Chapter 854: Expensive
As Meng Zhi was returning from the branch hall and about to step into Jade True Temple, he saw Feng Zhu, one of their only two Golden Core cultivators, hurrying fearfully before him. Feng Zhu lowered his voice, but could not stop the tremor in it as he bowed and said, "Hall Master, many people have come. So many people. And after leaving things behind, they all left."
As he spoke, he respectfully presented the list.
Meng Zhi accepted the jade slip, swept it with his divine sense, and said with a smile, "They moved quickly."
It had been less than half a day since he left Chen Jinding's place, yet these people had already received word and sent over everything they owed, along with all the items they had intended as gifts.
Even Meng Zhi himself had not expected the effect of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys to be so great.
That was still within his calculations.
A Venerable had died as lightly as a feather.
Yet Chen Jinding had fallen silent.
What was more, he had allowed Meng Zhi to walk safely out of the Third Hall.
Anyone who thought about it could tell that something was unusual.
Whatever their motives, they would swiftly send the Sixteenth Hall's things over.
The other hall masters did not want to end up like Chen Jinding, losing subordinates and face alike.
Rubbing the jade slip in his hand, Meng Zhi clasped his hands behind his back and strode into Jade True Temple with the measured gait of a man surveying the four directions.
He said blandly, "Since the various halls have sent them over, accept everything according to the list. Who does not know that our Sixteenth Hall lacks money, food, and capable hands?"
"Hall Master."