Chapter 181: Life 68, Age 59, Martial Emperor 1
Our meeting with ChenKun was brief and to the point.
He had five spots for subordinates. Two would go to others we didn’t know, one would go to Yan, and one would go to me. He offered the last spot to LiTing, but having thought about it over the past several years, she declined and allowed it to be given to someone else instead.
Yan would take JiaQi and Cai XiaoYu as his two attendants, and I would take LiTing and YuLong.
We would stay in Earth City for five more years to prepare, and then we would head out. I couldn't help but wince at the thought of how this delay would affect my timeline for reaching Peak Emperor, creating memory orbs, and resetting, but for Yan and the others who had just arrived, this schedule was already tight. They would only barely have enough time to ascend to Martial Emperor with solid foundations, and that was with LiTing and me feeding them contribution points.
Once all the details were confirmed, we separated out to prepare.
ChenKun hadn’t been able to tell us much about the path ahead of us, but he did know that it would be important for each of our small groups to be able to operate independently. Each three-person group would be facing their challenges on their own.
He also added on a request that each of our groups be independent. I could concoct pills and create formations for YuLong and LiTing, but he did not want me to give any to Yan’s group. This was supposedly to demonstrate that all five teams were powerful enough to stand on their own without outside assistance.
I didn’t like the idea of having our groups tackle unknown challenges without being as prepared as possible, but the only reason we were climbing the mountain in the first place was to repay our debt to the man. He had provided us with ample protection over the years. We could do this for him in return.
Since Yan’s team was entirely composed of Martial Kings, their primary focus was on cultivating to reach Martial Emperor as soon as possible. Whatever free time they had was spent sparring to improve their fighting skills.