Chapter 45: The Supreme Sect
After Ju Yuan had finished organizing his speech, he opened the barrier and walked towards the square platform used to record the number of spiritual objects obtained by the disciples of each sect.
A group of people were arguing about how to calculate the points of things obtained in the ancient city. When they saw the real person from the Supreme Sect coming, they threw the problem to him.
Ju Yuan still looked like a gentleman, and asked only one question, "Who discovered the ancient city first?"
"Of course, it's you four disciples of the Supreme Sect."
"Apart from them, has anyone else made any effort?"
Some monks thought that they would have to work hard to search inside, after all, it was a long time ago and they needed a keen eye to discern the treasures. Normally, the doors of ordinary monks also had restrictions and formations to prevent theft.
But they had to admit that if there were no four disciples of the Supreme Sect, or in other words, if there were no Lin Du's formation, this ancient city would never reappear in the world.
"This Lindu is the best."
The one who was speaking was an elder of Guiyuan Sect. He had already learned that Lin Du had saved the disciple who was nearly captured by the vengeful spirits of the ancient city. Although... the method was a bit rough, it was the most effective way for them, the low-level cultivators.
Even the elders of the Heng faction echoed her. Not to mention anything else, just the several huge formations that were set up, many of which even she herself had to learn for many years before she could set them up.
When the gates of hell were wide open, Lin Du's response to the situation was extremely gifted.
Even though Rao was a cultivator who had studied the Dao of Formations for many years, he would not have done better than Lin Du if he had encountered such a situation.
Ju Yuan listened to the compliments and a smile flashed in his eyes, "You overestimate my junior sister. She is still young and doesn't deserve your praise."
"However, what I mean is that for today's points, we should still follow the usual calculation method and not take the things in the ancient city into account, how about that?"
Everyone was silent for a moment after hearing this, "It's just that, it's too unfriendly to the disciples of your sect."
After all, they were the first to arrive in the desert and spent a lot of time setting up their formation, unlike others who only set out after seeing what was happening.
Ju Yuan waved his hands and said, "Lin Du is first because her contribution is groundbreaking. For the other three, you should follow the original rules."
After all...even if we don't count the things they got in the ancient city, those three people still got a lot of good things.
As expected, when several elders looked at the registered points of the three disciples of the Supreme Sect, they found that Ni Jinxuan was far ahead with the terrifying points accumulated by five heavenly-grade spiritual plants, while Yuan Ye and Yan Qing followed closely behind with a large number of gems, beast pills and other items, but they still left the points of the disciples of other sects far behind.
Points are weighted according to the grade and age of the item. Top-grade spiritual plants are hard to come by, and it's a great fortune to be able to obtain one in a secret realm. Ni Jinxuan has five thousand-year-old top-grade plants, so naturally she has the most points.
The elder of the Jishi Sect, Lao Junqian, was so angry that his eyes turned red. "You disciples of the Supreme Sect are really amazing."
Awesome, I want to kidnap you.
While the elders were discussing, Lin Du walked to the square platform to register her belongings. She looked at the platform thoughtfully and asked, "Should we also release all the things we obtained in the ancient city?"
The registration work was indeed extremely complicated. Several elders in charge of the registration were sweating profusely. Upon hearing this, they casually said, "Put them all on the stage."
Lin Du let out an "oh" and heard a series of loud crackling noises.
Then there was a loud bang, and the wooden table top of the square table collapsed.
"Sorry... I forgot there are two more iron lions."
Lin Du raised his hand and shook his head, then reached out to put the two iron lions back, and then asked in a low voice, "These are just broken copper and rotten iron. How do you want to register?"
A group of elders stared at the pile of "broken copper and iron" that had become a small mountain, and were speechless for a moment.
Other things are fine, but why is there a beam? Why would a good person remove even the beam?
Even if it was the rare golden ebony nowadays, it wouldn't be so disregarded!
The elders over there were already discussing whether to calculate the points according to the previous rules and not to take into account the things obtained from the ancient city. When they heard the commotion over here, they all looked over.
The thin boy looked a little embarrassed, "I didn't expect to collapse the table. How about I pay for it?"
Ju Yuan raised his hand to support his forehead, "Junior sister, put your things away. There's no need to check them."
