Chapter 721: Long Haochen’s lucky encounter (III)
Chen Zidian nodded. Out of the Six Great Temples, three were on their side and one neutral, so there was no need to even ask the Mage Temple to come to a conclusion. However, out of respect for the Mage Temple, Chen Zidian looked at Li Zhengzhi with an inquiring gaze.
Li Zhengzhi remained very calm, as if no longer affected by the gloom of his Mage Temple receiving the fourth position in the domain battle.
“Chief referee, comrades. First of all, I agree with your previous statements. Although Bright Glimmer of Hope used some tricks in this domain battle, they managed it with their strength. Without the extraordinariness of Long Haochen’s Light God Domain, they couldn’t possibly have achieved this much. Even if they hadn’t united with the Priest Temple, they could very possibly have still ended as the final victors. So, there is no need to dwell any longer on this matter.”
Seeing Li Zhengzhi so easily let go of the opportunity of making things hard for Bright Glimmer of Hope, Long Tianying couldn’t help but reveal a look of shock.
“Other than that, I have a suggestion.” Li Zhengzhi continued, “The competition having reached so far, there won’t be a big change to the final rankings anymore. So, I believe that there is no longer need to conduct the final team battle. The team battle involving so many people, and furthermore allowing the use of equipment, it would very easily result in accidental injuries. This Temples’ Great Gathering should just end with the current rankings.”
“Although the Temples’ Great Gathering is an important matter taking place once every ten years, it is also bound to catch demonkin’s attention. All of us are peak powerhouses of our Temples, so saving as much time as possible would be the best. So I believe that the most important matter that follows should be to get the Alliance ready, and make preparations for the future counterattack against demonkind.”
Li Zhengzhi’s speech did not merely shock everyone present. Li Zhengzhi’s statement implied that the Mage Temple was renouncing on their struggle in this Temples’ Great Gathering. Even Long Tianying who did not like him much could but nod in silence. So! this Li Zhengzhi still knows which things to prioritize.
Chen Zidian nodded, “The Temples’ Great Gathering is a symbolic event of once every ten years. Lessening the number of stages must be out of all the Temples’ agreement. Please lift your hand, all those who agree about shifting the end of the gathering ahead of time?”
The calm looking Li Zhengzhi was the first one to lift his hand. Immediately next, the Knight Temple and Bright Glimmer of Hope followed by lifting their own hand’s. This situation was really the most ideal one in their eyes.
The head of the Warrior Temple Qiu Yonghao gave Li Zhengzhi a glance, lifting his hand, he was filled with secret admiration toward Li Zhengzhi. Knowing when to bow was really an admirable quality.
Sheng Yue also lifted his glance, full of appreciation toward Long Haochen and Cai’er. Finally, these two youngsters stood at the peak of humankind.
On the side of the Priest Temple, Ling Xiao and Ling Lao naturally showed no opposition. They had at the present time achieved the third rank, an unprecented score for the Priest Temple. If one party was the most willing to conclude the competition at that point, that would no doubt be them.
Only one hand was not lifted, and now the only party left was the Spiritual Temple. All gazes gathered onto Chen Hongyu. Although a tough old man, his scheming heart was rarely surpassed. No matter how unwilling he was to see the Spiritual Temple achieve fifth, he had to follow suit, for the sake of maneuvering for the standing of the Spiritual Temple in the new Alliance.
During the vote, Chen Hongyu seemed to mutter words in a very low voice, voluntarily for Sheng Yue to hear them, “At least we have more points than some others. Not too bad I guess.”
This time Sheng Yue didn’t pay attention. Carrying a smile on his face, he had a calm and easy going look.
Seeing everyone accept Li Zhengzhi’s proposal, Chen Zidian nodded, “Alright. In that case, I, chief referee, announce the end of the Temples’ Great Gathering. The rankings are such, number one Bright Glimmer of Hope, number two, Priest Temple, number three, Knight Temple, number four, Mage Temple, number five, Spiritual Temple, number six, Assassin Temple, and number seven, Warrior Temple.”
“Tomorrow morning, the Six Great Temples and Bright Glimmer of Hope’s representatives shall convene in a meeting to discuss the matters of the new Alliance.”
“Yes.” Everyone bowed at the same time, bowing to Chen Zidian. No one could deny that this legendary character was the most fitting chief referee that they could have.
The Temples’ Great Gathering was terminated early after three stages. One could say that this was a really unexpected thing. In the eyes of the later generation, this instance of the gathering was really drawing the start of an unmatched era in History.
Li Zhengzhi carried a faint smile on his face, as he walked to face Long Haochen extending his hand in front of him, “Congratulations, Haochen.”
Long Haochen gave a sincere response, “Thank you. Be at ease, I won’t disappoint you.”
