Chapter 1466 - 877: It Couldn’t Possibly Be Zhang Yu, Right?

Inside the Ascension Hall, everyone present was taken aback by the response belonging to the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor.

Ling Chenji, a voluptuous woman, was shocked: "Cang Juechen didn’t pass? How could he not pass?"

In Ling Chenji’s view, Cang Juechen was a celestial talent secretly nurtured by the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor through the Artifact Spirit Sect and Innate Dao.

And precisely because of this, Cang Juechen was able to grow silently in the shadows, advancing high intelligent artifact spirit control technology, becoming a key figure in the Artifact Spirit Sect.

The technology advanced by Cang Juechen not only enhanced the controllability of high intelligent artifact spirits but also significantly reduced control costs, greatly expanding the use of artifact spirits. It is both the key to the development of high intelligent artifact spirits and a critical factor for the next Law Realm upgrade.

"What Cang Juechen did is akin to attaching a useful collar to the Artifact Spirit Sect, and handing the other end of the collar to the Immortal Emperor."

"This... not only gives the Artifact Spirit Sect hope of resurgence after being suppressed but also provides the Immortal Emperor with a reason not to continue suppressing the Artifact Spirit Sect."

"With more controllable and safer high intelligent artifact spirits, there is now a technical foundation for the future upgrade of the Law Realm."

"Such an important person, such important technology... The Law Chain that Cang Juechen establishes next will undoubtedly be extraordinary and is likely a crucial item for future artifact spirit management and supporting the Taoist Inheritance."

At this time, Miracle Merit became particularly important.

After all, in Ling Chenji’s view, aside from being a must-have for Ascension Cultivators, the most important point of Miracle Merit... is that it has tremendous support in the process of establishing Law Chains.

At the same time... it happens to be the era when the Third Generation Law has officially completed development.

Once the approval process is completed, starting from next year at the latest, the numerous factions within the sect that have secretly invested and nurtured prodigies for a long time will all begin to establish the Third Generation Law in preparation for further supporting the Taoist Inheritance in the new era, and even creating a new Taoist Inheritance in the future.

Cang Juechen and Yue Qinglan are among them.

"At such a time, shouldn’t Miracle Merit be awarded to Cang Juechen so that he can properly establish the Third Generation Law next year?"

In Ling Chenji’s mind, this is a critical moment of historical change, and regardless of judgment... Cang Juechen, as a key figure among them, should be the highest priority among the candidates present, but he was curiously denied.

"Could there be someone with a higher priority than Cang Juechen?"

Ling Chenji’s gaze shifted slightly, looking at the elder-like Ascension Cultivator on the other side.

At the same time, a name silently floated in Ling Chenji’s heart: "Yue Qinglan."

She thought to herself: "Behind Yue Qinglan is the sect’s pharmaceutical company and the Taoist Inheritance related to medicine, could it be..."

The elder on the other side felt a tinge of joy flash in his heart, thinking: "Is the Immortal Emperor dissatisfied with this Cang Juechen? Looking to choose other talents within the Artifact Spirit Sect?"

The elder shook his head in his heart: "No, it’s likely not dissatisfaction with Cang Juechen, but rather thinking... Yue Qinglan’s side is more urgent."

In an instant, countless thoughts surged in his mind, completing a massive amount of analysis.

"Does the Immortal Emperor intend to target the pharmaceutical companies? Planning to make a breakthrough with life extension to fill in the gaps in the Law Realm? Determined to use life extension as a lead to expand the Law Realm?"

"That’s right, awarding Miracle Merit to Yue Qinglan, letting her quickly complete the Third Generation Law next year, is making early preparations... for future Taoist contention with the Dan Ding Sect?"

The more the elder thought, the more it made sense; otherwise, there was no way to explain why Cang Juechen was rejected.

This also filled him with great joy, as if he saw the vibrant development and profit boom of the medicine industry within the Wanfa Sect.

So he spoke up: "Although Cang Juechen’s technological breakthrough is important, high intelligent artifact spirits are always rapidly developing, and in such periods of rapid development, technological updates and replacements happen quickly. How long Cang Juechen’s technology can effectively last still needs long-term verification, so it is indeed not suitable to award Miracle Merit too early."

"And Yue Qinglan’s low-cost life extension technology has not only been clinically verified but also recognized by the Heavenly Derivation Award, even earning a nomination for it."

Although there’s a vast difference between being nominated and actually being awarded the Heavenly Derivation Award, at least Yue Qinglan’s technology has been fully validated at this point, and upon hearing the elder’s words, the crowd nodded in agreement.

The elder continued: "Moreover, if the new life extension technology is integrated into the Law Realm, it will inevitably become an important reliance for the Realm’s expansion in the future. But it will also provoke competition from other sects, especially the Dan Ding Sect, thus sparking Taoist contention."

"To cope with Taoist contention, for the benefit of the sect, and even more for the Immortal Emperor’s interest, I propose once again to award Miracle Merit to Yue Qinglan to assist her in completing the Third Generation Law as soon as possible."

The group expressed unanimous agreement, believing the elder was right.

After all, from the viewpoint of the Ascension Cultivators present, since Cang Juechen was rejected, the choice naturally left only Yue Qinglan.

As for Zhang Yu? Even just from the perspective of the Law Realm expansion, how can the insignificant field of Soul Cultivation compare to the pharmaceutical industry? It is simply the difference between clouds and mud, the chasm between low-level and prodigy.

Neither Ling Chenji nor the elder had considered Zhang Yu as an option.

Fa Liuyuan silently watched this scene, already too lazy to speak.

In his view, it’s now a competition between Cang Juechen and Yue Qinglan, and the final outcome has nothing to do with Zhang Yu anymore.

So, the voting inside the Ascension Hall began and ended once again, but this time the result turned out to be Yue Qinglan.