Chapter 294

Chapter 294: The Mo Token

Seeing this, Mo Qianxun hurriedly shouted, "Come back, come back! Let’s discuss this properly. How can you walk away so abruptly?"

"I don’t want to waste time!" Fang Lie stood at the doorway, declaring, "This is your final chance. If your offer displeases me, I’ll leave immediately!"

"Good heavens, I can’t even gauge your demands anymore!" Mo Qianxun sighed helplessly. "Why don’t you state your terms instead?"

"Fine," Fang Lie nodded. "First, while the sect can own this resource, it mustn’t be shared with outsiders—only sell the fresh produce. And I get a permanent cut."

"Agreed," Mo Qianxun conceded reluctantly. "We’ll give you 10%."

"Thirty," Fang Lie scoffed. "Don’t try swindling me. Thirty percent minimum—from every sale."

"That’s outrageous! You’d take thirty percent without lifting a finger?" Mo Qianxun protested weakly.

"Take it or leave it." Fang Lie shrugged. "I can breed them alone and monopolize the profits."

"Wait! Let’s cooperate," Mo Qianxun relented. "Thirty percent it is."

This matter affected Mo Sect’s foundation—a pivotal opportunity for expansion. As Sect Leader, Mo Qianxun couldn’t afford mistakes. Otherwise, he’d never have negotiated personally.

Yet Fang Lie’s strained history with Mo Sect’s Higher-ups complicated things. Under different circumstances, Mo Qianxun would’ve seized the treasure through sect rules rather than plead.

"Second," Fang Lie pressed, "I want a Mo Token."

"What? A Mo Token?" Mo Qianxun paled. "Your audacity knows no bounds!"

"Heh." Fang Lie grinned. "Yes or no?"

"This…" Mo Qianxun wavered.

The Mo Token held power akin to the Kunlun Sword Token and Thunder Sound Golden Bell—commanding Mo Sect’s full resources for one demand. Its worth surpassed even Eighth-rank Treasures, rivaling a single-use Ninth-rank Treasure.

Additionally, any Mo Sect disciple holding it gained Honorary Elder status with corresponding privileges.

With the Mo Token, Fang Lie would shed mandatory missions, reclaim clan properties unopposed, and purchase Seventh-rank materials, treasures, and puppets at discounted rates—privileges denied to outsiders beyond Sixth-rank items.

Only Elders could construct immortal mansions, superior to spiritual mansions. Though Fang Lie’s ancestral sacred mountain currently housed a basic spiritual mansion, sect rules barred him from upgrading it despite his wealth. Even Core Inner Gate Disciples lacked such rights.

But with the Mo Token, Fang Lie could rebuild it into an immortal mansion within decades through his prodigious wealth.

This token’s value drove Fang Lie’s willingness to part with the White Jade Divine Fish. A single chance to elevate one’s spiritual root to Middle-grade equaled a Sixth-rank Treasure’s worth—enough to make treasures rain from the heavens if he lounged idly at home.

However, if he offered it to the sect, his benefits would greatly diminish. But for the Mo Token, he had no other choice.

Nonetheless, the Mo Token was very important, and Mo Qianxun couldn’t make a decision alone. Even though he was the Sect Leader, such a significant matter required discussing with many Elders.

Therefore, Mo Qianxun said to Fang Lie, "I need to consult with the Elders on this. Please give me some time."

"Then I’ll go home and wait for you for a day!" Fang Lie smiled and said, "Don’t let me down!"

After saying this, Fang Lie walked away confidently.

As Mo Qianxun watched Fang Lie’s retreating figure, he couldn’t help but smile wryly, "Aren’t Fang Family members supposed to be full of righteous determination? It seems that with just a little persuasion, they would offer things up freely. Why is it that with Fang Lie, this trick doesn’t work?"

After returning home, Fang Lie met with his brothers and sisters, and without needing much explanation, they began to hold a grand feast.

After enjoying a good meal and drink, Fang Lie started to inspect the children’s cultivation progress one by one. He discovered that these children had made very apparent progress, each developing a remarkably stable False Spiritual Root.

He believed that if things continued this way, in no more than half a year, they would all possess Low-grade Spiritual Roots, which was comparable to ordinary outer disciples in the sect.

In three to five years, they would likely achieve Middle-grade Spiritual Roots, making them stand out among Mo Sect outer disciples.

If their cultivation resources kept up, advancing to the Purple Palace wouldn’t be a big issue for them, and even reaching Nascent Soul and surviving the Wind Tribulation would have a certain possibility.

The effectiveness of the White Jade Divine Fish was beyond Fang Lie’s expectations. He praised the children generously and then began to discuss the matter with the Ice and Fire Poison Dragon.

