Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 246: Quota Arrangement (Combined Chapter)
As time gradually passed, the Golden Core Elders above had not issued any directives, and many cultivators began to relax.
In the minds of many cultivators, since discussions had been ongoing for so long without a breakdown, the differences must not be too significant.
With this thought, they felt much more at ease and no longer maintained the initial tension.
Liu Yu also did not believe that war would continue.
After all, the Yuan Yang Sect had already lost fifty or sixty foundation establishment cultivators, and the casualties were not insignificant.
It is important to note that the Yuan Yang Sect only had a little over four hundred foundation establishment cultivators on the surface.
As for the losses among the affiliated forces, they were even more severe, at least more than double.
If this continued, it would truly cause severe damage, which would benefit neither of the five great sects.
Liu Yu even speculated that perhaps the specific allocation of the Cold Mist Spiritual Stone Mine had already been divided among the Yuan Ying cultivators of each sect.
The gathering today was merely to formally announce the end of the war to the outside world, while also allowing the Golden Core cultivators below to discuss the extraction of the spiritual stone mine and the matters regarding the stationed personnel.
As for setting up a competition where the five great sects would arrange qi refinement, foundation establishment, and Golden Core cultivators for a few duels to decide the allocation of the spiritual stone mine?
One could only say they were overthinking it.
Just as it is extremely difficult for qi refinement cultivators to intervene in the disputes among foundation establishment cultivators, the gap between foundation establishment cultivators and Golden Core cultivators would only be larger, while the difference between Golden Core and Yuan Ying cultivators was like a vast chasm that could not be crossed.
This enormous "qualitative" gap could not be compensated for by "quantitative" means!
Yuan Ying cultivators could easily sweep away the cultivators below them, as if they were striking from a different dimension; no number of cultivators could bridge that vast gap.
In this scenario, it would be the five great sects that determined the direction of the Chu State and the allocation of the spiritual stone mine, while the fate of the five great sects would certainly hinge on the Yuan Ying ancestors of each sect.
The deaths of cultivators below the Yuan Ying stage, while detrimental to the sect's vitality, would not shake its foundation.
As the great sun was about to completely disappear below the horizon, the situation suddenly changed.
The Golden Core cultivators above seemed to have reached some sort of agreement, having negotiated a mutually acceptable condition, and they all descended from the sky, returning to their respective camps.
Liu Yu perked up his ears to listen to Elder Yan and Elder Zhou's explanations.
As he had suspected, the allocation of the spiritual stone mine had long been determined by the Yuan Ying ancestors.
Their presence here was merely to officially witness the end of the war and for the Golden Core elders of the five great sects to gather and discuss the extraction of the spiritual stone mine and the stationed cultivators.
According to Elder Yan, the allocations of the five great sects in the Cold Mist Spiritual Stone Mine were: Piao Xue Pavilion 26%, Crescent Moon Valley 17%, Qing Xu Sect 17%, Yuan Yang Sect 20%, and Heavenly Harmony Sect 20%.
In Liu Yu's view, this allocation plan was relatively "normal."
It conformed to certain cruel and realistic laws of the cultivation world.
Piao Xue Pavilion had two Yuan Ying cultivators, and its overall strength far surpassed any other sect, so it rightfully had the largest share.
As for the other four sects, their cultivator strengths were not far apart, and with two pairs joining hands, their shares naturally saw little difference.
However, since Yuan Yang Sect and Heavenly Harmony Sect were local powers, and the spiritual stone mine was at the junction of Qingjing Two Prefectures, they had a slightly larger share.