Evil Spirit Sect

== Meeting ==
Long Chen entered a larger palace from his room. Sitting on the throne, he called all core elders for an shouted emergency meeting.
The entire Evil Spirit Sect was shaken. None of its members could understand how their old patriarch had come out so quickly from his seclusion.
In just a bit, over seventy core Elders gathered and greeted the patriarch. Of these people, half were Life Star experts. This Evil Spirit Sect had to be very powerful.
== Pill Valley ==
An emissary from Pill Valley came yesterday to discuss something with the sect leader but has not yet left..
In truth, Long Chen already knew about this from soulsearching the new sect leader. He was asking on purpose as a cover.
After the battle in the Grand Han, Qu Jianying had released the experts from the Corrupt path so that they could bring word to the higher-ups of the Corrupt path to not be used by Pill Valley.
Ever since then, the Corrupt path had become much calmer. The Corrupt path wasn't led by fools. After being used for so long and suffering such losses, they hadn't gained anything.
Pill Valley itself hadn't been bringing out its real power. The Pill Valley had only been using others. In the end, they had retreated like turtles into their shells. That had made the Corrupt path very dissatisfied with Pill Valley.
That was why the various large forces of the Corrupt path had no desire to work with Pill Valley again. Their cooperation had caused the Corrupt path to suffer large losses. Before, those losses were secretly paid back with medicinal pills from Pill Valley. However, ever since the matter of Master Long San, their medicinal pill's supply had also become tight.
As a result, the Corrupt path didn't wish to work with them any longer. However, Pill Valley really had some skills. They had taken advantage of when Zhao Manchu was attacking the Netherpassage realm to seduce the new sect leader.
An elder wearing Pill Valley's robes walked in. He was one of Pill Valley's Grand Elders. However, he belonged to the conservative faction.
Wasn't the conservative faction supposed to focus on calmly developing and not interfering with the outside world? However, he had actually run over to form a relationship with the Evil Spirit Sect.
Long Chen then orders that grand elder be killed.
The grand protective formation was instantly activated, and Pill Valley's Grand Elder suddenly turned into a turtle in a jar. He was besieged by over thirty Life Star experts.
Refreshing, truly refreshing! The feeling of playing people to death was truly good!
Long Chen watched as the sanctimonious Grand Elder was forced to run miserably. It was a brilliant sight.
"Whoever kills him will become the new sect leader!" Seeing that things weren't lively enough, Long Chen added some extra spice.
== Grand elder ==
When Long Chen said that whoever killed him would become the new sect leader, all those Life Star experts' eyes turned red.
Although that Grand Elder was powerful and surrounded by intense flames, he was an alchemist, not a flame cultivator. In just a few seconds, he was surrounded by danger on all sides.
"Fool, you bewitched my disciple while I was attacking the Netherpassage realm, wanting to completely overturn my Evil Spirit Sect. If I don't give your Pill Valley a harsh lesson, won't you start thinking that the entire Corrupt path is your dog? All of you, start using some real power! You're all cowards! Even now, you don't dare to kill him? You useless things, if you don't start fighting seriously, you'll regret it!" shouted Long Chen furiously.
He had noticed that although these Corrupt experts looked to be fighting fiercely, they were all holding back. They clearly wanted to capture the Pill Valley Grand Elder alive rather than kill him.
After all, a Grand Elder was an extremely important position in Pill Valley. They were afraid.
However, following Long Chen's shout, these people clenched their teeth. One of them raised his blade, and blood-colored light exploded out of it, transforming into countless skulls that attacked the Grand Elder.
That Grand Elder raised flame barriers, but the skulls blasted large holes through them.
As his defenses were torn apart, the other Corrupt experts didn't hesitate. They attacked. 
At this moment, it revealed how vicious the Corrupt path's experts were. With his defenses broken, the others all launched their strongest killing blows. The Grand Elder was instantly annihilated in body and soul.
== New sect leader ==
"Good. A person must be firm and decisive. If you hesitate over everything, what accomplishments could you possibly have? If you always wait to see what other people are doing before you act, you won't even be able to grab crap while it's still warm. You, yes you, you're the next sect leader." Long Chen pointed at the Corrupt Elder who had attacked at full power first.
That Elder was delighted and hastily fell to his knees and kowtowed. The other Elders were holding parts of the Grand Elder's corpse. The one holding his head couldn't help being disappointed. He had thought that he would be the next sect leader.
"A sect leader must have further vision and daring. Without that daring, what could you possibly accomplish? The opportunity was right in front of you, but you let it slip away for nothing. Tell me, how could I possibly give the sect to you?" Long Chen looked at the Elders with disappointment.
"Patriarch's teachings are correct!"
Those Elders hastily bowed. His words were correct. All of them had hesitated. It was just that one of them had been one step faster than the others. As a result, that one step had resulted in him becoming the sect leader. His status was instantly elevated far above them.
