I Just Want To Destroy The Sect, But How Did I Become A God Against All Odds
Chapter 74: Confidence? None at all!

The Ouyang family is so poor they're practically begging.

Treasure? The biggest treasure the Ouyang family has right now is Ouyang Ming's sister.

But Ouyang Ming isn't shameless enough to offer his sister to someone, and besides, his sister isn't a match for Senior Brother Xinghe!

Faced with the relentless pressure from the Wang and Liu families, Ouyang Ming was at a loss.

"Hehe, actually, the Ouyang family has already presented their gift."

Chu Xinghe suddenly spoke up, leaving everyone momentarily stunned.

Even the Great Elder looked at Chu Xinghe with a face full of disbelief.

The Wang and Liu families were clearly trying to make things difficult for the Ouyang family, especially since they had just embarrassed themselves and wanted to see the Ouyang family make a fool of themselves too.

"Great Elder, the Ouyang family is a millennium-old family. This time, our Grand Sky Sect invited them, and they came with their entire family, showing great sincerity. What gift could be better than sincerity?"

Hearing this, the Great Elder laughed.

Although it was clear that Chu Xinghe was deliberately helping the Ouyang family, there was nothing wrong with what he said.

Sincerity is indeed the greatest gift in the world, unlike the Wang and Liu families. Offering treasures is one thing, but the Grand Sky Sect doesn't care about the value of the gifts. What are your young ones trying to do by jumping out like this?

The Great Elder smiled, and the other members of the Grand Sky Sect followed suit with smiles.

Everyone knew that Chu Xinghe was helping the Ouyang family out of an awkward situation.

Look at that!

This is the character and magnanimity of Senior Brother Xinghe.

The Ouyang family has fallen to such a state; how could they have any gifts?

Isn't this situation worthy of sympathy?

Isn't it worthy of pity?

Yet the Wang and Liu families continue to press on aggressively. You've embarrassed yourselves, and now you want others to be embarrassed too?

Such malicious intent.

It has to be Senior Brother Xinghe, truly virtuous!

Ouyang Ming looked at Chu Xinghe, his eyes full of gratitude. He knew that Senior Brother Xinghe's words were meant to help him.

Ouyang Ling looked at her brother with eyes full of murderous intent...

The people from the Wang and Liu families were practically spitting blood.

Could you be any more obvious in your favoritism towards the Ouyang family?

When the three families came together, the Wang and Liu families thought the opportunity was theirs, and the Ouyang family was just there to accompany them.

Would the Grand Sky Sect really choose the Ouyang family?

But now the two families suddenly felt something was off.

Weren't they supposed to be just accompanying?

Is it really okay for you to be so biased towards the Ouyang family?

The banquet was overall pleasant, except for a bit of unpleasantness at the end.

After the Ouyang family had eaten their fill, they even took out bags to pack up the leftovers. The Grand Sky Sect didn't mind, saying, "If you want to pack it up, go ahead. At most, the animals in our Spirit Crane Palace will be hungry and restless tonight."

But the Wang and Liu families were furious. The Ouyang family was going too far!

They even wanted to pack up the leftover food, and in the end, the people from the Wang and Liu families sat down in anger and ate furiously.

As a result, two disciples from the Liu family and three from the Wang family fainted from overeating on the spot.

Did you think you were part of the Ouyang family?

After the banquet ended and everyone left, the Great Elder asked Chu Xinghe to stay behind.

"Xinghe... you seem to value the Ouyang family a lot!"

"To be honest, Great Elder, yes!"

"I will report this to the Sect Master, but the Ouyang family has fallen to such a state. To rise again..." The Great Elder didn't say much more, only telling Chu Xinghe that in three days, the Sect Master would personally test the three families in the Grand Sky Hall. The Ouyang family couldn't rely solely on their appetite to stand out.

Returning to his residence with Senior Brother Feng, Chu Xinghe tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

In three days, there would be a real competition. Did the Ouyang family have any chance of winning?

