Huai was checking the rewards, then asked the System for some space rings.
"System, give me some space rings."
[Ding! Congratulations Host for using the feature "Ask your dear System" for the first time. System's mood is fantastic. Giving you a million pieces of highest-grade space rings (can take the shape of any ornaments, have infinite space, and can even store living things).]
Huai just felt nausea. He never thought that this feature was also this good; although the name of the feature is sus, it's still a good feature for him.
Huai divided the things for the personal use of the eight personal disciples, the Ancestor, and the Peak Masters.
For the Ancestor, there were 10 million low-grade spirit stones and 1 million mid-grade spirit stones, 8th-grade medicines of all types (100 pcs each), 7th-grade talismans of all types (100 pcs each), and Earth-grade high-rank weapons of each type (2 pcs). He also included the Eternal Sutra and Eternity Divine Technique.
For each of the Peak Masters, there were 5 million low-grade spirit stones and 500,000 mid-grade spirit stones, 8th-grade medicines of all types (100 pcs each), 7th-grade talismans of all types (100 pcs each), and Xuan-grade high-rank weapons of each type (2 pcs), along with the Eternal Sutra and Eternity Divine Technique.
For the personal disciples, there were 1 million low-grade spirit stones and 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones, 9th-grade medicines of all types (100 pcs each), 8th-grade talismans of all types (100 pcs each), and Huang-rank high-grade weapons of each type (2 pcs), plus the Eternal Sutra and Eternity Divine Technique.
He set the same for the other elders and the stewards of the sect. There were a total of 100 pieces of cultivation rings he set for those elders and stewards.
For the inner disciples, except for the Eternal Peak, each and every peak has only 100 inner disciples. So, for the 800 inner disciples, he separated 800 cultivation rings. Each ring contained 500,000 low-grade spirit stones, 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones, 9th-tier spirit medicine (10 pcs of each type), 9th-tier talismans (10 pcs of each type), the Eternal Sutra, and the Eternity Divine Technique.
For the outer sect disciples, there were a total of 3,000 outer sect disciples in the sect, so he prepared 3,000 outer sect cultivation rings. Each possessed 100,000 low-grade spirit stones, 5,000 mid-grade spirit stones, 9th-tier spirit medicine (3 pcs of each type), 9th-tier talismans (3 pcs of each type), the Eternal Sutra, and the Eternity Divine Technique.
He didn't choose any weapons for the inner sect disciples, elders, stewards, or outer sect disciples. Instead, he put all pieces of Huang-rank high-grade weapons of each type in a single ring for distribution.
After doing all of this work, he looked at the people below. Everyone was talking to each other at this moment; when Huai opened his eyes and looked at them, the hall fell silent.
After a few more minutes, the inner elders, outer elders, and stewards all came to the hall and stood according to their ranks in the Main Hall. Outside the Main Hall stood all 800 inner disciples and 3,000 outer disciples. They couldn't enter the Main Hall because it was too small for them all to fit.
Huai looked at the elders, then the Peak Masters, then looked at Gu Xuan and said, "Ancestor Gu Xuan, from now on you will be known as the Supreme Elder."
Gu Xuan stood up, bowed his head in salute, and said, "As you decide, Sect Leader."
Huai waved his hand, and a cultivation ring specifically made for Gu Xuan came out of the system space. Huai sent that ring towards Gu Xuan. Gu Xuan took the ring, but when he saw what was inside, his whole body trembled. He looked at Huai in horror, waiting for Huai's order regarding the ring.
Huai said, "This is the cultivation resources I bestow upon you this month..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Xuan bowed once again and said in a hurried, strong voice, "Sect Master, don't worry, I'll distribute these huge treasures to every member of the sect!"
Huai looked at him in confusion and said, "What do you mean by 'distribute it to every member'? I gave it to you, so use it only for yourself. Am I already dead, that I can't afford to give cultivation resources to other members of my sect?"
Gu Xuan felt more confused and said, "Sect Master, did you give me the wrong space ring? This space ring contains treasures of at least a whole treasure vault of a high-level 8th-tier sect..."
Before he could continue, Huai just waved his hand and said indifferently, "Don't act like a countryside person. It's all yours; I know what I gave to you. Now go and sit down at your designated seat."
Gu Xuan looked at Huai with teary eyes. He had never seen this much treasure in his entire life. He is already nearly 120 years old, but now the Sect Master had given him this huge fortune to use alone. He felt grateful.
Huai looked at the eight Peak Masters, and all of them stood up and bowed towards Huai. Huai waved his hand, and eight space rings specially selected for the eight Peak Masters came out of the system space and landed in their hands...
Ba Tian looked at what was inside the ring and immediately looked at Huai in horror... Yan Ruyu, Feng Wuji, Shui Miao, Su Yun, Han Mujie, and Shi Yan looked at Huai in utter horror.
