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Chapter 603: The King's Test, Wei is willing to... help (4k4, please subscribe)

a few days later.

Wei Tu and his group successfully arrived at Jishan Sect.

However, unlike the warm welcome that the delegation had expected, the foreign affairs elder of the Jishan Sect who was responsible for welcoming them only arranged them at the back of the reception hall and did not provide any further entertainment.

There was nothing, including spiritual feasts, tea, etc.

Obviously, they were left out by the Jishan Sect.

"The Jishan Sect's top leaders must have changed their attitude towards the Luqiu clan."

"But this change is not irreparable, otherwise they would not have welcomed us into the mountain gate."

That night, Wei Tu and Luqiu Qingfeng met privately. The two talked in a secret room and discussed the reasons for the change in Jishan Sect's attitude.

Wei Tu once again acted as a think tank and made certain judgments on the current situation.

"The key to the problem is to find the cause and then find the right Jishan Sect leaders to lobby."

Wei Tu spoke from experience.

But when he said this, Wei Tu suddenly realized something. He looked up at Luqiu Qingfeng and soon saw some distress on this woman's face.

There is no other reason.

Both he and Luqiu Qingfeng knew the "cause" of the disease. It was nothing more than that the Luqiu clan and the "Tong Zunzhe" of Xiaohuan Palace were too close, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the "old master" of Jishan Sect.

Therefore, it is very simple to resolve this crisis. Just distance yourself from Xiao Huan Gong or break off relations with him.

But this is obviously impossible.

In the hearts of the Luqiu clan, the weight of the Jishan Sect is far less than that of the Xiaohuan Palace.

After all, the Luqiu clan can talk to "Zhen Zhe Tong", but in the Jishan Sect, they are still classified as "foreign ministers" and their status is not high.

Giving up the small palace means losing the big for the small.

however--

If the cause of this problem is not eliminated, it will be harder than climbing to the sky for the Luqiu clan to regain the trust of the top leaders of the Jishan Sect.

Wei Tu guessed that King Luqiu Yeming and King Luqiu should have been prepared for the cold reception from Jishan Sect.

However, the person sent on this mission is Luqiu Qingfeng. If he "offends" the upper clan on the first day and becomes estranged from the upper clan, it will inevitably affect his prestige as the crown prince.

"This should be a test from the Lord."

Luqiu Qingfeng sighed. Although her cultivation level was now on par with that of the state lord Luqiu Yeming, the level... was only one of the criteria for determining whether one could become the state lord.

It doesn't mean that the higher the cultivation level of a person, the better his ability to handle things.

The two are not equivalent.

"It's the same with Luqiu Qing. My father should have seen that she had ulterior motives, so he deliberately changed the arranged marriage to a requested marriage... He wanted to see how I would treat this legitimate sister..."

Luqiu Qingfeng said in a serious tone.

Her father, Wang Luqiu Yeming, had competed for the job just like her, but the difference was that she relied on Wei Tu's ability, while Luqiu Yeming relied entirely on his own means.

She thought to herself that her father, Wang Luqiu Yeming, was definitely smarter and more experienced than her.

Wei Tu understood the hidden meaning of Lvqiu Qingfeng's words.

This woman planned not to touch Luqiu Qing for the time being to avoid Luqiu Yeming becoming suspicious and guessing that Luqiu Jinyuan's death was related to the two of them.

Naturally, Wei Tu would not go against Luqiu Qingfeng in this regard.

He had no interest in Luqiu Qingfeng's family affairs.

Before this, the request for Lu Qiuqing's body was only for the purpose of helping Kou Hongying in his path.

In addition, as an outsider, he should not interfere too much in Luqiu Qingfeng's family affairs.

After saying "Princess, you are wise", he turned the topic to how to deal with the change in Jishan Sect's attitude.

The two of them discussed for a long time, and finally set their sights on "Luo Guzhuo", the law enforcement elder of the Jishan Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, who they had previously targeted.

