After the mind-reading cripple junior sister, the entire sect rose to prominence.

Chapter 48 Hundred Schools of Thought
Everyone looked over.

"Have you forgotten how my junior sister taught me alchemy?" Du Yue retorted. "By the same token, she can also teach me how to refine the Ten-Day Elixir."

He originally knew nothing about alchemy, but he was able to get on the right track because Mo Jiuwei carefully guided him and taught him step by step.

Du Yue felt that ten days to eliminate... was also possible.

"You mean, for these ten days, instead of hiring an alchemist from outside, you'll be the one refining the pills? And Jiuwei will guide you from the side?" Meng Ling understood.

“That’s right! If she were to give guidance, she would be very meticulous and wouldn’t make any mistakes in the details.” Du Yue nodded. “We have already confirmed that no one outside of us can hear Junior Sister Jiuwei’s thoughts, so it’s probably not feasible for other alchemists to refine the pills.”

“If that’s the case, then it’s quite suitable.” Liu Feng’s eyes lit up. “Moreover, by not going out to find an alchemist, we can also prevent the risk of the pill formula being leaked.”

If another alchemist were to refine it, the recipe for the ten-day cure would be impossible to keep secret.

"However, Junior Sister Du, can you refine that pill?" Hu Jiu asked with some concern.

A pill that can cure the sect leader's poison must not be something that is easy to make. With Du Yue's current level... can she do it?
"Let's take it one step at a time. First, find out the formula and judge the difficulty level based on the medicinal materials," Liu Feng said. "There's no other way now. If Du Yue isn't the one to refine it, then we can only wait until Jiu Wei grows up before we can refine it."

By the time Jiuwei grows up, it will be at least a decade or more...

Thinking about it that way, it seems like relying on Du Yue would be faster?
Xu Yihan chuckled.

Everyone looked at him with concern, but he waved his hand and said, "Alright, since there's a way, I'm relieved. I'm willing to wait a year or ten years. You don't need to worry about me."

"Sect Leader, I will definitely study and practice diligently to refine the Ten-Day Elimination Technique for you as soon as possible!" Du Yue said firmly.

Xu Yihan looked at her with some relief, "Thank you, but don't be too eager for quick results. Don't bite off more than you can chew."

"Yes, disciple understands, I will act according to my ability."

Xu Yihan nodded, then seemed to remember something. "There's something I need to tell you. In three months, it will be the day of the Hundred Schools Training. This time, the school we'll be training with is Qingyue Sect. We have two spots, and I'd like to allocate them according to cultivation level. Liu Feng and Chen Lan, what do you think?"

"The Hundred Schools of Wheels, what is that?" The youngest, Meng Ling, had never heard of it.

"The Hundred Schools Learning Tour is a friendly support program between larger schools and smaller schools. Smaller schools provide funding, while larger schools provide personnel and venues. Smaller schools travel to larger schools to learn and exchange ideas, broaden their horizons, and enhance their strength," Liu Feng explained.

"Small dispatch money? Does that mean we need to hand over crystals and then send two people to Qingyue Sect to study for a while?" Meng Ling asked.

"Yes, that's the gist of it, but it's changed over the years." Chen Lan sneered. "The big sects look down on the small sects, and even if the small sects go there, they'll be treated differently and won't learn any real skills. They'll just be ridiculed."

"If you don't want to teach, why not just cancel it? Why bother with all this trouble?" Meng Ling frowned, not understanding.

"After all, such opportunities are rare. For a small sect, being able to see the world and meet some geniuses from a large sect is valuable in itself. If they can actually learn something, then they have gained even more."

Liu Feng said, "For the major sects, they can not only collect money, but also observe whether other sects have good talents. If they find good talents, they will step forward to recruit them, and they usually won't refuse."

Tsk, good heavens! They said they were here to learn, but as soon as they saw a genius, they just lured them away! If this continues a few more times, the major sects will get even bigger, and the minor sects will get even smaller!
"Can we not go?" Chen Lan frowned. "We're short of money ourselves, why should we just throw ourselves at their doorstep? Besides, even if we go, we'll just be given the cold shoulder. Wouldn't that be like asking for trouble?"

“We can’t not go. If we don’t go, it will be like we’ve broken ties, and other factions will distance themselves from us.” Xu Yihan sighed. “Besides, who can guarantee that we won’t face difficulties in the future? If we need help from other factions in the future, doing this will give people something to talk about, and it will be a losing proposition.”

Although there are different factions, everyone maintains a respectable facade, claiming to be of one mind and helping each other.

They might not help with small favors, but if a group encounters an emergency like a beast rampage, other sects will definitely need to come to their aid.

However, if you refuse to participate in such activities, others can use this as grounds to refuse to help you if you really need assistance in the future.

After Xu Yihan finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

"Ha, mutual help... When our Immortal Sect was about to close down and we couldn't even afford to eat, did any of those major sects come to our aid?" Hu Jiu sneered. "I don't believe that with so many spies, they would be completely unaware of our situation!"

To put it bluntly, whether they help or not, it all comes down to their word; the interpretation of the terms rests entirely with them.

"Forget it, we're weak ourselves, so we can't blame anyone else," Xu Yihan said. "In the end, it's because I, the sect leader, am useless."

"Sect Leader, it's not like that..."

"Don't try to comfort me. I have indeed failed in my duties as sect leader all these years, and I repent." Xu Yihan shook his head. "However, everything will end in the past. From today onwards, I will no longer act as I did before."

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Chen Lan changed the subject, "Since that's the case, then Uncle Liu and I will participate. How long do we need to stay there? And how many crystals do we need to pay?"

“One month,” Xu Yihan said, “three thousand crystal stones.”

"hiss……"

Just for a month there, and you have to pay this many crystals!
Goodness, even if you stayed in the really nice guesthouses for a month, you wouldn't reach that number.

It's really dark.

"This is really... the timing is just too perfect. We've only just gotten this much money, and they've already started the Hundred Schools of Thought?" Meng Ling almost laughed in anger. "If it had been a few months earlier, we wouldn't have been able to come up with three hundred, let alone three thousand!"

“If we really reach a point where we can’t even afford to live, then we’ll have to offend other factions. But we’re not at that point yet,” Liu Feng comforted them. “There’s no need to worry about the crystals. We’ll only get richer in the future.”

Everyone is getting better and better, and the Immortal Sect will definitely not sit idly by and run out of resources; they can still make money.

"Alright, since we have no choice but to go, then this is the only option." Chen Lan took a deep breath. "Three thousand crystal stones... When I go to Qingyue Sect to study, I must find a way to earn back this money!"

Otherwise, the more I think about it, the more heartbroken I'll become!

(End of this chapter)