The Ways of the World? A World of Trouble!

Good heavens, right now all the disciples of the Spirit Crane Palace are looking at Huang Ritian with the eyes of someone looking at a macho man!

That's why they say our Senior Brother Huang Ritian is the number one warrior of the Vast Heaven Holy Land...

When it comes to provoking the Grand Elder, our Senior Brother Huang has an unparalleled ability!

Look at our Senior Brother Huang Senior Brother Huang Ritian! Forget how many years of confinement he has left, just tell me, who the hell would dare to openly appear during their confinement, and every single time manage to show up precisely in front of the Grand Elder...?

On this point alone, tell me who can rival Senior Brother Huang Ritian!

Chu Xinghe very embarrassed about Huang Ritian being sentenced to another hundred years of confinement. He originally wanted to explain to the Grand Elder that it wasn't Huang Ritian's fault, but that he was the one who dragged him there.

However, Huang Ritian spoke up before Senior Brother Xinghe could even open his mouth!

Huang Ritian said to Senior Brother Xinghe, I don't blame you for this!

You don't need to explain... because it's pointless...

Even if you explain, the Grand Elder reduced my leave by a hundred years... do you think I'll be able to get out?

Besides... even I, Huang Ritian, don't know how many years I'll be locked up in solitary confinement, so how many years are left after subtracting this hundred years? I have no idea...

Chu Xinghe thought Huang Ritian's statement made some sense...

So the issue now isn't how many more years Huang Ritian will be confined; the real question is where the Grand Elder got these resources from, and why did he claim it was me, Chu Xinghe, who brought them?

"Those resources were originally obtained by you, Xinghe? Have you forgotten, Xinghe?"

The First Elder looked at Chu Xinghe with a suspicious expression!

Chu Xinghe was completely stunned...

Elder... Killing someone is just a matter of a head falling to the ground, I, Chu Xinghe, am still here!

You can't slander me to my face, can you?

Seeing Xinghe's bewildered expression, the Grand Elder seemed to realize something as well!

"Oh dear... Xinghe, you should know about this... These were all sent by the various Lineage that sent us disciples!"

Chu Xinghe: "???"

The Grand Elder then spoke up, saying, "Xinghe, you should understand this matter. Didn't we already talk about interpersonal relationships and social dynamics back then?"

When it comes to interpersonal relationships, we can't exactly sell them out without accepting them in Vast Heaven Holy Land, can we?

The Grand Elder stated that interpersonal relationships are never a one-sided affair...

What is social etiquette? If you ask someone for a favor once, twice, three times... that's not social etiquette, that's shamelessness!

Whose family or social obligations require me to constantly ask you for favors?

Therefore, interpersonal relationships are always a two-way street...

If you use personal connections to ask someone for a favor, they will Future use those connections to ask you for a favor in return...

This is just normal human interaction, right?

If you always rely on personal connections to ask people for favors, but you never reciprocate those favors, then that kind of relationship won't last long.

In our Vast Heaven Holy Land, there are plenty of people who want to ask us for favors based on personal connections, but the opportunities for us to ask others for favors based on personal connections are extremely rare.

Therefore, under these circumstances, all the elders of our sect have received requests from those who want to use personal connections to send their children into our Vast Heaven Holy Land.

But you must understand, are those families that can establish connections with the Vast Heaven Holy Land any ordinary Lineage?

Those are all absolutely extraordinary beings...

People who reach this level are exceptionally intelligent.

They knew very well that by finding the Vast Heaven Holy Land and using personal connections to send their disciples Vast Heaven Holy Land, the Vast Heaven Holy Land would accept them out of consideration for those connections...

But if you think that's all, then you definitely don't understand social etiquette!

This time you got the Vast Heaven Holy Land to help you through personal connections, but what about next time?

Next time, will you also rely on personal connections to get the Vast Heaven Holy Land to help you?

What? You saved Chu Xinghe? Does the Vast Heaven Holy Land owe you so many favors?

So nobody's a fool... If interpersonal relationships can't be reciprocated, then such relationships won't last long.

In this situation, all the major Lineage expressed that if there was no social etiquette, then they would find a way to create it.

Therefore, after these disciples entered the sect, their Lineage frantically sought cooperation with the Vast Heaven Holy Land from all aspects, and even openly offered concessions to the Vast Heaven Holy Land!

After all, directly sending resources to the Vast Heaven Holy Land would be too tacky!

The Vast Heaven Holy Land values interpersonal relationships, so naturally you must also consider them. Therefore, in order to exchange interpersonal relationships equally, each family uses various interpersonal relationships to help the Vast Heaven Holy Land obtain all kinds of resources!

These resources aren't given away for free; they're all obtained through personal connections and favors!

In this way, with our Vast Heaven Holy Land taking in a thousand disciples, we will naturally have a thousand other forces to exchange favors with us!

We take their disciples and train them to their peak, but they don't have what we need, so we can only shower them with resources as a gesture of goodwill!

The Grand Elder said, "Xinghe, you are still young, and you may not fully understand the ways of the world yet..."

But none of that matters... It's true that you brought these resources back.

Because without everything you did, they wouldn't have given away disciples like that. If they hadn't given away disciples like that, they wouldn't have had to use up their personal connections. So all those personal connections they later used were entirely because of you, Xinghe...

