"Please, take your seats, everyone." After the introductions were finished, Li Lin spoke lightly, listening to everyone's introductions, Li Lin gained a preliminary understanding of them. However, all the current hall masters are acting temporarily, presumably Ghost Fairy Bai Ying is waiting for me to finalize everything.

  "Leader, there are currently six halls: the Dark Hall, Martial Hall, Punishment Hall, Gold Hall, Spirit Hall, and Outer Hall. The Dark Hall is responsible for collecting all intelligence information, the Martial Hall is responsible for training elite disciples and represents the true strength of our Flying Spirit Sect, the Punishment Hall oversees legal punishments, dealing with traitors within the sect and captives from outside. The Gold Hall manages all the business of the Flying Spirit Sect and is the source of all our expenditures. The Spirit Hall is responsible for refining pills and weapons, which the Gold Hall then sells. The Outer Hall mainly handles all matters within the territory of the Flying Spirit Sect, representing our superficial strength," Poison Duke Dong WuMing explained to Li Lin.

  Ghost Fairy Bai Ying said, "Leader, the Dark Hall is currently led by Ye Fei, who also has a certain reputation in the ancient realm, known as the Ghost Shadow Rakshasa. Ye Fei and Ye Mei are real sisters and have been my nominal disciples for many years. They were pulled into the Flying Spirit Sect by me two years ago."

  Li Lin nodded slightly. Ye Fei and Ye Mei, no wonder they looked about four or five points similar. So, they were real sisters and Ghost Fairy Bai Ying's nominal disciples. Presumably, it was because of Ghost Fairy Bai Ying that they came to the Flying Spirit Sect. Those who could be taken in as nominal disciples by Ghost Fairy are definitely extraordinary.

  "Leader, the Martial Hall is currently led by Huangfu QiSong, who is also famous in the ancient realm and known as Iron Fist," Ghost Fairy Bai Ying then said to Huangfu QiSong, "Hall Master Huangfu, how is the progress recently?"

  "Responding to the patron, the Martial Hall currently has 5,000 disciples, 4,000 of whom are at the Warrior level, 800 are at the Master level, including about one hundred at the eighth and ninth levels of the Master stage, and seventy at the Spirit stage, but only eighteen are at the eighth and ninth levels of the Spirit stage. As for those at the General level, there are only nine in total," Huangfu QiSong said.

  "So many people," Li Lin was secretly surprised. He did not expect that there were so many people in the Martial Hall, with Master level disciples reaching over 800, several dozen at the Spirit level, and nine at the General level. This structure meant that the Flying Spirit Sect was now enough to be considered a second-tier force.

  "Leader, the Martial Hall's people are currently all trained by Hall Master Huangfu and Hall Master Li in the Wudu Mountain Range. I guess nobody knows the strength of our Flying Spirit Sect's Martial Hall yet. This is the force we have developed over the past two years," sensing Li Lin's surprise, Ghost Fairy Bai Ying spoke softly.

  Li Lin nodded slightly. The strength of the Flying Spirit Sect was all hidden for now. When the day comes for the Flying Spirit Sect's strength to burst forth, it will surely surprise many people.

  "Leader, the Punishment Hall is currently led by Hall Master Ouyang Lengji, who is proficient in hundreds of tortures that make life worse than death, known as the Flying Knife. The deputy hall master is also a master of legal punishments. The Punishment Hall does not have many people, but each one is skilled, including several at the Spirit level and five at the General level, responsible for all the punishments within the Flying Spirit Sect, directly under the command of the leader, only obeying the leader," Ghost Fairy Bai Ying continued.

  Li Lin nodded inwardly. The Punishment Hall has a huge responsibility. As the Flying Spirit Sect grows, the number of members will not just be counted by tens of thousands. When betrayal occurs, without the Punishment Hall, it would be impossible to deter others, and the selection for the Punishment Hall is not something just anyone can do.

  "Ling Hall's Hall Master Kang is currently in charge of the entire Spirit Hall. At present, our Flying Spirit Sect has four at the Spirit stage and nine at the Master stage. The number is small, but we have tried our best," Ghost Fairy Bai Ying said.

  Having so many spirit practitioners, Li Lin was already very satisfied. Spirit practitioners are rare, and being able to find so many must have not been easy for Poison Duke Dong WuMing and Ghost Fairy Bai Ying.

  "The Gold Hall currently has no suitable hall master, but Liu YiShou has performed well these two years, supporting the entire Flying Spirit Sect. Without the Gold Hall, our sect would hardly be able to sustain itself. So, Liu YiShou is currently acting as the deputy hall master of the Gold Hall. As for the Outer Hall, there is also no candidate for the hall master yet. Currently, Zhang MingTao and Huang BoRan are assisting in charge, but they also do not know of the existence of the Outer Hall. Now, besides those present, even the elders and protectors of the Flying Spirit Sect do not know of the existence of these six halls," Ghost Fairy Bai Ying said.

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  "These two years, thank you, Elder Dong and Sister Ying." When Ghost Fairy Bai Ying's words fell, Li Lin stood up, respectfully saluted the two, greatly exceeding Li Lin's original expectations in just over two years.

  "Haha, Leader, you're too polite," Poison Duke Dong WuMing laughed heartily, but his heart was extremely pleased, as Li Lin's public salute to him represented his respect.

  "Leader, the family property is handed over to you now, but currently, there are still a lot of troublesome matters that you need to handle," Ghost Fairy Bai Ying said to Li Lin.

  Li Lin nodded slightly, now truly understanding Ghost Fairy Bai Ying. No wonder Poison Duke Dong WuMing said that many major sects had invited Ghost Fairy Bai Ying to join them. Now, it seems I have picked up a great bargain. If I were to do these things myself, it probably wouldn't be possible in just over two years, not to mention gathering such a group of powerful individuals in such a short time.

  "Liu YiShou, all the troubles are because your Gold Hall can't supply enough. Tell us about the troubles you've encountered," Ghost Fairy Bai Ying said.

  "Leader, Patron Bai." Liu YiShou stood up again and said, "As the Dark Hall and Martial Hall develop larger and larger, it was fine at the beginning, and the Gold Hall could barely maintain, but now, it's completely overwhelming. A few days ago, we sold all the accumulated medicinal materials, earning only twice as much. If it wasn't for the need for gold coins, this batch of medicinal materials could have increased threefold in seven days. However, even after selling the last of the medicinal materials, it probably won't last long. Now, the number of mercenary groups entering the Wudu Mountain Range has decreased by a small half, because the Nine-Headed Demon Serpent targets humans, so half of them dare not enter. There are also many forces disguising as mercenary groups entering the ancient realm to forcibly buy medicinal materials, which greatly affects us. In addition, Tuan Mountain Town and Huamen Town now also have many forces hoarding medicinal materials, trying to compete with our Flying Spirit Sect, making it increasingly difficult for us."

  Li Lin frowned. It seemed that as the Flying Spirit Sect developed, the lack of money was severe. The Flying Spirit Sect only had two small towns and the edge of the Wudu Mountain Range to sustain the current structure and continue developing. At this stage, it's estimated that the treasures left by the Flying Spirit Sect were almost used up. This kind of expenditure is not a small amount.

  At this moment, Li Lin also felt the sensation of being poor again, a kind of poverty that was not ordinary. When short on money, it would be astronomical, not just a few hundred thousand or million gold coins.

  "Leader, the number of people in the Martial Hall has increased again, and the cost of food, drink, and living is not a small amount. Now, we're probably short of fifty million gold coins. Fifty million gold coins can only last a month, so please instruct," Huangfu QiSong said, looking at Li Lin.

  At this time, everyone also looked at Li Lin with meaningful glances. Huangfu QiSong directly asked the leader for money, and everyone knew that Huangfu QiSong was doing this deliberately, seemingly wanting to see if the leader could come up with the money.

  Li Lin smiled slightly, how could he not know Huangfu QiSong's intentions, and immediately said, "Only fifty million?"

  With a serious expression, Li Lin said, "Hall Master Huangfu, I don't have that much gold on me. If you're in a hurry, I can give you fifty million in three days, or one hundred million in ten days. You choose."

  Everyone looked at each other, thinking that the leader's words were quite bold. One hundred million gold coins was not a small amount, especially since it's not only the Martial Hall that's short of money; basically, all the halls are in need. Providing one hundred million gold coins to the Martial Hall was definitely not easy.

  "Leader, it's not too urgent for now, I can still hold on for a few days, so let's go with ten days later," Huangfu QiSong said. An additional five days meant half more, so naturally, he chose ten days later, also to see if the leader's words were reliable.

  "Leader, the Dark Hall is at a critical time for development, and we're also short of funds. Please instruct," Ghost Shadow Rakshasa said with a light smile, her beautiful eyes looking at Li Lin.

  "In ten days, I'll give it to you all at once," Li Lin said calmly, looking at everyone. It seemed that these people all intended to test him. If he couldn't come up with the money now, it would probably be difficult to command them in the future.

  Just gold coins, Li Lin was not too concerned about it at the moment. He didn't have many gold coins on him, but he had many valuable items. A set of high-level yellow techniques was worth tens of millions, some nearly one hundred million gold coins. If he sold a set of low-level mysterious techniques, it would probably make everyone go crazy.

  Hearing Li Lin's tone, everyone was also looking forward to the outcome, to see how this young leader would settle this.

  "Hall Master Huangfu, Hall Master Ye, you want gold coins, but you also need to help me with something," Li Lin's gaze swept over everyone, finally landing on Huangfu QiSong and Ye Fei, and said, "How about this, Hall Master Ye, immediately spread the message throughout the ancient realm and your current information network, widely distribute the message that in ten days, there will be an auction in Huamen Town, including a Level 5 Puppet, high-grade Level 6 pills, and high-level yellow techniques for auction."