Chen Mobai saw that most of the people had already arrived, so he announced the end of his seclusion.
He had long since decided on the list of cultivators eligible to exchange for the five Immortal Peach Fruits. The reason he made such a big deal out of it was to give the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the sect some motivation.
After all, once the positions in the higher ranks of the Divine Wood Sect's Three Halls and Twelve Divisions were fixed, it could be decades or even a century before any vacancies arose. This led many Foundation Establishment practitioners to be indifferent towards other matters of the sect, focusing only on their personal cultivation.
It was only during times when the sect mobilized for a major battle that, out of duty, they reluctantly heeded the call of the Nascent Soul ancestors and took action.
Chen Mobai was well aware that this was due to the lack of upward mobility.
