Chapter 49: The Sect Management Council!
“Greetings, Fellow Daoist. May I ask, is the sect’s name confirmed to be ‘Chaotian Sect’?”
Inside the magnificent hall of the Sect Management Council, a young male cultivator asked Lu Qingyang with a smile.
“Yes, Senior. It will be called Chaotian Sect.”
Lu Qingyang cupped his fists respectfully.
Though the person before him was very young, he was a genuine Golden Core True Monarch.
He would not dare put on airs just because the other party was being polite.
“Good. In that case, please select a sect territory…”
The young male cultivator smiled and stepped back, revealing the phantom image of vast mountains, rivers, and lakes behind him.
“Our Vast Sea City currently has eight thousand six hundred and seventy-two registered sects.”
“Excluding land already claimed, there are still over thirty-two thousand available regions. If you see one you like, Fellow Daoist, feel free to pick any.”
Looking at the vivid sandbox of mountains, rivers, and lakes suspended in mid-air within the hall, Chao San and the others were all astonished.
Even the dull-witted Li Buqun gaped openly.
“The Central Region… it’s far too vast…”
Lu Qingyang also nodded slightly, sighing inwardly.
“May I ask, Senior, could you recommend one?”
Lu Qingyang cupped his fists.
“That depends on your sect’s style.”
“If your sect focuses on production, I suggest the Seven Stars Sea Region, fifty thousand li from Vast Sea City.”
“Any island there is a treasured land with abundant resources.”
“If your sect focuses on combat, I suggest Black Wind Cliff Mountain. The sects there are rather more combative…”
Listening to the introduction, Lu Qingyang made his decision almost instantly.
What was there to think about? Naturally, he would go somewhere resource-rich and turtle up.
“Senior, then we’ll choose the Seven Stars Sea Region.”
“Mm, choosing that is fine too, but I must make something clear beforehand.”
“Although the Seven Stars Sea Region is rich in resources, because it borders the Endless Sea, there are many demonic beasts.”
“Of course, within a hundred years you need not worry. The Mahayana Venerable of our Sect Management Council will protect your sect for a hundred years.”
“However…”
At this, the young male cultivator deliberately paused.
“However what?”
“However, after a hundred years, if the sect’s strength is insufficient, it’s very likely you won’t be able to hold your ground in the Seven Stars Sea Region.”
“At that point, you’ll have to rely entirely on your sect’s own strength.”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang’s heart sank slightly.
The Endless Sea was a vast expanse of water adjacent to the Central Region.
It teemed with demonic beasts, their species running rampant.
And precisely because of this, its resources were abundant.
For Qingnan Shengzhou to border the Endless Sea’s Seven Stars Sea Region was both opportunity and challenge.
Only powerful individuals and great sects could establish themselves in such a region.
If one was weak, after a hundred years they would likely be devoured clean by demonic beasts.
However, Lu Qingyang was not overly worried.
With his own golden finger, could it be that a hundred years wasn’t enough to become a Supreme Great Vehicle?
“This humble one understands. We’ll choose the Seven Stars Sea Region.”
“Good. In that case, Tiangong Island in the Seven Stars Sea Region happens to be unclaimed, so it’s yours!”
After the young male cultivator spoke, he pinched with one hand, and the phantom of an island descended from the air, landing directly before Lu Qingyang.
It was precisely the terrain image of Tiangong Island!
An island hundreds of kilometers long and over a hundred kilometers wide, resembling a sea turtle, stretched across the ocean.
The island was shaded by green trees and adorned with clusters of flowers, a veritable scene of a paradise beyond the world.
“Thank you, Senior.”
Lu Qingyang bowed in gratitude.
“Mm. Since the sect’s territory is decided, you may now pay the sect-founding spirit stones.”
“Understood.”
Lu Qingyang said no more, and readily took out one thousand spirit stones, handing them over.
Yet the young male cultivator did not accept them.
