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Chapter 1092: Chapter 600: Zong Heng’s Discourse: Rules (Add More for 6400 Monthly Votes) Chapter 1092: Chapter 600: Zong Heng’s Discourse: Rules (Add More for 6400 Monthly Votes) E Yun encountered a very thorny issue.

In the Eastern Wilderness, he was considered a noteworthy figure. As the lord of Northern Abyss City and town guard of Rock Country, as well as a direct descendant of Chen Mobai, he was arguably one of the top cultivators apart from those Nascent Soul ancestors.

But today, he was stumped by a dispute between two Qi Practitioners.

The owner of Liu Dan Elixir Shop, Wang Juyuan, accused Han Tingfeng of owing Spirit Stones, leading to a breach of contract and demanded restitution of three times the losses from Han Tingfeng’s descendants.

If it were anyone else, E Yun would have immediately sent cultivators from the Penalty Evil Hall to demand the Han family to immediately pay up as agreed.

If they really were penniless, then he would simply seize their cave dwelling and properties, auction them off at market price, and settle the unpaid Spirit Stones after.

But the key issue was, among the children Han Tingfeng left behind, there was Han Zhiling.

This person had only recently been personally awarded a diploma by Chen Mobai and bestowed with a Foundation Building Pill as the chief graduate of the Changsheng Scholarly Mansion.

With her talent, should she join the Divine Wood Sect, she was bound to be a future core disciple, and might even become the next sect leader.

After learning about this matter, E Yun immediately summoned Wang Juyuan, hinting that he should not take the matter public, but who would have thought that the latter didn’t understand and, stubborn as a mule, insisted that Han Zhiling must pay the Spirit Stones.

Although he knew that Wang Juyuan was after the Foundation Building Pill, in the face of rules set by Chen Mobai, E Yun had no choice but to bite back his anger and told him to go back and wait.

If the minor problem couldn’t be resolved, then seek out a bigger one!

E Yun waited half a day, and Yu Lian came in with a Foundation Establishment Practitioner who had a bitter smile on his face.

This person was a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Wang family from Liu Dan Mountain, named Wang Xuan Ming.

“Wang brother, it seems your family’s youngster has been a bit thoughtless,” E Yun said.

Wang Juyuan had staked everything on this only chance for Foundation Establishment and was not giving face even to E Yun. But the Wang family of Liu Dan Mountain couldn’t do that; even though they were the local bosses of Rock Country, against the colossal Divine Wood Sect, they had no choice but to bow their heads.

“E Town Guard, before coming here, I had already spoken to this child, but he said that even if he is kicked out of the Wang family, he must get that Foundation Building Pill,” Wang Xuan Ming said.

When Wang Xuan Ming heard what Wang Juyuan had to say, his hands rose, as he wanted to just strike down this disgraceful descendant then and there.

But within Northern Abyss City, he dared not kill someone.

All he could do was to scold Wang Juyuan, comply with his wish to be expelled from the Wang family, and then hurry over with Yu Lian to explain to E Yun.

“Hmph, the Wang family is really great!” E Yun said with a sneer, his face growing cold as the strategy of bringing in the parent had failed.

However, he was determined to handle the situation properly since it involved a chief disciple personally appointed by Chen Mobai. If word spread that this was an old debtor, where would the Divine Wood Sect’s pride lie?

He thought about it and decided to advance Han Zhiling the Spirit Stones to settle the issue for the time being.

Over the years, E Yun had served diligently as the lord of Northern Abyss City, and even though he had been impartial in his duties, it was very easy for someone in his position to earn some legitimate Spirit Stones.

Hence, he had saved up over a hundred thousand. Parting with ten thousand to settle Han Tingfeng’s debt was painful, but he also viewed it as an investment in the talent of Han Zhiling.

Of course, the main reason was not to tarnish Chen Mobai’s reputation.

