Chapter 311

Chapter 311: Assisting Li Yingjun’s Profligacy

The Water Moon Palace and the Mirror Lake are collectively known as the Water Moon Mirror Sky. Li Hui had dived into his cave for ten days without showing himself.

He no longer attended morning classes. Since the Fourth True Inheritance Wen Shaolun supported his brother on Sitting Forgetting Peak, everyone felt that his absence was normal due to his self-destructive behavior.

However, the reputation of the profligate spread rapidly. Li Yingjun, a personal disciple of the Mirror Lake faction, was truly a spendthrift, using up three hundred thousand Sect Points in one visit to the scripture hall.

Three hundred thousand, not thirty thousand or three thousand. It was rumored that Li Maocai, the teacher of the Mirror Lake faction, had grown cautious and made him take a command token to read. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spent just three hundred thousand but sixty thousand instead.

With this token, he could only read for twelve hours. Flipping through books indiscriminately, how much could he retain? Elders remarked that this kid even flipped through Buddhist scriptures, which came at a hefty price.

How could the Haotu Sect have Buddhist scriptures? They were remnants from the Lanruo Temple and Baima Temple after the sect wars. According to the customs of various sects, disciples from the Buddhist sect could come to fetch scriptures, but they had to exchange it for Sect Points, serving as a way to exploit outsiders.

As a result, instead of waiting for Buddhist disciples, they encountered a spendthrift instead.

Li Hui cared little for the outside gossip. Ten days felt like one hundred eighty days to him. Lower-tier spirit talismans began to gain popularity among miscellaneous and outer disciples. Many disciples had a need for spirit talismans at home, and when they approached Huo Qiniang to bulk purchase, they were informed that they could get a half-price discount by exchanging talisman ink and vermilion.

Resources from the entire Daling Dynasty and nearby nations continuously flowed towards the Haotu Sect. In such an environment, doing business was extremely convenient, effectively supplying the entire Daling and neighboring countries. Despite being rough, the lower-tier spirit talismans flowing out of the Mirror Lake dominated the low-end talisman market and created a wave that surged urgently beyond the sect.

Instead of planting spiritual rice, the extensive spiritual fields beneath Mirror Lake grew only weeds, which was quite a unique sight! Talisman paper became Li Hui’s crop, while Zhong Yuan and Jin Feng continuously improved their techniques to speed up talisman-making, making astonishing progress.

“Master, we’ve received fifty thousand Mixed-colored Miao Jade, and Huang Shiqin has sent two Peach of Immortality. I’ve already counted the assets of Yuan Ciheng and Senior Brother Luo Meini; there are a total of thirty-two properties outside, and the accounts are in utter disarray.”

“Good! Keep collecting Mixed-colored Miao Jade and mortgage the properties of Yuan and Luo to Yongtai Bank. We don’t need to take them back; use the Yongtai Bank in Nanxun City to acquire land near Yantai Mountain, and ask my elder brother and sister-in-law to manage it.”

“Is that okay? At least a thirty percent loss overall.” Huo Qiniang said, troubled.

“Notify my elder brother to spread the word, saying I’ve become the first seat of this generation of Haotu Sect disciples, and that two true disciples of the Haotu Sect have invested a huge sum to buy land in Nanxun City. Just wait until next year when the amount of spiritual fields doubles; let’s see how the land prices react!”

“Uh!” Huo Qiniang was stunned. With such speculation, the land prices would surely double, and with an increased yield from the spiritual fields, there wouldn’t just be avoidance of losses, but they would also make a substantial profit.

“My situation is concerning. If I bring in two true disciples to protect our assets, then it would be much safer.” Li Hui smiled slightly; it would be unreasonable to refuse guards being sent to him, and it seemed Yuan Ciheng intended as much as well.

At that moment, Song Zining rushed in, pulling out a treasure chest filled with talismans and saying, “Thirty catties of ancient Wutu soil! What a big deal! Following your instructions, I acquired it with double the points. Additionally, everything you ordered for collection has arrived. I feel like there’s a force within the sect supplying us.”

