Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1601: Chapter 863: Bounty

Over a million miles south of Heavenly Wave Lake, a magnificent golden treasure hall floated serenely above a range of rolling hills.

Countless tunneling lights converged here from all directions, constantly entering and exiting the hall, appearing extremely busy.

This golden treasure hall, also known as the Foreign Affairs Hall, manages the majority of external affairs related to the Zhao Family.

As one of the Ten Halls of the Zhao Family, the Foreign Affairs Hall holds a high position within the family; even the lowest positions in the Foreign Affairs Hall are coveted by countless Zhao Family cultivators.

Because the Foreign Affairs Hall not only holds high status and authority but is also notoriously rich in resources, yet its positions are limited with numerous family cultivators outside vying for a position, making entry to the Foreign Affairs Hall as hard as ascending to the heavens.

At this moment, deep within the Foreign Affairs Hall, Hall Master Zhao Tianyi sat high atop a Magic Platform, with sheets of light screens appearing one after another.

Text densely packed like a waterfall poured down from the light screens, all urgent and important matters.

Zhao Tianyi’s forehead emitted rays of Divine Light, and his Divine Thought split into thousands of intents, delving into each light screen, simultaneously handling hundreds of affairs.

He handled them extremely quickly, often erasing a light screen quietly after a moment, but soon new light screens would appear.

Zhao Tianyi had served as the Hall Master of the Foreign Affairs Hall for nearly a thousand years, spending almost every day in such busyness.

Although the Foreign Affairs Hall’s affairs are extremely numerous and complex, Zhao Tianyi not only isn’t weary but wishes to continue, ideally until death!

Power has always been the strongest aphrodisiac in the world, even the Divinity Transformation True Monarch cannot escape it!

A moment later, Zhao Tianyi, buried in handling affairs, suddenly lifted his head to look outside the hall.

At that moment, a Flowing Light shot in from outside the hall, instantly arriving above his head, swirling constantly.

Seeing this scene, a hint of surprise finally appeared on Zhao Tianyi’s normally expressionless face.

As one of the Ten Halls of Zhao, the Foreign Affairs Hall’s defensive measures are exceptionally strict, even a Half-Immortal of the Void couldn’t enter without a pass token.

Yet a mere Jade Talisman could completely disregard all formation prohibitions and arrive here unhindered; within Zhao, only a few can achieve this.

Zhao Tianyi was shocked, hurriedly reached out to take the Jade Talisman, and his Divine Thought probed within.

“Hmm?… It’s actually that one!!”

Zhao Tianyi raised an eyebrow, deeply surprised.

In the next moment, he composed himself and suddenly shouted: “Someone, come!”

As soon as the words fell, several shadows instantly emerged from the surrounding walls, transforming into red-lipped, white-toothed children as they landed on the ground.

Without a glance at the Spiritual Children below, Zhao Tianyi immediately commanded: “Transmit my order, summon all Vice Hall Masters as quickly as possible. Just say there’s an extremely urgent matter from this hall.”

“Yes!” A group of Spiritual Children in unison bowed to accept the order, then turned into shadows and traversed the walls, swiftly disappearing.

Soon, one Vice Hall Master after another rushed to the main hall.

“Hall Master, what’s the major occurrence today?”

“I was meeting an esteemed guest, but Hall Master, you’ve summoned me urgently. What is it all about!”

“Old Yi, have you lost your mind today? I’m neck-deep with work, yet you call me over, are you deliberately making trouble?”

The Foreign Affairs Hall had one main and nine deputy Hall Masters, with each Hall Master having a varying number of Managers under them. Each Manager had hundreds or thousands of subordinates.

The Zhao Family’s power spread across the Four Holy Continents, mainly concentrated in the Ten Thousand Peak Spirit Domain, Great Sound Spirit Realm, Eternal Night Spirit Realm, and other ten Spirit Domains.

Hence, each Vice Hall Master was responsible for all affairs within one Spirit Domain, making them highly positioned within the family, each holding considerable authority.

Though Zhao Tianyi nominally governed the Foreign Affairs Hall, each Vice Hall Master was extremely independent, with family Ancestors supporting them, resulting in their reluctance to comply with him. While things appeared smooth on the surface, secretly they often disobeyed.

To this, Zhao Tianyi felt deeply pained but could do nothing.

However, today’s situation differed from the past.

After more than half an hour, all the Spiritual Children returned to report, and the five Vice Hall Masters who were not out were all present.

Seeing this, Zhao Tianyi coughed and slowly said: “The reason I’ve gathered everyone today is for a major matter to discuss. But as for what matter? You might as well see this first.”

After finishing, Zhao Tianyi looked to the senior-most Vice Hall Master on his left, tossed him a Jade Talisman.

Vice Hall Master Zhao Yiyi’s eyes flickered slightly as he reached for the Jade Talisman, probing it with his Divine Thought and showed a few hints of surprise on his face.

“This… Third, take a look.” Zhao Yiyi said while handing the Jade Talisman to the next Vice Hall Master.

After two breaths, the person also showed a surprised look, silently passing the Jade Talisman to the next.

Soon, all five Vice Hall Masters had seen the information inside the Jade Talisman, each with a stern expression sitting upright.

Seeing this, Zhao Tianyi couldn’t help but smile secretly.

He coughed again, warmly saying: “Let’s discuss it everyone. How should we handle this matter.”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Yiyi, the senior-most, first expressed his stance: “Over the years, it’s the first time that one ‘opened’ speaks. So the matters they ordered must be executed impeccably, not allowing any errors.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a Vice Hall Master immediately protested: “You speak easily! A God Statue worshipped for a thousand years is not like stones on the roadside found everywhere. Moreover, what they demand is a pure golden God Statue. Only those ancient temples over a thousand years old might have such things. Fewer would be manageable; but that person said… the more the better!

What precisely is ‘more’? Can you determine it?”

“Third’s words are right. In my opinion, why should we go to great lengths, just issue a Heavenly-level Reward Task, at most make the reward richer.”

“Brother Qing speaks reasonably! How about we reward for a hundred Golden God Statues?”

“Not appropriate, not appropriate! They did not specify the time. To be safe, it’s best not to limit the number of rewards, in short, the more the better!”

An experienced and cautious Vice Hall Master said.

But he was immediately opposed by others: “Impossible, not to mention the originally scarce conforming God Statues, setting reward terms itself poses a big issue. How about a reward of three hundred small merits for one Golden God Statue, what’s everyone’s opinion?”

“Too much, two hundred small merits will suffice!”

Zhao Tianyi listened to this, “Cough, cough!”