The Reason: Two Reasons

"Hiding spiritual rice? This kid has such methods?" Li Yunjing was surprised.

Zhang Hanpeng is an honest and simple guy; he's not exactly shrewd.

After all, Li Yunjing brought him back personally, so Li Yunjing still had a soft spot for him and thought there was nothing wrong with him.

But upon hearing from Fang Tong that Zhang Hanpeng had secretly hoarded spiritual rice, Li Yunjing's first reaction was that it was impossible.

But Fang Tong spoke with such certainty that it didn't seem like a lie.

"Sect Leader, the Luozhen Sect distributes a sufficient amount of spirit rice to its disciples every month."

Moreover, the spirit rice at the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion is also supplied in unlimited quantities, yet Zhang Hanpeng is hoarding spirit rice. This matter must not be tolerated."Fang Tong's expression was very serious.

The Luozhen Sect treats its disciples quite well.

Take Outer Disciple as an example; as long as they complete one task issued by the sect each month,

You will then receive sixty Spirit Stone and a bottle of Grade One Yellow Sprout Pill.

In addition, there are other things such as miraculous rice and medicinal spirit medicine that are less than a hundred years old.

It has everything you could want.

Compared to the miserable lives of Rogue Cultivator outside, the disciples of the Luozhen Sect lived like gods.

Despite this situation, Zhang Hanpeng still secretly kept the spirit rice.

This is the work of greed.

As the head of the Discipline Hall, Fang Tong certainly couldn't allow this kind of thing to continue.

Greed is like a venomous snake to cultivators; among those who die, the vast majority are killed by greed.

"Alright, let's go take a look," Li Yunjing said.

He and Fang Tong left the Main Hall of Discipline together.

Zhang Hanpeng was busy at Spirit Field, so the two of them went straight Spirit Field.

The disciples who were busy in the Spirit Field immediately bowed when they saw Li Yunjing and Fang Tong.

This commotion quickly attracted the attention of the Luozhen Sect within the entire Spirit Field.

The same applies to Zhang Hanpeng.

When Zhang Hanpeng saw Li Yunjing and Fang Tong arrive together, a look of panic flashed across his face.

The two went straight to Zhang Hanpeng.

Li Yunjing looked at Zhang Hanpeng, sighed, and then said, "Hanpeng, Elder Fang told me something about you today. He said you used your status to hoard spirit rice. Is this true or false?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hanpeng's eyes flashed with panic.

He looked at Li Yunjing, intending to find an excuse to get away with it.

Upon seeing Li Yunjing's bright eyes, Zhang Hanpeng trembled.

"Sect Leader... it's... it's true."

After Zhang Hanpeng admitted it, the disciples around him all became serious.

Even though they had tasks in their hands, these disciples all stopped and looked in this direction.

They were eager to know how this matter would be handled.

Li Yunjing asked expressionlessly, "How much spirit rice did you secretly hoard? And how many Spirit Stone did you sell for with that rice? Tell me everything."

Zhang Hanpeng stood there, licking his lips, wanting to speak several times, but unable to utter a word.

After a long while, Zhang Hanpeng finally spoke:

"Reporting to the sect leader, I took three hundred catties of green corn. As for the Spirit Stone, I didn't sell any of the green corn."

"Oh? You didn't sell them? You ate them all?" Li Yunjing was taken aback.

Zhang Hanpeng has such a big appetite?

Zhang Hanpeng shook his head. "Reporting to the sect leader, this disciple didn't eat much, only about half. The remaining green corn was given away."

"What is going on?"

At this moment, Fang Tong was standing to the side, couldn't help but speak up.

After careful consideration, Zhang Hanpeng recounted the whole story.

It turns out that Zhang Hanpeng had two reasons for hoarding the spirit rice: one was that he wanted to eat it himself.

Recently, for some reason, Zhang Hanpeng's appetite has increased significantly.

At first, Zhang Hanpeng did not take the spirit rice directly, but instead used his merits to exchange for spirit rice at the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion or with other disciples.

