Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 57 Sect Contribution
The cultivators were filled with righteous indignation, and Gu Zhong glared fiercely at the reckless Gu Yufei.

With so many high-level cultivators here, she still arrogantly uses her seductive arts. Does she think her meager seductive skills can charm everyone?

Liu Jiu and his group took the lead in demanding that Gu Yufei be severely punished, which made Tianyi Sect feel ashamed.

Besides, although Gu Yufei is a cultivator of the Tianyi Sect, she has joined the Gu family's sect. With the Gu family around, they shrank back and remained silent.

Suddenly, dark clouds loomed overhead, their target Gu Yufei and Gu Shihan.

The dark clouds arrived silently, and two hands formed from the clouds reached out and grabbed Gu Yufei and Gu Shihan.

A burst of red energy erupted from Venerable Danhua's hand, directly meeting the black hand. The black hand was instantly dissolved by the red energy, and a shrill scream sent chills down everyone's spine.

Some cultivators with weaker cultivation levels fainted and began to convulse.

"Oh no, Gu Yufei has been taken away!" someone shouted, and Gu Zhong's heart skipped a beat.

The Gu family probably can't explain themselves now. The dark clouds descended too quickly; they didn't even have time to react before they were gone.

"Gu Zhong! Do you know the origin of the Black Cloud?" the Li family patriarch asked.

Who is Gu Zhong? He's the cunning old fox described. He chuckled and said, "Brother Li, you're joking. How would I know? Hei Yun isn't just after my Yufei; he also wants to capture Dan Hua Venerable's disciple. Perhaps he knows something!"

People's eyes were intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Venerable Danhua and Gu Shihan.

Venerable Danhua remained expressionless. His strength was undeniable, and his prestige was extremely high. No one dared to be disrespectful, for offending him would make them a sinner against themselves or their families.

Everyone was a bit annoyed, secretly cursing Gu Zhong for being such a cunning old fox, passing the buck so skillfully.

The Gu family is large and powerful, and with the Tianyi Sect as their backing, they are not afraid to offend Venerable Danhua, but the Gu family is!

Venerable Danhua snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, swept up the thirty-three members of the Five Flowers Sect, and with one step, he disappeared.

After Venerable Danhua left, the other cultivators who emerged from the secret realm were quickly taken away by their own people. What exactly happened in the secret realm? What did they gain? These are all secrets.

The high-level cultivators who knew the situation understood without saying a word, and only hoped to get the person away safely.

Gu Shihan and the others were taken to the sect leader's main hall, which was packed with people.

All cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and above, as long as they were from a sect, appeared here.

With a flick of his sleeve, Venerable Danhua summoned thirty-three people to stand in the center of the hall.

Everyone greeted the seniors present one by one before standing quietly to the side.

The Sect Master of Huatian looked at Gu Shihan and asked, "Junior Sister, what exactly happened in the Xuantian Secret Realm? Why are there so many dead and injured?"

Gu Shihan thought for a moment and briefly explained what had happened to her, and the others added a few words.

"Junior sister, are you saying that you entered the Lost Valley and most of the cultivators died at the hands of the energy beings in the Lost Valley?" asked Mo Wu, the peak master of Golden Sword Peak.

“Yes! Killing energy beings yields spirit crystals!” Gu Shihan took out a jade box from her storage bracelet, containing over a thousand spirit crystals of different colors. “They really are spirit crystals, Sect Master. We seem to have a few hundred left in our treasury, right? These are truly valuable items. With them, our sect's strength can rise to another level.” Elder Wen Zhi’s eyes gleamed with longing, his mind racing with countless thoughts.

Gu Shihan looked around and noticed that most people's eyes revealed greed, which made her heart tighten.

The sect leader of Huatian coughed, looked at the thirty-odd disciples below who were on edge, and said calmly, "It is a cause for celebration that you were able to come out alive. I am happy for you."

According to the rules for entering the secret realm, the sect will take 50% of what you have obtained. Let's hand it over in front of all the peak masters and elders today!
"Rest assured, as long as everyone has paid what they are owed, neither the sect nor your teachers have the right to take anything more, unless you give it away voluntarily."

Except for Gu Shihan, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief and opened their storage magic treasures, allowing the detectors to probe them.

Gu Shihan obediently took off her storage bracelet for inspection, and the inspector was still surprised by what she had found.

Gu Shihan's storage bracelet contained no less than 100,000 spirit crystals, as well as a pile of spiritual herbs and ores.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone presented their items. Gu Shihan had over 70,000 spirit crystals, as well as some ores used for refining weapons.

Since she didn't plan to learn weapon crafting, ores seemed rather useless. Compared to herbs, she took out ores.

The colorful spirit crystals dazzled everyone's eyes. Venerable Danhua said, "Everyone here must swear an oath today that what we have seen and heard today must not be told to anyone. In addition, everyone must swear that they cannot use any pretext to demand that their disciples hand over what they have obtained."

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, and many of them changed their expressions several times. With Venerable Danhua and Venerable Miaoyin present, they had no choice but to make a vow.

Gu Shihan was indifferent to everyone's vows; she had a lot of beads, spirit crystals, and herbs in her spatial storage.

She didn't even have a tenth of hers in the storage bracelet, and she wouldn't feel bad even if she took it all out.

But others are different. They don't have a good place to hide their things, so what they get is obvious. Fortunately, they only need to hand over 50%, and they still have 50% for themselves. If they manage it well, they won't lack resources even if they cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.

The sect leader of Huatian smiled amicably and said, "The sect has noted your contributions. The things won't be taken for free. Ten thousand spirit crystals will be converted into ten thousand contribution points. Don't worry, the contribution points will be automatically credited to your identity cards later."

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Gu Shihan led the way in expressing her gratitude.

Hua Tian chuckled, waved his hand, and continued, "Seeing your spiritual energy surging, it's time for you to go into seclusion and advance. You've worked hard these past few days, go back and have some proper seclusion. Now, go!"

Mo Yu nodded to Gu Shihan, and Gu Shihan bowed and took her leave.

The others also took their leave and quickly returned to their caves. Most of them decided to go into seclusion to break through their cultivation barriers and did not plan to travel outside at the moment!

"Junior sister, you should also go into seclusion. This is my experience in forming your core. Take a look; it might help you with your core formation," Mo Yu said to Gu Shihan.

"Thank you, senior brother. Please come and sit at my Danyun Peak! There's no rush to go into seclusion. We can talk about it when Master returns!" Gu Shihan invited with a smile.

The senior and junior disciples sat down in the pavilion. Gu Shihan took out a jade box and pushed it to Mo Yu, saying, "Senior brother, here is ten thousand spirit crystals. Please accept it!"

“Junior sister, your senior brother can just exchange your contribution points at the Treasure Pavilion. This is something you risked your life for, your senior brother can’t accept it! You keep it for yourself!” Mo Yu said earnestly.

"Senior brother, you know I'm not short of money, so just accept what's yours, or I'll ignore you!" Gu Shihan said reproachfully.

(End of this chapter)