When they heard that Fang Lie had defeated a Thunder Tribulation Immortal and acquired an Eighth-rank Treasure, everyone was incredibly shocked. Soon after, Bai Lian Chan Master from the Great Thunder Sound Temple came personally to seek justice but ended up apologizing and leaving in embarrassment.

Each of these events was filled with legendary color, inspiring endless admiration.

The four now thought that their diligent cultivation had closed the distance with Fang Lie. However, they did not expect that the gap had instead grown wider, making them quite frustrated.

The only exception was Mao Mao, who wasn’t very focused on cultivation. Every day, she tended to flowers and plants, decorating the spiritual mansion, and it was her efforts that made it so well-organized.

But therein lay the problem; despite spending less than half the time on cultivation compared to the other three, her cultivation speed was still the fastest, surpassing them by an unknown number of times!

Currently, Mao Mao’s Qi Sea had reached over forty miles, nearly catching up to Fang Lie.

It’s important to note that Fang Lie was cultivating with a cheat device. Especially since a few months ago, when he began consuming spiritual energy from heaven and earth, he had never stopped.

Yet Mao Mao, with her on-and-off approach to cultivation, had caught up to him—how could Fang Lie bear this?

Fang Lie quickly asked Mao Mao what was going on, and her answer left him both amused and helpless.

It turned out that Mao Mao still loved to eat spirit stones. Previously, she would eat them one by one, but later, she became hungrier the more she ate, so she switched to eating handfuls at a time.

Recently, she had been consuming High-grade spirit stones daily for meals, especially favoring wood element spirit stones, needing to eat a handful every hour; otherwise, she would feel restless from hunger!

Fortunately, Fang Lie had placed the Pill Furnace at home, which automatically refined large quantities of spirit pills daily, allowing him to exchange them for vast amounts of spirit stones from Mo Sect disciples, more than enough to satisfy Mao Mao’s needs. Otherwise, pampering her could lead to her starving herself to death!

Mao Mao’s situation even made the old bird alarmed. It said that she might have inherited the bloodline of an ancient Great Demon and that it must be a very noble breed; otherwise, she wouldn’t absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stones so quickly.

The old bird advised Fang Lie to meet Mao Mao’s needs, assuring him that when she underwent her transformation, it would surely astonish everyone.

Fang Lie naturally trusted the old bird’s words, and coupled with his fondness for Mao Mao, he did something rather insane.

He took all the wood element spirit pearls from the one hundred thousand small spirit pearls awarded by Bai Lian Chan Master specifically to give to Mao Mao, advising her to eat these if she grew weary of the spirit stones.

However, after gifting them, Fang Lie regretted it, fearing that Mao Mao might develop an addiction, and he wouldn’t be able to afford her—then he would truly be in trouble.

Just as Fang Lie was hesitating whether he should advise Mao Mao to be careful, Mo Wanfang visited him again.

After welcoming Mo Wanfang into the living room, Fang Lie smiled and said, "So, what’s the outcome?"

"Alas~" Mo Wanfang sighed deeply and then smiled wryly, "Congratulations! You have become the youngest and weakest Honorary Elder in the history of our sect!"

As he spoke, he handed a pitch-black wooden token to Fang Lie. It had the ancient script character ‘墨’ (Mo) emblazoned on it, the Mo Token of the Mo family.

"Ha ha~" Fang Lie excitedly took it and laughed, "Looking at you, it seems you aren’t here to celebrate but to mourn instead!"

"How can I not be worried?" Mo Wanfang said with a bitter smile, "The Sect Leader nearly had an argument with the Elders about this matter, and it was only with the support of a few Token Lords that it was barely passed. However, several Thunder Tribulation Immortals were very angry, especially the Head of the Bai Family, who nearly cut ties with the Sect Leader. Because of you, our family has made serious enemies!"

"Hmph, the Head of the Bai Family is just a big fool; wait until later…" Fang Lie sneered, remaining silent, but the murderous intent in his expression spoke volumes.

Seeing Fang Lie like this, Mo Wanfang shivered inwardly and thought, ‘If this kid inherits the Benevolence Token, the Head of the Bai Family will surely face disaster! Poor fool, still unaware of the danger he’s in, truly asking for trouble!’

"Alright~" Fang Lie then said, "I’ve got the token, and it’s time to give you the White Jade Divine Fish. Where do you plan to keep them?"

"Naturally, they will be kept in my family’s Secret Realm; just place them here for me," Mo Wanfang replied, pulling out a water basin about a foot in size. It looked filled with water, but in reality, it contained a large lake, more than enough to house hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of fish!