After giving it a try, Zhang Hongtian realized that the barrier before him was as resilient as metal. Knowing that Ancient Sage Yan Qing's strength far surpassed his, he harrumphed coldly. "Since Ancient Sage Yan Qing has spoken, I'll let you off for the time being!"
After that, he shook his wrist and hung the long sword on his waist again. He returned to the sky above Mingshi Tang's side, looking calm and composed. It seemed that he was not angry about what had happened just now.
Move like a cunning rabbit, remain as quiet as a virgin.
Ancestor Hongtian's every move was full of meaning.
Knowing that he was no match for Zhang Hongtian and Ancient Sage Yan Qing in terms of strength, the White Overlord flung his thick tail and returned to the midst of the herd of beasts with a resentful look on his face, not daring to utter a single word.
"The Prime Hall of the Temple of Confucius has appeared, but it's already too late for us to fight one another to the death.
Seeing that they had come to a halt, Ancient Sage Yan Qing retracted his palm and smiled. Turning to the crowd once more, he said, "Let's get back to the main topic at hand. Since everyone has figured out how to open the Prime Hall, we'll have to decide on the distribution of the slots in advance!"
"For Ancient Sage Yan Qing to say such words, he must have a plan in mind. Feel free to speak your mind. If it's suitable, we'll surely agree to it!"
Hearing that Zhang Xuan was going to bring up the matter of distribution once more, Zhang Hongtian frowned.
"That's right, I do have some ideas!" Ancient Sage Yan Qing chuckled softly. "Based on the information we have gathered from the Six Subordinate Halls, we should know that even if the Prime Hall is opened, there will still be restrictions set up by Kong Shi himself. Without the Celestial Amulet of Legacy, it will be impossible to enter the Prime Hall!"
Everyone nodded simultaneously.
They had attempted to enter the six Subordinate Halls of the Temple of Confucius, but without a Celestial Amulet of Legacy or the corresponding unique constitution, it was impossible for them to enter the Subordinate Halls. This was especially so for them.
As powerful as Ancient Sages were, they were still far from matching up to Kong Shi, who had left behind the ancient domain.
They were not on the same level at all.
Thus, the other party was right. Even if the Prime Hall was opened, without the Celestial Amulet, it would be impossible to enter.
"The six Sub Palaces correspond to the six Child Talismans. The Prime Palace corresponds to the Prime Palace … Each Child Talisman can bring ten people into the Sub Palace, and the Prime Palace can bring fifteen people in!"
Ancient Sage Yan Qing said.
Everyone responded.
After entering the Temple of Confucius, Zhang Xuan had already learned of these matters.
"We don't even know where the Prime Talisman is right now. If it's not in our hands, won't we be able to enter it?"
Venerable White coldly snorted.
At this point, it was basically known who had the child talisman, but the parent talisman had yet to appear.
As for why Zhang Xuan was able to enter so many halls, everyone had always thought that he was a student with a unique constitution, and he had only managed to do so with the help of a person's blood.
Furthermore, everyone thought that the Prime Talisman could only enter the Main Hall. They didn't know that it could even enter the Side Halls.
"I dare to say this because I know where the Prime Amulet is!" Ancient Sage Yan Qing chuckled softly. "To be honest with you, the Prime Amulet of Legacy is currently in my hands!"
After saying those words, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and a talisman appeared in the air. Swaying lightly, it emanated a heavy aura and pressure.
"This is the Prime Talisman?"
"Such a powerful aura!"
"It's much stronger than the Child Amulet!"
"With this, I can enter the main hall?"
A huge commotion broke out in the square as everyone stared at the talisman hovering in the air passionately.
With this talisman, one would be able to enter the Prime Hall of the Temple of Confucius, and it would only be a step away from the Great Codex of Spring and Autumn!
"This is …"
While everyone was astonished, Zhang Xuan was the only one who had a deep frown on his face.
The Prime Amulet in Ancient Sage Yan Qing's hand was the same one that Yan Xue had snatched away from the White Creek Mountain back then … In other words, it was a fake!
"Even such a powerful Ancient Sage wasn't able to tell that it's a fake?"
Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
That fellow was an Ancient Sage who was even stronger than Ancestor Zhang Hongtian, and yet, he was unable to discern the authenticity of the Prime Amulet.
Noticing Zhang Xuan's doubts, Lozosy sent a telepathic message to him. "The Prime Amulet was forged by Kong Shi, and even the seventy-two Sages might not have seen it before. How could he possibly discern the authenticity of the Prime Amulet?"
So far, the only ones who knew that the Prime Amulet was a fake were him, Lozosy, and Wu Chen.
Yan Xue and the others had thought that they had snatched the real Prime Amulet.
Back then, when the Prime Amulet was snatched away, Lozosy had panicked and failed to recognize it. It was only when Zhang Xuan deduced that there was something wrong with the adolescent boy sculpture that he realized that it was the real Prime Amulet.
"You're right!" Zhang Xuan's lips crept up. "This is going to be interesting. Despite knowing that the Prime Amulet is a fake, he still dares to discuss the distribution of the Prime Amulet. Let's see what he will get out of this …"
If the Prime Amulet was real, it would have been one thing for the Prime Amulet to be distributed, but to think that the other party was bragging about the distribution of the Prime Amulet. He was really curious to see how the other party would deal with this matter later on.
Furthermore, what he was curious about was why Ancient Sage Yan Qing was willing to distribute the Prime Amulet to someone else.
Wasn't that just asking for trouble?
"The Prime Amulet is the key to entering the Prime Hall. I believe that no one will object to our Hundred Schools of Philosophers taking a third of the slots!"
Ancient Sage Yan Qing said as he stowed the amulet away.
"I have no objections!"
Old Geezer Yu was the first to nod.
"We have no objections either!"
The others hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
Without the Prime Amulet, even if the Prime Hall were to open, they would only be able to watch from the sidelines. Since the Hundred Schools of Philosophers were only taking a third of the slots, that was equivalent to five, it could be said that it was extremely fair.
Seeing that everyone had agreed to it, Ancient Sage Yan Qing heaved a sigh of relief. "I'll take five of the slots, so there will be ten left. In order to prevent any conflict, each of the four powers will take one slot each. This is fair!"
"I have no objections either!" the White Overlord said.
It had nothing at all, so it was only one slot each.
The experts of Mingshi Tang and the others glanced at one another, and after a moment of hesitation, they eventually nodded in agreement.
They would take one slot first.
"Since you have taken five slots each, how do you intend to distribute the remaining six slots?" Old Geezer Yu asked.
"It's very simple!" As if knowing that Old Geezer Yu would ask such a question, Ancient Sage Yan Qing chuckled softly. "In order to enter the Prime Hall, you'll have to open it first. In order to do so, you'll have to use the cruxes of the six dimensions, and each of the six cruxes will correspond to a slot. Whoever has the crux will be able to obtain a slot. I believe that no one will have any objections to this arrangement, right? "
"This …"
"That's indeed very fair!"
"In order to enter the Prime Hall, one has to open it first. Furthermore, one has contributed greatly to the opening of the Prime Hall as well.
The Ancient Sages nodded in agreement.
Great Sage realm cultivators no longer had the right to speak on such matters.
"A slot for each crux?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback. He scratched his head in bewilderment. "It seems like I have a little too many cruxes …"
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