Chapter 222: First Hearing of Duoyin Pavilion
Everyone was delighted. Zhong Ling'er took out the battlefield map she had drawn before. However, after the Ancestral Dragon's body tumbled deep in the earth, the terrain of the mountains and rivers had changed, and the map was no longer accurate.
Zhong Ling'er didn't care about it, but put the map on an open space. Then a magical scene appeared. The map kept enlarging and became ten feet wide in the blink of an eye.
The lines on it kept changing, and gradually they were no longer lines, but had a real sense of ups and downs. In less than a quarter of an hour, a miniature battlefield sand table appeared in front of everyone.
Then a ray of light fell, and an ancient atmosphere enveloped the sand table. Golden stripes appeared, circling out areas, and a name was written on each area.
The merit tree on the side turned into golden light and flew above the crowd, and then fell into the bodies of some people. This was the merit rewarded by heaven.
However, most of those who obtained merits were independent cultivators, and did not attract much attention. Everyone stared at the sand table with wide eyes, looking for the location of the area they had obtained. Zhong Linger quickly found the words "Taiqiong Sect" and "Duoyin Pavilion", because these two areas were the largest and located in the most conspicuous place in the middle.
"What kind of sect is Duoyin Pavilion? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"Yes, and they have made great contributions. How could they be unknown?"
"I can understand that Taiqiong Sect has the largest territory, but what is the reason for this Duoyin Pavilion? Does anyone know how to introduce it?"
Faced with everyone's discussions, the few people who knew the truth quietly looked at Zhong Ling'er. This area represented the contributions of Bai Luochen and Zhong Ling'er. Bai Luochen's share was only a small part, so this area should be said to belong to Zhong Ling'er.
Zhong Ling'er remained calm and composed, pointing to the center of the sand table. "Wow, Master Xuanyuan, your territory is so big, and we can be neighbors again."
The head of the Xuanyuan family smiled brightly, "No, no, my dear Zhong, now that we are neighbors, we can visit each other more often."
Zhenren Tianming looked at his area and found that it was not as big as Duoyin Pavilion. He felt dissatisfied and his tone was full of questions.
"Friend Zhong, Taiqiong Sect has made great contributions, so it should have more than this land. Where did this Duoyin Pavilion come from?"
The smiles on many people's faces faded. It was understandable that Taiqiong Sect was the largest, but if Duoyin Pavilion was added, and the two largest plots of land belonged to them, that would be too much.
Zhong Ling'er blinked, as if she had just realized something was wrong, and turned her head in surprise, "Master, how much did you collect yesterday?"
Master Wu Chen had a helpless look on his face, and everyone lowered their heads. They took more than 30% of the profits yesterday and forced them on Master Wu Chen, who couldn't even push them away.
If everyone were like this, then Taiqiong Sect would not be able to obtain much land.
Zhong Ling'er was so anxious that she pulled Wu Chen's sleeve and said, "Master, I told you in advance that I might not get anything after taking the Heavenly Dao's gold leaf. I told you not to take anything else. Why didn't you listen? How about we return it?"
Everyone waved their hands. How could they take back what they had given away with such great difficulty? They would rather die than give it away.
"Well, Mr. Zhong, does that mean that this Duoyin Pavilion has nothing to do with you?"
Taoist Tianming asked again, totally disbelieving Zhong Linger's explanation.
Zhong Linger turned her head and looked at the sand table. After a while, she said, "Some monks who don't want to show up have entered the secret realm. They are very powerful and may be related to them. Moreover, they have gained so much because some of them participated in it at the earliest."
"Zulong said that the people who killed the demons had the greatest merit, followed by those who took the initiative to join the battle before the Heavenly Dao offered the reward, then the rest of the people who entered the battlefield, and finally the people who provided resources."
"Why should they have more merit than us? Have they eliminated as many demons as we have?"
"But they don't care about their own interests. They are the ones who are most determined to eliminate demons. If they don't take the lead, and you hand over the battlefield to me, the Grand Lord of Qiong Sect, will you still participate?"
Zhong Ling'er's last words were full of irony, and Tian Ming Zhenren looked unhappy. He only replied "of course" and did not ask any more questions. Besides, he was afraid that Zhong Ling'er would bring up his inaction over the past thousands of years, which would embarrass himself.
Zhong Ling'er looked at him coldly. Tianji Pavilion is powerful, but it has lost the support of the people. Just wait, they will be settled.
Seeing that the situation was not right, some people tried to smooth things over.
"There's no need to be curious. The people from Duoyin Pavilion will show up sooner or later."
"Yes, the way of heaven is impartial and fair. What is there to doubt?"
"Everyone, please keep an eye on your own territory and don't make any mistakes when you go in."
Zhong Linger smiled and stood at the highest point. "Everyone, this outer protective formation will take half a month to disappear. Since everyone wants to go in, I will give each sect ten jade talismans. Everyone can decide who goes in first. Also, in order to prevent everyone from getting the wrong location in the future, I have a boundary marker here that can be used for positioning. Each marker costs 500 spirit stones."
Zhong Ling'er took out three palm-sized boundary markers and threw them on the ground. The boundary markers were connected to each other to form a triangle. Then a white light rose along the triangle, covering the area surrounded by the boundary markers in a curtain of light.
Many people's eyes lit up. This was a good thing. The boundaries must be clearly defined, otherwise they would not be able to explain themselves if things in their area were taken. Moreover, there was a light curtain to block it, so even if they really got the good stuff, there was no need to let everyone know.
Who is short of money at this time? Many people started to take out spirit stones. Zhong Ling'er was too busy to handle it alone, so several senior brothers came forward to help, and soon the things were sold out.
Looking at the glittering spirit stones in the storage ring, Zhong Ling'er was in a good mood. She had finally taken a small step towards her small goal of 4 billion.
Zhong Linger threw the sand table into the formation. Through the Taiqiong mirror, everyone saw that the lines dividing the areas on the sand table had covered the entire battlefield. Only then did everyone react. From the blueprint to the sand table, and now to engraving the mark of heaven into the battlefield, this required extremely mysterious techniques.
If it wasn't God's will, then it must be Zhong Ling'er's work, but is it possible?
Zhong Ling'er realized that she had overacted in her excitement and almost exposed the will of Heaven. She laughed and said, "Heaven has done everything it can. Next, let's go in and find our own territory."
The crowd didn't think any more and rushed in with a cheer.
After entering, Zhong Ling'er did not fly on a sword like the others. Instead, she led everyone in the sect into the teleportation formation, and directly reached her own area through the formation sub-disks scattered everywhere. Then she found the dividing point as quickly as possible and placed the boundary marker down. Soon, a white light rose, and everyone from Taiqiong Sect disappeared in the clairvoyant in the air.
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