Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 361 - Shocked

The sect had various types of elders. The most common were the outer elders, who held the lowest rank. Inner elders were slightly higher, while elite elders wielded significant authority. For example, the elder of the Book Collection Hall commanded such respect that even the sect master deferred to them.

“Leave if you have nothing else. The next person, come forward!” The deacon ran out of patience and urged Liu Wuxie not to waste time, as there were many people waiting in line.

With no choice, Liu Wuxie could only take out an interspatial pouch and throw it on the counter.

“See it for yourself!” Liu Wuxie’s tone didn’t contain a hint of emotion. The interspatial pouch was filled with abyssal devils’ heads, and there were at least two thousand.

The deacon was shocked when his consciousness seeped into the pouch. His face turned pale, and he stepped back in fright, quickly placing the interspatial pouch back on the counter.

Rows of abyssal devils’ heads, with their eyes open and seemingly alive, emitted an overwhelming abyssal energy. Over two thousand heads were neatly arranged in the pouch, and this had a powerful impact, nearly terrifying the elder to death.

“Did you kill them all?” the deacon stuttered and had still yet to recover from the shock.

The sudden change in atmosphere silenced the surroundings as everyone looked over curiously.

“Could there be so many abyssal devils’ heads inside?” Several disciples whispered among themselves, finding it hard to believe. After all, fifth-grade abyssal devils weren’t worth many points.

One head only worthed ten points, and a thousand for a hundred heads. It had been many years since anyone exceeded the number of five hundred.

“There are no rules in the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion that state the abyssal devils must be personally killed,” Liu Wuxie replied. The scary part wasn’t the number of heads but the presence of many sixth-grade abyssal devils’ heads among them.

No one would believe it if he claimed he had killed all of them in his current cultivation. The rule was that as long as one brought the heads of abyssal devils, points could be exchanged, regardless of who killed them.

The ten major sects had established this rule to curb the development of the abyssal devils.

“Indeed, there’s no such rule. I’ll start counting them now!” The deacon was only asking it casually. Perhaps Liu Wuxie had found this interspatial pouch from an inner disciple who had died in the Abyssal Underground World. After all, there had been similar incidents in the past.

When disciples trained in the Abyssal Underground World, they would occasionally perish, and others would find the heads they hunted.

Then again, whatever the deacon felt had nothing to do with Liu Wuxie.

“Bring another counter over!” The deacon called out to the adjacent window. Another deacon walked over, and his face changed when he took a peek into the interspatial pouch.

Two counters were set up side by side. When the interspatial pouch was opened, heads began rolling out of it and filled up two counters.

The appearance of those heads immediately caused an overwhelming abyssal energy to form into a black vortex above the Mission Hall.

“S-So many heads?!” The disciples in the surroundings were dumbfounded and couldn’t believe their eyes.

Luo Qiu’s jaw dropped in shock as he had mocked Liu Wuxie earlier. The appearance of the heads instantly felt like a slap in his face.

“H-How is this possible?” The disciples who had ridiculed Liu Wuxie were in disbelief. After all, even inner disciples couldn’t achieve this feat.

“Look closely! There are many sixth-grade abyssal devils’ heads!” Someone pointed out the heads on the counters. But that wasn’t the end, as more heads began rolling out on the counters, piling into a small mountain before everyone.

The commotion naturally drew the attention of disciples passing by, who stopped to watch and were unsure of what was going on.

“He must be lucky to have found an elite disciple’s interspatial pouch,” a True Core Realm disciple suggested.

“That must be it! That could be the only explanation! He must’ve found this interspatial pouch by luck!” Like the deacon, no one believed that Liu Wuxie had killed so many abyssal devils.

Liu Wuxie couldn’t be bothered to explain, and there was no need to. The entire process lasted three minutes before the heads poured out of the interspatial pouch.

The next step was to sort and count the heads before tallying the total points. In front of hundreds of disciples, the two deacons spent an hour before they were done sorting through the heads.

“We’re done tallying the points. There are two thousand four hundred fifth-grade and one hundred twenty sixth-grade abyssal devils’ heads.” The first deacon reported the numbers to Liu Wuxie.

Liu Wuxie nodded. He hadn’t counted them, but the deacons shouldn’t have made any mistakes.

“Thank you!” Liu Wuxie expressed his gratitude courteously.

A sixth-grade head valued at one hundred points, and one hundred and twenty heads would tally to a staggering amount. Even inner disciples couldn’t get so many points in one go. Just the points from fifth-grade abyssal devils’ heads alone would amount to a massive number.

