Retirement begins with summoning Yuan Tiangang

Lin Tian looked at the nine figures who were still standing in the same spot, without making any move. Each of them had a different expression, some were embarrassed, some were hesitant, and some were curious.

He had no choice but to speak, first addressing the old apothecary by name: "Old apothecary, stop dawdling and sit down. Aren't you suffering from standing all the time?"

He spoke casually, as if chatting with an old acquaintance, and the old doctor also had some secrets with him.

When the old apothecary heard Lin Tian call his name, he was stunned for a moment, then chuckled awkwardly, groped for an empty seat at the table and sat down, adjusting his cuffs as he did so to make himself look more natural.

Lin Tian then turned to the three patriarchs: "Patriarchs, we are all from Tianyuan Continent, why are you being so formal? Please sit down, we are all family here, no need to be so polite."

He deliberately emphasized his own people.

Among the three patriarchs, Cang Xuan was the first to move. He no longer stood on ceremony, walked steadily to his seat, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Bodhidharma chanted a Buddhist prayer and followed suit. Zhang Wenheng was the last to sit down, and the three of them sat in a row, close together.

Lin Tian thought to himself, "It's good. The three patriarchs are sitting together, so it's not awkward."

Lin Tian then turned his attention back to the five seniors.

At first glance, there were three elderly men and two middle-aged men.

They were all dressed in gray clothes and stood there, one of them constantly looking the young man in the main seat up and down.

"Seniors, please have a seat as well." Lin Tian turned to Donghuang Taiyi, "Donghuang Taiyi, please invite the seniors to sit down as well."

Donghuang Taiyi turned to look at the five people and nodded slightly: "Please sit down as well."

The five people exchanged glances, and without further hesitation, followed Donghuang Taiyi's suggestion and sat down in a row next to the three patriarchs.

As Lin Tian sat down, he noticed the gaze one of the people in the group cast at him when he looked up.

The others also stared at Lin Tian with great curiosity.

"So young, and his cultivation level doesn't seem high, so why do these big shots seem to respect him so much?" one of them thought to himself. At this moment, they could only watch quietly.

Lin Tian also took a seat.

After he sat down, his gaze swept over the figures on both sides of the table, confirming that everyone was in place, before he spoke: "I've gathered you all here mainly to discuss some matters. You all witnessed today's battle, haven't you?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The scene of those towering figures colliding under the sky today, the giant hand that was slashed open, the dissipating white light, and the staggered outlines of several giant shadows in mid-air—almost everyone sensed and witnessed the scale of that battle, which remains vivid in their minds.

Even those who hadn't experienced it could sense the layers of that collision in the aftershocks.

Lin Tian continued, "The two figures from the Divine Realm of the Divine Race today were probably at the seventh level of the Divine Realm."

He said this in a calm tone, stating a fact.

Everyone was secretly shocked when they heard this number.

They all remained silent.

Lin Tian continued speaking.

"Moreover, according to reliable sources, there are at least fifteen or sixteen so-called God-Emperors like them in the God Realm." After saying this, Lin Tian paused for a few breaths, leaving everyone to digest the information.

He could see that some of them looked a little serious. After hearing the number, someone looked up at their companion.

"There are already so many God-Emperors, so how many are above them? We don't know. What we're worried about now is the emergence of even stronger beings from the God Race. When we're scattered in different places, none of us can truly contend with them."

There was a moment of silence on the table after he finished speaking.

No one spoke, and no one rushed to reply.

The seniors in gray clothes who had been secretly observing him just moments before also looked very serious.

Lin Tian turned his head to look at the row to his right.

Tian sat in the seat closest to the head of the table, his posture indifferent, his blue pupils calm as still water, his expression neither joyful nor sorrowful.

Next in order are Donghuang Taiyi, Di Shitian, Xie Jianxian, Pang Ban, Zhang Sanfeng, Yun Zhongjun, Hei Bai Xuan Jian, and Qinglong.

He watched as the names on the list of people took their seats.

They looked at each of them with a dignified air, some with disheveled hair, cold expressions, and various outfits.

He felt uneasy and a thought suddenly popped into his head: at least half of the people he had summoned were villains in their original world.

