"There are four great halls in Morning Dao Sect. Besides the Palace Hall, the other three halls belong to the Sect Masters who awaken once every one hundred years. They listen to their orders and carry out all their requests.
"The most famous among them is the Sect Elder Hall. There are ninety-nine hall managing Sect Elders, seven hundred Grand Sect Elders, three thousand Great Sect Elders, and thirty thousand ordinary Sect Elders.
"The ordinary Sect Elders can take in disciples at will, and their disciples are the outer members of the Sect Elder Hall. Their total number … is difficult to estimate." As Xu Hui spoke about the structure of Morning Dao Sect, Su Ming looked at the tens of thousands of cultivators worshiping him beyond the planet in the distance and remembered his Master, Tian Xie Zi.
Tian Xie Zi had once mentioned that he had been taken in as a disciple by a Sect Elder of Morning Dao Sect. At that moment, when he matched Xu Hui's words, Su Ming gained a deeper understanding towards the Sect Elder Hall of the Outer Sect.
"The mission of the Sect Elder Hall is to control all the races and forces of power in True Morning Dao World like a spider's web. As time passed, they turned True Morning Dao World into a huge net.
"The chaos caused by the Immortals' Union in True Morning Dao World has exceeded Morning Dao Sect's expectations, and it is also related to the existence of the Sect Elder Hall.
"There is also the War Hall. This is a force of power that can make all the races in Morning Dao Sect tremble. They are like a blade, and wherever they pierce through, blood will flow in rivers …
"There are one million Battle Cultivators in the War Hall, and they carry out the mission of destruction. They are the sharpest force in the rebellion caused by the Immortals' Union.
"Next is the World Protection Hall. They do not readily join the internal battles of a True World. They are stationed at the borders of True Morning Dao World to prevent other True Worlds from invading it. They are the strongest hall against the outsiders.
"Only when Morning Dao Sect is in danger will they be mobilized, because if they move, there is a high possibility that True Morning Dao World will be invaded by other True Worlds.
"It is just like the ninety-nine people you saw just now. They are members of the World Protection Hall, but they were chosen to guard the entrance to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
"Finally, there are the ten Great Palaces. Since they have only existed in name over the years, I do not know what sort of mission Morning Dao Sect will have when they open the palaces." As Xu Hui spoke, Su Ming stared at the approaching planet and the tens of thousands of cultivators worshiping it. He could sense the strength and size of Morning Dao Sect in all of True Morning Dao World. This was clearly a race, and it was definitely not a small one. If tens of thousands of people had the power to fly out of the planet, then there would definitely be more people in the planet. Even if they did not have the power to fly out of the planet, they would definitely have combat abilities.
It was especially so when Su Ming saw quite a number of Lords of World Planes among the tens of thousands of people. The dozen something people right in front were all in the later stage of World Plane Realm. In fact, there were three in Lunar Kalpa Realm and one in Solar Kalpa Realm among them.
This force of power far surpassed the Berserkers in Su Ming's memories, but at that moment … when this powerful race saw Morning Dao Sect's battleships, all of them moved out and worshiped it together, using the highest form of respect to show their respect towards Morning Dao Sect.
Su Ming fell silent. He knew that Morning Dao Sect was very strong. After all, they were the strongest existences in a True World and were the masters of a World. However, these were just some of Su Ming's feelings. Even if he had Dao Kong's memories, he could not see it clearly. Yet now … when he saw this race worshiping them, he could sense the might and might of Morning Dao Sect.
After all, there were plenty of races like this in True Morning Dao World. In fact, there were quite a number of races that were even stronger than them. However, before the chaos caused by the Immortals' Union, all the sects and clans had to obey Morning Dao Sect and treat Morning Dao Sect as their master.
In silence, a myriad of emotions rose in Su Ming's heart. He did not notice that the bald crane's eyes were shining brightly behind him. They were crystalline, as if there were countless crystals sparkling in them. The bald crane was so excited that its body trembled, and extreme excitement appeared on its face. The hundreds of battleships moved forward. At the instant they closed in on the tens of thousands of people, the bald crane rushed forward.
"Crystals! Hand over all of your crystals! Grandpa Crane wants crystals! Give me ten thousand! No, fifty thousand! Darn it all, give me one hundred thousand crystals! "The bald crane had been holding back for a long time, but as it roared, it shouted what it believed to be a very large number.
Its words immediately stunned the thirty thousand cultivators. The dozen something people right in front were also momentarily stunned. Even the cultivators on the battleships beside Su Ming had strange expressions appear on their faces.
Xu Hui sighed. She shook her head and did not speak. Su Ming frowned. When he saw the bald crane's excited expression, he did not try to dispel its excitement.
The entire galaxy fell silent at that moment. Only the bald crane's voice continued echoing in the air. After a few breaths, the old man in Solar Kalpa Realm among the dozen something people in front of the tens of thousands of cultivators lifted his right hand and patted his storage bag with a strange expression. Immediately, he brought out an emerald green bag, and when he pushed it forward, it charged towards the bald crane.
"There are one million crystals in here. Great Sect Leader, please accept them."
