Chapter 1365 - 1365: How Is This Even Possible

Newcomers?

Are all these fifty thousand immortals of at least Venerable rank newly recruited?

Including those eight Daoist Venerables, and over three hundred Supremes?

The hearts of Lin Jing, Lan Miao, and Xue Yi feel as if a thousand horses are galloping, their minds a complete mess.

They can't fully digest this news.

This must be fake, right?

How could it be possible to recruit so many people at once?

In fact, even Gong Qing was quite surprised.

She could guess that Jiang Cheng would bring a lot of people, but originally thought he just went to Mo Yuan Valley to directly get a batch of the Demon Race.

She never thought he would indeed recruit a batch of new immortals.

And not just one thousand, but as many as fifty thousand.

However, she is a person who's seen large scenes, so she quickly calmed down and flew to Taiheng and Tian Lin's side.

"I am Gong Qing, the Palace Master of Ice Palace. Since you've been recruited by the Supreme Palace Master, you are one of us."

She showed a fitting and gentle smile.

"A warm welcome to your joining us!"

Taiheng and Tian Lin naturally gave her face.

On the way here, Jiang Cheng had already explained the situation to them.

This Palace Master was an old acquaintance of Elder Jiang and was well respected.

"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"

"Palace Master is too polite. From now on, we will join hands together and hope to make the Ice Palace even stronger."

These two are second-grade immortal officials from the Celestial Pill Department.

They actually won't stay in the Ice Palace forever, anywhere from a few months to tens of thousands of years before returning.

But at least for this period, they are considered members of the Ice Palace.

And the other six Daoist Venerables and over three hundred Supremes were recruited by Jiang Cheng from the 'Supreme Divine Hall.'

Back then, when his Daoist Saint-level combat power was revealed, the 'newcomers' in there flocked to him.

Naturally, some experts were among them.

However, at this moment, the six Daoist Venerables had somewhat subtle expressions.

"Elder Invincibility, is this sect... only this few people?"

"Indeed, it seems there's not even two thousand?"

Before coming, they thought the Ice Palace was a super sect with at least tens of thousands of people.

Now they see, it shrank by hundreds of times!

Jiang Cheng did not hide it.

"That's right, that's just how many people Ice Palace has. If you find the temple too small, feel free to leave."

"I absolutely won't stop you."

He estimated that, even if these fifty thousand leave, at least ten thousand would still stay.

That would be enough, no need to force it.

"Elder Invincibility misunderstands, why would we find the temple small?"

"Yes, with you here, the Ice Palace's growth is just a matter of eye movement."

"Besides, fewer people have their own advantages too!"

Once the situation was confirmed, not only were the Daoist Venerables not disappointed, they all showed eyes of delight.

And those Supremes and Celestial Venerables reacted similarly.

If the Ice Palace were really an old super sect with tens of thousands of people, these 'newcomers' would truly be newcomers.

After all, within such a sect, there'd be many more powerful, older, and qualified existences.

Newcomers would find it hard to ascend.

But now it's different.

Ice Palace has so few people, none of the older disciples are Daoist Venerables, with just five Supremes among them.

The sect has many vacant positions, and these 'newcomers' are the core pillars, virtually elders upon entry.

Of course, all of this still hinges on Jiang Cheng being a 'Daoist Saint.'

Without that, with absolutely no development prospects, it would truly be just a small temple.

The lively entry ceremony quickly began.

The eight Daoist Venerables first flew to the summit of the tower with the Red Cloud, separating a strand of their consciousness and merging it into the Red Cloud.

Immediately after, more than three hundred Supremes followed suit.

Through this ceremony, they were officially part of the Ice Palace, becoming people of this place.

Seeing this scene, the women of Ice Palace felt an extreme unreality.

So these fifty thousand are not enemies, but allies?

Just in a moment, Ice Palace went from a small sect of just twelve hundred people to a great sect surpassing Mo Yuan Valley?

Fifty thousand plus!

Including Gong Qing, there are now nine Daoist Venerables.

This overall strength can already rank in the top twenty in Yunmi Dao!

This, this, this...

They stared blankly as one by one the immortals merged like fireflies into their consciousness, watching the Shengyuan Red Cloud expand bit by bit, even forgetting to be happy.

Everything came too suddenly, and too strangely.

And the only one they could ask was Jiang Taishang.

"Are all these people truly recruited by you?" Venerable Lanmiao hesitantly asked.

Brother Cheng greatly enjoyed their ghostly expressions.

"Did you forget the correct way to greet?"

Lan Miao was slightly taken aback, then quickly reacted.

"Supreme Palace Master, I apologize."

In the past, when saying this, she was very unwilling.

Yet this time, she inwardly accepted it without any resistance, even thinking this title was rightfully due.

When someone can expand the scale of Ice Palace by forty times out of thin air, they can be whatever they please.

"Supreme Palace Master, I apologize. We couldn't see clearly before."

Venerable Wuyuan sincerely bowed to the ground.

"The Palace Master honored you as Supreme Palace Master for a reason."

"It's just that we truly don't understand how you recruited fifty thousand; it's entirely unbelievable!"

This statement voiced the sentiments of all the female immortals present.

Thinking back to before Jiang Cheng recruited, they guessed being able to recruit two or three people would be good.

Some even speculated nothing would come.

When Brother Cheng said he could recruit ten thousand, they thought it was him bragging.

Now they realize, he didn't exaggerate, rather, he was modest.

Not only recruiting fifty thousand, but all fifty thousand are above the rank of Venerable!

Quantity, quality, both obtained.

This was a slap in the face, sounding loud and clear!

Even the hardest Venerable Linjing had to yield.

"Supreme Palace Master, it seems I truly was wrong. In the past, I offended you, please forgive..."

Her greatest hope was to see Ice Palace grow stronger.

"No problem."

Brother Cheng shrugged and laughed, "Because I'm a Daoist Saint."

He spoke the truth, though Ice Palace also had another 'advantage' which was unrestricted entry and departure. Otherwise, other top forces with Daoist Saints could do the same.

"Supreme Palace Master, I apologize. We are truly impressed by your abilities, but your habit of joking hasn't changed at all!"

The women didn't believe he was a Daoist Saint at all, "Right, clearly, he's a Supreme!"

"Though he's a Supreme, we'll still regard you as Supreme Palace Master with respect."

This left Brother Cheng to feel helpless and amused.

Unfortunately, they did not witness his moment of glory.

To make them believe someone who doesn't cultivate and do nothing all day is the legendary Daoist Saint is indeed challenging.

Venerable Xue Yi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, remembering the Purple Brown Bear Pi from before.

"Could it be that these are also ancient acquaintances of Supreme Palace Master?"

"It must be so."

"Jiang Taishang's network is too vast."

At this time, the six newly joined Daoist Venerables came over and respectfully bowed.

"Greetings, Invincible Daoist Saint!"

"Do you have any arrangements for us?"