"It is not enough for only me to support you. Unless you can prove that you truly have the ability to lead the Feather God Sect to glory!" Heavenly Cloud Sovereign said calmly.
"I will prove to Master that I have such ability, but I also ask for Master's full support!" Nie Li replied.
"In terms of character, I favor you more. You are much better than Long Tianming. Although, Situ Beiyan is also a fine child," Heavenly Cloud Sovereign considered for a moment. "Situ Beiyan is the Sect Leader's son. It's just a pity that his drive to win isn't so strong..."
Situ Beiyan? Nie Li seemed to have heard something about him. In his past life, Situ Beiyan was schemed against and died mysteriously. Later, when Long Tianming took power, everything felt like it was Situ Beiyan's doing. Since Situ Beiyan hadn't defeated Long Tianming in his past life, letting him become the Sect Leader of the Feather God Sect in this life probably wouldn't be a good thing either.
"This is the pill I refined for Master. Once you take it, I believe Master will understand my thoughts... I can help the Feather God Sect achieve a glory it hasn't seen in a millennium!" Nie Li said with great confidence, respectfully handing the pill to Heavenly Cloud Sovereign.
Heavenly Cloud Sovereign took the pill. When his gaze fell upon it, a flicker of surprise crossed his eyes.
He felt the terrifying medicinal potency on this pill!
Opening his mouth, he swallowed the pill. Immediately, a surging, boundless medicinal force rushed down his throat. Heavenly Cloud Sovereign felt as if his entire body was burning like flames.
Heavenly Cloud Sovereign was already a Martial Sovereign-level powerhouse. Under normal circumstances, ordinary pills would have virtually no effect on him unless they were divine herbs aged for millions of years, but such divine herbs were not easy to find.
For at least several decades, Heavenly Cloud Sovereign had not consumed any pill that could aid his cultivation.
Because his cultivation foundation was too powerful!
Yet the medicinal potency contained in Ye Xinghe's pill was actually far stronger than the power he had cultivated himself!
For five years, Heavenly Cloud Sovereign's cultivation had stagnated at the third level of Martial Sovereign. Now, after taking this pill, his cultivation surged wildly. In an instant, he broke through to the fourth level of Martial Sovereign, and the ascent didn't stop.
What kind of divine pill was this? Its potency was terrifyingly potent!
What determined the Feather God Sect's standing was not the cultivation strength of its ordinary disciples. It was the five great powerhouses of the Feather God Sect. Among these five, the strongest was at the fifth level of Martial Sovereign, and the weakest at the first level. Five Martial Sovereign-level experts! They were the peak strength of the entire Feather God Sect!
As long as these five Martial Sovereign-level powerhouses were alive, the Feather God Sect would not decline. But if something happened to them, the Feather God Sect would collapse instantly, just like in his past life.
These five Martial Sovereign-level powerhouses might need years, even decades, to achieve even a slight increase in cultivation. At their level, advancing in cultivation was no longer just about pure training; it required certain opportunities.
Each breakthrough to a new level of Martial Sovereign could extend one's lifespan by over a decade.
Heavenly Cloud Sovereign had lived for so long, and he was feeling increasingly strained. He felt that in a few more decades, he might reach the end of his life. But now, a single pill from Nie Li had allowed Heavenly Cloud Sovereign to break directly through to the fourth level!
This was a matter of tremendous significance!
A moment later, Heavenly Cloud Sovereign's eyes snapped open, divine light bursting from them.
"I never expected a tiny pill to possess such terrifying potency!" Heavenly Cloud Sovereign couldn't help but sigh in amazement. "Nie Li, since I have taken your pill and owe you this favor, as your master, I will do my utmost to negotiate this matter for you."
"You flatter me, Master. It is only right for a disciple to honor his master with good things!" Nie Li said with a smile. He had some understanding of Heavenly Cloud Sovereign's character. Asking him for help was absolutely the correct decision.
Heavenly Cloud Sovereign remained silent for a long while. He hadn't expected Nie Li to possess such a miraculous pill. If there were five or six of these pills, they could usher in an entirely new era of glory for the Feather God Sect! Besides the potency that had directly helped him advance, much of the medicinal force remained stored in his Soul Sea. He estimated he would need to go into closed-door cultivation for several more months to fully digest it.
This single pill could potentially help him advance to the fifth, or even the sixth level of Martial Sovereign!
Such a miraculous pill must be exceedingly rare. Asking for five or six of them would be incredibly difficult.
Moreover, as a master, if he were to ask Nie Li for pills, wouldn't that be beneath his dignity? Heavenly Cloud Sovereign would absolutely not do such a thing!
"I have some more of these pills here. This bottle contains over thirty of them. I ask Master to please help me maneuver and do your best to persuade the Sect Leader and the other great powerhouses to hand over the position of Sect Leader of the Feather God Sect to me. I will spare no effort and dedicate myself completely to leading the Feather God Sect to another glorious era. I believe Master can now confirm that I have the ability to do so!" Nie Li handed a bottle of pills to Heavenly Cloud Sovereign.
Heavenly Cloud Sovereign looked at the bottle in Nie Li's hand with disbelief, deep shock revealing itself in his eyes.
This was simply astonishing!
Such pills—five or six would already be incredible. Yet Nie Li had produced a whole bottle in one go, containing over thirty of them!
Over thirty pills—what did that mean!
Heavenly Cloud Sovereign's breathing quickened. He was an extremely composed person, but he understood what these thirty-plus pills represented. He was not coveting the pills themselves, but rather, he understood the massive impact these pills would have on the Feather God Sect!
"Nie Li, do you know what these thirty-plus pills represent? Are you truly willing to contribute them to the Feather God Sect?" Heavenly Cloud Sovereign took a deep breath and looked at Nie Li.
"Yes." Nie Li nodded solemnly. These thirty-plus pills were specifically refined by him for Heavenly Cloud Sovereign and the other Martial Sovereign-level powerhouses. In Heavenly Cloud Sovereign's eyes, each of these pills was priceless beyond measure. But for Nie Li, who still possessed so many Formless Divine Fruits, he could refine a great many more pills!
Heavenly Cloud Sovereign nodded and said, "Since you are willing to contribute these pills to the Feather God Sect, you will be a great benefactor to the Feather God Sect! I believe the Sect Leader and the others, seeing your merit, will also be willing to hand over the Sect Leader position to you!"
In a few more years, the Feather God Sect's old Sect Leader would begin closed-door cultivation to challenge a higher realm, and at that time, he would step down from the Sect Leader position.
This Sect Leader position was merely for managing the entire Feather God Sect. The five great powerhouses of the Feather God Sect were absolutely above the Sect Leader!
If Nie Li helped the five great powerhouses of the Feather God Sect increase their strength, for them, handing over the Sect Leader position to Nie Li was a perfectly acceptable exchange. It was an exchange well worth making!
(To be continued.)