ever since Ye Tianfan arrived, he no longer thought so.
Although at first, Tian Chu Zhenren hid it well, it's important to know that the core controller of Taichu Sect's Sect's Array is Tian Chu Zhenren. It's safe to say that he knew every move of the entire Taichu Sect like the back of his hand. Hence, he was fully aware of Ye Tianfan's several advancements, not to mention Ye Tianfan showed formidable power during the Nine Veins Martial Meeting. So, after that, Tian Chu Zhenren paid even more attention to Ye Tianfan.
At that time, Tian Chu Zhenren was already optimistic about Ye Tianfan, even more so than Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji.
When Ye Tianfan brought back the heart of a nine-headed demon dragon, Tian Chu Zhenren saw potential for breaking through the Taichu Realm, and thus, he became less impressed with Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji, though he still acknowledged Zhang Youji's abilities greatly.
But this acknowledgment could never match that for his disciple, Ye Tianfan.
"Good, since the demonic sect is willing to deal with one third, we can handle the remaining two-thirds!" Sect Leader Fu Yu of the Kind Sect spoke up.
If he hadn't spoken, truly no one would have, because at this point, Tian Chu Zhenren had already taken the most mysterious monster, and Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji had claimed one third. If no one from the righteous sects spoke up, they would be looked down upon by Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji.
Rumours might spread through the demonic sect, saying things like, "Our Demon Sect has already voluntarily shouldered a third of the monsters, and you righteous sects are still not satisfied? Do you want us to deal with all the monsters?" At that point, the righteous side wouldn't have anything to say in response.
Moreover, Sect Leader Fu Yu of the Kind Sect saw that Tian Chu Zhenren remained silent. If they continued in silence, it definitely wouldn't work out. The minor sect leaders couldn't be relied upon, leaving only him, Tian Xiang Zhenren, and the Sect Leader of the fourth-ranking righteous sect to speak up.
Tian Xiang Zhenren wasn't present, and between him and the Sect Leader of that sect, Fu Yu was the most qualified to speak, so he did.
"Yes, yes! Let's distribute the remaining two-thirds among our sects!"
"Right, the demonic sect has already taken a third; we can't let them look down on us. Let's take the rest!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
Once Sect Leader Fu Yu finished speaking, the entire conference room erupted in chaotic discussion.
Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji watched with a smile. In truth, he was a proud person. Among the righteous sects, he only recognized Ye Tianfan, disregarding everyone else, including Tian Chu Zhenren.
His disregard for Tian Chu Zhenren was because, in Zhang Youji's eyes, Tian Chu Zhenren had been stuck at the pinnacle of the Thousand Source Realm for far too long, with little hope of advancing to the Taichu Realm. The others were no better, merely flawed individuals. While they were all at the Thousand Source Realm, Zhang Youji did not see the potential for any of them to advance to the Taichu Realm.
This is why Zhang Youji didn't regard them, but he saw potential in Ye Tianfan, which is why he valued him so highly, even handing over the Demon Sect's significant tome, the "Great Law of Heaven and Earth," to Ye Tianfan upon first meeting.
Was Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji foolish? Not really, but why did he place trust in Ye Tianfan so quickly? Despite knowing little about him, why did he hand over the precious tome based solely on his name?
He even went so far as to sacrifice Motolo to try to secure Ye Tianfan, though he ultimately failed. But why? Because Zhang Youji saw in Ye Tianfan the potential to share the world with him, even though Ye Tianfan was aligned with the righteous path, he wanted to bring him over, not allowing the righteous rules to hamper Ye Tianfan's state of mind.
Once one's state of mind is hindered, there is little hope of reaching the Taichu Realm.
However, these thoughts faded away after resolving the Evil Qi situation.
Because then, Zhang Youji saw that Ye Tianfan was not affected in his mindset by the righteous path, nor was his power unstable, leading Zhang Youji to feel that Ye Tianfan had no fate with the Demon Sect, no fate with him.
Zhang Youji felt a sense of loneliness because he originally believed that with time, no one could stop him, but in Ye Tianfan, he saw this potential. So, he thought, if the two of us cannot rule the world together, then let's be rivals. Yet, Ye Tianfan is still too weak now, and only when he becomes the Sect Leader of Taichu Sect could he be considered Zhang Youji's formal rival. Zhang Youji had time to wait patiently.
Why could Zhang Youji tell that Ye Tianfan would become the Sect Leader of Taichu Sect? It's obvious, isn't it? Among Ye Tianfan's generation, who else was likely to assume the position of Sect Leader? Only Ye Tianfan, with his strength, high talent, intact character, and kind heart.
Where else could they find such a perfect successor? Perhaps Yun Tian was quite excellent before, but once Ye Tianfan came along, Yun Tian was left behind.
So, when analyzed this way, the position of Sect Leader in Taichu Sect belonged to none other than Ye Tianfan.
Furthermore, Zhang Youji also decided that if Ye Tianfan could not become the Taichu Sect Leader, he would eliminate whoever stood in the way until Ye Tianfan took over as Sect Leader, claiming the head of the current Taichu Sect Leader. By then, Zhang Youji would be confident since who knows if by that time, Zhang Youji might have already broken through to the Taichu Realm.
Zhang Youji's perspective was simple: if I have acknowledged you as my rival, then everything you have must be on par with me. I don't want to give you any disadvantage; thus, if you lose, there will be no excuses. Since I am the Demon Sect Leader, you must be the Taichu Sect Leader to pay homage to our status as rivals.
Once Zhang Youji grew impatient waiting, everyone present finally divided up all the monsters, with each sect responsible for some.
