"Right, you mentioned earlier that these three pieces of Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone were given to you by the Xingji Sect's Honorary Elder. How come I didn't know the Xingji Sect had such an Elder?" Having accepted benefits, Chu Hongshan felt obligated and skillfully changed the subject, saving Luo Qianxue from having to explain what had just happened. By asking this question, Chu Hongshan also hoped to subtly gather more information; he was very curious why Ye Feng possessed so much Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone.
"Well..." Luo Qianxue hesitated slightly. "Actually, my Direct Disciple is the Honorary Elder of the Xingji Sect, jointly recognized by the five Great Ancestors. And the three pieces of Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone in my hand were given to me by him."
Hm?
Hearing this, Chu Hongshan and Chu Xiaoxiao exchanged glances, their eyes filled with utter stupefaction.
Ye Feng is your Direct Disciple! You are the daughter of Xingji Sect Master Luo Wuming, and also the Saintess of the Xingji Sect!
... ...
And now your Direct Disciple is also the Honorary Elder of the Xingji Sect? Are you people seriously playing games like this?
"Qianxue, doesn't that mean you also have to call him Elder Ye?" Chu Xiaoxiao asked, her eyes wide as she stared at Luo Qianxue.
A wry smile! Hearing Chu Xiaoxiao's question, Luo Qianxue could only smile wryly. Forget Elder Ye, if I told you I should call him Grandmaster, wouldn't you completely lose your minds?
"Impossible!" However, Chu Hongshan frowned slightly at this moment. "I know those five old fellows very well. They wouldn't do something so absurd. Does this Direct Disciple of yours have some special quality?"
"Prodigal!" Luo Qianxue stated. "Very prodigal!" she emphasized. "Extremely prodigal!" she concluded.
???
Hearing Luo Qianxue's three escalating descriptions focusing on one thing, huge question marks appeared above Chu Hongshan's and Chu Xiaoxiao's heads. Could one really become an Honorary Elder just by being prodigal?
"He contributed one hundred million Supreme-grade Spirit Crystals to the Xingji Sect," Luo Qianxue explained. "Furthermore, he boldly declared that the Xingji Sect should keep its protective grand formation permanently active. If they run out, he'll just provide more. If the sect isn't prodigal, then he loses his chance to be prodigal!" As for Ye Feng also giving the Xingji Sect the enhanced Nine Star Sword Formation, that was already a sect secret. No matter how good their relationship was, she certainly wouldn't reveal it now.
"So that's how it is!" Chu Hongshan nodded, musing to himself. "One hundred million Supreme-grade Spirit Stones, while not insignificant to your Xingji Sect, is still a very large..."
Just as Chu Hongshan was speaking, Chu Xiaoxiao beside him suddenly tugged at his sleeve. "Grandpa, it wasn't one hundred million Supreme-grade Spirit Stones, it was one hundred million Supreme-grade Spirit Crystals. Crystals!"
Stunned! Hearing Chu Xiaoxiao's emphatic reminder about Spirit Crystals, Chu Hongshan froze on the spot.
One hundred million Supreme-grade Spirit Crystals! And if they were spent, he'd just give more! Even Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone was squandered in such an insanely prodigal manner!
Thinking about all this, a glint flashed through Chu Hongshan's eyes. He looked directly at Luo Qianxue and said bluntly, "Qianxue, Grandpa Chu has treated you like his own granddaughter since you were little. Now, Grandpa Chu is old and wants to go to your sect to be an Elder. You wouldn't refuse, would you?"
Chu Hongshan's reasoning was simple. His Way of Artifact Refining had stagnated for ten years. To break through his current Bottleneck required vast amounts of Spirit Stones and precious Spirit Ores. After all, professions like Alchemist, Artifact Refiner, or Talisman Master were extremely costly. Now, knowing some details about Ye Feng, he felt this was an opportunity.
Hearing Chu Hongshan's words, Luo Qianxue revealed another wry smile!
Here we go again! The sect was getting more people. Although it wasn't a disciple this time, continuously adding Elders wasn't exactly ideal either!
"Qianxue, look, your sect was just established not long ago. Besides that fellow Bai Tianhong, you probably don't have any other powerhouses to hold down the fort, right?" Seeing Luo Qianxue hesitate, Chu Hongshan gritted his teeth and played his most important bargaining chip. "Although I'm going there to retire, if your sect runs into trouble, Grandpa Chu's connections accumulated over the years can still be of some use."
The network built by a top-tier 9th Grade Artifact Refiner over a hundred years was extremely formidable!
"Grandpa Chu, since you wish to come, then please do. However, if the sect requires artifact refining in the future, we will have to trouble you," Luo Qianxue conceded.
Come on then! One might as well be two! Luo Qianxue knew Chu Hongshan's purpose in coming to the sect was definitely related to Ye Feng. She felt like throwing caution to the wind now anyway – might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. The sect wasn't going to be peaceful anymore, so she might as well see what kind of state her prodigal disciple could turn the sect into!
Beside them, Chu Xiaoxiao, after a moment of stunned silence, broke into a smile. She had been wondering what kind of excuse she could use to join Luo Qianxue's sect. Now that her grandfather was joining, she naturally had to follow along!
...
Meanwhile, in Tufeng City...
"Who are those people? Daring to release their Spiritual Power Fluctuations so unscrupulously! Aren't they afraid of provoking someone they can't afford to offend?"
"You Qi Movement Realm third-layer trash, what the hell do you know? Didn't you see the words 'Mirror Moon' printed on their robes? Those are people from Mirror Moon Villa! And they are definitely the Villa's top-tier experts! I really don't know who provoked Mirror Moon Villa to make all their experts mobilize like this!"
"I heard that the Mirror Moon Villa Master, Zhang Shufeng, successfully survived his first Heavenly Dao Thunder Tribulation some time ago. His strength far surpasses typical Ninth Layer Peak Tribulation Crossing Realm experts! I really wonder who managed to provoke him!"
Countless citizens within Tufeng City watched as dozens of Mirror Moon Villa experts traversed the town overhead in such a domineering fashion, beginning to discuss in low voices.
"Full speed ahead!" yelled Zhang Shufeng with soaring killing intent to all the Villa experts. "If all goes well, we can catch up to my son's murderer by tomorrow morning! Whoever dared to kill my, Zhao Shufeng's, son – no matter who he is, I want him dead!"
...
Back in Purple Phoenix City...
"Little Blood, I'm so bored!" Ye Feng complained after wandering around Purple Phoenix City for a while after leaving the blacksmith shop. "This rundown city isn't interesting at all!" It really couldn't compare to Heavenly Dao City, which at least had many familiar entertainment technology products.
"This..." Hearing this, the Blood-Devouring Mantis could only give a wry smile, because it honestly didn't know how to respond.
Whether human or Yao Beast, forget sleeping comfortably every day – Cultivators and Yao Beasts didn't really need sleep anyway. They used even their sleeping time for cultivation, and even then, felt that a day wasn't long enough. Who would ever complain about being bored? If you're bored, why don't you cultivate? You don't cultivate all day, your mind is full of ways to be prodigal... how am I supposed to respond to that!
"Master, there's a Free Trade Zone in the north part of the city. Why don't we go check it out? Maybe we'll find some good stuff," the Blood-Devouring Mantis suggested, having no other choice but to respond somehow. After witnessing the madman who appeared earlier, it was genuinely worried that if it didn't perform well, Ye Feng would summon that madman to 'fix' it!