One person wore a bitter expression as he spoke unwillingly. "Senior Brother Steward, we were merely unlucky. We didn't do anything wrong."
"Exactly. After the problem appeared, we strictly followed the isolation measures you laid down and never went out even once."
"I'm truly being wronged here. I clearly never came into contact with anyone else, yet because my spirit field was close to those infected fields, it got infected for no reason at all."
Steward Sun looked at the crowd without interrupting them. Only after they had finished did he slowly speak.
"I know that having you bear such a great loss for nothing leaves you unwilling and resentful. You feel that you were merely unlucky.
"But for us cultivators, fate and timing are inherently of utmost importance.
"Take the simplest example: without a bit of fortune, none of you would have been able to enter the Carefree Sect, much less set foot upon the path of cultivation."
Xu Chunniang nodded in agreement from the side. If she had not happened to possess a spiritual root and been discovered by a passing senior brother, she would probably still be in Xu Family Village, going hungry one meal and full the next.
Only after everyone finally fell silent did Steward Sun continue. "Moreover, before accepting the commission, you should have considered that such a situation might occur. After all, the greater the reward, the greater the risk. Surely you don't need me to teach you even such a simple principle?"
Forty contribution points sounded like a lot, but in truth, they could earn them back within one or two years.
Besides, these disciples still had quite a bit of stock left. Their loud lamentations were merely an attempt to minimize their losses.
Xu Chunniang shook her head and paid