Chapter 881 Dispatching Reinforcements (2/2)

“You will be. I have already more or less figured out what happened. It seems I have been away for too long. There’s been some changes to the academy. Those who took action against you and even the current Academy Head, I will deal with them.”

“However, I will still need to compensate you a bit. Remember what I told you just now?” After saying that, Heavenly Premier Absolute deliberately paused, seemingly fishing for a response from Chen Feng.

“Sigh! Senior, if you have something to say, then just hurry up and say it.” Chen Feng felt somewhat frustrated. Only then did he realize that this Heavenly Premier Absolute had quite the interesting character.

“Compensation, eh? 100 cultivators.”

“What?” Chen Feng was temporarily puzzled at what he meant.

“One hundred of Absolute Academy’s students will follow you back. I believe that they would be of some help to you.” Heavenly Premier Absolute said smilingly.

Chen Feng’s eyes instantly shone and a delighted smile appeared on his face.

“Thank you, senior!” Chen Feng quickly said.

One hundred students from Absolute Academy. What kind of force was that? Every single student who could join Absolute Academy was a pinnacle genius in the world of cultivation. Killing off opponents who were at a higher level and even going solo against five or even ten cultivators who were on the same level as them were all possible for these characters.

This force would greatly help him in his efforts to carve his way back to the Northern Plains.

“Naturally, amongst the 100 students, only 20 will be Human Immortals. The rest will all be Sky Human stage cultivators. As for those with good relationships with you, if they decide to go along, they will not be counted amongst the 100 students,” Heavenly Premier Absolute said.

“That’s enough!” Chen Feng hastily said.

Chen Feng had originally assumed that the earlier incident would cause his relationship with Absolute Academy to fall apart. Unexpectedly, Heavenly Premier Absolute would be able to settle everything the moment he appeared.

In the end, Chen Feng was able to take 120 students from Absolute Academy with him. The additionally 20 students were his friends. Naturally, they were all at the Human Immortal stage.

A total of 40 Human Immortals and 80 Sky Human stage cultivators. This force was already comparable to that of a mid-sized sect.

However, Chen Feng was aware that this force was not strong enough, far from it. There was no Earthen Immortal amongst them.

Thus, Chen Feng led them back to East Dragon Island first. That was his territory, one that boasted Earthen Immortals amongst its ranks.

As he was heading back, Chen Feng secretly speculated just how far East Dragon Island had grown in power and territory. The bigger it was, the better it would be.

After Chen Feng left, Heavenly Premier Absolute and Bi Qing laughed at the same time.

“It’s been a long time since I returned to the Northern Plains. I can make use of this opportunity to return and have a look. If an Ascendant Immortal really shows up, I will have to ask some pointers from the other party,” Bi Qing said smilingly.

“You’ll have to go first. I still need to make some arrangements here,” Heavenly Premier Absolute said.

After returning to East Dragon Island, Chen Feng began mobilizing the forces there.

Before Chen Feng left, East Dragon Island’s territory had already reached a radius of half a million kilometres.

After ten years, its territory had doubled, reaching a radius of one million kilometres. The number of subordinates and ocean yaos under it had more than doubled. In addition to ocean yaos, there were also a good number of human cultivators.

There were 500 subordinates at the Human Immortal stage. As for those below the Human Immortal stage, there were even more of them, practically uncountable. However, to Chen Feng’s disappointment, the number of Earthen Immortals was too small.

In addition to the ones that he had left behind back then, East Dragon Island now had five additional Earthen Immortals.

Chen Feng was aware that Earthen Immortals were few in numbers. Generally speaking, such characters would not join any force. Thus, for a force like East Dragon Island, getting five Earthen Immortals was already quite something. Even so, Chen Feng was still feeling disappointed.

He was presently in need of manpower.

However, due to how fast East Dragon Island had been expanding, Chen Feng was incapable of mobilizing too many of them. Doing so would cause East Dragon Island to become unstable, which could lead to it becoming susceptible to attacks from other forces.

Due to that, Chen Feng mobilized 200 Human Immortals. As for those below the Human Immortal stage, he mobilized even more of them, up to 20,000.

As for Earthen Immortals, they were great powerhouses. After careful consideration, Chen Feng decided to mobilize four of them.

The four were the Hell Dog, Divine Phantom Mink and two more who joined in later.

Chen Feng believed that this was the most reasonable choice.

“This is already quite a formidable force. Just in case, though, I should gather some more. At any rate, Nine Firmaments Palace is not to be trifled with.”

In the end, Chen Feng turned to Heavenly Sword Faction.

He was an honorary elder of Heavenly Sword Faction, after all. Even if it were to fail, he should have no issues getting his friends there to help him.

Before reaching Heavenly Sword Faction, however, Chen Feng encountered a certain incident. It was something he had not expected. As assassination attempt.

1 Plundering the burning house. An idiom, meaning: Taking advantage of a chaotic or unfortunate situation.