Chapter 145: Where Did My Black Iron Wood Forest Go?

A threat, a naked threat; upon hearing this, Steward Chen, who also had a temper, immediately darkened his face and said.

You're threatening me?

However, Zhong Ling's smile didn't fade, her eyes full of wise light; moreover, at this moment she and Xu Jie really bore a resemblance.

Actually, from the very beginning, when Steward chose to remain silent, we were already in the same boat.

You say if the matter is exposed later, we'll all insist Steward Chen was involved too—what would others think?

And after all, we just wanted to earn some Sect Points; we merely caught some spirit worms from outside to make up the numbers, causing no real harm to the herb garden—I think Steward Chen should...

Before Zhong Ling could finish, Steward Chen directly interrupted.

No need to say more—I didn't hear anything.

Thank you, Steward.

Seeing Zhong Ling and the others off, Steward Chen sat dazedly in his chair, eyes vacant, muttering to himself.

Is this a disciple of Jade Maiden Peak?

Completely manipulated, this scheming, these methods—really, is this still a disciple of the Dao Yi Sect?

At the same time Steward Chen was doubting his life, a howl mixed with fear, anger, doubt, and disbelief rang out from the rear mountains of the Dao Yi Sect, shaking the heavens.

Where the hell did my huge black iron wood forest go?

Above the bald mountain range, an old man dressed as a farmer stared wide-eyed and roared in disbelief.

The old man's name was Tian Nong, the Fifth Elder of the Chief Seat and head of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

He had gone out on business, but had only been away a few days, less than half a month, and had just returned; passing by the rear mountains, he saw at a glance that a large tract of black iron wood forest was gone.

Has he been robbed? Who the hell would dare break ground on Tai Sui's head? And if you're going to steal, there are plenty of treasures in the Dao Yi Sect—who would bother stealing black iron wood?

His mouth twitched; with a flash, he instantly arrived at the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

Steward Chen, still dazed, suddenly felt a black shadow flash before him; looking up, he saw Tian Nong already standing before him, not knowing when he had appeared.

Hall Master...

He hurriedly rose and shouted, but upon hearing this, Tian Nong gritted his teeth and asked.

Speak, where did you put my black iron wood?

I... this... that... all... are stored in the warehouse.

The warehouse?

Another flash, and he vanished; the next second, outside the warehouse, Tian Nong looked at the piles of black iron wood, not knowing whether to be happy or angry.

The black iron wood is still there, but there are over two million pieces—what did you cut them all down for?

Just then, Steward Chen also rushed over, mainly because he didn't dare not come.

Are your brains sick? Why cut down so much black iron wood? Does storing it let it breed?

Hall Master, this matter...

Facing Tian Nong, Steward Chen dared not conceal anything and immediately explained the whole matter.

After hearing, Tian Nong's eyelids twitched—inner disciples going to chop trees, just how idle have they become?

He was furious inside, but since they hadn't broken sect rules, Tian Nong couldn't say much, mainly because he had just returned to the sect and was unaware of recent events.

After a moment of silence, he finally gritted his teeth and said:

From now on, cutting black iron wood is prohibited.

Yes.

Tian Nong left, sulking immensely; elsewhere, the Hundred Herbs Peak valley.

As one of the few peaks with special circumstances in the Dao Yi Sect, Hundred Herbs Peak has few disciples, at least nowhere near comparable to Divine Sword Peak or Jade Maiden Peak.

All told, the peak has only a few thousand disciples, and the elders and stewards number only about twenty.

Moreover, Hundred Herbs Peak has no such thing as menial disciples.

As for the herb gardens, they are broadly divided into two types: one belonging to the sect, the other privately owned.

Generally, stewards and above all have their own private herb gardens.

And this time, the herb gardens that Zhong Ling and her group are responsible for belong to this Hundred Herbs Peak steward's private property.

After handing over the herb gardens, that steward left reassured, and then Zhong Ling began directing the junior sisters to act.

Junior Sister Lin, you take people to the nearby mountains to capture spirit worms and gather weeds, the more the better; the rest of you and I will be responsible for cleaning the herb gardens. Remember, although we want to earn sect points, we also can't have no bottom line—what needs to be done must be done well, and we must not harm the herb gardens, understand?

Upon hearing this, the junior sisters all nodded.

Understood.

Known.

Third Senior Sister, righteous.

This is 'even thieves have their code'.

Damn 'even thieves have their code'—we're not thieves; this is about earning more sect points within reasonable bounds, got it?

Soon the disciples split up and began acting.

Moreover, their tending of the herb gardens is indeed far superior to that of the menial disciples.

Some things the menial disciples couldn't handle, or overlooked, were easily resolved by the disciples.

After all, their strength speaks for itself.

At dusk, the Hundred Herbs Peak steward returned, looking at his several herb gardens, unable to stop nodding.

Good, really good—maintained perfectly.

Thank you, Steward, for the praise.

I'm just speaking the truth.

Then Steward, what do you think of these sect points?

"Oh oh, I'll give it, I'll give it."

Like a private spirit field, Sect Points naturally also need to be paid by oneself, but, as a Pill Master, earning Sect Points is extremely easy.

After refining pills and handing them to the Sect, one receives a sum of Sect Points, just as if the Sect were purchasing from you.

So the Steward of Hundred Herbs Peak, don't judge by their low cultivation, but since they are all Pill Masters, each is filthy rich.

Immediately taking out their identity token, they prepared to pay Sect Points.

First is the fixed Sect Points, one point per person per day, which is nothing, but when it came to the spirit insects and weeds, the steward seeing the pile before them piled up like a small mountain fell silent for a moment.

"Steward, there are a total of 210,000 spirit insects and 180,000 weeds here, all cleared out today."

"How the hell could there be so many?" The corner of his mouth twitched, and Zhong Ling beside him spoke up to explain.

"Perhaps it's because the previous stewards hired Menial Disciples; in many places, the Menial Disciples' cultivation was too low to notice, so many spirit insects hid and remained undiscovered."

"Really?"

"The spirit insect corpses are all here; we couldn't possibly deceive Steward Sir, could we?"

"That's also true."

Although it's a bit painful, just a few ten thousand Sect Points is not enough to default on, so in the end they were transferred to Zhong Ling.

After the steward left, Zhong Ling stayed behind, after all they needed to tend the spirit field, and someone had to be there at night.

"I've long heard that these Pill Masters are all filthy rich; today I really got to see it."

"Yeah, several ten thousand Sect Points, not even blinking an eye."

Gathered together chatting, the girls all sighed, compared to these Pill Masters, earning Sect Points for them is extremely difficult, let alone that Third Elder, who doesn't even give them tasks.