Li Zhengzhi returned the smile, “I will be waiting for that day you will have a Divine Throne at your side.” The congratulations he gave Long Haochen also meant taht Li Zhengzhi was abandoning the struggle for the new Alliance’s leadership. Without this greatest rival they had, the rest would go much easier.
Long Haochen nodded, “Certainly.”
Long Tianying joined Li Zhengzhi’s side, patting his shoulder,
“The youngsters’ generation is coming. I originally thought you were very young all along, but now you seem much older eheh.”
Li Zhengzhi snorted, “Old Long, although you are not up to much, you gave birth to a good son, and now a good grandson.”
Hearing his mocking, Long Tianying didn’t take it at heart, only laughing heartily, “These are thoune great genes.”
Chen Hongyu let out a snort, “Bullshit. I can’t see much similarity in the two of you, and he’s looking much better. Don’t attribute yourself unexisting merits.”
“Long Tianying laughed, “Say as you please. This old man is in a good mood today, I’ll take it as jealousy from the two of you.”
The other Temples’ leaders were really jealous! Jealous for Long Tianying to have grown such a good grandson. The ability Long Haochen just displayed atop of being on the verge of establishing a new Alliance, would really make the Knight Temple the absolute leader for the next hundred years. If humankind truly manages to vanquish demonkind, this position would only consolidate even further. So Long Haochen’s existence could be said to be settling the Knight Temple to the ruling position of the new Alliance.
Long Haochen bowed to the leaders, while humbly expressing that his achievement of championship was just a matter of luck.
The Temples’ Great Gathering was terminated, but this was just a start to the new Temple Alliance. What came next would be even more important. Before this session had started, the Six Great Temples had priorly consulted, determining that the changes to the new Alliance would demand immediate action.
After six thousand years of settlement, the gap between the Temple Alliance and demonkind was no longer as large. But why could they only come onto passive beating in the Holy War? Strength was a factor, but was the gap in their strength so large? The answer was indefinite. The most important reason that they remained so passive lied in their mutual policies.
Demon Hunt Squads proved at repeated times the uses of joining several vocations together. But even now, vocation combination had never happened from the Start of the war to its end. The key point of this lied in the estrangement of the Six Great Temples.
To resolve this matter was not achievable in a matter of words, but needed deep rooted changes of the Alliance.
As a matter of facts, no one was willing to see themselves supervised by another one.
But an important factor finally brought this compromise between everyone, and that was the immense threat of demonkind.
Four years ago, the Holy War gave the Temple Alliance the greatest comprehension of demonkind’s strength they ever had. Before that, the Six Great Temples all acknowledge that even if the Alliance’s attack was insufficient, their defenses were ample. But in reality, even if demonkind had not deployed their full force, and their strongest races had yet to take part from beginning to end, they found it still very difficult to repel the demon offenses. Not only they suffered disastrous losses, but they even narrowly lost some of their forts.
The ones that experienced this the deepest were the Assassin Temple, Warrior Temple and Priest Temple. Their three Temples were nearly lost in the assaults of the enemies.
Thus, after the Holy War ended, the Six Great Temple convened several meetings, gradually consenting to the foundation of a new Alliance. For the sake of resisting the demon threat, and for humankind to go on, they couldn’t keep moving out of selfishness. No matter how humankind’s future balance of power would turn out, their first priority was to maintain the human race, or that talk would not even exist.
However, the matter on who should lead this new Alliance was discussed for very long. In the end, this session of Temples’ Great Gathering was supposed to determined that the most greatly: let your strength talk for you. If not for Bright Glimmer of Hope’s sudden addition, one could be afraid that the Knight Temple and Mage Temple’s struggle would have persisted until the last fight.
Li Zhengzhi’s renouncement was not only due to Bright Glimmer of Hope’s performance, but also because of the Knight Temple’s power. He originally believed that the Mage Temple would completely be able to suppress the Knight Temple, but when things started for real, the Knight Temple managed to stand above the Mage Temple without even their two Divine Knights taking part. This was a massive blow to Li Zhengzhi, who did not expect this situation. Now without a doubt, it would be meaningless to keep struggling. There’s no way the Knight Temple would leave the commanding position to the Mage Temple.
Although the Demon Hunt Squad Bright Glimmer of Hope was led by Long Haochen, that was after all a Demon Hunt Squad, and was thus formed with six powerhouses from different parties. These youngsters would be the future leading pillars of the Alliance. So at least each of the Temples would have a leading figure amongst their ranks.
This was the major reason why Chen Zidian wanted Long Haochen’s group to return and participate in this struggle for power. Bright Glimmer of Hope’s appearance was sudden, but after deep considerations, all parties gave them their support, which was the hardest outcome which could be considered.
