In fact, with Fang Xing's Foundation Establishment cultivation level, he was supposed to contribute 70% of his resources to the clan. However, he had Red Dragon by his side and the Heaven Abhorrer Clan was trying their best to rope him in, so they did not treat him as a Foundation Establishment cultivator. In addition, the high priest mentioned that he had been offended by his daughter before. To prevent him from feeling resentment, the clan leader was prepared to give him preferential treatment, so he did not have to contribute resources to the clan.
However, it was not easy to say it out loud. After all, there were so many high priests watching.
Even when the high priest entered the Sinkhole 300 years ago, he had contributed 30% of his resources to the clan with his mid-stage Golden Core cultivation level.
It was fine if he secretly exempted Fang Xing from his resources, but if he said it out loud, the other high priests would probably feel uncomfortable.
The power of the clan was made up of the elders and high priests. Making the high priests unhappy was also a huge hidden danger.
In the slightly awkward atmosphere, Fang Xing laughed. He held a cup of wine and slipped to the center of the hall. He said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I did not know the rules. Entering the mountain to worship bandits, entering the temple to worship the gods, it is only right that I pay some tribute to the Heaven Abhorrer Clan. When I escaped to the Sinkhole, although I was in a hurry, I still brought some things. Today, I will take them out to show my sincerity!"
As he said that, he took out a storage bag and went to the center of the hall. He then ordered someone to bring out a big table.
The Heaven Abhorrer Clan leader and the others were surprised to see him being so tactful and taking the initiative to pay tribute. They all looked at him without blinking.
Fang Xing opened the storage bag and took out a fake mountain and placed it on the table.
"It's a fake mountain. What is it?"
All the high priests craned their necks to look over. When they saw that it was a fake mountain, they looked at each other.
However, when the high priest saw the fake mountain, he took a closer look. Immediately, his eyes narrowed and he let out a long sigh.
When the Heaven Abhorrer Clan leader saw that, he immediately knew that the treasure was extraordinary. He looked at the high priest.
The high priest sighed softly and said, "Young friend Xing is extraordinary. He actually took out a mountain treasure …"
"Mountain treasure?"
A series of gasps could be heard in the hall.
Even though the cultivators here were not rich, they were still knowledgeable. They had naturally heard of the Treasure Mountain before. It was a treasure refined from a huge mountain. If one was familiar with using it, they could easily use the mountain to suppress others. How domineering was that? They never expected that Fang Xing would use this as his first move.
Fang Xing sighed as well and said bitterly, "I obtained this from the treasure of Glass Palace when it was destroyed. In my haste, I didn't know how valuable it was. After I obtained it, I realized that it's way too difficult to activate. Even if I had it, I wouldn't be able to use it much!"
His words revealed the origins of the mountain treasure and resolved the doubts in the hearts of the clan leader of the Heaven Grudge Clan and the others.
Come to think of it, Fang Xing was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, so how could he have such a valuable item?
He must have stolen it from the treasure vault of Glass Palace during the chaos. That also served as a stepping stone for Fang Xing's subsequent explanations.
After Fang Xing took out the Mountain Treasure, he continued to dig into the storage bag. This time, he took out a red jade steed that was half the height of a person. The steed was enshrouded in a treasure light, as if it was flickering with a dazzling brilliance. As soon as he took it out, an indescribably strange atmosphere immediately spread out in the hall. All the cultivators took a whiff, and suddenly felt their minds clear up, and their meridians became much more relaxed.
"This is …"
All the cultivators were stunned as they looked on blankly, unable to confirm their suspicions.
"That's a spirit essence!"
Suddenly, the Heaven Abhorrer Clan leader and the high priest slammed the table at the same time and rushed to the table, looking at the steed excitedly.
All the other cultivators in the hall were stunned as well. In fact, they had yet to recover from their shock.
"Spirit essence?"
Even the high priests who came from the outside world had not heard of that term for a long time.
Spirit essence was not naturally formed but was refined by supreme-grade spirit stones by cultivators. Even a small piece contained spirit qi that was a hundred times more than a supreme-grade spirit stone of the same size. Furthermore, there was a lot of spirit qi depleted during the refinement process. If not for the fact that it was too troublesome for Golden Core cultivators to replenish their spirit qi with supreme-grade spirit stones, no one would have invented something that depleted spirit qi.
In the Sinkhole, even spirit stones were rare. Who would be willing to use the best spirit stones to refine spirit essence?
Therefore, spirit essence was something that no one had ever heard of in the Sinkhole.
Such a large piece of Spirit Essence was simply no less than a priceless treasure. If it were exchanged for Spirit Stones, how many would that be? Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands? For a moment, even the Heaven Abhorrer Clan leader and the high priest could not calculate that number. The only thing they could be sure of was that such a piece of spirit essence was a priceless treasure. At the very least, in the Sinkhole, its value exceeded that of the mountain treasure.
Under the excited gazes of the cultivators, Fang Xing continued to take out items.
