"I don’t want it anymore, I’ll give this to you. I won’t live to spend the money you gave me."
Liu Haiwu understood the principle of "carrying a jade and inviting crime".
The next day. The rıghtful source is 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽
The bid meeting began rather boringly.
Although there were no tender documents, they still had to follow the process. Each Sect Leader introduced their own advantages.
Since everything was already settled privately yesterday, the Sect Leaders who were serious about it essentially just went through the motions. It seemed lively, but only appeared that way.
Only six people were playing for real.
Gang Leader Liu Haiwu of the Great Cyan Gang and the five led by the Carefree Sect’s Sect Leader.
The respectable sect leaders who were unaware of the inside story thought to themselves that these six were really enthusiastic, gaining benefits and still putting in effort.
With united determination, our Cyan Thorn is really hopeful.
Lily, who was sitting at the head of the table, full of the profits from yesterday, yawned as she waited for Liu Haiwu’s performance.
The bidding was reaching a fever pitch.
"Gang Leader Liu, some boasts are not just for bragging. As far as I know, the person with the highest cultivation in the Great Cyan Gang is you, right?"
A Dark Helm Leader from the Hundred Demons Sect used a skill, a cultivation-based discrimination.
Liu Haiwu, seeing the unfavorable situation, pulled out his trump card.
"I don’t want money! I love Cyan Thorn! I love the Sword Sect! I will lead my brothers to work for free!"
Lily perked up when she heard the three words "don’t want money", not pretending; she genuinely liked those three words.
This move indeed caught Zhu Xiaoyao and the others off guard; they all knew the whims of that little girl named Lily.
Other than money, nothing else would work on her.
Seeing this, a loyal Dark Helm Leader immediately raised his hand and followed suit.
"I also love Cyan Thorn! I also love the Sword Sect! Our Crane Peak Sect also doesn’t want money!"
Soon, the other Dark Helm Leaders expressed their stance as well.
They all loved Cyan Thorn, loved the Sword Sect, loved the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, and also didn’t want money.
Seeing this, the Sect Leaders from the legitimate sects now had a reason to exit. Although they too loved Cyan Thorn and the Sword Sect, their love hadn’t reached that level.
After all, they still had families to support.
Free work wasn’t an option.
Only Liu Huai’an, having been brainwashed by that old fatty Wang Buyu with a dumb little story, showed expressions of doubt, and had mentally played out 800 episodes of "The Great Sect: Temptation of the Sword Sect".
As Lily saw everyone getting heated in their conversation, she suddenly tapped a small hammer and said.
"Originally, our bidding was only supposed to invite three, but since everyone loves the Sword Sect so much, let’s do this: all six of you are welcome, the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion welcomes you.
"After all, there’s no money involved."
Those Dark Helm Leaders felt as bitter as if they had eaten dirt upon hearing this.
The joyous bid meeting thus came to an end. To celebrate the successful holding of this bid meeting, the Sect Leaders were kept for another day, and small gifts were presented by the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion and the Sword Sect.
After everyone settled in, Lily sneakily slipped out of her office, planning to use the teleportation array to sneak straight back to the Sword Pavilion. She wouldn’t step outside for a while, fearful of retaliation.
When she arrived at the teleportation array in the secret chamber, she saw Liu Haiwu waiting there as well. The two of them awkwardly nodded and smiled at each other before Lily activated the teleportation array.
Slipping away, slipping away.
On this side, because of this nonsensical bid meeting, Zhu Xiaoyao was forcibly detained for three days.
And these three days were enough for Profound Identification and Li Yu to turn the Carefree Sect upside down.
They actually found something.
As for Zhang Ze, he came to the place where Liu Haiwu found that small stone tablet.
This place was indeed near the dock, but due to the reed marshes, it was very secluded. Even if large ships passed by, they wouldn’t pay attention here.
The dock was quite strategically positioned; standing here, one could see the Carefree Sect not far upstream among the mountains.
Zhang Ze stood amidst the reeds, tossing the small stone piece up and down in his hand.
That thing was not a stone tablet but a fragment of an Innate Tao Embryo...