“Ahem… Fellow Daoist, the founding fee is indeed nine hundred and ninety-eight, but that refers to high-grade spirit stones…”
“High… high-grade spirit stones?”
Lu Qingyang’s heart skipped at these words.
He knew that in the Prison Dragon Realm, spirit stones were divided into five grades.
From low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, top-grade, to the rarest and most uncommon ‘Dao’-grade spirit stones.
The exchange rate between each grade was roughly ten to one.
In other words, nine hundred and ninety-eight high-grade spirit stones, converted to low-grade spirit stones, would be a full ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty low-grade spirit stones!
“Heh heh, does Fellow Daoist perhaps feel it’s expensive?”
“Then may I ask, Fellow Daoist, where else could you spend ninety thousand spirit stones to hire a Mahayana Venerable to protect you for a hundred years?”
“In truth, this price is not only not expensive, it could even be said to be very cheap…”
Seemingly having seen through Lu Qingyang’s thoughts, the young male cultivator strove to persuade him.
Watching the other party’s eager sales pitch.
For a single instant, Lu Qingyang actually felt dazed.
He seemed to feel he had returned to the marketing centers of certain real estate developers from his previous life…
Half an hour later, Jun Moyan’s storage bag was once again short one hundred thousand spirit stones.
In Lu Qingyang’s hand was an additional Sect Management Council rule jade slip.
“Martial-Nephew, shall we set off now?”
Outside the Sect Management Council, Jun Moyan asked with some heartache.
“No rush, Martial-Uncle. This trip is to found a sect and establish a school. Naturally, we must prepare thoroughly.”
Flipping through the Sect Management Council rules in his hand, Lu Qingyang’s brow furrowed slightly.
In the Central Region, the Sect Management Council was the foremost power.
All sects across the three hundred great provinces of the Central Region were under its governance.
And though founding a sect seemed to come with many benefits and be extremely simple, in truth it was not easy.
“According to the Sect Management Council rules, we must recruit one hundred disciples within ten years to be considered an officially established sect.”
“At the same time, because we’re based on Tiangong Island, the mortal commoners on Tiangong Island are also under our protection.”
“And every year we must pay a sect tax of twenty percent of the sect’s total income.”
“So founding a sect, founding a sect — it’s not about drawing a territory and playing house.”
“Rather, we must truly create a power that can supply itself, cycle itself, and develop itself, and within a hundred years, let the sect’s disciples grow up and truly establish a firm foothold!”
Lu Qingyang’s words left Jun Moyan, Chao San, and the others silent.
Both of them had the temperament of lone wolves.
Fighting others in battle was no problem, but governing a sect left them helpless.
Thinking of this, Jun Moyan raised his head, gazing at Lu Qingyang with determined eyes.
“Martial-Nephew, you’re right. I think you’re the person most suited to the position of Chaotian Sect’s Sect Master!”
“Therefore, from today onward, you are the thirteenth Sect Master of our Chaotian Sect!”
“Hm?”
Hearing Jun Moyan’s sudden declaration, Lu Qingyang was stunned.
Hadn’t he just spoken a passage of easily understood financial organization cycle theory from his previous life, plus a hundred-year goal?
How had he suddenly become Sect Master?
Had his dream come true just like that?
“This… isn’t appropriate.”
Looking at Jun Moyan before him, Lu Qingyang felt somewhat embarrassed.
Though once upon a time his ideal had been to become the Chaotian Sect’s Sect Master.
But now, with the newly established Chaotian Sect facing dangers on all sides.
Jun Moyan’s seniority was higher than his, his cultivation deeper.
If anyone was most qualified, it should be the other party.
“There’s nothing wrong with it!”
Jun Moyan’s face was serious as he waved his large hand.
“I, as a first-generation disciple of the Chaotian Sect’s twelfth generation, solemnly declare.”
“You, Lu Qingyang, are the thirteenth Sect Master of our Chaotian Sect, wielding authority over the Chaotian Sect!”