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I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 107 - 97 How do you say it?
The flying boat of the Law Enforcement Hall’s Inner Sect Disciple was fast, and the Yao Yue Sect was not far from the merchant fortress, so recalling Shang Yu should not take too much time.
But Elder Xiao in the hall was not willing to wait any longer. He slapped the table and asked Xing Tongtian:
"Without the Great Elder, does that mean today’s matters will not be discussed?"
"Elder Xiao, there’s no need to be so hasty. What we discuss here today, it’s not up for me to decide, nor for the Great Elder alone. It’s up to all the disciples present in the sect to make a collective decision."
Having said this, Xing Tongtian put the lid back on his tea cup, followed by getting up and pacing among the nearly hundred disciples present.
He said, "First, I have something to tell everyone. That is, the spirit stones in our sect’s Moon Pond Cave have been completely depleted. The remaining spirit stones in the sect are only enough to provide for the monthly salary of all sect disciples for three years."
The depletion of the spirit stones in the Moon Pond Cave was not exactly a secret in the Yao Yue Sect.
A month earlier, Zhao Si from the mining school had told Tian Lin that it was very hard to find any more Water Spirit Ore in the waterfall of the Moon Pond Cave. Because of this, he had been beaten several times by the Second Steward.
Even the servant disciples were guessing that the Moon Pond Cave had run out of spirit stones. So how could those cultivating Inner Sect Disciples in the Moon Pond Cave not have noticed?
But despite guessing the depletion of the spirit stones in the Moon Pond Cave, everyone wasn’t particularly anxious.
After all, the Moon Pond Cave had lasted for over a thousand years. Surely it could ’hold out’ for a few more decades?
However, Xing Tongtian told everyone that the Moon Pond Cave’s spirit stones would not last for more than three years.
"Have we been called here today to stop our monthly salary?"
Some disciples started to panic: "Without spirit stones, how will we continue to cultivate in the future?"
Xing Tongtian let the disciples below discuss among themselves for a while before he spoke again:
"Not only is our Moon Pond Mountain’s Moon Pond Cave critically low on spirit stones, I believe the spirit stone reserves of Bai Sheng Sect, Artifact Sect, Heart Inquiry Sect, and Offshore Sect are not plentiful either."
Then, a disciple stood up and said: "Does the Sect Leader want us, the disciples present in the sect, to go out and find a new blessed land?"
"New blessed land? There are only five blessed lands in the entire Yulong Continent, each established by ancient Sect Ancestors to found their sects. For a thousand years, tens of thousands of disciples have sought fortune, but not one has found a new blessed land to sustain the lifeblood of their sect."
Xing Tongtian said, "There are no more spirit stones available for us cultivators in the Yulong Continent."
Almost everyone in the room showed a look of despair at Xing Tongtian’s words.
Elder Xiao on stage, however, sneered: "After all this talk, you’re just trying to tell everyone that it’s not that you’re forcing them to cultivate Blood True Qi, but due to the circumstances—"
"Exactly because of the circumstances!"
Xing Tongtian interrupted Elder Xiao, looking at him and said:
"With no spirit stones left on the Yulong Continent, and Sect Disciples without cultivation resources, if we don’t switch to cultivating Blood True Qi, will the Yao Yue Sect still have Qi Refiners in a few hundred years?"
"No spirit stones doesn’t mean there is no Spiritual Energy! If we cannot cultivate with spirit stones, can’t we still meditate and cultivate?"
Elder Xiao said, "Moreover, if the sect continues by relying on Blood Refining Pills from people to sustain itself, such a Yao Yue Sect would be better off extinct."
"The Yao Yue Sect cannot be allowed to perish, at least not in my hands."
Xing Tongtian’s gaze moved away from Elder Xiao and then turned to the disciples in the hall, asking them:
"In the future, when everyone is out of spirit stones, do you want to, as Elder Xiao said, meditate for a year to just open one meridian, or do you want to use Blood Pills in place of spirit stones to break through the twelfth-tier Qi Refining within two to three years?"
Most of the disciples in the hall did not speak up. To Tian Lin’s surprise, Qian Ping stood up at this moment.