Lin Du said "oh", put away the pile of things obediently, and stood aside with his hands clasped.
Ju Yuan asked casually, "Come to think of it, has anyone of you been to this secret place before? Why didn't anyone discover the ancient city buried in the desert at that time?"
The elders of Guiyuanzong and Jesezong shook their heads and said, "I don't know. I have never been in there."
"But I remember that among the elders who came to see us off this time, some of them had been there before, right?"
Ju Yuan lowered his eyes, "Really? Who are they?"
Jun Qian had a feeling that Ju Yuan had something else in mind. He raised his hand and pointed at a few monks, then sent a message to Ju Yuan, "What's the matter?"
"A little bit. Are there people from the three sects, six schools, and ten schools?"
Jun Qian nodded. "There is one, that one, Yin Zhong from Feixing Sect. I heard him talking about him with a smile before."
Ju Yuan cast his gaze at Yin Zhong thoughtfully. Feixing Sect's main focus was on weapon refining, and most of the people there were weapon cultivators, which meant that this person probably understood the formation that Lin Du had set up in the desert.
Although the monks have a long lifespan, the disciples of the Supreme Sect will have some knowledge of divination, physical skills, ethics, Taoism, talismans and even music, but each person will only specialize in one or two.
Since he was refining weapons, he would inevitably encounter formations. If Yin Zhong was one of the 197 people...
Ju Yuan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then calculated the ages of the two elders, Emperor Jishizong and Emperor Guiyuanzong. After confirming that no matter how useless they were at that time, it was impossible that they had not yet formed a golden elixir, he gave the two of them a look.
Pei Qin, the elder of Guiyuan Sect, was somewhat puzzled. "Master Juyuan, are your eyelids cramping? Let me see, your left eyelid is twitching for wealth, and your right eyelid is twitching for disaster. Hiss, you are…"
Ju Yuan rolled his eyes and sent a voice message to him, "Shut up. If I cause trouble today, it will be a disaster for the entire Zhongzhou."
Pei Qin chuckled, "What's the matter? Tell me more."
Ju Yuan was the one with the highest cultivation level present, so he didn't hesitate to raise his hand to set up a ban and explained the matter clearly in a few words.
Pei Qin suddenly covered his right eye after hearing this, "Mom, my right eyelid started twitching."
Jun Qian hesitated for a moment, "Do you really believe that we are not that ghost? What if I am lying to you?"
Ju Yuan laughed, "Don't you think about how old you are now? You are only three or four hundred years old and have just entered the second stage of the small secret realm. Isn't that embarrassing?"
Jun Qian's face darkened. "Don't laugh at us just because you are two hundred years younger than us. Who didn't make it to the Chongxiao Ranking and went to Chongxiao Stage crying to challenge others?"
"Alright, can you two be more mature and talk business?" Pei Qin said, glancing at Lin Du, "That kid..."
"Behind her is our Wushang Sect, who dares to touch her?" Ju Yuan also frowned, "Although my Wushang Sect has few people..."
"That's enough. Keep your threats to others." Jun Qian was most annoyed by the fact that the Supreme Sect had recruited a bunch of geniuses but had to pretend to be small and weak. If they released any one of them, he would become a terrorist who could directly destroy an entire mountain.
"We have to investigate, but we need to have a plan on how to do it and what to do after the investigation. I will report to the headmaster when I get back. After that, let's hold a meeting among the three sects, six schools and ten schools."
Jun Qian and Pei Qin did not doubt the authenticity of the news. No one could question the determination and actions of the Supreme Sect in eliminating demons and defending the Way. Otherwise, it would not be possible that one of the oldest sects had almost been cut off several times and had only been passed down to the 100th generation.
Although the new disciples nowadays look unreliable, not all of them dare to overdraw the yang energy of the yang soul to extinguish the resentful yin souls.
The three were talking when suddenly there was a loud thunder in the clear sky.
"What's going on? Who has survived the catastrophe?"
"Impossible? There is no robbery cloud."
"Heavenly oath?"
Lin Du and the three hot water kettles with smoke rising from their heads all looked in the direction where the thunder was falling.
The person who just swore seems to be Li Dong?
It seems that the method of giving hints mentioned in that miscellaneous book is still somewhat useful.