Donghuang Taiyi, Di Shitian, Xie Jianxian, and Pang Ban seem to be in that world as well.

They all seem to be villains created in the original world, bosses that the protagonist needs to defeat.

In fact, he has summoned more than just these people over the decades; there are also those who actually do the work, the lowly soldiers who just keep up appearances.

Lin Tian naturally left them on the Tianyuan Continent. He could only bring a limited number of people, so he only brought these, including the leaders.

He continued scanning downwards, and saw the three patriarchs and the five seniors, but he appeared much more reserved.

The others sat on the other side, with a group of Divine Realm experts on the right.

Two of the three patriarchs appeared to be at the first level of the God Realm, while Cang Xuan's aura was slightly stronger, reaching the second level of the God Realm.

Those five seniors were also experts in the Divine Realm, with the strongest among them reaching the sixth level of the Divine Realm. However, they were still quite powerful for our side at the moment.

However, this thought made him wonder how those predecessors managed to drive away the gods back then. Could it be that there weren't that many powerful gods at that time? That's impossible. It's impossible that none of them would remain silent. It's understandable that the most powerful ones would stay quiet, but surely some of the gods would have taken action? This made him think a lot.

He looked away and continued speaking.

"What we need now is to stick together and concentrate our strength, so that we still have some ability to resist."

"This battle has shown us that our side knows very little about the strength of the gods. Among them are mysterious and forbidden beings that we do not know about."

He paused for a moment, "And they will not give up the human race, this piece of fat meat. The human race is the best nourishment for them. The power of faith is of great use to them. They also need the human race to serve and worship them."

Therefore, they will not abandon the human race in this so-called lower realm where we are now.

After he finished speaking, the room remained silent; no one uttered a sound.

One of the five seniors in gray clothes frowned slightly.

Lin Tian didn't wait long. He changed direction and said, "I called you all here today for another reason. I have something here that can help you improve your cultivation."

In fact, he discovered that he spoke most of his words to anyone other than those he had summoned.

Then Lin Tian took out the remaining sixteen tokens from the system space.

General, Little Black, him, Heaven, there are four, and sixteen remain.

Then he flipped his hand, and sixteen deep black tokens were taken out from his space, floating in the air in front of him, arranged in a uniform arc.

The token was engraved with fine patterns and gleamed with a dark luster under the light in the hall.

He raised his hand and waved, and the sixteen tokens flew in their respective directions, landing in front of the sixteen Divine Realm experts who were lined up on the right.

It falls into everyone's hands.

After catching the token, Donghuang Taiyi examined it for a moment, then looked up at Lin Tian. Di Shitian caught it and held it in his palm without any further action. Xie Jianxian studied the patterns on the token for a while, and Pang Ban twirled the token between his fingers.

Zhang Sanfeng, Yun Zhongjun, Hei Bai Xuan Jian, and Qinglong each caught the one that fell towards them.

On the side of the three patriarchs, Cang Xuan flipped the token in his hand and looked at it a few times, but couldn't figure out what it was.

Bodhidharma and Zhang Wenheng also circled around and rubbed it, but still couldn't figure out what secret it contained.

The five seniors in gray robes had different expressions. Some held the token with a frown, some weighed the token in their hands, and some glanced at their companions before looking away.

Many of them looked puzzled.

Di Shitian and the others were also waiting quietly for Lin Tianxia to finish writing.

After they all accepted the tokens, Lin Tian continued, "Time is of the essence. I brought out these tokens so that you can cultivate diligently and improve your strength, and try to further enhance your abilities before the God Clan makes its next move."

"These tokens are connected to an independent subspace, where the flow of time is different from the outside world, and the concentration of true energy is also higher."

"How do you use it? Just infuse it with divine power, and it will take you to that space."

He paused, then gestured to the first person sitting to his right, Tian, ​​and said, "My older brother will guide you through the rest of the arrangements. Let's get started now, there's no time to lose, time is of the essence."

Donghuang Taiyi was the first to make a move.

The moment his divine power was injected into the token, his figure began to fade from the edge and soon disappeared from his seat.

