Sect: Starting with Comprehending Thunder Skill Chapter 1503: Ice Thaws, United as One

Watching Li Yunjing ride the clouds away, Master Tianheng couldn’t help but mutter, “Peak Master, is this matter truly settled?”

“Grudges are like clouds, gathering and scattering as the time comes.”

Xiao Wuji gazed at the evening glow on the horizon and said softly, “The trend of events is inevitable and unchangeable.”

He turned and walked towards the interior of the peak, “Pass the order, from today, no one in the peak shall mention the past feud again. Prepare a generous gift and send it to Li Yunjing.”

The sunset stretched Xiao Wuji’s shadow long, and Master Tianheng, watching the Peak Master’s upright silhouette, suddenly felt an indescribable loneliness and relief in that shadow.

“Sigh…”

He sighed lightly and quickly followed.

The mountain breeze blew away the last thread of separation.

The long-standing knot between the two peaks dissolved like melting ice and snow in this brief afternoon, leaving no trace behind.

“At last, a hidden trouble has been resolved.”

Returning to “Qiuwu Manor,” Li Yunjing sighed gently.

Today, he conceded, apologized, and gave enough face to Xiao Wuji, making “Dubhe Peak” have no reason to target “Seven Stars Peak” anymore, and ensuring peace for “Shenxiao Dao Sect.”

After solving the hidden trouble of “Dubhe Peak,” Li Yunjing once again got busy.

He is the Vice Palace Master of “Seven Star Palace,” the big shopkeeper, and now, after years of not handling duties, he feels somewhat embarrassed to have left everything to his senior brother, Xu Wuyi.

Starting the next day, Li Yunjing officially made his presence felt in “Seven Star Palace.”

When Li Yunjing stepped into the main hall of “Seven Star Palace,” over a dozen Steward Elders were already waiting inside.

These individuals are the permanent elders and stewards responsible for the specific affairs of “Seven Stars Peak.”

At this moment, everyone was waiting to report the affairs of these years to Li Yunjing.

“Sigh…”

Li Yunjing forcefully maintained a smile, sighing in his heart.

Ever since he became the steward of “Seven Stars Peak,” those Supreme Elders and even his own teacher have been in closed-door cultivation, not coming out.

Not a single person could be seen.

Everyone trusts him too much, don’t they?

Sunlight poured through the glass dome, casting radiant colors on the seven coiled dragon jade pillars inside the hall.

Xu Wuyi was leaning over the table reviewing a jade scroll when he heard the footsteps, looked up, and his eyebrows beneath silver hair immediately relaxed, “Junior brother finally cares to attend to affairs.”

Speaking, Xu Wuyi stood up and pointed to the main seat.

“It’s been hard on you these years, senior brother.”

Li Yunjing shook his head, lifted the hem of his Daoist robe, and sat in the main seat, lightly tapping his fingers on the mountain of jade scrolls piled on the table.

The emergency document at the top, sparkling with a red glow, automatically unfolded, revealing the six cinnabar words “Northern Territory Spirit Mine Depletion.”

His brow immediately furrowed.

The spirit stone mine in the Northern Territory is a very large spirit vein allocated by the sect to “Seven Stars Peak” exclusively.

This spirit stone mine has been mined for over seven thousand years and has finally depleted.

This means “Seven Stars Peak” has lost an important financial source.

Without a suitable spirit stone mine to supplement, the operation of “Seven Stars Peak” will face problems.

While Li Yunjing was reviewing the jade scroll, stewards and elders stepped forward to report.

The elder responsible for finance held a ledger and said, “Vice Palace Master, three spirit mines in the Northern Territory are concurrently depleted, this year’s spirit stone output may be no more than thirty percent.”

A holographic map flew out from his sleeve, marking the paths of several gradually dimming spirit veins.

“Order the exploration hall to drill again thirty miles southeast along this fault line.”

Li Yunjing stared at the map, suddenly drawing at a certain place with his fingers.

“With my Array Dao cultivation combined with the Celestial Secret Technique, it’s sufficient to deduce the spirit vein.”

Seeing everyone’s confusion, he explained, “The Northern Territory spirit veins take the shape of ‘Submerged Dragon Drinking Stream,’ the main vein should be here.”

“Such skill, junior brother! Your ‘Celestial Divination’ has become increasingly adept.”

Xu Wuyi clapped lightly and laughed, “No wonder you are valued by the teacher to manage ‘Seven Stars Peak’!”

The hall instantly echoed with understanding laughter, Li Yunjing’s rise bringing immense benefits to “Seven Stars Peak,” making everyone’s faces radiant.

“Senior brother is teasing me.”

Li Yunjing shook his head and said, “However, the matter of the spirit vein must be addressed promptly, our ‘Seven Stars Peak’ is a major consumer of resources, we can’t wait for the sect to find a solution, we must save ourselves!”

“Junior brother’s words are very true!”

Xu Wuyi nodded, his eyes turning as he said, “Junior brother, what do you think about sweeping the northwest to eliminate all Barbarian races? They also have some large mines!”

“This…”

Xu Wuyi’s idea put Li Yunjing into deep thought.

The Barbarian race is not simple!

Back then, he swept through a small tribe, which was nothing, but in the frigid northwest, there are still the main tribes of the Barbarian race.

Within those tribes, Nascent Soul realm level shamans, priests, chiefs, and warriors are not few.

However, these tribes are scattered, you defy me, and I defy you, each claiming they are the true authority.

The previous strategy of “Shenxiao Dao Sect” against the Barbarian race was to have other sects and clans in the Northern Territory routinely sweep the living forces of the Barbarian race in small-scale battles, never causing a main force clash.

To prevent these Barbarians from uniting and creating a huge trouble.

The Barbarian territory is vast yet sparsely populated, with harsh natural conditions that pose a challenge to ordinary humans’ survival, even cultivators’ survival. But because the population is small, many resources remain preserved.

Attacking the Barbarians, seizing resources, seems feasible, but if it provokes a backlash, does it open another battlefield?

For “Shenxiao Dao Sect,” is this a tremendous test of its forces?

“Let me consider this for a while!”

After a long silence, Li Yunjing said.

“This…”

Xu Wuyi wanted to say more.

“Things are not so simple!”

Li Yunjing gestured, interrupting Xu Wuyi’s words, and explained, “The sect is under considerable pressure, having invested heavily in the ‘Transverse Mountain Range’ and ‘Youyue Country’!”