Qian Ping, with red eyes, asked Xing Tongtian:
"When the sect initially exterminated my Qian Family under the charge of ’colluding with the Blood Sect’, you now say due to insufficient resources, everyone should cultivate Blood True Qi. On behalf of the thousands of deceased souls of the Qian Family, I would like to ask, if they deserved death, does the current Yao Yue Sect also deserve death?"
As soon as he said this, immediately two Law Enforcement Hall disciples stood up and scolded:
"Qian Ping, do you know your place? You dare to defy the Sect Leader, do you think our Law Enforcement Hall is without enforcers?"
Qian Ping wiped his tears and stared at those two Inner Sect Disciples. He was stubborn enough not to step down yet afraid to argue back.
At this moment, Xiao Hong stood up. She stood in front of Qian Ping and looked coldly at the two Law Enforcement Hall disciples:
"If your Law Enforcement Hall could really act impartially, you would not have allowed the Yao Yue Sect to turn from a legitimate immortal gate into the Blood Sect."
The two Law Enforcement Hall disciples were furious. Just as they stepped forward, Tian Lin also stood next to Xiao Hong.
If he did not stand up now, how could he face going to Elder Xiao for protection with his iron badge afterward?
Moreover, he didn’t intend to fight for his life against the two Law Enforcement Hall disciples for Xiao Hong’s sake.
"Brother Disciples, the Sect Leader hasn’t said a word yet, why the urgency on your part?"
As soon as Tian Lin finished speaking, Xing Tongtian had already started to speak from the stage:
"The crime of the sect family is not in cultivating Blood True Qi, but in recklessly harming human lives. From now on, even if our Yao Yue Sect cultivates Blood True Qi, we cannot be like the Devil Path of the Blood Sect, who for their own selfish desires, refines pills from innocent people."
Qian Ping down below did not dare to speak again and immediately retreated.
Xiao Hong frowned and was also pulled back to her original position by Tian Lin.
In truth, once the precedent was set for pill refinement using people, who in the Cultivation world would care about the innocence of others?
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Even if the other party is innocent, it would not prevent oneself from fabricating charges to turn them into Blood Pills.
"So, although Yao Yue Sect has switched to cultivating Blood True Qi, it still remains a true sect of the immortal gate. We only use the deceased for alchemy, only the guilty are used in pill forming, we mustn’t harm the innocent."
With these words spoken, disciples in the audience already started to echo in response.
If the decision were left to the disciples as Xing Tongtian suggested, then the majority of Yao Yue Sect’s disciples would now be in support of Xing Tongtian’s decision.
In fact, according to Tian Lin’s observation, some of the Outer Disciples in the sect had already secretly started to cultivate Blood True Qi.
This was probably a result of Xing Tongtian’s tacit permission.
"The sect desires the disciples to cultivate Blood True Qi, I do not approve, but I do not oppose either."
Elder Feng asked Xing Tongtian, "I see there are still a good number of disciples who are unwilling to cultivate Blood True Qi; what does the Sect Leader plan to do?"
Xing Tongtian frowned and pondered for a moment, then said:
"Whether to cultivate Blood True Qi or not, it’s entirely up to the Sect Disciples themselves, even if I am the Sect Leader, I would not interfere forcefully—
Let’s do this: from now on, Yao Yue Sect will be divided into Red-clothed Disciples and White-clothed Disciples. Red-clothed Disciples will receive Blood Pills monthly, while White-clothed Disciples will receive Spirit Stones each month."
Upon hearing this, Elder Feng said, "Previously the sect would use the Five Elements Jiao Beads to test for Spirit Root to differentiate between inner and outer disciples. Now that most of the disciples have switched to cultivating Blood True Qi, the use of Five Elements Jiao Beads to test for Spirit Root and divide between inner and outer disciples is no longer viable."
Xing Tongtian already had a plan in his chest, and immediately said in response to Elder Feng’s question:
"From now on, the sect will not divide the miscellaneous task disciples, Outer Disciples, Inner Sect Disciples by whether they wear red or white, nor by their background or the number of Spirit Roots they have."
