Chapter 2930
by“It’s not that we don’t have savings, but compared to the shortage of the sect… it’s just a drop in the bucket, Palace Master.” That Elder Xu nervously looked at Li Jiao with a difficult expression on his face.
That’s right, Palace Master. Even if we old fellows take out all our assets, it won’t last long.
“However long it can last is fine.” Li Jiao earnestly persuaded. “Just get through this difficult time. When the sect has more funds, you will definitely not be shortchanged.”
Since Li Jiao had said so, the elders were too embarrassed to continue declining. After all, what Li Jiao said was the truth. Everyone had been promoted to the Emperor Venerable Realm for so long and had some savings in hand. If these assets could be taken out, it could indeed relieve the sect’s crisis.
Everyone looked at each other, and it was still Elder Xu who spoke first and said, “The Sect Master is right. Since that’s the case, then this old man will set an example. This old man contributes five million…”
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and Li Jiao looked at him even more intently.
Elder Xu smiled sheepishly and said, “Middle-grade source crystals！ This is almost all of this old man’s family property.”
Li Jiao’s face instantly turned pitch-black.
Five million middle-grade source crystals, converted, are only fifty thousand top-grade source crystals. What can be done with such a small amount？ Moreover, an emperor-level elder who has been in charge of the pill formula for hundreds of years couldn’t possibly have only such a small fortune.
“That’s not right, Elder Xu.” A big black-faced man jumped out and shouted. “I saw that the Myriad Flowers Brew you entertained guests with a few days ago was thirty thousand top-grade source crystals for a pot. That’s a top-quality fine wine that flowed out from the Medicine Pill Valley. If you only have such a small fortune, how could you afford it？”
Being exposed on the spot, Elder Xu’s face turned red and he argued: “That… that wasn’t bought by this old man. It was brought by my friend and he deliberately invited this old man to taste it together. How could it be bought by me? This old man’s elder’s offering is only so much every year. It’s just barely enough for my own cultivation. How could there be so many source crystals to buy any Myriad Flowers Brew? Don’t spout blood.”
The big black-faced man snorted and said, “Elder Xu has no source crystals? Who would believe that? Elder Xu, you are in charge of the entire alchemy room of the Li Dragon Palace. The source crystals you ask for from the palace master every year are countless. Leaving aside other things, just last year there were six million top-grade source crystals, and the year before that there were more than seven million. Going further back, there were also eight million. The annual income of the sect is only fifty million in total, and the alchemy room directly consumes one or two tenths of it.”
Elder Xu flicked his sleeve and said, “I’ve said it before, the alchemy room is of utmost importance to the Li Long Palace. Which of the tens of thousands of disciples can do without pills for their cultivation？ It’s normal to have a high consumption.”
The dark-faced big man sneered and said, “If all those source crystals were really used to buy medicinal herbs, that would be fine. But Elder Xu, dare you guarantee that all the source crystals obtained from the palace master have been invested in the operation of the alchemy room？”
Elder Xu suddenly became a bit angry and shouted, “You… what do you mean？”
The dark-faced big man snorted and said, “You know very well what I mean. When the sect was prosperous, it was okay to privately embezzle and line one’s own pockets. But now that the sect is in trouble, shouldn’t Elder Xu also show something?”
“Youdaoplaceholder0 embezzle and line one’s own pockets!” Elder Xu immediately jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. His imperial yuan surged, and he seemed eager to fight the dark-faced big man immediately to prove his innocence. He turned his head and said grief to Li Jiao, “Palace master, someone is slandering and framing the old man. Please make the decision for me.”
Li Jiao stood there with a numb expression, as if he hadn’t heard Elder Xu’s words.
Elder Xu turned his head and sneered at the dark-faced big man： “The financial revenue and expenditure of my alchemy room are all recorded in the accounts. I won’t argue with you here. Whether there is any private embezzlement and pocket-lining, the palace master will naturally make a decision. But as for your weapon room, I don’t know if your buttocks are clean！”
“The old thing actually dares to bite back！” The dark-faced man flew into a rage.
“Dares to call me an old thing, bastard！”
“Just calling you, what can you do about it, old thing old thing old thing！”
“……”
The two immediately quarreled endlessly. The remaining elders either chipped in to help or wanted to calm things down. The main hall instantly became a mess. If it weren’t for Li Jiao still being here, I’m afraid they would have already started fighting.”
Li Jiao coldly stared at the people below, wishing he could sweep all these annoying guys out and have a peaceful ear once and for all. But after all, he was the master of the palace. The decision in a single thought was related to the survival of tens of thousands of disciples. Even if there was more anger in his heart, he could only force it down and find a way to solve the current crisis first.”
Creak, at this moment. The door of the main hall was pushed open, and a disciple walked in.
The noisy sound stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at the disciple in unison.
This disciple obviously didn’t expect what wonderful things had happened in the main hall before. What he saw was that those lofty elders were all red-faced and thick-necked at the moment, and the palace master was standing at the top with a cold smile. Suddenly, he was so scared that he didn’t dare to take a breath.
“What’s the matter？” Li Jiao asked impatiently.
“Reporting to the palace master, someone is asking to see you！” The disciple replied tremblingly.
