Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 132 Sect Funeral
The man said slowly, "The Hunyuan Sect is the weakest of the four sects, with only a dozen or so disciples. And from what I know, the Jade Fragrance Pills they've refined over the past two years have been selling well, and they can be self-sufficient with the income from this industry."

"Compared to the Rising Sun Sect and the Ding Family, they have the least reason to intervene in this vortex fight."

"The Rising Sun Sect and the Ding Family have many disciples, and they haven't made any significant income in the past two years. They rely solely on trade with the Muhe Grassland to maintain their operations, and are still living off their legacy. If they want to gain a foothold and develop, they must seize the resources and territory of the old forces in Bianxia Town."

"So I speculate that among the three sects, Hunyuan Sect, Xu Ri Sect, and Ding Family, Hunyuan Sect was forced to join this camp. Perhaps they didn't want to offend Qingyuan Sect or they were worried about being isolated by them."

"The Xu Ri Sect and the Ding Family are more proactive. Therefore, we must first open a breakthrough point from the Hun Yuan Sect."

"With the destruction of Yunfeng Trading Company, the Qingyuan Sect must have gained the most benefits. If my guess is correct, the Hunyuan Sect should have gained the least, as they are the weakest."

"Uneven distribution of spoils has always been the beginning of internal strife. We can start from here and divide and alienate them."

"After convincing the Hunyuan Sect, we can choose one from the Xuri Sect or the Ding Family. As long as they stay neutral, it will be fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, the steward hurried outside and stood outside to report, "Master Xu, the Qingyuan Sect has sent someone who wants to see you."

Xu Quan was suddenly startled, a gleam in his eyes: "Someone is here so soon."

"The Qingyuan Sect moved faster than I expected, which is enough to prove that they have a complete plan and preparation."

"So, can I meet him?"

"The Qingyuan Sect sent people here to stabilize us. It's okay for Master Xu to meet him. We can also extract some details about the attack on Lingyun Mountain from him."

"Then let's go see him together. You can also try to find out what he says." After Xu Quan said this, he stood up and walked out. The man stood up slowly until he strode out of the hall.

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The wind was cold and biting. On the Guzi Peak, spiritual flags and white cloths stood in rows, creating a sad scene.

Inside the main hall, a coffin stood in the center. Song Xian and other Hunyuan Sect monks stood on both sides with solemn expressions. In front of the coffin knelt a group of men and women, all of whom were servants serving in Zhongyang Mansion.

Everyone burned incense and paid their respects. As funeral music sounded, several disciples who had followed from Qingyun Sect, led by George Lam, all wore black veils and white cloths. To the sound of the mournful music, they lifted the coffin and strode out.

Song Xian led the other Hunyuan Sect disciples and the servants living on the mountain and followed slowly behind. They came to a vast land behind Guzi Mountain and placed the coffin into a large pit that had been dug long ago. Then everyone went up and shoveled a handful of soil to cover it.

The funeral process lasted for a whole day. Not only the disciples of Hunyuan Sect, but also those children with spiritual roots who had not yet achieved transcendence and all the slaves who lived in this mountain participated.

This was the first disciple to die in Hunyuan Sect since its establishment, and he sacrificed his life for the sect's mission. Song Xian held this funeral with great fanfare so that everyone would remember it, especially for those children who had not yet achieved transcendence and possessed spiritual roots. This ceremony would greatly enhance their sense of belonging to the sect.

To this end, he also stipulated that within half a month, everyone had to wear black veils, and was not allowed to seek pleasure, drink, or have banquets. All the servants in Zhongyang Mansion had to keep vigil for him for a year.

The next day, everyone gathered in the main hall. Everyone wore black veils. Song Xian sat in the main seat with a solemn expression.

"Brother Zhong's death is a great loss to the sect, but the situation has come to this point and cannot be reversed. I have decided to allocate one thousand spirit stones from the sect's treasury as a pension to Brother Zhong Yang's relatives. From now on, all other sect disciples will receive pensions based on this standard. Do you have any objections?"

Naturally, no one would object, as the atmosphere was solemn and no one spoke to express their agreement.

"Since Senior Brother Zhong Yang has no direct descendants, this one thousand yuan in compensation will be given to Senior Brother Wen Yuan."

Zhong Wenyuan sat there expressionlessly. After hearing this, he did not make any response and continued to stare straight ahead. Since Zhong Yang's death, he seemed to have aged a lot in the past few days.

Song Xian continued, "When we gather everyone for a meeting from now on, in addition to discussing Senior Brother Zhong Yang's funeral arrangements, we will also distribute the rewards for this mission."

"According to the previous agreement, the sect will take out 5,000 spirit stones from the 10,000 spirit stones reward paid by Qingyuan Sect and distribute them to the disciples participating in the mission. Of course, these 5,000 spirit stones cannot be distributed evenly. Because everyone's cultivation levels are different, some will contribute more and some less in this battle."

