Xu Qing personally welcomed the disciples of the Grand Sky Sect into the Myriad Spirit Sect.
When Gu Feng, without saying a word, directly presented all the resources owed to the Myriad Spirit Sect from years ago, along with the highest calculated interest over the years, the entire Myriad Spirit Sect fell into a dead silence.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the resources Gu Feng laid out...
Although the resources the Myriad Spirit Sect lent out back then were substantial, they weren't this much...
But the interest was high...
The Grand Sky Sect calculated it at the highest interest rate, so over the years, the total interest even exceeded the original amount of resources.
The Myriad Spirit Sect wasn't some small, inexperienced sect; they had seen their share of the world. Yet, even they were dumbfounded looking at such a vast amount of resources...
"Young Hero Gu Feng, our Myriad Spirit Sect's IOUs and tokens from back then have been lost... So could it be that the Grand Sky Sect made a mistake?" Xu Qing, though his eyes were red from staring at the resources, calmly asked.
But as soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, Gu Feng responded.
"Elder Xu Qing, you must be joking. Senior Brother Xinghe instructed us that as the world's number one sect, the Grand Sky Sect should not default on a debt just because of a missing IOU or token. So, please rest assured, Elder Xu Qing; we are returning all the resources and interest without needing any tokens or IOUs. This is what the Grand Sky Sect should do."Gu Feng's words were spoken lightly, but to the ears of the Myriad Spirit Sect members, they were anything but light.
No need for IOUs, no need for any tokens, yet the Grand Sky Sect was still willing to return the resources from back then?
This directly broke the norms of the world!
However, Xu Qing did not immediately believe Gu Feng's words. He had heard of Ma Liang's rampage in the Great Moon Nation and Chu Xinghe's arrival there, which had led to unpleasant dealings between the Grand Sky Sect and the Cloud Soar Sect.
Subsequently, the two sects had constant private skirmishes.
Could it be that the Grand Sky Sect came this time because they knew the Cloud Soar Sect wanted to take the Returning to Origin of All Spirits technique from the Myriad Spirit Sect, and they were using this method to sabotage the Cloud Soar Sect's plans?
Xu Qing didn't hold back and directly asked Gu Feng.
But after hearing Xu Qing's words, Gu Feng looked utterly confused.
"Elder Xu, I don't quite understand what you're saying... This repayment plan was something Senior Brother Xinghe had been preparing for a while, so what does it have to do with your Myriad Spirit Sect? Moreover, the Grand Sky Sect isn't just repaying your sect; we're repaying all debts."
Upon hearing Gu Feng's words, both Xu Qing and Liu Quanshan, along with others, were stunned.
To be honest, when the Grand Sky Sect suddenly came to repay resources without even needing IOUs or tokens, their first thought was that the Grand Sky Sect was targeting the Cloud Soar Sect.
But at this moment, upon hearing Gu Feng's words, everyone fell silent.
What does it mean to judge others by one's own petty standards?
Wasn't this exactly what the Myriad Spirit Sect was doing?
If the Grand Sky Sect were only repaying the Myriad Spirit Sect, it could be said they were deliberately targeting the Cloud Soar Sect to disrupt their plans.
But the Grand Sky Sect was repaying all debts worldwide... Was this targeting the Cloud Soar Sect? If it was, wouldn't the cost be a bit too high?
So this matter wasn't about the Grand Sky Sect targeting the Cloud Soar Sect; it was purely coincidental.
Yet at this moment, Liu Quanshan, looking at those resources, found himself speechless.
Years ago, because of these resources, the Myriad Spirit Sect severed ties with the Grand Sky Sect and turned to the Cloud Soar Sect. The previous generation of the Myriad Spirit Sect had always cursed the Grand Sky Sect in private, calling them despicable and shameless for not repaying debts and lacking credibility. Many in the Myriad Spirit Sect wished for the Cloud Soar Sect to surpass the Grand Sky Sect one day.
They hoped to see the Grand Sky Sect fall with their own eyes.
For this, the Myriad Spirit Sect supported the Cloud Soar Sect at all costs, no matter the time or place.
But today, the Cloud Soar Sect they supported used the most despicable means to try and take their Returning to Origin of All Spirits... Yet the Grand Sky Sect, whom they had cursed for two hundred years, came to their aid in their darkest hour, returning the resources they once owed.
Liu Quanshan couldn't articulate the grievances between the Myriad Spirit Sect and the Grand Sky Sect from back then, but at this moment, Liu Quanshan could only think, Master... you were so blind...
This is the Grand Sky Sect... This is the Cloud Soar Sect...
Master, you never saw who the real wolf was!
The Grand Sky Sect didn't repay the resources back then because they were defaulting; it was because the Myriad Spirit Sect lost the IOUs and tokens themselves. The Grand Sky Sect was merely following the world's rules, and from a moral standpoint, there was nothing wrong with not repaying without seeing the tokens.
Yet the Myriad Spirit Sect turned to the Cloud Soar Sect. If the Grand Sky Sect hadn't come to return the resources today, the Myriad Spirit Sect's Returning to Origin of All Spirits would have been handed over to the Cloud Soar Sect.
We cursed the Grand Sky Sect for two hundred years, yet they came to return the resources. We worshipped the Cloud Soar Sect for two hundred years, but they sought to destroy us...
Is this what we considered right?
Later, from Gu Feng's words, the Myriad Spirit Sect learned everything about the Grand Sky Sect's repayment. When they heard it was all initiated by Chu Xinghe, the Myriad Spirit Sect members were even more ashamed.
