Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 963 - 496: Infiltration

Several days later, at dusk, a strange wind suddenly rose, sweeping over mountains and ridges, shaking trees and bending branches, followed by the sound of whistling ghosts, with a large group of cultivators flying over the grass, traveling in groups. They mysteriously activated the Divine Movement Spell and swiftly flew by using the Light Body Technique. It was as if they were being summoned by something from the void, gathering from all directions to a ruined temple on the outskirts of Jiangdu City.

Once these numerous figures landed on the ground, dispelled the spell, and stopped, they could see people of all sorts, both scholars and warriors, dressed in different and eccentric styles. At a glance, it was clear they were Mixed Cultivators from the Jianghu Martial World. Although their clothes varied, they now all had their faces uncovered, as if wearing blood-colored masks, like a group of mountain bandit robbers.

At this moment, the group of uncovered people was solemn and orderly, forming into two rows, sitting behind each other quietly in line, hardly daring to breathe loudly while practicing Breathing Control and Qi Replenishment. They seemed like chess pieces scattered over a board, showing respectful and dignified deference, as if some significant figure in the ruined temple was about to summon them at any moment.

With a creak, the door opened. The crowd looked up to see a beautiful woman, her face veiled with silk gauze and her body adorned in resplendent brocade, standing in the doorway with a burlap sack. She appeared startled, somewhat fearful, upon seeing so many blood-faced individuals.

Fortunately, two group leaders observed the situation and understood the implicit message. They simultaneously pounced forward, sliding to their knees and bowing at the woman's skirt,

"Mission accomplished successfully without failure!"

"Humbly follow the decree, here to present ourselves!"

The beauty was taken aback by the two, almost retreating into the courtyard, but she managed to hold her ground and didn't forget her lines,

"The master instructed that if the task is completed well, there will be rewards."

She then took out a talisman, slapped it onto the burlap sack, and tilted it at the door.

With a clatter, a pile of blood-colored copper coins poured out, accumulating into a small hill in an instant.

The leader quickly turned and shouted,

"Thank you, Supreme!"

Thus, the crowd all bowed low to the ground, chanting in unison, 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Blood Talisman~Manifest! Divine Power~Vast! Ten Absolutes~Majestic! Holy Fire~Surging!"

"With my~loyal soul! I bow~Saint Venerable! With my~blood! I offer~to the Divine Sect!"

"Hail~Supreme! Rewards and punishments~clear! For eternity~May it last forever! Our~Holy Sect alone!"

With a clatter, the coins rained down.

Having experienced rewards and punishments within the sect, the cult members were not surprised. While singing the praises, they awaited the rewards to be ready, then lined up to collect the Blood Coins. However, as they were chanting, they noticed something amiss.

With a clatter, the chanting ended, but the coins kept pouring...

No, isn't the amount of money given today a bit excessive...?

Suddenly curious, the crowd couldn't resist secretly lifting their heads to peek at the door. What they saw stunned everyone: a mountain of gold, silver, and blood, treasures, jewels, gold bits, and silver bars piled high.

The beautiful woman was still there, holding the sack, pouring treasures in a glistening array of colors out in waves.

Gradually, even the voices of praise stopped, and the cult members were left speechless and wide-eyed, kneeling like dumbfounded roosters, making "cluck cluck cluck" noises from their throats as they stared at the enormous treasure before them.

Xiao Baoqin continued pouring for a while, then seeing that it was almost all out, shook the bag, reached in to scoop out some more coins, tossed them, then folded the bag neatly. She turned to the two leaders, who were completely dumbfounded, standing there, and said,

"The master says, you can divide it among yourselves."

"Divide, divide it..."

"Wait, wait..."

The two almost couldn't get up, their hearts filled with confusion. They didn't dare make noise to disturb the Supreme inside, only gently questioned,

"May we dare ask the Holy Envoy, isn't the number of rewards... somewhat excessive?"

"Yes, indeed, we only accomplished a delivery task, barely counted as a merit. Such heavy rewards, how can we bear it..."

Xiao Baoqin glanced at them,

"The master says, I clearly reward and punish. Soon there will be times to utilize your efforts, and brothers who are willing won't be shortchanged. As for these yellow and white objects, they are useless in cultivation, purely trash. If you want them, pick them up yourselves."

"Hiss..."

"How magnanimous..."

Suddenly, the two became utterly confused.

What does it mean by these trash things being useless? If you want them, pick them up yourself? Is that reasonable!? Although it technically makes sense, unless you specifically refine Divine Gang Gold Qi, gold and silver jewelry are indeed useless for cultivation. But after all, the Central Plains is still on the gold standard era. Divine Gang Coins circulate among the populace as lower currency, while gold and silver are used by the court, Vassal States, and Gate Valve for large transactions and rewards as upper currency. Nowadays, the gold bits commonly used by businesses and Gate Valve are mostly one ounce of gold, roughly exchanging for more than ten strings of coins.

Moreover, the key point is, even the Three Great Sects don't have the Secret Technique of turning stones into gold. Although they wouldn't actively exchange stored gold, since the Gate Valve Clan, which actually controls land and manpower resources, loves using gold, cultivators naturally accept some precious metals and treasures as trading resources.

Furthermore, since gold itself isn't Heavenly and Earthly Treasures for cultivation, it will not be specifically tracked by arithmetic to calculate cause and effect, and it's convenient for large transactions and exchanging for cultivation materials, therefore, when the Gate Valve Clan hires assassins, they usually pay the cultivator tribute in gold.

Of course, even so, gold ultimately needs a step of exchange. If directly presenting Heavenly Materials Treasures and gold side by side to choose, indeed, there's no need to complicate things. But isn't it just that ordinary people simply can't obtain Heavenly and Earthly Treasures...