With a smile at the corner of his mouth, Wang Xianmang got up from the pouf and hugged Wang Yulong in a way he had never done before.
As Wang Yulou was still at a loss, the tribal chief's transmission echoed in his heart.
"Will the Xihai be in chaos? Do you still want to leave?"
The tribal chief first synchronized the messages he obtained from Gu Qilang with Yulong's, including the provocation of the alliance war on the Qunxian platform. After that, he asked Wang Yulong's intention again.
The situation in the Western Sea is as clear as day.
From the two true people of Honglumi in red lanterns to three Honglumi practitioners, then to Shenguang's high seat above the Western Sea, and then to three disciples under the conservative members of the alliance entering the Western Sea as the Western Sea Patrol Commissioner, and finally to Mengxi Grand Master's five proposals for Jindan failing.
With so many factions and so many great cultivators' pawns gathered together, whether the Western Sea is in chaos is no longer a question.
Any reasonable person can see that, as a special outskirts of the Heavenly Alliance, the Western Sea's role as a pressure release valve will be expanded again in the future.
The war of the alliance is too costly, and a clash in the Western Sea can not only affect the Honglumi in Red Lanterns to the east of the sea, but also initially sort out a high and low, allowing both sides to prepare for the changes in the situation.
If the internal war of the Heavenly Alliance were to happen in the future, the current Western Sea would be a rehearsal for it—similar to Spain before World War II.
The only problem is how chaotic the Western Sea will be.
"Nowhere to run, there's no road ahead, can only open it themselves. Tribe leader, Yulong understands."
Cultivating the path to immortality is a zero-sum game. Even if the great cultivators consume everything and wipe it clean, they will never be satisfied. The greed in people's hearts does not diminish with the increase of cultivation but only grows with it.
When Mengxi Grand Master walked for a millennium to achieve enlightenment, even if everyone, all the great cultivators of the Heavenly Alliance, and even the earth stood in his way, he would not stop.
Otherwise, what is the pursuit of the way for a hundred thousand years?
Similarly, all great cultivators are the same; no one wants to fall behind in the process of struggling against the current.
The wind and clouds of the Western Sea have been stirred, and it's just a matter of who will be the one to unleash the first strike.
"Good lad, I haven't seen you in a few months, and now you're at the peak of refining qi. Hahaha."
Wang Xianmao understood Yulong's aspirations. He patted Yulong on the shoulder, feeling a sense of admiration as he let go of his embrace.
"Our teacher has given me and Yingxi a golden cup foundation pill each. This pill is the best foundation pill."
Previously, I had calculated that it would take five years at most and eight or nine years at least. With the golden cup foundation pill, the situation has changed.
I estimate that I can solidify my foundation within two years, but I'm not sure if there will still be two years of stability."
Wang Yulou's face showed concern.
This kind of thing can be said. Given the current situation, if Wang Yulong is still vague about the situation, it would be more unusual.
Wang Xianmao sighed and pulled Yulong to sit down, then gave orders to Wang Rongwen.
"Go, call Yingxi."
Wang Yulong's new Daoist mate, whom he hasn't seen in years, is now in the Western Sea, so it's only natural to meet her.
After Wang Rongwen left, Wang Yulou brought up another matter.
"Tribe leader, the mysterious cultivator who caused chaos in Qingshuifang that day has already been revealed to be a cultivator of the mid-stage of refining true qi. Our teacher told us and Yingxi that the mysterious cultivator must be a cultivator of the mid-stage of refining true qi."
Moreover, the guess given by our teacher is also quite similar to our predictions. The Five Proposals of Mengxi Grand Master for Jindan are too entangled.
From the Five Refusals on the Qunxian Platform (which Wang Xianmao had already synchronized with the information he obtained from Gu Qilang) to the battle between Gu Song Zong and Miaofeng Mountain, it all shows how difficult it is."
Wang Xianmao waved his hand dismissively and laughed.
"It's all in the past, let's not talk about those things. Come on, this is the sauce donkey meat and spirit fruit I brought from the tribe. Take and eat."
Wang Yulou couldn't help but smile and laugh when he took the spirit fruit the tribal leader handed him, feeling a bit resentful that the tribal leader still treated him like a child.
"Our Wang family members all love this sauce donkey meat, and none of us are an exception."
However, the tribal leader's next sentence made Yulong freeze for a moment, as if he had been struck by lightning.
Oh, I see.
Many things have been connected together now, from the Qingshuifang of over ten years ago, to Wang Xianmao's constant company on the way to Diushidong Cave, to the Western Sea now.
Communication between clever people doesn't require many words; a touch is enough. Wang Yulou wasn't sure if he had understood the tribal leader's meaning, but he focused on enjoying the delicious sauce donkey meat.
There are too many things that can be done with tacit understanding, but cannot be said on the surface. If the words are wrong, the family may disperse.
Human efforts have their limits, and that refers to the current moment. Although Wang Xianmao understands, he cannot say it outright because of various concerns, and Wang Yulou cannot either.
So, let's eat a little more sauce donkey meat.
When Zhou Yingxi saw Wang Xianmao and Wang Yulou, she noticed that her husband was eating very enthusiastically, with oil glistening on the corners of his mouth.
Noticing the arrival of his wife, Yulou didn't hesitate and asked for the sauce donkey meat with a smile.
"Do you want to eat it?"
First, Zhou Yingxi bowed to the tribal leader, and then, with a smile, she accepted Wang Yulou's invitation. She said that she had long heard the great fame of the Wang family's sauce donkey meat.
This kind of thing is too absurd, and it made Wang Xianmao laugh out loud.
"Hahaha, there's no need for such formality. You and Yulong got married, and I didn't have the chance to come over. Yingxi, is there anything you want? I'll send it to you as a token of my good wishes."
True and false, false and true; Zhou Yingxi now understands the modus operandi of the Wang family. She replied calmly.
"Being Yulou's Daoist mate is already the greatest achievement of Yingxi's life. She has never thought of anything else, only wants to be with Yulou for a long time."
After a round of useless 'have water in the water' talk, similar to Wang Yulong's, Zhou Yingxi finally raised her real request.
"Just that, Yulou is now appointed as the head of the Wang family's Western Sea Branch by the elder Jingyi. Tribal leader, with so many people in the Wang family, it won't make a difference to send two more to the Western Sea—Yulou is short of manpower."
"Okay, but not fully okay. The request was made by Zhou Yingxi, but it was for Yulou and the Wang family. "
Just accompanying Yulou for a few days of high-end games, Zhou Yingxi's growth has already shown immediate results.
"Yes, I've considered this. What's your opinion, Yulou?"
Wang Yulou put down the meat in his hand and threw a spirit fruit to his wife, Zhou Yingxi reluctantly picked it up—was this a reward?
If this is a reward, isn't it too casual and vague?
"Not too many, just more of the true qi refining that can't go any further, as the situation in the Western Sea is special."
The elite in the tribe cannot all be placed in the Western Sea. Wang Yulou worries that the future of the Western Sea will be too turbulent, and as a result, heavy losses will occur to the Wang family.
"Have you considered the balance between income and expenditure?"
Wang Xianmao pondered and asked, cultivating people is expensive. The annual salary limit for Wang family cultivators is no more than a hundred spirit stones, but that's the basic salary for doing nothing. For those in the Wang family who work a bit harder, they can earn up to a thousand spirit stones in a year.
This amount of grain may not necessarily have to be paid in spirit stones, it can be paid in finished magical artifacts or spirit pills that have a higher value, which can save a lot of money, but it will still need to be spent eventually.
Practicing a balance between spending and income, the reality is that for a cultivating family, it's often a balance between spending and income, where the income is not enough, then they would have to let their people go out to make their own way. The whole process is complicated and difficult to balance.
An organizational model of the family that takes both reason and sentiment into account is very challenging for the leader to manage.
"I'm not short on resources for cultivation now. The resources for solidifying the foundation are gifted by our teacher, and I don't need to worry about that."
Therefore, the spirit stones obtained from Diushidong can cover a few years first. During these few years, as long as the management is good, achieving a balance between income and expenditure should not be difficult.
"Just that, tribal leader, our family must start to quickly convert the accumulated wealth of the tribe into spirit stones."
Yulou took Yingxi by the hand and sat her next to him, then began telling the tribal leader about his experience in the Wanfa Yuanliu Shaigu today. The connotation of completely exchanging the divine power of Wanfa Yuanliu Shaigu as a result of divine enlightenment seemed like a small matter, but its implication was complex.
"I have a general understanding of the situation. I'll send a letter to the tribe now. Wang Yulou, I'll arrange for the people you want to come to the Western Sea along with Rongjiang this time. Rest assured."
"Five are enough, more than that and I might not be able to support them, tribal leader."
"Hahaha, after getting a benefit, you're still being modest. People in the family don't need you to support them. The expenses of the Wang family Western Sea Branch are backed by the tribe."
The annual salaries are manageable, but as for the rest, it depends on your abilities, Yulou."
While speaking, a letter had already been written. Wang Xianmao let the crane elder personally deliver the letter back to the tribe, and then he asked about another matter.
"You two are now married, have you considered the matter of children? Yingxi, after solidifying your foundation, time seems to be ample, but the difficulty of having children will also increase for those who solidify their foundation—of course, the quality will also be better."
However, the issue of talent can be addressed by Diushidong. Yulou has already laid a foundation in Diushidong, so for his child to cultivate there will still be no difficulty."
Diushidong allows people without spiritual roots to practice cultivation and attain enlightenment, which seems impressive, but those who can truly use it don't care about it.
Low cultivation can't use it, and high cultivation doesn't need it. They're not lacking in talented disciples and descendants."
However, for the Wang family, the special cultivation path of Diushidong is still useful, as it can expand the number of legitimate line cultivators.
"That's too early, tribal leader. Yingxi has never thought about these things."
Zhou Yingxi blushed and said, she understood that this might be the Wang family's request for security, but having children seemed too far away to think about.
"Not having thought about it is something to start thinking about from today. When you're ready, have a child with Yulou as soon as possible. Both of you have good talents; having more is the right thing to do."
Wang Xianmao seemed to be joking, but also seemed to be serious. Such words were actually inappropriate, but he was still Zhou Yingxi's elder. Although Zhou Yingxi's family patriarch, Zhou Shulei, was a true man, she was not someone who relied on her family background to behave recklessly.
So, in the end, she could only reluctantly agree with a wry smile.
"Tribal leader, the most important thing for Yulou and Yingxi at the moment is definitely cultivation. The matter of having children, it's not urgent."
Her husband's defense warmed her heart, this was like peeing himself, no matter if it was actually Wang Shicang and Wang Yulong putting on a show for her, she just needed to show that she felt warm.
Everyone is striving to play their role, and it's not easy for anyone in the path of cultivation.
Old ancestor Jingyi's words that "the original intention" was just nonsense, and it was now shining even more brightly.
If a person is easily trapped by their original intention, how can they possibly overcome opponents who are willing to do anything to win in such an environment?
The Heavenly Alliance does not advocate for cultivators to engage in human elimination, and since Wang Yulou has stepped into the cultivation world, he has never encountered any opponents in a legal fight. However, there are no opportunities for cultivation within the Heavenly Alliance, so competition is naturally fierce.
Wang Yulou said he understood, and that was understanding this.
The methods of foundation-setting and divine abilities at the level of the Wanfa Yuanliu Shaigu have been released for sale, but once cultivators reach the foundation-setting level, what should be their next step?
There is no way for experienced foundation-setting cultivators in the interior of the Heavenly Alliance, and there is no way for experienced foundation-setting cultivators in the Western Sea, everyone is in the same situation.
Therefore, even though Wang Yulou is now the true successor of Hongling Zhi and the disciple of Zhou Shulei, half a purple palace's cake is already in sight, but these things cannot be relied upon as a basis.
The divine light is a model. Cultivators can only rely on what they themselves can control; everything else is unreliable.
"Okay, as long as your young couple can think together, I won't say much more. Just Yulou, when will the true disciple identity and related things that the Chuanheng Sect leader assigned to you arrive?"
"I'm not sure. How about you also write a letter to ask?"
"Never mind, it shouldn't take too long. My plan is to combine the matter of making you a true disciple of Hongling Zhi with your appointment as the head of the Wang family's Western Sea Branch, and create some momentum."
"Isn't it a good idea to collect congratulatory gifts?"
"Collecting congratulatory gifts, collecting congratulatory gifts, can't you think of anything else in your mind? You always need an identity and name to ensure that you're not looked down upon. These are much more important than those few congratulatory gifts."
I think, with Yingxi being so beautiful, by then, together with you, you two can make others envy your couple as an immortal pair.
Zhou Yingxi felt that the tribal leader might be targeting herself. This was the second time today.
Wang Yulou was thinking that the 'anger' vibe coming from the tribal leader today was perfect, much better than when he faked being drunk and stupid. It was smooth and much more effective.
Indeed, he is a senior cultivator from the older generation. His level of fluency in navigating the cultivation world is unparalleled.
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At night, when the world is quiet, in the bedroom.
"What are you thinking about?"
Wang Yulou lay down and meditated, while he asked Zhou Yingxi beside him.
Cultivation does not require adherence to a specific posture; it can be done in any comfortable way. Lying down to cultivate may be less efficient, but Wang Yulou is currently honing his cultivation, not increasing it, so the difference in efficiency is not as important.
"What do you think, is the tribal leader not satisfied because I asked for people for you?"
"What makes you say that?"
Zhou Yingxi leaned forward and climbed onto Wang Yulou's shoulder, their bodies were very close, revealing the intimacy of their relationship.