“Not seeing！” Li Jiao was in a terrible mood and refused without thinking.
The disciple was like a dream pardoned and quickly wanted to withdraw.
But Li Jiao spoke again： “Who is asking to see？”
The disciple thought for a while and said： “That person claims to be Yang Kai！”
“What?” Li Jiao was shocked when he heard this, and a group of elders below were also stunned for a moment.
The Elder Xu said: “Yang Kai?” Could it be the master of Lingxiao Palace?
If it’s really him, then it’s interesting! The black-faced man who had just quarreled with Elder Xu had a dangerous light in his eyes and looked up and said: “Palace master, why not let that Yang Kai in. Isn’t it he the creditor of our Li Long Palace? We can discuss the matter of those debts with him.”
“That’s right, that’s right!” This person came at a good time. Let him in. Palace Master, what do you think?
Everyone turned their heads and saw that Li Jiao’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Obviously, he didn’t think everyone’s idea was a good one.
Li Jiao sighed and said： “Lingxiao Palace can’t be provoked, and that Yang Kai… can’t be provoked either.”
A group of elders were very unconvinced. Because they heard that the Lingxiao Palace was only at the First-Order Emperor Senior Stage. Last time, on the other party’s territory, their own Master and the Sect master of Mitian Sect suffered a great loss. This time he actually dared to come here on his own initiative. They really don’t know what the master of the house was afraid of. As long as they let him into this great hall and then closed the door, all the huge debts would be solved immediately.
“Tell that person that this palace master has gone out to travel and is not in the palace.” Li Jiao waved his hand.
That disciple agreed. Just as he was about to turn around, a cold laugh suddenly came from outside the door: “Brother Li really has a big shelf. This Lord has come to visit in person, but you don’t even give him a chance to meet?
When the words fell, two figures had already appeared in the great hall.
Before these two people appeared, none of the many Emperor Senior Stages in the great hall noticed. It was as if they had always been there. Both of them were young people. One had a frivolous expression, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and a slight smile on his mouth. The other’s hair was as red as fire, with a cold expression and a proud look in his eyes. Although he was clearly standing on the ground, he gave people the feeling that he was in the clouds, as if he was not in the same world as everyone present.
All the elders were shocked and their expressions changed in unison.
Li Jiao’s figure even swayed, and he almost turned around and fled. He managed to suppressed the turmoil in his heart and looked at Yang Kai with a speechless expression.
Yang Kai looked up with a smile： “Brother Li is going out to travel？”
Li Jiao gave a dry laugh and said, “That’s the plan, but it’s not a big deal. It’s just a whim. However, since Palace Master Yang is here, naturally I can’t leave.”
Yang Kai stroked his chin and said, “You still have the mood to travel around. It seems that Palace Master Li is living a good life.”
Li Jiao’s expression immediately turned bitter and he said, “Palace Master Yang, don’t make fun of me. The life I’m living now… is worse than death.”
Upon hearing this, a group of elders lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Yang Kai laughed loudly and said, “Brother Li is really interesting. The Li Dragon Palace has a big family and a great cause. Brother Li has enormous power and strength. How could it be worse than death?
Li Jiao thought to himself that it was all because of you, but on his face he accompanied with a smile and said, “I wonder why Palace Master Yang has come here today？”
Yang Kai didn’t answer, but just looked at him with a smile.
Li Jiao wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said, “This… this… Palace Master Yang couldn’t have come to collect the payment, could he？ Why bother you to do such a small thing yourself？ Let the servants do it. Moreover, our Li Dragon Palace hasn’t forgotten this year’s payment. It just needs some time to prepare. Once it’s prepared, it will be immediately sent to the Lingxiao Palace without any delay. Besides… it’s not the deadline yet！”
“When is the deadline? Why don’t I know? I think today is the deadline.”
The cold sweat on Li Jiao’s forehead flowed even more profusely and he said, “Palace Master Yang really came to collect the payment？”
He simply couldn’t believe it. Although it was true that Li dragon Palace owed Lingxiao Palace a large amount of Source Crystals for Yang Kai to come and collect the debt in person and enter without notice was a bit excessive.
“Yang, don’t be too arrogant!” The dark-faced big man in the crowd jumped out and pointed at Yang Kai, saying, Although I don’t know what means you used to deceive the Palace Master and make my Li dragon palace so strapped for cash but considering that you are also the master of a palace and a fellow in the Northern Territory, and we will meet again in the future. As long as you can sign a written statement here and the debt between our two sects is written off, we can let you go. Otherwise… Humph!
Many Emperor Senior Stage Realm experts looked at Yang Kai with ill intentions.
After seeing Yang Kai with their own eyes and confirming that he was indeed only at the First-Order Emperor Senior Stage Realm, the crowd naturally had nothing to be afraid of. No matter how strong the background of Lingxiao Palace was, as long as they could restrain Yang Kai here, it would be equivalent to controlling Lingxiao Palace, and the so-called debt would just be a joke.
Li Jiao broke out in a cold sweat and almost fainted.
Yang Kai looked at the dark-faced big man and then at Li Jiao and said, “Is this your sect’s elder？”
“No！” Li Jiao denied it flatly.
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