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Chapter 617: The ambition of the Luqiu clan, Bai Zhi's death (4k, please subscribe)

In another three years, Luqiu Qingfeng, the crown prince, will replace his father Luqiu Yeming and succeed the throne of the Donghua Demon Kingdom.

This letter was the invitation letter sent by this woman to him, inviting him to attend the succession ceremony.

"More than a hundred years have passed."

Wei Tu counted on his fingers and thought.

Time flies. It seems that Luqiu Qingfeng succeeded in winning the throne and became the crown prince not long ago, but in fact, it has been more than a hundred years. However, time does not exist in cultivation. In his heart, it is almost the same as yesterday.

"I wonder what Jishan Sect thinks?"

Wei Tu had a keen political sense. After receiving the letter, he did not intend to go to the Luqiu clan for a banquet immediately, but planned to see the attitude of the Jishan sect first.

The Donghua Demon Kingdom is the number one force under the Jishan Sect.

Today, Luqiu Qingfeng succeeds to the throne of the king...

Logically speaking, the Jishan Sect would also send people to participate, and there was a great possibility that the person who would attend the ceremony of succession to the head of state would be him.

First, he has a close relationship with Luqiu Qingfeng and is an acquaintance.

Regardless of whether the Jishan Sect has other intentions or is just trying to establish connections, his going there as a "special envoy" will reduce administrative costs and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Secondly, at this moment, he is also considered the direct descendant of Sect Leader Zhu.

When Sect Leader Zhu sent people to visit the Luqiu clan, it made no sense for him to ignore him as his direct descendant and look for other people instead.

There was no point in thinking too much, so Wei Tu stopped worrying about it. He waved his sleeves, opened the door of the cave, and rushed straight to the main hall of the sect where Sect Master Zhu was.

"Well... as for this matter..."

After knowing Wei Tu's intention of coming, Sect Leader Zhu did not give an immediate reply, but showed some hesitation on his face.

After a while, he sighed deeply and started talking to Wei Tu.

"Brother Wei, what is the extent of your relationship with Luqiu Qingfeng?"

Sect Leader Zhu asked in a deep voice.

"The relationship between?"

Hearing this, Wei Tu was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to answer truthfully. After all, Luqiu Qingfeng's trust in him exceeded the trust this girl had in the Luqiu clan.

He helped Luqiu Qingfeng become the king after he eliminated his rival "Lüqiu Jinyuan".

"What do you mean, Master?"

Wei Tu did not answer the question directly, but planned to test the waters of Sect Leader Zhu first.

The words fell.

Sect Leader Zhu did not think much about this and continued to keep the secret, but directly told Wei Tu about the difficulties he encountered.

"Brother Wei, according to the report from the spy I planted in Xiaohuan Palace, Venerable Tong intends to issue an order to let the fourth disciple Dugu Tian marry Lvqiu Qingfeng as a Taoist partner to deepen the relationship between the two factions."

Sect Leader Zhu shook his head and said.

"What? Venerable Tong issued an order?"

Wei Tu was surprised. He had not expected that Venerable Tong would be so fond of the Luqiu clan that he even let his fourth disciple Dugu Tian marry Luqiu Qingfeng as his Taoist partner.

It's no wonder that Sect Leader Zhu is so worried about this.

Before, although Venerable Tong had a good relationship with the Luqiu clan and regarded the Luqiu clan as another maternal clan, there had never been such a high-level marriage between the two sides before.

One is the leader of the Luqiu clan.

One is Master Tong’s highly regarded disciple.

Once the two sides successfully form a marriage alliance, can the Donghua Demon Kingdom still be considered a subordinate force of the Jishan Sect?

From then on, it was only a matter of time before the Luqiu clan changed its flag and banner.

"Venerable Tong's behavior is most likely due to my sect's excessive persecution of the Luqiu clan more than 20 years ago..."

Having said this, Sect Leader Zhu glanced at Wei Tu intentionally or unintentionally.

More than 20 years ago, if Wei Tu had not intervened, causing internal strife in the Jishan sect and losing the great opportunity to target the Luqiu clan, the situation today would not have evolved into this.

Of course, neither he nor Jishan Sect would blame Wei Tu for past events.

The Jishan Sect is not so stingy.

After all, Wei Tu's heroic act of helping Palace Master Luo to rescue Luo Mingzhen was in line with the greater good and cannot be said to be wrong.

The only thing to blame is the hidden bomb inside the door.

Furthermore——

If it were not for this reason, the power of his clan leader's lineage would not have expanded and annexed the Merit Hall, and he would not have been lucky enough to pick up the "prodigy" Wei Tu. It can be said that there are gains and losses.

After hearing this, Wei Tu finally understood what it meant to "shoot oneself in the foot".

All the practitioners of Jishan Sect knew that he was promoted from a worshiper of the Luqiu clan to a worshiper elder in the sect, and then gained power in one fell swoop and sat on the position of the master of the Merit Hall.

