Longevity Fairy: Sister, Please Wait A Little Longer

Chapter 26 026: Elder Zhao, the Scapegoat, and the Fifth Level of Qi Refining (Seeking More Chapters!)

On the peak of Xiaoqing Peak, at the outer gate of Azure Cloud Sect, Elder Zhao Weiyi was listening to a steward's report.

"Elder, last night, more than ten disciples were beaten, and most of them were knocked out with just one blow. There is nothing valuable to steal in the mine except for some tools, and none of those things were missing. The only thing missing is the ore inside the mine."

With black hair but a voice that had already aged, Zhao Weiyi said, "Hmm, I see."

There was no need to ask or investigate this matter. The only ones capable of doing such a thing were the disciples of the seventeenth group.

These thieves who stole the ore had become smarter. First, they didn't bite the hand that fed them. The attacked mine was the thirty-something mine of the seventeenth group. Second, they all concealed their identities and left no trace. There were no witnesses or evidence. Even if they knew where they came from, they couldn't punish them.

Hmm. These bastards only moved the mining location to a richer ore deposit. Even if they were punished, it wouldn't be a big deal.

The key was that behind them stood the Elder Nangong Li of the outer gate.

Zhao Weiyi pondered for a while and thought, "What does the Elder Nangong Li plan to do? I can understand self-inspection and internal investigation. Corruption is something that every sect must investigate. But that disciple from the seventeenth group was a bit too arrogant. I have already sent people to warn them one by one, and the Elder Nangong Li should have reprimanded that disciple in charge. Yet he still allowed his subordinates to act recklessly."

Thinking of this, Zhao Weiyi dismissed the steward and prepared to seek an audience with Elder Nangong.

Elder Nangong had been in charge of the outer gate for a thousand years and was not someone who acted recklessly.

The corruption started in his mining area, and Elder Nangong had given him face. Zhao Weiyi was very grateful. If there was really a need for cooperation, as long as Elder Nangong gave the order, Zhao Weiyi guaranteed that he would strike wherever he was pointed.

Just then, a shout came from below the mountain, "Old Zhao, come out and meet me!"

The person who came was Elder Hua Mantian from Hundred Flowers Peak.

Unlike the inner peaks, where each peak was like a separate world, the outer peaks, large and small, were managed by an elder, each occupying one peak.

The relationship between Xiaoqing Peak and Hundred Flowers Peak was good, so when a guest visited, Zhao Weiyi naturally had to come out to meet them.

However, today, Elder Hua Mantian of Hundred Flowers Peak had a very displeased expression on his face and said, "Old Zhao, your Xiaoqing Peak has gone too far recently."

Zhao Weiyi was completely puzzled.

"Don't pretend with me."

Hua Mantian waved his hand and said, "Elder Nangong wants to make some changes and let the outer gate have some new developments. Don't tell me it wasn't you who secretly schemed and then Elder Nangong directly chose your Xiaoqing Peak."

Zhao Weiyi, who had just been scolded a few days ago, continued to be confused.

"Elder Nangong has created a technique called the [Heavenly Wolf Art], specifically designed for fake Spirit Veins and miscellaneous Spirit Veins. A disciple with almost no cultivation talent can sense Qi on the same day and condense Qi cyclones in ten days."

Elder Hua Mantian of Hundred Flowers Peak continued, "You have twenty thousand miscellaneous disciples under Xiaoqing Peak who work hard for the sect's mining. I admit that it's tough. But the miscellaneous disciples under my Hundred Flowers Peak don't just eat and sleep every day.

Go out and inquire, it's already spread outside. Xiaoqing Peak is the direct line of Elder Nangong. If anyone wants to marry into the sect, they must marry a disciple from Xiaoqing Peak. Zhao Weiyi, let me tell you! Seventy percent of the female disciples in the outer gate belong to Baihua Peak. If you want to enjoy the benefits, you must leave me some soup to drink. Otherwise, I'll make all the disciples of Xiaoqing Peak stay single!"

That day, besides "receiving" Hua Mantian, Zhao Weiyi also received Elder Liu, who was in charge of the internal affairs of the outer gate.

Normally, one side did the physical work, and the other side did the meticulous work, so they didn't interact much. Therefore, Elder Liu was very polite in his words.

