"Nine?"

Many monks showed surprise on their faces because this was inconsistent with the information they knew.

Moreover, everyone basically knows the information about those eight people. With a little effort, you can dig out a lot of information related to them.

Now Li Wenchang suddenly told everyone that there is a ninth person.

But in the Professionals Association, there is no trace or clue related to it. It seems that such a number one person has never existed. Isn't this nonsense?

But Li Wenchang did not stop there, but continued to output more explosive materials.

"If you don't even know about this, then you don't even know about another thing related to it."

"Even the eight people who were carefully selected were a last resort choice under the current circumstances.

The person who is really relied upon by the first core group, the original founders of the association, is the ‘Ninth Person’ that most of the association members don’t know today.”

Hiss~~

No matter how much they believed it in their hearts, when these words came out of Li Wenchang's mouth, all the cultivators couldn't help but gasp in their hearts and looked at him sideways.

Facing these pairs of looks with different meanings, Li Wenchang did not give any further explanation.

He flipped his palm directly, and a token magic weapon appeared in his hand.

The eyes of all the cultivators froze for an instant.

Some monks could not help but turn their heads to look at "Ge Ping".

To be more precise, he looked at the token weapon in "Ge Ping's" hand.

When "Ge Ping" alone took out this object, many people could not see its strangeness.

After all, the tokens and magic weapons released by the Professionals Association on their own initiative amounted to eight thousand, if not ten thousand.

Even non-members of the association and non-professionals will not feel weird wearing this thing on their bodies.

But when Li Wenchang also took out a token magic weapon, everyone immediately woke up.

In fact, the token magic weapon in the hands of "Ge Ping" and the keepsake magic weapon in Li Wenchang's hands are not only the same in shape, but also the changes in Qi are very similar.

Well, using similarity is a bit inappropriate, they are basically the same.

As we all know, even if it is the same kind of spiritual material, its spiritual Qi mechanism cannot be exactly the same, there are always some differences.

The spiritual Qi machines of these two token artifacts are exactly the same, which can only mean that they come from the same spiritual material.

While many monks were wondering about this in surprise, Li Wenchang's eyes swept over several people and said softly:

"I think I'm not the only one who owns such a token, right?"

After a short silence, another monk turned his palm, and there was a token magic weapon in his palm.

Then, four more people stood up from the crowd one after another, each holding a token magic weapon in their hands.

They looked at each other, as if communicating silently.

"So you have one too."

"It turns out that you really do exist."

"..."

Seeing this scene in the eyes of other third-level professionals, there was an unspeakable emotion in their hearts.

Li Wenchang ignored the complicated thoughts of some monks next to him, but looked directly at "Ge Ping" and said:

"Fellow Daoist Ge, if my prediction is correct, the token magic weapon in your hand is the legendary ninth one, right?"

"If what I expected is correct, the purpose of those people working so hard was so that one day someone could be recognized by the core executives of the association with this token, right?"

The other monks, whether they knew about this before or not, all recalled it now. They looked at "Ge Ping" and the "Master" beside him, and their expressions gradually became subtle.

Are they... planning to use this magical weapon to knock on the association's door?

Or, do you want to use it as a "key" to get something?

It's a pity that they may have expected a lot, but they underestimated the development speed of the Qingxuan Domain cultivation world and the professional association.

That time, this time.

Who would really care about Ren's kindness and tacit understanding?

Led by Li Wenchang, the momentum of the cultivators quietly changed.

"Ge Ping" saw this and smiled softly.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Li does know a lot, but I have to emphasize one thing in advance. I will take out this thing..."

As he spoke, he shook the token magic weapon in his hand casually.

"I took it out not to gain your approval, I just wanted to explain that we have a long-standing relationship with the Professionals Association.

As for it..."

As he spoke, "Ge Ping" gently clasped his hands toward the center, and the token weapon, which was refined from special second-order high-grade spiritual gold, quickly turned into pea-sized objects with a smooth and round surface.

Metal beads.

The tinkling clangs scattered all over the ground.

"it is not important."

As he spoke, "Ge Ping" raised his hands and showed his empty palms to everyone.

Seeing this scene, Li Wenchang, who originally looked quite relaxed, suddenly felt his scalp numb.

Other monks also had a bad feeling in their hearts.

After "mobilizing" everyone's emotions again, "Ge Ping" smiled and said:

"I think all fellow Taoists must be curious about my purpose in initiating today's gathering?"

"I also said that we don't need a so-called token to gain everyone's recognition."

As he spoke, his eyes swept over everyone present, and many monks subconsciously avoided direct eye contact with him.

"As one of the founders of the association, we understand the rules of the association better than any of you here."

"Fellow Daoist Ge, can you explain it more clearly?" Li Wenchang asked in a deep voice.

"Ge Ping" met his eyes directly and said gently:

"Fellow Daoist Li, I said that the current association has gone astray, what do you think?"

When Li Wenchang heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly:

"Why do fellow Daoist Ge say this? The association is booming. Since you became the president of the Pharmacist Branch, the association has changed even more rapidly. How can it go astray?"

Having said this, he paused and then said:

"Perhaps the current association is somewhat different from when it was founded, but I don't think this is the result of going astray. This is just an inevitable outcome of the development of the times."

"Ge Ping" nodded slightly:

"Some changes are indeed, as fellow Taoist Li said, inevitable due to changing circumstances."

He said "Ge Ping" and paused:

"But not all changes are like this. Some are actually the product of compromises. Compared with the original intention, they can be seen as a regression."

At this moment, not only Li Wenchang, but also many monks quietly changed their expressions.

The accusation was quite obvious, and he almost pointed it directly at their noses and said: "You are incompetent!"

It was Li Wenchang who took the lead again. His expression became more profound and his tone became deeper:

"Fellow Daoist Ge, can you make it more clear? What compromises has the current association made? And what aspects have gone backwards?"

"Ge Ping" looked directly at Li Wenchang without giving in:

“Let me just say one thing: when the Professionals Association was established, its purpose was to unify the power of all professionals.

There is no distinction between alchemist, weapon refiner, talisman maker or formation master.

I think no one doesn’t understand the benefits of doing this.

But what I see now is that the association has gradually become more and more nameless.

Not to mention that in the eyes of outsiders, they are just members of the association. If you pick someone out at random, what he thinks in his heart is that he is a member of a certain branch."

As he spoke, his eyes became sharper little by little, scanning over every monk in the field.

To the practitioners, it is like being scraped back and forth with a steel brush.

"Tell me, isn't this a step backwards?"

"A whole association has been dismembered by you into branches."

"From you, the president and vice-president, to the lower branch members, the interests of the branch are basically considered. Who has the interests of the entire association at heart?"

"This is not bad, but what is even more disgusting is that some people do not hesitate to do things that harm other professionals for the benefit of the branch."

“Originally, the purpose of establishing the association was to unify the strengths of all professionals.
To be continued...