After Situ Mingyue decided to join the Azurecloud Sect, both parties got to know each other again.

At this time, everyone also learned the identity of the middle-aged man in green; he was a guest elder of the Situ family named Qin Yushu. The Situ family had saved his life, so he stayed to serve them.

This time, it was Qin Yushu's responsibility to protect Situ Mingyue during her escape.

As for Situ Mingyue's maid, her name was Chunxiao.

However, when Situ Mingyue offered spirit stones, a dispute arose.

"One million spirit stones, and you give me this little? This is probably only ten thousand spirit stones!" Zhang Yang glared at Situ Mingyue.

Although the spirit stones Situ Mingyue provided were richer in spiritual qi, the gap was too large.

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Situ Mingyue rolled her eyes. "These are mid-grade spirit stones... You didn't think I promised you a million mid-grade spirit stones, did you? Dream on, that would be ten million ordinary spirit stones. Even if I sold the Yunteng Trading Union, I couldn't give you that much."

Zhang Yang had never seen mid-grade spirit stones before; the Azurecloud Sect was just too poor!

Realizing his mistake, he chuckled, "I had to ask, just in case you meant mid-grade spirit stones, junior sister."

Situ Mingyue was speechless, realizing this senior brother was quite greedy.

After a brief stop at the Azurecloud Market, they headed to the Azurecloud Sect.

Since Qin Yushu had no ties to Azurecloud, he stayed at the Azurecloud Market. Although Chunxiao was also an outsider, she was allowed to accompany Situ Mingyue up the mountain to take care of her, thanks to the million spirit stones.

When Zhang Yang appeared, Danchenzi and others came out one after another.

The last time Zhang Yang went out, he brought back a lot of spirit stones and materials, and everyone benefited greatly.

Now that Zhang Yang was back, they estimated he had brought back a lot again.

However, seeing outsiders present, they maintained their dignified demeanor and didn't rush forward to ask for things.

"This is my master, Qingyunzi, the current sect master of Azurecloud. You've met Second Uncle-Master Lingyunzi, and Third Uncle-Master..." Zhang Yang introduced the Seven Sons of Azurecloud to Situ Mingyue.

Upon seeing Qingyunzi, Situ Mingyue's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but step forward respectfully to pay her respects, "Disciple Situ Mingyue greets Master!"

In Situ Mingyue's eyes, Tan Qiushui was a legendary figure, and Qingyunzi, who easily defeated Tan Qiushui, was like a deity. Now having the chance to become such a master's disciple, how could she hold back?

Qingyunzi was bewildered. What was this young girl doing, suddenly paying her respects?

Zhang Yang coughed and smiled at Qingyunzi, "Master, junior sister is a genius and will surely live up to your teachings."

Qingyunzi understood.

This kid brought back a disciple last time, and now another one. Was he specifically picking up disciples for him?

Although he only accepted one, it was as if he had accepted many...

Seeing Zhang Yang winking at him, Qingyunzi snorted inwardly and said with a smile, "Rise, from now on, you are my disciple!"

He gave this face, mainly because Zhang Yang's reforms were showing results, giving him hope.

Situ Mingyue was thrilled to officially join Qingyunzi's tutelage and earnestly performed the disciple ceremony.

From now on, she was also a disciple of Azurecloud.

Qingyunzi smiled, "Later, let your senior brother take you to find a good cultivation method and practice diligently. He has received my true teachings. If you have any questions, ask him. If he can't solve them, then come to me."

Lingyunzi and the others felt this scene was very familiar!

They quickly recalled that this was exactly how it was when they became disciples.

Situ Mingyue was momentarily stunned but quickly understood.

With her current cultivation level, she indeed wasn't qualified to consult Qingyunzi.

However, she had already decided to practice diligently, quickly improve her realm, and strive to surpass Zhang Yang. By then, Zhang Yang wouldn't be qualified to guide her and would have to take her to see the master.

After completing the disciple ceremony, Situ Mingyue went with her maid to prepare their living quarters.

Since they would be staying at the Azurecloud Sect to cultivate, they needed a place to live.

After Situ Mingyue left, Qingyunzi glared at Zhang Yang and scolded, "Who told you to recruit disciples for me? Having you is already a headache, and I don't want any more disciples."

"One million spirit stones!" Zhang Yang said with a grin, "Master, is a disciple worth a million spirit stones?"

