Seducing Goddesses With My Infinite Wealth-Chapter 84: Divine Cloud Sect Refused to Pay Laborers, Declared Wage System a Distraction to Enlightenment

Chapter 84: Divine Cloud Sect Refused to Pay Laborers, Declared Wage System a Distraction to Enlightenment

Chapter 84 - Divine Cloud Sect Refused to Pay Laborers, Declared Wage System a Distraction to Enlightenment

Two months after the incident, the Divine Cloud Sect welcomed a new festival.

All outer disciples, inner disciples, and core disciples returned to the sect to participate in the most prestigious competition—The Internal Tournament. Tournament victors will be rewarded with cultivation resources and the chance to participate in a dimensional plane expedition.

However, this year’s competition seemed different.

In her room, Tang Youyan read the latest internal affairs department news scroll.

Announcement of Internal Affair

The upcoming Internal Tournament’s rules and rewards have changed as follows:

- Those who succeed in the preliminary round will be eligible to join the expedition on the secret plane.

- The tournament prize pool has been boosted from 100 to 10,000 spirit stones, plus additional perks and items.

- The tournament’s champion and the final 8 will receive a heaven-grade technique or cultivation manual of their choice instead of an earth-grade manual.

"Whoa."

Tang Youyan was excited. She rushed to her room and fetched a jade slip in her cabinet’s drawer. Holding the jade, she channeled her Qi into it, calling her father at home.

A moment later, her father responded.

"What is it, Yan’er? Is there a problem in the sect?"

Tang Youyan inhaled deeply and reported. "Yes.

Looks like the Divine Cloud Sect found a sponsor somehow. Recently, members of the Ji Clan have come to the sect. I’m not sure how Sect Master Li connects with the Ji Clan, but things get a lot better. Also, the internal tournament prizes this year are heaven-grade techniques or cultivation manuals."

Tang Youyan’s father paused for a long time. His voice cracked as he replied.

"Is this about the Yin Clan and the Ouyang Clan changing their minds?"

For the last few months, Yin Qingming had refrained from embezzling spirit stones and cultivation resources from his disciples and the sect. On the contrary, he and his clansmen had been filling the treasury with spirit stones out of their pockets.

The Ouyang Clan and their members also stopped bullying new disciples. People from the elite group and the peasant group diligently cultivated as though something possessed them.

In the last month, two outer disciples from the elite group were promoted to inner disciples. One of them was Ouyang Jiehong, the ringleader of the bullying faction. The other was a senior member with the surname Liang.

Everything changed for the better, but Tang Youyan couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable. The once lively and chaotic atmosphere became dull and tranquil, as though the sect slowly turned into a robotic town, where all its residents had been brainwashed.

Fortunately, a few elders and her friends remained the same. Her eye-candy person also didn’t change, and he still looked as delicious as she remembered him.

"Maybe they’re possessed or brainwashed? I don’t know." Tang Youyan spoke her mind.

"Well, these changes are for the better. If they keep this up, we’ll consider restoring our connections with them. Speaking of which, have you heard about the Pei Clan? Lately, there’s a weird rumor going around that the Pei Clan went broke. The Pei Clan took out a loan of spirit stones from the Liang Merchant Group for Pei Guihong’s treatment, but they couldn’t pay the loan on time. Their manor has been confiscated to pay the debt."

"...Yeah, I heard about it. Why?"

"I’m thinking of annulling your engagement with Pei Guihong soon."

"R-Really?! Finally, after all these years I begged you?!"

"I’m sorry. This should have listened to you way back when we learned that Peng Guihong’s cultivation stagnated. His parent was planning to send him to your sect if nothing else worked. You might find him there soon."

"Meh, when that time comes, I’ll already be promoted. Plus, I found someone I want to marry. Father, you should come see him when you have time!"

"Hoh?" The father got curious. "Who is he? Which family is he from?"

"He’s the core disciple of Sect Master Li. His surname is Fu."

"And his cultivation and age?"

