Chapter 385 I Established a Sect in the Cultivation World (14)

At this moment, Jingbai had completely absorbed the spiritual rain after the Heavenly Tribulation, and its injuries were completely healed. Its huge body stood there, its newly grown fur as white as snow and as white as jade, flowing with a faint precious light. The "king" character pattern on its forehead shimmered with restrained golden light, and a powerful aura belonging to an eighth-order great demon floated around it.

"roar!"

Jingbai let out an excited growl and ran to Zhou Jue's side, nuzzling her arm affectionately with its huge head.

The gesture seemed to be showing off, or perhaps asking for credit.

Zhou Jue smiled and patted its big head, praising it, "Well done."

Jing Bai immediately became even more excited.

It strode over to the leopard and eagle, its massive claws digging directly into the beast's body and scratching twice.

Soon, it dug out two fist-sized demon cores, brimming with demonic energy.

It used its demonic power to gather two demon cores, then trotted back to Zhou Jue, handed the demon cores to him, raised its head, looked at its master with expectant eyes, and swished its tail happily behind it.

He thought to himself with delight, "Master, look! The spoils! They're all yours!"

Zhou Jue was amused by its comical appearance.

She put away the demon core, then looked at the corpses left behind by the Nascent Soul cultivators she had killed in one move, and also directly crushed their bones to ashes and sent them away.

"Don't waste these." After dealing with the cultivators, she waved her hand and put the two eighth-order demon beast corpses, along with all the other demon beasts, into the Starlight Secret Box.

Top-grade refining materials cannot be wasted.

"Let's go home."

Zhou Jue flipped over and leaped onto Jing Bai's broad back.

Jingbai let out a joyful long howl, its four hooves pounding the wind, transforming into a white lightning bolt as it sped towards the Xuantian Sect.

The figures of the man and the tiger quickly disappeared into the horizon.

...

When Zhou Jue returned to the entrance of the valley, he was stunned by the scene before him.

She's only been gone a few days?

The makeshift, somewhat messy campsite was gone, replaced by a well-organized and sizable sect building complex.

The mountain gate, square, palaces, and pavilions are all complete.

The entire complex was shrouded in a faint array of light. Disciples, dressed in uniform Taoist robes, moved about within it, each performing their duties in an orderly manner.

A kind of atmosphere known as "Sect" is already beginning to take shape.

She saw Zhao Sizhe and Cheng Gan standing at the newly built mountain gate, seemingly having been waiting for a long time.

Beside them stood two slightly travel-worn figures, Chen Mo and Lin Qingqian, who had gone out to investigate.

"metropolitan!"

Upon seeing Zhou Jue, Zhao Sizhe and Cheng Gan immediately came forward, their faces filled with undisguised excitement and joy.

"You're back." Zhou Jue leaped down from the tiger's back, his gaze sweeping over the sect before him, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"This is what we should do!" Zhao Sizhe pushed up his glasses, his eyes gleaming behind the lenses: "Sect Master, we haven't been idle these past few days while you were away."

Cheng Gan also added with a smile, "Chen Mo and Lin Qingqian just returned, bringing back important intelligence."

Zhou Jue looked at the two people, and Chen Mo and Lin Qingqian immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Sect Master, I have not failed in my mission."

"Let's go inside and talk."

Zhou Jue led everyone into the newly built council hall.

Inside the main hall, the heads of each hall were already waiting. Zhou Jue sat directly in the main seat and gestured for Chen Mo and Lin Qingqian to begin their reports.

Chen Mo meticulously compiled his observations and experiences in Lin Yuan Town over the past few days, along with the intelligence he obtained from "visiting" the treasuries of the three sects while the other side's high-ranking officials were unavailable, into a detailed report and passed it on to everyone present.

After the report was heard, the entire hall fell into a brief silence.

Then came an irrepressible excitement.