High-grade array flags that were embedded with precious treasures, extraordinarily beautiful flying swords, etc. They were all rare treasures that he had collected from the Dragon Lady's treasury. If it was in the outside world, it would have caused a stir. However, in the Sinkhole, everything was practical and did not seem as valuable as the horse carved from spirit essence and the mountain treasure. Even so, the high priest and the Heaven Abhorrer Clan leader were extremely surprised.
They really did not expect that this young lad would have such a valuable treasure on him.
Fortunately, he had voluntarily offered it to them. Otherwise, wouldn't the Heaven Abhorrer Clan have missed out on a rare treasure?
In the end, when all the large items were taken out, Fang Xing tipped the storage bag on the table. There were some small items that, although of good quality, could only be considered ordinary spiritual medicine, flying swords, array flags, talismans, hundreds of top-grade spirit stones, etc. These were the items that only a person of Fang Xing's cultivation level would have. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that these items were stolen.
After putting away the things, Fang Xing patted himself and said with a bitter smile, "I came in a hurry, so I only brought these few things. I've made a fool of myself in front of everyone. It's a pity, if I had received the news earlier, I would have been able to take a little more …"
At this moment, he really did not have any more storage bags on him.
When he met the high priest, he had already realized that the people in the Sinkhole were not easy to deal with. How would he dare to keep such valuable treasures on him? While he was retrieving his Daoist robe, he hid the other storage bags and only brought this one storage bag with him to the Heaven Abhorrer Clan. This inadvertent action of his had really come in handy, or else he would have been in real trouble.
Moreover, apart from him, who had so many treasures that one storage bag couldn't hold all of them, would have seven or eight storage bags and a storage ring that was specially used to hold precious items. Other cultivators also had one storage bag each, so it didn't arouse suspicion. At this time, he took out all of his things, which made him appear quite open. Taking a step back, these things were already quite astonishing.
"My young friend Xing is truly extraordinary," the Head Priest said slowly. "Logically speaking, although you have a Cultivation of the Foundation Establishment level, you are an upper-class sacrifice. You only need to hand over thirty percent of your resources to the Heaven Hatred Clan. These things …." He looked at the Clan Leader of the Heaven Hatred Clan, who had a serious expression on his face. Truth be told, the moment they saw the treasures, they were all moved. Thirty percent was already considered too little.
But this was the rule, and all the priests were sitting there, so it was not good to openly break it.
Furthermore, Fang Xing's red dragon had many uses, so it was not good for them to make it too big and disappoint him.
But with so many treasures, they would not be satisfied if they did not accept them.
Ignoring everything else, that big piece of spiritual essence was a good thing. In the Sinkhole, it was equivalent to a priceless treasure.
Fang Xing looked on coldly and naturally understood their intentions. He laughed and said, "This is my first time here, so I don't know the rules. Also, with my cultivation level, there are many things that I don't need, so I'll give them to the leader to show my sincerity. There's no need to limit yourself to thirty or fifty percent, but I'll leave behind the magical treasures and weapons that I'm used to. Also …"
He pondered for a moment and picked out a dazzling flying sword that was embedded with treasures. He held it in his hand and said, "The other treasures don't matter, but this flying sword, I can't give it away …"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at the flying sword in Fang Xing's hand. They all thought to themselves, "This kid is so generous. It seems like he wants to give the mountain treasures and spiritual essence to the clan. Why does he value this flying sword so much? Could it be that there was something different about this flying sword? "They stared at the flying sword. They felt that it was exceptionally beautiful and probably had some tricks up its sleeves.
The Head Priest was also a little surprised. He carefully looked at the flying sword and said, "Young friend, it's only right that you keep anything in your hand. However, this old man would like to ask, is there something special about this flying sword?"
His words were a sincere question, and he had no intention of taking it for himself.
"This …"
Fang Xing's eyes suddenly turned a little red, as if he was a little embarrassed.
When everyone saw this, they felt that it was even more strange. They thought to themselves, The high priest only asked you what was special about this flying sword, he didn't say that you couldn't keep it. In fact, with the spiritual essence, you can't keep anything. Why are you blushing?
Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Fang Xing seemed to have mustered up his courage and hesitantly turned towards the young lady. With a shy and wooden expression, he slowly moved in front of the young lady. Only then did he speak in a voice as soft as a fly's buzz, "This … when I first met you, I destroyed one of your long swords. I … I felt uneasy … so I took this sword as an apology to you …"
When he said that, he stole a glance at the female young master. His face was extremely red, and a hint of greed flashed across his face.
Boom!
All the cultivators in the hall suddenly understood something. Their expressions were a little strange, and they smiled awkwardly.
No wonder this kid was so silly. He dared to take out any treasures, acting as if he was selfless.
No wonder this kid was tortured by the female young master, but he didn't seem to bear any grudges.
No wonder this kid didn't keep any of the treasures and insisted on keeping such a flying sword.
This kid had taken a fancy to the female young master and wanted to be the son-in-law of the Heaven Hating Clan …
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