Senior Brother Xinghe Has Made Another Contribution

No one had expected the Grand Elder to refuse.

The Vast Heaven Sect clearly wanted to get rid of the three million Shen Spirit Herbs, so why had the Grand Elder given that answer when the three sects came to buy them?

Feng Fei was so anxious he was practically jumping up and down.

But Chu Xinghe quickly caught on.

A conspiracy! This was definitely a conspiracy.

Elders from three of the ten great sects had shown up at the same time, and all of them wanted Shen Spirit Herbs. Something was obviously wrong.

Under normal circumstances, would they need to come in person just to buy Shen Spirit Herbs? They could have sent any disciple to speak with Feng Fei and settled the matter. The quantity was enormous, but surely there was no need for the elders themselves to come?

"Grand Elder, we've already been to the Daxing Chamber of Commerce." Elder Ma seemed to have anticipated the Grand Elder's answer and spoke up directly.

"Oh? Since when did Fatty Wei learn to spout nonsense? Feng Fei, have someone teach Fatty Wei a good lesson tomorrow."

"Yes..." Feng Fei accepted the order.

The Grand Elder drank his tea at his leisure, looking as if to say they could talk all they liked, but he wasn't admitting a damn thing.

At last, Elder Shangguan, the most impatient of the three, could no longer hold back.

"Grand Elder, we all know what's going on, so let's not pretend otherwise. Our three sects discovered that spirit grotto. The Vast Heaven Sect should also know that it's crawling with venomous insects that petrify people. Without Stone-Breaking Pills, there's no way for disciples to enter. But isn't it going a little too far for the Vast Heaven Sect to cut off our retreat with such a trick?"

As soon as Elder Shangguan said this, Elder Ma and Elder Xu nodded in agreement.

But the Grand Elder was stunned...

What the heck? A spirit grotto?

Chu Xinghe was dumbfounded too... He hadn't thought about anything else when he bought the Shen Spirit Herbs. He'd only wanted to screw over the Vast Heaven Sect. But who the hell could have guessed that he'd fail to screw over the Vast Heaven Sect and screw over these three sects instead?

Not long ago, the three sects had jointly discovered a spirit grotto. But after exploring it, they found that the underground grotto was crawling with little insects whose venom could petrify people.

To get inside, they had to prepare a large number of Stone-Breaking Pills.

The three sects had agreed to prepare their own Stone-Breaking Pills, but to their utter astonishment, when they went to buy Shen Spirit Herbs, they found that the Vast Heaven Sect had snapped them all up.

Their first reaction was that word had leaked. The Vast Heaven Sect must have learned about the spirit grotto too and was using this tactic to pressure them. That was why the three elders had come up the mountain together.

Now that things had come to this, everyone spoke plainly.

The three sects' position was clear: since the Vast Heaven Sect already knew, they wouldn't stand on ceremony. The four sects could simply divide the spirit grotto's places equally.

"Half!" The Grand Elder set down his teacup and spoke.

"Isn't that asking too much, Grand Elder? There are only three hundred places in the spirit grotto. There's absolutely no way the Vast Heaven Sect can have half!" Elder Shangguan was so angry he wanted to smash his teacup.

The atmosphere grew tense, but in the end, Elder Ma sighed and said, "One hundred. The Vast Heaven Sect gets one hundred places in the spirit grotto this time. That's our limit. If the Vast Heaven Sect still won't agree, then we can only go to Martial Emperor City. With the resources at Martial Emperor City's disposal, I believe it might well be able to supply those Shen Spirit Herbs."

"Deal!" The Grand Elder didn't hesitate for a moment.

With the deal settled, the Grand Elder also obtained all sorts of information about the spirit grotto from the three of them. As for the one and a half million Shen Spirit Herbs, he waved a hand. The ten great sects were all branches of the same tree, so why talk about buying them? They were a gift!

And not only would they give them the herbs, they would also refine the Stone-Breaking Pills for them and hand them over when the time came.

