Chapter 1371: Chapter 513: Counterattacking Xianhuo (Part 2)
"Do you believe it, who did you end up relying on?" The Tiancan Monk asked curiously.
The Eternal Life Sect Leader clasped his hands together and raised them towards the direction of East Market Street, saying devoutly, "Mingjiang Prefecture’s Mr. Zhou Xuan."
"Is this elixir refined by Master Zhou?"
The Tiancan Monk asked in astonishment.
"Of course, it’s the first batch of pills that Master Zhou refined for the Heavenly Dome. Guess how many he made?"
"How many?"
"Six hundred and forty-four pills."
"Hiss..." The Tiancan Monk’s eyes immediately showed envy, jealousy, and hatred.
He couldn’t imagine that Zhou Xuan, whom he didn’t regard highly just days ago, had now become such a sought-after figure.
"With that broken furnace in the East City Ancient Hall? Refining over six hundred pills?"
"Heh, that’s what makes Master Zhou impressive."
"That Ancient Hall, I remember, requires sixty percent of the rent to the Hall Master. With over six hundred pills, wouldn’t the Hall Master earn a fortune?" the Tiancan Monk asked again.
"Do you think everyone is as timid as you? Master Zhou had long negotiated the rent, only needing to pay half a percent."
"The Hall Master didn’t cause trouble?"
"Cause trouble? If he caused more trouble, even that half a percent wouldn’t be paid. Master Zhou is such a decisive person."
The Eternal Life Sect Leader mocked the Tiancan Monk again: "I told you, Master Zhou is not a coward like you."
The Tiancan Monk was furious—this Eternal Life Sect Leader only recently latched onto a big benefactor, and his words were harsh, calling him cowardly again and again, ignoring his old colleagues.
But he couldn’t get angry, having just received ten Joyful Longevity Pills. He couldn’t possibly give them back.
The Tiancan Monk suppressed his anger and changed the topic: "Sect Leader, you abruptly summoned me, and then suddenly gave me ten Joyful Longevity Pills, surely there’s something you need me to do? Speak, what do you need?"
"Speaking of Lin Fan, I wanted to ask you. My secret letter was just sent out today, how did you arrive so quickly? Don’t you need to apply to the Gate Officer?"
"If Mr. Yan were the Gate Officer, I’d definitely need to apply, but Mr. Yan has been on sick leave recently. It’s Zhong Guan guarding the gate—Zhong Guan and I are old acquaintances and he likes listening to me talk about Buddhist Law. For me to go to Lin Fan, isn’t it just like coming and going as I please?"
"Oh." The Eternal Life Sect Leader nodded and said, "I called you here because there is an important matter to discuss."
He opened the package again and took out the Joyful Longevity Pills destroyed by Devouring Pill Worms, saying, "See this—Yin Nv’er of the Fire Sect spent two pills trying to bribe me to use Devouring Pill Worms to destroy over six hundred Golden Cores of Master Zhou."
"You were bribed?"
"Nonsense, how could I be bribed? With Master Zhou’s ability, do you think he can only refine six hundred and forty-four Golden Cores in one go?"
"Could it be, he has other abilities?" the Tiancan Monk asked.
The Eternal Life Sect Leader stroked his beard and said, "Did you know that Master Zhou has already begun refining a second furnace of elixirs, and is working on a third-grade elixir this time."
"..." The Tiancan Monk was somewhat regretful, truly regretful.
Previously, he had been arrogant and offended Zhou Xuan. If only he could have been as skillful and diplomatic as the Eternal Life Sect Leader, he might have shared in the God-level benefits of serving Zhou Xuan.
But now,
The Eternal Life Sect Leader had seized all the benefits for himself.
"With Master Zhou around and the benefits he promised me, over time, those two pills from the Fire Sect are worth nothing!"
The Eternal Life Sect Leader was greedy, but the greedier he was, the clearer he understood the difference between a single meal and an endless feast.
If he helped the Fire Sect deal with Zhou Xuan, whether Zhou Xuan could be overturned was uncertain, and the pills from the Fire Sect were just a one-time deal.
But by sticking closely to Zhou Xuan, he was holding on to the Dan Ancestor, the God of Wealth.
He wasn’t foolish, why would he betray Zhou Xuan?
"Since you refuse to deal with Master Zhou, then why did you let Yin Nv’er’s Devouring Pill Worms gnaw on Master Zhou’s elixirs? Isn’t this still helping the Fire Sect?"
The Tiancan Monk felt that the Eternal Life Sect Leader was quite contradictory and made no sense in his actions.
Yet the Eternal Life Sect Leader wore a "summer insect cannot discuss ice" expression and, with a hint of sarcasm, said, "Bald donkey, bald donkey, your mind has been damaged by elixirs and Buddhist Scriptures, it’s incapable of understanding,
I need to go to the Heavenly Dome Longevity Palace to report against the Fire Sect. If I didn’t proactively destroy twenty or thirty pills, how could I gain Yin Nv’er’s trust?
If I didn’t destroy twenty or thirty pills, how would I prove the cruel hand of Yin Nv’er and the Fire Sect, and how would I provoke the fury of the Green Sheep Palace Master?
Catching an adulterer requires seeing them in the act, catching a thief requires catching them with the goods; the ruined pills are the evidence against the Fire Sect. Imagine how mad the Green Sheep Palace Master will become when he sees his beloved pills destroyed?"
"Sect Leader, I never imagined you’d be so ruthless."
"To oppose Master Zhou is to block my path to wealth; to block my path to wealth is akin to the murder of my parents—such grievances are irreconcilable."
The Eternal Life Sect Leader spoke with clenched teeth.
The Tiancan Monk then asked, "Since you want to lodge a complaint, just go do it. Why have you summoned me?"
"Of course, to have you go help Master Zhou guard the pills."
The Eternal Life Sect Leader said, "Since the Fire Sect can find out that Master Zhou’s first furnace produced six hundred and forty-four pills, they will naturally find out that Master Zhou’s second furnace is refining a third-grade elixir,
It’s just that the ’True Pill Treasure’ of the Silkworm Room is slow in obtaining news about Master Zhou, and the Fire Sect has not yet received this information."
With this explanation, the Tiancan Monk finally understood. He nodded and said, "Got it... If the Fire Sect learns of this, they will surely attempt to sabotage Master Zhou’s second furnace of elixirs,
and since you need to go to the Heavenly Dome to file a complaint, you can’t do both at the same time. So, you want me to guard the pills."
