novelaction Chapter 235 Where can they even begin to reason with this?
Chapter 235 Where can they even begin to reason with this?
If that's the case, why turn a perfectly good cultivation career into a society based on personal connections?
With her abilities, she doesn't need to run a business at all.
Besides, her alchemy and weapon crafting skills have already been exposed, and she's just afraid that if she doesn't have a bad temper, she'll give these people a chance to stick around.
She was determined to appear capricious and unpredictable, resolutely keeping everyone at arm's length.
Zhong Lingxin returned to her luxurious office, leaned comfortably against the armchair, frowned, took out the materials, and crafted a long, corner sofa for herself, which she could lie down or sit in, however she pleased.
In the year that followed, all those who came seeking special privileges or exceptions, those who came pleading and wailing, were firmly rejected by Zhong Lingxin.
The atmosphere of the Alchemist Association is finally starting to improve.
The reputation of the Alchemist Association has been tarnished like never before by the propaganda of those who want to take advantage of others.
Zhong Lingxin's reputation is utterly ruined, so bad that it arouses the wrath of both gods and men.
However, the alchemists of the Alchemist Association were extremely fond of and loyal to Zhong Lingxin, exclaiming that finally someone had stood up to protect their rights.
Zhong Lingxin paid no attention to any of these disturbances.
She diligently endured her ten years of working in the association.
Every day he either spends his time in the association's library or refining elixirs with his alchemy furnace.
As for those who dared to come to her for help, she swiftly and decisively resolved their issues according to the established rules.
It must be said that regulations formed through millions of years of experience rarely fail to address issues properly.
Occasionally, Zhong Lingxin would add a note saying "trial run," emphasizing efficiency.
Under Zhong Lingxin's strong and high-pressure approach, the trial implementation of the regulations has been running well.
The Alchemist Association's office efficiency has improved to an unprecedented level.
Alchemists' incomes have increased to an unprecedented level.
The number of cultivators applying to become alchemists has increased to an unprecedented level.
Zhong Lingxin's achievements in the Alchemist Association in a very short period of time have won the praise of the high-level members of the Qingyun Sect, which has just returned to a first-class sect.
Before they knew it, they started complaining about Sect Leader Lu, saying that he had let such a promising talent go, and that he should just stay in his position as sect leader instead of retiring.
He wouldn't be able to get into the back mountain until a second Zhong Lingxin appeared.
It was only because Sect Master Lu's management skills over the years had earned the unanimous recognition of the elders in the back mountains that they wouldn't let him shirk his responsibilities so easily.
After all, the Qingyun Sect, having finally regained its status, has too many things to do, and those with slightly weaker abilities are not able to keep things in order.
For example, the Lingyun Sect has been reluctant to return the cultivation city that it seized from the Qingyun Sect, and keeps finding excuses to delay.
They said they need time to handle city affairs and archive them, so it won't be quick.
And those mines and secret realms that need to be returned—who doesn't know they're working hard to mine and plunder them!
But the agreed time hadn't arrived yet, so they really couldn't just forcibly take it back.
Sect Leader Lu has been extremely frustrated lately.
That Lingyun Sect is utterly shameless.
In the cultivation city, it's one thing to exploit and frame the citizens under various pretexts.
I heard that those mines are no longer being mined, but are being blasted open, with the motto being "I get it, I destroy it."
And those secret realms, I heard they sent a large number of cultivators with fire and lightning spiritual roots into them, and they blasted trees, fire blades, and rocks, destroying all the rivers and lakes.
An enraged Sect Leader Lu sent a message to Zhong Lingxin, asking if there was a good way to handle the situation.
Zhong Lingxin replied with four words: "To relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao."
Although Sect Leader Lu didn't know which Wei or Zhao it was, he immediately understood Zhong Lingxin's meaning.
He immediately dispatched a team of cultivators, disguised as independent cultivators, to rob two of Lingyun Sect's preserved mines and secret realms.
Because a cultivator from the Qingyun Sect who had undergone tribulation was involved, the damage to these two mines and secret realms was particularly severe.
All the guards at the mine were killed, and the ore vein was moved away.
As for those two secret realms, they were completely wiped out, vanishing entirely into the spatial rift.
The cultivators still in the secret realm will never return.
Lingyun Sect had no choice but to behave themselves and tearfully withdraw the cultivators who were blasting the mine and destroying the secret realm.
After discussing it, Sect Master Lu and Zhong Lingxin sent men to attack the retreating cultivators of Lingyun Sect, killing them all and taking back all the resources they had looted from the mines and secret realms.
It is said that the sect leader of Lingyun Sect was so angry that he vomited blood, and the ancestors of Lingyun Sect in the back mountain were also driven mad with anger.
What's the use of vomiting blood and going crazy?
Those who are destined to be trapped will still be trapped.
Without its top-tier combat power, Lingyun Sect could only be slaughtered by Qingyun Sect.
The various sects and associations of the Immortal Spirit Continent are well aware of this.
The cultivators sent by the Lingyun Sect to destroy the mines and secret realms were definitely killed by the Qingyun Sect.
But they dared not touch the Qingyun Sect.
Since returning to the status of a first-class sect, the Qingyun Sect has become like the favored son of the Heavenly Dao, always receiving its blessings.
The cultivators they sent to Qingyun Sect to investigate the whereabouts of the Long family members all encountered strange occurrences; some went mad with inner demons, while others were killed by encountering powerful demonic beasts as soon as they stepped outside.
The most outrageous thing is that one cultivator was caught in the crossfire between two cultivators who were fighting. He was stabbed without knowing why and his soul was instantly destroyed.
The strange thing is that the two cultivators who were fighting were two levels lower than him, so he was fully capable of dodging them.
The amazing thing is that, when this cultivator died, the nameplate representing his identity as a cultivator from another sect in his storage ring just fell out so casually, right in front of everyone, and he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.
Meanwhile, the cultivators of the Qingyun Sect either acquire high-level spiritual treasures through training or form contracts with high-level spiritual beasts.
Sometimes, spirit beasts that are clearly being fought over by cultivators from other sects will force their way out of their competition and crash into the hands of Qingyun Sect cultivators, who will then obediently offer their divine souls to complete the contract.
Where can they go to reason with this?
Gradually, various sects and associations on the Immortal Spirit Continent began to intentionally or unintentionally avoid competing with the Azure Cloud Sect.
They didn't understand why Heaven favored the Qingyun Sect, but they did understand that the Qingyun Sect, favored by Heaven, was not one they could afford to offend.
And then there's Zhong Lingxin, who wields considerable power within the Alchemist Association.
He offended many vested interests and was targeted by them both openly and covertly, even being assassinated.
Zhong Lingxin, who was targeted and assassinated, was unharmed. Those who targeted her openly and secretly, and those who sent assassins, were all forcefully retaliated against by Zhong Lingxin.
The Lingyun Sect and the Chen family were the most prominent among them.
Zhong Lingxin completely eliminated the interests of both companies in the Alchemist Association.
Although they all have their own alchemists.
However, the Alchemist Association's wide distribution and the enormous interests involved still caused considerable losses to both organizations.
For a time, both families experienced a shortage of elixirs and medicinal herbs.
Zhong Lingxin also made it clear that the Alchemist Association would not cooperate with the Chen family, but would instead cooperate with Lingji Trading Company.
Everyone knows that Lingji Trading Company is Zhong Lingxin's own trading company.