Chapter 278.
Chapter 278 – Huge Liabilities
Xu Chuniang stayed in the Dragon Transformation Pool for nearly five months.
After returning to Thousand Chance Peak, she went to the Hall of Miscellaneous Affairs to collect the spirit stones, and by the way, she inquired about the battle between the clan and the evil cultivators, and whether there was any news coming back recently.
The steward of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall was still Senior Brother Ji on duty.
Upon seeing Xu Chuniang, a cordial smile appeared on his face.
“Senior Sister Xu, long time no see. Why are you free today and came to my place?”
Saying that, Steward Ji took out a small bag of spirit stones from his storage bracelet and placed it on the countertop.
“This is Senior Sister Xu’s portion for this year.”
His face smiled as usual, but in his heart, he couldn’t hide his shock.
How long had passed, and Senior Sister Xu’s cultivation had actually broken through again.
As far as he knew, Senior Sister Xu’s age was less than forty.
A Foundation Establishment Third Layer cultivator who was less than forty, no matter where in the Northwest Continent, was a heavenly pride.
It was possible that she would be able to attain dan within a hundred years.
On the Green Cloud Ranking, Senior Sister Xu’s cultivation was still at the second level of Foundation Establishment.
I think next month, when the list is changed, it will be updated.
Xu Chuniang glanced at the spirit stone and casually put it away.
“I’ve been busy cultivating lately, and I only had time today. I wanted to come and ask senior brother if any news has come back from the frontline.”
Speaking of the war, Steward Ji’s smile tightened a bit.
“I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint Senior Sister Xu, Delusional Mountain is too far away from the Easy Sect, counting the distance, I’m afraid that our sect’s warships have just arrived in the area of Delusional Mountain not more than a few days ago, and there’s no news that’s been sent back as of yet.”
Xu Chuniang nodded and was about to leave when she suddenly thought of something.
“Have any major events happened in the sect recently?”
“Senior Sister Xu is joking, isn’t the biggest thing that has happened in this bout of time the matter of you coming back alive and entering the Qing Yun Ranking?”
Green Cloud Ranking?
Yes, she had heard Huo Chunyan talk about this matter.
Steward Ji glanced at her complexion with some hidden envy and admiration.
“Senior sister is ranked two hundred and twenty on the Green Cloud Ranking, which is more than a dozen places higher than people like Xiao Qi and Chen Xinlei of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and Empty Phase of the Immeasurable Sect.”
Xu Chuniang left from the Hall of Miscellaneous Affairs, and it wasn’t long before she sensed the movement of the transmission note.
“Come to the main hall.”
After reading the divine thoughts, a hint of heartbreak appeared on her face; it was Master Yue’s transmission.
After she informed Senior Uncle Yue of this matter yesterday, she had been apprehensive until now.
Senior Uncle Yue would, presumably, be looking for her to ask about the Dragon Transformation Pool.
It’s just that, anyway, stretching the head is a knife, shrinking the head is also a knife.
What is the punishment, she then is.
Xu Chuniang took a deep breath and headed towards the main peak.
In the main hall, Yue Ling, who was sitting at the top, saw the visitor and a hint of a smile appeared on his face.
“Chuniang is here, have a seat. I heard that you went to the Dragon Transformation Pool, did your cultivation go well in these half a year?”
Xu Chuniang’s face slightly stiffened, “Well …… it’s still going well.”
Looking at Uncle Yue’s face, he seemed to be unaware of the situation, could it be that he hadn’t yet read the transmission note she had sent?
“Hehe, seeing that your cultivation has already reached the third level of Foundation Establishment, I know that the harvest was great.”
Yue Lingzheng smiled in delight, “Last time you left in a hurry after reporting the news to me, I changed you over this time because I wanted to give you a reward.”
Xu Chuniang froze slightly, issuing rewards ……?
“Previously, you fought for the sect and participated in the Five Sect Competition, making a huge contribution. Plus, you seized important information about evil cultivators ……”
Xu Chuniang couldn’t listen any longer, “Uncle Yue, you should first listen to the transmission I sent to you yesterday.”
“Oh? Is there any doubts about cultivation that you want to ask me?” Yue Lingzheng smiled faintly and took out a sound transmission note.
After listening to it, his face changed as his eyes glanced back and forth at Xu Chuniang.
