"The Sect Master has such foresight!"
"The Sect Master is wise!"
The Earth Pill Sect's senior figures all heaped flattery on him.
Hong Qingliu waved a hand. "Everyone, this concerns the very survival of our Earth Pill Sect. I hope you will all proceed with the utmost caution. Do not let any word of this leak."
The next day, a piece of news spread throughout Desolate Suppression City: the Earth Pill Sect urgently needed a large quantity of firefly grass and was buying it at triple the price.
As soon as the news spread, everyone with firefly grass on hand flocked to the Earth Pill Sect.
Sure enough, the Earth Pill Sect paid out real gold and silver, buying up all their firefly grass at three times the market price.
The people in the city began turning the opportunity over in their minds and searching everywhere for firefly grass.
However, firefly grass, which had always been plentiful, suddenly seemed to be out of stock. Little could be found in the city.
Firefly grass was hardly a precious spirit herb. Large quantities grew in the Desolate Ruins, not far from the Martial Suppression Imperial Dynasty's border.
Soon, wave after wave of people crossed the border and entered the Desolate Ruins to search for firefly grass.
Mixed in among them were many members of the Earth Pill Sect.
Hong Qingliu's plan went smoothly. By the third day, over ninety percent of those selected for relocation had safely crossed the Sacred Martial Dynasty's border and entered the Desolate Ruins.
The rest were entering the Desolate Ruins one after another.
At noon, everything within the Earth Pill Sect looked just as it always did, with nothing out of the ordinary.
In reality, everyone loyal to the Earth Pill Sect had already