hotmtlnovel Chapter 237 Announcement
Chapter 237 Announcement
"If things go well, the work could be finished this month, or next month at the latest,"
Alkaid remarked.
In these ten years, if he were to mention his biggest expenses, purchasing elixirs was one part, and specially crafting a Spirit Treasure Level pill furnace for Xie He was another.
The last part was this Spiritual Treasure.
Moreover, this existence, equivalent to a superior grade Spiritual Treasure, accounted for the majority of the costs.
Speaking of investment costs...
They were no less than three hundred million.
Of course, the reason for such a hefty investment was mainly because his cultivation was somewhat low.
An external elixir, made from Crimson Red Gold Core, was ultimately not as effective as one's own formed Golden Core.
Especially when that external elixir was still very unstable.
Contemplating, Alkaid also paced himself and continued to polish this Spiritual Treasure.@@@@
When he had almost completed his workload for the day, he sensed something.
After briefly preparing, he divided his divine sense and appeared in the Void Divine Realm.
This was a fan-shaped conference room.
Since he was slightly delayed for a moment, by the time he arrived in the Void Divine Realm, there were already many figures present.
Clearly, this conference was different from the previous ones, which only involved three to five, at most a dozen, high-level figures.
This time...
Hall Masters, Vice Hall Masters, Elders, Sub-sect Masters, and Domain Master level figures were all here.
Nearly two hundred people filled the Void Divine Realm.
Upon his appearance, many people actively greeted him.
Alkaid also returned the greetings to each of them.
And conversed leisurely with Zhao Siliang and a few others whom he knew well.
This Sub-sect Master looked around at the gathered individuals and expressed some surprise, "Is there going to be some major action? Recapture the Hundred Thousand Mountains?"
"Recapturing the Hundred Thousand Mountains... might be brought up on the agenda at this conference, but the real task is to discuss Limitless Star Palace's withdrawal from the Black Feather Sect on the Black Flame Continent,"
Alkaid said.
"Limitless Star Palace has withdrawn from the Black Feather Sect on the Black Flame Continent?"
Zhao Siliang was momentarily stunned.
Then he also grasped the seriousness of the matter.
But at the same time, he was somewhat puzzled, "With this withdrawal, the impact on their reputation is not small, after all, strictly speaking, they have not achieved an absolute victory in the Black Feather Sect, and the remnants of the Black Feather Sect, as well as the Northern Alliance, still occasionally launch attacks against them."
"The current world situation no longer allows Limitless Star Palace to continue wasting time at the Black Feather Sect, they have more powerful opponents to deal with,"
Alkaid explained succinctly.
"More powerful opponents? Who? Myriad Beasts Sect? What new developments have they made?"
Zhao Siliang asked, astounded.
Alkaid looked at him, smiled, and said, "Is there a possibility that this opponent... is us?"
"Us?"
Zhao Siliang's pupils suddenly constricted.
Seeing this, Alkaid smiled and said no more.
Zhao Siliang, although a Sect Master of the Nine Heavens Domain Sub-sect, was only considered as part of the high-level management of the Nine Cauldrons Sect, not its strategic decision-making layer.
The strategic decision-making layer of the Nine Cauldrons Sect had always been restricted to those dozen or so individuals.
Many things, he did not know.
Thus, he also didn't know that after fifteen years of golden development, the current Nine Cauldrons Sect had become immensely powerful.
"Being much stronger is one thing, but just how strong we have become is another matter,"
Li Hanqiu said, glancing at Alkaid, "Like you, I'm finding you harder and harder to read."
"Hehe, the Sect Master said I should go up later to report on the export situation of the Purple Cloud Courtyard, I'll explain my own situation then,"
Alkaid said.
Li Hanqiu listened, slightly startled, his expression turned unusually serious, "Is it okay to say that now?"
He was well aware of the deeper implications behind Alkaid's words.
"It is now,"
Alkaid affirmed.
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For a moment, Li Hanqiu's face quickly spread into a smile, "Good! Good! That's wonderful!"
He looked up at Li Qingshan and immediately said, "I'll call him down right now, don't bother reporting, go up first, I can hardly wait to know just how much you've grown in these ten years!"
"Don't don't don't,"
Alkaid hurriedly waved his hand, "Let's stick to the original plan."
Although Li Hanqiu really wanted to know where Alkaid's confidence to reveal himself came from, seeing him say so, he had no choice but to suppress his curiosity, merely telepathically conveying to Li Qingshan, "Hurry, make it concise, Alkaid, it's time for you to step into the spotlight."
Li Qingshan on the stage was stunned.
But since his uncle had commanded so, naturally, he could not disobey.
He quickly skipped some details that could be summarized and went straight to the main topic, "Twenty years ago, our Nine Cauldrons Sect's nominal output of spirit stones was 50.31 million, actually 81.25 million, and now, after improvements to each Spirit Gathering Array, the true total output of spirit stones has climbed to 464.10 million! That is 464.1 million!"
This number, when revealed, caused an uproar throughout the venue.
"So many!?"
"That is somewhat... unexpected."
"So, the reports from the previous years... were understating?"
Everyone had speculated based on the sect's extravagant spending over the years, as well as the quick approval of many construction projects and formation projects, that the sect's current income must be substantial.
But they all guessed that the number should exceed 300 million, but they couldn't specify how much exactly, nor dared to guess any further.
Yet now, Li Qingshan, the Sect Master, was officially making this number public...
464.1 million!
What an astonishing figure!
The Myriad Beasts Sect, Supreme Yin Sect, Heavenly Law Pavilion, Golden Temple, no top power could compare.
Only the Limitless Star Palace and the Immortal Alliance could still surpass them.
But...
Let's not even mention the Limitless Star Palace, the number one sect of this age.
The Immortal Alliance, they are a coalition-type power.
Consisting of eight major families, and dozens upon dozens of medium and small-sized families combined.
In terms of coordination, cohesion, and mobilization, they simply couldn't compare to the unified spirit of the Nine Cauldrons Sect.
In a sense...
The current Nine Cauldrons Sect might already be considered the second largest spirit stone-producing power.
And indeed, it isn't too hopeful to think that if they could reclaim the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and transform them, they could become rightfully the second largest producer of spirit stones in Cangwu."
"This is economic strength, next, let's talk about the current military strength of our Nine Cauldrons Sect."
Li Qingshan continued, another pile of data emerged.
And this unreserved disclosure...
suddenly made everyone's murmuring halt.
Their gazes involuntarily settled on the top few words of the data.
"I understand Dharma Phase! Our sect guardian Spiritual Treasure 'Primordial Realm', but what does 'Crimson Red Gold Core' mean!?"