Now, if the Luqiu clan "changes its flag", it will definitely have a great impact on his future reputation in the Jishan sect.

In a word.

From then on, it was difficult for him to maintain his integrity.

One or two days is fine.

As time goes by, I'm afraid that Sect Master Zhu and Venerable Han Yue will gradually begin to grow more distrustful of him.

However, Wei Tu has no regrets about this.

Without the previous "chaos", how could a casual cultivator like him from the outside world have the chance to move up to a higher position?

As for the crisis...

He just tries his best to solve it.

Even if in the end, it was really a fait accompli and the Luqiu clan rebelled and went to the Xiaohuan Palace, he only needed to hold on for two or three hundred years until he became a god.

——With the proceeds from the confiscation of property from the Merit Hall, his wealth was sufficient to reduce the estimated time required to achieve a breakthrough to the God Transformation stage by half from four hundred years.

……

"Wei and Luqiu Qingfeng... are close friends. We should be able to convince this girl to give up her marriage with Xiaohuan Gong."

Wei Tu pondered for a moment and replied.

Regardless of whether he is confident about this trip, he has to express this attitude now.

The words fell.

Sect Leader Zhu then showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

"However, nothing is absolute. If you can't convince this girl, Junior Brother Wei, just crush this token."

Sect Leader Zhu took out a red token from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Tu.

Wei Tu was a talisman master, and he immediately found the communication talisman with the "take action" command hidden inside the red token.

He immediately understood that Sect Leader Zhu had murderous intentions towards Luqiu Qingfeng, but he just didn't tell him clearly.

Today, Jishan School wants to resolve this crisis.

There are only two ways.

1. Persuade the Luqiu clan to give up.

Second, kill Luqiu Qingfeng, the marriage partner.

The former is gentle, while the latter is tough.

The Jishan Sect is not afraid of losing the Luqiu clan as an external force, but is afraid of the impact that the Luqiu clan will have on other external forces after they rebel.

It is no less than shaking the ruling foundation of Jishan Sect.

This is something that the Jishan Sect cannot tolerate.

After killing Luqiu Qingfeng, regardless of whether Xiaohuan Palace still insisted on marrying the Luqiu clan, Jishan Sect had already had a deterrent effect on all relevant forces.

"Wei understands and will never let the Sect Master down."

Wei Tu said with a double meaning.

……

After leaving the main hall of Jishan Sect.

Wei Tu did not return to the Hall of Merit, but immediately rushed to the Jishan Sect's ultra-long-distance teleportation array leading to the Red Algae Sea.

Although Luqiu Qingfeng's character was a little cold and he didn't want to have a close relationship with this girl, but... they were friends after all, and he didn't want her to die and be killed by the Jishan Sect.

In addition, the direction of this matter will also greatly affect his "future" in Jishan Sect. He cannot help but be cautious about this.

a few days later.

After rushing for a long time, Wei Tu successfully arrived at Yuanjun Island.

However, after rushing back to Yuanjun Island, he did not rush to find Luqiu Qingfeng to persuade the girl, but turned his light and went to the Luqiu clan's worship hall first.

——As a “high-ranking official” of the upper sect, if Luqiu Qingfeng did not pay him a visit after he arrived at Yuanjun Island, it would be considered as disrespectful treatment.

Who sees who first...

This order of meetings is also a negotiation technique.

Seeing Wei Tu "returning home", all the worshippers in the worship hall immediately flew out and went forward to greet Wei Tu.

now.

Not what it used to be.

Wei Tu, the master of the Hall of Merit, has a much higher status than the subordinate force of the Luqiu clan under the order of the Jishan Sect.

Even the strongest man of the Luqiu clan, the "Luqiu King", had to treat Wei Tu with courtesy and did not dare to show him any disrespect.

Not to mention the worshippers in these temples.

Whether in terms of realm strength or power status, they are far inferior to Wei Tu.

"Fortunately, I had good eyesight back then."

Among all the cultivators in the Worship Hall who complimented Wei Tu, the Second Mountain Master was the most excited. When he was in Wulao Mountain, he abdicated and made way for Wei Tu to succeed him, which could be regarded as a "favor of recognition and support" for Wei Tu.

Although this favor was not great, he was definitely a respected person in front of Wei Tu.

"My fellow Taoists, thank you for your praise. I was just lucky enough to join the Jishan Sect and was fortunate to be valued by Sect Master Zhu."

Wei Tu remained humble as always.

"I will visit you all one after another after I return to the cave to rest for a few days."

he said.

After hearing this, the flattering monks in the worship hall stopped pestering and left one after another tactfully.

"This is some of Wei's thoughts on the Dao of Talismans. Second Mountain Master can take a look."

Wei Tu stopped the second mountain master, took out a jade slip from his arms and stuffed it into his hand.

Different from him.

The Second Mountain Master had mediocre talent in immortal arts, and had been frustrated since joining the Luqiu clan.