The Grand Elder replied, "Xinghe, you don't need to worry. Although we've invested in personal connections this time, the various factions have invested even more..."

So what you see is only a small part of the resources. In the future, our Vast Heaven Holy Land will offer huge discounts in all aspects of cooperation. Not only will you see the resources now, but there will be many more hidden resources later!

Chu Xinghe: "..."

Huang Ritian: "..."

Chu Xinghe was completely dumbfounded at this moment...

No... Elder, are you trying to teach me a tongue twister?

What is meant by interpersonal relationships and social customs?

I don't know what social etiquette is, but this time there's not much social grace involved, and there seem to be far too many incidents.

Is interpersonal relationship management really that terrifying?

Did I actually generate resources from taking in these thousand disciples?

But thinking about it carefully, what the Grand Elder said doesn't seem to make any mistakes...

Do you think just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can send their disciples to the Vast Heaven Holy Land?

Even though those Lineage all had various personal relationships with the elders of the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

But personal relationships are personal relationships, and social interactions are social interactions. Everyone who can get involved with big shots like those from the Vast Heaven Holy Land is a shrewd and calculating person.

You think you can lose out by giving gifts to the Vast Heaven Holy Land? You're making a pure profit!

Sending your disciple to the Vast Heaven Holy Land to become Chu Xinghe's direct descendant is practically like buying your Lineage a get-out-of-jail-free card!

From now on, as long as your Lineage doesn't do anything stupid, just tell me you have this connection, and nobody will dare to mess with you!

So this time, all sides are frantically using personal connections and relationships to send their own children into the Vast Heaven Holy Land!

Chu Xinghe said no way... This is way too brain-teasing...

I, Chu Xinghe, truly don't understand the ways of the world...

Just as the Grand Elder was explaining, Ma Liang arrived...

Ma Liang thought this made perfect sense... Ma Liang said, "Senior Brother Xinghe, you don't know this, not only does getting a disciple into our Vast Heaven Holy Land require connections, but even those who came to me Ma Liang, wanting to ask for a chance for their disciple couldn't come empty-handed!"

What? You go asking for help empty-handed?

So it's all about looks?

What? You saved someone's entire family?

So Ma Liang said that all the resources he collected were enough to Gui Li busy for half a day... From this, you can imagine how ruthless the favors and obligations the other elders collected were...

This case is now solved...

Chu Xinghe never dreamed that he would be betrayed by human relationships and social dynamics.

Chu Xinghe thought to himself, "This invisible blade is the most deadly of all..."

How can we prevent this?

Chu Xinghe could only say that he was still too inexperienced this time.

But there's nothing we can do about it... The most valuable thing in this world is the debt of gratitude we owe each other...

Sometimes, the art of interpersonal relationships is more expensive than any price tag!

With clearly marked prices, at least you know how much you'll have to pay.

But how do we evaluate the value of social skills and interpersonal relationships?

However, Chu Xinghe, with his keen sense of social etiquette, thought, "What's there to panic about?"

Everyone, stay calm!

How much resources did these thousand disciples bring?

Is it enough to cover their resource consumption?

Therefore, the advantage in this round is entirely in my hands, Chu Xinghe's!

Look, the news about the Tribulation-Breaking Pill has already spread. Good heavens, with the news of the Tribulation-Breaking Pill spreading, all sides of the Four Continents are completely dumbfounded!

Everyone was saying, "This is the first time I've ever heard of the Tribulation-Breaking Pill being used like this..."

Normally, the use of the Tribulation-Breaking Pill is when a disciple encounters a hindrance during cultivation and cannot find any other good way to break through it, so they use the Tribulation-Breaking Pill to make a breakthrough!

But who the hell has ever heard of creating your own constraints when there are none?

These four thousand disciples used four thousand Tribulation-Breaking Pills. During the period when the Tribulation-Breaking Pills were effective, their Spirit Power was in a semi-sealed state.

Four thousand disciples with their Spirit Power partially sealed, learning formations? Isn't that utter nonsense?

Other schools train formation masters by finding ways to help their disciples break through limitations and advance quickly.

Chu Xinghe's side artificially created constraints for his four thousand disciples, ensuring that no matter how much they studied formations, they could only memorize them and couldn't achieve any breakthroughs through learning formations. Isn't that a bit too outrageous?

To be honest, the Tribulation-Breaking Pill... even exists in Martial Emperor City...

However, even Zheng Yu dared not use the Tribulation-Breaking Pill...

After all, Zheng Yu was completely baffled by this act of artificially creating obstacles that prevented his disciple from breaking through in a short period of time.

Although Zheng Yu that once the Tribulation-Breaking Pill was activated, it would definitely be a huge benefit to the disciples, the Tribulation-Breaking Pill was mainly for Spirit Power cultivation... In other words, the best users of the Tribulation-Breaking Pill should be those who cultivate Spirit Power.

But for the four thousand array masters, this Tribulation-Breaking Pill only serves as a constraint and has no effect on their improvement whatsoever!

So Zheng Yu is really having a headache... What exactly is Senior Brother Xinghe trying to do this round...?

Even I, Zheng Yu, the King of Ideas, can't understand it...