“A fifth-grade abyssal devil’s head is worth ten points, and there are two thousand four hundred in total. This means you’ll get twenty-four thousand points,” the deacon announced in shock. This was the first time an outer disciple had earned over twenty thousand points at once since the establishment of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

“As for the heads of sixth-grade abyssal devils, each head is worth one hundred and twenty points since you obtained them with your cultivation in the True Core Realm,” the deacon continued.

Inner disciples could only earn one hundred points for each sixth-grade abyssal devil, but Liu Wuxie received an extra twenty points per head as an outer disciple.

“They tally up to 38,400 points. Shall I credit them all in your medal?” The deacon said. He was covered in sweat because the Mission Hall might not be able to gather so many points on short notice, and they would have to collect points from elsewhere.

The monthly allocation of points to the outer sect was only one hundred thousand, and most had been exchanged. This meant there weren’t many points left.

Liu Wuxie had already anticipated this because he had earned more points than most inner disciples as an outer disciple. It would be a considerable sum for most outer disciples to obtain one or two hundred points. Many disciples only completed one task, earning thirty to forty points.

Gasps sounded from the surroundings upon hearing this number. Over thirty thousand points were equivalent to one-third of the points allocated to the outer disciples.

The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had fifty to sixty thousand outer disciples, and Liu Wuxie’s harvest was one-third of the points. This was simply unimaginable.

“Am I dreaming?” The disciples who had mocked Liu Wuxie were in disbelief. Some even slapped themselves to ensure they weren’t dreaming.

This was because thirty thousand points could be exchanged for immense resources.

“This brat is insane. To exchange for so many points, I’m afraid he won’t live to use them all,” someone in the crowd muttered, and many were ready to rob Liu Wuxie.

Liu Wuxie naturally heard the surrounding discussions, but he remained unbothered. It was fine if no one provoked him. But if they did, he wouldn’t mind showing them who wouldn’t live to enjoy the points.

“I’m a priority disciple, and the points I earned should be doubled according to the rules,” Liu Wuxie suddenly smiled. His smile was wicked because his earned points would be doubled as a priority disciple. In addition, he would have weekly access to the Book Collection Hall and receive guidance from an elder once.

“This...” The two deacons were dumbfounded. They couldn’t even gather thirty thousand points, not to mention double that.

“This is a serious matter, and I must report it to the higher-ups. The additional points will be decided at a later date. Is that okay with you?” The deacon appeared flustered because he had never encountered this situation before, and this required approval from the higher-ups.

“Is that so?” Liu Wuxie rubbed his nose. He also didn’t expect to receive so many points.

“I’ll be honest with you. We can’t gather that many points now, even if it’s not doubled,” another deacon said helplessly. They couldn’t even gather thirty thousand points, not to mention double that. This was why they had to wait for the higher-ups’ approval.

“How many points can the Mission Hall give out now? As for the double points, I’ll wait for the higher-ups’ approval.” Liu Wuxie knew pressing them any further was futile, and it was already good enough if he could get half of it. As for the other half, it would be good to have, and he wouldn’t be bothered even if he couldn’t. It was of utmost importance to get the thirty-eight thousand points first.

The deacon turned to look at the pillar behind them. The points were still reducing because points were constantly being drawn from the other counters.

“There are only twenty-three thousand left,” the deacon said honestly.

“How about this: credit twenty thousand points to my medal, and I’ll use the remaining points to exchange for items,” Liu Wuxie said after a brief pondering. Twenty thousand points were enough for him to use the cultivation chamber, and the rest could be exchanged for resources.

"Alright!" The deacon responded, apprehensive that Liu Wuxie might demand all the points immediately. Such a request would pose a problem, as they couldn\'t gather that many points on short notice. If word got out that they were unable to fulfill the payout, it would turn the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion into a laughingstock among the other sects.

If that were the case, no disciples would want to hunt the abyssal devils in the future.

When twenty thousand points were credited to Liu Wuxie’s medal, he now had 20,200 points in addition to the two hundred from before. This also meant he had 18,400 points ready to exchange for items.

“Do you have a list of items for exchange?” Liu Wuxie didn’t know what items there were up for exchange.

Under normal circumstances, no one would be qualified to ask that, but it was a different story for Liu Wuxie. After all, he had over ten thousand points that needed to be exchanged, and the Mission Hall was naturally glad Liu Wuxie would exchange his points for items.

The deacon swiftly took out a booklet from behind the counter with all the items up for exchange.

Liu Wuxie was secretly shocked when he scanned the booklet. It contained many treasures, and he spent an hour scanning it with Ghost Eye before memorizing everything on it.