Chapter 1968 - 839: Tongxuan Election

Chapter 1968: Chapter 839: Tongxuan Election

"Uncle, so it’s done?"

"It’s done!"

In the Dao Palace’s Tianshang Hall, the newly arrived Xu Jin received a definite answer from True Monarch Tianzhang.

This made Xu Jin overjoyed, but also slightly worried.

Although stepping onto the Heavenly Road of Laws was itself paying back a favor, this was his fourth time in a row, and the other two True Monarch Mansions hadn’t even asked for anything in return. It felt like this favor he owed was getting a bit too big.

Even though True Monarch Tianzhang hadn’t brought it up, Xu Jin still had to make a gesture.

"This time I’ve troubled you, Uncle. If there’s anything you need this junior to do, please feel free to command me," Xu Jin said.

Hearing this, True Monarch Tianzhang laughed first.

He had not misjudged this person.

This Xu Jin not only possessed outstanding talent, he also valued ties of friendship and was someone worth befriending deeply.

But the more a man was like this, the less you could muddle things when it came to favors and sentiment, and the less you could take advantage.

At once, True Monarch Tianzhang said, "Nephew, there’s no need to be like this. In truth, this time I didn’t pay any real price either, just did a convenient favor along the way.

When the time comes, if you can bring those two juniors of mine along for a stretch, I’ll have to remember this great favor of yours!"

"Uncle, you flatter me. You’ve saved this junior three to five decades of bitter Cultivation time with this!"

"Nephew, if you put it that way, then I’ll never be able to repay the favor I owe you!" True Monarch Tianzhang laughed loudly. "With you leading the way like this, the chances of Su Xuan from my family becoming an Imperial Palace Saint Heir are extremely high, and Ling Luo’s future is boundless too.

In the future, the probability of my Tianzhang the Su Family producing another True Monarch is over seventy percent; the probability of producing two True Monarchs is over fifty percent.

Tell me, with a favor like that, how am I ever supposed to pay you back?"

Xu Jin was dumbfounded at this.

He had originally thought it was True Monarch Tianzhang speaking modestly, but hearing him say it like this now, he could hear a certain sincerity in his tone.

After all, the favor of helping someone achieve True Monarch could easily be said to be greater than the heavens.

"Uncle, now you’ve left me at a loss for words!" Xu Jin said with a smile.

"I’m speaking the truth. This time letting you all use the Heavenly Road of Laws multiple times in succession was actually just each of us and the other two houses getting what we needed. We didn’t pay much of anything."

"Yuanling True Monarch and Bixuan True Monarch just agreed directly?" Xu Jin was stunned.

"Nephew, you should know that Yuan Chengfa and Lu Zhen are also going to take part in the Imperial Palace Saint Heir selection, yes? And previously, they were taken away by Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu. Their Cultivation Level has been rising rapidly recently, and with Heavenly Patrol True Monarch’s support, their chances of becoming Saint Heirs of the Imperial Palace have greatly increased as well."

"Yes, I know about that."

"But for them, it’s only that their chances of being selected as Imperial Palace Saint Heirs have greatly increased; they’re still far from having seventy or eighty percent certainty.

A junior becoming an Imperial Palace Saint Heir is a supreme honor, even for a True Monarch family.

Naturally, they want to seek greater certainty.

And here in the Dongxuan Star Realm, we still have plenty of Cultivation Resources that can increase that certainty to some degree in a short time—such as True Monarch Blood Crystals, and the Imperial Palace Secret Realm.

They have needs on that front, and I have needs concerning the Heavenly Road of Laws.

We just exchanged along the grain of it, and it was done.

We truly didn’t pay any price." True Monarch Tianzhang said.

Only then did Xu Jin fully understand.

The gist was that everyone had needs, so they made an exchange.

Specifically, those Dao holders from the Dongxuan Star Realm who were reported in as participants in the Imperial Palace Saint Heir selection could, before the selection began, use Dongxuan Island for Enlightenment without restriction, and could use this year’s Heavenly Road of Laws Enlightenment ahead of time.

This was the standard version: people like Li Qingchen, Xie Hui, Liu Shu were given this treatment.

The other True Monarch Mansion candidates could use the Heavenly Road of Laws Enlightenment opportunities without restriction, and could exhaust all of the Dao-holder privileges of True Monarch Blood Crystal and Emperor’s Secret Realm Enlightenment opportunities without restriction.

Among them, Bixuan True Monarch won one extra Enlightenment opportunity with the True Monarch Blood Crystal for his grandson Lu Zhen.

With that, this exchange was concluded.

Because Xu Jin himself already enjoyed First-class Dao-holder privileges.

In theory, Xu Jin could now use the Heavenly Road of Laws Enlightenment opportunities without restriction, could go to Dongxuan Island for Enlightenment and Cultivation without restriction, and could each use the Enlightenment opportunities for the True Monarch Blood Crystal and Emperor’s Secret Realm once.

The reason True Monarch Tianzhang hadn’t fought to get Xu Jin two consecutive uses.

Was mainly an issue of time.

Four trips to the Heavenly Road of Laws would occupy quite a lot of Xu Jin’s time; with just over half a month left before the Imperial Palace Saint Heir selection started, even if he wanted to, he couldn’t finish using them all.

Moreover, according to True Monarch Tianzhang, using the Enlightenment opportunities of True Monarch Blood Crystal and Emperor’s Secret Realm consecutively, although the short-term increase was small, was the worst in terms of cost-effectiveness.

"Nephew, rest easy. Even if you all become Imperial Palace Saint Heirs, any Cultivation benefits you haven’t used—especially the Enlightenment opportunities with True Monarch Blood Crystals and the Emperor’s Secret Realm—will be preserved for a full ten years!

This is also one of the reasons I agreed to give Lu Zhen of Bi Xuan True Monarch Mansion an extra True Monarch Blood Crystal Enlightenment opportunity.

The remaining Enlightenment opportunities for you and Xuan’er will always be kept."

Up to this point, True Monarch Tianzhang had explained the entire matter to Xu Jin clearly.

After thanking him once more, Xu Jin also understood.

Rules are not rules!

Experts are the rules!

The so-called rules of the Dao Palace of the Dongxuan Star Realm, in the hands of these central True Monarchs, were about as meaningful as graffiti.

*****

On the thirteenth day of the sixth month, Xu Jin met Yuan Chengfa, Lu Zhen, Li Qingchen, Mei Zhongliang, Liu Shu and the others who had just returned from Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu.

Clearly, these people had come back to enjoy the top-tier Cultivation Resources of the Dongxuan Star Realm after the interests of the core True Monarchs had been exchanged, and then to take part in the Imperial Palace Saint Heir selection.

Each of their Cultivation Levels had advanced greatly.