Chapter 253: Thirteen Great Vehicle!
After Lu Qingyang finished explaining some details to Jiangxin, he left the Chaotian Palace.
Ever since he had driven out the Demon Race a hundred years ago, the Chaotian Palace had been placed outside the boundary wall of the Prison Dragon Realm.
This also caused the spiritual qi concentration in the Chaotian Sect’s Inner Gate to reach an absurd level.
Sure enough, the moment his figure was exposed in the starry sky beyond the boundary, the surrounding Astral Wind, carrying dense spiritual qi, converged toward him.
For a time, the spiritual qi around Lu Qingyang surged violently, winds and clouds churning.
Lu Qingyang did not hesitate.
With a single leap, he directly entered the boundary wall.
When he reappeared, his figure was already standing at the Chaotian Sect’s mountain gate within the Prison Dragon Realm.
A towering mountain peak pierced the clouds, standing upon the ruins of the former North-Rejecting City.
Atop the peak, buildings stood in dense clusters.
Countless streams of light flowed in and out.
At the foot of the mountain, massive cities had been built along the slopes.
Within the cities, crowds bustled, people coming and going in a lively scene.
Watching this flourishing sight, Lu Qingyang smiled and nodded.
In a hundred years, the Chaotian Sect’s Inner and Outer Gates together had already reached a million members.
Beyond that million, the cities of the Outer Gate were home to nearly ten million Chaotian subjects.
After all, though most of these subjects were merely mortals, at least one in ten of them were Puppet Armor mortals.
In other words, the Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate could muster a mortal Puppet Armor legion of a million at any moment.
And this was still the current state where Puppet Armor had not been rolled out on a large scale.
Once the Puppet Armor Academy is fully established, I believe mortals will never be looked down upon again.
Lu Qingyang’s eyes were deep.
In the next instant, his figure vanished from where he stood.
When he reappeared, he had already arrived at the peak of the Outer Gate.
Before investigating the Prison Dragon Realm, he wanted to take a look at the current state of the Outer Gate.
At present, the Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate had cultivators of every realm.
From Qi Refining to Tribulation Crossing, they were everywhere.
Those disciples who had surpassed the Golden Core but still could not rise into the Inner Gate remained in the Outer Gate due to aptitude issues.
Lu Qingyang’s requirement for the Inner Gate was Golden Core by one hundred.
That is to say, even if you broke through to Golden Core at one hundred and one, you could no longer rise into the Inner Gate.
But despite such harsh conditions, these cultivators were still unwilling to leave the Chaotian Sect.
There was no other reason: the current Chaotian Sect was the number one great sect in the Prison Dragon Realm!
“Swoosh!”
As the space of the Sect Master’s Hall in the Outer Gate rippled, two Tribulation Crossing Elders stationed within the hall felt the spatial fluctuation and suddenly opened their eyes.
In the next instant, a figure in blue robes appeared before them.
“Lord Sect Master!”
“Greetings, Sect Master!”
Seeing that the newcomer was Lu Qingyang, the two Elders immediately bowed respectfully.
Their expressions were excited.
Toward this existence who seemed like a Banished Immortal, even though they were already Tribulation Crossing cultivators, it was hard for them to maintain much composure!
As for Lu Qingyang, he merely waved his hand lightly.
A signal for them not to stand on ceremony.
“Lord Sect Master, have you come in person because there is something you need?”
The two Elders stood up, faces filled with expectation and respect.
“No, I happened to be passing by and came to take a look. How is the Outer Gate faring now?”
Lu Qingyang spoke calmly.
Hearing this, the two Elders exchanged a glance.
Then one of them bowed, cupping his fists.
“Reporting to Lord Sect Master, the Outer Gate currently accepts over fifty thousand disciples a year.”
“The Qi Refining disciples in the sect have reached over five hundred thousand, and there are already a hundred thousand Foundation Establishment True Persons.”
“As for Golden Core True Monarchs, they have just broken past thirty thousand, and Nascent Soul Ancestors have also broken through the five thousand mark.”
