201: Selling places and winning people's hearts

“Excluding the Grand Elders of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm who are restricted, all five thousand two hundred Disciples of my Dragon Heaven Palace will enter the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm. I trust none of you have any objections?”

Looking at Qin Donghuang, Dan Shen Yijue, Leng Shuangshuang, Fu Yuanhui, Da Wanxin, Aolai Shisan, and Tu Shan Xian Su, Long Aotian seemed to be asking them, but his words carried an undeniable domineering aura.

“…”

Did they dare to object?

Qin Donghuang and the others couldn't help but twitch their mouths, a bitter smile in their hearts. How many years had it been? They never expected the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm to once again welcome Cultivators of the Spirit Division Realm and even the Soul Emergence Realm.

The Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators were, of course, the more than one hundred Family Disciples Long Aotian brought to nurture the Dragon Clan.

Among the more than five thousand people, the Dragon Clan had a total of five hundred, with over three hundred being in the Mahayana Realm and Spirit Division Realm, and the remaining more than one hundred all being in the Soul Emergence Realm.

These five hundred people represented the Dragon Clan's strongest fighting force at the moment. Their foundation was so weak that others would not believe that this was the strength of the newly emerged number one Cultivation Family in the Sky Ruins Continent.

However, all of this changed due to Long Aotian's existence!

“Palace Master is joking. The Tribulation Dao Secret Realm only restricts Tribulation Realm Experts from entering; it does not restrict Cultivators below the Mahayana Realm. As long as one obtains an entry token, even a Vein Opening Realm Cultivator can enter. Who would dare to say anything more?”

Qin Donghuang represented the Central Continent Immortal Mansion in making his stance, speaking as if it were a serious matter. However, the other leaders couldn't help but feel disdain in their hearts after hearing him.

If they remembered correctly, at the last conference, a Spirit Division Realm Loose Cultivator obtained an entry token through auction. Yet, when he tried to enter the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm, he was stopped by a Grand Elder from the Central Continent Immortal Mansion, who said that an ant of the Spirit Division Realm also wanted to join the fun, which was simply a waste of an entry quota. The Grand Elder then killed him on the spot.

Now, hearing Qin Donghuang speak so confidently, the others found it very amusing in their hearts.

But amusement aside, if they were to oppose Long Aotian and prevent some people from the Dragon Heaven Palace from entering the Secret Realm, they wouldn't dare.

“What Master Qin said is reasonable. If anyone dares to object, I, Da Wanxin, will be the first to confront him!”

The person who disdained Qin Donghuang the most was the first to stand up and strongly support Qin Donghuang's words. Sometimes people are just so perverse, and when they are, they are completely unaware of it.

With Qin Donghuang and Da Wanxin, this pair of rivals, expressing their stance, the others echoed their agreement, with some even suggesting that the Dragon Heaven Palace could internally allocate these twenty thousand quotas and send an Immortal-grade flying ship back to the Eastern Barrens to transport their Disciples.

Regarding this!

Long Aotian was somewhat tempted.

However, he decided against it after thinking it over.

Although these people spoke as if it were a serious matter, saying that Cultivators of lower Realm could enter the Secret Realm and that quotas could be allocated internally, Long Aotian knew very well that if he actually did that, the reputation of the Dragon Heaven Palace would suffer greatly.

The Tribulation Dao Secret Realm was originally opened for Cultivators of the Mahayana Realm, specifically for those undergoing Tribulation Transcendence. Mahayana Realm Cultivators could Cultivate in it for a maximum of three years. Furthermore, in all previous openings of the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm, the number of Cultivators entering due to limited quotas never exceeded one million.

This limit of not exceeding one million quotas, it was unknown whether it was due to limited cultivation resources within the Secret Realm, a joint decision by the major Cultivation powers, or an automatic restriction by the Secret Realm once a certain number of people entered.

In short, it also showed that each entry quota was indeed very precious.

How many Mahayana Realm Cultivators were there in the Sky Ruins Continent?

Just the Cultivators at the Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm could be described as numbering in the hundreds of millions.

Bringing Vein Opening Realm Cultivators in?

That would be too obvious a waste of quotas.

The Dragon Heaven Palace had twenty thousand quotas, and over five thousand people, nearly half, had Realm below the Mahayana Realm, which meant over two thousand people. Two thousand people among a million quotas was not that noticeable.

However, if Long Aotian really squandered his twenty thousand quotas, allowing sixteen or seventeen thousand Cultivators below the Mahayana Realm to enter and waste the quotas, it would absolutely arouse the public indignation of the entire Martial Arts World of the Sky Ruins Continent, especially in the Loose Cultivator community.

They might not be able to do anything to the Dragon Heaven Palace or Long Aotian, but the Dragon Heaven Palace and Long Aotian would also be unable to stop the hatred they felt in their hearts towards the Dragon Heaven Palace and Long Aotian.

Nearly twenty thousand quotas, among a million Secret Realm quotas, was one-fiftieth. This was enough to make the Cultivators who had reached the Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm but had no quotas to enter the Secret Realm explode with frustration.

Long Aotian was powerful, but that didn't mean he lacked intelligence. He absolutely could not do anything that would incur public wrath.

The entire Dragon Clan had nearly two thousand people, and five hundred had come this time, which was enough. If he were to go back and transport more people, the Dragon Clan Disciples' Realm would basically be at the Soul Emergence Realm and Nascent Soul Realm. If these people entered the Secret Realm, even if Long Aotian had a cultivation time cheat, he wouldn't dare to guarantee that they could Breakthrough to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

The five hundred people he brought now were different. Although more than a hundred were in the Soul Emergence Realm, these more than one hundred Soul Emergence Realm Family Disciples were all from the small group with the best cultivation talent. He had confidence in them to cross the Spirit Division Realm and Mahayana Realm from the Soul Emergence Realm and Breakthrough to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm… Ultimately, Long Aotian only kept over five thousand two hundred of the twenty thousand quotas, satisfying all those from the Dragon Heaven Palace present who could enter the Secret Realm. The remaining fourteen thousand seven hundred plus quotas were auctioned off on the spot.

Among them, the four thousand odd quotas were allowed to be bid on by the major Cultivation powers, while the last ten thousand quotas were only for Loose Cultivators to bid on. This was undoubtedly a benefit for the Loose Cultivators.

The major Cultivation powers were wealthy, and if they participated in the entire auction, the Loose Cultivators wouldn't even get a drop of soup, let alone meat.

Long Aotian's decision undoubtedly earned the respect of all Cultivators present, especially the Loose Cultivators…