A Thousand Years of Grudges Settled in One Account
Yun Song remained silent and did not speak.
He really didn't know what to say.
Because the Azure Cloud Sect has settled a thousand-year-old grudge into a single account!
Moreover, a dignified cultivator at the Tribulation Realm of the Azure Cloud Sect brazenly declared that he would bring fifteen Demon Lord to collect a debt.
Is this really the demeanor of the Tribulation Realm?
"Do you have any other opinions?" Azure Cloud Master asked Yun Song.
"No!" Yun Song hurriedly replied.
He still has the authority to control 5 billion.
This amount of money didn't even cross One-Guard Monastery's bottom line, so Yun Song agreed.
Besides, what objection could he possibly have, being a Tribulation Realm accompanied by fifteen Demon Lord?
Azure Cloud Master nodded. "It's good that you have no objections!"
He found that after going mad along with his apprentice, the tightness in his chest disappeared, and his mood improved.
"Next, it's Return to Origin Temple's turn." Azure Cloud Master looked at Jing Xian Jingxian. "If I've missed anything, you can add to it at any time. Zhang Yang, you begin recording Return to Origin Temple's achievements..."
Zhang Yang picked up his pen. "Master, please speak!"
After Azure Cloud Master finished recounting the people from Return to Origin Temple who sacrificed themselves in the Demon Suppression campaign, Jing Xian Jingxian added two more names.
Finally, Zhang Yang tallied up the accounts before looking up and saying, "Return to Origin Temple will have to pay slightly more, around six billion. Our Azure Cloud Sect is generous, so we'll leave the odd amount aside and pay six billion!"
Azure Cloud Master looked at Jing Xian and asked, "How is it?"
After a moment of silence, Jing Xian Jingxian nodded and said, "Our Return to Origin Temple agrees to compensate 6 billion, but we have a small condition. I've heard that young Daoist Zhang Yang displayed a powerful Buddhist Dharma scripture on the Prodigy Battlefield. Could Zhang Yang please trade this scripture to our Return to Origin Temple?"
Return to Origin Temple has already verified that this scripture is quite extraordinary.
Therefore, Jing Xian Jingxian was willing to pay more money to obtain this scripture.
Zhang Yang chuckled, "We'll discuss other things after you've paid the compensation."
He could not possibly hand over the Heart Sutra entirely to Return to Origin Temple.
If this were given to Return to Origin Temple strength would likely increase dramatically in the short term.
How could I possibly agree to something like that?
However, he did not refuse outright, because the crisis facing the Azure Cloud Sect was not yet over.
Don't be fooled by the fact that everyone's sitting at the negotiating table now. If these people find out the true strength and weaknesses of the Azure Cloud Sect, war will break out instantly.
Azure Cloud Master looked at the Dao Integration Realm from the Langya Sacred Land and said calmly, "Now we'll begin calculating the benefits for your Langya Sacred Land."
Zhang Yang picked up his pen and wrote down the names his master had given him, one by one.
This list is unusually long!
That long list silenced the Dao Integration Realm from other sects, and made the Dao Integration Realm cultivators from Langya Sacred Land even more conflicted.
Zhang Yang glanced at the long list and slowly said, "The Langya Sacred Land only needs to pay 1.5 billion in compensation in the end!"
Although he cursed Kong Xiuping in his heart, saying that those scholars were useless and heartless, etc.
However, he also had to admit that sometimes these intellectuals were truly damn stubborn!
Because the Langya Sacred Land and the Azure Cloud Continent are relatively close, many experts from the Langya Sacred Land set foot on the Azure Cloud Continent to Demon Suppression when the demonic power was rampant a thousand years ago.
In the following centuries, many Primordial Spirit Realm continuously entered the Azure Cloud Sect to suppress the Demon Suppression.
These scholars at the Primordial Spirit Realm seemed determined to find their own Great Dao on the road to Demon Suppression.
