Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant-Chapter 431: Cliques and Factions

"I disagree!"

"Shen Xuan is my disciple, inheriting my Water Technique legacy."

"It is absolutely impossible for Shen Xuan to join the Spirit Pill Hall!"

Mist Peak, True Master Discussion Hall.

At the meeting, True Master Cold Jade’s jade-like face was frosty, eyes glaring furiously.

Anyone could tell that she was very angry.

True Master Profound Spirit chuckled and said, "Junior Sister Cold Jade, I am also thinking for the sect! No disciple in the sect can exist outside the sect’s framework!"

He is the Lord of Beicang Immortal City and rarely speaks.

Today, during the meeting, True Master Profound Spirit suddenly suggested having Shen Xuan join the Spirit Pill Hall.

The reason given was very simple.

Shen Xuan has an extremely high talent in Alchemy, capable of refining Cold Jade Pills, and should focus mainly on refining Spirit Pills for the sect.

The Cyan Cloud Sect does not lack Foundation Establishment Realm disciples who can fight.

After Hu Xiucheng defected, the Spirit Pill Hall lost a Tier Two Upper Grade Alchemist, and manpower became increasingly tight.

"I am also considering the sect’s greater good. Of course, this matter should be decided by Sect Leader Brother."

After speaking, True Master Profound Spirit slightly bowed to True Master Cold Jade to show apology.

True Master Cold Jade glared at True Master Profound Spirit, wishing she could devour him whole.

This was an outrageous statement!

What sect’s greater good!

It’s nothing but coveting Shen Xuan’s Alchemy skills, wanting to turn him into a mere alchemist serving in the Spirit Pill Hall.

Given the conflict between several of True Master Changsheng’s direct disciples and Shen Xuan, coexistence is absolutely impossible.

Moreover, True Master Changsheng did not accept Shen Xuan as a direct disciple, so he won’t teach him his lifetime Alchemy Dao skills.

Shen Xuan joining the Spirit Pill Hall would only lead to endless suffering.

In the end, limited by the duties of a Pill Master, he would have to follow the Spirit Pill Hall’s orders.

Most of Shen Xuan’s energy and time would be devoted to Alchemy tasks. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

How could Shen Xuan then excel in the Water Technique, or break through to Core Formation!

True Master Cold Jade has always been inept at verbal expression.

She excels in action.

"Profound Spirit, with your poor management of Beicang Immortal City, how dare you meddle with my disciples! For the sect’s greater good, why don’t you resign from being city lord?"

True Master Profound Spirit smiled slightly, "I have long had this intention, but Sect Leader Brother does not permit it."

Being Lord of Immortal City does yield certain benefits.

But it requires frequent travel between the sect and Immortal City, handling many complex Immortal City affairs.

Also, it entails taking on the sect’s tasks of external defense vigilance, intelligence gathering, spiritual object operations, tax collection, and subordinate cultivation clan management.

Fake Pill True Master Deputy City Lord can only alleviate some burden.

The ones who truly make decisions are these True Pill True Master city lords.

This consumes much energy and time from True Master Profound Spirit, the Lords of Immortal City.

Except that True Master Chang Chun voluntarily ranks last.

Lords of Immortal City rank lower than central True Masters.

Even True Master Gu Feng, who holds no position, and True Master Cold Jade rank above the five major city lords.

There are reasons related to True Master Gu Feng’s and True Master Cold Jade’s being female cultivators.

Also, the lords of Immortal City’s slightly inferior power and lesser contribution to the sect.

If True Master Profound Spirit resigns,

Among the eighteen True Masters in Cyan Cloud Sect, the only ones eligible to succeed, with no assigned positions, are True Master Gu Feng and True Master Cold Jade.

If Mysterious Trace True Master has any sense.

He wouldn’t assign these two to be Lords of Immortal City.

One master of cultivation is inept at everything, from a young age to over two hundred years, only knowing how to spend spirit stones.

Another has a fiery temper, a loose cultivator background, lacking systematic education from cultivation clans, and is not skilled in strategy and management, resorting to fights at the slightest disagreement.

True Master Profound Spirit’s explanation left True Master Cold Jade speechless.

In combat, she has never lost.

In argument, she has never won.

She hasn’t even verbally defeated True Master Gu Feng, who is also a female cultivator.

How could she win against True Master Profound Spirit, someone so deeply scheming?