"What one million spirit stones?" Everyone was shocked.

Even Qingyunzi was moved and asked, "What's going on?"

Lingyunzi glanced at Zhang Yang and said to Qingyunzi, "Senior brother, he had you accept Situ Mingyue, and Situ Mingyue gave him a million spirit stones, along with some materials!"

"What?" Hualingzi was delighted, "Are there any high-quality talisman papers? Any spiritual blood?"

Bilingzi perked up and extended her hand to Zhang Yang, "Now that you have money, give me a beauty-preserving pill!"

Everyone's faces lit up with smiles; it had been a long time since Azurecloud Sect was so wealthy.

Qingyunzi couldn't help but smile, but then he sternly reprimanded, "Selling your master for a million, how disgraceful! As the sect master, I should take the lion's share, at least three hundred thousand spirit stones."

Zhang Yang retorted, "Master, this is all for the development of Azurecloud Sect. Taking three hundred thousand is too much. I have big plans for these spirit stones and can't give you that many."

"No, you must give me three hundred thousand!" Qingyunzi said seriously, "Brat, remember when I bought you a space ring, it was with my money! Think about how I've treated you over the years. Now that you have money, you won't even give me some spirit stones. Do you think that's fair?"

Lingyunzi nodded, "You must give these spirit stones!"

Danchenzi seemed to recall something and nodded repeatedly, "Zhang Yang, you know how senior brother has treated you, so you must give these spirit stones!"

"Yes, I agree they should be given."

Zhang Yang was surprised to see the Seven Sons of Azurecloud all in agreement.

He thought for a moment and said, "Master, if you need spirit stones for something important, just say so. Don't play this moral coercion game. Although Azurecloud Sect desperately needs spirit stones, they can be earned back. Three hundred thousand might not be enough, so I'll give you four hundred thousand. Do with the extra as you see fit."

For something that could unite the Seven Sons of Azurecloud, it must be significant, so he added an extra hundred thousand.

Qingyunzi chuckled, "With these spirit stones, I can enjoy some leisure time. Don't come looking for me; I need to go out for a while."

"Wait!" Lingyunzi hurriedly said, "Senior brother, the Cloudmount Empire's attitude is a bit off this time! We even had a confrontation on the way back."

He then recounted the incident with Zhang Yang and the Flying Dragon Guard.

However, everyone wasn't concerned about the Cloudmount Empire; they were shocked, staring at Zhang Yang.

"You can use spirit-grade tools at the Core Formation stage? And two of them?" Hualingzi looked at Zhang Yang curiously, "Are you hiding something? Keeping some good stuff for yourself?"

Qingyunzi also looked at Zhang Yang curiously and suddenly asked, "When you look inside your Golden Core, what do you see?"

"There's nothing inside!" Zhang Yang was puzzled as he looked at Qingyunzi, "Is there a problem? Aren't your Golden Cores like that?"

The others' expressions changed but quickly returned to normal.

Zhang Yang was focused on Qingyunzi and didn't notice the others' expressions.

Qingyunzi's expression stiffened, and he shook his head helplessly, "Your Golden Core... is too ordinary!

Our Golden Cores contain the great path we cultivate! For example, your Uncle-Master Lingyun has a sword brewing inside his Golden Core, so he follows the path of the sword.

I finally understand why you want to reform Azurecloud Sect. With a Golden Core like yours, you indeed need more cultivation resources. But there is an advantage; your spiritual power is much more robust than other Golden Cores... After all, you've consumed more resources and practiced longer, so having more robust spiritual power is normal."

Zhang Yang nodded repeatedly, agreeing with the reasoning.

However, he didn't admit that his intention to reform Azurecloud Sect was discovered: "Master, I'm not reforming Azurecloud for myself."

"Do as you please!" Qingyunzi waved his hand, "If there's nothing else, go practice... To think I, Qingyunzi, a sect master, ended up with such a disciple, sigh... sigh..."

He seemed very dissatisfied.

Zhang Yang left somewhat frustrated, wondering if his Golden Core was really that bad.

He didn't know that as soon as he left, Qingyunzi set up layers of restriction formations and then laughed wildly to the sky, "Heaven bless Azurecloud, another Primal Chaos Golden Core has been formed. With the blessings of our ancestors, Azurecloud will finally be liberated in this generation."