I, Ouyang Pixiu, Will Devote Myself Utterly to the Sect

The Ouyang Lineage remained with the Vast Heaven Sect.

The news of the examination held at the Haotian Grand Hall spread throughout the sect in a short period of time.

"What the hell? Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique? Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing? That's terrifying!"

"I never would have guessed that the Ouyang siblings possessed such terrifying abilities."

"If we're talking about who's truly terrifying, it's Senior Brother Xinghe. When we were mocking the Ouyang siblings before, Senior Brother Xinghe was the first to stand up and rebuke us. At the time, I was a little unconvinced when Senior Brother Xinghe said that the family's thousand-year-old heritage was formidable, but now it seems that Senior Brother Xinghe has insightful eyes."

"Isn't that obvious? Senior Brother Xinghe's reputation for recognizing talent is already well-established."

"I heard that Ouyang Ming's first attempt at forging failed, and it was only thanks to Senior Brother Xinghe's desperate efforts that he got a second chance. Without Senior Brother Xinghe's second chance, we might have missed out on such a brilliant and promising talent!"

"Not bad, not bad... I was there at the time, and I thought Senior Brother Xinghe was deliberately favoring the Ouyang Lineage. Now I realize how narrow-minded I was. Senior Brother Xinghe is such a person; he has always been absolutely fair. How could he possibly be biased?"

The disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect all deeply admired Senior Brother Xinghe's discerning eye and ability to recognize talent.

News of the examination naturally spread from the Vast Heaven Sect to the outside world.

When everyone heard that the Wang and Liu families had actually lost to the Ouyang Lineage, their first reaction was, "Is this some kind of joke?"

"Are you kidding me! Although the Wang and Liu families are not as powerful as the top families specializing in spiritual weapons, how could they possibly lose to the Ouyang Lineage?"

"Are there still members of the Ouyang Lineage alive?"

Didn't they already ask for food?

"During the first two years of famine, they sold all their tools. I even bought one myself. How could the Ouyang Lineage, who didn't even have any tools left, defeat the Wang and Liu families?"

Soon after, news of the Ouyang siblings' Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique and Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing also spread.

The various sects were stunned when they heard the news.

"A small portion of the Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique? Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing? How is this possible...? The Ouyang Lineage hasn't produced such talents in two hundred years, let alone two at once, a brother and sister?"

"After the Ouyang Lineage fell from grace, they joined other sects. Why didn't anyone notice?"

"Not everyone can understand the Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique. I heard that Gu Mingchao only discovered it after careful comparison. As for Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing, that girl's success rate is one in a hundred. She's really incredibly lucky; she actually succeeded by chance!"

"Yes, even if other major sects are powerful, it's difficult for them to give the Ouyang Lineage so many opportunities to experiment."

"It's fate! It's fate! Even the heavens are on the side of the Vast Heaven Sect!"

"It wasn't just Heaven helping the Vast Heaven Sect, but also Chu Xinghe. I heard that the Ouyang Lineage's furnace exploded the first time, but Chu Xinghe insisted on giving Ouyang Lineage a second chance. It was precisely this second chance that led to the discovery of the Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing."

In Martial Emperor City, Zheng Yu was devastated upon hearing the news delivered by his subordinates!

At this moment, Zheng Yu was holding various pieces of information about the Ouyang Lineage.

Half a month ago, Zheng Yu heard about the Ouyang Lineage and believed that the Ouyang Lineage with a thousand-year history, could not possibly be without any foundation. He was preparing to have someone invite the Ouyang Lineage to Martial Emperor City. No matter what, he would keep the Ouyang Lineage here first and then see how things went.

However, just as Zheng Yu was preparing to make a move, he received news that the Ouyang Lineage had gone to the Vast Heaven Sect.

With this follow-up news, Zheng Yu was truly distressed.

"Senior Brother Xinghe is indeed unfathomable!"