Since the mainstream leaders of Jishan Sect do not accept them, they can only look for "Luo Guzhuo", another excluded person.

It's a kind of mutual support in a sense.

Of course, this is based on the premise that their previous speculation is true: Luo Mingzhen was indeed abducted by some high-ranking officials who were hostile to his father, Palace Master Luo, and sold to Ruyi Tower.

——This kindness of saving their daughter, coupled with the hostility of the mainstream high-level officials, allowed them to successfully persuade Palace Master Luo to form an alliance with the two of them and maintain the relationship between the Luqiu clan and the Jishan sect for the time being.

At least, during the time when Luqiu Qingfeng was the crown prince, the relationship between the two major forces remained the same.

……

As the largest force under the Jishan Sect, although the Luqiu clan does not have many supporters among the top leaders of the Jishan Sect, it still has quite a few connections among the middle and lower levels.

Soon, Luqiu Qingfeng used these connections to obtain some detailed information about Luo Mingzhen before his disappearance.

"The sea beasts were causing chaos. As an elder, I went down the mountain to clear them out. Unfortunately, I encountered the fourth-level sea beast "Fire Monkey King" in the sea beast group. I was seriously injured in the fight... My whereabouts are still unknown."

Wei Tu checked all the information collected one by one, but did not find any obvious clues.

It was just a common case of a missing monk.

In the world of cultivating immortals, there are countless cases like this in various sects and schools.

However, he did not come here to investigate a case. As he knew the exact whereabouts of Luo Mingzhen, he only needed to "find the cause from the result" and find the suspicious point that Luo Mingzhen was abducted by fellow monks.

"Two months before Luo Mingzhen disappeared, the Merit Hall Master Feng Han went down the mountain once..."

Suddenly, Wei Tu saw this piece of information. He raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to search for information related to "Feng Han" among the information.

"Feng Han and Palace Master Luo have had a grudge for a long time."

"Luo Mingzhen is missing. The disciples under Palace Master Luo have said more than once that it might be Feng Han's doing."

"..."

"Feng Han."

Wei Tu muttered the name.

There is no smoke without fire. He guessed that Luo Mingzhen's disappearance was most likely caused by this person.

Coincidentally, this person is also one of the main leaders of the Jishan Sect that targets the Luqiu clan.

"It's him! It must be him!" After seeing the jade slip in Wei Tu's hand, Luqiu Qingfeng, who was looking for intelligence together, scanned it with her spiritual sense and looked slightly excited.

"Now, I will find someone to borrow the Jishan Sect's long-distance teleportation array to go to the Yin Gui Sect to rescue Luo Mingzhen."

Luqiu Qingfeng said excitedly as she walked out of the house.

There are countless forces in the outer sea under the Jishan Sect. In order to better control these forces, they set up ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays near these forces one by one.

Near Yuanjun Island, there is also a super long-distance teleportation gate set up by the Jishan Sect.

Therefore, as long as she uses this ultra-long-distance teleportation array, she can return to the Red Algae Sea as soon as possible to rescue Luo Mingzhen.

Of course, these ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays are only one-way teleportation arrays connecting the Jishan Sect to various major forces.

If you want to create a two-way teleportation array, you must use the "Great Teleportation Order" within the Jishan Sect.

However, the Grand Re__cpLocation Order is generally not lent to outsiders.

Therefore, if Luqiu Qingfeng wanted to come back, he had to go through the same journey again.

But Luqiu Qingfeng thought to herself that after rescuing Luo Mingzhen, with her speed of escape, she should not miss the time for the "pilgrimage" to the Divine Master.

however--

At this moment, Wei Tu suddenly spoke up and called out to Luqiu Qingfeng who was about to step out of the door.

"Friend Wei, is there anything else?"

Luqiu Qingfeng paused, turned around and looked at Wei Tu with a puzzled look on his face.

After spending some time together, she has had a clear understanding of Wei Tu's abilities and knows that Wei Tu is definitely not the kind of person who would attack without reason.

He must have something important to tell her as he stopped her at this moment.

"Princess, I think that the two of us can tell Palace Master Luo where Luo Ming is. As for the rescue...you and I should not go." Wei Tu cupped his hands and advised.

Just now, when he was checking the intelligence, he had already seen from these information flows that Palace Master Luo was an upright person who was "dedicated to the public."

It's not a bad thing to be public-spirited.

But it is easy... to tolerate each other. In short, even if Palace Master Luo knew that Palace Master Feng Han of Merit Palace was the culprit who kidnapped his daughter Luo Mingzhen, it is very likely that for the sake of Jishan Sect, he would not expose the scandal and silently endure everything.

At this point, let alone ignoring the "cause" of the Luqiu clan's friendship with the Xiaohuan Palace and exonerating the Luqiu clan.

Therefore, in his opinion, if they want to turn Palace Master Luo into the Palace Master Luo that the two of them want, they have to force him.

Let him go and rescue his beloved daughter personally.

One.

Once Palace Master Luo personally takes action to rescue, without the "glove" of the Luqiu clan, his traces of cross-domain rescue will be difficult to conceal.

The fact that Luo Mingzhen was kidnapped by his fellow clansmen and sold to Ruyi Tower would be forced to be exposed. Even if Palace Master Luo wanted to suppress it afterwards, he would not be able to do so.

As the ones who provided the information, they deservedly became Palace Master Luo's benefactors.

By then, Palace Master Luo would help them as much as possible even if it was for the sake of "public interest".

Otherwise, your reputation will be ruined.

both.

After witnessing the suffering that his beloved daughter has endured, Palace Master Luo will most likely not continue to endure it and will not blame Feng Han and other key leaders of the Jishan Sect.

Once the Jishan sect's top leadership was in chaos, with this more important internal conflict, the external conflict of the Luqiu clan's "rebellion" could be put aside for the time being.

"Friend Wei, what you said is very good!"

Hearing this, Luqiu Qingfeng was overjoyed, and he liked Wei Tu even more.

Before this, she only thought that Wei Tu was an ally with strong strength, qualifications and amazing potential.

But now, she discovered that Wei Tu was not only powerful but also much stronger than other cultivators in terms of intelligence.

"Maybe I should change my mind."

Luqiu Qingfeng pondered secretly.

If one Luqiu Qing is killed, there will be countless "Luqiu Qing" in the Luqiu clan, waiting to win over Wei Tu.

After all, there are quite a few princesses in the royal family of the Luqiu clan who are waiting to be married.

She couldn't kill him at all.

On the contrary, if she "sacrifices herself" to marry Wei Tu, this crisis will be resolved.

Among the princesses of the Luqiu clan, who dares to compete with her for a husband?

As for her selfless offer, Luqiu Qingfeng didn't think Wei Tu would refuse. After all, her capital was strong and could not be compared with that of Luqiu Qingfeng.

In the future, the entire country of Donghua Demon Kingdom will belong to her.

……

Although he had reluctantly decided in his heart to sacrifice himself to win over Wei Tu, Luqiu Qingfeng was not in a hurry about the matter, but put state affairs first.

That night, she sent someone to deliver a letter to contact Palace Master Luo who was far away in the inner sect of Jishan Sect, saying that she had something important to discuss.

Even though the Luqiu clan is a "lower sect" and ranked below the six Xuan Dao sects of the Jishan Sect, it does not mean that the Luqiu clan has no face in front of the Jishan Sect's high-level officials.

As the largest force under the Jishan Sect, if it were not for this special reason, it would have been won over and befriended by many of the Jishan Sect's senior leaders.

Therefore, after seeing the talisman from Lüqiu Qingfeng, the crown prince of the Donghua Demon Kingdom, although Palace Master Luo was puzzled and concerned about the cold reception given by the sect, he still gritted his teeth and secretly went to the outside of Jishan Sect to meet Lüqiu Qingfeng and Wei Tu.

He knew some of the thoughts of the senior leaders in the sect.

——In addition to wanting to use this "cold attitude" to make the Luqiu clan change sides, he also wanted to force the Luqiu clan to make concessions and increase future tribute resources.

Force the Luqiu clan to rebel, and then kill the chicken to scare the monkey...

Among the top leaders of Jishan Sect, only a small number hold this opinion; most are not so radical.

Therefore, he knew in his heart that the Luqiu clan's envoys were not untouchable. Even the top leaders of Jishan Sect expected the Luqiu clan's envoys to meet with them privately...

If not for this, even if he was worried about offending the Luqiu clan, he would not have risked coming here.

only--

Palace Master Luo was a little puzzled as he had no deep friendship with the Luqiu clan before, so why did Luqiu Qingfeng come to him just a few days after arriving?

……

With these thoughts in mind, Palace Master Luo, wearing a black cloak, flew to the inn in the market town where he had agreed to meet Luqiu Qingfeng, and walked in.

"I wonder why the Luqiu clan is looking for me?"

"This time, I will only stay for ten breaths. After ten breaths, I will leave."

He glanced at Luqiu Qingfeng and Wei Tu, and did not sit down. Instead, he spoke these words in a rather cold tone.

He is familiar with the negotiation process.

He would not easily reveal the secrets of Jishan Sect.

However, as Luqiu Qingfeng spoke, he could no longer maintain the calmness on his face.

"What? You two know where my daughter is?"

"Where is she now?"

Palace Master Luo was shocked and excited.

Decades ago, ever since his beloved daughter Luo Mingzhen disappeared, he had been frantically searching for her in Neixu Sea and various outer seas, but unfortunately, he found nothing.

Now, the only thing he can be thankful for is that his beloved daughter's soul tablet has not been broken.

But I never thought that there would be a bright future ahead.

Wei Tu and Luqiu Qingfeng, the two envoys who came to Jishan, actually knew the whereabouts of her daughter Luo Mingzhen.

"It's a coincidence..."

"A friend of Wei Daoyou once went missing..."

After Palace Master Luo regained his composure, Luqiu Qingfeng paused and talked about the process of accidentally discovering Luo Mingzhen.

However, during her statement, she did not use too explicit words, but rather stated Luo Mingzhen's current specific situation in a rather tactful way.

after all--

His beloved daughter was turned into a Nascent Soul Cauldron, sold, and became a concubine of a cultivator from the Demon Sect. For Palace Master Luo... the psychological blow must have been too great.

"Just stay alive, just stay alive."

"It's good that she's alive."

Palace Master Luo did not say much, but just kept repeating these few sentences.

But both Wei Tu and Luqiu Qingfeng could see from Palace Master Luo's expression the anger that had been suppressed for a long time and was ignited at the slightest touch.

The two of them looked at each other and realized that the plan was half successful.

But Wei Tu was not too happy about this.

After all, this incident was too much of a blow to a father. He also has children and can understand Lord Luo's feelings at the moment.

Seven years ago, he moved his relatives to the Guixu Sea to cultivate immortals without any effort, with the purpose of preventing his relatives from suffering from revenge by others.

"The Yin Gui Sect from the Red Algae Sea, right?"

"The Yin Ghost Sect..."

Palace Master Luo stood up and prepared to leave. He was eager to save his daughter from the fire.

"In this matter, I am willing to guide Palace Master Luo and provide some assistance." Seeing this, Wei Tu expressed his attitude.

Before this, he was unwilling to rescue Luo Mingzhen because the cost of rescuing this woman was too much for him to bear.

But now, it's different.

After many years, his strength has greatly increased, and he is now able to deal with ordinary late Nascent Soul masters, and he has assistants such as the Five Elements Infant and the Sky-Splitting Eagle to help him.

What's more, now Palace Master Luo is personally taking action as the main force in attacking the Yin Gui Sect.

In short, although he is not helping Luo Mingzhen at all costs now, the price he pays for this matter is something he can easily bear.

Moreover, this matter...is not for personal gain, he really wants to help someone.

(End of this chapter)