I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 1691: Chapter 856: Appointed as Deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Orthodox Law

After Master Chengxuan emerged from seclusion, the Dance Tool Dao Academy had a strong leadership core, so Chen Mobai no longer needed to stay here.

Before leaving, he left Zhuang Jialan behind.

Ming Yuhua and Yunyang Bing had successfully formed their cores last year, while Zhuang Jialan, who also held a Golden Liquid Jade Pill, had been delayed due to Chen Mobai’s affairs until now.

Although the Spirit Vein of the Treasure Trove had been significantly absorbed by Master Chengxuan when he took that half-step, it was still more than enough for cultivators to use for Core Formation.

Upon hearing this, Master Chengxuan immediately said there was no problem and even offered to send her into the Yuping Small Realm.

After arranging Zhuang Jialan’s Spirit Land for Core Formation, Chen Mobai showed concern for Meng Huang.

After over two years of recuperation, her injuries had completely healed.

However, due to her previous failure, she still harbored some mental shadows. Even with the Golden Liquid Jade Pill and the Water Primordial Golden Core Pill in hand, she lacked confidence.

“Take this; if you have any questions during Core Formation, I will be here to help you.”

Considering this might be Meng Huang’s last peak attempt at Core Formation, Chen Mobai gave her one of his Formless Puppets, into which he left a trace of his Divine Sense, able to guide her any time.

Generally, cultivators prefer solitude during Core Formation.

But Meng Huang felt the opposite, thrilled to have Chen Mobai’s Formless Puppet accompany her.

“You’ve arranged everything so well.”

She opened and closed the box containing the Formless Puppet with a joyful expression.

With it, she dared to head towards Danxia Mountain for Core Formation.

After seeing Meng Huang off on the plane, Chen Mobai took his private flight back to Wangwu Cave Heaven.

Upon returning, everything felt different.

Within the Three Great Halls, the people of the Weapon Dancing Sect were now somewhat arrogant.

Meanwhile, the Patching Heaven and Kunpeng Sects pretended not to see and let them be.

Chen Mobai knew this was because the news of Master Chengxuan’s emergence and improved cultivation had spread.

Although he hadn’t achieved Divinity Transformation, Master Chengxuan, being the second in the Immortal Gate at the Nascent Soul Realm to master Fifth Order Body Refining Technique, was now viewed as on par with Qi Yuheng.

They were seen as the strongest below Divinity Transformation in the Immortal Gate.

Some even blindly claimed Master Chengxuan was the number one, even above Qi Yuheng.

Chen Mobai felt this trend was unhealthy, so he summoned key figures like Wang Shuye from the Three Great Halls to educate them, since pride inevitably leads to downfall.

This action was necessary because, later, Chen Mobai learned from Hua Zijing that a few from the Dance Tool Dao Academy had even begun to look down on their ally, the Jumang Academy.

After harshly dealing with some arrogant youngsters, this unruly trend finally halted.

This was rather unfortunate for the Patching Heaven and Kunpeng lineages.

They had hoped the Weapon Dancing Sect’s arrogance would grow, leading to a split from the Jumang Lineage. However, Chen Mobai, despite his youth, was so steady and cautious that he nipped the unfavorable tendencies in the bud as soon as he detected them.

Until the end of the year, Chen Mobai focused on enforcing discipline.

He didn’t hold back, dismissing several of his own people from Wangwu Cave Heaven and delegating them to local areas.

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[Following the Kaiyuan Hall’s vote resolution, Enforcement Department Director Chen Mobai is elected as the new Deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Orthodox Law!]

On this day, the Kaiyuan Hall members’ congress convened as scheduled; Gongsun Jielu, citing personal health reasons, resigned, and with a democratic vote, Chen Mobai was almost unanimously elected to succeed.

This matter had been planned well in advance.

However, due to Chen Mobai spending the last two years protecting Master Chengxuan in the Treasure Trove, it was delayed until this year.

Nevertheless, it made the transition all the more stable.

During these two years, Zhongli Tianyu fully mastered the Enforcement Department, leading many major cases, earning quite a reputation in the Immortal Gate, and being regarded as the brightest star of his generation, second only to Chen Mobai.

Most of Zhongli Tianyu’s credit for solving cases was definitely attributed to Chen Mobai as the Enforcement Department Director. With such a glowing track record and a smooth transition, Chen Mobai’s promotion to Deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Orthodox Law happened naturally.

Unlike Nangong Xuanyu, who had directly assumed the military department post right after Nascent Soul Formation, causing public discussion over his ungracefulness.

Watching Chen Mobai ascend to replace her position, Gongsun Jielu, who chose to resign, felt a sense of relief.

Finally, no more overtime working!

Despite Narcissus’ indifference towards affairs and Chen Mobai’s reluctance to manage them, even Nangong Xuanyu, under Chen Mobai’s suppression, couldn’t fully control the military department and mostly kept his distance.

This left Gongsun Jielu, the Deputy Hall Master, to handle and coordinate many matters within the Hall of Orthodox Law.

Sandwiched between the three Nascent Soul Superiors, she truly felt exhausted.

