Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter 46 Contribution Points

Just like that, more than two months passed in a flash. Lin Haoming had completely absorbed all the spiritual marrow he obtained from the marrow-eating worms. He clearly felt that his bones had become much stronger, and even his strength had increased considerably. Circulating his cultivation technique, accompanied by the cracking sounds from his bones, he could even instantly extend his arm by half a foot. As for the so-called bone-shrinking technique, he could easily accomplish it as well.

At this point, Lin Haoming knew that he had entered the basics of this cultivation technique. Of course, this was largely thanks to the annotations from the Divine Bone Elder, the readily available spiritual marrow, and the Demon-Gathering Pearl; otherwise, it would have been impossible to enter the basics so quickly.

Calculating the time, there were still about half a month until the day of the Red Leaf Mountain spirit stone mine competition, and Lin Haoming did not plan to continue cultivating.

After leaving the Lingxiao Tower, Lin Haoming found Li Shuntian again.

During his seclusion, Li Shunrong had killed many people, especially Chief Eunuch Ma, who was directly in charge of palace affairs. Ma was skinned alive, subjected to slow slicing, and had his soul extracted and refined—a truly gruesome end.

Li Shuntian had also chosen a younger brother he liked to be emperor, ordering him to treat his mother well.

With nothing else to do here, Lin Haoming prepared to return.

He took three teenagers with him.

These three teenagers, two boys and one girl, were all in their early teens. The girl surprisingly possessed both water and fire spiritual roots, with fire being stronger than water, a "fire-dominant" constitution.

Unfortunately, much of the girl's spiritual essence had been absorbed, making her naturally weak. Otherwise, her future would have been truly limitless. Even so, Lin Haoming estimated that she still had a good chance of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. The other two teenagers were ordinary children with only three spiritual roots.

It was the first time the three children had used a teleportation array. Initially, they were very curious, but after arriving at the sect's teleportation hall, they couldn't handle the side effects and began gagging as soon as they emerged from the array.

Upon seeing this, Lin Haoming cast a small spell on each of them, and their complexions improved.

Back at the sect, Lin Haoming didn't linger and immediately took the three children to the Hall of Affairs on the second floor.

The Hall of Affairs was the de facto center of the sect, responsible for managing specific affairs. It had a Hall Master, who was also a Golden Core Ancestor, though this position wasn't fixed and rotated every thirty years. Even the current Ancestor was busy cultivating and rarely appeared on ordinary matters.

The actual affairs of the Hall were handled by Foundation Establishment stage deacons. Finding children with good aptitude and bringing them here would earn them a reward.

Of course, Lin Haoming's visit wasn't solely for this reason. He also needed to explain killing Qian Yuanshu; otherwise, if the sect discovered it, they would be held accountable.

Lin Haoming explained his purpose and waited in a side hall for about half an hour before an elderly man with a white beard leisurely entered.

Lin Haoming glanced at the old man and knew he was a Foundation Establishment stage senior. He immediately said respectfully, "Junior Lin Haoming greets Senior!"

"My surname is Lu. Are these the children you found?" the old man surnamed Lu asked.

"Yes, this is what happened..." Lin Haoming then gave his prepared excuse, the gist of which was that he accompanied Li Shuntian back to his own country and unexpectedly discovered Qian Yuanshu plotting to harm these children. As for why, Lin Haoming pretended not to know.

The old man surnamed Lu didn't really care about the details and simply asked the three teenagers a few questions.

The three children were already terrified of Qian Yuanshu, and naturally, they were all very grateful to Lin Haoming for saving them.

Seeing that the three children were genuinely grateful, the old man surnamed Lu considered the matter closed and then began to examine the three children's spiritual roots and aptitudes. Upon discovering the girl's condition, the old man surnamed Lu's eyes lit up. He said, "This little girl of yours has quite good aptitude. Nephew Lin, you've done a great service this time. According to sect rules, meritorious service is rewarded. Let me calculate how many sect contribution points you should receive!"

Lin Haoming heard this, but his eyes merely scanned the faces of the young men, offering no result.

Seeing this, Lin Haoming immediately understood; this old man clearly wanted a reward.

Lin Haoming wasn't one to be stingy, so he took out a mid-grade spirit stone and stuffed it into the old man's hand, grinning, "This is from that traitor; consider it a handover!"

The old man surnamed Lu smiled with satisfaction at Lin Haoming's sensible manner. He then put away the spirit stone and said directly, "You rescued three children this time. You'll get one contribution point for the two boys, and ten for the girl. Plus, you eliminated a traitor who plotted against the sect's future talents, so you'll get a total of fifteen contribution points!"

One hundred spirit stones were needed for one contribution point, and this old man had given him fifteen in just a few words, equivalent to 1500 spirit stones. The old man was truly generous. Of course, for Lin Haoming, the most important thing about contribution points wasn't exchanging them for pills, but rather that they were needed to enter the sect's scripture pavilion. He would need to consult many scriptures to cultivate the *Divine Bone Technique*, so these points were truly crucial to him.

Lin Haoming was certain that if he hadn't given the old man that mid-grade spirit stone, the other party wouldn't have been so generous. It also showed that the old man was quite wealthy, and his presence here indicated he must have powerful connections; otherwise, such a cushy job wouldn't have fallen to him.

"Thank you, Senior Lu. If I ever have similar matters in the future, I will definitely seek your judgment again!" Lin Haoming said, deliberately showing goodwill after understanding the situation.

The old man surnamed Lu was also pleased. Normally, Qi Refining stage disciples would only offer ten or twenty spirit stones at most as a tribute, but this young man had given a mid-grade spirit stone right off the bat. He felt he had caught a fat sheep and said with a smile, "That's easy!"

After leaving the Hall of Affairs, Lin Haoming didn't wander around any further and went straight back with Li Shuntian.

Returning to his small shop, Lin Haoming was immediately greeted by Bao Wenliang's greeting upon entering: "Senior Brother Lin, you're finally back! Senior Xie has been looking for you three times already. She wants you to see her before today if you return!"

"Senior Xie? Xie Ruolan has successfully established her Foundation Establishment?" Lin Haoming, however, paid little attention to Bao Wenliang's form of address, ignoring the rest of the question.

Bao Wenliang nodded, "She emerged from seclusion about half a month ago. After that, she came to find you!"

Lin Haoming felt a pang of helplessness. Xie Ruolan was only seventeen, yet she had already achieved Foundation Establishment. He had initially thought she would at least need to accumulate more magical power before consuming the Foundation Establishment Pill.

He had previously dreamed of bullying her, but now it seemed that was impossible for at least the next twenty or thirty years. And now that she wanted to see him, he couldn't refuse.

“Wenliang, you know Shuntian. He's one of my men now, just like you. He'll be staying here from now on. Tell him the rules, and don't bring up your old squabbles!” Lin Haoming instructed.

In fact, Bao Wenliang had already spotted Li Shuntian, and hearing this, he was prepared and nodded.

Lin Haoming ignored them and went back to the second floor.