Chapter 3540 — Visitors from Cloud Terrace Island
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But there was one precondition: only those utterly loyal to Wei Zhao, with not the slightest ill intent in their hearts, could enter. Even a trace of a bad thought would bar one from the jade pendant's space!
And this judgment was not Wei Zhao's own—the jade pendant's space decided for itself! After all, it was only the primordial spirit that entered; if someone harbored treacherous designs, the guest might well usurp the host. The specifics Wei Zhao himself did not fully grasp, for the refining instructions offered no explanation!
They said only that those not absolutely loyal could not get in. Yet Tang Zhi, in Wei Zhao's eyes, posed no problem at all—her feelings for him ran deep, so deep that to spare him pain she would rather bear it herself! Could such a person be anything less than loyal?
Surely she would pass the jade pendant's space's test?
If Tang Zhi could but cultivate inside the jade pendant's space, breaking through to Great Perfection would be the work of mere moments—she had already touched the bottleneck, after all!
As for the energy stones, Wei Zhao had considered them and even tested them on Tang Zhi, but the effect was negligible. Tang Zhi's cultivation method differed from Wang Xinyan's and Zhang Naipao's: those two could draw in unlimited energy of their own accord, while Tang Zhi could only absorb passively. Energy stones supplied more than the spiritual qi of heaven and earth did now, certainly—but not by that much, and they would never suffice to push her through to Great Perfection.
So the jade pendant's space alone was the all-purpose solution. Wei Zhao brought the women back to the Five Luminaries Sect's inn, and at once shut himself away to refine the jade pendant's space...
Meanwhile, in the Five Luminaries Sect, in Patriarch Xuanchen's room sat a long-haired, handsome man in antique robes. His features were genial and his air so sunny that people felt warmed by it—yet a faint gloom lurked in his eyes that made all who saw him stand in awe, so that none would dare slight him for his pleasant looks!
"Libationer Nantian, this subordinate has already made preparations to convene the Heaven-Rank Assembly, as you commanded!" At that moment, Patriarch Xuanchen was actually down on one knee! Had anyone been present, they would have been utterly astonished!
The lofty, overweening acting sect master of the Five Luminaries Sect, Patriarch Xuanchen, behaving like this before the man in front of him! Because the Five Luminaries Sect had been the initiator, organizer, and executor of the Cloud Terrace Island plan, it was hailed as the foremost sect of the ancient world—a formidable power indeed, and every ancient sect wishing to ascend to the heavenly way had to treat Patriarch Xuanchen with the utmost respect!
Yet at this moment Patriarch Xuanchen was as cautious as a servant.
"Mm. I have come here because the Central Island Master charged me with guiding the disciples of the various islands." The robed man nodded. "Xuanchen, you have done well. In time, you shall follow me and serve as my subordinate."
"Thank you for your patronage, Libationer Nantian!" Patriarch Xuanchen was overjoyed! This Libationer Nantian was plainly a personage of consequence on Cloud Terrace Island—otherwise he could never have been sent to the secular world as a receiving guide to make contact with him!
Patriarch Xuanchen had been fretting that he had no backer once he reached Cloud Terrace Island, and that if everyone there proved stronger than he, he would be in a sorry fix—and now Libationer Nantian had delivered himself to his door! What a heaven-sent opportunity!
"Mm. Only do your work well. What I require is subordinates with vicious minds and clever schemes." Libationer Nantian chuckled and spoke mildly.
"Ah, yes—Libationer Nantian, speaking of vicious minds, my disciple is a paragon of that breed. Might he too study under you?" Patriarch Xuanchen lost no time in recommending Kang Jingming to Libationer Nantian.