Everyone Had Their Own Selfish Motives!

Inside the Jinghong Sword Sect.

At the Sword Peak, after returning to his residence, True Person Hongyun began smashing and destroying things.

"Damn it, that damn old bastard, he actually showed up at this time!"

True Person Hongyun did not participate in the exorcism assembly because he knew who caused the zombie horde and who the Thousand-Year Corpse King was.

Shen Xiuyai was waiting to kill him, so naturally he wouldn't show himself.

With a Supreme Elder overseeing the sect, even Thousand-Year Corpse King is nothing special.

However, the Supreme Elder would not suppress the Corpse King for his sake alone; it would only be when the Corpse King attacked that the Supreme Elder was forced to take action.

In this way, True Person Hongyun can find the secret of how the Corpse King became the Corpse King.

It's impossible for a living person who has just died to immediately become Thousand-Year Corpse King. There must be a lot of secrets behind this that we can uncover!

Strangely, even though he had clearly angered Shen Xiuyai so much, Shen Xiuyai had not yet attacked the Jinghong Sword Sect.

Instead, he started causing ghostly troubles in the human world, which was very unusual and not the temperament of his disciple who hated evil.

The outbreak of ghostly troubles in the human world, forcing various Nascent Soul elders to come out and exorcise demons, is really not Shen Xiuyai's style.

Whether it was a conspiracy or an open scheme, True Person Hongyun decided to ignore it. As long as he didn't Jinghong Sword Sect, he would be safe.

But before that, something even more infuriating happened!

Li Chengyi, this seed of immortal cultivation with the Geng Metal Physique and Heaven Spiritual Root, should have become his disciple!

He argued with True Person Yangming for a long time, and then the Supreme Elder suddenly came out of seclusion and said that he would personally accept Li Chengyi as his disciple!

"That old bastard!"

True Person Hongyun's master is one of the disciples of the Supreme Elder, and now the Supreme Elder wants to take Li Chengyi as his disciple.

In terms of seniority, True Person Hongyun should now Li Chengyi his senior uncle.

Of course, that's not important. What's important is that he learned his lesson from Shen Xiuyai and plans to find an opportunity to possess Li Chengyi.

But if the Supreme Elder wanted to take him as a disciple, then True Person Hongyun would have no chance at all.

"Should we wait for the next Heaven Spiritual Root?"

"Do I really have that much time left?"

True Person Hongyun closed his eyes. He was now 2,400 years old and had only 600 years left to live.

If he cannot break through to the late Nascent Soul stage, these 600 years will be his last.

Meanwhile, inside the Treasure Pavilion of the Jinghong Sword Sect.

Lu Cun arrived at Baoguang Pavilion, intending to exchange his cultivation techniques for those of Outer Sect Disciple.

The Jinghong Sword Sect has a contribution point system; you can earn contribution points by completing tasks issued by the Internal Affairs Hall and the External Affairs Hall.

Contribution points can be used to obtain cultivation techniques and many other items in the Treasure Pavilion.

Outer Sect Disciple do not receive free cultivation techniques, or rather, apart from accommodation, nothing in this sect is free.

Outer Sect Disciple had to start by doing all sorts of odd jobs, such as fetching water, cooking, cutting down trees, moving stones, watering and fertilizing.

It takes two or three years to accumulate enough contribution points to exchange for basic cultivation techniques.

Of course, besides completing the tasks issued by the sect, there is another way to obtain contribution points.

That is, you submit items to Baoguang Pavilion and receive a certain amount of contribution points based on the value of the submitted items.

Lu Cun arrived at Baoguang Pavilion, where a Core Formation cultivator was guarding it.

It is said that there is a Nascent Soul cultivator and four Core Formation cultivators guarding the Baoguang Pavilion, but they generally do not show themselves easily.

"Hello, senior brother, I would like to submit something."

The Core Formation cultivator guarding Baoguang Pavilion was a man with a goatee. He looked up at Lu Cun, then shook his head after seeing his Outer Sect Disciple attire and waist tag.

