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Chapter 1021: Chapter 1021: The Strength of the Invincible Sect
"Where did the ancestral Star Dragon God Armor go?" Yang Xiaotian asked, staring at the pile of Divine Artifacts devoid of Divine Light in the corner of the treasure vault.
Deng Fang hesitated for a moment and said, "The Star Dragon God Armor left by our Ancestor was lost during the fourth Sect Master’s tenure, initially taken by the Qiankun Sword Sect Master."
"Later, after the fall of the Qiankun Sword Sect Master, it vanished without a trace."
The Star Dragon Sect now had its thirty-fourth generation.
The fourth generation was now extremely distant in time.
Upon hearing that the Star Dragon God Armor had been lost since the fourth generation, Yang Xiaotian frowned and then asked, "Do you know how the Qiankun Sword Sect Master met his demise?"
Deng Fang shook his head: "Not sure."
"Why does Star Dragon Sect not have any mining veins? Why are there only these few Divine Spirit Stones?" Yang Xiaotian asked.
A sect normally primarily gains income from mining veins and then refining Elixir or cultivating Divine Medicine for sale.
Generally speaking, a sect like Star Dragon Sect, even with randomly mined Spirit Stones, should have more than these few Divine Spirit Stones.
Deng Fang explained with a pained expression, "Star Dragon Sect used to have thousands of veins to mine, but as Star Dragon Sect declined, many veins were snatched away; with the current strength of Star Dragon Sect, we simply can’t defend these veins."
"The largest vein of Star Dragon Sect was seized by the disciples of Black Emperor City."
"Now, our Star Dragon Sect only has two veins left, one is the Red Copper Vein and the other is the Earth Core Vein, but both of these veins have extremely high temperatures around them, making them very difficult to mine. Sect disciples can easily be burned to death by the Red Copper, Earth Core flames."
It was precisely because of this that these two veins still belonged to Star Dragon Sect.
"Do you not regularly distribute Elixir for disciples to cultivate?" Yang Xiaotian asked somberly.
"There used to be, once a month, but as sect resources decreased, it changed to once every two months." Deng Fang sighed, "Later, it became once every six months, then once a year."
"Now, it’s once every three years."
"Sometimes, not even that."
Deng Fang wore a pained expression: "That’s why we essentially can’t recruit disciples now."
"Originally, although the Red Copper and Earth Core veins are very difficult to mine, we still mined some intermittently, but most of the Divine Spirit Stones obtained from selling the mined veins end up taken away by people from the Sky Fiend Sect."
"Sky Fiend Sect?" Yang Xiaotian puzzled.
"Sky Fiend Sect is now one of the top ten sects in the Dragon Kingdom. We, Star Dragon Sect, rely on Sky Fiend Sect, giving them some Divine Spirit Stones every year, and in return, Sky Fiend Sect agrees to protect Star Dragon Sect." Deng Fang explained and then said indignantly, "Initially, it was fine, and Sky Fiend Sect would look after Star Dragon Sect."
"But in recent years, Sky Fiend Sect is only interested in the money and completely ignores the life or death of Star Dragon Sect."
"If that weren’t the case, Sect Master Wang would not have died at the hands of the Heavenly Demon Sect Master."
"In a few days, the disciples of Sky Fiend Sect will come to collect money again."
Yang Xiaotian said solemnly, "Since the people of Sky Fiend Sect take the Spirit Stones but don’t care about the survival of Star Dragon Sect, why do you still give them Spirit Stones every year?"
Deng Fang said gloomily, "Initially, we gave Spirit Stones, and they would protect Star Dragon Sect, but as time went on, it became mandatory for Star Dragon Sect to pay tribute to Sky Fiend Sect every year. If we don’t, it’s considered a great defiance!"
"One year, Sect Master Wang didn’t pay tribute, and Sky Fiend Sect directly sent people over to take away half of the treasure vault’s contents and injured many Elders in the sect."
"Previously, an annual payment of one thousand Divine Spirit Stones sufficed, but since ten years ago, the Sky Fiend Sect has demanded two thousand Divine Spirit Stones each year."