Not a chance! Unless it was a steamed bun eating contest!

If it were, the Ouyang family could crush the Wang and Liu families, but in terms of spirit weapon forging and spirit attachment?

Are the abilities of the Ouyang siblings reliable?

Chu Xinghe thought this question was redundant. If their skills were even slightly reliable, would he need to seek them out?

Maybe... he should drug the Wang and Liu families!

Poison them both in the Spirit Crane Palace?

Not feasible, the Great Elder's alchemy skills are too strong. The Spirit Crane Palace may lack other things, but it has plenty of medicine, and saving people would be a sure thing.

This path won't work!

Chu Xinghe racked his brains, simultaneously admiring the Great Elder.

This behind-the-scenes manipulation is incredibly difficult, yet despite the difficulty, the Great Elder has been doing it steadily for years, like an old dog. Just this alone is worth learning from.

The night passed without a word, and early the next morning, Chu Xinghe followed Senior Brother Feng to breakfast...

But today's cafeteria was different. A group of brothers and sisters holding trays with confused expressions told Chu Xinghe that there was no breakfast left.

The Ouyang family had arrived before dawn.

A group of them started eating in the cafeteria, and after finishing breakfast there, they blocked the kitchen to eat.

Twenty-odd cooks had their stoves blazing, yet they still couldn't keep up with the Ouyang family's eating speed.

It's said that last night, the pigs in the Spirit Crane Palace's animal pen were howling from hunger.

Senior Brother Feng wiped his tears and went to the back kitchen to make arrangements, deciding to hire more cooks, doubling the number...

Chu Xinghe, on the other hand, found the cold-faced killer, Ouyang Ming.

"Thank you for yesterday, Brother Xinghe... slurp slurp..." Half a bowl of cold noodles went down his throat.

"Brother Ouyang, in three days, the Sect Master will personally test the three families. Does the Ouyang family have any confidence?" Chu Xinghe asked, hoping against hope.

"Confidence? None at all!"

Chu Xinghe: "???"

Brother Ouyang... could you at least pretend to be confident?

What do you mean by such a straightforward answer of having no confidence?

"The Ouyang family is a millennium-old family; don't you have any foundation?"

"If someone else asked, I'd definitely say yes, but Brother Xinghe has treated me with sincerity, so I must repay with sincerity. The Ouyang family doesn't even have a foundation now, let alone anything else. We sold our spirit weapon forging tools during the famine a couple of years ago. I'm sorry to disappoint you, Brother Xinghe."

Chu Xinghe's vision went dark...

But then again, isn't this exactly what he wanted?

If such an Ouyang family really joined the Grand Sky Sect, never mind whether the pigs in the animal pen would agree, would it be reliable to entrust them with forging and spirit attachment tasks?

With the Ouyang family, how could he lose?

Chu Xinghe left the cafeteria, not having breakfast was one thing, but the Ouyang family's capabilities were truly extraordinary.

So in the end, I have to bear it all.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, Chu Xinghe's mind was filled with illusions.

Could Ouyang Ming be hiding his strength, ready to reveal it all at the last moment?

Don't underestimate the young and poor?

Forget it... the Ouyang family is truly poor...

Grand Sky Palace, Grand Sky Hall.

Elders from all the halls of the Grand Sky Sect gathered here, with Sect Master Gu Mingchao seated at the head.

The three families stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Alright, no need for unnecessary words. You all know why you've been invited to our Grand Sky Sect. If you join us, the sect will spare no effort to support you, aiming to create the strongest spirit weapon family in the world."

Gu Mingchao's words made the Wang and Liu families' eyes light up.

No one doubted Gu Mingchao's words, and the Grand Sky Sect certainly had the strength to back them up.

As for Ouyang Ming, he was calm... very calm, a calmness that made Chu Xinghe feel like he was looking at himself.

Indeed... when you have no desire to win and no fighting spirit, nothing can shake your heart.

"Now, you three families can state your requests."

Gu Mingchao gestured for the three families to speak.

