Chapter 995: Chicken Head? Phoenix Tail?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The ancient Heavenly Court was jointly established by the ten Great Celestial Lords. However, after the ancient war, the ten Great Celestial Lords either perished or disappeared, leaving only four Great Celestial Lords.
Now, even the four Great Celestial Lords didn’t do anything. No one had seen the four Great Celestial Lords appear for countless years.
And the Heavenly Court had ten Great Immortal Emperors under the four Great Celestial Lords, who held great power in the Heavenly Court. However, they were also constantly in closed-door cultivation, trying to break through to become a Celestial Lord. They would only appear on essential matters that concerned the survival of the Heaven Realm. Common issues would not be enough for them to appear.
The last time ten Great Celestial Lords appeared was a thousand years ago.
And under those Immortal Emperors who basically didn’t do anything, are Immortal Kings who truly held great power.
And many Immortal Kings were also the leaders of those powerful factions. Only with Immortal Kings holding down the fort could this faction be considered a First-rate Force.
And these factions were often formed by the joint efforts of many sects and clans, and they followed the lead of an Immortal King.
If there were no Immortal Kings in charge and only some supreme Golden Immortals in charge, it could only be considered a Second-class Sect. After all, although Supreme Golden Immortals were qualified to be the leaders of a sect, they were all small sects and were usually the sect masters of their own sects.
As for the Golden Immortals with lower status, they could not stand on their own feet. They could only choose to join some sects.
The entire Heaven Realm was divided into different levels according to this level. Only the experts at the level of Golden Immortals were qualified to be officially invited as official members of some sects.
Heaven Immortals were at most cannon fodder, while Human Immortals were not even cannon fodder. They were basically the Village’s Chief level of existence.
Of course, there were exceptions. For example, Lu Xuan and Yang Ying. Although they were not Golden Immortals yet, they had already shown their talent and had a high chance of becoming Golden Immortals in the future.
There would be many people who would be interested in them and invite them to join their faction.
Since ancient times, it had always been like this!
The Great Void Pavilion was an existence that had been at the bottom of First-Rate Forces for many years. It was almost removed by First-rate Forces, and the root reason lies in the founder of the Great Void Pavilion, the Great Void Immortal King.
The Great Void Immortal King disappeared many years ago. The Great Void Pavilion said that the Great Void Immortal King accompanied the four Celestial Lords to an unknown place and would return one day.
However, no one believed it!
After all, the Great Void Immortal King had disappeared for tens of thousands of years, and there was no news of him.
Back then, the Great Void Immortal King’s deterrence was declining. There were even saying that the Great Void Pavilion would be removed from First-rate Forces and demoted to Second-rate Forces.
It’s not only being demoted by one level as the implication was big. The benefits that a First-rate Force and a Second-rate Force could obtain from the Heavenly Court were worlds apart.
If they were demoted to a Second-rate Force, all the leaders in the Great Void Pavilion would be starved. The huge faction would be falling apart.
After all, everyone joined the various factions to seek protection and obtain resources for cultivation. If all these could not be done, the people’s hearts in this faction would disappear instantly.
The various factions were not like different family clans or sects. The real cohesiveness would be far from these families and sects, thus no comparison at all.
Thus, for this reason, Kou Yuande was sent to the Heavenly Court’s Talent Symposium to search for those who escaped.
Because all of the seeded contestants had prominent backgrounds and were cunning like foxes, they were naturally very clear about the background of the Great Void Pavilion. A sect that was on the verge of collapse and could fall into a Second-rate Force at any time, how could it possibly attract them.
Only a fish like Lu Xuan, who had slipped through the net, would be willing to join them for various reasons.
Lu Xuan’s question stumped Kou Yuande, making him feel very awkward. He knew that Lu Xuan must have a considerable understanding of the situation in the Heavenly Court. If he wanted to deceive, he was afraid that it might not be possible.
Lu Xuan naturally had some understanding of the Great Void Pavilion. In fact, he did not care about this. The force he joined was a hundred times weaker than the Great Void Pavilion in his previous life. Not only was it a Second-rate Force, but it was also the lowest among the Second-rate Forces.
The Great Void Pavilion still had many great Golden Immortals overseeing it. There was also once an Immortal King level existence, and all kinds of connections and relationships were present.
And that force from last time was newly established, and even only have one Great Golden Immortal. That was a tragedy.
A tragedy written in big letters!
To join the Great Void Pavilion was already much more robust than in his previous life.
“Fellow Immortal, those are just rumors. It’s not like our Great Void Immortal King is dead. He just followed the four Celestial Lord far away, and one day, he will return!” Kou Yuande quickly said. “Moreover, as the saying goes, it’s better to be head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. After all, our Great Void Pavilion is a First-rate Force. We have everything that the other First-rate Forces have. At the same time, we don’t have many new disciples and can fully nurture you. This is something that the other First-rate Forces can not do!”
Kou Yuande directly threw out his trump card. Indeed, the Great Void Pavilion lacked an Immortal King who could hold its ground compared to the other forces.
Even in recent years, it was challenging to attract top-notch talents to join because of this. However, precisely because of this, there would not be many powerful competitors if Lu Xuan joined.
Among them, the resources obtained were not something that other Convention of Geniuses could compare to.
This was a choice between a chicken head and a phoenix tail. Being a phoenix tail naturally had the benefits of being a phoenix tail. Being a chicken head naturally also had the benefits of being a chicken head.
However, for Lu Xuan, it was never a question of whether to be a chicken head or a phoenix tail. With his strength, he was aiming for first place in the Heavenly Court’s Talent Symposium.
Even if he was a phoenix, he would still be a phoenix head, not a phoenix tail!
However, for Lu Xuan, joining the Great Void Pavilion also had another benefit. It was precisely because the Great Void Pavilion was without a leader and only had a few Great Golden Immortals overseeing it and lacked an Immortal King leading too.
Therefore, the power of the Great Void Pavilion could be used by him!
Kou Yuande probably would not have thought that while he was roping Lu Xuan in, Lu Xuan was thinking of swallowing the Great Void Pavilion in one go. With the foundation of the Great Void Pavilion, he could save hundreds of years of accumulation.
Although hundreds of years were nothing to others, it was indeed not too long for immortals. Even for the lowest level of immortals, hundreds of years might not be too long.
However, Lu Xuan was not willing to wait for a few hundred years. He wanted to rise up in the shortest time possible.
After all, the Great Void Immortal King’s lineage had been passed down for tens of thousands of years.. Its foundation could significantly shorten the time for Lu Xuan to rise up.