"Senior Brothers Zixiang and Wenyuan are both cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage. They have contributed the most in this battle. I suggest that they each receive 600 spirit stones."

"The other brothers, including me, will each receive 400 spirit stones."

"Since everyone performed very well this time and contributed to the annihilation of the seven cultivators who fled from Yunfeng Trading Company, each of you will be rewarded with an additional 100 spirit stones."

"In addition, Senior Brother Zixiang, Senior Brother Zhang Yi, and of course Senior Brother Zhongyang, not only intercepted the fleeing second-in-command and his wife of Yunfeng Trading Company, but also seized two magical instruments and a storage bag, all of which were handed over to the sect." "These items handed over to the sect are estimated to be worth a total of 7,000 spirit stones based on market prices. As usual, half of the extra property obtained by the sect will be distributed to the disciples who seized the items."

"Therefore, another 3,500 spirit stones will be allocated to Senior Brother Zixiang, Senior Brother Zhang Yi, and Senior Brother Zhongyang."

"In addition, Junior Brother Zhong Qian and I seized a low-grade magical weapon with a market value of approximately four hundred spirit stones."

"Senior Brother Lu Yuan and Xu Zhen also seized a low-grade magical weapon, with a market value of 500 spirit stones."

"There are other confiscated spirit stones, elixirs, etc. I won't describe them all here. Senior Brother Lu Yuan has recorded everything he has seized and will distribute the spirit stones to everyone according to the rules."

"If there are any inaccuracies in the records or any mistakes that result in a shortage of spirit stones being distributed, you can ask Senior Brother Lu Yuan to check."

Having said that, Song Xian paused and glanced at everyone.

"Only by clearly distinguishing rewards and punishments can we win the support of the people. Reward those who deserve it and punish those who deserve it. I just talked about the rewards. Now let's talk about the punishments. Before we set off, everyone received the corresponding magic tools and talismans."

"These are all the sect's property. They were only used for emergency purposes during the war. After the war is over, of course, they must all be returned to the sect and stored in the treasury."

"So far, we have only received the magic weapons distributed by Senior Brother Lu Yuan. Fortunately, none of them are damaged. However, many of the talismans were consumed in the battle with the enemy."

"Those consumed talismans must be paid for individually. Whoever consumes the talismans will have the corresponding amount of spirit stones deducted from their reward."

"Of course, these talismans were originally used in combat and are all for the benefit of the sect. The sect will not demand compensation at the market price."

"Senior Brother Lu Yuan and I have discussed that the talismans used will be paid to the sect at 80% of the market price."

"I won't go into detail here about who used up how much of each talisman. Senior Brother Lu Yuan has a record, and he will list and deduct the amount when he distributes the spirit stone rewards."

As soon as Song Xian said this, some people in the audience felt uncomfortable. He glanced around and saw someone lowering his head in shame.

His words were actually very euphemistic. The real situation was that some people kept the talismans they were given out in their pockets and did not return them to the sect.

Because the magic weapon is valuable and difficult to hide, they dare not keep it for themselves. Even if the magic weapon is damaged, the remains are still there, which is difficult to conceal.

However, the talisman can be taken away on the pretext that it was used in battle with the enemy.

Song Xian naturally would not allow this situation to happen. The magic tools and talismans were the property of the sect. They were distributed to them in order to improve their combat and survival rates. If this trend was not curbed, everyone would embezzle the sect's items in the future. That would be disastrous.

So he came up with this idea, taking into account the fact that someone had indeed used talismans in the battle, and everyone had just made contributions to the sect, so he didn't want to say anything too harsh, and it would not be appropriate to impose severe punishment.

Punishment itself is a pitiful means. The purpose of secretly casting talismans is nothing more than to earn more spirit stones. In this case, it would be enough to just deduct this part of the spirit stones from the reward.

This can also prevent the abuse of magical instruments and talismans. In the future, there will inevitably be wars in the Hunyuan Sect, and there will definitely be people who think that the magical instruments and talismans issued by the sect were obtained for free and would be a waste if they were not used. Even if they are not swallowed privately, they will inevitably be abused.

Setting up a compensation mechanism for them can avoid unnecessary consumption and ensure that they are only used when there is a real need.

Song Xian took in the expressions of everyone below.

There were only ten people participating in this mission. He knew exactly who handed in the talisman truthfully, who did not, and who deliberately concealed it.

Among the ten people, Zhong Wenyuan, Lu Yuan, Zhang Ningyuan, and Cheng Qian all handed in the talismans they were given.

George Lam, Zhang Yi, Xu Zhen, and Wang Huan handed in fewer talismans.

Among them, George Lam and Zhang Yi should not have concealed anything. They did consume the talismans in the battle with Yunfeng Trading Company.

However, Xu Zhen and Wang Huan actually embezzled the money.

(End of this chapter)