Starting As A Sect Leader: My Rules Are Bit Wild.

“Oh?”

Lin Fan had long anticipated their intentions, but he had to pretend!

He frowned. “Cooperation is certainly good, but our Embracing Moon Sect is currently penniless and without any special skills. How can we possibly…”

Acting.

Keep acting!

Liu Xun wanted to curse.

But seeing Lin Fan’s extremely “genuine” expression, he couldn’t tell if he was truly foolish or just acting.

In the end, he stopped trying to figure it out.

Since he had already brought it up, he would go all the way. Whether Lin Fan was pretending or genuinely foolish, he would make everything clear and see how he would continue to act!

“Hehe, Sect Master Lin, you jest.”

“Perhaps the Embracing Moon Sect’s current strength isn’t much, but… why be so humble and describe the entire sect as worthless?”

“Has Sect Master Lin forgotten the Hongwu Immortal City Alchemy Convention not long ago? Miss Xiao Ling’er of the Embracing Moon Sect won first place!”

Liu Xun looked at Xiao Ling’er, nodding with a smile. Then he looked at Fan Jianqiang. “Moreover…”

“The second place also joined the Embracing Moon Sect?”

“Our cooperation is simple.”

Liu Xun didn’t want to give Lin Fan any chance to “play dumb.” He would make everything clear to avoid further frustration!

“The Liu family and the Embracing Moon Sect will support each other. If the Embracing Moon Sect is in trouble, the Liu family will not stand idly by.”

“And the Embracing Moon Sect only needs to provide the Liu family with high-quality pills.”

“What does Sect Master Lin think?”

He had said everything so clearly. How could Lin Fan continue to pretend?

But…

Before Lin Fan could speak, Fan Jianqiang jumped out.

“My Senior Sister’s alchemy skills are naturally excellent, but please don’t count on me. I’m not good at it,” he said, holding up his little finger with a sheepish grin. “It was all luck, a fluke.”

“All luck, luck.”

Lin Fan was speechless.

Liu Xun was speechless.

Did he think they didn’t know?

Liu Xun had already thought Fan Jianqiang was useless and that his success was pure luck. Being able to refine a ninth-grade Profound Origin Pill was incredibly fortunate, like exchanging lifespan for it!

But his father believed that luck was also a part of strength. What could he do?

He was also helpless.

The five elders, including Duan Qingyao, looked suspicious.

They didn’t know Fan Jianqiang’s situation.

Xiao Ling’er’s eyelids twitched.

“This Junior Brother Fan Jianqiang is truly…”

She couldn’t find any other words to describe him other than “greedy for life and afraid of death, timid and cowardly.”

He didn’t want to do it and pushed her out instead?!

Great!

Others might think it was all luck, but could she be wrong?!

Even if she was wrong, could her master be wrong?

His alchemy skills, even if not as good as hers, were far superior to most alchemists! He was fully capable of the task.

But he pushed everything onto her with one sentence?

Even Xiao Ling’er, who had a good temper with her own people, felt a little annoyed.

Liang Danxia even said, “I thought this child’s fear of death was the peak of human nature, but I never imagined he was so cowardly. Whose subordinate is he…”

“He’s from our Embracing Moon Sect,” Xiao Ling’er muttered silently.

Liang Danxia was speechless.

While everyone was secretly complaining, Lin Fan said with a “pleased” expression, “That’s naturally excellent. Our Embracing Moon Sect is poor. Usually, when the elders find spiritual herbs, they use them for alchemy.”

“If there’s any extra, we would sell it. If we can cooperate with the Liu family and sell it to you first, there’s no problem.”

“However, I understand their alchemy skills. Refining ninth-grade pills has a large element of luck, so if the Liu family wants ninth-grade pills, I’m afraid…”

Liu Xun lowered his eyes.

Lin Fan’s words seemed sincere but revealed several key points.

First, if they wanted pills, they had to pay with spirit stones or valuable items. There would be no freebies.

Second, they would only sell what they didn’t need.

Third, they shouldn’t expect ninth-grade pills. Even if they had some, it would only be one or two occasionally.

Fourth, they lacked spiritual herbs. The Liu family should provide them, or they wouldn’t get many high-grade pills.

Liu Xun understood these four points, but he didn’t think they were a problem.

Freebies?

He hadn’t planned on getting anything for free. The Embracing Moon Sect was too small. Getting freebies a few times would be like killing them. It didn’t align with his father’s plan!

Selling what they didn’t need?

That was normal. The Embracing Moon Sect was still a sect, however small. They would prioritize their own needs. They would only sell what they couldn’t use or had no other choice.

Anyone would do the same.

As for ninth-grade pills…

Did they think ninth-grade pills were like cabbages, refined whenever they wanted?

In Liu Xun’s, the two Liu elders’, and almost everyone else’s opinion, ninth-grade pills should be extremely rare.

Although Xiao Ling’er and Fan Jianqiang had produced ninth-grade Profound Origin Pills, which were extremely helpful for the Liu family’s younger generation, there must have been an element of luck and exceptional performance.

Otherwise…

Asking two Condensing Yuan cultivators to refine Profound Origin Pills, and demanding ninth-grade quality?

That was unreasonable!

Liu Xun couldn’t even say such a thing.

The fourth point was even more reasonable.

The Embracing Moon Sect was too small, with few people and little land. They had only a few small spiritual fields. How many spiritual herbs could they grow? A joke!

The elders could gather herbs in the wild, but they couldn’t spend all their time doing that and neglect their cultivation.

Moreover, the Liu family providing spiritual herbs wasn’t free. It was perfectly reasonable!

So, these four conditions were acceptable.

It all happened in an instant.

Liu Xun smiled. “Reasonable.”

“Sect Master Lin…”

“How about this cooperation?”

“We will support each other. If the Embracing Moon Sect is in trouble, the Liu family will send help.”

“In addition, the Liu family will provide a batch of spiritual herbs for your sect’s alchemists to refine. We will then purchase the high-quality pills at market price.”

“The cost of the spiritual herbs will be deducted from the purchase price.”

He agreed to their conditions.

He would even give them credit for a batch of spiritual herbs.

But they shouldn’t try to fool him with ordinary pills. They had to be seventh grade or higher! Otherwise, they wouldn’t accept them, and they would still have to pay for the spiritual herbs.

The Liu family wasn’t afraid of them running away. They could chase them to the ends of the earth.

As for the Embracing Moon Sect helping the Liu family in times of trouble, he didn’t even bother mentioning it.

Their only task was to be a good support department, providing pills for the Liu family’s prosperity!