Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 199: The Aftermath of the Huang Family
Over two hundred qi refinement cultivators from the Huang Family had resources primarily suitable for the qi refinement stage.
For foundation establishment cultivators, these resources held little value.
Aside from rewarding their juniors, the only option left was to exchange them for spiritual stones in Moonlit City.
The vision of foundation establishment cultivators was on a different level than that of qi refinement cultivators; standing at a higher vantage point allowed them to see further, and there was little in the storage bags that they did not recognize.
Even if they were not familiar with something, a quick inquiry among them would yield someone who knew, making the identification process very swift.
Even the usually aloof Li Bùtóng, a disciple of the Golden Core Elder, showed interest in participating.
What rare treasures could mere qi refinement cultivators possibly possess?
Of course, there were exceptions for certain rare treasures and those with extraordinary opportunities.
Though having over two hundred storage bags seemed like a lot, ten foundation establishment cultivators quickly identified and sorted through them, finishing the task in about fifteen minutes.
The total value of the various resources amounted to approximately forty thousand spiritual stones, with the greatest share undoubtedly belonging to the late stage qi refinement cultivators, followed by the mid stage, and the early stage cultivators having the least.
Early stage qi refinement cultivators could not even activate magical artifacts, and most of their storage bags contained nothing of note—mostly spiritual talismans and elixirs worth only a few dozen spiritual stones at most.
In contrast, those in the mid to late stages of qi refinement had assets that could be several times greater than those in the early stage, as even a low-grade magical artifact was worth a hundred spiritual stones.
Particularly, late stage qi refinement cultivators could wield multiple magical artifacts, and if lucky, might even possess high-grade magical artifacts, making their worth significantly exceed that of mid stage cultivators, let alone early stage ones.
Among the two hundred qi refinement cultivators from the Huang Family, early stage and mid to late stage cultivators were nearly equal, each comprising about half.
The resources, valued at around forty thousand spiritual stones, were distributed by Yan Hongyu, with Liu Yu receiving approximately two thousand two hundred spiritual stones in the end.
Since Yan Hongyu and Li Bùtóng were the "team leaders" and powerful mid to late stage foundation establishment cultivators, they received slightly more, with each getting five thousand spiritual stones worth of resources.
The three mid stage foundation establishment cultivators received three thousand spiritual stones each, while the remaining five early stage foundation establishment cultivators, including Liu Yu, received two thousand two hundred spiritual stones each.
“How do you all feel about this distribution method? If anyone has a better suggestion, please bring it up; I won’t mind,” Yan Hongyu said with a smile, appearing quite open-minded and not at all petty.
Her method of distribution was relatively fair; even if she had her own motives, she did not leave any obvious flaws for others to criticize, and on the surface, everyone agreed.
The differences in strength and cultivation levels naturally led to unequal sharing of resources; an even split was impossible unless one side held absolute power to dictate rules that the others had to follow.
Just like the spiritual stone mine between Qingzhou and Jingzhou, both the Yuan Yang Sect and the Heavenly Harmony Sect initially wanted to monopolize it, and after that hope was dashed, they could not accept splitting it evenly with the other three sects, wanting at least a greater share.
Thus, in the Chu State, with the five major sects having comparable power, a balance was subtly formed, and the war dragged on without conclusion.