Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times-Chapter 663 - 231: "Big Dog Tycoon!"_4

"Currently speaking, Chao Tian Sect doesn’t have any factions, it’s entirely dominated by its founder’s absolute authority,"

"The founder also doesn’t have a wife, so there are no factional pulls from that end."

In early powers, it’s usually a one-man rule where the founder holds supreme dignity and power.

But... if this founder has a wife who has been struggling alongside him, then there’s a certain probability that the wife would feel that she has also contributed greatly to reaching this stage.

Unwilling to stay in the shadows, she begins to divide the power, and undercurrents of factional rivalries start emerging.

This is not very common, but it’s not rare either.

Such situations are usually tricky because even if the founder of the power is aware, in most cases they turn a blind eye, as there are very few willing to harshly deal with someone so close to their own pillow, and with such a stance from the top, it naturally disrupts the hearts of those below.

Over time, the issues grow significantly.

As for someone like Chen Qiu.

With no wife, no internal divisions, no factions, and being the strongest in the sect, his interest group is pure to an extreme, he only needs to perform well to attract the attention of Chen Qiu and have more opportunities in the future.

As for many powers needing a Young Sect Master to stabilize people’s hearts, to prevent the situation where the Sect Master suddenly dies and there’s no one to lead, Chao Tian Sect doesn’t have to worry about such things.

Because the core of Chao Tian Sect is Chen Qiu.

If Chen Qiu passes away abruptly, Chao Tian Sect would dissolve immediately after.

The concept of a Young Sect Master is completely unnecessary here.

"..."

After a long silence, the Taoist Sect Master finally said softly, "Understood."

Eventually, he compromised.

At that moment—

The man’s back seemed somewhat hunched, several strands of hair appeared on the top of his head, and he suddenly seemed several times older, years of stubborn thinking were finally completely shattered!

It turned out... as long as you’re strong enough, you don’t have to care about any rules or anything at all.

A basket of fruits is the greatest and only display of goodwill.

Then, the Taoist Sect Master was seen picking a Spirit Fruit from a nearby fruit basket, took a deep breath, and ran excitedly towards Elder Fat Long, who was not far away issuing commands, his voice full of excitement and joy, "Elder Fat Long, this Spirit Fruit is simply too delicious. Do you have more?"

"The Taoist Sect is willing to buy at a high price!"

"Eh?"

The Heavenly Axe Sect Master standing still, lamenting for his old friend, was slightly taken aback, a look of confusion flashing in his eyes; he thought, did attitudes change this quickly, so comfortably?

...

An hour later.

The group from Chao Tian Sect left the Taoist Sect feeling completely satisfied, while the Taoist Sect members, led by the Taoist Sect Master with red handkerchiefs in their hands, stood on the platform of the Taoist Sect mountain, waving goodbye with reluctant faces.

Whatever they were truly thinking, the facade they put up was quite impressive.

Without saying anything else.

A person who smiles and pleases you, could you really bring yourself to kill them? That would take a ruthless heart!

After sending off the group from Chao Tian Sect.

The Taoist Sect Master then looked at the chessboard in his hands, personally handed to him by Chen Qiu when he learned of his excellent chess skills, given as a gift.

Along with a Jade Scroll.

This Jade Scroll contained specific information about a treasure.

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’Treasure Name’: At Play with Heaven.

’Acquisition Source’: Bestowed by the Heavenly Dao.

’Usage Effect’:

1: Playing against the Heavenly Dao, a draw or winning by one piece would grant a random Spiritual Treasure, the more pieces won, the higher the grade of the Spiritual Treasure, with only one chance available.

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Unaware of the grade of the treasure, nor of the potential grade of the Spiritual Treasures produced.

Winning by one piece would yield a random Spiritual Treasure.

And in Go, one can usually only win by at most two pieces, meaning winning pieces, not capturing them, which implies he could obtain a maximum of two random Spiritual Treasures.

Of course, that’s only if he could win.

At the moment, the value was somewhat unclear. freёwebnoѵel.com

"Not bad."

The Taoist Sect Master pursed his lips, the smile at the corner of his mouth barely holding together, not because he thought the treasure was very valuable, but perhaps because he had performed well, the Chao Tian Sect Master had made promises to him.

He mentioned him destroying the great formations of the sects nearby when passing by.

In this way...

These sects would have to approach the Taoist Sect again to arrange new great formations, which meant a substantial order, as setting up great formations for sects was often especially expensive, not because the costs were high.

But because once a great formation was set up, there would usually not be any issues for a long time, with only maintenance required every decade, earning a modest profit.

To put it bluntly, it was a one-time deal.

No repeat buyers and no follow-up income.

But if these great formations were destroyed, the situation would be different—here came the repeat business he had previously dared not engage in, which meant breaking the rules. If it were ever exposed, their reputation would be thoroughly ruined.

But now...

He felt that the approach of the Chao Tian Sect was very foresighted, and as they weren’t the ones acting directly, suspicion wouldn’t fall on them.

A win-win!

And they even left behind a "Chao Tian Sect" Token, claiming that henceforth the Taoist Sect would enjoy the protection of the Chao Tian Sect, anyone who was an enemy of the Taoist Sect would be an enemy of the Chao Tian Sect!

...

Aboard the Flying Boat.

"..."

The Heavenly Axe Sect Master stood silently on the deck, saying nothing, feeling as though he had been tricked by his old friend, who seemed not as stubborn and old-fashioned as he imagined, but rather somewhat slippery and frighteningly insane!

Especially since he had learned from Fat Long that this was Chen Qiu’s first visit to the sect, not only with a fruit basket but also with a valuable treasure and promises, even including a Chao Tian Sect Token!

This was unprecedented.

To think that even the elders felt a fruit basket was somewhat embarrassing to offer, it was obvious just how insane his old friend was.

"Sigh..."

Standing on the deck, Chen Qiu, looking at the large bag of Storage Rings in his arms, took a deep breath to calm his emotions, frowned and looked at Fat Long and others, "Think about it, can we still help the Taoist Sect in any other way?"

He had visited many times.

Including his time on the Xuantian Continent, which had already become customary.

But this time, he somehow felt overwhelmed.

Fat Long’s return gift was 200,000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones, a rather extravagant number, as the Bai Family’s annihilation only yielded 400,000 raw Spirit Stones.

The Taoist Sect had given them.

It seemed the visit was about to end when the Taoist Sect Master proactively approached, saying he found the Spirit Fruit delicious and wanted to purchase it at a high price.

Planning to buy at a price of a thousand Spirit Stones per Spirit Fruit.

Not many.

Just one thousand five hundred.