The bald crane's eyes went wide. It grabbed the bag and quickly opened it. With a solemn expression, it counted the number of crystals carefully a few times before it beamed and swiftly returned to Su Ming's side. It hugged the bag, and a brilliant light shone in its eyes.
'I'm rich! I'm rich! Darn it all, I'm going to be rich on the way!'
In the midst of the tens of thousands of cultivators' respect and the strange feeling in their hearts, Su Ming and his group gradually left. The area was quiet. No one spoke, but there would occasionally be people who would turn their heads sideways to look at the bald crane.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor was originally standing beside the bald crane, but at that moment, he instinctively took a few steps back. He sighed in his heart, thinking that if he was in Su Ming's place, he would have asked for at least one billion or eight hundred million crystals. The bald crane had been shouting for a long time and only wanted one hundred thousand crystals, but in the end, Su Ming had given them a lot more. It was just too embarrassing …
Su Ming closed his eyes and sat down cross-legged. He turned a deaf ear to the bald crane's actions of counting crystals behind him. When the group traveled on the warship for a few more days, the bald crane suddenly let out a shrill scream. It instantly caught the attention of all the cultivators in the area. When they looked over, they saw the bald crane shuddering and screaming through gritted teeth. "Damn it! Damn it! He lied to me!
This isn't one million crystals! It's still missing three crystals! It's only one million crystals! I'm going to die! I'm going to die! How could I have counted wrongly? I'm still missing three crystals! My crystals … "The bald crane screamed shrilly in pain. As it shuddered, it looked as if it had lost the most precious thing in its life.
"My cute crystals! My beautiful crystals! My crystals are even more important than my life! Damn it, I'm going to die! I'm really going to die!"
When the crowd heard the bald crane's words, they fell silent once again. When they looked at the bald crane, their gazes were no longer strange, but filled with respect.
They respected … an existence whose obsession towards crystals had replaced everything else.
It was especially so for the bald crane's screams of pain and incessant chatter. They lasted for ten days as it continuously tried to persuade Su Ming to turn around and return to the planet so that he could take back the three crystals he lacked. The bald crane's persistence made all the people feel ashamed of their inferiority.
Also, when everyone looked at Su Ming, their gazes were filled with a different kind of respect. If it had been them, they would have gone mad a long time ago because of the bald crane's torture, but Su Ming's expression did not change in the slightest, and he would even occasionally reply to it …
In the end, even Flame Fiends' Progenitor could no longer endure it. He seized his bosom with his right hand and brought out three crystals to hand to the bald crane.
"These are yours, not mine! Even if you give me three crystals, I'm still missing three!" The bald crane seized the crystals, but its piercing voice still echoed in the air.
Su Ming was already used to it. This was not the first time the bald crane had shown its extreme obsession towards crystals.
Time trickled by, and soon, nearly a month went by. The hundreds of battleships charged through the galaxy and passed by one planet after another. The bald crane became more excited each time it went through the spoils, but even so, it was still obsessed with the three crystals it had miscounted.
When they were only seven days away from Morning Dao Sect, Zhu You Cai suddenly opened his eyes behind Su Ming, and a brilliant light shone in them.
Then, the bald crane's incessant chatter came to an abrupt halt. A glint appeared in Flame Fiends' Progenitor's eyes, and the nine old Frail Darknesses also opened their eyes to reveal a slit.
The hundreds of battleships instantly shone with a powerful light. The near ten thousand cultivators on them also put on solemn expressions.
All their gazes landed on a planet in front of them at that instant.
More accurately speaking, it was not a planet, but a gigantic egg!
Its surface was filled with mud, and it looked like a gigantic rock, which was why it looked like a planet, but in truth, it was a gigantic egg.
The mighty pressure spreading out from it was so strong that even Zhu You Cai had to open his eyes. It was a telling sign of just how powerful the life within was. There were dozens of cultivators around the gigantic egg at that moment. All of them floated in the air with their arms crossed over their shoulders. They stared at Su Ming and his group with cold smiles on their faces.
Sitting on the gigantic egg was a young man. He was bare-chested, and in his hand was a beast bone. He was chewing on it, and his hair was a mess. A primitive and barbaric presence spread out from his body, and he was narrowing his eyes as he stared at the hundreds of battleships.
"What a grand display. Are you Dao Kong, the one I've never met but who became the Dynast's descendant?" The young man's gaze was like a blade. Once he swept his gaze past the people on the battleships, it landed on Su Ming.
As he spoke, he bit down on the beast bone in his hand. Once he finished eating it, he picked up the Constellation Robe by his side with his right hand and wiped his hands on it. Then, he touched his mouth and glared at Su Ming. An awe-inspiring presence swiftly spread out from his body without holding anything back.
"You saw me, one of your many grandfathers, and you still haven't come and kneel before me? When your father was still my grandson, he didn't dare not kneel before me. Go back and ask your stupid mother whether she still remembers me, Dao Fei Feng, on that rainy night one thousand years ago!
"Who do you think you are?! Come here!"
"Dao Fei Feng, he is …" Xu Hui's pupils shrank. Just as she was about to introduce him to Su Ming, he spoke faintly.
"Hang his head at the bow of my battleship and bring it back to Morning Dao Sect!" "If you like this work, please come to Start Point and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation."
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