"I don’t care! I only have two direct disciples, Shen Xuan and Liu Bingyu! The matter of the Spirit Pill Hall is for Brother Changsheng to handle."

"Profound Spirit, are you too idle with nothing better to do? Why don’t we go spar in techniques!"

True Master Profound Spirit shook his head, "No, you can’t talk, so you want to hit! For two hundred years, your nature hasn’t changed!"

With those words, several True Masters present smiled.

True Master Changsheng lightly coughed.

"I usually leave daily affairs of the Spirit Pill Hall to my first disciple, Ge Chengming. Recently, he has complained to me multiple times, saying that many of the Pill Masters in the hall harbor resentment."

"Hearts scatter when the team is hard to lead!"

"Oh. Is there really such a case?"

Mysterious Trace True Master asked.

Pill Masters are extremely important assets within the Cyan Cloud Sect.

If Pill Masters are discontent, as the Sect Leader, he must address the issue.

"Many Pill Masters say they work hard refining pills for the sect and do not get to keep many themselves. On the other hand, Shen Xuan from Cold Jade Peak, also a Pill Master, has distributed over a hundred Cold Jade Pills."

"In comparison, they feel the sect is too harsh on them, too lenient on Shen Xuan."

True Master Changsheng finished speaking and then closed his eyes, appearing to listen quietly.

True Master Cold Jade trembled with rage, ready to burst.

In her ear, she heard True Master Ling Xiao’s divine soul transmission.

"Cold Jade, calm down, let Sect Leader Brother speak first."

True Master Cold Jade forced her anger down, looking towards Mysterious Trace True Master.

"I know a bit about this matter."

Mysterious Trace True Master mused and said, "Most of the Cold Jade Pills Shen Xuan has were refined by himself. The sect has never restricted Pill Masters from refining pills on their own."

"The premise is to provide one’s own medicine, responsible for one’s own profit and loss."

"Another portion came from extra refinement rewards from Cold Jade Pill tasks assigned by the sect. He submitted two Cold Jade Pills from the same batch of medicine."

"The sect did not lose in these tasks."

"At that time, the demand for Cold Jade Pills was high, and time was tight. Later, I terminated this task."

"The sect’s refining tasks given to Shen Xuan indeed had special consideration, but that was a special circumstance."

There was a point Mysterious Trace True Master did not mention, leaving some face for True Master Changsheng.

The Cold Jade Pills from Cold Jade Peak, being Water Technique Spirit Pills, are slightly superior in quality to those from the Spirit Pill Hall.

The elite disciples in the sect specifically requested Cold Jade Pills from Cold Jade Peak.

"After all, they are the Cold Jade Pills, and Shen Xuan is Junior Sister Cold Jade’s legacy bearer, contributing greatly in developing the pill."

Upon hearing this, most True Masters nodded in agreement.

True Master Cold Jade’s face eased slightly.

No matter what, Mysterious Trace True Master pointed out the special nature of the Cold Jade Pill.

On the surface, it was developed by True Master Cold Jade.

In fact, all the True Masters present knew that Shen Xuan was the one who contributed the most.

If the researchers themselves can’t freely refine it.

In the future, no one in the Sect will dare to pursue the research.

In the Cultivation Realm, there is no concept of copyright protection.

Strength is respected, and the one with the biggest fist has the final say.

But within the Sect, some basic rules must be followed.

It’s unimaginable that after the Spirit Pill Hall obtains the Cold Jade Pill formula, successfully refines the Cold Jade Pill, it claims to be the sole user within Cyan Cloud Sect.

Not only does it not pay earnings to Cold Jade Peak, but it also forbids True Master Cold Jade and her disciples from refining the Cold Jade Pill.

That would be too Reversed Celestial Spirits.

It must be known, without Shen Xuan, there wouldn’t be a Cold Jade Pill.

Cyan Cloud Sect benefited greatly from this.

With the Cold Jade Pill formula, they seized a Tier Three Spirit Vein Immortal City and booked two Tier Three Spirit Veins in the joint exploration.

This practically solved the issue of practice sites for three True Pill True Masters.

All of the True Masters present are old foxes who have lived for hundreds of years.

If they couldn’t see through this.

They wouldn’t have lived to today or sat here.

Many True Masters were puzzled.

True Master Profound Spirit and True Master Changsheng teamed up to create trouble, targeting Shen Xuan, which was too reckless.