"Sect Master, let me speak first. Our Liu family started with spirit weapons, and although we haven't been around long, our development has been smooth. If we join the Grand Sky Sect, we can rival the major spirit weapon families within ten years. As for resources, the Liu family hopes to receive at least 150,000 top-grade spirit stones annually."

Liu Dezhu spoke while secretly glancing at Gu Mingchao. When he mentioned 150,000, Gu Mingchao showed no reaction, indicating that this number didn't concern him.

As expected of the Grand Sky Sect, their strength is truly formidable.

150,000 top-grade spirit stones are enough to sustain a large sect's annual operations.

"Sect Master, if the Wang family joins the Grand Sky Sect, we can rank among the top ten spirit weapon families in the world within ten years, and the sect only needs to provide 130,000 top-grade spirit stones annually."

After Wang Tieshan finished speaking, Liu Dezhu glared at him!

Compete! Damn it, just compete!

Wang Tieshan, this old dog, was waiting for this moment by letting him speak first.

Gu Mingchao still showed no reaction, his gaze turning to Ouyang Ming.

"Sect Master, if the Ouyang family can join the Grand Sky Sect, we can't guarantee a timeline, but we will do our utmost. As for spirit stones, we need at least a million top-grade spirit stones annually."

Goodness!

As soon as Ouyang Ming said this, not only others, but even Chu Xinghe was dumbfounded.

The first two families were competing fiercely, and Chu Xinghe even thought Ouyang Ming would say that as long as the Grand Sky Sect provided meals, it would be enough.

Wouldn't that crush the other two families?

But who would have thought Ouyang Ming would reverse the situation, making no promises and directly asking for a million top-grade spirit stones?

"Ouyang Ming, do you know that even large sects rarely consume so many spirit stones in a year?"

The Great Elder couldn't help but speak.

"Great Elder, the Ouyang family's spirit weapon inheritance has never been cheap. The Ouyang family only produces the best spirit weapons and the most perfect spirit attachments, and good things are never cheap."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nod.

At the peak of the Ouyang family, not only were their skills excellent, but they were also famously expensive.

But the Ouyang family's high prices were justified. Among the Grand Sky Sect's ten divine swords, six were crafted by the Ouyang family's ancestors. The Ouyang family has produced countless peerless divine weapons, and their spirit attachment skills were extraordinarily strong.

"A million spirit stones, the Grand Sky Sect can provide, but the Ouyang family must show me that you're worth that price."

Gu Mingchao spoke, looking at Ouyang Ming with anticipation.

But Chu Xinghe had no expectations...

Soon, the assessment began.

The Liu family was the first to act, with Liu Dezhu, the head of the Liu family, personally taking the stage. He aimed to forge a long knife, a top-grade spirit weapon!

One must admit, the old fellow Liu Dezhu had some skills. After a series of operations that Chu Xinghe couldn't quite understand, a long knife emitting a faint glow was completed.

The quality of this spirit weapon even reached the top-grade level.

Spirit weapons are divided into five grades: ordinary, spirit, top, holy, and divine.

The Grand Sky Sect's ten divine swords belong to the divine grade, while the Sky-raising Sword surpasses the divine grade.

As for the Grand Sky Sword Box... it's beyond the super grade, not in this category.

Being able to easily forge a top-grade weapon, if Liu Dezhu breaks through further, occasionally crafting a holy-grade weapon wouldn't be impossible.

Next, Wang Tieshan from the Wang family took the stage. The Wang family's forging skills weren't as good as the Liu family's, but their spirit attachment skills surpassed them.

Wang Tieshan personally forged a spirit-grade sword close to top-grade, and with the addition of spirit attachment skills, the spirit weapon's grade was surpassed, reaching the top-grade category.

Gu Mingchao seemed more satisfied with Wang Tieshan, and the surrounding elders nodded in agreement.

Finally, it was the Ouyang family's turn.

Ouyang Ming: "Um... Master Liu, could we borrow your tools and materials?"

Everyone: "???"