Chapter 312: Each More Ruthless Than the Last

“Congratulations?”

“But why does it look so much like the opposite to me?” Lin Fan said disbelievingly, then turned to the disciples of Jiuxiao Sect, “These people came to offer congratulations. What did they bring as gifts? Tell me about them.”

Make an example of the chicken to warn the monkey.

Lin Fan wasn’t bloodthirsty enough to massacre people at the slightest provocation. Although those sect leaders deserved death, their disciples might not all be evil people.

Moreover, just now, one sect leader had stepped forward as a scapegoat. Although Lin Fan wasn’t fond of killing, he could still casually kill one person without hesitation.

At this moment, when the various sect leaders heard this, their faces changed.

They hadn’t expected the other party to ask about this matter.

Especially the sect leader who had previously given a chest of gold, his face turned as pale as paper.

If he had known things would turn out like this, even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn’t have dared to offer a chest of gold.

To ordinary people, gold might be very valuable, but to the sects, it was as useless as scrap metal.

At this moment, Sect Leader Hu also breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking about the congratulatory gifts they had given—nothing but jewels and gold—he at least had given a ten-year Zhu Gu (cinnabar fruit).

Then a disciple of Jiuxiao Sect stepped forward, his face filled with excitement, looking at the various sect people who had been arrogant just now, and loudly announced.

“Hongyun Sect, one ten-year Zhu Gu.”

“Huodao Sect, a chest of gold.”

As Sect Leader Hu listened to these congratulatory gifts, he noticed his name was at the very front. Although a ten-year Zhu Gu wasn’t a valuable gift, compared to other sects, it was definitely quite decent.

When he heard that Sect Leader Liu had given a chest of gold, Sect Leader Hu couldn’t help but glance at the other, what a tragic fellow.

Although he had only given a ten-year Zhu Gu, comparatively speaking, he was much better off than them.

But at this moment, something made Sect Leader Hu somewhat confused—the Jiuxiao Sect disciple had announced only two people, and then stopped?

At this moment, Sect Leader Hu smiled as he looked at everyone, and everyone also smiled as they looked at Sect Leaders Hu and Liu.

“Senior Lin, that’s all. Only Sect Leaders Hu and Liu gave gifts,” the Jiuxiao Sect disciple said.

At this moment, when Sect Leader Hu heard this, he was instantly completely stunned. How could this be possible? Earlier when chatting casually, everyone had said what they gave. How could it be only himself and Sect Leader Liu?

“What? You all said you came to offer congratulations, but why didn’t anyone bring gifts? Are you looking down on Jiuxiao Sect?” Lin Fan said in a calm tone, but to everyone’s ears, it was cold and chilling, making their hearts tremble.

“No, no. Our congratulatory gifts haven’t been given yet. We’ve been keeping them here, planning to personally present them to Sect Leader Xin at the end,” the various sect leaders hurriedly said, while also sighing in relief. Good thing they hadn’t given the gifts earlier, or else they would have been in tragedy.

Originally, they thought Jiuxiao Sect was already a piece of meat on the chopping board, with no time to give any gifts.

Earlier, when Sect Leaders Hu and others said they were giving gifts, it seemed like they were competing over whose gift was the cheapest, so naturally they were all spouting nonsense.

Even one sect leader said he had given a coffin, which received approval from other sect leaders.

Now that the situation had changed, they were very relieved indeed.

As for Sect Leaders Hu and Liu, in their opinion, these two were going to face a tragedy.

“Oh, that’s also fine. But what about Sect Leaders Hu and Liu? A ten-year Zhu Gu and a chest of gold? Are you trying to humiliate my brother? How about this, shall I help you cover the cost of the gifts?” Lin Fan said, staring directly at the two.

At this moment, Sect Leader Hu’s expression changed, then he looked sternly at his disciples behind him and shouted fiercely.

“Who took the wrong item?”