Everyone could see that Shen Xuan had extraordinary talent and remarkable aptitude.

The possibility of him condensing the Inner Core is very high.

At least, there is a fifty to sixty percent chance.

Once he breaks through and advances to become Core Formation True Master.

With his creativity, he could bring immeasurable colossal benefits to Cyan Cloud Sect.

The most important duty of the Sect Leader is to expand the sect’s interests.

Mysterious Trace True Master has managed the sect for a hundred years, rich in experience, and wouldn’t do anything to destroy one’s own strength.

At this moment, True Master Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, and a fierce aura suddenly erupted from him.

He slowly said, "If Shen Xuan joins the Spirit Pill Hall, I am willing to take him as my last disciple and impart all my lifetime knowledge to him."

"I can make a Heavenly Dao vow to help him condense the Inner Core and become a Tier Three Pill Master!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Most of the True Masters were moved.

The value that a Tier Three Pill Master can create far exceeds that of the battle power held by True Master Cold Jade.

Cyan Cloud Sect can do without True Master Cold Jade, and can always support other True Masters to take her place.

But it cannot do without True Master Changsheng.

No matter how many resources are invested, it’s difficult to produce an experienced Tier Three Pill Master in a short time.

True Master Cold Jade was stunned.

She never thought True Master Changsheng would act this way.

He not only wants Shen Xuan to join the Spirit Pill Hall.

He’s also blatantly stealing her heir disciple!

"Back then, Cold Jade Junior Sister was eager for talent and wanted Shen Xuan to switch from Gu Feng Junior Sister’s tutelage, and I didn’t understand."

"Now, my feelings are the same as Cold Jade Junior Sister’s back then."

"Cold Jade Junior Sister, rest assured, Shen Xuan is still your direct disciple. Since there can be two lines of direct disciples, there can be three lines too!"

Before True Master Cold Jade could react, True Master Changsheng quickly explained a few words.

His words mentioned the matter of Shen Xuan switching to his tutelage back then, leaving True Master Cold Jade speechless.

On the other side, True Master Gu Feng smiled bitterly.

She dared not speak.

More words lead to more mistakes.

No matter what is said, it offends people.

Mysterious Trace True Master also fell into contemplation.

True Master Changsheng’s words indeed made sense.

From the perspective of the sect’s development, he hopes Shen Xuan will apprentice under True Master Changsheng and become a Tier Three Pill Master.

"I think Senior Brother Changsheng speaks reasonably."

Celestial Thunder True Master suddenly said, "I am also willing to take him as a direct disciple and impart all my lifetime knowledge to him."

Celestial Thunder True Master is a Golden Core True Master.

One of the core five members of the Cyan Cloud Sect.

His opinion cannot be ignored.

Many True Masters showed serious expressions.

Their gaze first went to Celestial Thunder True Master, then slowly towards Mysterious Trace True Master.

With three True Masters speaking, including Celestial Thunder True Master as a Golden Core True Master.

Mysterious Trace True Master looked towards the few beside him.

Celestial Wind True Master had a somewhat detached appearance, as if enjoying the show.

Spirit Sword True Master was staring at a small Flying Sword flipping in his hand, seemingly considering some Sword Dao difficulty.

These two Junior Brothers always remained neutral and rarely expressed opinions on sect affairs.

Mysterious Trace True Master’s main attention was on Hidden Image True Master, the oldest in qualification.

This is also the former Sect Leader of Cyan Cloud Sect.

However, Hidden Image True Master remained silent, resting with eyes closed.

Clearly unwilling to express an opinion or intervene in this matter.

One Golden Core, two True Masters.

The other fellow disciples did not voice opposition.

Silence is also an attitude.

Mysterious Trace True Master looked at the enraged True Master Cold Jade, feeling somewhat compassionate.

Three against one.

In this situation, he’s also in a difficult position.

Even if he favors True Master Cold Jade, it’s hard to persuade others.

Moreover, deep down, he also feels that True Master Changsheng’s words are reasonable.

For the sake of the sect’s development, he can only sacrifice True Master Cold Jade’s personal interests.

As for her heir of the Ice Technique, another can be selected from within the sect.

Mysterious Trace True Master made his decision, just about to speak.

At this moment, a dignified and steady voice sounded.

"My fellow Senior Brothers, have you considered Shen Xuan’s wishes?"