Chapter 365: How Could Your Mom Be That Fashionable?

"How much of this batch of materials has been shipped out?"

Within the Core Sect, the Longevity Sect now had its own base.

They could also openly discuss matters that they wouldn’t talk about outside.

Present here were Fan Guzhou and Chen Miaomiao.

Fan Guzhou did a quick count. "We’ve shipped out more than half. Sea View Sect can still take it all. Our Elixir Pills are cheap, and Sea View Sect has a black market, so it won’t be easily discovered. I’m also having players on the outside open a branch store to supply our Elixir Pills and materials."

Right now, the Longevity Sect was overflowing with Elixir Pills and materials.

The players were crafting them too quickly.

It was a number that the neighboring Taohua Sect wouldn’t even dare to imagine.

They hadn’t dared to sell on a large scale before, but now there were more players, and some were even wandering around outside the sect.

Having them disperse to various places to sell Elixir Pills created a sales channel.

"I also found people on the outside to acquire rarer Demon Beast Materials to supply our Artifact Refining Team."

Since the Sect didn’t forcibly confiscate their assets, the Spirit Stones within the Sect were now in a positive feedback loop.

A portion of the Spirit Stones earned from selling materials was used for purchases, and a portion was saved.

All of it could be provided to the players for their Artifact Refining consumption.

In terms of the scale of nurturing disciples, even a Major Sect like Sea View Sect probably couldn’t keep up with the Longevity Sect now.

Because they couldn’t bear the cost.

’Who raises disciples like this?’

Chen Miaomiao nodded and asked, "How is the production of the Thunder Stone Treasures coming along?"

"The output of Mortal Items is decent, but Xuan Grade ones are still rare and can’t be mass-produced. For now, our disciples can only use ordinary Magic Treasures. Master Xue Yao has been in seclusion recently, so the chances of producing exceptionally good Magic Treasures aren’t high either."

After all, most of them were ordinary disciples with average aptitude. Even though the Longevity Sect didn’t place any restrictions on them, it was still impossible to catch up to the foundations of a Major Sect in a short period.

Good, rare Magic Treasures were things you stumbled upon, not sought out. Sometimes, they required a distinct flash of inspiration.

Chen Miaomiao was a little surprised. "He’s been in seclusion for a while this time."

"He said he got stuck on a Magic Treasure." Fan Guzhou didn’t know what Liang Xueyao was up to recently either. However, refining Magic Treasures wasn’t his duty, and relying on a single person was unrealistic. Fan Guzhou had always been a proponent of developing the entire Sect.

Fan Guzhou then remembered something else. "Oh, right, a Secret Realm called the Flame Gold Secret Realm is about to open. It’s not a major one, though. Sea View Sect has the key to manage it and sells a few entry spots every year. As long as we pay the Spirit Stones, we can get a few disciples in. Should we let our players participate?"

The hardest thing for the players to get into right now...

...was Secret Realms.

After all, pretty much every discoverable Secret Realm on the Yunzhou Continent had already been found over the long years.

Essentially, any with an entrance were controlled by the Major Sects.

The last one, the Moonlight Secret Realm, was an exception, and even that was interrupted midway.

"I asked the System, too. The ones who entered other Secret Realms before can’t go in for the time being. The Flame Gold Secret Realm isn’t very dangerous, but you can’t get many good items from it either."

Chen Miaomiao thought for a moment, then said, "In that case, let’s open it up to the players. See what the Level restrictions are, and just let them pay their own way to sign up."

There were limited spots for this thing, so there would definitely be plenty of players who wanted to go.

Those streamers would surely be the first to sign up.

Fan Guzhou nodded. "Then the System can decide when the time comes."

With that said, he glanced around and suddenly said to Chen Miaomiao, "Have you noticed that a few of the new players in this batch seem a bit... off?"

Chen Miaomiao raised an eyebrow at him. "How so?"

"Their presence doesn’t feel like that of an ordinary person." Fan Guzhou’s perception was a bit sharper inside the game. Even though those people hid it well, he could still see a big difference between them and regular players. Fan Guzhou lowered his voice. "Do you think more of ’them’ were sent in this time?"

With a game like this getting so much attention, the national team has definitely entered the field.

Even if Fan Guzhou and the others just kept their heads down and played the game, word would get out. Once his family found out he was a player, they would all come asking for information about the game.

With this much attention, how could the higher-ups not get involved?

The only question was to what extent.

It wasn’t that Fan Guzhou was worried about other things, or that he was worried he wouldn’t be able to play the game anymore. Rather, he said, "The game gives us so much freedom right now. With their step-by-step screening process, they’ll definitely move faster than us. Sooner or later, they’ll replace us and take over the Sect. When that happens, will our management style gradually evolve into the kind they have on Blue Star?"

It wasn’t that he disapproved of Blue Star’s management style.

It was just that the two worlds were fundamentally different.

Once the officials got involved, things would become much more complicated.

Chen Miaomiao thought seriously for a moment, then shook her head. "I don’t think they will. First, the existence of this game is something none of us can control. Second, the main storyline is so obvious: the sole supreme authority within the Sect is the Sect Master. That’s a line no one else can cross."

As long as this game’s existence was tied to Song Jiulai, it wouldn’t matter how many people from the national team entered.

Fan Guzhou more or less understood.

Chen Miaomiao said, "Besides, it’s not something you or I can control. Look, neither the Sect Master nor the System are panicking. Why should we?"

System: "Yeah, what are you panicking about? Are you panicking that your dad is making you inherit the family’s grand restaurant?"

Fan Guzhou: "..."

If the System had a physical body, he would have definitely rolled his eyes at it.

After talking with Chen Miaomiao, he went to take care of his own business.

Meanwhile, Chen Miaomiao had a pressing matter of her own: raising Gu Ping’an’s Level so he could become the Sect’s formation core as soon as possible.

Gu Ping’an had no objections. On one hand, he was filled with an immense desire to explore the game; on the other, he still wanted to see his parents.

Opening a livestreaming slot required 10,000 points. For the Gu Family, 10,000 points—equivalent to 100,000 in cash—was no burden at all.

Gu Yunxi quickly got it done for him.

Following the System’s step-by-step instructions, Gu Ping’an set up his own livestream channel on a small platform.

He then told Gu Yunxi the channel number for the stream.

Gu Yunxi then logged off to tell the rest of the Gu Family.

But before the Gu Family could meet with Gu Ping’an, Gu Jia received a message.

Someone told him to take Gu An home from the hospital and to not let any unrelated people know about Gu An’s situation in the game.

Although Gu Jia didn’t understand, he keenly sensed that there was a great deal of information hidden within this message.

At the same time, in the real world, Lian Yueqiao—that is, Jiang Lian—received another phone call.

On the other end of the line, her son’s voice carried a hint of subtle probing. "Mom, that game you’ve been playing all the time recently... is it the one called ’Starting with a Broken Sect’? I heard it’s really popular in the country right now. It’s even being reported on in the news over here."

Jiang Lian replied directly, "No, it’s not. Since when is your mother so trendy? I heard the slots for that game are incredibly hard to get."