Chapter 69: Chapter 69 Sincerity (Five updates!)

The matters of the herb garden were swiftly addressed by Ling Qinghai, who quickly found people to deal with it.

As for Su Han, he was invited by Ling Qinghai to the Cold Cloud Sect’s guest hall.

By now, Ling Qinghai no longer viewed Su Han as a junior. Sometimes he wondered if Su Han was actually an avatar of some ancient demon.

The powerful realm required to deploy the Nihility World was something Ling Qinghai could deeply appreciate. If it were him, he wouldn’t even dare to think about executing it, let alone actually doing so.

Because he did not possess that realm!

“I brought you into the Cold Cloud Sect initially to awe you, then to consider whether you should become my disciple, but now our positions have switched, and instead, I should be taking you as my master. This really is…” Ling Qinghai shook his head and gave a bitter smile.

“Truly absurd, isn’t it?”

Su Han said calmly, “The competent serve as teachers, and the virtuous rise above. If you don’t understand this principle, you will never become powerful.”

Ling Qinghai fell silent.

After a moment, Ling Qinghai spoke, “You previously mentioned becoming a guest elder of the Cold Cloud Sect, which others might find laughable, but I feel that you have other demands, right?”

“I want to establish a sect.”

Su Han was silent for a moment, then added, “I need you to help me obtain a Sect Founding Order.”

“Agreed,” Ling Qinghai nodded immediately.

Before breaking through to the Dragon God Realm, it might have been difficult to secure a Sect Founding Order, but after the breakthrough, Ling Qinghai was eligible to obtain an Eighth-Rate Founding Sect Order.

An Eighth-Rate Founding Sect Order, naturally, was the item needed to establish an Eighth-Rank Sect.

While the sects of Dragon Martial Continent seem to operate independently, they are not without governance.

This governance is controlled by the joint efforts of the Top Ten Super Sects of the Dragon Martial Continent.

Each super sect is an extraordinary presence on Dragon Martial Continent, and even the first-class sects are seen as just slightly larger ants in their eyes.

To establish a sect, one must obtain their permission, and then they issue the Sect Founding Order.

Ling Qinghai was certainly going to upgrade the Cold Cloud Sect to an Eighth-Rank Sect, and the biggest benefit of becoming such a sect was the ability to control the nearest ten Ninth-Rate Sects.

For example, the Cold Cloud Sect is currently under the jurisdiction of the Eighth-Rank Sect, Flowing Snow Sect.

After upgrading to an Eighth-Rank Sect, Ling Qinghai would have ten Ninth-Rate Sect quotas at his disposal, and what Su Han wanted was one of them.

“I can give you a Sect Founding Order, but in addition to that, to establish a sect, you need to complete a Sect Founding Mission, which varies each time it is issued by those super sects. Given your current strength… it might be tough to complete,” Ling Qinghai added.

“Isn’t Cold Cloud Sect here to help me?” Su Han smiled.

Ling Qinghai furrowed his brow and sighed, “Sect Founding Missions strictly forbid assistance from other sects. You can inquire about this. Moreover, to establish a sect, you must have the Cultivation Base of the Dragon Pill Realm; your Dragon Vein Realm… isn’t it a bit low?”

“You don’t need to worry about that. As for Cold Cloud Sect helping me, it’s not without compensation. There are some things I’m too lazy to search for, so I’ll directly purchase them from Cold Cloud Sect. That shouldn’t count as helping, right?” Su Han said.

Ling Qinghai nodded: “That could work, as having substantial financial power is indeed part of your strength.”

“Besides that, there is another matter I need your help with,” Su Han added.

“Go ahead.”

“As the only sect within a hundred thousand miles, the number of geniuses in Cold Cloud Sect naturally goes without saying. I want to select fifty slots from the disciples of Cold Cloud Sect to become disciples of the sect I will establish,” Su Han said.

“Fifty people?”

Ling Qinghai’s brow furrowed again: “You should know, the disciples of Cold Cloud Sect were all admitted through three levels of selection. Even if I agree to give you fifty slots, those elders probably won’t agree!”

In Ling Qinghai’s view, Su Han’s desire for fifty disciples from the Cold Cloud Sect would surely lead him to directly select the most talented ones, such as Leng Yihui, Hu Zhengyao, and Yang Lin.

Although there are many disciples in the Cold Cloud Sect, those with such talents are few.

Furthermore, if Su Han were to directly take from those top talents, it would create a vacuum among the younger members of the Cold Cloud Sect. Not to mention the Elders, even Ling Qinghai himself would not agree to it.

“Rest assured, I need these fifty quotas not necessarily for those talents who have many Dragon Veins opened. I have my own cultivation methods. If I see potential, even if it’s just five Dragon Veins opened, I will consider them,” Su Han said with a smile.

“Really?” Ling Qinghai was somewhat skeptical.

Su Han nodded, “You don’t need to worry. Just observe when I select the disciples. If you are unwilling, I naturally won’t insist. Besides, I’m not taking these disciples for nothing.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Han waved his hand, and immediately, a large number of items appeared in the hall.

There were two piles of items, one pile shimmering with the gleam of silver weapons while the other was like a small mountain of jade bottles.

“This is…”

The luster from the weapons and jade bottles momentarily dazzled Ling Qinghai.

“Are these all Silver Level weapons?!” Ling Qinghai finally exclaimed in shock after a long while.

On the Dragon Martial Continent, the most precious thing is naturally talent.

But above talent, there are even more exceptional individuals, such as Alchemists and Artifact Refiners.

Especially Artifact Refiners!

Because while pills are consumables, weapons can be used continuously.

Others might not know, but Ling Qinghai knew that within the Cold Cloud Sect, there were more than a dozen Alchemists, including one High-Grade Silver Level Alchemist.

But there was only one Artifact Refiner!

And he was a Low-Grade Silver Level Refiner!

Yet, even such a rank held an extraordinarily esteemed position within the Cold Cloud Sect, to the extent that even the High-Grade Silver Level Alchemist “Master Rong” had to respectfully address him as Master since Master Rong’s Pill Furnace was made by this Artifact Refiner.

A Low-Grade Silver Level Artifact Refiner could only produce Low-Grade Silver Level weapons, but among the weapons Su Han presented, Ling Qinghai saw Top-Grade Silver Level weapons!

And there were as many as ten pieces!

How could Ling Qinghai not be astonished?

One should know, on the market, the price for a Top-Grade Silver Level weapon had skyrocketed to millions of Gold Coins each, vastly more expensive than pills of the same level.

Even the Cold Cloud Sect would need to purchase such level weapons, as the single Artifact Refiner in the Sect simply couldn’t produce them.

“These weapons, and these pills, this is my sincerity. What do you think?” Su Han said with a light chuckle.

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