Chapter 328 - Becoming the Host of the Competition (1/2)
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For some reason, Lonemoon’s attraction resulted in there being more disciples from Honesty Sect than from Divine Heavens Sect. Furthermore, most of the disciples who came forward were sword cultivators who were interested in breaking through the sword array. The Honesty Sect accepted so many spirit stones that their hands began to feel weak. The fees they were charging were more than ten times the fees charged for entry into the mystic realm.
Lou Hong felt extremely confused about this. He had no idea when Lonemoon even managed to strike a deal with the Divine Heavens Sect. Previously, the disciples could enter for free. Now, they were paying a big price to enter the same sword array, yet they looked like they were the ones at an advantage.
What’s more, Supremacy Lonemoon’s sword array was spectacular, but it was not unique to their sect alone. A mighty sect like the Divine Heavens Sect surely had a similar sword array. The only good thing that Lou Hong could observe from this was that this sword array could accept cultivators who were as weak as Nascent Souls.
Lou Hong remained confused by all of this, until the first batch of Nascent Soul cultivators were sent forward. Each of them brought spirit stones, causing Lou Hong to be tongue-tied. The money they were earning was equivalent to half a year’s worth of income that Honesty Sect received. Unable to hold back any longer, he finally asked Lonemoon.
“Oh.” Lonemoon looked unfazed. “I told them that within these three years, apart from disciples from our sect, only Divine Heavens Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators would be allowed to enter the sword array.” Of course, the price of an exclusive membership would be much higher than usual.
Lou Hong, “…”
So that was the case. Their own sect did not have many Nascent Soul cultivators, but there were many other Nascent Souls in the Three Azure Realms. it was certainly not easy for all of them to become Soul Formation cultivators. In every ten Nascent Soul cultivators, nine would fail. Primarily, these cultivators were lacking the opportunity to improve. It was extremely difficult for them to find a suitable training ground. Naturally, then, many sects would be tempted by the idea of a sword array setup especially for Nascent Souls to be trained. Afterall, this would mean that their Nascent Souls would have a better chance of increasing their cultivation. The Divine Heavens Sect ranked first among the immortal sects. It was reasonable for them to want to produce more Soul Formation cultivators – the more the better. Given that their current ranking was being threatened, they were obviously willing to pay any price to secure it.
Since Honesty Sect was able to give the Divine Heavens Sect such a security the two sects were expected to have very good relations moving forward. This was advantageous for Honesty Sect as well. Indeed, Lonemoon was worthy of being called a Soul Formation Supremacy. He had actually thought so far ahead for the sect. As the sect master, Lou Hong was utterly ashamed!
“Supremacy, you really are very strategic!” Lou Hong cupped his fists and bowed respectfully to Lonemoon. For the umpteenth time, he felt the urge to let Lonemoon take over as the sect master.
Lonemoon, who was walking around with a signboard to increase the price on the spot: “…”
The facts have shown that Lonemoon’s sword array was extremely useful. Within a few short years, all the disciples in the sect had increased by a full level. The few Golden Core disciples they had were already Nascent Souls by now. Honesty Sect was no longer the sect it was before, with only two Nascent Soul cultivators.
The disciples from the Divine Heavens Sect experienced the same phenomenon, especially the few Nascent Soul cultivators who came to train in the array. Although they had not become Soul Formation cultivators yet, they did improve a great deal more than they ever did before. Everyone who heard about this was surprised. All the more, people were willing to pay the high price to enter and train in the sword array. Some even took the initiative to offer a higher price.
Honesty Sect’s treasure storage was increasing at a rapid speed. The sect was receiving a windfall from this business.
Yet, Lonemoon felt that this standard of business was too low for him. He handed all the operations over to Lou Hong and washed his hands off it for good. Instead, Lonemoon focused on training Yi Qing. He was determined to prevent Shen Ying from influencing him to become a body cultivator. Just like that, three years went by with Lonemoon watching over Yi Qing.
From the time they entered the mystic realm, Yi Qing seemed to have undergone some kind of shock. He cultivated with much more vigor. Even his sword techniques were looking more complete. His original cultivation was still there, but he was lacking the spiritual power to recover it. Now that he was training very seriously, his powers increased rapidly. Within three years, he became a full Golden Core cultivator, and was on the verge of becoming a Nascent Soul.