770 A Female Legion! (1/2)

Based on what Wang Baole had learned from De Kunzi and what he had gathered on his own, he knew that the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect had thirty army fleets that were officially recognized!

Officially recognized fleets were seen as branches of the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect. They fell under the sect's jurisdiction but were also given a great degree of autonomy. The sect provided these thirty fleets with vast resources on an annual basis but didn't require them to hand over the entirety of their loot acquired from expeditions. The armies weren't only self-sufficient but received additional support from the sect. Their only obligation was… to fight in the sect's name when the sect required!

That was why they had a ranking for the armies. The resources allocated to each army and the tribute each army was required to make to the sect was determined by their position in the ranking!

For example, the first army wasn't required to hand over any of its loot to the sect at all, yet it received great stores of resources from the sect every year. The volume was staggering. In fact, the higher one's position in the ranking, the greater the difference between what one was required to hand over to the sect and what the sect allocated to the army. As long as an army got into the top ten armies in the ranking, it would receive more than what it gave to the sect!

As for the fleets occupying the ten positions in the middle of the ranking, they would receive as much as they gave. However, the last ten armies occupying the bottom of the ranking would end up giving more than they would receive. Nevertheless, the resources that the sect gave these last ten armies still exceeded the resources allocated to armies that were only affiliated to the sect. They were worlds apart.

Such a system resulted in a fiercely competitive climate where the thirty officially recognized armies of the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect competed against one another. This made sense when every advancement in the ranking led to greater, tangible benefits.

This was also why challenges took place occasionally. One had to pay a certain fee in order to initiate a challenge, but it was a small price to pay for these armies.

Of course… armies of lesser sects that were affiliated to the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect were given opportunities for promotion to an officially recognized army as well. They simply needed to meet certain requirements before they were eligible to challenge the official armies under the greater sect. Should they win, they would be able to rise through the rankings in a single leap and replace the existing official army!

Such battles would be skewed against them. Their victory might raise their standing in the sect immensely, but earning the right to challenge an official army in the first place was extremely difficult. One had to hand over great stores of resources as a fee for the initial application. Then, one needed anyone of the first five armies to act as a guarantor. The first requirement called for great physical wealth, while the second was attached with an equally heavy, albeit different, kind of price tag.

Should the challenger lose the challenge, the assets of the challenging army would be turned over to the victor. The losing party would also have to pay a heavy compensation fee. This fee had to be submitted to the greater sect for safekeeping prior to the actual challenge!

After tidying up the information he had gathered about the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect armies, Wang Baole concluded that the Ice Phoenix Legion was probably going to submit a challenge very soon.

Fairy Ling You had just achieved a breakthrough and attained the Spirit Immortal realm. The challenge was going to be easy for her unless she decided not to challenge the seventh army but the sixth army, which had its own Spirit Immortal realm cultivator!

Thoughts churned furiously inside Wang Baole's head as Fairy Ling You led him swiftly along. They landed on the satellite and appeared in midair above the gigantic statue of the green bird.

The statue was spectacular, and a series of palaces were built into the statue, with many cultivators streaming in and out of them. As soon as these cultivators and the cultivators in the surrounding camps noticed Wang Baole and Fairy Ling You's arrival, they immediately lifted their faces skyward and saluted.

”Our warmest welcome to the esteemed commander!”

Their voices reverberated in the air like thunder. Wang Baole immediately noticed the imbalance between the number of male and female cultivators in the camp. Female cultivators made up at least seventy percent of the population.

A female legion? Wang Baole blinked. He suddenly realized what a great advantage he had here, then immediately began worrying about his personal safety. While he was shamelessly fretting about imagined troubles, Fairy Ling You nodded slightly at the greeting, without any emotions revealed on her face. She yanked Wang Baole along as she took a step forward and entered the main hall, which was situated at the back of the green bird. With a single wave of her arm, she flung Wang Baole aside, then took her place in the main seat in the hall.

Wang Baole instantly unleashed his cultivation as he was flung aside, stumbling a few steps backward when his feet landed on the ground. The timely activation of his cultivation countered the force of Fairy Ling You's throw. The expression on his face shifted slightly before returning to one of calm.