The vote, organized by Yang Shu, quickly began. The rules remained the same as three days prior.

In the end, the vote count was completely unexpected.

After three rounds, Jiangcun had won with a unanimous vote. The other six Cultivators didn’t receive a single ballot.

As soon as the results were announced, a Cultivator from the Star God Alliance stood up. He looked at Yang Shu with a smirk and asked, "How should we handle this? Do we let Fellow Daoist Jiang take the seat and have the remaining six vote again?"

"We might as well just follow the original voting rules!"

Someone raised an objection. The original voting rules stated that each candidate would undergo three rounds of voting individually, during which they had to face questioning from everyone present.

The voting method had been changed three days ago to simplify the rules of the game, but it had also stripped everyone present of most of their electoral power.

Furthermore, none of the candidates in this election had made any statements, which made everyone feel as though their votes were suddenly worthless. This is what led to the current situation.

"The rules themselves should never have been changed, no matter the reason!" Ren Kong stood up, his gaze drifting toward Wang Ping as he spoke. He was questioning the legitimacy of Wang Ping’s position as the third seat but didn’t dare say it aloud, as Wang Ping had already been personally announced as such by the Lord.

"Right! I agree."

"I agree, too!"

Many among the fourth seats agreed, especially the independent ones. The revised voting mechanism had stripped them of their only power to question the candidates.

After the arguing quieted down a bit, a third seat from the True Yang Sect proposed, "Why don’t we vote on it? That would be in line with the Daoist Scripture Hall’s usual stance."

"Good idea!" someone immediately responded.

Amidst the clamor, Ruan Chunzi whispered to Wang Ping, "Without the Lord’s intervention and prior arrangements, an election for the third seat like this would involve at least half a month of arguing. Looks like we’re in for a long wait."

As he spoke, he gave Wang Ping a scrutinizing look. His meaning was obvious.

Wang Ping pretended not to hear.

With Wang Ping’s silence, Ruan Chunzi couldn’t continue that line of conversation.

Another round of voting began amidst the bickering.

The result was obvious. Everyone, including Wang Ping, agreed to revert the voting method to the original format.

Once the voting method was chosen, Yang Shu announced once again, "The official vote will take place in three days."

「...」

When Wang Ping withdrew from the illusionary realm, he startled the sleeping Yu Lian beside him. She instinctively climbed onto him, shrinking down to wrap herself around his left arm.

"What will it be like when the world falls into chaos?"

Wang Ping asked suddenly. He thought back to the arguments during the assembly. The turmoil in Zhongzhou would be nothing more than those people at the assembly deciding to flip the table.

’Of course, I might be the first one to flip the table!’

’Because I follow the Xiao Shan Lord.’

The thought made Wang Ping’s heart pound with anxiety.

"The power of a True Monarch is beyond our imagination. I think we should find some Magical Artifacts for escaping," Yu Lian said in a joking tone. "Or cultivate some escape Magic."

The first thing Wang Ping thought of was the Transfer Talisman, but what he summoned instead was the Pocket World Mirror.

Before this magical treasure was refined, it could be used as an Array to soothe one’s Primordial Spirit Consciousness. The method was very simple: just project your Primordial Spirit Consciousness into it, and you will feel an unprecedented sense of peace. It could also block out all the ’noise pollution’ from the Inspiration Realm. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

If successfully refined, it would unlock two other effects. The first was the creation of an elastic, mirrored space. The user could use this Mirror Image Space to hide the auras of at least three people. At the same time, this space could be stretched over a hundred zhang and form an unobservable barrier, allowing the user to travel freely within it.

If an Array for a Transfer Talisman were set up in the Mirror Image Space beforehand, Wang Ping could use it to teleport dozens of li in just a few breaths of time, and silently at that.

The second function was to use natural Wood Spirit Qi to gather the world’s most yang and rigid light, which had a miraculous effect against the physical bodies of Taiyin Evil Cultivators.

From these two functions of the Pocket World Mirror, one could deduce that the Taiyan Sect had most likely created it specifically to deal with Taiyin Evil Cultivators.

Completely refining the Pocket World Mirror was not something that could be done overnight. After reading through the refining process, a guide popped up on the light screen panel:

[Basic Refining Technique: Summon Primordial Spirit to refine the internal Array of the Pocket World Mirror, synchronizing its internal spirituality with the Primordial Spirit. Effective refining time is one shichen per day. Can be completed within three years. (Progress: 1/100. Today’s Progress: 0/one shichen).]

[Note 1: Usable once refining progress reaches (60/100).]

[Note 2: Do not refine to perfect progress. Otherwise, the Primordial Spirit may easily resonate with the Mirror Image Space during use and become trapped within.]

Three years was but the blink of an eye for the current Wang Ping. He suppressed his emotions, dismissed the light screen panel, and took out the Five Elements Ore he had just bought at the market to toy with.

"You really like these little trinkets, don’t you? What’s so good about them?" Yu Lian whispered.

"Mm."

Wang Ping nodded. "Its craftsmanship is remarkably similar to the unfathomably deep Arrays within Demon Soldiers. Look, this thumb-sized stone contains another world. All the details of Upper Yang Mountain’s collapse are vividly recreated on it. I can even see the ruins of Wufeng Temple."

"You want to learn how to make them?"

"I want to install more intricate Arrays inside my puppets, or perhaps carve some exquisite decorations on the outside." As he spoke, his Primordial Spirit Consciousness rapidly descended to the documents hall on the first floor and sent a voice transmission to the person in charge: