fifth form

Chapter 3021 Transfer
Zhang Xuezhou is indeed engaging in multi-party negotiations.

The city of Chang'an involves all sorts of people, including Princess Dou, the Empress Dowager, the new emperor, and the twelve celestial beings of the Celestial Court.

Outside Chang'an, he cooperated with Hongku in trade to counter the possible counterattack of Donghua, and was also involved in assisting Li Shaojun to go to the Western Sect to rescue 'Bai', as well as cooperating with Dong Zhongshu to fight against the King of Huainan. These matters were also very complicated.

The matter was complicated and chaotic, but there was one major premise in doing all of this: eliminating the risks that Zhang Xuezhou would encounter.

Compared to a few years ago, Zhang Xuezhou is very satisfied with his current situation.

Although things still look a bit bad, Zhang Xuezhou's life is indeed getting better and better.

After being guided by Ren Anran, Zhang Xuezhou not only let go of his ideological problems, but also promptly adjusted his past solitary mindset and instead created a private small group to deal with risks.

Entrusting his affairs to the Han Dynasty provided Zhang Xuezhou with substantial support, preventing him from being attacked by large groups. Meanwhile, his private small groups could counter individual risks. This complementary relationship allowed Zhang Xuezhou to minimize potential dangers.

Everything was unfolding according to Zhang Xuezhou's plan.

Zhang Xuezhou's only remaining task is to quickly remove the Yang-locking power from his body, restore his normal magical cultivation, and then promote the secondary supernatural transformation of some of his magical techniques.

As for whether to seek three more supernatural powers for the Bigu Technique in the future, such a thing requires both opportunity and timing.

If Zhang Xuezhou were to run to the Jade Emperor for help at this point, he would absolutely not have the courage.

He talked to Yi Shuo about some things.

For Zhang Xuezhou, these were just routine matters, but for Yi Shuo, each one inspired awe and reverence.

"Husband, how do you manage to interact with such important figures?"

After mustering her courage to address him, Yi Shuo quickly inquired about Zhang Xuezhou.

Everyone knows that powerful figures wield immense power and wealth, and anyone who can even remotely associate with them can reap the benefits. However, most people can only dream about it, as meeting them is extremely difficult, let alone obtaining any benefits from them.

But in Zhang Xuezhou's eyes, the other party did not seem to have such an obstacle, but rather could directly reach the top big shots.

“This requires building a springboard,” Zhang Xuezhou explained simply. “We can learn about another person through this person. If your direction of understanding is not downward but upward, you will soon be able to meet people at a higher level!”

"Is it really that simple?" Yi Shuo asked in surprise.

“It really is that simple,” Zhang Xuezhou nodded. “But there’s a major prerequisite for doing this: you must be aware of what you can offer the other party, and whether you can build a stable or temporary relationship of interest as a result, in order to complete this operation!”

"This sounds simple, but very few people actually manage to do it!"

Zhang Xuezhou's method is very simple, but very few people can actually implement it.

For example, Yi Shuo worked at Changxin Palace, which gave her the opportunity to come into contact with the Empress Dowager. However, Yi Shuo could not bring any unique benefits to the Empress Dowager and could not maintain a stable relationship of interests, so she could not operate like Zhang Xuezhou.

What seems like a simple thing is actually so complicated that it can be a real headache.

In this process, how to leverage the benefits brought by various relationships to increase one's own value and thus move up step by step is a process with extremely low tolerance for error.

Zhang Xuezhou was neither the most powerful cultivator nor a shrewd and worldly official, but he was undoubtedly someone who combined these two abilities exceptionally well.

More importantly, Yi Shuo felt that Zhang Xuezhou might have overlooked a factor.

"Cousin, come out and take a look!"

Just as Yi Shuo was about to say that Zhang Xuezhou was very likely to have the ability to examine the big picture and thus sort out all the complicated relationships, she heard Rong Tianding shouting outside the room.

"what's up?"

Zhang Xuezhou hurriedly went out, and Yi Shuo followed him out. As soon as they stepped outside, Yi Shuo saw Dou Shisan and Dou Shisi, who were guarding the house, lying on the ground.

Besides these two, there was also a handsome young man among them.

"The smell is really overwhelming! Who isn't here for our banquet?!"

"Dong Yan!"

Yi Shuo had somewhat forgotten her name, but Zhang Xuezhou remembered it very clearly.

As long as he doesn't forget, he will retain a relatively clear memory of any names or faces he comes into contact with.

Zhang Xuezhou had long known that the Life-Creating Pill would continuously release a foul odor when removing the effects of the Gourd Pill, but he never expected that it would knock out three people at once.

Dou Shisan and Dou Shisi did not sit at the gate to guard the house as most people would imagine. Instead, they were practicing fasting in silence. They would only emerge from their fasting state if any uninvited guests arrived.

The stench arrived quickly, knocking the two people who were sitting still unconscious. By the time Rong Tianding rushed to inform them, it was too late.

To Zhang Xuezhou's surprise, Dong Yan was also among those who were overcome by the fumes.

He glanced at Princess Guantao's residence in the backyard and thought that the other party was also unlucky and tragic. It was very likely that after the banquet, he bid farewell to Princess Guantao's residence and walked home at night, which led to this incident.

"Luckily, they found it early. If they had continued to be fumigated, I think they would have been suffocated!"

Rong Tianding took a wet towel and wrapped it around his face. After seeing Zhang Xuezhou leave, he mentioned that he had already given wet towels to Wei Shao'er and the others.

If you can't hold your breath for long, using a towel can somewhat alleviate the stench.

Of course, the most important thing is to find a sheltered spot to avoid breathing in this toxic odor.

After taking off the towel, Rong Tianding fanned his nostrils and sniffed the towel. For a moment, he almost wanted to throw the towel away.

"Ugh~"

Yi Shuo gave the three who had been knocked unconscious with acupuncture. Dou Shisan and Dou Shisi, who were fasting, vomited a lot of sour water and then dry heaved. Dong Yan vomited all over the ground, completely losing his previous dashing demeanor.

"The Grand Astrologer Sima Tan was fumigated, but he didn't suffer any lasting effects. You don't need to worry about any health problems from being poisoned!"

Seeing that the three people were swaying unsteadily and were seeking further treatment from Yi Shuo, Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to mention another case of being fumigated.

"Ugh, don't go around telling everyone about such embarrassing things!"

Sima Tanyang's discontented whispers during his tour of Yangpo came and quickly faded away. Zhang Xuezhou felt that his residence was too close to the palace, which was inconvenient.

Even the slightest thing that happened in his residence attracted attention, and Sima Tan even traced it back to its source.

Zhang Xuezhou now only hopes that the poisonous gas from the wind will dissipate a bit so that it won't affect others, lest he have a hard time tomorrow.

"I had planned to use the wedding as an opportunity to gather everyone together to discuss this matter, but it seems I hadn't considered it carefully enough. I should go to an open area twenty miles outside the city to get the antidote..."

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but feel a bit self-deprecating.

He shook his head, and as his gaze swept across the room, he saw that Dong Yan had vomited inappropriately, revealing his sleeve pocket.

The gold bowl that had been given to Princess Dou was placed in Dong Yan's sleeve pocket.

It was Dou Taizhu's personal freedom to give away the golden bowl, just like Zhang Xuezhou taking the pearl from the duty officer and then giving it to the Heavenly King guarding the South Heavenly Gate. Such things are quite normal.

However, the fact that Dong Yan obtained Dou Taizhu's golden bowl so quickly still exceeded Zhang Xuezhou's previous estimates regarding Dong Yan's status in Dou Taizhu's Huang-Lao Daoist training system.