Chapter 1076: You Call This Extremely Low Risk?

"Hey, hey, hey, Sister Mengmeng, don't talk nonsense, I never asked you to do that." Seeing Yun Mengmeng run over this way while dangling the Celestial Venerable Guiyuan, Lu Yang instinctively tried to clear his name.

"Ah? Did I catch the wrong person? Second Chief, which one do you not want?"

Lu Yang pointed at the Celestial Venerable Guiyuan. Yun Mengmeng made a gesture as if she were about to toss him aside, which startled Lu Yang into hurriedly stopping her.

"Don't throw him, don't throw him, I want him."

"Then that means I didn't catch the wrong person after all," Yun Mengmeng said with a beaming smile, feeling a profound sense of accomplishment, as though she had finally been of help to the Second Chief.

"Junior Brother Lu, who might this be?" Fang Jin inquired with great caution regarding Yun Mengmeng's identity. He had seen it clearly just now; this senior was a terrifying entity who had directly knocked out both the Celestial Venerable Guiyuan and the Divine Lord Silei.

Although it was partly because the two half-immortals had depleted too much of their energy, this was still not something that seemed achievable by the hands of someone in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

"She's my boss," Yun Mengmeng stated, filled with pride, though she froze for a moment after speaking, feeling that something was amiss.

Oh, she had said it wrong; the First Chief was the boss.

"The Second Chief is my bo—"

"Fellow disciple, we are fellow disciples," Lu Yang hastily cut in to take over the conversation. Sister Mengmeng, you truly dare to say just about anything out loud.

"Fellow disciples?" Fang Jin looked at Lu Yang and Yun Mengmeng with doubt. Would fellow disciples ever call each other "Second Chief"?

Are you two really not from a bandit's den?

Fang Jin did not dwell too much upon these matters. Being able to capture the culprit, Divine Lord Silei, was better than anything else, and they no longer had to worry about his retaliation.

Although their Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect was merely a victim and logically had nothing to do with Divine Lord Silei, judging by his words and deeds, once he recalled afterwards that he could not beat the Celestial Venerable Guiyuan, he would have vented his anger upon their sect.

"The Third Elder said that you two can return to the sect now; there is no need to perform voluntary labor at the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect anymore." Yun Mengmeng remembered the purpose of her trip. Capturing two half-immortals was merely incidental; the primary objective was to call the two of them back.

"Speaking of which, where is the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect? The Third Elder mentioned that this sect possesses beautiful scenery, with picturesque views all year round."

Yun Mengmeng placed her palm against her brow and stood on one tiptoe to scan the surroundings, yet she failed to find a single place that could be described as "picturesque."

Lu Yang silently turned his head to look at the ruins of the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect, which was submerged by the Weak Water, its mountains collapsed and its earth cracked, feeling that even if he and Old Meng wanted to perform voluntary labor here, the opportunity no longer existed.

Furthermore, they had found their Ancestor Guiyuan and captured Divine Lord Silei. Two major events had occurred simultaneously, so they had to return to the sect regardless.

"Sister Mengmeng, let us head back."

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou reluctantly bid farewell to the Supreme Elder, Sect Master Kong, and Fang Jin.

"Senior Jin, Senior Kong, Senior Brother Fang, we shall take our leave."

Sect Master Kong watched the departing figures of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou with a heart full of guilt. The two had nearly met with disaster at their sect; if an accident had truly occurred, with what face would he have to confront Zhang the Third?

"Master, what shall we do now?"

Sect Master Kong pondered for a moment and said, "We, master and disciple, shall first console the people of the sect. Do not move the sect ruins for now. I will dispatch someone to inform the Jingzhou branch and have their people come over to assess our losses."

"The sect has not been maintained for a long time, so we might as well take this opportunity to completely renovate it."

Upon learning that he did not have to pay out of his own pocket and that insurance would cover it, Sect Master Kong's mood brightened considerably, treating it as if they were closing down for a few days of restructuring.

"It is just that the books in the Scripture Pavilion are somewhat troublesome; after being soaked by the Weak Water, I wonder how many can still be read."

"This matters not," the Supreme Elder said with a chuckle. "Out of the three of us, you read the least. Little Fang and I have memorized the books in the Scripture Pavilion, so even if there are unreadable books, we need not fear."