Thus, many Primordial Spirit Realm perished on the path of Demon Suppression.
After hundreds of years, the scholarly spirit was finally exhausted, and then the Langya Sacred Land began to plot against the Azure Cloud Continent.
Of course, these scholars could be quite ruthless when they wanted to scheme.
However, Zhang Yang is only settling a score now. He has already converted five hundred years of grievances and oppression into 50 billion, so he did not add a separate price for Langya Sacred Land.
"Fifteen billion!" Azure Cloud Master repeated, "Five hundred million Spirit Stone, five hundred million medicinal herbs, five hundred million materials!"
Although the compensation received by the Dao Integration Realm of Langya Sacred Land was far less than that of One-Guard Monastery and Return to Origin Temple, he did not show any joy.
Because these ancestors gave their lives for this!
He was even somewhat bewildered; how had things come to this?
"Next up is Sea-Heaven Pavilion!" Azure Cloud Master looked at the Dao Integration Realm at the Sea-Heaven Pavilion.
Zhang Yang naturally cooperated with his master and began the reckoning.
As each sect was settled, the amount of compensation received varied from sect to sect.
To date, the area with the fewest remains the Langya Sacred Land.
They only need to pay 1.5 billion Spirit Stone in compensation.
The largest amount owed is to the Sacred Spirit Church, which currently owes approximately 8.7 billion Spirit Stone in compensation.
The Dao Integration Realm of the Sacred Spirit Church were naturally very Qi Ingestion.
Eighty-seven billion—compared to the fifteen billion of Langya Sacred Land, the difference is just too great, isn't it?
Weren't those nine top sects all attacking the Azure Cloud Sect together?
Why the bias?
We absolutely must discuss this matter with the Langya Sacred Land. After all, their compensation is so meager; we need to share it among everyone.
Little did they know, this was precisely Zhang Yang's intention.
He tallied up the grudges between the nine major sects, settling some of their scores, but the tally would inevitably vary.
Once the various major sects have paid their share of compensation, the top sects will inevitably cease to be a united front due to conflicting interests.
When the nine top sects no longer closely unite, the Azure Cloud Sect will no longer need to be so wary.
"Finally, let's settle accounts with your Myriad Spirits Sect!" Azure Cloud Master looked at the Myriad Spirits Sect Dao Integration Realm, his face cold. "I truly cannot recall any experts from your Myriad Spirits Sect ever stepping into the Azure Cloud Continent to Demon Suppression!"
Do you have anything to add?
The Dao Integration Realm from the Myriad Spirits Sect underwent a drastic change in expression.
As a member of the Myriad Spirits Sect, he naturally knew about the Myriad Spirits Sect's situation.
A thousand years ago, the Myriad Spirits Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect were not on good terms.
However, at that time, the Azure Cloud Sect was so powerful that the Myriad Spirits Sect dared not provoke Azure Cloud Sect.
During the great upheaval of the millennium, the Myriad Spirits Sect watched as the Azure Cloud Sect weakened under the ravages of the Demon Lord. Instead of helping, the Myriad Spirits Sect even gloated.
Especially after Zhou Xuansheng entered the Late Tribulation Transcendence Realm seven or eight hundred years ago, the Myriad Spirits Sect took the Azure Cloud Sect even less seriously.
It could even be said that the Myriad Spirits Sect played a significant role in the numerous sects' schemes against the Azure Cloud Sect.
Under such circumstances, the Myriad Spirits Sect had received very little kindness from the Azure Cloud Sect, leaving only enmity.
Seeing that the Dao Integration Realm from the Myriad Spirits Sect remained silent for a long time, Azure Cloud Master sneered, "Since that's the case, the Myriad Spirits Sect should prepare to compensate our Azure Cloud Sect with 50 billion Spirit Stone! Your Myriad Spirits Sect is very close to our Azure Cloud Sect, so go back and tell Zhou Xuansheng to prepare the money quickly. We'll come to collect it anytime!"