The Treasure Generating Bowl - Chapter 1022

Chapter 1022 The Negotiation of the Deacon Elder (shuhaige.net)

“Ring ring…”

The sudden noise startled He Pingsheng, but it didn’t last long.

After about twenty breaths, the peeping tom seemed to stop after seeing He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng’s face darkened.

A few breaths later, a knock came from outside the formation.

He Pingsheng swept his divine sense out and found that the person knocking on the door was actually the elder in charge of the deacon hall.

This person, however, could not refuse to see him.

He Pingsheng then stood up from the futon, slowly activated the array, and went to the door.

“Greetings, Uncle-Master!” He Pingsheng bowed to the elder.

When they first met, the elder in charge told him that he didn’t need to call him elder, but just call him uncle.

“Hehehe… Not bad, not bad!” the elder said. “Let’s go into your dojo and talk. I have some things I’d like to discuss with you!”

“Please come in, Uncle-Master!”

He Pingsheng respectfully invited the old man into his Taoist temple.

We should still show some respect, since there’s no harm in it.

After entering He Pingsheng’s Taoist temple, the two sat down, one as the host and the other as the host.

The elder in charge looked up at the four-layered array above He Pingsheng’s dojo and clicked his tongue in amazement, saying, “I didn’t expect you, Junior Nephew He, to be such a genius in array formations. Did you set up all these arrays?”

He Pingsheng smiled and said, “Yes, it’s just a first-grade immortal array, nothing to mention!”

“If we don’t set up some formations, there will always be some scheming and despicable people who want to spy on us. With these formations, we will have an extra layer of protection!”

“What does Uncle-Master think?”

The elder deacon’s face was rather grim: “A scoundrel?”

“Hehehe…hehe…” The elder in charge chuckled twice and said, “That’s true…but I remember that Junior Nephew He has only been in the Red Lotus Immortal Valley for twenty years, right? How did he manage to acquire so many resources, setting up arrays and using immortal talismans? That must have cost a lot of immortal crystals, right?”

He stared at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng remained calm and said, “Uncle-Master, you are mistaken!”

“Wrong?” The elder was taken aback. “What do you mean, Junior Nephew He?”

He Pingsheng said, “I have been in the Red Lotus Immortal Valley for more than twenty years, not twenty-eight!”

“Hi…” the elder deacon asked, “Is there a difference?”

He Pingsheng did not answer him.

The elder in charge couldn’t help but ask again, “Where did you get all these supplies?”

“Don’t tell me you came here to do missions! I’ve never seen you do any missions!”

The elder deacon had a serious expression on his face as he spoke.

He Pingsheng said, “I found them… Last time I went to the mine, I found two pieces of top-grade [Earth Dragon Lapis Lazuli]…”

“I know that!” the elder in charge quickly said, “But two pieces of Earth Dragon Azure Gold are definitely not enough for you to obtain so many resources!”

“Who said I only picked up two top-grade Earth Dragon Azure Gold?” He Pingsheng laughed. “Uncle-Master, let me finish what I was saying… Not only did I pick up two Earth Dragon Azure Gold, but Qingxuan also gave me a top-grade wood-attribute immortal sword. I then sold this immortal sword to Senior Sister Su Muyu of the inner sect, which is how I obtained so many cultivation resources!”

“How is this possible?” The elder in charge nearly jumped up: “Qingxuan?”

“How could he possibly possess a top-grade immortal sword? Besides, even if he did, why would he give it to you?”

He Pingsheng said, “I don’t know about that… If you don’t believe me, you can ask Qingxuan!”

“He will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!”

“Hmph…” The elder in charge snorted coldly, no longer mentioning why He Pingsheng possessed resources, but instead asked, “I heard from Jing Lei that you killed eleven outer disciples in total, is that true?”

“Huh?” He Pingsheng looked completely bewildered. “What are you talking about, Uncle-Master?”

“When did I kill anyone?”

“You still want to deny it?” the elder said. “Just a few days ago, do you dare to say you didn’t kill any outer sect disciples?”

“Hmph… He Pingsheng, let me tell you, killing a fellow disciple must be punished with one’s life!”

“Just wait to die!”

He Pingsheng wasn’t afraid at all, and simply said, “Uncle-Master, you’ve been wronged! I’ve been in the temple these past few days and haven’t gone out at all. How could I possibly have killed someone?”

“Did Jing Lei tell you where I killed that person?”

“What was used to kill him?”

“How many did you kill?”

“And why kill?”

“Since Senior Brother Jing Lei was there, why didn’t he stop it? Instead, he ran back to complain?”

He Pingsheng asked several questions in one breath, leaving the elder in charge speechless.

“How about this, Uncle-Master!” He Pingsheng said, “The death of eleven outer disciples is a serious matter. I’ll go to the inner sect to report it to the Enforcement Hall. Then you can call Senior Brother Jing Lei over, and we can confront each other. Then everything will be clear, right?”

As he spoke, He Pingsheng actually stood up.

The elder in charge was startled.

joke!

If this matter reaches the Enforcement Hall, there will be absolutely no room for maneuver. Further investigation will not yield any evidence and will only expose these scandals of the outer sect.

“Alright!” The elder’s tone finally softened a bit: “I came to find you not to hold you accountable, but to discuss some matters with you!”

The reason the elder in charge used the charge of harming fellow disciples to pressure He Pingsheng was to gain the upper hand in the negotiations.

He was one head taller than He Pingsheng.

Now that we’ve lost the initiative, we have no choice but to lay our cards on the table.

“Managing the outer gates is not easy!”

“Among the outer disciples, eight or nine out of ten are unable to form a real combat force. It can be said that these people are of no use to the sect!”

“If we let it develop unchecked, it will only be a waste of resources!”

“Right now, the entire Crimson Lotus Valley is at a critical juncture of life and death!”

“You don’t know? In recent years, our sect has lost three Ascension Pools and two Immortal Crystal Mines!”

“Our territory is getting smaller and smaller, and it has even reached a critical point of life and death!”

“At this time…” The elder in charge turned around and stared at He Pingsheng: “The only way is to tighten resources… but we can’t openly reduce the disciples’ supplies, so this is the only method I can think of to curb the cultivation of those outer disciples!”

“Thunderclap is a tool!”

“He helped me a lot!”

“He is also a hero of the entire Red Lotus Immortal Valley!”

“Now that you’ve forced him to join the inner sect, tell me, how is the outer sect supposed to operate from here on out?”

He Pingsheng smiled.

This argument seems reasonable, but it’s really just a way of defending himself.

For the good of the sect?

So I oppress and exploit the outer disciples?

What utter nonsense!

Even a tiny bit of resources that slips through the fingers of an inner disciple is enough for an outer disciple to cultivate, okay?

“Jing Lei is gone!” The elder in charge said bluntly, “Where will you take Jing Lei’s place from now on?”

“Will it work?”

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