Volume 1, Chapter 30: We Are the Most Philanthropic Sect in the World of Cultivation!
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The moment they heard Wang Mu’s voice, the entire venue fell silent.
Every gaze instinctively converged on the direction of the Nine Suns Sect.
There, they discovered that even Sect Master Yang Juzi looked just as bewildered as they were.
“Me? Is he calling me?”
When Wang Mu had invited them, he had merely asked them to attend the ceremony. He had never mentioned this part.
On the Cloud Terrace, Wang Mu continued with a broad smile.
“Senior Yang Juzi is a man of profound benevolence. When the charity foundation was first established, he donated a full eight thousand four hundred spirit stones!
“He ranks first!
“He has earned the top honor on the Langya Charity Foundation’s Merit Roll!
“Let us congratulate him!”
With that, Wang Mu began applauding.
The crowd followed suit, and at the same time, a golden list descended from the void above the Cloud Terrace.
The list was blank, save for the three words “Merit Roll” at the very top.
Nalan Rongyun, president of the Langya Merchant Association, took a golden brush from Li Yuanhua and personally inscribed a line:
“First Place: Nine Suns Sect, Yang Juzi. Donation: Eight Thousand Four Hundred Spirit Stones!”
She then turned around, swept her gaze across the crowd, and said with a faint smile, “Which of you is Fellow Daoist Yang Juzi of the Nine Suns Sect? Please come up and receive your award.”
At those words, Yang Juzi’s mind exploded with a deafening roar.
Holy shit!
What did he just hear?
The president of the Langya Merchant Association!
The Princess of Wei!
The matriarch of the Wang family!
A supreme figure of the Earth Immortal realm!
She had actually addressed a mere Golden Core cultivator like him as a fellow Daoist?
My ancestors’ graves must have exploded!
“Sect Master, Sect Master! President Nalan is calling for you!”
Seeing Yang Juzi standing there in a daze, the Nine Suns Sect elder beside him nearly went frantic.
“Oh—oh, oh! Here I am! It’s me!”
Yang Juzi raised his arm and shouted in response.
He then rose into the air and flew to the Cloud Terrace. Grasping the hem of his robe, he hurried toward Nalan Rongyun and Wang Mu in tiny, hurried steps.
Halfway there, he even stumbled and fell, then scrambled back to his feet.
Thus, stumbling and rolling, he finally reached Nalan Rongyun. Bowing deeply, he stammered, “This… this junior is the Sect Master of the Nine Suns Sect, Yang… Yang Juzi. Greetings, President. Greetings, Young Master!”
Nalan Rongyun calmly inclined her head, accepted a certificate from Li Yuanhua, and handed it over with both hands.
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Yang Juzi bowed as he accepted it with the utmost care.
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Yang Juzi, for your contribution to the charitable cause,” Nalan Rongyun said with a faint smile.
“I would never dare claim such praise. It was merely a small gesture!”
Yang Juzi spoke humbly, though the excitement in his heart was already nearly impossible to conceal.
His chest felt as if it were about to burst.
My heavens!
President Nalan had personally presented him with the award.
This honor was simply beyond measure!
…
The crowd erupted into an uproar.
“Holy shit, is this for real?”
“An Earth Immortal personally presenting an award? Isn’t that practically courting a shortened lifespan?”
“Wait, what? A donation of eight thousand spirit stones earns this kind of treatment? Damn!”
“Didn’t you hear what the Wang family’s Young Master said? Only one percent of the money spent at the Langya Merchant Association goes into the foundation! Yang Juzi donated eight thousand, which means he must have spent more than eight hundred thousand spirit stones at the Langya Merchant Association!”
“…So what if he spent more than eight hundred thousand spirit stones? That still isn’t enough to warrant this!”
“…”
Everyone fell silent.
The man was right.
So what if it was eight hundred thousand spirit stones?
What kind of person was Nalan Rongyun?
Forget eight hundred thousand—even eight hundred million might not be enough to make her spare you a second glance!
And yet here she was, smiling as she thanked him.
What sort of honor was this?
It was enough to be recorded in history, enough for one’s descendants to boast about for thousands of years!