...

The Jingzhou branch of the Falling Golden Coin Chamber of Commerce.

Upon hearing the report from his deputy, the branch president's mind went entirely blank. He remained motionless, akin to a statue, and it took a long while before he came to his senses.

"Are you saying that a battle of half-immortals took place at the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect?!"

He cried out in a lost voice, his face filled with utter disbelief, hardly daring to imagine what kind of chain reaction this matter would provoke. The buildings of the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect stretched out in vast numbers, and its unique landscapes were countless; although he knew not their exact worth, they were bound to be more valuable than the Sword Tower!

The Sword Tower consisted of only a single building in total!

Yet another typical case of investment failure was about to be added to the records.

"How could this be? How could anything happen to the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect? Didn't the risk assessment results from the seven elders show that the risk was extremely low?"

"Where are those seven old geezers? Where are they!"

The branch president immediately drew out a bright, large cleaver, intending to fight the seven elders with his life, but seeing this, his deputy hastily held him back.

"President, have you forgotten? Head office mentioned that several of their veteran appraisers had retired, so they forcibly transferred all seven elders away."

Only then did the branch president recall that the seven elders had all gone to the head office. He was, after all, a branch president, and he quickly calmed down to analyze the present situation.

What the devil, the insurance had only been purchased for half a month, and something already happened to the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect?

Insurance fraud?

"Tell me in detail, what exactly happened at the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect!"

The deputy reported the sequence of events truthfully. After listening, the branch president could not find the slightest suspicious detail; it sounded entirely like a coincidence.

One side was the Great Gan's Divine Lord Silei, and the other side was the Celestial Venerable Guiyuan who had disappeared for eighty thousand years; the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect simply lacked such great capability to find these two legendary figures.

If they possessed such capability, there would be no need for them to commit insurance fraud.

"It was just an accident?"

"Forget it, forget it, send people to assess the losses of the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect first."

A day later, the branch president held a shadow-recording orb. The orb recorded the miserable state of the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect, and looking at it, the branch president nearly suffered a myocardial infarction.

It was destroyed to the point that not a single bit remained.

Baptized by heavenly thunder and washed by Weak Water, the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect could not even produce a single intact object!

"President, do we compensate them?" the deputy asked in a low voice.

The branch president's body trembled, and he forced a single word out from between his teeth: "Compensate—"

"Oh, wait, we have a accountability system. After the Shuzhou Chamber compensated the Sword Tower, they did not pursue accountability because they failed to find the opposing sides of the battle."

"We are different this time. The responsibility this time lies with Divine Lord Silei. Surely the savings of a half-immortal of the Great Gan would be enough for compensation, right?"

The deputy had no choice but to remind him from the side, "President, a half-immortal of the Great Gan certainly possesses spirit stones, but you must not forget that the Laurel Immortal Palace captured the Great Gan's Divine Lord of Demon Subduing and Divine Lord of Evil Dispelling. According to the information they confessed, all their savings were placed inside the Immortal Palace."

"As for the location of the Immortal Palace, restrictions were placed upon them, rendering them unable to speak, and searching their souls is useless. No one knows where the Immortal Palace is."

"Divine Lord Silei likely faces the exact same situation."

The branch president's belly bulged several times in anger before finally deflating. Though it was not good news, everything the deputy said was correct.

The deputy was a calm person who could always make correct judgments; it seemed that his position would undoubtedly belong to him in the future.

"President, I have a thought regarding this incident."

"Speak."

"Last time when the Sword Tower met with disaster, Lu Yang was present. This time when the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect met with disaster, Lu Yang was also present. Do you think it might be possible that it is related to Lu Yang?"

The branch president looked toward his deputy, his eyes revealing a hint of astonishment, as if saying, how could you think that way.

"Xiao Tang, I must say a few words about you here."

"Please speak."

"We must speak with evidence in our line of work. The report indicates that in both incidents, Lu Yang was merely an onlooker. Be it a battle of immortals or a battle of half-immortals, none of it had anything to do with Lu Yang."

"Especially this time, you have read the report as well. Finding the immortal gold box was purely a coincidence."

"But Chairman, we must also consider the probability of our actions."

The regional chairman let out a sharp hiss.

"...Put that way, you do seem to have a point."