Listening to the two Elders’ words, Lu Qingyang’s eyes showed a look of gratification.
He was quite satisfied with the Outer Gate.
At least it was far, far stronger than the Chaotian Sect of a hundred years ago.
“What about above Nascent Soul? What’s the situation?”
Lu Qingyang pondered for a moment, then spoke to ask.
“Above Nascent Soul… Spirit Transformation Divine Lords currently number less than a thousand, perhaps eight hundred.”
“Going further up, Void Return True Lords are about… enough to make up a hundred.”
“The Outer Gate’s own Dao Integration Dao Lords number exactly ten, and as for Tribulation Crossing True Venerables… there are only the two of us.”
At this point, the two Tribulation Crossing Elders exchanged a glance.
A trace of unease in their eyes.
Because the current Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate, from Nascent Soul upward, was almost entirely made up of those who had joined later.
Even among the Nascent Souls, more than half had joined later.
So these two nominal Outer Gate administrators were very afraid of Lu Qingyang’s reproach.
Fortunately, Lu Qingyang did not blame them.
Because he knew the reason.
“No matter. Continue to increase the pace of disciple recruitment.”
Lu Qingyang spoke calmly.
Hearing this, the two Tribulation Crossing Elders let out a breath of relief.
“Thank you for your grace, Sect Master.”
……
Afterward, Lu Qingyang asked about other Outer Gate matters.
For instance, the intake volume of the Mission Hall and the merit exchange volume of the Exchange Hall both left him quite satisfied.
The Mission Hall’s task intake was the most direct reflection of the disciples’ activity.
And merit exchange reflected the sect’s income.
After all, every point of merit recorded marked the fruits of the disciples’ labor.
So the greater the merit exchange volume, the higher the Chaotian Sect’s income!
And after understanding a series of Outer Gate matters, Lu Qingyang was ready to first resolve the problem of his disciples’ slow strength growth.
Slow strength growth had only one cause.
Lack of resources.
“Currently, though the entire Central Pole Province is nominally our Chaotian Sect’s private province, there are still quite a few Great Vehicle sects occupying numerous spirit mines and treasure trees. In the past, the mountains and rivers had not yet been restored, so letting them occupy a bit was letting them occupy a bit.”
“But now I am about to scheme for this realm’s Heavenly Dao, and I cannot continue to let these people carry on.”
“It is time to have a talk with them…”
Killing intent appeared in Lu Qingyang’s eyes.
Then he waved his hand, and his right finger flicked a spiritual message into the air.
In the next instant, thirteen mighty auras abruptly descended from the sky above the Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate.
Then they transformed into thirteen streaks of escape light, heading straight for Lu Qingyang’s location.
The thirteen figures landed before Lu Qingyang, bowing respectfully with cupped fists.
Speaking in unison: “Greetings, Sect Master!”
The newcomers were precisely the Chaotian Sect’s Grand Elder Court, the Thirteen Grand Elders!
The Thirteen Great Vehicle cultivators!
“All of you, rise.”
Lu Qingyang raised his hand, casting his gaze upon the thirteen.
After the Grand Elder Court was expanded, Jun Moyan had voluntarily withdrawn.
He also knew that a Void Return cultivator mixed in among them was out of place, so he voluntarily stepped down.
And the current Grand Elder Court was truly thirteen Mahayana Venerables!
Among them, aside from Ma Liang, the rest all held Supreme positions.
And among the Thirteen Venerables, Li Tianxuan had, twenty years ago, been fortunate enough to touch the peak of Supreme.
Only a single step from Pseudo-Immortal.
He had become the existence in the Chaotian Sect second only to Lu Qingyang.
“Everyone, it has been a hundred years since our sect rose after the Human Race’s great tribulation.”
“But during this period, we have never managed to dominate a single province. To me and to all of you, this is nothing short of a disgrace.”
“Of course, this is not because our sect lacks the strength, but because our sect took the Human Race’s need to recuperate into consideration.”
“However…”