"I thought I had discovered an opportunity, but little did I know that Senior Brother Xinghe was ahead of me by more than one step in every move. Luckily, Senior Brother Xinghe and I are friends. If I were to make an enemy of someone like him... ugh..."

The outside world was shocked by the matter of the Ouyang siblings, while within the Vast Heaven Sect...

Chu Xinghe was leading the Ouyang Lineage members, who had already changed into the Vast Heaven Sect attire, through the sect.

"From now on, I can't call you Brother Xinghe anymore, I have to call you Senior Brother Xinghe." Wearing the core disciple's robes, Ouyang Ming felt for the first time that he held his head high and stood tall.

Ouyang Ling, standing beside her, was also dressed in the same core disciple robes and felt the same way about herself.

The other Ouyang Lineage disciples all changed into ordinary Vast Heaven Sect disciple uniforms.

From this moment on, they all joined the Vast Heaven Sect. However, the sect leader ordered that the Ouyang Lineage could retain their aristocratic family status and continue to refer to themselves as the Ouyang Lineage.

The inheritance of a thousand-year-old family is no easy feat, and the sect leader's order moved the Ouyang Lineage disciples to tears of gratitude.

"I've prepared some gifts for you today." Chu Xinghe waved his hand, and a disciple of the Vast Heaven Sect beside him brought out several Qiankun Rings.

The Qiankun Ring was opened, and countless tools for crafting and imbuing spirits appeared before the Ouyang Lineage.

When they saw the tools in front of them, everyone in the Ouyang Lineage froze on the spot.

Each tool was marked with the Ouyang Lineage's mark; these were the tools they sold to survive.

But today, Senior Brother Xinghe bought all these tools for them?

"A few items have ended up in the hands of major sects or Lineage, but rest assured, the Vast Heaven Sect will soon finish negotiations with them, and all the tools will be returned."

Chu Xinghe smiled.

I really went all out to buy these tools.

The tools sold by the Ouyang Lineage changed hands countless times, and many of them even ended up in the hands of some important figures.

But so what?

The Vast Heaven Sect is known for its immense wealth; as long as the money is right, there's nothing they can't buy.

Chu Xinghe spent an astronomical sum just to buy this batch of tools.

So what? We're not deliberately wasting the sect's resources; we're just trying to win over the hearts of the Ouyang Lineage.

Didn't you see the sect leader and the first elder nodding repeatedly when they heard about this?

"Senior Brother Xinghe... I... I have no way to repay you. This is all the past of my Ouyang Lineage. Senior Brother Xinghe was able to find it for our Ouyang Lineage. I truly... Senior Brother Xinghe, please accept my bow."

Ouyang Ming was truly moved at this moment; these tools might just be tools in the eyes of ordinary people.

However, for the Ouyang Lineage, this is a treasure passed down through generations, left behind by countless ancestors of the Ouyang Lineage, and a testament to the most glorious generation of the Ouyang Lineage.

If it weren't for survival, Ouyang Ming would never have sold them back then.

Ouyang Ming knew that when he sold it, people called it scrap metal, but the price he would have to pay to buy it back would be terrifying.

Ouyang Ling, her eyes also brimming with tears, said, "Senior Brother Xinghe, Ouyang Ling has no way to repay you except with my own body..."

Then Ouyang Ling's mouth was covered by her brother.

Dream on! You want to offer yourself to me?! Don't you have any self-awareness?!

The Ouyang Lineage members put away these tools that were incredibly precious to them, while Chu Xinghe led everyone Xiangqian.

"The sect leader and the Grand Elder intended for you to build a weapon-refining workshop within the Spirit Crane Palace, but after discussing it with them, we've decided to create a separate Artifact Refining Palace just for you!"

Chu Xinghe was known for his outrageous statements, and Ouyang Ming was dumbfounded when he uttered them.

An Artifact Refining Palace belonging to the Ouyang Lineage?

If the Vast Heaven Sect now has an additional Artifact Refining Palace, wouldn't that mean... I'll have a chance to be on equal footing with the head elders of the other eighteen palaces in the Future?

