Immortality Starts From Making Money.
Chapter 157: The Crazy Artifact Refining Hall Elders.

Chapter 157: The Crazy Artifact Refining Hall Elders.

The sun was high in the sky, blazing brightly. However, to the people inside the capital, the day was shrouded in dark clouds.

A heavy tension hung over the capital. Fear gripped people’s hearts like a vice. The usual busy street had few people on it.

The bustling taverns and restaurants were empty.

From time to time, men would race through the somewhat quiet street with their faces etched with panic.

Every corner of the capital was filled with tension.

Only a few forces were not bothered by the tension.

Inside the Artifact Refining Hall, the hall elders were shouting and pointing fingers at each other.

"The Hall Master and the Vice Hall Master should surrender themselves," an old man shouted.

"What do you mean? You, this selfish bastard! Is it not all of us that agreed to join the alliance?" another elder retorted in a loud voice.

"Nonsense! What do you expect us to do when both the Hall Master and Vice Hall Master were adamant on going against the Thousand Wealth Chamber?" a young man responded, not intimidated by the old men surrounding him.

"Don’t think we don’t know what you’re trying to do! But that won’t happen," a voice responded, his face filled with disdain.

For the next few minutes, the elders were divided into two factions. Most of the elders wanted the Hall Master and his vice to surrender themselves to the Thousand Wealth Chamber.

As for the other faction, they found it ridiculous to sacrifice the Hall Master and Vice Hall Master. Joining the alliance, it was everyone’s decision, so why would the Hall Master and Vice Master sacrifice themselves?

The Hall Master watched the argument without any expression on his face. He was not surprised by those that wanted him to sacrifice himself.

However, he wasn’t going to go down without fighting.

This greedy bastard wanted to enjoy the benefit of the hall but did not want to carry the burden. How is that possible?

He clicked his tongue in disdain.

Beside him, Elder Yuan wore a lifeless expression. Previously, he was scheming on how to surpass the Hall Master, but who would have expected what he thought was a golden opportunity was his doom?

Why is this happening?

We are the Artifact Refining Hall for goodness’ sake.

Why can’t we refuse this damn order?

His thoughts spiral in various directions. As much as he wanted to open his mouth and scold these useless old dogs, he knew without the Hall Master, he couldn’t speak out of turn.

Beside him, Peng Ming was trembling, his face covered in a bead of sweat. With the alliance, he thought the Thousand Wealth Chamber would finally meet their match.

But he was wrong.

His happiness had been too soon.

Who would have thought the Thousand Wealth Chamber was a hidden monster?

Looking at the elders bickering like market women, he was on the verge of tears.

Where is their pride?

He and many believed the Artifact Refining Hall was an unshakable mountain in the Southern Region, but they were wrong.

All the alliances they had with other forces and those that whole them favored were all gone. No one was ready to fight against the Thousand Wealth Chamber.

Worst, the three most powerful sects in the region choose to ignore their call for help.

Just the thought of these

Bang!

Suddenly, an old elder could not control his anger and hit the elder pointing his finger at him.

"You bastard, you dare to hit me?" he shouted and retaliated with a palm strike.

Bang!

Ahhhh!

Although the Artifact Refining Hall elders focused on artifact refinement and did not have time to practice anything else,

they were still cultivators, most of which were in the Core Refining Realm.

The old elder was flung and crashed into the wall. The sound of his ribs shattering to pieces echoed in the still, quiet hall and blood splashed out of his mouth.

Huh!

Many gasped in shock. They turned and looked at the elder that attacked. The elder was stunned; he did not expect his strike to contain so much power.

"Bastard! Die!"

Before everyone could realize what was happening, an elder had taken out a sword from his spatial pouch and struck the elder.

Ahhhhhh!

The elder was flung into the distance, and a soul-rending scream escaped from his mouth. He crashed into the wall, a deep gash appeared on his chest, and his organs flowed out.

His chest rose a couple of times before it stopped beating.

"What! You kill him? I’ll kill you!" a woman shouted hysterically.

"W–Wait... I–"

The woman was too furious to listen to any explanation and took a talisman. Seeing the talisman, their expression froze.

"S–Stoppppp!"

Boom!

A horrifying flame erupted from the talisman, consuming everything on its path. In a blink, more than five elders were charred to death.

Thick smoke permeated the air.

The situation had spiraled out of control.

"Bitch!"

A powerful sword light erupted from an elder, going straight for the woman.

Bang!

Instead of killing the target, the sword light was blocked by a powerful black shield.

"Don’t think you’re killing me that easily," she sneered and threw a dagger.

Fuck!

The dagger exploded the moment it touched the ground. Those that were unfortunate enough had their bodies riddled with broken metal.

Witnessing the chaos, those that were holding back threw caution to the wind. Everyone took out their artifact and began to attack each other.

Boom! Boom!

The towering structure of the Artifact Refining Hall shook vehemently. Everyone on the commerce street could feel the tremor.

Everyone turned their gaze to the Artifact Refining Hall. While they were wondering what was going on, an elder covered in blood rushed out of the hall.

His robe had turned to rags, but he did not seem to care.

"Bastard! Where do you think you’re going?" a man dashed out of the hall and shouted.

Without hesitating, he took out a spear from his spatial pouch and threw it.

The silver spear tore through the air like a broken comet; a streak of lightning flashed around its body.

From the corner of his eyes, the escaping elder saw the incoming speak.

"NOOOOO!" he screamed.