"Master Zheng’s magnanimity..."
Although Han Qi’s cultivation level is not high right now, as the overseer of the Nine Mountains Departnt Store in the Northern Continent, his influence could almost rival the Three Immortals.
Thus, when he ca to visit again this ti, Gu Hong Taoist could no longer afford to neglect him and shut him out.
Low strength, but high status, this represented sothing that Gu Hong Taoist understood well—the Jiushan Sect had imnse trust and even placed high regard on Han Qi.
Reflecting on the glorious achievents of the past, even Gu Hong Taoist had to admire Zheng Fa’s extraordinary generosity.
Han Qi smiled slightly, feeling sowhat proud, and continued, "If the Sect Leader can tolerate and trust even , there would be no hard feelings toward the City Lord."
This, Gu Hong Taoist agreed with; after all, he had never offended Zheng Fa, nor had he robbed him of Spirit Stones.
To say sothing a bit disheartening... Han Qi initially took advantage of Zheng Fa, while No Struggle City suffered losses.
Seeing him deep in thought, Han Qi pressed on, "Though our Nine Mountains Heavenly Rules are strict, they’ve always been fair. The City Lord joining our Nine Mountains Immortal Court will not suffer any grievances and may even progress further."
Gu Hong Taoist’s heart was slightly moved, he focused and turned his gaze toward Han Qi, "Progress further? What do you an by that?"
"We have long studied what kind of person Lu Yao is."
What Han Qi said wasn’t a lie, regarding Lu Yao, the greatest enemy of the Jiushan Sect, they had never underestimated him.
They even had a dedicated research group to speculate on his actions based on Lu Yao’s past experiences.
"From what we see now, the underpinning of Lu Yao’s character is still supremacy of self, with the approach of compliance leading to prosperity, but resistance leading to ruin.
Only others perhaps place more emphasis on the four words that those who oppose shall perish.
However, to so extent, Lu Yao can achieve prosperity for those who follow him, which is why many are wholeheartedly devoted to him.
Even with his abilities and talents, we must admit that he is a formidable leader."
Han Qi’s words made Gu Hong Taoist nod repeatedly, and he sighed, "From our cultivator’s perspective, Lu Yao... is very worthy of following."
Simply put, Lu Yao is highly gifted, powerful, and not only is following him an easy way to stay alive, but it can also lead to sharing benefits and increasing cultivation. In most sects, such a Sect Leader is absolutely praised by all.
Among the various Sect Leaders in Xuanwei, Lu Yao is already extrely outstanding.
"From our Jiushan Sect’s point of view, following Lu Yao presents only one issue. Unfortunately, this issue is sothing our Jiushan Sect Leader absolutely cannot tolerate."
"What is it?"
"In Leiyin Temple, you could never surpass Lu Yao, no one could be stronger than him."
In just a few words, Gu Hong Taoist imdiately understood the implication, and couldn’t help but nod.
Supre self... ans Lu Yao only needs subordinates.
"If the City Lord were to join Leiyin Temple, not to ntion how the other side would view you, whether they would regard you as their own. Even if you beca his trusted aide, you would still be subservient to Lu Yao, obeying his orders for a lifeti."
"Isn’t it the sa with your Jiushan Sect?" Lady Qian Ji sneered from the side, "Or is there any sect in the world that’s any different?"
Han Qi, refuted by Lady Qian Ji, was not embarrassed at all, but instead flashed a smile, looked at Lady Qian Ji, seeming to laugh at her shallowness, and then addressed Gu Hong Taoist, "Is the City Lord aware of the Supre Elder Council of our Nine Mountains Immortal Court?"
"I have certainly heard of it, the Supre Elder Council holds high status and power, we have long heard of it."
The Jiushan Sect is now a giant, and those who pay attention have long noticed the Nine Mountains Immortal Court. Gu Hong Taoist is one such, deeply impressed by the Supre Elder Council, the core organization.
"Perhaps the City Lord hasn’t noticed, more than half of the Supre Elders in the Supre Elder Council co from outside the Jiushan Sect."
Gu Hong Taoist paused for a mont, and then began counting silently.
With the growing influence of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, these Supre Elders have naturally beco famous in Xuanwei, and each of their origins has been unearthed, which he rembered sowhat.
The Nine Nether Emperor needs no introduction.
Xie Qingxue hails from the Tianhe Sect.
Lady Xuanhua was originally a Loose Cultivator.
That Master Qian, who doesn’t show up much, seed to be a cultivator from a small sect, even less influential than a Loose Cultivator.
Then there’s Xiao Yuying and her ntor, Shuyu Dragon Lord.
Before, it wasn’t considered much, but now, upon calculation, among the eleven Supre Elders of the Jiushan Sect, six are not originally from the Jiushan Sect, yet now wield supre authority within the sect, even exaggeratedly, these "outsiders" combined possess greater power than the native cultivators of the Jiushan Sect.
Of course, Gu Hong Taoist knew it couldn’t just be calculated this way, Supre Elders were elected by Jiushan Sect disciples, which ans these "outsiders" had to achieve rits that earned the respect of Jiushan Sect disciples to assu the position of Supre Elder, even having made greater contributions to the Immortal Court than most Jiushan cultivators.
But the openness and inclusivity of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court still astonished Gu Hong Taoist.
"The City Lord only thought in the Immortal Court, you and those lower-tier cultivators are equal, even restricted in every way. But you didn’t realize, only with equality, you external cultivators will have more opportunities."
Gu Hong Taoist listened with a shake in his heart, and began to look more solemnly at Han Qi.
He understood the implication of Han Qi’s ssage—
The Nine Mountains Immortal Court values a nearly consistent equality.
Mortal and cultivator equality, outsider and native equal, it even could be said, Zheng Fa and he, Gu Hong Taoist, are equal as well.
Of course, it’s not to say everyone is the sa, but within the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, everyone is almost at the sa starting point.
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