At this moment, the disciples of Hongyun Sect looked at each other in confusion. Finally, a clever disciple stepped forward and immediately cried out, “Sect Leader, I took the wrong item. You told me to take a ten-thousand-year Zhu Gu, but I was blind and took a ten-year one instead. Sect Leader, please calm down!”

When Sect Leader Hu saw a disciple step forward, he felt relieved and even decided to reward this disciple generously when returning, but just as he heard the second half, Sect Leader Hu almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Ten-thousand-year Zhu Gu?

What the…

A ten-year Zhu Gu wasn’t valuable, a hundred-year Zhu Gu was worth something, and once it reached a thousand years, its value multiplied every few hundred years. Now a ten-thousand-year Zhu Gu would be worth selling the entire sect!

At this moment, Sect Leader Hu’s body was trembling continuously, but he dared not speak directly. Instead, he gave the disciple meaningful glances, trying to tell him not to say ten-thousand years.

But the disciple probably didn’t understand the meaning behind his sect leader’s glance, thinking he had said too few years. Then he also sighed inwardly, thinking, “My sect leader is really willing to spend!”

“Wrong, wrong…” the disciple shouted again.

Hearing this, Sect Leader Hu also breathed a sigh of relief. Good, smart.

“Not one ten-thousand-year Zhu Gu, but two.”

Sect Leader Hu, who had just slightly recovered, upon hearing this sentence, instantly felt a surge of blood rush up, and finally swallowed it with great effort.

Two ten-thousand-year Zhu Gus… this… this…

“Sect Leader Hu, you’re really too polite,” Lin Fan spoke at this moment.

Lin Fan knew about the ten-thousand-year Zhu Gu; even the Saint Sect had it, but only four in total.

It was a very precious item.

At this moment, Sect Leader Hu felt like he was about to die, but he could only grit his teeth and reply, “No, no, it’s only proper, only proper.”

The other sect leaders, seeing Sect Leader Hu spending so much, were all stunned.

Two ten-thousand-year Zhu Gus, that was no joke.

Could it be that Hongyun Sect was going to sell all their pots and pans?

This made them wonder how they would present their gifts later.

“Sect Leader Liu, your chest of gold is quite impressive…” At this moment, Lin Fan turned his gaze to Sect Leader Liu.

At this moment, Sect Leader Liu also panicked. Just as he turned his body and looked at the disciple behind him.

But one disciple stepped forward voluntarily. Sect Leader Liu was also relieved and nodded.

“Sect Leader, I misunderstood. You told me to send a chest of Huang Jing Zhi Ling (Golden Essence Spirit), but I misunderstood it as a chest of gold…”

“Pu…”

Before the disciple’s words were finished, Sect Leader Liu instantly spat out a mouthful of blood and almost fainted to the ground.

If it weren’t for someone beside him holding him up, he might have fainted completely.

Lin Fan looked at the scene before him, laughing inwardly, and asked, “Sect Leader Liu, why are you spitting blood?”

“I’m so happy that I’m spitting blood, congratulating Sect Leader Xin on his ascension,” Sect Leader Liu took a breath. In his heart, he wanted to tear that disciple into pieces. Could this disciple possibly be a spy sent by the enemy?

A chest of Huang Jing Zhi Ling—what did that represent? If exchanged with Huodao Sect’s entire foundation, it would cost a full tenth of their foundation!

“Ah, then thank you, Sect Leader Liu. You can handle the rest for Brother Xin,” Lin Fan said with a smile.

“Alright.” Xin Feng gratefully looked at Lin Fan. One glance contained a thousand words, beyond words.

At this moment, the various sect leaders were also pondering in their hearts. The congratulatory gifts from these two were getting more ruthless one after another. What should they do?

Damn it, they originally thought they were coming to divide the territory, but now they had to bleed to give gifts. This… the change was too big.

But the people from the Saint Sect were terrifyingly powerful, definitely not someone they could provoke.