Qingping Sword Sect's travelogue and report would temporarily be managed by Zhong Qiu over at Cloud Steam Mountain.
Cui Dongshan had placed the future Mirror Flower Water Moon at Chou Mou Mountain, rather than at the ancestral mountain with the finest scenery or Cloud Steam Mountain, which stood nearest the ferry crossing.
Unexpected, yet perfectly reasonable: Xiandu Mountain was where Sword Cultivators forged swords, while Cloud Steam Mountain was where Martial Cultivators learned boxing. Both were utterly pure.
Cui Dongshan said with a smile, "Master Zhong, you're the accountant. Why not go through the books, so the High Sect's Old Ancestors, including my teacher, can have a clear picture?"
Say it aloud and let everyone have a little fun.
A sect celebration differed from an ordinary Golden Core cultivator's mountain-opening ceremony. Those who came to offer congratulations were usually wealthy Sect-level factions, generous with their gifts, and their congratulatory offerings carried considerable weight.
The dynasties and kingdoms at the foot of mountains near the sect, along with vassal sects, immortal residences, and Mountain and Water Spirits of every stripe, would almost all grit their teeth and present a gift that did not disgrace them, simply to save face. This was also the awkward plight of the Huangliang Sect of Lou Mountain on Treasure Bottle Continent, which neighbored Cloud Mist Mountain. They attended ceremonies too often, with only money flowing out and none coming in. It was practically like regularly taking the initiative to hand money to Cloud Mist Mountain, making them seem like a vassal mountain. It was stifling, humiliating, and damaging to their treasury.
Some immortal sects were particularly unscrupulous. They would even deliberately arrange for someone to "announce the names," openly declaring the contents of each gift: how many Immortal Money coins, what Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures,