Chapter 762 – [Bonus Chapter]Rumors And Secrets-II


    The elders were now really feeling that the Millennium forest might just have been another one of the fake legends made up by some ''expert''.


    "Fool''s grave, huh…" Though among the elders'' there was one whose reaction was different.


    The voice was low and was not noticed by other elders, but Lian Dajian certainly did. His cultivation base was the highest in the hall here and he was at the Dao Treading realm. His sense could pick up even if an ant was trying to sneak in here several meters deep in the ground.


    "Do you have something to add, Junior Elder Kai Li?" Patriarch Lian Dajian suddenly spoke.


    The junior elder in question, stood up in etiquette and cupped her hands.


    "I do patriarch." Junior Elder Kai Li replied.


    ''She really did speak up in the middle of a discussion… she must be rather sure.'' A few elders thought.


    Currently in the hall, there were elders of two ranks present. The Normal elders and the Junior elders. Of course, the number of normal elders greatly exceeded that of junior elders and there were barely three such junior elders.


    The high elders of the n were not present here as they were perhaps the most busy out of the entire n. They worked directly under the patriarch and were mainly involved in the biggest businesses of the Lian n.


    The high elders didn''t even live in the n most of the times and spent their days working in the biggest of the businesses directly. They were only called back once a year for an annual meeting.


    It would seem like the treatment of the high elders was less than the normal elders as the normal elders got to enjoy at the n, but it was not so. In fact, if any of these normal elders were given the chance to be a high elder they would take it in a heartbeat.


    After all, bing a high elder meant not only did they get to run one of the n''s main businesses, they would also get a higher share of the profits.


    The profit shares of the entire n were fixed and very strict. If it was found that some member was not contributing their share honestly, they would be greatly punished. In fact, the harshest punishment in the n, the death penalty, wasn''t given to those that insulted the patriarch or something simr to that, but rather to those that dared to embezzle money from the n.


    The punishment for that was death, but death didn''te easily. The torture before that was what they dreaded the most, and it was a lesson that had been taught many times over the years.


    After all, a business and profit minded n like the Lian n knew better than anyone just how big of a temptation money was and that greed could make someone do anything.


    Which was why their rules were greatly based on money and profits.


    A normal member of the n needed to contribute 90% of their earnings to the n, a junior elder contributed 80%, a normal elder contributed 70% while a high elder contributed 50%.


    This difference was what dictated just how far a nsman could go. Those with greater personal ie could expand their businesses faster than others and could also improve their cultivation base.


    Though this great ''tax'' also came with benefits to the nsmen, whether they be normal ones or elders. They could get a fixed amount of resources regardless of their overall contribution.


    Also, since they were contributing so much, they didn''t need to do any missions, which was often mandatory for other ns and sects. It was rare for the Lian n to assign a mandatory mission.


    Though this also worked in the n''s favor, as whenever a volunteer mission was given, there were easily hundreds of applicants. As they all knew, this was just a way to make more profits.


    No one wanted to let anyone else get a mission if they could get it first.


    Junior elders were often those nsmen who rose by doing many missions of the n. Junior elder Kai Li was one such person. She was a lowly member of the n at the start, being from a distant branch.


    And yet, she had done her very best to reach this point and bing a Junior elder. She was at the nascent soul realm too, thus it wasn''t like she was weak either. Besides, she had a rather notorious reputation.


    This was due to the fact that she had instincts to detect bad deals. And she had used these to flip these deals onto herpetitors. This had made quite a few people mad as well as scared of her.


    Even the elders were warned of her back when she was still a normal nsmen, but since she hadn''t broken any rules and was still doing her part as a nsman diligently there was nothing they could use her off.


    Rather, it was the people who hadined who ended up getting fined for wasting the time of the elders.


    This simply became another feather in the hat for her and no one dared to easily offend her after that. She had be a junior elder only recently in the past five years and had kept a low image among the elders.


    This was actually the first time she had spoken like this in the middle of a discussion between the patriarch and the elders. Most junior elders would be far too scared to ever do this. And even if they weren''t punished, they would still end up getting humiliated and losing face in front of the patriarch.


    No one wanted this, and they kept their heads low. Which was also what the elders thought Kai Li was doing. But now she had finally spoken up.


    "Patriarch, I think we should consider adding more people to the team that would visit the Millennium forest. The rumor might not be a rumor at all.." She stated firmly.