Chapter 291

Chapter 291: Ninghua Sect’s Road to Greatness

“Alright,” Shen Sang Ruo agreed at once, then looked at Su Xi Yu and asked: “Senior Sister, what do you think?”

Su Xi Yu’s eyes curved as she smiled and said: “No problem.”

“Excellent, then it is decided,” Daoist Wu Wei said, stroking his beard.

With the main matters set, Shen Sang Ruo returned to her cave dwelling and started drafting the detailed rules.

That night she sent them to Daoist Wu Wei to review, and the next day the rules were announced throughout Ninghua Sect.

First came arrangements for the treasures. Some items needed the help of everyone in the sect to place properly.

Then came the cultivation rooms. They planned to build two hundred rooms, each able to hold twenty people.

Every seven days, the sect would automatically issue one entry pass to each person. With a pass, you could cultivate inside a room for one day. This guaranteed everyone a chance to go in.

Besides that, many slots would be left open. You could earn extra passes by completing tasks and other contributions.

Spirit Tea Leaves would be counted as part of the monthly stipend, five pieces per person each month.

Other sects might not gather five pieces total for their entire sect, but Ninghua Sect could hand out fifty thousand pieces in a single month.

And there was no difference by rank or talent. As long as you were part of Ninghua Sect, you received them.

Compared side by side, Ninghua Sect looked wildly generous.

Spirit Tea Leaves improved talent and body. The cultivation rooms offered thick Spiritual Qi. There were also many supporting treasures. With conditions like these, if someone still could not advance quickly, they ought to give themselves a good slap.

Shen Sang Ruo also set a series of reward rules. Besides passes and special treasures, the simplest reward would be plain Spirit Stones.

When the notice written in Spiritual Power slowly faded, everyone still stood there in a daze.

Was all this really theirs? Many had come from small sects or were Rogue Cultivators. They had always lacked resources and had never dared to dream of what they had now.

Happiness came too suddenly!
They clenched their fists tight, too excited for words.

Joining Ninghua Sect was the best decision of their lives!
Awoo! They would follow Ninghua Sect for life, and follow Young Sect Master Shen for life!

This led to a funny habit. For a long time after, whenever people of Ninghua Sect met anyone, they would blurt out: “How did you know I am from Ninghua Sect? How did you know our Young Sect Master is Shen Sang Ruo?”

Then they would add: “Yes, that Shen Sang Ruo, the most awesome among the younger generation. She is our Young Sect Master.”

They would finish with a standard toothy grin.

Other sects thought the Ninghua folks were a little odd, but they could not help being jealous.

After all, who would not want Shen Sang Ruo as their Young Sect Master?
But that is a story for later.

With the rules done and announced, Shen Sang Ruo started posting tasks.

The tasks included building the cultivation rooms and helping rebuild Linglong Pavilion.

The rewards were very generous. Everyone was full of energy. Within a quarter of an hour of posting, the tasks were all taken.

Almost the entire Ninghua Sect joined the construction. The speed was amazing.

After only half a month, the cultivation rooms and the new Linglong Pavilion already had their basic frames.

Shen Sang Ruo and Ye Huai’s group handled the ores, the Spirit Spring, and so on. They only needed to place the items in the right spots and let the Giant Beetles restore the terrain.

In just a few days, everything was in order.

Ninghua Sect’s rise felt like it was running at double speed. She looked forward to what the sect would become.

After finishing this series of matters, Shen Sang Ruo finally had time to keep her promise and play with the Giant Beetles.

Just then, Ji Zi Cang came by and said: “Sang Ruo, Master asked me to bring you his newly refined Beast Ganoderma Powder.”

He searched for half the day before he spotted her on the stone table, only the size of an ant, and asked: “You are… what happened?”

“I am playing with them. Put it on the table,” she called back loudly.

Ji Zi Cang set down the Beast Ganoderma Powder but did not leave. Curious, he asked: “Can they shrink me too? I have never felt that before.”

“Do you want to try?” Shen Sang Ruo asked.

The Giant Beetles nodded wildly. Of course they wanted another person to play with them.

Ji Zi Cang nodded firmly and said: “I want to try.”

The Giant Beetles cheered and started their skill to shrink him.

At that moment, a streak of light shot from his brow, and his Contracted Beast, the elephant Big Chunk, came out of his sea of consciousness.

Thankfully they were outside the cave, because her cave would never hold such a huge body.

“Big Chunk? Why did you come out?” Ji Zi Cang asked in surprise.

The Beetles could not stop in time. Their spell wrapped both man and beast, and Big Chunk was shrunk together with him.

The elephant as tall as a building quickly Miniaturized to the size of an ant.

Big Chunk was amazed. It spun in circles and swung its trunk, trying to see how small it had become.

It seemed to like this size very much.

“I told you not to pop out at random. Now look at you, an elephant turned into an ant,” Ji Zi Cang said, giving Big Chunk a solid pat.

But Big Chunk stared straight at the Giant Beetles ahead. Their eyes met.

Giant Beetles: o.O
Big Chunk: O.o
They clicked right away. Eye contact confirmed!

Big Chunk lifted its thick foot and hopped happily. The Beetles got excited too. Leg to leg, they formed a ring and surrounded Big Chunk.

Usually, these two kinds of Demonic Beast were not even close in size, but now they were playing together like old friends.

Shen Sang Ruo and Ji Zi Cang watched the scene and fell into thought.

In the end, Ji Zi Cang decided to join the fun, while Shen Sang Ruo was ready to go handle other matters.

The Giant Beetles and Big Chunk were having such a good time that they did not mind her leaving early, so they restored her to normal size.

Just as she returned to normal, she felt a round thing drop from above.

By instinct, she reached out and caught the “ball.”

When she saw what it was, her eyes widened slightly, and she said: “Zhu Miao?”

The black and white dumpling wriggled, turned its chubby bottom, and looked at her with its little eyes under dark circles.

It was thrilled. Twisting its body, it climbed up onto her and hung on tightly.

“Hold on,” Shen Sang Ruo said, confused. “How did you show up here?”

[Did something go wrong with the Spirit Pact again?]

Zhu Miao shook its head and explained through the faint remaining Soul-Link.

It turned out the Old Shaman could not stand how sad Little Zhu Miao was. He rummaged through all his hidden treasures and used up piles of materials to make a Teleportation Artifact.

From now on, Zhu Miao could travel freely between her side and the Phantom Mirage Domain.

If it faced danger or something happened in the Phantom Mirage Domain, it could return there at once.

Zhu Miao hugged her arm tightly. Surely she could not drive it away again now.

“Alright, alright, I will not make you leave,” Shen Sang Ruo said, patting the little round cub as she gave in.

[Honestly, I am happy too.]