Long Chen slowly walked back in with his hands clasped behind his back and sat on the throne. The gates were closed tightly, and a formation was activated to turn this into a restricted space. No one else could get close.
The Elder that was the future sect leader respectfully stood by Long Chen's side. That was a sign of his new status. When Long Chen wasn't present, everyone would have to listen to him.
Although he wanted to conceal it and act low-key, he couldn't conceal his excitement.
Just now, he had been standing with the rest. Now, he was standing beside the patriarch. To say the others weren't jealous would be a lie. However, what could they do?
"Don't blame your patriarch for not giving you a chance. You all had this opportunity, but you hesitated, letting one person grasp it. Now I'll give you another chance. As long as you can grab hold of it, although you won't be able to be promoted to sect leader, I guarantee you can easily comprehend life and death when you reach the peak of the Life Star realm. I will easily promote you to half-step Netherpassage," said Long Chen.
== Netherpassage chain ==
Long Chen waved his hand, and a thick black chain appeared. All the Elders let out startled cries and retreated as it thudded into the ground.
They didn't sense any pressure from the chain, but they did sense a powerful aura of death that made them instinctively distance themselves from it. It was like being too close would cause their life force to rot.
All the Elders were stunned. Some of them were old monsters that had lived for hundreds or thousands of years, but even people as experienced as them couldn't recognize what material this chain was made of.
"This chain is a priceless treasure I obtained from the Netherworld. As long as your cultivation base reaches the peak of Life Star, you can understand the true essence of death by binding yourself with these chains. You'll be able to experience the process of going from living to dead, from dead to living. After a few times, you'll come to naturally understand life and death," said Long Chen.
"You really are a conner. If they bound themselves with these chains, well I believe the part about experiencing going from living to dead, but the dead to living part? Absolute nonsense."
Just as Long Chen was conning these people, Evilmoon couldn't help opening its mouth. This chain was the weapon of one of the Skinners from Purgatory. The death energy coming from it would guarantee that anyone who touched it would die.
He was holding the chains in his hands, as this body was already dead, while his Yuan Spirit wasn't afraid of it. He continued.
"This chain comes from the Netherworld and can allow one to experience the cycle of life and death. However, don't start dreaming too early. The chain only guarantees that you can comprehend life and death. As for surviving the Netherworld, it'll be up to your luck. As for me... have you all not noticed that the fluctuations of my Yuan Spirit are completely different from before?"
"So, let me tell you. In the future, Pill Valley will just be a fart. With this chain, in less than a hundred years, our Evil Spirit Sect can give rise to over a hundred Netherpassage experts. Half-step Netherpassage experts will number in the thousands! At that time, we'll unite the Corrupt path and topple the Righteous path. The Martial Heaven Continent will be ours! As for Pill Valley, who gives a damn?"
Long Chen's words shocked and delighted these Elders, as well as inspired them. This fortune had truly come suddenly.
"However, there is only one chain, and it is to be our Evil Spirit Sect's secret treasure. No one is to spread a word of it past these walls, otherwise..." Long Chen's expression suddenly turned cold.
"Patriarch, don't worry! We will add these memories to the Corrupt God Seal so that no one can learn of it!" cried an Elder.
== Debt trap ==
"This is even better than hacking them with a blade," praised the fourth boss. Long Chen's con gave the Eastern Xuan Region's Corrupt path a serious blow. The new disciples would definitely end up falling far behind the others. Money really was the most frightening thing.
=== Financing: fixed income and interest rates ===
"Good. You're quite smart. Then let's discuss the plan for dominating the Martial Heaven Continent within a hundred years. The majority of you are at the Life Star realm, and as long as you have enough resources, you can quickly reach half-step Netherpassage. However, I don't want just you to advance. I want everyone to advance collectively and continuously over time. To do that requires one thing: money and a lot of it at that. That's why all of you must listen well. 
Our Evil Spirit Sect needs money, so all of you are to go borrow money from all the various sects using the name of the Evil Spirit Sect. It doesn't matter how high the interest rate is. The only thing that matters is how much money you can get. Even if they want our divine item as collateral, even if they want a personal IOU from me, that's all fine. This is called borrowing chickens to get eggs. We will use their money to raise our power, and in a hundred years, the Martial Heaven Continent will be ours. At that time, hehe, would we still even need to repay that money? The most important thing now is to gather as much money as possible, but remember not to expose the matter of the Netherworld chain to anyone. I will decide what order you get to advance to half-step Netherpassage based on how much money you can get. Of course, the first one will be the new sect leader, but the rest of the rankings are up to you all. I should also tell you that the more you contribute and the more money you gather, the greater your position will be in the future. You've already missed one chance, so if you miss this second chance, no one will be able to help you. Go!"
The facts proved that people's potential was really limitless. As long as you could give someone a target that was easily obtained, they would unleash unimaginable power.
