Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Feique Sect Disciples Work, Longevity Sect Pays?
It would still be a while before the Energy Pool was unlocked.
During the time Song Jiulai was traveling to Liu Xian City, the Sect channel was as rowdy as a marketplace.
Her prediction had been correct. Even with a fee, people wouldn’t stop talking. If it were free, Song Jiulai would barely be able to see any new messages on the Sect channel.
[Lin Yuyu: Buying large quantities of Demon Beast Materials. Message meeee with your bulk prices!]
[Zhou Baobao: Can you date in this game?]
[An Xiu: It’s an Immortal Cultivation Game and you’re thinking about dating? Men will only slow down the speed at which you draw your sword!]
[Zhou Baobao: But I’m a guy~]
[Honghuang: ...]
[Zhou Nvzi: ...Why do I feel like the Zhou surname has been sullied? Also, person above, stop being so extravagant. Ten points per message is really expensive.]
[Han Tian: Has anyone crafted a Xuan-grade Magical Treasure yet?]
[Xue Yao: I have.]
[Han Tian: I’ll message you privately to discuss.]
...
To say that the Feique Sect was in a state of utter ruin, waiting to be rebuilt after the demon beast invasion—well, that was an exaggeration.
The beasts hadn’t even made it into the city.
It was just that the Spirit Fields had suffered extensive damage, and the players were preparing to re-plan the layout.
Other than that, there wasn’t much else.
Moreover, several players had broken through directly to the Late-stage Qi Refining in the battle.
By the time the Feique Sect’s Foundation Establishment Stage disciples rushed back, the changes in the Longevity Sect had officially come to the Feique Sect’s attention.
For instance, a disciple at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment had returned to the Feique Sect.
With the Golden Core Stage Sect Master away, she could be considered the Feique Sect’s highest combat power at present.
Shui Ping’s master, Du Lixin, was currently in seclusion, leaving Dong Yulan as the one holding down the fort for the Feique Sect.
She was stationed in the Demon Cave Valley year-round and rarely returned.
A battle fanatic among battle fanatics.
If it weren’t for something as major as the demon beast invasion, Dong Yulan wouldn’t have come back.
Dong Yulan had also investigated the path of the demon beast invasion but hadn’t found any clues.
She had returned with Shui Ping. After finishing her investigation, Dong Yulan frowned slightly. "It doesn’t look like the work of a Demon Cultivator."
They had previously guessed that the sudden demon beast invasion was the work of that Demon Cultivator from the Spirit Fox Sect, which was why Dong Yulan had hurried back.
But that wasn’t the case.
"If not a Demon Cultivator, then what could it be?"
Shui Ping was also worried. "If Senior Sister Su hadn’t returned so quickly, I’m afraid something terrible would have happened in Wang’an County."
Dong Yulan turned to her. "Are you saying that Wang’an County was saved entirely because the Longevity Sect held off the demon beasts?"
Shui Ping nodded. "Yes. I never expected the city walls they built to be so effective. I used to think they were useless..."
But this time, they played a huge role.
The demon beasts’ venom didn’t spread inside, and the mortals were completely unaffected.
It was too incredible.
But Dong Yulan said, "That’s not the point."
The point is, where did the Longevity Sect get so many Spirit Stones?
Almost everyone has Palm Thunder. That’s simply impossible.
Even the Feique Sect isn’t that capable.
Dong Yulan had only been back for a day, but she could already feel the restlessness among the Feique Sect disciples.
She could occasionally overhear people whispering about wanting to join the Longevity Sect.
Because disciples from the Longevity Sect were saying that as long as your contribution was high enough, you could redeem Palm Thunder for free.
’Free redemption.’ In all her years, Dong Yulan had never encountered such an unbelievable concept.
It was normal for a Sect Master to reward a disciple with an Advanced Technique for great contributions.
But for every disciple to have one was a completely different matter.