"Hahaha!" The head of the weapon refining hall, a burly man, was the first to slap his thigh and laugh.

"Sect Master! Our alloy flying sword, if placed in Lin Yuan Town, would definitely be a market-dominating magical artifact! If we were to incorporate some high-quality refining materials, it might even become a treasure that everyone would fight tooth and nail to get their hands on!"

"Those people's weapon-forging skills are too rough!"

"It's more than just weapon crafting!" Li Ming, the head of the Pill Hall, also stood up excitedly.

“I examined the sample of the ‘Qi Gathering Powder’ they brought back, and it contained at least 30% impurities! How dare they sell this kind of pill for ten low-grade spirit stones?”

"Our pills, even the lowest grade ones, have a purity of over 90%, and their efficacy is more than three times that of theirs!"

"And talismans, array plates, and ritual robes..."

Everyone was talking at once, and their eyes were shining.

For the first time, they clearly realized what a tremendous advantage the knowledge, technology, and ideas they brought from Earth were in this world of cultivation.

"Quiet."

Zhao Sizhe raised his hand to calm everyone down. After everyone had calmed down, he looked at Zhou Jue and put forward his idea.

"Sect Master, I suggest that we open a comprehensive store belonging to our Xuantian Sect in Linyuan Town."

"On the one hand, we can sell the sect's specialty products, such as high-quality pills and alloy magic artifacts, to exchange for the spirit stones and various cultivation resources that we urgently need."

"On the other hand, this shop can also serve as an intelligence station and contact point for us in the outside world, so that we can keep track of the outside world's movements at any time."

The suggestion was immediately approved by everyone.

I agree!

"That's a great idea!"

"We are the manufacturers ourselves, there are no middlemen taking a cut, so the profit margin is definitely high!"

Just as everyone was getting excited, Cheng Gan poured cold water on their enthusiasm.

"The time is not right yet."

She stood up and calmly analyzed, "Sect Master, everyone, there are three sects in Lin Yuan Town."

“If we open stores now and sell products that far exceed their standards, it will inevitably arouse their vigilance and scrutiny.”

"Our Xuantian Sect currently only has 101 members at most. Our foundation is not yet stable. It would not be a good thing to expose our strength and trump cards too early."

"If we are targeted by a stronger force, we do not yet have enough power to protect ourselves."

"We can't expect you, Sect Master, to protect us forever."

Cheng Gan's words instantly calmed the excited crowd down.

Yes, they are just a small sect that has just started out. Although they have a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator as their sect leader, the sect's development cannot rely on the sect leader for everything.

The hall fell into deep thought again. After a moment, Zhao Sizhe spoke, breaking the silence.

"Master Cheng is right, I didn't think it through."

He looked at Zhou Jue and proposed a revised plan: "Sect Master, I suggest that the store opening plan be postponed."

"Our top priorities right now should be 'stocking up' and 'training'."

"Focus on producing our best products and accumulating sufficient inventory. At the same time, ensure that all disciples quickly become familiar with the combat methods and survival rules of this world."

"Once we are strong enough and have a large enough inventory, we will open a store and make a big splash. With absolute strength, we will crush the covetousness of all the petty villains."

“I agree.” Zhou Jue nodded and finally made the decision.

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Of the three sects you mentioned, two of them, the Heavenly Wind Sect and the Falling Star Valley, each had a Nascent Soul cultivator who I have already killed."

"The overall strength assessment can be lowered a bit. Also, in the short term, these two sects may send people out to search for the murderer. If nothing unexpected happens, the town will be in chaos for a while. You should improve your strength first, and you should improve your alchemy and weapon crafting skills."

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.

"Then it's settled."

"I brought back the corpses of two eighth-tier demonic beasts, which I'll entrust to you for alchemy and weapon crafting."

"I also captured eight sixth-tier demonic beasts and three seventh-tier demonic beasts, which are also yours. See which ones you like and form contracts with them."

"yes!"