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When Qinchuan and his companions returned to the Congyun Sect, the whole sect celebrated.

Ever since the Congyun Sect had declined, and the Myriad Spirit Garden became a public medicinal garden, every time it opened, the disciples of the Congyun Sect who entered to gather medicine suffered heavy losses.

Especially in the recent few excursions, not only did the Congyun Sect disciples fail to procure spirit grass and precious medicine from the Myriad Spirit Garden, but they were also hunted and killed by disciples of other sects, resulting in total annihilation every time.

Therefore, the Congyun Sect had completely given up on the Myriad Spirit Garden, no longer sending disciples to fight for its treasures.

Because to send disciples to the Myriad Spirit Garden to gather herbs was tantamount to sending them to their deaths.

However, this time, Qinchuan, Zhou Xi, Li Ran, and Wang Hao went to the Myriad Spirit Garden to pick spirit grass and precious medicine, not only did the entire team return safely, but they also achieved a great harvest, acquiring countless Heavenly Treasures Materials.

They even procured more than one plant of the finest medicines with a million years of growth!

The Heavenly Treasures Materials gathered by the group on this occasion alone were enough to support the normal operation of the Congyun Sect for a good while.

"Hahaha, esteemed elders, come, let us raise our glasses and toast our four great heroes!"

Wu Tian was overjoyed, having organized a celebratory feast, and at this moment, he personally raised his glass to toast Qinchuan and the others.

He was simply too happy.

The Congyun Sect had been weak for a long time and was in dire need of resources.

The wealth of Heavenly Treasures Materials that Qinchuan and his companions brought back from the Myriad Spirit Garden was like giving the Congyun Sect a chance to be reborn from the ashes!
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How could he not be ecstatic?

The elders also followed Wu Tian in raising their glasses.

Zhou Xi, Li Ran, and Wang Hao were quite apprehensive about Wu Tian and the elders personally toasting them and hurriedly claimed they were unworthy.

They were the younger generation; how could they accept toasts from the Sect Master and the Sect's elders?

However, Qinchuan was indifferent to such formalities. For even the esteemed founding ancestors of the Sect, in his eyes, were merely juniors.

He casually picked up his glass, drank a cup on his own, and smiling slightly at Wu Tian, said, "Sect Master, you are too kind. I merely persuaded the Grand Elder to publicly execute that Taixuan Sect's Elder Tianxuan, and in the Myriad Spirit Garden, I annihilated the entered disciples of the Taixuan Sect and the Li Mountain Sword Sect."

"Oh, and also the disciples from the Five Elements Sect, Taiyan Sword Sect, Long River Valley, Misty Shadow Gate, Wuji Sect, and others, they all died in the Myriad Spirit Garden. Although it wasn't by my hand, I guess the various sects will probably pin the blame on me anyway."

"…"

At Qinchuan's words, the laughter and chatter in the banquet instantly hushed.

All who were participating in the feast were stunned.

"What... what did you just say?"

Wu Tian's expression faltered, and he stuttered, "You said you incited the Grand Elder to kill the Taixuan Sect's team leader, Elder Tianxuan?"

"And in the Myriad Spirit Garden, you wiped out the disciples from the Taixuan Sect and the Li Mountain Sword Sect, and also the disciples from the other sects, and they are all related to you?!"

As he spoke, Wu Tian's breathing became somewhat rapid.

"Something like that, yes."

Qinchuan said in an even tone.

Although the Saint Heir of Taiyan and others met their demise because of their own foolishness, coveting the Evil-Suppressing Divine Sword, breaking the Seal, and thus freeing the Primordial Ancestral Serpent who subsequently devoured them, it was not by my hand that they were eradicated.

However, the news that I have wiped out disciples of the Taixuan Sect will spread. The other sects have long been eying Congyun Sect with predatory intent, and they are most likely to place the blame on my shoulders.

"Everything he said, is it all true?"

Wu Tian's heart suddenly sank, and he turned his head to look at Zhou Xi and the others and asked.

The three of them shrank their heads and did not utter a word.

Seeing this, Wu Tian's eyes rolled back, his body staggered, and he almost fainted on the spot.

"Sect Master, Sect Master!"

The elders immediately returned from their daze, hurriedly supporting Wu Tian.

"No, I can't panic, stay calm, I must remain calm..."

Wu Tian took a deep breath, trying to calm his Mind Realm and regain composure, "The Taixuan Sect and other major sects will probably come knocking at our doors at Congyun Sect any day now. How should our Congyun Sect respond?"

He did not get angry and rebuke Qinchuan for killing the disciples of the Taixuan Sect, nor did he question the Supreme Elder for slaying the Tianxuan elder of the Taixuan Sect. Instead, he quickly calmed himself down and pondered countermeasures.

Because he knew that the other sects have long been eyeing them like prey, coveting for a long time.

And they have long oppressed Congyun Sect.

Thinking back on how the disciples of Congyun Sect who entered the Myriad Spirit Garden in past years were hunted down to near extinction like prey by disciples of other sects.

In his view, Qinchuan's killing of the disciples of Li Mountain Sword Sect and Taixuan Sect was surely because they were relentlessly pressured by them!

That they could return alive from the Myriad Spirit Garden was already not easy, and they brought back so many Heavenly Treasures Materials for the sect, which is a great merit. How could he possibly have any reason to reproach them?

As for the Supreme Elder, he has dedicated his entire life to serving and protecting Congyun Sect. Unless he was left with no choice, why would he recklessly slay the elder of the Taixuan Sect without regard for the bigger picture?

"Supreme Elder, Saint Heir, Zhou Xi, Li Ran, and Wang Hao, you have all suffered during this journey!"

"To this drink, I, Wu Tian, still wish to toast you!"

"After we drink this, let us discuss how to deal with the retaliation from the Taixuan Sect and other major sects!"

Wu Tian took a deep breath, refilled his cup with wine, then raised the cup towards the Supreme Elder and Qinchuan among others, bowed respectfully, and then drained the wine in his cup in one go.

A touch of surprise flashed in Qinchuan's eyes, followed by a slight smile on his face as he nodded towards Wu Tian, feeling recognition for the current Sect Master of Congyun Sect for the first time.

He had intentionally spoken those words at the banquet to see how the current Sect Master of Congyun Sect would react upon learning that a great disaster was impending over Congyun Sect.

He had assumed Wu Tian would have become immediately flustered and lost composure upon hearing such news, and might even have directed blame at them.

But he had not expected Wu Tian to quickly regain his composure and even offer them an apology with a toast.

With complete nonchalance, he poured himself a drink, addressed Wu Tian, "During my time within the sect, today you've somewhat caught my eye, showing a bit of what a Sect Master should be like."

"As a Sect Master, it's not necessary to have a Cultivation Level that reaches the skies or control the fate of all, but at the very least in the face of events, one should keep their composure. The more dire the situation, the more one must remain unflustered. This way, one can keep a cool head and make the right decisions."

"Had you remained as temperamental and hasty as before, today your position as Sect Master..."

Qinchuan did not finish his sentence, instead, he drank the wine in his cup, placed the cup on the wine table, stood up, took Qin Xiaoyu's hand, and headed towards the Heaven-Piercing Peak.

"Congyun Sect, being a sect of the Imperial Dao, is merely facing insignificant provocations from various sects. They are like ants trying to shake a tree, hardly worth mentioning."