Chapter 1117 - 563: Reward and Punishment (Part 2)
"Your Excellency is the Chief Clerk of General Mansion, Wu Lian."
Chen Xuantian turned around expressionlessly, looking at the Divine Monarch sitting high in the clouds, seated in the Divine Court, holding a compass, with Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, and Five Qi Chaoyuan.
"I am the Reckoner, newly appointed as the Immortal Alliance enforcer, please accept the decree, Fellow Daoist."
Chen Xuantian sighed, bowing in the imposing shadow of the Cloud Platform, while the voice of the Divine Monarch resonated throughout the heavens,
"The head has decreed, the evil dragon Meng Bing, punished for six thousand years, does not repent, colludes with the Xiaoyao Demon Path, breaks the seal to cause havoc, I have already used Thunder Skill to eliminate him!
Order the Cloud Platform sages, all divisions of the Nine Mountains, to search Yun Meng for seven days! Evil Demons and Heretics! Kill on sight! Do not let even one demon escape!
Fellow Daoist has done well in Demon Extermination, and is rewarded entry to the Cloud Platform Treasure Vault, to take one treasure and complete this karma!"
Chen Xuantian bowed, then raised his head and smiled as he looked at the Jade Token that drifted in front of him,
"What virtue or ability does Wu Lian have! To receive the favor of the head of the Immortal Alliance! Such a generous reward, I am overwhelmed! Beyond words!"
Reckoner saw that he did not receive it, and said coldly,
"The head has one last word for you.
You’ve overdone it, there won’t be a next time."
Chen Xuantian immediately bowed,
"Thank the head for the guidance! I accept the decree!"
Reckoner waved his sleeve, spreading out a layer of azure mist,
"Follow me to the Cloud Platform."
Chen Xuantian raised his hand,
"However, I have six brothers who joined in Demon Extermination, by the rules each can receive a magic treasure, right?"
Reckoner frowned,
"Fellow Daoist, do not overstep."
Chen Xuantian raised his eyebrow,
"Oh, am I overstepping? Isn’t it? Calculating the treasure retrieval, completing karma, one item per person, keeps it clean, how is this overstepping?
Perhaps my arithmetic is poor, with some errors, perhaps the Divine Monarch would audit with me, scrutinize the accounts and see where the mistake is?"
Reckoner stared at him for a while, then suddenly smiled and said,
"Fellow Daoist, what are you talking about, you have done well in slaying demons, what mistake there is~
Seven items then, it’s agreed, irrevocable, do not delay~
Let’s complete this task quickly, I have official business."
"Thank the Divine Monarch!"
Thus, Chen Xuantian received the Jade Token, stepped onto the azure cloud, and gave Chan Zi a glance,
"You don’t have to wait for dinner."
Chan Zi nodded, watching Chen Xuantian enveloped by the azure mist, rise with the colorful clouds into the sky, through the Immortal Mountain Mirage, then disappearing from sight.
And Chen Xuantian and Reckoner, said nothing more, leisurely drifted through the cloud and mist, strolling through the peaks of the Cloud Platform.
Though it’s not the first visit, each time is different.
Ten years ago when Tie Dan came, most were still construction sites, after all, the Cloud Platform Peak was originally Xuan Nu’s seized throne of the Immortal Emperor, though tossed onto the Nine Yin Peak, actually it was just a mountain secret realm, not particularly special. Later, the head of the Sword Pavilion, Tiangangzi, secretly maneuvered, taking advantage of Emperor Wu’s hand to plunder the world, taking the entire Shanglin Garden.
Then Lingxu seized the opportunity during the Stone Dragon turmoil to rake in profits in Three Constellations, after ten years of frantic upgrades and expansions, those Flying Island Immortal Palaces were piled like building blocks, with the nine major sects moving mountains over, complementing each other, interconnected by the Cloud Platform Immortal Bridge, like human sky bridges, smoke curling everywhere, blazing Elixir Fire, Pill Furnace Workshops, Beast Cages, Sword Training Grounds everywhere, indeed aiming for Nine Mountains unification.
The Third Void, the Cloud Platform Peak, has truly begun to take shape.
Simply put, the world is such that ultimately the strong hold sway, if you are too weak, no matter how you scheme, you’ll be trampled underfoot, but if you are strong enough, you can reshape the world as you wish.
However, speaking further, Lingxu is not merely obsessed with construction, creating miracles. His most important scheme over ten years, probably leveraging construction projects, organization, resource mobilization, to recruit massive talent from Mystic Sect and Immortal Palace, assembling rogue elites, forming the fourth great power after the Three Great Sects.
Immortal Alliance.
Indeed, the so-called unity forms a fortress, no matter how strong one person is, there are things they cannot achieve, but things one person can’t accomplish, a group may very well succeed.
Behind Lingxu, not only has the nine major sects’ full support, but also figures like Tie Dan for honing, a hidden blade scabbard, and a multitude aiding him, backing him, collectively building the Void’s zealots.
For instance, the Reckoner beside Chen Xuantian now, is one of them.
This person belongs to Kunlun Heavenly Jade Gate, originally an Ancient Taoist Sect known for arithmetic, even though forced into Kunlun by Immortal Palace back then, managing to ground the sect’s law in Kunlun Mountain signifies its substantial gold content. There’s quite a number of similar Hidden Immortal Mountain Gates in Taiji Heaven, forming often overlooked, difficult to perceive enormous forces.
And such skilled Hidden Immortal Ancient Path, its biggest pain point lies in mountain sires each having their doors, generally passed down singly to a generation, disciples are extremely hard to take. Originally places like Kunlun where demons run rampant have few normal people, where to find a suitable Daoist. Yet if sect leaders leave the mountain for nine provinces and twelve countries, seeking those destined for Daoist inheritance, it’s like finding a needle in a haystack, highly inefficient.
Moreover, from the Reckoner’s angle, his lineage in Heavenly Jade Gate emphasizes arithmetic legacy, notably not orthodox Mystic Sect’s ordeal endurance, Qi Observation fortune telling’s practical skills, but rather adventure lifestyle streams like feng shui dragon searching, tomb excavation and treasure hunting.