But that wasn't enough; Zhang Hanpeng's achievements were quickly exhausted.

However, the speed at which Zhang Hanpeng earned merit points couldn't keep up with the speed at which he consumed spirit rice.

Therefore, Zhang Hanpeng set his sights on Spirit Field.

Even so, Zhang Hanpeng did not directly take Luozhen Sect.

He grew them himself.

The Spirit Field of the Luozhen Sect were not fully planted during this period; some of them remained Spirit Field.

Zhang Hanpeng bought the seeds himself and planted spirit rice in these idle Spirit Field.

Therefore, upon closer examination, this cannot be considered as Zhang Hanpeng stealing the spiritual rice of the Luozhen Sect.

Outsiders, unaware of the reason, would naturally assume that Zhang Hanpeng had secretly hoarded the spiritual rice of the Luozhen Sect.

As for the second reason, Zhang Hanpeng gave the spiritual rice he cultivated to outsiders.

And not just one, but three.

These three people were people Zhang Hanpeng met when he was still a mortal.

The three of them, like Zhang Hanpeng at that time, also dreamed of seeking immortality and enlightenment.

Since they were all around the same age, the four of them became friends.

Later, Zhang Hanpeng was lucky enough to be brought to the Luozhen Sect by Li Yunjing.

The other three were not so lucky. After much wasted time, they fortuitous opportunity managed to become disciples of a Rogue Cultivator by chance and thus became cultivators themselves.

Later, the three of them came to Xunxian Town of some business and happened to run into Zhang Hanpeng was out of town.

Upon learning of the three people's plight, Zhang Hanpeng felt compassion.

Zhang Hanpeng had never experienced the hardships of Rogue Cultivator, but he had heard of them.

Back when the Luozhen Sect was still in decline, he had heard Lü Hong mention it countless times.

So Zhang Hanpeng gave half of the spiritual rice he had grown to the three people so that they could live a better life.

After listening to Zhang Hanpeng's description, Li Yunjing turned to look at Fang Tong.

Fang Tong's expression remained serious; he was deep in thought.

The disciples around him all showed expressions of understanding after hearing Zhang Hanpeng's words.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Hanpeng did not steal the spiritual rice from the Luozhen Sect.

After a while, Fang Tong spoke up, "I will send someone to investigate this matter. We cannot easily believe your words."

"This disciple understands and will fully cooperate with the elder's investigation."

After Zhang Hanpeng recounted this, he seemed much more relaxed, and his expression no longer tense.

Fang Tong remained serious. "Remember, if what you said is true, then I misunderstood you before, and I will apologize to you."

Even so, you deserve to be punished.

Using the sect's Spirit Field to grow spiritual rice without permission is also a violation of the rules.

"At that time, I will punish you according to the sect's regulations."

Zhang Hanpeng nodded. "Disciple understands, thank you for your hard work, Elder."

Fang Tong nodded slightly, then looked at Li Yunjing.

Li Yunjing had a faint smile on his face.

"Alright, everyone disperse. Go do what you were doing. Now we just wait for Elder Fang's investigation."

The surrounding disciples immediately dispersed.

Li Yunjing exchanged a few words with Zhang Hanpeng, and then left with Fang Tong.

"Sect Leader, why didn't you say anything just now?"

Walking along the path, Fang Tong felt quite puzzled.

Fang Tong was quite puzzled that Li Yunjing had simply allowed him to deliver the verdict without offering any comment or intervening.

Li Yunjing said, "As the head of the Discipline Hall, professional matters should naturally be handled by you. Why should I interfere?"

"This Luozhen Sect doesn't belong to me alone. I'm just the sect leader. If I have to intervene in everything, then what's the point of having you all?"

After saying this, Li Yunjing bid farewell to Fang Tong, as he did not intend to return to the Discipline Hall.

Changing direction, Li Yunjing headed towards the Alchemy Chamber.

This is Li Yunjing's next target for upgrading.

Upon arriving at the Alchemy Chamber, Li Yunjing entered.

Li Yunjing summoned the control panel and immediately upgraded the Alchemy Chamber!