“Hahaha!” Li Hui laughed: “That’s what I’ve been waiting for! I’ve mortgaged so many properties of the Mirror Lake faction; of course, they don’t want me to reclaim them. The crazy supply is meant to drain my Sect Points, leaving me unable to repay! Good, publish everything I want to collect and see how much they can fulfill.”

Song Zining took the orders and left, while Li Hui instructed Huo Qiniang: “Go to the second warehouse and process the inventory inside. I need more Mixed-colored Miao Jade, more…”

Although Qiniang didn’t understand why the young master was so insistent, she still followed his orders.

“To fight against true disciples, the initial Gathering Spirit cultivation is not enough; at the very least, I need mid-Gather Spirit cultivation. Additionally, developing my Personal Artifact consumes a lot!”

During this time, Li Hui fed all the gathered fragments of treasures to the silver snake bracelet, aiming to enhance the quality of the Green Scale Talismans and Wood Jiao Talismans within his Personal Artifact. Some spirit talismans had broken through bottlenecks to become treasure talismans, albeit not in large quantities. He also acquired high-level talisman paper, all of which was used to prepare Green Scale and Wood Jiao Talismans, consuming spiritual energy to create spiraling pressure in the Green Emperor Yuanhong Vine.

With such substantial investment, it was uncertain what kinds of monsters he might raise. Even he himself felt uncertain.

Of course, the true direction of this vast influx of spiritual energy was the Mysterious Pearl, which was constructing Miao Jade veins under the guidance of the talisman formations. The spiritual plants transplanted from the lake bottom flourished, and some rare spiritual beasts settled down as well. New sprouts emerged from the Celestial Tree Blossoming Branch, slowly recovering vitality beneath the dense talisman formations.

Li Hui’s series of actions sent ripples through the Haotu Sect. Within a spacious cave, several elders convened to discuss the matter.

“This kid is causing too much upheaval. What does he really intend to do?”

“Who knows? It’s very strange. Elder Ma, who excels in Innate Techniques, has not managed to deduce anything so far. Perhaps Li Maocai has been secluded in the Water Moon Mirror Sky, continuously brewing a major disaster that interferes with the calculations.”

“He truly dares to make such offers! He’s taking as many Thunder Spirit Pearls as he can get, directly doubling the points required. Surprisingly he’s collecting poisons and various oddities, totaling thousands of items. It seems there’s nothing he wouldn’t take, yet he’s also selling off the treasures accumulated by the Mirror Lake faction. I simply can’t understand!”

“Hmph! Just a new disciple. He should go to the sect’s warehouse to mobilize stocks and then gather resources from the elders of various factions. Yesterday I played chess with the sect leader’s wife, and she mentioned the Water Moon Mirror Sky.”

“She hasn’t given up?”

“What do you think? The Water Moon Mirror Sky formation locks the circular connections; it’s a fragment of a cave heaven intercepted by the Mirror Lake faction through extraordinary techniques. If it integrates perfectly with the lady’s Ring Sun Water Pavilion, it would be a combination of the sun and the moon! Moreover, as long as the Mirror Lake faction exists, the sect leader will remain constrained. By bringing the lady out, he can dodge the Oath while still obtaining the results he wants. What’s the downside?”

“Then let’s target this Li Yingjun and bring down the Mirror Lake faction! There’s a sect rule stipulating that every ten years, disciples must pass the Jin Tian Treasure Mirror inspection. If their fortunes are low, they’ll lose their status as a faction. This is a regulation left by the Jin Tian Sect, and even the Mirror Lake faction must obey it.”

“Sigh! The Jin Tian Sect is the heavens, while the Haotu Sect is the earth. In the past century, they have shifted personnel far more than before. It seems the influence from their side is becoming more terrifying; no wonder the Hongmo Sect has managed to reach the shore.”

“Enough of that. Do you think someone from Daling is summoning Qiongqi from the underground ruins? Could it be that they sent someone to test and locate us?”

Five days later, Li Hui was astonished to discover that all the items he wished to collect had arrived. He had underestimated the Haotu Sect’s foundation and suddenly felt a sense of aimlessness. He couldn’t help but sigh that his profligate pace wasn’t fast enough!