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Chapter 76 The Secret of Tianchi
Chen Lang looked around and said sarcastically, "A disciple? Inner sect or outer sect? Okay, I'll just be an inner sect disciple.

It's not like I don't know how much salary a family needs to pay to you in order to send a descendant to be an inner disciple. 40 spirit stones is enough for not only one inner disciple, but ten.

What? Your inner disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect are inlaid with gold? So precious?

So many spirit stones in exchange for a disciple status, are you dreaming, or are all of you dreaming together?"

"Chen Lang!"

"Watch your words!"

Zhou Tianzheng stood up and scolded him, his face flushed. This fellow was too arrogant. What kind of occasion was this? He kept using vulgar words here.

Elder Shi smiled faintly, but veins bulged on his forehead. He was wondering if he had made a mistake by choosing to throw him to the Black Mountain Spirit Mine to keep him for other purposes instead of executing him directly.

The elder who gave the speech sneered. His impression of Chen Lang was so bad that there was no room for improvement, so his mentality remained unchanged. "Fellow Daoist Zhong, you don't want to do anything about it?"

Zhong Haoran crossed his arms and said, "You were the ones who told me to talk less."

"No need to talk any more nonsense."

Chen Lang continued, "If you don't show some sincerity, there's no point in talking. I can take the spirit stones to Qingmu Sect. They know my strength and I believe they will be happy to accept me as their inner sect.

Also, please be aware that there are so many sects in the world, so don’t always believe in them.”

"Ugh"

Finally, it was Zhou Tianzheng who spoke up, "Chen Lang, we can negotiate. We are all sensible people. But if you really want to return to the sect, I hope you won't be so harsh and show some mercy. They are all elders, your future teachers, not the enemies you fought with in Yanxi Mine."

Chen Lang's response was simple, "No need."

He had already retained some favor, but not for them, but for the former owner of Yanxi Mountain.

The man told him that human relationships and worldly wisdom are all incidental, only interests are permanent, what you should have will naturally come, and what you should not have will not stay no matter how hard you try.

Because of a few words of advice, he helped the mountain master's family to settle the debt. From then on, the family will be safe and will no longer be pursued by the Tianjian Sect.

If he did not have hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in his hand, no matter how sincere his attitude was, he would not have been able to step into the Elders' Council and talk to them for such a long time, even if he had asked Zhong Haoran to come and talk.

After Chen Lang threw out his bottom line, the negotiations came to a stalemate.

Many elders looked at each other.

This young man is a little difficult to deal with. He doesn't respond to any soft or hard words, and he can't even see his identity as a disciple. Does he think of himself as an elder?

Then, they began to communicate.

"Why don't we just kill him? The spirit stone is probably near the Yanxi Mine, so we can just look for it later."

"You can make a promise. When the time comes, we will have the final say on everything else, right?"

"I feel that talking to such a despicable disciple until now is a humiliation to our Tianjian Sect."

Elder Shi, Elder Qing and the others all thought that they should get the spirit stones to pay off the debt first. Anyway, those present were all insiders, so who would know if they dealt with Chen Lang in secret?

Then they noticed that Zhong Haoran had a cold expression on his face.

He rarely speaks, but that doesn't mean his opinions can't be respected.

Zhou Tianzheng said directly, "There is no need to hold a small meeting. My Tianjian Sect would never do such a shameless thing. If you do it today, I will make it public tomorrow."

This caused headaches for many elders.

One is a highly prestigious elder who is related to Chen Lang, and the other is extremely upright and cannot tolerate any stain in his eyes. They have no doubt that if they do this today, the Tianjian Sect will be demoralized and each will go their separate ways tomorrow.

It’s not worth it for a Chen Lang or 40 spirit stones.

Chen Lang couldn't hear the sound, but he could tell something was wrong and laughed to himself. The Tianjian Sect "established its sect on virtue" and was able to recruit many outstanding disciples through this, but there would also be a day when it would be kidnapped by morality.

"So what do you want?" asked Elder Qing.

Chen Lang responded, "Something of equivalent value."

Elder Qing sneered, "Since it's equal, why don't we just sell it directly instead of exchanging those spirit stones from you?"

Chen Lang stopped talking. He leaned back in his chair and waited for a response. If a big sect couldn't understand this simple truth, then they could only be pretending to be confused.

Many elders were helpless, and someone then remembered that there was another way, so he looked at the person sitting in the corner.

They hoped that Zhong Haoran could say a few words. After all, he and Chen Lang were master and disciple, so perhaps it would be helpful if they could reason with him.

"Elder Zhong, this matter is of great importance. What do you think?" an elder asked, having completely forgotten that before the elders' meeting began, they had asked Zhong Haoran not to interfere and act emotionally.

Zhong Haoran said, "Promoted to inner sect disciple."

Chen Lang took a look and was indifferent. This was no different from before. The other elders all nodded in agreement. Who would accept him as an inner disciple? Anyway, they didn't dare to accept him.