Because of their poor relationship with the Grand Sky Sect, when Chu Xinghe descended upon the Great Moon Nation recently, even Liu Quanshan himself had cursed Chu Xinghe countless times.
Calling Chu Xinghe despicable and shameless, and you say Chu Xinghe is virtuous?
That was just false propaganda by the Grand Sky Sect; you were all deceived by them.
But today, Chu Xinghe, whom they desperately slandered and insulted, took a step that no one else in the world would take.
No need for IOUs, no need for tokens; there can be trust and credibility between people!
Moreover, the Grand Sky Sect not only repaid all the resources but even paid the highest interest, showing that they never intended to default!
It was only because they lost the IOUs themselves that it was delayed until today. Thinking of this, Liu Quanshan was so ashamed he didn't dare look at Gu Feng.
Gu Feng didn't choose to stay at the Myriad Spirit Sect. He stated that Senior Brother Xinghe had given them a task; they had many more places to visit and many more debts to repay. The Grand Sky Sect would repay all their external debts in the near future.
After seeing Gu Feng off, Liu Quanshan and a group of Myriad Spirit Sect elders stood silently in front of the countless resources for an unknown amount of time.
Undoubtedly, the resources repaid by the Grand Sky Sect were enough to help the Myriad Spirit Sect through this crisis. But Liu Quanshan knew that after compensating the Cloud Soar Sect for those spirit treasures, although they temporarily retained the Returning to Origin of All Spirits, the Cloud Soar Sect wouldn't let it go. They would be enraged and would use even more despicable means to take the Returning to Origin of All Spirits from the Myriad Spirit Sect.
But Liu Quanshan knew this was the fate of the Myriad Spirit Sect...
If... back then, the Myriad Spirit Sect hadn't chosen the Cloud Soar Sect but the Grand Sky Sect... then... they might be very happy now...
But there's no medicine for regret in this world, and the Myriad Spirit Sect has no face to return to the Grand Sky Sect's fold, because the Cloud Soar Sect is not the Grand Sky Sect. When the Myriad Spirit Sect left the Grand Sky Sect, the Grand Sky Sect didn't retaliate. But if the Myriad Spirit Sect wanted to leave the Cloud Soar Sect, would the Cloud Soar Sect let them go?
The Myriad Spirit Sect might not even make it back to the Grand Sky Sect before being devoured by the Cloud Soar Sect, leaving nothing but bones...
No one cared what the future held for the Myriad Spirit Sect, because it was their choice back then, and as adults, they must bear the consequences of their decisions.
Now, the entire world was bewildered by the Grand Sky Sect's high-profile debt repayment.
The first reaction of major powers to the Grand Sky Sect's crazy debt repayment was, "Has the Grand Sky Sect gone mad?"
It's one thing to repay debts with IOUs, but you're repaying even without IOUs?
What, has the Grand Sky Sect really gone wealth-crazy?
Isn't it an unwritten rule that debts without IOUs don't need to be repaid?
If someone lost their IOU, that's their own bad luck, so is the Grand Sky Sect stupid?
Wouldn't those resources be better kept in your own hands?
What? This is Chu Xinghe's doing?
Is Chu Xinghe an idiot? Does he know how much debt the Grand Sky Sect has?
The amount of debt the Grand Sky Sect has repaid in recent days is almost enough to build a Yuxu Palace, do you know that?
Wasn't Chu Xinghe supposed to be as cunning as a demon?
Wasn't Chu Xinghe supposed to be a master strategist?
Tell me, what's the purpose of Chu Xinghe suddenly repaying all these debts that didn't even need to be repaid?
To gain fame for the Grand Sky Sect?
Isn't the cost of gaining fame a bit too high?
Are you sure Chu Xinghe isn't doing this to deplete the Grand Sky Sect?
Even if the Grand Sky Sect is wealthy, they can't squander it like this, can they?
But regardless of the external chatter, the Grand Sky Sect's repayment actions didn't pause for a moment. As the Grand Sky Sect continued its frenzied repayments, those receiving the Grand Sky Sect's debts were also dumbfounded.
Having lost their IOUs and tokens, they never expected to recover these debts.
But this time, they didn't need to ask; the Grand Sky Sect proactively came to repay, and even paid the interest at the highest rate?
Countless powers overcame crises because of the Grand Sky Sect's debt repayment, and even those without crises could rise to a higher level with the Grand Sky Sect's repayments.
As the Grand Sky Sect's repayments grew more numerous and frenzied, everyone realized that the Grand Sky Sect wasn't joking; they were really going to repay everything...
So has the Grand Sky Sect really gone mad?
Is Chu Xinghe really out of his mind?
Previously, many people mocked the Grand Sky Sect for repaying debts without IOUs, saying they were asking for trouble, that they had money with nowhere to spend it.
The Grand Sky Sect, and Chu Xinghe, laughed at the sight of resources flowing out like water.
What? You say the outside world says I'm crazy? That our Grand Sky Sect has gone mad?
What do they know!
Our Grand Sky Sect calls this virtue, this is rebuilding trust between people, this is credibility! Do you understand?
Although I, Chu Xinghe, am crazily consuming sect resources, it's entirely to gain fame and credibility for the sect.
Our Grand Sky Sect has transcended lowly interests, do you understand?
This time, I'm standing on the highest moral and credibility ground, striking from above, tell me how I can lose!