Thinking this way, E Yun took out his Heavenly Communication Device. Ever since this magic artifact was invented, its convenience had been praised by all cultivators. Chen Mobai, after assuming his position, ordered the Artifact Refining Department to make quite a few, equipping each town guard with one. Possessing the privilege of using a Heavenly Communication Device was a matter of pride among the cultivators of Northern Abyss City, and across Rock Country, even throughout the entire Eastern Desolation Plateau, it had become a symbol of status.

After a while, Jiang Zongheng and Ding Ying, having received the communication from the Heavenly Communication Device, both came over.

E Yun explained the matter to them.

“Jiang Shidi, Ding Shimei, how about we settle it this way?” E Yun said.

E Yun was no saint; if he was going to spend ten thousand Spirit Stones to help Han Tingfeng settle his debt, he definitely wanted the involved parties to be aware of it.

At the very least, he wanted Han Zhiling to acknowledge this favor!

“E Shixiong is generous and broad-minded. On behalf of Zhiling, I offer my thanks in advance,” Ding Ying said, giving E Yun a thumbs up and voicing her gratitude.

“After all, our sect leader personally…”

“I object!”

Before E Yun could finish speaking, Jiang Zongheng, with a serious face, shook his head, indicating that this was not acceptable.

“Jiang Shidi, are you worried that it would be too great a pressure for young Zhiling to owe such a large favor at an early age, which would be detrimental for their future cultivation?”

Ding Ying’s remarks caused Jiang Zongheng to shake his head again, posing a counterquestion.

“If today E Yun Shixiong spends ten thousand Spirit Stones for Han Zhiling, an uninitiated disciple, to settle the matter, what if tomorrow another one of our sect’s formal disciples borrows even more Spirit Stones under their own name and gets called out? How will E Yun Shixiong handle it then?” he asked.

“This… Jiang Shidi and Ding Shimei, you both are insiders, so I’ll speak my mind. The reason I am willing to pay these Spirit Stones to settle the matter is mainly because Han Zhiling is related to the sect leader’s reputation. If it were any other sect disciple, naturally, I would ignore it,” E Yun replied earnestly, answering Jiang Zongheng’s question forthrightly.

“No calamity is worse than unfairness. If today E Yun Shixiong helps the outsider Han Tingfeng with his debts and tomorrow neglects to do the same for our sect’s disciples, comparing both situations, other disciples will see Shixiong as nothing but a sycophant. With such a reputation, when our master retires, does Shixiong think he could still become the sect leader?” Jiang Zongheng said.

Jiang Zongheng’s remarks made E Yun break into profuse sweat in an instant.

“I’m grateful for the reminder, little brother. Otherwise, I would have made a serious mistake today.”

E Yun stood up abruptly, holding Jiang Zongheng’s hand and thanking him repeatedly.

It must be known that although he was a direct descendant of Chen Mobai and currently recognized within the Sect as the first in line to become the future Sect Leader, there was still Zhou Wangshen in Sky Country watching him like a tiger eyeing its prey.

In recent years, he had learned of Zhou Bingyan’s frequent visits to Giant Tree Ridge. If she wasn’t purchasing Life Stones for the Sect Leader, she was helping Zhuo Ming collect various types of ores. This time, she even traveled together with the Sect Leader via the Teleportation Array, which showed her deep relations with the Xiao Nanshan lineage.

Moreover, what E Yun knew very well was that Chen Mobai always emphasized “integrity as the foundation.”

A good reputation takes hundreds of years to build but might be destroyed by an exceedingly trivial matter.

Since Chen Mobai built Northern Abyss City, it has continually raised the moral standard in the Eastern Wilderness, and as of today, it has become the benchmark of the Eastern Wilderness.

For this reason, many Loose Cultivators trust in Northern Abyss City, and by extension, truly regard Divine Wood Sect as the number one major sect in the Eastern Wilderness!

To achieve this, Northern Abyss City took twenty-four years.

If twenty-four years of good reputation were ruined in his hands, not to mention the position of Sect Leader, it was likely that there wouldn’t be a place for E Yun in the Three Halls and Twelve Divisions in the future.

“So how should we resolve this matter?”

After stating his views, Ding Ying, with a worried look on her face, asked. She was quite fond of Han Zhiling, a child with outstanding talent who was also obedient and pure.