That must be Zhong Haoran. It’s no loss to them.

Then, Zhong Haoran said, "He has already established his foundation, but has not yet formally tempered his body. The Thunder Bead in the Tianchi can be given to him."

The elders were surprised to hear this suggestion.

They did not refuse, but did not agree either. Elder Shi glanced at Zhong Haoran and fell into deep thought.

"What is that?" Chen Lang asked.

Zhou Tianzheng said, "That is a sacred object in Tianchi, brought back from the ancient ruins by Elder Zhong. He was originally going to leave it to his second disciple, but the boy unfortunately died young, so it has been left there ever since. Now it should be fully charged.

If you formally become the third disciple of Elder Zhong, this item will be given to you, which will be a title and a privilege. I agree."

After hearing this, the other elders were still hesitant, because it took nearly ten years for the Thunder Pearl to fully accumulate energy, and it had been a long time since it was last used. They each had disciples under them, and they all wanted to find some good fortune.

If Chen Lang used it, they would have to wait another ten years, which would be a considerable loss for the sect.

However, they had to admit that this was the best way. After all, the Thunder Pearl was originally brought back by Zhong Haoran, so they agreed one after another.

"Okay." After a moment, Chen Lang nodded.

He didn't know much about the Thunder Pearl, but chose to believe Zhong Haoran's advice.

Since then, many elders finally breathed a sigh of relief. Elder Shi smiled faintly, "Can you hand over the spirit stone? Tell us the location and we will send someone to get it."

"However, we also have conditions." Zhou Tianzheng said.

"What conditions?"

Zhou Tianzheng said, "The sect can give you all the treatment of an inner sect disciple, including scriptures, precious medicines, mansions, etc., but there is one more thing to add. You must be guarded at all times in the sect. If you do anything that harms our sect again, you will still be dealt with according to the sect's rules. If the situation is serious, you will still be expelled. And you must actively report any time you return to the sect, and you cannot hide your whereabouts."

"Elder Zhou is right!" The other elders nodded one after another. Zhou Tianzheng was really thoughtful. They almost forgot about this.

"Okay, I support this proposal."

The elder who gave the speech said loudly, "Chen Lang, this is also our bottom line. We will never allow such a thing to happen again."

"Row."

Chen Lang readily agreed. Although it was a slight restriction on his freedom, it was not a big problem.

Since then, the negotiations have come to an end.

Chen Lang reported a location, and Elder Shi sent someone to get it. Zhong Haoran then cleared out a house at the foot of Wangyue Mountain for Chen Lang to live in. This was a treatment that every inner sect disciple enjoyed.

The news of Chen Lang's return to the sect also slowly leaked out through the mouths of some elders.

At the same time, the leader of the Tianjian Sect had just returned from the Yan Clan. He had been in a bad mood recently, always feeling that someone was messing with him. First, the Tianjian Sect suffered a loss at Tianchi and was burdened with a stigma, and then there were problems with the Black Mountain Spirit Mine, which displeased the Yan Clan.

They are the survivors of the ancient immortal era, with an infinitely long history. They live in seclusion from the world and are not on the same level as the mortal world. Even though he is the leader of a sect, he dare not look down on them.

"Zhou Tianzheng, do you think my forehead is black?" The leader of Tianjian Sect grabbed Elder Zhou and asked.

Zhou Tianzheng took a look and said, "No."

"So there's something wrong with my destiny?" Tianjian Sect Master suspected.

Zhou Tianzheng smiled and said, "Master, just go and retreat with peace of mind. We have already taken care of the compensation. Chen Lang brought back hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, and we restored his disciple status as compensation."

"Why let him come back?" The leader of Tianjian Sect was displeased. Every time he heard this name, it was accompanied by trouble. He felt that this was not an easy person to deal with.

"Don't worry, now that he has officially become Zhong Haoran's disciple, Brother Daoist Zhong will keep him in check."

"Zhong Haoran, that's fine." The Tianjian Sect Master was relieved and asked, "How is the investigation of the Nirvana case going? Has anyone seen it?"

He just didn't believe it. Could it be that the big white egg could grow legs and run away? And by chance, it ran to the Black Mountain Spiritual Mine?
"Not yet." Zhou Tianzheng shook his head. He had already issued the order, asking anyone who had any clues to report to him immediately, but there was no news so far.

What he didn't know was that there was actually someone who knew about this matter and understood it quite clearly.

Goddess Peak.

Peak Master Murong Jing received an order from Zhou Tianzheng and vaguely felt that this matter was related to her, so he followed the clues and soon got important information:
About eight or nine days before the incident, a servant pulled a small cart from the vicinity of Tianchi and went to the Heishan Lingkuang, reportedly to deliver a letter.

Just before this point in time, Su Qingchan had asked her about the egg and obtained her permission to go up the mountain to take a look, because that period of time happened to be the time when Goddess Peak was on duty at Tianchi.

Then the dome disappeared.

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(End of this chapter)