Sacred Mistress Ningyan held a position of considerable prestige within the True Martial Sacred Ground, and since she had made her pledge, the Sacred Ground had no intention of welshing on the debt.
That said, while the True Martial Sacred Ground had already shattered the rebel alliance, the Divine Dao Ancestor on the rebel side had not yet fallen.
The Sacred Ground was eager for the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast to strike again, joining forces with their own Divine Dao Ancestor to eliminate the rebel's Divine Dao Ancestor once and for all.
The Vermilion Bird Divine Beast had no objections whatsoever, but the rebel's Divine Dao Ancestor was extremely vigilant. Sensing that the situation had turned dire, the ancestor immediately fled.
When a Divine Dao powerhouse was dead set on retreating, there was simply no way to stop them.
Thus, while the rebellion within the True Martial Sacred Ground was effectively over, a lingering threat still remained. Of course, the Sacred Ground was not particularly troubled by this.
After all, the True Martial Sacred Ground possessed its own Divine Dao powerhouse as well. They had no reason to fear the rebel's Divine Dao cultivator.
At the victory banquet,
After reviewing it all, Jiang Chen had to concede that in the ancient era, the Earth Vault Sect had indeed contributed more to the Celestial Myriad Spirits God-Sealing Formation than any other power.
The portion controlled by the Earth Vault Sect was also the most complex and the most difficult to operate.
As the foremost sect of antiquity, the Earth Vault Sect had clearly earned its reputation.
With all the formation's arcane subtleties now seared into his mind, Jiang Chen finally had a rough outline of the entire structure.
The True Martial Sacred Ground treated Jiang Chen with exceptional courtesy throughout. Even the Sacred Ground's own Divine Dao Ancestor was remarkably warm and gracious toward him.
The rewards were equally generous.
In addition to the Supreme Dragon Scale Fruit that Jiang Chen had been so eager to obtain, the Sacred Ground also presented him with a wealth of precious Spiritual Medicine, including the refining materials for the Heavenly Cauldron Pill.
Those refining materials were even more valuable than the Supreme Dragon Scale Fruit itself.
The True Martial Sacred Ground truly deserved its worldwide fame for the cultivation of Spiritual Medicine. The Spiritual Medicine they bestowed upon him was of extraordinarily high quality, and Jiang Chen was thoroughly pleased.
On top of that, the Sacred Ground also rewarded him with a massive quantity of Ling Shi.
As for Ling Shi, Jiang Chen was happy to accept as many as he could get. Right now, his only concern was that he never had enough — he would never turn his nose up at an abundance of them.
With the Celestial Myriad Spirits God-Sealing Formation about to be activated, without a sufficient supply of Ling Shi, there was simply no chance of success.
The Ling Shi he currently possessed were a mere drop in the bucket. Under these circumstances, the more Ling Shi he had, the better.
As for exactly how many Ling Shi the formation would require, Jiang Chen had no clear answer at the moment. What he did know was that amassing that kind of sum through his own efforts alone was utterly impossible — not unless he someday became the foremost figure on the entire
Having settled his business with the True Martial Sacred Ground, Jiang Chen did not linger. The Sacred Ground, for its part, tried its best to convince him to stay.
Sacred Mistress Ningyan in particular was exceptionally persistent in her attempts to keep him. In subtle, indirect ways, she made it quite clear that she held Jiang Chen in very high regard.