Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses - Chapter 625 - 590: Pooling Wisdom and Strength
Chapter 625: Chapter 590: Pooling Wisdom and Strength
Several robust warriors with bare arms carried a stretcher and steadily stepped into the “Yanpo” cave mansion on Wendao Peak.
Upon seeing the figure lying on the stretcher, the disciples were all shocked.
Female disciples like Lü Tianran even burst into tears, flowing down incessantly.
“Master, are you alright?”
“Master, who hurt you like this?”
“Old Master, Old Master…”
Disciples like Liu Qi, Lü Tianran, Lou Yi, and even the old servant in the cave mansion all nervously gathered around, concernedly looking at the black-robed elder on the stretcher.
His body was tied with a large amount of white bandages. Although he had clearly undergone treatment, his complexion was pale, his breath was weak, and he seemed a decade older.
This was Elder He Xiang of the Corpse-Driving Sect, just injured by Hua Baiyu.
“Alright, alright, I’m not dead yet!” Seeing the disciples’ panicked looks, He Xiang forced a smile, waved his hand, and said impatiently, “This kind of injury doesn’t even rank in the top ten during my hundred years of cultivation. What’s there to panic about!”
Hearing He Xiang say this, the disciples, including the old servant, felt much more at ease.
“Alas, but those Grand Masters of large sects are indeed formidable.” He Xiang sighed. “With a casual wave, I had no power to resist and was sent flying, worse than a child.
If he wanted to kill me, it wouldn’t even take half a move.”
“How can this Golden Core attack others?” Lü Tianran’s fair face turned bright red with anger. “Everything has its cause and effect.
By acting like this, he might not escape retribution in the future!”
“Silence!” He Xiang said sternly, “Golden Core Masters possess vast divine skills and boundless mana; calculating the secrets of heaven is as easy as pie for them.
What you say today, if he wishes, he can ascertain it all.”
“From now on, you’re forbidden to publicly discuss this matter, understand?”
Seeing He Xiang somewhat angry, the disciples hurriedly promised not to bring it up again.
’Today’s enmity must be avenged in the future,’ thought Lou Yi.
Not only his master He Xiang was harmed by Hua Baiyu.
This Master of the Taiyi Sect had been incessantly inquiring about Red Hero’s whereabouts, clearly with ill intentions.
Lou Yi couldn’t believe that Hua Baiyu simply wanted to have a chat with him.
Against such a seasoned cultivator, even a slight suspicion would result in a ruthless action, certainly not a rational discussion.
He heard He Xiang say, “This injury is nothing; I’m just worried about how the sect will handle this ordeal.”
“Master, what exactly did you discuss on Sect Leader Peak before?” Liu Qi curiously asked.
“Hah, if I told you, you’d find it absurd…” He Xiang sighed helplessly and began narrating the events in detail.
Things like incessantly asking for the whereabouts of Red Hero, claiming his disciple died fighting demons, and even asking the Corpse-Driving Sect to help find his disciple’s relics, saying the treasures in these relics were no less than an entire sect’s treasury…
Of course, to avoid detection by the Golden Core, he carefully omitted mentioning names, though everyone knew who the main figure was.
“Shameless, utterly shameless!” Lü Tianran’s delicate body trembled with anger. “That Fu Weiyi has been wreaking havoc in our Zhao Kingdom, and Elder Wen died because of him.
Countless ordinary people died under his insidious tactics.
Yet such a beast, such a villain, can be whitewashed as a hero fighting demons?”
“It’s bad enough he’s been whitewashed, but using this false pretense to extort from our sect is utterly lacking the demeanor of a righteous sect of the Human Race.” Liu Qi angrily retorted.
“What is righteous, and what is demonic, in the Cultivation Realm, it ultimately comes down to strength.” He Xiang chuckled, but his face soon turned grim. “I wonder if the Supreme Elder has a solution.”
At this moment, in the luxurious palace supported by eighty-one jade columns on Sect Leader Peak.
Supreme Elder Master Cang Yu, Great Elder Zheng Jingming, Elder Chen Changqing, and other elders and stewards were frantically discussing how to get through this tribulation.
A hundred days, Master Hua Baiyu, the Top Golden Core of Taiyi Sect, had given the Corpse-Driving Sect only a hundred days to gather those ’lost’ Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the sect.
If they failed, the fate of Cyan Wolf Ridge beforehand would be a lesson for them.
As Sect Leader Three Corpses Daoist was absent.
Therefore, the matter was mainly presided over by Supreme Elder Master Cang Wu and Great Elder Zheng Jingming.
“Have the values of the talismans and magical artifacts that can be used from Talisman Cauldron Hall been tabulated?” Zheng Jingming inquired.
“Aside from those reserved for use by sect members, the remainder that can be exchanged is roughly worth four thousand top-grade Spirit Stones.” A middle-aged steward from Talisman Cauldron Hall reported.
“So little?” Zheng Jingming frowned.
“The quantity is too large, and there are few forces in the Cultivation Realm capable of such trades, thus they greatly depress prices.” The steward helplessly explained.
“What about the elixirs, Spirit Rice, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from Spirit Medicine Hall?”
“After deducting those provided to sect members and war necessities, they’re roughly worth six thousand top-grade Spirit Stones when exchanged externally.” An elderly steward from Spirit Medicine Hall, trembling as he spoke.
“Only this?” Great Elder Zheng Jingming frowned, somewhat dissatisfied. “Hua Baiyu demanded materials worth over twenty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones.”
“We’ve already calculated; if we add all the Spirit Fields and certain hard-to-cater islands like in the East Sea, it should be just about enough.” An elder in charge of Spirit Field Pavilion said with a bitter smile.