The three sects' elders were so angry at the Grand Elder's all-inclusive arrangement that their beards bristled.

How much could one and a half million Shen Spirit Herbs possibly cost? And that so-called help with refining—was that really help? They were damn well afraid the three sects would leave the Vast Heaven Sect high and dry. As long as the Stone-Breaking Pills remained in the Vast Heaven Sect's hands, the three sects couldn't shake them off.

Smiling broadly, the Grand Elder saw the three sects' elders all the way out through the Vast Heaven Sect's mountain gate.

Once he was certain the three had left, the Grand Elder burst into wild laughter.

A spirit grotto!

Never in his dreams had the Grand Elder imagined that Chu Xinghe's haphazard actions would accidentally seize the three sects by the throat and bring the Vast Heaven Sect news of a spirit grotto.

So-called spirit grottoes were born when certain ancient ruins absorbed the essence of heaven and earth. They were best suited to disciples who had not yet reached the Great Martial Master realm. The spirit liquid within could cleanse their marrow and temper their bones, with the effect of letting them shed their old bodies and exchange their bones for new ones.

Spirit grottoes were exceedingly rare, and any sect that discovered one would guard it as an enormous secret.

This time, the three sects had discovered a spirit grotto without even the Vast Heaven Sect's intelligence network getting the slightest whiff of it. But man proposes, heaven disposes!

Who the hell could have guessed that Chu Xinghe would get the purchase order wrong? His purchase of three million Shen Spirit Herbs had brought all the three sects' plans to nothing.

The three sects had no idea that the Vast Heaven Sect had bought the Shen Spirit Herbs by accident. After all, no one would have imagined that such an accident could happen to the mighty Vast Heaven Sect.

Yet that accident had brought the Vast Heaven Sect unimaginable benefits!

The Grand Elder immediately reported the news to the sect master. After hearing him out, Gu Mingchao was stunned for a moment.

Chu Xinghe's purchase of three million Shen Spirit Herbs had originally been a tremendous mistake, but now that mistake had become a tremendous opportunity for the Vast Heaven Sect.

All Gu Mingchao could say was that this was probably the will of heaven.

The Grand Elder then informed the various halls about the spirit grotto. As soon as the news got out, the halls were shaken.

First were the elders of the various halls. The hundred places would be distributed among the halls, which meant they could all benefit. Once their disciples had undergone marrow cleansing and bone tempering, their future cultivation paths would be smoother. This was a tremendous opportunity.

When the hall elders heard that all of this was because Chu Xinghe had accidentally bought three million Shen Spirit Herbs, they didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The disciples of the various halls were all incomparably excited when they heard the news too.

Although only a hundred could go to the spirit grotto to cleanse their marrow and temper their bones, and the vast majority of the Vast Heaven Sect's three thousand new disciples might not even qualify to compete for those hundred places, there was more.

They couldn't forget that even after being diluted by the marrow cleansing and bone tempering, the spirit liquid in the grotto could still be brought back. Using its remaining Spiritual Qi, it could be refined into Marrow-Cleansing Pills. Though not as effective as cleansing marrow and tempering bones directly, they were still treasures that were hard to come by.

So not only had Chu Xinghe's inadvertent action brought them a hundred places to cleanse their marrow and temper their bones in the spirit grotto, it could even give every new disciple a Marrow-Cleansing Pill!

For a time, the entire Vast Heaven Sect was in a jubilant mood.

But amid all that jubilation, Chu Xinghe didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This is too hard!

I just wanted to buy three million Shen Spirit Herbs and cause the sect a little loss. What's wrong with that...

Now there's no loss, and I've even gone and turned up a damn spirit grotto.

If there was one thing that comforted Chu Xinghe, it was that his confinement had been lifted early because of the spirit grotto. Moreover, at the Grand Elder's suggestion, Chu Xinghe had been made the leader of the hundred...

Chu Xinghe wore a solemn expression. You want me to lead the team, huh?

Just watch me lead every last one of you straight into a ditch...