Speaking of this, Deng Fang was furious, but his anger was tinged with helplessness.
"In a few days, the disciples of the Sky Fiend Sect will come to collect money again, won’t they?" Yang Xiaotian asked coldly.
"Yes, in three days," Deng Fang replied.
"Three days later," Yang Xiaotian nodded. "I understand."
Afterwards, Yang Xiaotian gave Deng Fang ten Divine Spirit Veins to support the Sect’s routine expenses and to make up for the resources owed to the disciples over the past ten years.
He also ordered Deng Fang to confiscate all the resources from Hu Zonglai’s cave dwelling and to replenish the Sect’s treasure vault.
Seeing the ten Divine Spirit Veins in front of him, Deng Fang was stunned, overwhelmed with tears of joy, and bowed deeply to thank Yang Xiaotian.
"Tell the disciples of the Sect that from now on, the Sect will resume distributing resources monthly," Yang Xiaotian told Deng Fang.
"Yes, thank you, Sect Master!" Deng Fang bowed deeply again in excitement, thanked Yang Xiaotian, and then bowed to Yang Xiaotian and Meng Bingxue, and went to inform the Sect disciples of this good news.
Yang Xiaotian watched Deng Fang’s happiness and bouncy demeanor, feeling deeply moved.
He had obtained the Ancestral Dragon Body from the Long Clan Ancestor and had inherited his mantle. Since the Star Dragon Sect was founded by the Long Clan Ancestor Ao Xu, he naturally could not ignore the life and death of the Star Dragon Sect.
Over the years, he had killed Ancestor Hui, Ancestor Yan of the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan, and others, plundering their Space Divine Artifacts. Although Chaos Spirit Veins and Heavenly Dao Holy Water were scarce, the Divine Spirit Veins and Primordial Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Water he obtained were countless, more than he could use in a hundred million years.
Besides, these items were of little use to him. Using them to improve the Star Dragon Sect was a fitting application.
Yang Xiaotian and Meng Bingxue returned to the palace.
Just as they arrived back at the palace, they heard the joyful cheers of the Sect Disciples outside.
Then, Yang Xiaotian had Godslayer King and Red-Haired Old Demon gather information about whether there was a Sword Domain Grand Array in the Heavenly Master Continent and also inquire about the Chaos Divine Fire.
Although he already possessed the Chaos Annihilation Divine Fire, capable of creating Seven Tribulations Heavenly Grade Elixirs, if he could subdue another type of Chaos Divine Fire, he could then create Eight Tribulations Heavenly Grade Elixirs, which would make a breakthrough to the Divine Monarch Realm within a century more certain.
In addition to inquiring about the Sword Domain Grand Array and Chaos Divine Fire, Yang Xiaotian also had his people gather information about the Chaos Domain and the Invincible Sect.
His master, the Heaven and Earth Dominator, was not very clear about the strength of the Invincible Sect at present, but during the ancient times, the Invincible Sect already had five Dominators in command.
That was just the overt strength of the Invincible Sect at present.
The Invincible Sect, having developed to this day, surely had more than just five Dominators.
Moreover, the Sect Protection Array of the Invincible Sect was extremely terrifying; once fully activated, it was claimed to be capable of suppressing a Dominator.
Godslayer King and the others respectfully acknowledged the orders and set out.
After Godslayer King and his companions had departed, Yang Xiaotian thought about the Food God Clan and the Underworld Demon Sect, who had fled en masse to the Chaos Domain. The spatial forces of the Four Domains were terrifying; how had they managed to move their entire clans to the Chaos Domain?
"If there were an advanced Space Divine Artifact, it could ignore the power of space in the Four Domains’ pathways," Master Ding said.
An advanced Space Divine Artifact? Yang Xiaotian’s interest was piqued. "Do you mean the Food God Clan possesses an advanced Space Divine Artifact?"
"Indeed, the Food God Clan possesses an advanced Space Divine Artifact, a Divine Level Space Divine Artifact whose inner space is vast, like a small world, capable of accommodating the entire Food God Clan and the Underworld Demon Sect without any issue," Master Ding explained.