Mu Qing looked inside the ring, then looked at Huai, then again looked inside the ring, then again looked at Huai, and then looked inside the ring again. After confirming three whole times, he cursed immediately: "What the Fudge! Shiiiiiiiiiiiit!"
The other seven Peak Masters looked at Mu Qing and gave him a thumbs up. This was the genuine reaction they wanted to give to Huai, but due to their images, they couldn't do it in front of so many people—but Mu Qing did it.
Bai Wei slammed his face in embarrassment. He didn't know why his always-composed master started cursing in front of so many people.
But the Peak Masters knew why he sacrificed his image to curse. The ring contained the whole treasury of a 9th-tier high-level sect. Ba Tian couldn't control his curiosity and asked Huai, "Umm, Sect Master! Is it also only for us, or do we need to share it with the disciples and other elders?"
Han Mujie said hurriedly, "Ba Tian, how could you say that? You should know what is in these rings; we should share..."
Before he could continue, Huai said nonchalantly, "Oh, it's for your use only."
The hall was silent; no one spoke. Even the eight Peak Masters became like statues; some of them even started giggling to themselves. On the other side, Gu Xuan was not in this world at all; he was daydreaming during the meeting, so focused that he didn't even notice the huge commotion of the eight elders.
After settling the eight Peak Masters, Huai gave 100 rings to the elders and stewards of the sect, and the same thing that happened a few minutes ago with the Peak Masters and the Ancestor happened again, until Huai clarified that it was for their own use and they didn't need to share anything with anyone.
Now it was the time for the personal disciples. All eight personal disciples were standing in front of Huai, looking at him in reverence. Huai gently waved his hand, and eight rings specially selected for the eight personal disciples came out of the system space and landed in their hands. But when they checked what was inside, they all became stiff.
Bai Wei, who was embarrassed about his master's behavior a few minutes ago, started giggling out of nowhere. Lin Feng even looked at Huai in horror. Huo Ling'er's face became so red because of the amount of treasures that she looked like a tomato. Lan Ruo even started rubbing her eyes countless times and checked the treasure again and again. Zhao Tie and Xiao Yun looked at their martial brothers and sisters to see their reactions, but a smile was stamped on their faces that was never fading. Da Zhuang thought about the poverty they had before, and now he started crying with joy. Mu Chen even lost his balance and tightly grabbed the ring while lying on the floor, giggling...
The scenes were bizarre. Huai shook his head and sighed; their rings only contained a full treasury of a low-grade 9th-tier sect... why were they overreacting?
Huai ignored them all, then all the 800 rings for the inner disciples and 3,000 rings for the outer disciples came out of the system space. He gave those to the cultivation resource distributing elder and told him, "Give these rings to those inner disciples and outer disciples according to their rank."
Then Huai waved his hand again, and a single ring came out of the system space. Huai said to the weaponry hall elder, "Take this ring. This ring contains thousands of different kinds of high-grade Huang-level weapons; give a weapon to the disciples as per their choice."
All the elders, Peak Masters, stewards, personal disciples, and even the Supreme Elder bowed to Huai and said, "As you said, Sect Master."
Then Huai looked at everyone and said in a cool voice, "Now that all the resources are distributed, let me tell you a few points why I gave these cultivation resources to you guys...
The cultivation technique and the martial arts technique I gave you were tailor-made for the Eternal Sect only. No matter what your talent is, no matter what your path to cultivation is, no matter what weapon you use, no matter which elements you're proficient in—this cultivation and martial technique can do miracles. No one from outside the sect can copy or cultivate the techniques.
Now about the status of the sect. Our sect is already a tier 9 higher-level sect, but I'm not satisfied with it at all, so I gave you those cultivation resources for your own gains. Use them as if there is no tomorrow; don't think about saving them. I'd give you more resources later after you finish these ones, so don't try to hide them or save them. Say these exact words to those inner and outer sect disciples too.
Next, I already set up a cultivation tower at the back mountain of the Eternal Peak. That tower is called by another name: The Eternal Time Tower. The tower has 11 levels, and at each level, the time flow and cultivation speed will increase ten times from the level before. That means at the lower Level 1, the time flow is 1:100, so the time flow at Level 2 will be 1:1,000. On Level 1, each day outside equals 100 days inside.
I'm going to give you seven days' cultivation approval in the Eternal Time Tower. Go and, after distributing the resources to those inner sect and outer sect disciples, enter the time tower for seven days. After seven days, there will be a meeting again in the Main Hall. Come on time, everyone."
By just saying that much, Shen Huai disappeared from where he was. No one knows which realm he is in, because even a Soul Transformation cultivator can't do this at all...
The whole hall erupted again in discussion. Some had many ideas on how to use these seven days of cultivation at the time tower. The resource distribution elder and weapon hall elder came out of the Main Hall, then distributed the resources and weapons as Huai mentioned, then they told everyone what he had said about the cultivation tower and all...
In a frenzy, the whole sect went to the cultivation tower for a week. A huge silence swept over the Eternal Sect, but within the tower, a storm of cultivation was just beginning.