Xing Tongtian gazed at the crowd below and announced:
"Starting from today, the sect will have ten Inner Sect Disciples and fifty Outer Disciples.
From now on, to have the treatment of either Inner or Outer Disciple, one must go through the Life and Death Platform. The Life and Death Platform will open once a month, where Outer Disciples can challenge Inner Sect Disciples, and servant disciples can challenge Outer Disciples.
No matter if they wear white or red, if they want to become Inner Sect Disciples or Outer Disciples, they must cultivate diligently. They can no longer be lazy and idle, resting on their status as before."
Upon these words, the Second Steward’s face changed dramatically, who had been previously quite confident in himself.
Since his birth, due to his background, he started as an Outer Disciple.
He had enjoyed the privileges of an Outer Disciple for decades, without the need to cultivate diligently, without the fear of losing his status as an Outer Disciple.
But with the new rules established by the sect, his seat as an Outer Disciple was no longer secure.
If he dares to continue being as lazy and slothful as before, he is afraid that he will be demoted from an Outer Disciple to a servant disciple.
"The Sect Leader is wise!"
If previously it was just those disciples who wanted to cultivate or had already cultivated Blood True Qi who supported Xing Tongtian, now even many ’White-clothed Disciples’ had begun to support Xing Tongtian.
These Outer Disciples, after all, come from ’families with deep cultivation heritage’ and cannot be easily shaken by servant disciples who hail from Huahua Lang backgrounds.
Contrarily, not only can they secure their positions, but they also have the opportunity to challenge the seat of Inner Sect Disciples.
And the status of an Inner Sect Disciple was something they hadn’t even dared to dream of before.
"Good, starting from today, Yao Yue Sect’s mission to capture Blood Sect Devotees remains unchanged. However, those who capture individuals for alchemy without harming the innocent are allowed to switch allegiance and join Yao Yue Sect as Red-clothed Disciples."
In just one morning, Yao Yue Sect had split into two factions: Red-clothed and White-clothed.
A small portion, even if reluctant, also knew they were powerless to stop it.
It was at this time that a Flying Boat arrived in the sky.
Just as everyone thought the person arriving was Shang Yu, they heard the voice of Xing Shanping from the Flying Boat:
"I am Xing Shanping, a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall of Moon Pond Mountain, and I am now taking the Sect Leader back to the Law Enforcement Hall for questioning."
The Flying Boat landed, and Xing Shanping, clad in white, did not bother to stow away his Flying Boat, but walked straightforwardly towards the assembly.
At this moment, all disciples made way for Xing Shanping, watching him as he approached Xing Tongtian.
"Shanping, have you lost your mind?"
Just as father and son looked eye to eye, Elder Xing flashed to Xing Tongtian’s side, blocking Xing Shanping with one hand.
Xing Shanping looked coldly at Elder Xing and said, "As the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, how can you allow a devil to disrupt our sect’s rules?"
Elder Xing retorted, "There is no rule in the sect that prohibits Yao Yue Sect disciples from cultivating Blood True Qi. Even if there were such a rule, as long as the elders agree, it can be changed."
After Elder Xing spoke, Elder Xiao on the other side laughed coldly and said, "Sorry, but if there is such a rule in the sect code, my Baihua Peak does not agree to change it."
Xing Shanping ignored Elder Xiao and stared closely at Elder Xing, saying:
"Although the Sect Ancestor has not set a rule against cultivating Blood True Qi, the Law Enforcement Hall has been pursuing and killing the Devil Path of the Blood Sect for many years - that is a fact. Now that the Blood Sect Devotees have not been completely eliminated, our Yao Yue Sect has started to become the new Devil Path—"
"Your father said, the Yao Yue Sect’s Red-clothed Disciples are different from the Blood Sect Devotees."
"How are they different? It’s just a different name that’s all."
Xing Shanping stepped past Elder Xing, glaring at Xing Tongtian, and said, "I am Xing Shanping, a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall of Moon Pond Mountain, I’m here to take you back to the Law Enforcement Hall, what do you say?"
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