NOVPUB"Originally, we only had half a year to prepare. Now, due to the influence of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, the entrance exam for employment has been forced to be postponed. We still don’t know when it will be held, but I am already eager to try."
"Ahem." He Zhenghao cleared his throat, his face radiating with an assured confidence.
"Blessings in disguise, blessings in disguise!" The rest of the crowd also repeatedly expressed their feelings of amazement.
"Although you have already taken two rounds of special medicine, regarding the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, you must not be careless," Ji Shaoli solemnly reminded them at this moment.
"A rather sensational event recently took place. In our Misthaven Ocean, a cultivator named Wen Yue, relying on his purported immunity from having been infected by the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, wanted to test whether the miasma in a mortal’s body still affected him."
"In the presence of many cultivators, he transfused the blood of a mortal into his own veins."
"The result was instant death, his body turning to dry bones. The scene was truly too horrible to witness!" Ji Shaoli lamented.
He Zhenghao and the others were stunned: "Could there be such foolish people in the world? To joke with one’s own life?"
Then they were shocked anew: "Does this mean that our immunity to the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma is nothing but an illusion?"
Ji Shaoli nodded slightly: "Regarding this matter, the Immortal Alliance has already issued an announcement and made an explanation. The existence of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma is a Principle of Heaven and Earth. One can only adapt to it, but it will not disappear."
"So, in the end, nothing has changed. Just a vain death for many cultivators?" He Zhenghao couldn’t help feeling somewhat at a loss.
Pei Tuo even said resentfully, "Damn it! If I ever reach the Unity-Path, I will surely defy this principle!"
"That’s a noble aspiration, Brother Pei!"
The crowd was filled with profound emotions.
After a while, Ji Shaoli waved his hand to interrupt them.
"It’s fine to vent your frustrations. All we can do is endure and survive, that’s all."
"In fact, this mutation and outbreak of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma might not be a bad thing for us cultivators who have survived," Ji Shaoli said in a low voice.
"Oh? How so?" The crowd couldn’t help but focus their attention on Ji Shaoli.
"Do you know how many within the system of cultivators of Misthaven Ocean have been reduced in number due to this tribulation?" Ji Shaoli asked with a secretive smile.
Seeing the sudden spark in everyone’s eyes, Ji Shaoli conveyed a number through spirit communication.
"Over five hundred?" the crowd exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes. If that’s the situation in Misthaven Ocean, one can easily imagine what it’s like in the wider world."
"These positions emptied by the fallen cultivators are opportunities for us survivors," Ji Shaoli said in a meaningful tone.
"While the majority of cultivators are still mired in the pain brought by the tribulation of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, those with foresight have already started to operate quietly in the background."
His words sent a thrill through everyone present.
"Ji, do we still want to participate in the entrance exam?" a member of the group asked.
"Yes, even though we have made thorough preparations, the competition in this exam is surely going to be more intense..."
With varied expressions, the crowd listened as Ji Shaoli said in a deep voice, "If I’m not mistaken, the scale of this exam may well exceed our expectations. Not only in terms of the number of cultivators to be recruited but also the quality of the positions!"
"Positions that would usually require decades of training to be promoted to might now be directly available to those with outstanding performance!"
"So, my advice is to still take part in the entrance exam and give it a shot!"
"Who knows, you might leap over the dragon’s gate and defy fate!"
The people present, especially He Zhenghao, immediately had a gleam in their eyes.
"Also, aside from internal positions, resources like Techniques and Cave Heavens, which are scarce, might also become available. In short, the primary task of the Immortal Alliance now is to recover to the pre-catastrophe level at all costs," Ji Shaoli added.
"Are you saying that the Immortal Alliance is worried the Five Elders might take advantage of this period of weakness to strike?" someone immediately asked.
"Yet, it’s strange to say. When the Immortal Alliance suffered its worst, the Five Elders did not kick them while they were down."
"What is there not to understand? If the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma breaks out on our side, how could they possibly remain unscathed? In my view, the Five Elders Organization must have also suffered heavy losses. Now it’s a race to see who can recover faster, as the one who does will hold the advantage in our confrontation."
"Regardless, this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us ordinary cultivators."
…
Listening in silence to the discussions of the crowd, Ji Shaoli did not offer any explanation.
In fact, he had previously sent Lin Ling to make contact with the Five Elders Organization.
While earning a fortune with the Immortal Alliance Entrance Exam Question Bank,
He also covertly inquired about the state of the Five Elders Organization following the outbreak of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma.
Compared to the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals at the epicenter of the outbreak, their losses were significantly smaller.
Due to a certain delay in the spread of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, by the time it reached the Five Elders’ Territory, they had already received news of the outbreak within the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
They had taken precautions in advance.
Moreover, the Five Elders Organization is ruled by five Respectful Ones.
Orders were issued, and the cultivators obediently hunkered down at home. This greatly slowed the spread of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma.
The most critical point was how to handle the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma.
In fact, the Five Elders Organization had more detailed records than the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
After all, in the Ancient Xian Realm, it was the cultivators’ sects that had directly confronted the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma.
The specifics of their measures were not revealed.
However, it is true that the Five Elders Organization did not suffer heavily in this tribulation.
The only thing that puzzled the Five Elders Organization was why the Heavenly Sovereign personally issued a decree to reject the plan to attack the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals amidst the chaos.
The command of the Heavenly Sovereign cannot be defied.
All they could do was to accumulate strength, attempting to strike a fatal blow to the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
…
In the Beast Type World.
Lin Ling and Tianyang had not unleashed their true strength.
They merely suppressed their power at the God Transformation Realm level, and fought against the tide-like surge of beast types.
This was naturally Li Fan’s order.
Apart from collecting Beast Cores to serve as raw materials for the conversion of Spiritual Energy in the Immortal Spirit Tower,
It was more important to let Lin Ling and Tianyang temper their actual combat skills through fighting.
Tianyang was fine.
In the previous fight with Mo Shi, Lin Ling, as a nascent Tree Spirit, had a nearly blank combat consciousness and techniques based purely on instinct, which really did not do justice to her Unity-Path cultivation base.
So Li Fan had Tianyang bring her along to use this rare opportunity for calm to train in the Beast Type World.
Who knows how many beast types they had slaughtered by now.
Under the baptism of endless blood, Lin Ling’s originally immature and naive face had begun to show a hint of murderous aura.
Her techniques became increasingly fluid, and images would even spontaneously emerge in her Spirit Consciousness, teaching her how to fight more efficiently.
Her actual combat strength grew rapidly.
They looked towards the distant high tower.
As long as they climbed up there, Li Fan’s mission would be accomplished.