…
“What the hell? Why does that bastard deserve this?”
Wan Xuelou and the two sect masters of the Taiyin Sect stared red-eyed at Yang Juzi on the Cloud Terrace. On the surface, he appeared nervous and apprehensive, but in truth, he was struggling to contain his delight. The two men wanted nothing more than to rush up and kill him.
Putting themselves in his place—
If they were standing where Yang Juzi was now, receiving an award from an Earth Immortal beneath the eyes of everyone present…
How incredible would that feel?
They shuddered.
Even imagining it was enough to make their bodies tremble uncontrollably.
“He only spent a little more money than I did!”
The two men regretted it so bitterly that their intestines nearly turned green. They had spent quite a lot themselves recently—only a little less than the Nine Suns Sect.
If they had known this kind of treatment awaited them, they would have been willing to sell their sect headquarters!
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Before the words had even faded, a voice drifted down from the Cloud Terrace.
“Next, please welcome the second-place recipient on the Merit Roll, Senior Chu Youchang, Master of Wan Xuelou!”
“Third place on the Merit Roll, Senior Shui Ziliu, Master of the Taiyin Sect!”
At these words, the two men’s spirits soared.
It was their turn!
It really was their turn!
They scrambled and rolled their way onto the Cloud Terrace, where they respectfully accepted their awards.
Watching Nalan Rongyun write their names on the Merit Roll, they felt their satisfaction and exhilaration soar to its absolute peak.
It felt unbelievably good!
“Thank you both, along with Senior Yang Juzi, for your tremendous contributions to the peace, prosperity, and shared development of the Northern Domain’s cultivation world!”
With a faint smile, Wang Mu came before the three men.
“May I ask what you are feeling at this moment? Is there anything you would like to say to the fellow cultivators gathered here?”
“It is truly embarrassing to say,” Yang Juzi replied, his face filled with emotion. “This old man merely made a small contribution to charity. Compared with the Young Master’s compassion for all living beings and concern for the world, it is utterly insignificant!”
He continued earnestly, “From this day forward, I will work even harder and do my part for the peace of the Northern Domain’s cultivation world!”
Chu Youchang said in a trembling voice, “Thank you, Young Master. Thank you, President. Thank you, Langya Merchant Association, for giving us such an opportunity!”
Shui Ziliu declared, “As everyone knows, the disciples of our Taiyin Sect have always conducted themselves with integrity and generosity when traveling abroad, spreading benevolence wherever they go. That was true in the past, and it will remain true in the future!”
“…”
…
At the same time, below the Cloud Terrace, the disciples and elders of the three great sects who had come to witness the ceremony were bursting with excitement.
“Did you see that? This is the bearing of my Nine Suns Sect! The top place on the Merit Roll, personally determined by President Langya! Your Wan Xuelou and Taiyin Sect are still a step behind!”
“Bullshit! Your Nine Suns Sect only spent a few tens of thousands more spirit stones than we did. If those Langya branches hadn’t run out of stock recently, first place would definitely have belonged to Wan Xuelou!”
“Our Taiyin Sect is the most generous and charitable of all. There’s no need for you two to argue! You there, take the money and go to the Langya Merchant Association right now. Buy up everything they have—Restorative Qi Pills, Returning Origin Pills, whatever it is, buy as much as they have!”
“We’re going too! Not to fight for first place, but to prove that my Nine Suns Sect truly deserves its title as the number-one name on the Merit Roll. We merely wish to make our modest contribution to the peace and prosperity of the cultivation world!”
“Who’s afraid of whom? Buy! Buy as much as you can! Buying Restorative Qi Pills by the bottle—is that any way for us to behave? If the sect next door sees us, they’ll think we can’t afford them! Buy them by the weight—one pound for every person!”
“…”
The three great sects of Sky Severing Island had always competed with one another.
At this moment, their desire to win was ignited to its absolute height. None of them was willing to concede.
The grand ceremony marking the establishment of the Langya Charity Foundation had not yet ended when the disciples of the three great sects grabbed their money and charged aggressively toward the Langya branches within the city.
At the same time, the faces of the people from the three great merchant associations who witnessed this scene turned green.
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