My Master Knows It All

131: Chapter 117: The Goal!

Common Prosperity!_1 131: Chapter 117: The Goal!

Common Prosperity!_1 Cao Zhen once again arrived at Ascension Peak, but this time, he did not ride a flying crane, instead he rode the Immortal Cloud Carriage, and his destination was not the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace, but the Hundred Peaks Grand Immortal Palace.

Unlike his previous entry into this place, after the disciple who served the fragrant tea left, only Cao Zhen and Sect Master Bai Fengzi were left in the vast conference hall.

From his lofty seat befitting a Peak Master, Bai Fengzi looked at Cao Zhen with curiosity and asked, “Peak Master Cao, what business brings you to me?” Although Four Treasures Peak was ranked last among the Hundred Peaks Sect, no matter how low the ranking, Cao Zhen was a Peak Master, and she, as Sect Leader, had to grant him an audience if there was important business.

She just didn’t understand what the always inconspicuous Peak Master of Four Treasures Peak wanted with her.

Cao Zhen bowed to Bai Fengzi and said with an air of integrity, “Sect Master, I am here for the development of our Hundred Peaks Sect.”

Although he had come to ask for help, it would have been too crass to say so directly.

Bai Fengzi had just taken a light sip of her fragrant tea when she almost sprayed the tea out upon hearing this.

Cao Zhen, the last-ranked Peak Master of the Hundred Peaks Sect,—an unassuming, wooden, and straightforward Peak Master—talking about the development of her Hundred Peaks Sect?

She forcefully swallowed the tea in her mouth, striving to maintain the decorum of a Sect Leader, and replied with seriousness, “Oh?

For the development of the Hundred Peaks Sect?

And what insight does Peak Master Cao have to offer?”

No matter what, Peak Master Cao cared for the development of the Hundred Peaks Sect, and no matter how naive or unrealistic his speech was to be, she would still need to give him encouragement.

“Sect Master, please look…” Cao Zhen did not answer immediately but took out the materials he had prepared in advance and began to craft Gathering Spirit Talismans right in front of Bai Fengzi.

Bai Fengzi was bewildered.

What was this?

Talisman making?

What did this have to do with the development of the Hundred Peaks Sect?

Even the Ultimate Talisman Peak, the best at talisman making within the sect, had never made such a claim.

What was Cao Zhen up to?

She watched Cao Zhen’s talisman making technique with curiosity, and slowly, her expression changed.

As the Sect Leader of the Hundred Peaks Sect, although she was not famed for talisman making, she was well-versed in the six arts of immortal cultivation; she could tell that Cao Zhen’s talisman making technique was unlike any other she knew.

Moreover, it seemed that Cao Zhen’s technique was more sophisticated than any she had seen.

It wasn’t long before a Gathering Spirit Talisman was completed.

Cao Zhen then took out several more Gathering Spirit Talismans from his bosom and raised them towards Bai Fengzi, saying, “Sect Master, these talismans, apart from the one I crafted, were made by disciples from various Taoist Institutions, and they were all crafted by different disciples.

The success rate is about 65 percent.

“This is even under the circumstances of their first attempt at crafting.

As their talisman-making technique becomes more proficient in the future, the success rate will become even higher.”

“What?” Bai Fengzi’s figure flashed, and she suddenly appeared in front of Cao Zhen, grabbing the spirit talisman and feeling the degree to which it gathered spiritual energy.

She turned around, her face full of shock and doubt, and asked, “You’re saying these Gathering Spirit Talismans were crafted by ordinary disciples of the Taoist Institutions?

And the success rate has reached 65 percent?”

“That’s right, and after they become accustomed to it, it can reach at least 70 percent,” Cao Zhen pointed to the talisman in Bai Fengzi’s hands and said, “This is the reason I came to see you.

I have already taught this method of crafting Gathering Spirit Talismans to the headmasters of all Taoist Institutions within our Hundred Peaks Sect and instructed them to teach it to their disciples.”

“What!” Even Bai Fengzi, as the Sect Leader of the Hundred Peaks Sect, could not help but exclaim in surprise.

A talisman making success rate of 50 percent was already profitable, and for a disciple to achieve such a rate required not only talent, but also continuous practice.

The method of talisman making brought by Cao Zhen, allowing novices to achieve a success rate of 65 percent, was unimaginable.

This method could completely alter the status of Four Treasures Peak.

As Sect Leader, she was all too aware of the peak’s situation.

Yet Cao Zhen had chosen to teach it to the various Taoist Institutions.

“Sect Master, although this talisman making technique originates from Four Treasures Peak, our peak is also part of the Hundred Peaks Sect,” Cao Zhen said with a sense of righteousness, “I am well aware that only if the Hundred Peaks Sect is strong, can Four Treasures Peak be strong.

Besides, I come from a Taoist Institution and have lived within the Hundred Peaks Sect all my life.

If not for the Hundred Peaks Sect, I might not even be alive today, so I want to give back to the Sect.

“Thus, even though I am aware that this talisman making technique could be kept as the Sect’s treasure, and I know that it could help us shed the title of the poorest peak, I still will not keep it to myself.

I will contribute it, aiming to make it so there is no talisman within the Hundred Peaks Sect that is difficult to craft.

“Once all of our Hundred Peaks Sect disciples master this technique, we could even sell Gathering Spirit Talismans to other sects, thereby generating an additional revenue stream for our Sect.”

“Peak Master Cao… Such righteousness!”

Bai Fengzi’s entire being was filled with emotion, nothing but emotion.

Four Treasures Peak was clearly the poorest and last ranked peak within the Hundred Peaks Sect, yet Peak Master Cao was capable of such an act.

What spirit was this?

What remarkable selflessness!

Bai Fengzi suddenly stepped back and bowed deeply to Cao Zhen.

“Sect Master, what are you doing?” Cao Zhen quickly reached out, attempting to help Bai Fengzi, but before he could fully extend his hand, Bai Fengzi had already bowed down.