However, Elder Liu was also very dissatisfied with Xiaoqing Peak's behavior of monopolizing resources. He strongly hinted that Elder Nangong's next plan should be related to the monthly salary of the outer gate disciples and miscellaneous disciples. If Yuding Peak couldn't get a share of the benefits, the disciples of Xiaoqing Peak shouldn't even think about getting new underwear!

Zhao Wei blinked his still clear eyes and said, "What exactly is going on? My great-grandfather once mentioned the matter of the Southern Palace Elder, and now it has been brought up again. I have heard about the matter of cultivation techniques, but those miscellaneous disciples who went to other mines to fight wouldn't be so fierce without the assistance of spirit stones. But they are only a hundred people, not the twenty thousand miscellaneous disciples of the Xiaoqing Peak who have embarked on the path of cultivation!"

Elder Zhao did not know that the real mastermind had already started framing him from the moment the plan was perfected. The current Zhao Wei was like a person who had gotten mud on his pants - even if it wasn't shit, it was still dirty.

There are no walls that can't be penetrated. It's not a big deal for a cultivator to appear among the miscellaneous disciples, but to have dozens or even hundreds of them appear at once, and for these hundred people to keep going out causing trouble, even if they weren't caught by the tail, the news still spread quickly.

"Hey, do you know, do you know? The miscellaneous disciples are about to receive a monthly salary!"

"That's impossible. There is no ordinary money in the sect, and giving out spirit stones is useless. Who would use spirit stones just for Body Refining?"

"It's true. It was Elder Zhao from Xiaoqing Peak who came up with the idea for the Elder above."

In the past few days, Xiaoqing Peak has caught a lot of people. Everyone knows what the mining area is like, it's severely rotten. In a fit of anger, the Elder wanted to remove Elder Zhao from his position.

How could Elder Zhao bear to give up the mining area? He said he wanted to make amends and then handed over a plan to revitalize our outer sect. He said that there are a hundred thousand outer sect disciples in Qingyun, and if all of them can cultivate to the third level of Qi Refining, it would be equivalent to ten thousand disciples at the seventh level of Qi Refining. He even brought out his deceased great-grandfather, who had once guided the Elder when he was still a junior disciple, and made the Elder sympathize with him.

"Is it true?"

"Of course it's true. Now there are at least a few thousand Xiaoqing Peak miscellaneous disciples who have embarked on the path of cultivation. In a few months, there will be an additional twenty thousand Qi Refining first level cultivators in the outer sect."

Hearing this, the disciple who was stopped suddenly felt regret and said, "Damn it, I had the chance to join Xiaoqing Peak, but the disciples of Xiaoqing Peak have to take turns to mine. The mining area is too harsh, so I used my connections to go to Yuding Peak instead!"

The person talking to him said, "Yeah, my family is poor. If I don't find any connections, I'll have to go mining next year. I hope I can cultivate to the third level of Qi Refining as soon as possible. I heard that even though cultivators at the third level of Qi Refining can't fly or burrow underground, they can jump three zhang high with a single leap."

"..."

"Did you hear, did you hear? The next selected mine has already been decided, it's Mine No. 12."

"You're talking nonsense. It's clearly our Mine No. 8. This month, we handed in twenty percent more ore than last month!"

"Only twenty percent? Our Mine No. 12 had a full thirty percent more!"

"Damn it, even though our Mine No. 3 only had a ten percent increase, the Spirit Vein ore we've handed in to the sect in recent years has always been among the top. The No. 1 mine is full of a bunch of old foxes, who doesn't know that?"

"Damn it, don't you dare badmouth others!"

"I badmouth others? Who taught me to be lazy back then?"

"Let's wait and see!"

"Haha, who's afraid of who!"

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed, and the only mine that had truly implemented the so-called "eliminating the old and bringing in the new" plan was Mine No. 17.

All one hundred miscellaneous disciples of Mine No. 17 had started practicing the Heavenly Wolf Art, and it was the latest version.

Since the cultivation technique before and after came from the same person, the replacement had no effect at all.

Among these one hundred people, five had reached the first level of Qi Refining, and ten were about to step into the first level of Qi Refining after cultivating their qi vortex. The rest were all working hard.

They had all made a vow that if they didn't reach the first level of Qi Refining by next month, they would remain bachelors for the rest of their lives.

And their senior brother Chu Bai had successfully broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

(End of this chapter)