Xu Chuniang was inexplicably a little flustered by him looking at her with such eyes, and lightly coughed twice.
“Elder Yue, it’s my fault, punish me however you want, I have absolutely no complaints.”
Yue Lingzheng inhaled deeply and finally calmed down.
“Are you saying that …… the Dragon Transformation Pool has experienced a major change, the water level in the pool has inexplicably lowered a lot, and the spirit mist has likewise thinned by one fifth?”
Xu Chuniang nodded, looking ashamed.
“Senior Uncle Yue, this matter …… is indeed related to me. When I was practicing my cultivation, I accidentally triggered certain changes, which is what created such a situation.”
Xu Chuniang didn’t think of denying it, after all, she had just come out of the Dragon Transformation Pool on the front foot, and then such a change was discovered, so she simply couldn’t brush it off.
Yue Lingzheng’s mood was a little complicated, on the one hand, Xu Chuniang was a disciple that he was very optimistic about.
But on the other hand, the Dragon Hardening Pool was something that belonged to the sect, and as the Acting Sect Leader, he naturally couldn’t turn a blind eye to this matter.
After pondering, he spoke with deliberation, “The Dragon Hardening Pond, as a spiritual land, is itself for disciples to use, and losing some aura is not wrong, but this loss is very serious ……”
“I understand. The clan’s losses naturally require someone to take the blame, and since it was my mistake, I will be responsible.”
Yue Lingzheng’s mood was slightly relieved, he was worried that Xu Chuniang would be estranged from the sect because of this, it seemed that his worries were too redundant.
He patted Xu Chuniang’s shoulder, “Don’t worry, I will fight for you to minimize your punishment. The aura in the Dragon Transformation Pool will always slowly recover.”
Although he didn’t know exactly what she had gone through in there, he believed that she hadn’t meant to.
Soon, the damage estimate for the Dragon Transformation Pool came out to be as high as three million four hundred thousand contribution points.
Hearing this figure, even though Xu Chuniang was mentally prepared, she couldn’t help but have the corners of her mouth twitch.
She only had 160,000 Contribution Points and 850,000 Spirit Stones left on her, and after converting all the Spirit Stones into Contribution Points, it only added up to 580,000 only.
Between Qi Practicing disciples, it was forbidden to exchange spirit stones for contribution points.
But for Foundation Establishment cultivators, there was no such prohibition, and with twenty thousand spirit stones, one could privately find someone to exchange for ten thousand contribution points.
However, despite this, trying to fill this heavenly hole was not an easy task.
Yue Lingzheng face showed a sympathetic look, this kind of high debt, even if it fell on his body, he was difficult to bear, let alone a disciple who had only built the foundation for a few years.
“I have already filed a special application for you, and reduced seven hundred thousand for you, you only need to bear the loss of two million seven hundred thousand. Moreover, the sect has given special permission for you to directly use spirit stones to make a deduction, turning in twenty thousand spirit stones can be deducted by ten thousand.”
Xu Chuniang let out a bitter smile, the numbers were too huge, even with the many reductions, it still pressed her to kick back.
“Many thanks to Senior Uncle Yue.”
Yue Lingzheng shook his head.
“Previously, for your great contribution in the Five Sect Competition, as well as the credit for discovering important news, I have issued rewards according to contribution points, which are three hundred and fifty thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand respectively, which is already the most I can fight for.”
Xu Chuniang looked slightly relieved, and subtracted another half a million, so that she was left with a debt of only two million two hundred thousand.
If she subtracted another five hundred and eighty thousand from her hand, she would only be left with one million six hundred and twenty thousand.
It was still a huge number, but compared to the three and a quarter million at the beginning, it was already much better.
Xu Chuniang took out all the spirit stones after handing over the disciple token.
After thinking about it, she put back more than ten thousand, only taking out eight hundred and forty thousand spirit stones.
Yue Lingzheng received the token, counted the spirit stones, and returned the token to her after one operation.
Xu Chuniang picked up the token and probed into a trace of divine sense.
Sure enough, the number inside had changed from 160,000 to minus 1,620,000 dollars.
Alas, since the Myriad Dan Sect had made a huge profit and made a fortune on the evil cultivators, she had thought that she would be saying goodbye to poverty from now on.
She didn’t expect that in the blink of an eye, she would be in debt.
(End of chapter)