Although the Ouyang Lineage currently in dire straits, and even establishing Artifact Refining Palace would be nothing more than a hollow gesture, Senior Brother Xinghe has essentially given the Ouyang Lineage an unlimited Future and a promise!

Any one of the eighteen palaces of the Vast Heaven Sect would be a top-tier existence outside the sect. Even the most glorious era of the Ouyang Lineage was worlds apart from the eighteen palaces of Vast Heaven.

Now, the Ouyang Lineage has the opportunity to become the nineteenth palace of the Vast Heaven Sect in the Future!

Previously, the sect leader and the first elder approached Chu Xinghe with a simple intention: to have the Ouyang Lineage affiliated with the Spirit Crane Palace.

But Chu Xinghe was horrified when he heard this!

How much cheaper would it be to affiliate with the Spirit Crane Palace?

How could this possibly drain the sect's resources? So Chu Xinghe immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

After Chu Xinghe's explanation, the sect leader and the first elder finally relented and agreed to let the Ouyang Lineage choose a mountain to build their Artifact Refining Palace. However, if the Ouyang Lineage wanted to become the nineteenth palace, they would truly have to rely on their strength.

This news caused quite a stir within the Vast Heaven Sect.

The only one in the entire Vast Heaven Sect who dares to stand up to the sect leader and the grand elder is probably Senior Brother Xinghe.

To be able to get the sect leader and the grand elder to back down, Senior Brother Xinghe is truly amazing.

The sect leader and the Grand Elder's words are not open to discussion with other disciples; they are orders you to do whatever you are told.

Ouyang Ming's feelings about the Ouyang Lineage's treatment of him are no longer a matter of satisfaction or dissatisfaction.

"Senior Brother Xinghe is so righteous! I, Ouyang Ming... no! I, Ouyang Pixiu, will dedicate myself to the sect to the utmost... From this day forward, my Ouyang Ming name Pixiu! Thank you, Senior Brother Xinghe, for bestowing this name upon me!"

Chu Xinghe: "???"

Ouyang Ling also looked incredulous and said from the side, "Brother... how about we give me to Xing..." Then Ouyang Ming covered her mouth.

The sect leader and the first elder dismissed the matter of the Ouyang Lineage with a wave of their hand.

"You're in full charge of Xinghe. You decide how to build it and how to allocate resources."

After receiving the order, Chu Xinghe also selected a stronghold for the Ouyang Lineage.

It's a small peak located between the Spirit Crane Palace and Haotian Palace. It's much smaller than the other eighteen palaces, but it has a great location and extremely rich Spiritual Qi.

As for building the Artifact Refining Palace, Chu Xinghe really didn't know anything about architecture, so he could only leave the planning to Ouyang Ming.

However, Chu Xinghe gave his own requirements for the planning.

It must not fall below the standards of the Medicine King Palace!

My Vast Heaven Sect has a lot to say about its reputation...

If it's too small, wouldn't outsiders laugh at my Vast Heaven Sect's Artifact Refining Palace for being so petty?

Of course, the most important thing is that the larger the building, the more resources it consumes.

Chu Xinghe selected the highest quality items for everything prepared for the Future Artifact Refining Palace of the Ouyang Lineage.

In short, top-tier Lineage deserve top-tier items, which makes perfect sense.

In the following days, countless materials were transported to the Artifact Refining Palace, and countless disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect who practiced earth-based techniques once again performed the feat of rising from the ground.

A colossal Artifact Refining Palace is also rapidly rising.

Ouyang Ming frantically hauled all sorts of top-tier materials into the Artifact Refining Palace. Ouyang Ming was dumbfounded when he saw those top-tier materials that he had only heard of before but had never seen.

Therefore, Ouyang Ming ate sixteen bowls of cold noodles for lunch, setting a new record.

When the cold-blooded killer arrives at the cafeteria, the chefs tremble in fear!