What good stuff could Outer Sect Disciple possibly have? They'd probably just bring out some scrap metal again.

They always say it's some kind of obviously fake junk passed down from their ancestors.

"Take it out."

As the man spoke casually, Lu Cun put down the bag behind him and took out a piece of refined iron and an ordinary gourd.

The man casually picked up the refined iron and glanced at it. "Hmm?"

Wait a minute, this isn't actually garbage.

"Kun Steel?"

"That's interesting."

Kun Steel is a high-grade metal, and most Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators use Kun Steel to forge their weapons and magical artifacts.

Kun Steel is also divided into superior, medium and inferior grades. This piece of Kun Steel, refined into ingots, has excellent quality and should be classified as superior.

"And what's inside this gourd?"

The man opened the gourd and looked inside. He saw that the gourd was full of Qi Gathering Pill, and the quality of them was not bad.

That's interesting, that's really interesting!

The man looked at Lu Cun and asked, "Tell me, where did you get these two things?"

Lu Cun cupped his hands in a respectful bow and said, "Replying to Senior Brother, it was passed down from our ancestors."

The man scoffed, "It's all passed down from our ancestors. Fine, I'm too lazy to argue with you."

"This piece of Kun Steel is barely of inferior quality, so I'll count it as your contribution of 25 points."

"There are about 30 Qi Gathering Pill in this gourd. One pill counts as one contribution. I'll be a good guy and count you as 40, for a total of 40 contributions."

"A total of 65 contributions."

Only 65 contribution points?

Lu Cun had been to Baoguang Pavilion once before, and he saw it very clearly: top-grade Kun Steel costs 150 contribution points.

Even a low-grade Kun Steel costs 50 contribution points. Although the price between buying and selling is halved, this is clearly a high-grade Kun Steel.

Moreover, even the Qi Gathering Pill of the highest quality costs 4 contribution points per pill!

Why...

That makes sense. It's only natural for people within sects to take charge, line their own pockets, and profit from others' affairs.

The head of Baoguang Pavilion buys from him cheaply so he can get more contribution points in return, so he will naturally bargain.

But even if Lu Cun explained that everything he submitted was of the highest quality, the other party would probably reject it outright, or even kick Lu Cun out.

Thinking of this, Lu Cun suddenly rummaged through his pockets and took out a piece of pale yellow jade.

He originally intended to keep this for himself, as it could keep him warm in the cold.

"Senior brother, this is just a small token of my appreciation, nothing more."

The man stared at the pale yellow jade for a moment, then paused, "Yang Fire Jade?"

This is a specialty of the Great Wilderness, extremely rare in the Dragon Transformation Continent. Although it's of little use to Core Formation cultivators, its rarity makes it valuable.

"Oh dear, junior brother, you've put your senior brother in a difficult position. As the head of Baoguang Pavilion, I'm just following orders."

Upon hearing this, Lu Cun gritted his teeth and took out another pill from his pocket.

"Junior brother suddenly remembered that there was a pill he forgot to hand in, but he found that he and senior brother got along very well today, so he gave it to senior brother along with the Yang Fire Jade from earlier."

Oh?

Biyun Pill?

The senior disciple from Baoguang Pavilion coughed lightly, then waved his hand and put the Yang Fire Jade and the Biyun Pill into his sleeve.

"Haha, junior brother is truly adept at navigating social situations. Seeing how sincere you are, I won't treat you like an outsider."

"From now on, this price will apply to all items you bring."

"Superior Kun Steel, 75 contribution points; 40 Fine Spirit Gathering Pills, 120 contribution points; totaling 195 contribution points. Let's round it up to 200."

Lu Cun clasped his hands in thanks and said again, "Thank you very much, senior brother. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will never forget your kindness."

The senior brother from Baoguang Pavilion laughed, "Hey, just based on what you said, I'm confident that you'll achieve great things in the future!"