She definitely stood by her student. If it were anywhere else, someone like Wang Juyuan, a nobody, wouldn’t dare to act like this; she would have dealt with him covertly long ago.

But this was in Northern Abyss City, with rules set by Chen Mobai!

“How about I take Zhi Ling and the others away from Northern Abyss City first? With the creditor gone, E Shixiong can also have an excuse to drag it out.”

Ding Ying thought for a moment and suggested a method, but both E Yun and Jiang Zongheng rejected it at the same time.

“That’s absolutely unacceptable. If we did that, I would be neglecting my duties. Moreover, if the creditor leaves, I would have to auction off Han Ronglu’s Rank-3 Cave Dwelling property, and then he would lose his Foundation Building Pill, which would be an even greater loss.”

“Then what should we do? We can’t really let that Wang Juyuan succeed and take away Zhi Ling’s Foundation Building Pill. If that happens, where would the face of our Divine Wood Sect go?”

Ding Ying, who was once a stern beauty in her youth, had been scared and anxious for over a decade after Chen Mobai suddenly emerged. It took years for her to mellow down, but now she was also a bit angry.

Their esteemed sect’s Foundation Establishment was being troubled by Wang Juyuan, a mere Ninth Layer Qi Cultivator, which would be utterly laughable to other major sects in the Eastern Wilderness if the story got out.

“Why not?”

However, Jiang Zongheng replied with a rhetorical question, following Ding Ying’s words, which made her stand there, stunned.

“Jiang Shidi, what do you mean?”

If she did not know Jiang Zongheng’s character well, Ding Ying might have thought he was bought off by Wang Juyuan.

“Thank you for the guidance, Jiang Shidi. If I reach the position of Sect Leader one day, I will forever remember your words today.”

Yet E Yun instantly understood Jiang Zongheng’s intentions and solemnly saluted his junior brother, who was half his age.

It was at this moment that he finally understood why, among the many who attended the lectures at the Longevity Academy, the Sect Leader uniquely chose Jiang Zongheng, and even took the unprecedented step of initiating the offer to take him as a disciple.

“What on earth is this riddle you’re both playing at?”

Ding Ying still did not understand and asked with a frown.

“We will act according to the rules of Northern Abyss City. If Han Zhiling cannot repay the Spirit Stones and has to compensate Wang Juyuan with the Foundation Building Pill, how do you think others will see it, Shimei?”

“They’ll say we are weak. The Chief of Changsheng School Palace, personally selected by the Sect Leader, is being driven to such a state by a small-time, kicked-out Ninth Layer Qi Cultivator to the extent that even a Foundation Building Pill granted personally by the Sect Leader can’t be kept. It’s a disgrace that Northern Abyss City was built by the Sect Leader himself…”

Halfway through speaking, Ding Ying suddenly started to catch on, standing there with a look of contemplation in her eyes.

After a long moment, she exhaled deeply and finally grasped Jiang Zongheng’s meaning.

“After this matter, everyone will know that the rules of Northern Abyss City stand above all else!”

“Even for us, the Foundation Establishment Practitioners of Divine Wood Sect, or the Chief personally selected by the Sect Leader, if we violate the rules, we must also abide by them obediently!”

“It’s just a pity that Zhi Ling has become the example for proclaiming these stringent rules, and her reputation will follow her for a lifetime!”

“I’m not sure if this child can withstand it!”

As a Female Cultivator, Ding Ying couldn’t help but feel some sympathy as she spoke those last words.

“Everything needs rules to restrain it in order to form order.”

“On this vast land of the Eastern Wilderness, what has been lacking is an overarching power that can establish rules and make everyone abide by them, which is why there have been so many years of war and death.”

“I entered my master’s tutelage because I want to follow my master in establishing rules that every living being in the Eastern Wilderness must abide by!”

“For this, not to speak of a mere student like Han Zhiling, even if the one sacrificing is myself, I will proceed resolutely and without hesitation!”

Jiang Zongheng, holding the Tao Walker’s Ruler, spoke of his ideals with a calm expression.