After his persuasion, he finally changed his practice to the art of talismans.

At present, his attainments in the art of talismans have reached the fourth-grade upper level. The recent experience he has gained will surely bring a lot of benefits to the Second Mountain Master in his practice of the art of talismans.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wei."

Upon hearing this, the Second Mountain Master, who was holding the jade slip, suddenly showed excitement on his face and nodded quickly to express his gratitude.

He knows what he's talking about.

In the magical art of talismans, apart from the precious talisman paper and ink used to draw talismans, the most precious thing is the method of making talismans and the experience of the talisman master.

To him, the method of making ordinary fourth-level talismans is not difficult to find, but the experience of high-level talisman masters is extremely difficult to find, because these experiences are family secrets.

Apart from the oral tradition between father and son, and between master and apprentice, very few cultivators would leak it out.

In other words, what Wei Tu gave him was no different from a precious fourth-grade, top-grade talisman master's inheritance.

"You and I are from the same sect, why bother talking so much?"

Wei Tu smiled and emphasized the word "fellow student".

Although Wulao Mountain is a force of independent cultivators and not worth mentioning, it is also his real foundation.

If the second mountain master had not abdicated, it would have been difficult for him to take the city without bloodshed.

……

After exchanging greetings with the second mountain master.

Wei Tu said goodbye and returned to his cave in the worship hall.

But as soon as he returned to the cave, a look of loneliness appeared on his face, which was in stark contrast to his "proud" expression outside the cave just now.

The reason was simple. Wei Tu was already in this cave and could not find any trace of Bai Zhi.

"Master passed away four years ago."

A beautiful girl came over, with a sad look on her face, and bowed gracefully to Wei Tu.

This woman was none other than Wei Tu, the person whom Bai Zhi had previously arranged to take over another body—Xu Yuqi.

However, because Bai Zhi had not much time left to live, out of kindness, he did not completely take over the girl's body and still kept her soul.

"The immortal has gone..."

Hearing these expected words, Wei Tu sighed softly, and the loneliness on his face became more intense.

He never shows his emotions on his face, and with his energy-cultivation skills, he can easily do that.

But that was in front of outsiders. In his own cave, he didn't need to be so artificial.

Besides, Bai Zhi was his "old friend" who had been with him for five hundred years. It was impossible for him to be unmoved by the passing of this woman.

From the early stage of Jindan...

To the current late Nascent Soul stage.

Although this woman had been absent before, she was indeed the person who had been by his side and witnessed his growth in the immortal path for the longest time.

In a sense, Bai Zhi is closer to him than his own children. At least when it comes to some secrets, he will hide them from Wei Yan and her brother, but not from Bai Zhi.

"The immortal path has a lifespan. If you want to be immortal, there is no other choice but to improve step by step!"

Wei Tu closed his eyes slightly, feeling something in his heart.

Four hundred for foundation building and eight hundred for golden elixir.

These people seem to have long lifespans in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of cultivators at a higher level, they are nothing but short-lived ghosts.

Although the life span of a Nascent Soul is already in the thousands, cultivators who are good at prolonging life, such as Patriarch Scorpio, can live up to four thousand years.

However, its life span is probably only a moment of the heaven and earth, or of cultivators at a higher level.

……

After silently mourning Bai Zhi for a while.

Wei Tu opened his eyes and looked at Xu Yuqi in front of him again.

"You became Bai Zhi's apprentice?"

He asked knowingly to bring up the topic.

Although this girl is still at the Qi training stage, after absorbing the "legacy" of Bai Zhi's collapsed soul, her soul realm has reached the Golden Elixir stage, and her potential is quite good.

"Yes, I have become Master Bai's disciple. Master Bai has ordered me to... serve the ancestor well."

Hearing Wei Tu's question, Xu Yuqi lowered his head and replied in a trembling voice.

Although her master Bai Zhi said that Patriarch Wei was a very gentle person, as long as she was obedient, she could survive and not die.

But the truth is this...

Faced with a great master who could easily decide her life or death, how could she not be terrified and worried.

"This is a soul contract, please sign it."

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu didn't say much. He casually used his spiritual consciousness to condense a soul contract, which fell in front of Xu Yuqi in the form of a jade slip.

Not killing Xu Yuqi, since that was Bai Zhi's last wish, he didn't mind fulfilling his old friend's insignificant wish.

With his lifespan, it would be easy for him to outlast this woman.

If this girl makes good use of her talent and reaches the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul stage... then he wouldn't mind having an extra "death warrior" by his side.

He really needed a soul servant in Jishan Sect to help him with chores so that he could concentrate on his practice.

"Yes, Ancestor Wei."

Hearing this, Xu Yuqi felt as if he had been pardoned. He immediately signed the soul contract with joy, brought the "jade slip" into his sea of ​​consciousness, and took the initiative to be controlled by Wei Tu.

(End of this chapter)