The more Yun Zishan read, the heavier her heart sank. A mixture of helplessness, resentment, and simmering anger quietly stirred within her. Back then, she and Shi Xuanfei had both become disciples of Qingxia Fairy. After completing their training, Shi Xuanfei had been singled out by the previous Peak Master of Jade Maiden Peak for her talent and temperament, and was chosen early as her successor, receiving careful cultivation.
Jade Maiden Peak was an ancient mountain lineage that had existed since Cloudsky Sword Sect was founded. Its First Generation Peak Master had even been the senior sister of the First Generation Sect Master, giving the peak an exalted status. The Founding Ancestor had been especially fond of Jade Maiden Peak. Not only had he assigned it the mountain with the sect's richest spiritual energy and most beautiful scenery, he had also established numerous sect rules that favored Jade Maiden Peak and would be passed down through the generations.
For ten thousand years, the share of spirit stone mines allocated to Jade Maiden Peak each year had always been second only to the Sect Master's lineage. Its accumulated wealth and resources were unfathomable.
Later, Jade Maiden Peak had also developed its own side business: Hundred Flower Honey Brew. The wine was mellow, fragrant, and wondrous, and eventually became the designated drink for sect celebrations and entertaining honored guests, bringing Jade Maiden Peak a steady stream of income. By comparison, though Dan Peak and Artifact Peak had risen to fame later, their daily expenses were just as enormous. Their actual wealth might not surpass Jade Maiden Peak's.
And what about her Law Enforcement Hall? Though its annual share of resources was not small, like Dan Peak and Artifact Peak, its expenditures were staggering—to keep a behemoth like Zhaoyu Tower running, hunt down