Although the Longevity Sect’s disciples were all Inner Sect Disciples, there were clear differences between them. Some were disciples who just holed up in the Sect and never went out, yet even they had Palm Thunder.
Besides, the Longevity Sect was growing more and more powerful...
Just as she was thinking this, Shui Ping’s palm grew warm. She looked up and said, "Senior Sister Su is sending me a message. She must need us for something."
Dong Yulan turned her head. "Then let’s go see."
She hadn’t been back in a long time and was baffled by the situation.
Her memory of the Longevity Sect was still stuck on that down-and-out Old Sect Master from years ago.
He hadn’t joined the Feique Sect, instead founding the Longevity Sect on his own.
At the time, no one in the Feique Sect paid it any mind, thinking it was just the obsession of someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
’Could he have left all this behind after he passed away?’
’How is that possible...’
When Su Huanli saw Dong Yulan and Shui Ping return, her eyes lit up slightly. "Elder Dong."
Although called an elder, Dong Yulan was previously the Sect Master’s disciple.
But a small sect needed people to hold up its reputation, so Du Lixin and Dong Yulan became the only two elders.
Dong Yulan was actually still quite young, looking about the same age as Su Huanli and the others. At Su Huanli’s words, she nodded. "You were looking for me?"
Normally, sect matters wouldn’t be brought to her. It was obvious that Su Huanli specifically wanted to talk to her.
Su Huanli began cautiously, "A disciple from the Longevity Sect came to see me. She said she wants to cooperate with us."
Shui Ping asked in surprise, "Who? What do they want to cooperate on?"
Dong Yulan was also slightly stunned. "They..."
Her expression was complex. ’Here I am, still trying to figure things out, and the Longevity Sect has already come knocking.’
’Considering what the Longevity Sect revealed during the battle, they probably know they can’t hide it anymore.’
’I just don’t know what the motive behind this cooperation is.’
Su Huanli, with a hint of secret excitement, said, "The disciple is named Chen Miaomiao. She says she has mastered the technique for cultivating Second-stage Spiritual Grass Seedlings. She can now guarantee that all First-rank spirit grass can be converted into Second-stage Spiritual Grass Seedlings. She wants to cooperate with us and plant them within our Sect as well."
Dong Yulan’s eyes widened. "How is that possible?"
Shui Ping was also shocked. "Turning First Rank into Second Rank, she’s mastered it? How can that be!"
If an ordinary sect could master such a Secret Technique, they would become rich overnight.
How could they reveal it so easily?
"I didn’t dare believe it at first either, until I saw that their sect’s internal experimental Spirit Fields were all planted with Second-stage Spiritual Grass. Well, she called them experimental fields."
That’s when she knew Chen Miaomiao wasn’t joking.
The resulting Spirit Grass still varied; for example, the survival rate of the Second-stage Spiritual Grass was lower when tended by certain disciples compared to others. However, as long as one mastered the technique to guarantee the conversion into Second-stage Spiritual Grass Seedlings, it represented an astonishing fortune, even if the survival rate wasn’t perfect.
For the Feique Sect, if they cooperated, it would be a massive windfall.
No matter how you looked at it, the Longevity Sect was just handing them money.
Of course, Dong Yulan didn’t believe the Longevity Sect was just doing a good deed.
She immediately asked, "What do they want?"
Recalling the conditions Chen Miaomiao had mentioned, Su Huanli felt a little hesitant, as if it were all too good to be true. "She said she only needs our disciples to collect the seedlings and plant them every month. They want to rent all our current Spirit Fields and the disciples who guard them. The Longevity Sect will be responsible for paying their monthly salary, and disciples who perform well will even get extra rewards. As for the Spirit Grass itself, we’ll split it fifty-fifty."
Dong Yulan fell silent.
Although she didn’t quite understand this so-called ’employment model’ of the modern people.
This rental arrangement seemed like a way to just give the Feique Sect money.
But no matter how she looked at it, it seemed dangerous.
’Feique Sect disciples being paid a monthly salary by the Longevity Sect?’
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