"He’s a little older, but he’s on the verge of a breakthrough. Oh, that breathing technique I was talking about, do you remember, father? It was from him. He donated it to the sect! I heard he donated several heaven-grade manuals to the sect."

"...Alright. If that’s the case, I’ll visit this young man soon. By the way, when does the internal tournament begin?"

"In a week."

"I won’t make it in time. Maybe I’ll be there once the expedition’s over."

"Oh, did I tell you that the expedition this time is more generous? They’re taking everybody who passes the qualifier round now."

"WHAT?!"

-

Spirit Stone Planet

Yin Qingming, Yin Suyin, elders, and deacons from the Yin Clan held pickaxes in their hands, digging the mountain nonstop. Everybody channeled Qi into the tools and slammed it into the mountain cave walls and boulders.

Blue rocks cracked and fell to the ground. Miners transported rocks from the quarry to the processing area in mine carts for refining giant and small spirit stones. Despite its slow and inefficient nature, nobody dared use the storage ring for fear of punishment.

Zou Laoye was there, smiling from ear to ear. Although he was busy refining the spirit stones, he liked what he saw.

The problematic Yin Clan finally stopped confiscating and embezzling funds from the sect. They repented by working on the new secret plane as miners without demanding compensation. Zou Laoye was so moved that he almost cried.

"Our disciples need to learn spirit stone refining techniques now. If at least 100 disciples can be converted to refiners, our sect will thrive!"

Zou Laoye appreciated the mysterious sponsor who donated this plane to the sect. He suspected the Ji Clan had given the artifact to Li Wushuang. Regardless, the Divine Cloud Sect was heading in the right direction.

Then, he thought of Li Wushuang’s core disciple.

"Was it him, or was it the Ji Clan? Is someone pursuing our sect master again? Is the disciple wooing his master? Hmm."

Curious about Fu Tong, Zou Laoye wondered if he should start collecting information about him. He took a mental note. He planned to investigate Fu Tong’s background once the task was finished.

WHOOSH

While Zou Laoye was daydreaming, elders and deacons from the Ouyang Clan crossed through the portal. Thirty capable cultivators, along with Ouyang Aochen, arrived to begin their shift.

"Elder Zou, change shift, please."

"Of course, of course!" Zou Laoye brightly smiled and turned to the Yin Clan’s workers. He rang a small bell. "END OF SHIFT! LET THE OUYANG TAKE OVER!"

Yin Qingming, Yin Suyin, and elders from the Yin Clan stopped working. They returned to the tools at the gathering site and purified their clothes and bodies with their Qi. Without saying a word, the brainwashed unit returned to the sect.

Ouyang Aochen grabbed one of the pickaxes and channeled his Qi into it. He turned to the quarry and ordered his people.

"DON’T LOSE TO THE YIN CLAN! WE WILL MINE MORE SPIRIT STONES THAN THEM! PROVE YOURSELVES THAT YOU’RE SUPERIOR TO THE LIKES OF YIN!"

"OOOOH!!"

The crowd picked their tools and charged at the mountain.

Again, Zou Laoye was moved to tears of happiness. His smiling face never disappeared.

-

Meanwhile, the unsung MVP of this reformation sat on top of the spirit stone mountain, gazing at the brainwashed crowd below. He maintained the charm curse that he had inflicted on everybody but Zou Laoye.

The elder fox, Huli Jiubai, peacefully mediated and cultivated, using the Qi from the environment. He also hummed, enjoying the slow life and the view.

He thought to himself.

’The young lord surely is resourceful and insightful. He could have asked us to mine this place, but instead, he chose to befriend our clan. Then, when he learns that I can brainwash people, he uses me to brainwash them and turn them into laborers. We get cultivation resources. The humans get richer. And the young expands his influence externally. Not only did he score a female from the Ji Clan, but he now has the sect master in his bed! What a master plan!’

Things were never dull once Fu Tong arrived. Huli Jiubai couldn’t help but cackle. He enjoyed working with Fu Tong and anticipated more crazy projects.

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