Following closely behind, Evil Sword Immortal, Pang Ban, Zhang Sanfeng, Yun Zhongjun, Hei Bai Xuan Jian, and Qinglong poured in divine power one after another, their figures fading away gradually.

The three patriarchs looked at each other and exchanged glances. Cang Xuan nodded first and then moved, followed by Bodhidharma and Zhang Wenheng.

The three figures vanished one after another.

After exchanging glances for a few moments, the five seniors finally channeled their divine power into the tokens, and within a few breaths, all the figures in that row disappeared.

Lin Tian was the only one left sitting in the row to his right.

He turned his head to look at the sky: "Brother, I'd like to trouble you to make this trip."

After Lin Tian finished speaking, the token appeared in his palm, and the next moment a layer of dark power flowed into the token along his arm.

His figure disappeared in the next instant.

The hall was suddenly more than half empty.

Those who left took their tokens with them.

The remaining figures sitting opposite and to the side appeared sparser, and the places on the table that had just been filled were now empty chairs and tables.

Lin Tian then turned his gaze to the remaining people: Shi Yao, Sanqianyuan, Jingxinmo, Wen Tao, Shangguan Yunque, Fu Hongxue, Ximen Chuixue, Ye Gucheng, and Yao Lao.

Then he turned his head and looked at the six sword slaves standing behind him.

Lin Tian looked at the six figures standing behind him, who were standing very upright. He joked, "You guys come and sit down too, there are empty seats now."

As he spoke, he also gestured towards the empty seats on the right.

The six sword slaves exchanged glances and stopped being polite. Zhen Gang was the first to move, followed by Duan Shui, and the others took their seats in turn.

As for why Lin Tian gave the token to the three patriarchs and those seniors, but not to the people he summoned himself, that remains to be seen.

It's mainly those who hold the tokens, because they have already reached the Divine Realm and no longer need to break through to the Divine Realm. Now, the main thing is to improve their overall strength.

Lin Tian then looked at the people still sitting on the left and said in a calm tone, "Tokens are limited. What we need now is to enhance our overall strength, so we came up with this method. We can only ask you to make do for now."

He paused for a moment, then said, "You all find a place to cultivate first, and I'll think of something else later."

"That's all for now, you can all go down now!"

Everyone nodded and got up one after another to walk out of the hall.

At this moment, Lin Tian looked at Yao Lao, who was also getting up, and coincidentally, his gaze was also looking in his direction.

Lin Tian smiled, his tone casual, as if he had just reunited with someone he hadn't seen in a long time: "Master Yao, wait a moment, I need to talk to you about something."

Lin Tian stood up and walked towards the old doctor. The others glanced back at Lin Tian before continuing with their other tasks.

When the old apothecary heard Lin Tian call him that, he paused.

"Long time no see, Dr. Yao, you still look as radiant as ever."

Lin Tian stepped forward and spoke.

The old apothecary glanced at him, wanting to retort, "Long time? It's probably less than two months, and you call that long? Does that mean ten years or more is eternity?"

After a moment of silence, he replied, "Young friend Lin, you jest. It's only been less than two months; it's just a blink of an eye."

"Is there anything I can help you with, young friend Lin?"

Lin Tian didn't respond to that question. He leaned forward and said, "Of course, something's wrong, and it's something important."

"Right now, I am a divine physician like you, the one who lacks medicine. Someone like you, dashing, imposing, handsome, elegant, learned, and highly skilled, a peerless master whose divine skills inspire awe and reverence in countless people... is exactly the kind of teammate I need and crave most right now. Please, I kneel before you..."

Lin Tian still had a smile on his face when he spoke.

The old doctor was radiant with joy, feeling extremely pleased, as it was rare for someone to praise him like this.

In his heart, he thought, "For tens of thousands of years, finally, finally, someone has come to appreciate my talent. Master, can you see? You were wrong back then. You weren't comprehensive enough, you weren't specific enough. Master's wife, don't turn back, I am..."

"I hope you two can see that your disciple has made something of himself, that he has been recognized by the world, and that he is no longer a hidden gem."

The old doctor quickly calmed down.

The old doctor glanced at him.