Martial Peak

Translator: Silavin & Raikov

Translation Checker: PewPewLazerGun

Editor and Proofreader: Leo of Zion Mountain & Dhael Ligerkeys

“It’s not that we don’t have savings. Only, compared to what the Sect is lacking… it will only be a drop in the bucket, Palace Master,” Elder Xu looked at Li Jiao timidly with a troubled look on his face.

“That’s right, Palace Master. Even if we, the older generation, were to take out all of our money, it still won’t hold us up for long.”

“However long it holds us is still time spent supported,” Li Jiao tried his best to persuade them, “We just have to get through this moment of difficulty. Once the Sect is well-off again, your contributions will surely not be forgotten.”

Since Li Jiao had already put it this way, then the Elders were also too embarrassed to argue further; after all, what Li Jiao said was true. Everyone had already been in the Emperor Realm for so long that they should more or less have some savings on them. If these assets were taken out, then it could really help to ease the Sect’s crisis.

Everyone looked at each other, and it was Elder Xu who broke the silence first, “Sect Master has a point. In that case, this Old Master will set an example. This Old Master contributes 5 million…”

When they heard this, everyone’s eyes lit up and Li Jiao was also looking at him with a hot gaze.

Elder Xu smiled embarrassedly, “Mid-Rank Source Crystals! This is almost everything that this Old Master has.”

Li Jiao’s face turned pitch-black in an instant.

5 million Mid-Rank Source Crystals, when converted, only equalled 50,000 High-Rank Source Crystals. What could they do with this amount? Moreover, as an Emperor Realm Elder and an Emperor Alchemist who had been refining pills for hundreds of years, it was simply impossible for him to have so little money.

“That doesn’t seem right, Elder Xu,” a dark-faced man jumped out and yelled, “That pot of Myriad Flower Wine you served to your guests alone was already worth 30,000 High-Rank Source Crystals. That was a Peak-Rank wine that came out from Medicine Pill Valley. If you had only that bit of money, then how could you possibly afford that?”

Having his lie exposed to his face, Elder Xu blushed red and tried to defend himself, “That… This Old Master didn’t buy that, it was a friend who brought it and invited this Old Master to try it. How could I be the one who bought it? The amount this Old Master earns each year is also just a small amount. It’s just barely enough to cover this Old Master’s cultivation requirements, so how could I have so many Source Crystals to buy that Myriad Flower Wine? Don’t try to slander others!”

The dark-faced man coldly snorted, “Elder Xu doesn’t have Source Crystals? Who would believe that? Elder Xu, you control the Pill Room of Fire Dragon Palace. You take countless Source Crystals from the Palace Master each year. Not mentioning the past, you took 6 million High-Rank Source Crystals last year alone, and more than 7 million the year before that! Going further back, there were even years you took 8 million! The Sect’s total revenue is only 50 million, while the Pill Room directly consumes ten to twenty percent of it!”

Elder Xu waved his sleeve and argued, “This Old Master has already said that the Pill Room is the most important part of Fire Dragon Palace. How can our abundance of disciples cultivate without Spirit Pills? It’s normal for the consumption to be large.”

The dark-faced man sneered, “If only those Source Crystals were really all spent on buying herbs… Can Elder Xu guarantee that all the Source Crystals you take from the Palace Master are truly put into the operation of the Pill Room?”

angry out of shame and shouted at

own pocket when the Sect was rich, then so be it, but now, when the Sect is in

with the dark-faced man to prove his innocence right then and there.

as if he did not hear what

and expenditure are available for inspection, so this Old Master will not argue with you here. Whether there

to turn this around on me?!” The

call me an

that? Old thing old thing

“…”

Some of the remaining Elders would try and back one of them up, but others tried to quell the fight. The hall was instantly sent into chaos.

the room to end all the trouble to return peace to his ears. But he was still the Palace Master after all. At the thought that the survival of his ten thousand disciples rested on the decisions that needed to be made here, no matter how angry he felt in his heart, he had no choice but to force

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halt as everyone turned their

to be happening inside the hall either. As far as his eyes could see, the prominent and aloof Elders were all red-faced with bulging veins while the Palace Master stood at the head with a mirthless smile on his face. The disciple was immediately so frightened that he did not even dare to

Li Jiao asked

seeking an audience!”

anyone!” Li Jiao was in a bad

he had received a pardon, the disciple quickly excused

asked, “Who is asking for an

and answered, “He called

answer. The group of Elders below were

Xu asked, “Yang Kai? Isn’t that High Heaven Palace’s

with Elder Xu just now had a dangerous gleam in his eyes. He raised his head and said, “Palace Master, why don’t you let this Yang Kai come in? Isn’t he the creditor of our Fire Dragon Palace? Perhaps now we can

at this time.

only to see Li Jiao’s face as black as the bottom of a pot. He clearly didn’t think what they were suggesting was a good

to be provoked. And

heard that High Heaven Palace’s Palace Master was only a First-Order Emperor. Last time, their Palace Master and Full Sky Sect’s Sect Master suffered a great loss in their territory, but since this Yang Kai daringly sent himself to their doorstep, then they really had no idea what their Palace Master was afraid of. As long as they got him into this hall and shut the doors, then

this Palace Master has gone out to wander

sneer emerged from outside the door, “What an interesting

of that sentence, two more figures appeared in the hall.Read first at L i g h t n o v e

had a frivolous appearance with sharp brows and bright eyes, a slight smile on

all shocked and each paled in