It was unknown whether it was due to the identity of the patriarch, or whether it was because Long Chen's conning skills were simply so great, or perhaps it was a combination of both, but these Elders who had lost their chance to become the new sect leader all went crazy fighting for this chance. None of them wanted to give up a second chance.
After returning to their homes and gathering their things, they rushed off to sects that they had a decent relationship with.
As Elders of a sect, they all had their circle of friends. Some of these Elders were friends with Elders from other sects. Some were even close enough to certain sect leaders to call them brother.
After all, the Evil Spirit Sect was quite famous within the Eastern Xuan Region's Corrupt path. Back when Long Chen had charged into the Corrupt path's minor worlds to take their heaven and earth spirit spring, the Evil Spirit Sect had contributed greatly to the force that had managed to drive him away.
Those Elders immediately went to the sects that they had the closest relationships with and directly asked to borrow money. They were afraid others would take the initiative first.
In any case, the patriarch had already said that the Evil Spirit Sect would be filled with Netherpassage experts in just a hundred years. No matter how much they borrowed, they didn't need to worry about it. Even an insane interest rate was no problem. In any case, they were borrowing the money under the name of the Evil Spirit Sect, with the backing of their patriarch.
As a result, practically all the Eastern Xuan Region's Corrupt path's sects ended up visited by at least one Elder of the Evil Spirit Sect.
Countless sects loaned money to them. One reason was because the Evil Spirit Sect was a top level sect, and they hoped to form a good relationship with them. Other than that, the Evil Spirit Sect promised to repay them with extremely high interest. They promised to double their investment in a hundred years. Not only could they form a good relationship with the Evil Spirit Sect, but they could also gain so much profit. Where would one even look for such a great thing?
Moreover, the Evil Spirit Sect's Elders conducted their money-borrowing in absolute secrecy. They demanded whoever they borrowed money from to keep it secret as well. They were not to divulge a single word of what was happening.
Long Chen was sitting in the Evil Spirit Sect, with a large list hanging inside the palace. The list ranked the various Elders' contributions. However much money they had gathered was listed beside their names. Yes, it was fair, very fair.
Those Elders seemed to have become insane as they borrowed as much money as possible, using any means necessary, from threats to promises, all to increase their own ranking. Some Elders even went to rob their close relatives and friends, while they also brought out all their own savings.
Long Chen sat there, spending each day counting money. He waited for the Elders to come by, kneel toward him, and offer him a spatial ring.
Each time, Long Chen would accept it without his face turning red at all. At the same time, he would encourage them to work harder, even saying that there was no need to be so rigid in their methods. The method by which they obtained the money didn't matter. What mattered were the results, not the process.More at Long Chen/Story
As Long Chen predicted, on just the second day, he received his first receipts. There were ten million spirit crystals, but it was just a start.
The first Elder who came to give him a spatial ring immediately rushed off after handing him the money. By the third and fourth days, Long Chen was barely keeping up with recording how much they had earned. He was making so much that he was almost tired of recording it all.
As Long Chen kept track of the money, the new sect leader kept track of the rankings. By the seventh day, Long Chen had taken in 480 million spirit crystals.
Long Chen was shocked inside, but he didn't show it. He simply continued increasing the pressure on the Elders, saying that they could use the sect's divine item as collateral. If the other side didn't believe it, they could come to the Evil Spirit Sect and he would personally speak with them.
Once Long Chen threw that into the mix, there were dozens of new loans approved, and his wealth leaped to nine hundred and thirty million spirit crystals.
=== Investigation ===
After another three days, Long Chen found that this was about the limit. The Evil Spirit Sect's movements had not gone unnoticed. Although they had carried everything out secretly, there was no way such large movements could be made without raising suspicion. Long Chen was sure that it wouldn't be long before people would come to investigate.
At this time, Long Chen made the wisest decision. On a moonless, stormy night, he patted his butt and left.
The disappearance of their patriarch went unnoticed for three days before all the Evil Spirit Sect's experts were thrown into a panic.
It was just at that time that the Corrupt path's higher-ups from the Central Xuan Region came to investigate. Clearly the Evil Spirit Sect's movements had been reported by others.
This investigation revealed that the patriarch had vanished. As for the story Long Chen had come up with about creating countless half-step Netherpassage experts, it was also exposed.
The entire Eastern Xuan Region's Corrupt path went crazy. Only at this time did they realize that they had been tricked.
Practically, all the Corrupt sects in the Eastern Xuan Region had loaned money to the Evil Spirit Sect. When the Central Xuan Region's experts came to investigate, they were stunned to find that all this money had been whisked away by the patriarch.
Many people were now holding IOUs in their hands and had no idea who they were supposed to find to get the money. All the Evil Spirit Sect's money had vanished as well.
The entire Corrupt path was enraged. Ever since the Corrupt path had been established, they had never encountered such a thing. The higher-ups were infuriated and went all-out to find Zhao Mankun.
Unfortunately for them, Long Chen had long since disguised Zhao Mankun's body and headed off to the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect.
==References==
Category:Evil Path