So the day after the council meeting ended, she called upon Chen Mobai, handing over everything she had prepared, and only took the Infant-Feeding Elixir, then happily left the Wangwu Cave Heaven.

Chen Mobai was not a diligent person, so he directly called Hua Zijing over.

“Jialan is still in Core Formation, Zijing, you’ll have to take on these matters for now.”

Hua Zijing naturally had no objections, she was already prepared for this.

“Master, how about the Sky-Mending Group, should I still manage that as well?”

Hua Zijing wasn’t afraid of hard work, but worried that her ability and energy might not be sufficient. After all, the matters handled by the Deputy Hall Master of the Dharma Hall were numerous compared to those of the Sky-Mending Group.

Especially with Narcissus not taking charge, almost all the affairs of the Dharma Hall would be sent this way.

“I’ll ask Ming Yuhua and Yunyang Bing if they’re interested.”

As newly minted Golden Core Masters, Chen Mobai’s two good brothers also attended this council, but they could only sit in the last row.

Ming Yuhua had some grievances about this, stating how could seating be determined by seniority…

During the evening gathering, Chen Mobai also called Zhongli Tianyu over.

This constituted his most core circle.

“Count me out, the director has been good to me, and he’s hoping I succeed him. If I take over the Sky-Mending Group, I’d be doing him a disservice.”

Ming Yuhua, upon hearing Chen Mobai’s offer, shook his head in refusal without a second thought.

“If there’s really no one else, I can leave the Sky-Net Management Bureau.”

Yunyang Bing said with great loyalty.

But Chen Mobai thought it over carefully and felt it was better for him to stay at the Sky-Net Management Bureau, considering that although the place wasn’t highly ranked, it controlled the Immortal Gate’s only Sixth Rank Great Array. If a war were to break out, having someone of his own there would make him more at ease.

“Then let’s have Lin Yin return, she’s been at the Extreme North Cave Heaven for quite some time now.”

Chen Mobai said to Hua Zijing beside him, who nodded immediately and arranged for the matter the next day.

With arrangements made for both the Enforcement Department and the Sky-Mending Group, Chen Mobai then turned his attention to the Military Department.

As the Deputy Hall Master of the Dharma Hall, theoretically, he had no authority over the Military Department, but all the major factions within the Military Department wanted to lean towards him.

Moreover, over many years, the Dharma Hall had mostly been under the control of the Dance Tool Dao Academy, so within the Military Department, Chen Mobai, who was the head of the Weapon Lineage, was greatly renowned.

Nangong Xuanyu soon discovered that only two factions originating from the Sky-Mending supported him.

The rest had all defected to Chen Mobai, the Deputy Hall Master.

Given Nangong Xuanyu’s temper, faced with such a situation, even though he couldn’t win against Chen Mobai, he’d stubbornly stay within the Military Department, making things unpleasant for him.

But Nangong Xuanyu no longer had the mood for this, for he received orders from the Leading Star Ancestor, which commanded him to lead a group from the Immortal Gate as the vanguard, to be sent into the Different World through the portal six years later to investigate what’s on the other side.

This would undoubtedly be the most dangerous mission of the Immortal Gate.

If the Different World is akin to Ming Wang Star or the Three-Eyed Tribe, even as a Nascent Soul Superior, he would likely face grave danger.

But these were orders from the Ancestor; unless Nangong Xuanyu wished to betray to the Ascension Sect, he could only obediently comply.

Given such circumstances, Nangong Xuanyu had completely lost interest in any disputes with Chen Mobai.

Because he needed to enhance his strength as quickly as possible to increase his survival chances upon entering the Different World.

However, the improvement of cultivation level is not achieved overnight.

Thus, Magic Artifacts became Nangong Xuanyu’s target.

Because in the Immortal Gate, there happened to be the Yuanyang Ancestor Primordial Yang Set capable of dramatically boosting his strength.

Nangong Xuanyu’s application to refine the Primordial Yang Set quickly reached Chen Mobai’s ears.

If it were merely for one or two items, he might’ve let it pass, but the fact that Nangong Xuanyu wished for a complete set was something Chen Mobai couldn’t tolerate.

The high-ranked Magic Artifacts of the Immortal Gate were under the jurisdiction of the Xianwu Hall’s Magic Artifact Division, and today was an unusually bustling day.

“Nascent Soul Superior can only be supplied with at most one Rank-4 Magic Artifact, even if the Financial Department allocates Spirit Stones, only one more can be added. Minister Nangong wishes to refine all six pieces of the Primordial Yang Set, I find this inappropriate.”

As the Refining Ancestral Court of the Immortal Gate, the majority of the Magic Artifact Division naturally consisted of Chen Mobai’s people. At his behest, a deputy minister stepped forward to reject Nangong Xuanyu’s application.

The Magic Artifact Division’s Director Jiang Shaopeng was from the Sky-Mending background, but couldn’t push Nangong Xuanyu’s application forward due to most of his inner staff being from the Weapon Lineage, and he dared not force the matter through.

Because he knew very well, although his subordinate was opposing, the person backing them was the Pure Yang Superior of the Dharma Hall!

“Then let’s discuss it further.”

Jiang Shaopeng could only sigh and put the application on hold.

That was all he could do.