"The Wang family's Western Sea Branch is indeed you... The salaries of cultivators in the Wang family should naturally be handled by the Wang family, but the tribal leader keeps emphasizing this point, as if... I don't quite understand why."
"I have no intention of causing trouble, I just feel something is wrong."
Midway through her words, Zhou Yingxi herself started to doubt, feeling that there was still a wall between her and the Wang family. Wang Yulou treated her well, but he had also shown his true feelings before.
Nowadays, when Wang Xianmao came, his attitude towards her was quite ordinary, and there were even several times when he seemed to be mocking her secretly.
"Didn't your family teach you these?"
Hearing his wife's question, Wang Yulou stopped his cultivation and seriously engaged in bedtalk with Yingxi.
"What should they be taught?" Zhou Yingxi didn't quite understand Wang Yulou's meaning.
"The clan school, teaches you how to become a cultivator."
"Oh, I've been living in the ancestral cave since I was little. My parents are both foundation-setting cultivators, and they are both deeply skilled in the wooden arts. Therefore, I should have been born with a single-wood spiritual root."
In the ancestral cave, I've eaten a lot of precious medicines. The ancestor has been cultivating me according to the future purple palace standard.
It was only because of the foundation I built up at that time, that my cultivation speed was so fast later. Even when I compared myself to you this demon, I didn't lose.
Just that, I never had the opportunity to attend Zhou family's clan school, and there are many things I can't say I understand. I know what it is, but not why it is."
It turned out that the Daoist wife brought home was illiterate. Wang Yulou smiled and explained.
"A leader of a faction does not naturally possess power, status, and reputation."
"Greater power can be granted to smaller powers, shaping smaller powers, but the granting and shaping itself does not mean that you can directly become the leader of a small faction."
The secret lies in that if you want to become a certain type of person, if you want to gain certain benefits, you must first shoulder such responsibilities.
The Divine Light Immortal is very powerful. He realized early on that he should strive to become a great cultivator and designed a very good system.
Later, after his success in opening the purple palace, he left West Sea for two hundred years. He also expanded his influence to every corner of West Sea.
Therefore, the Divine Light Immortal is now so powerful in West Sea.
As Wang Yulou spoke to this point, he paused and asked in his heart - Immortal Lord, did you hear that?
Loyalty!
While taking care of the boar elephant, and finding chances to serve the Divine Light Immortal, can my fortune be small?
"So, you also want to become a great cultivator?"
After Zhou Yingxi asked, she realized she had asked a dumb question.
It might be because Wang Yulou's embrace was too warm, or because the intimate feeling of sleeping under the same quilt was too close, that it led her to ask an inappropriate and meaningless question.
She was worried in her heart, worried that this question would again cause a conflict between herself and Wang Yulou, or that the relationship she had worked hard to improve through long days and nights would again be set back to its original state.
However, she was facing Wang Yulou.
"Hahaha, the truth is, I don't want to. The life of a great cultivator isn't easy either. The master failed to achieve elixir in the first five attempts, and the competition on the Immortal Platform is fierce."
"I just think, if one day we can escape the constraints, be more free, that would be enough."
To escape from constraints and be more free
Reflecting on Wang Yulou's two sentences in her heart, Zhou Yingxi felt a bit dazed for a moment.
Indeed, she is an outstanding talent of the Zhou family in the eyes of others, and the most important disciple that Master Wu tightly cherishes. However, this favor is actually also a constraint.
Although this constraint is too luxurious for the scatters and cultivators who struggle on the edge of life and death, Zhou Yingxi, who feels it is a constraint, is too dumb. However, for Zhou Yingxi herself, this constraint makes her uncomfortable, which is her own experience.
In the cultivation world, as long as you haven't given up on the plan to climb to the top, freedom is luxurious to the point of near-impossibility.
"At that time, could you also take me along?"
Yingxi blushed, and actively touched Wang Yulou with her red lips, saying what she thought was the most explicit love words.
Holding the beauty's delicate face, Wang Yulou sighed softly in his heart.
Yingxi Yingxi......
"Take you now!"
Wang Yulou laughed heartily, raising the cup and covering both of them with it, hiding whatever was happening from view.
"We don't have children, so it's not appropriate every day."
"What's not right? Spring nights are short, and days are long. Idle is idle~"
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The second day, Mo Yunshu was riding his white armor bear and Wang Yulou side by side.
She swept her envious eyes on Wang Yulou's ride, a black dragon horse, for the thirteenth time and said.
"Chen Haiti is from the poor sea real person's family. There are two branches in the poor sea real person's family, one stays in the Western Sea, and the other follows the poor sea real person to develop in the Immortal Alliance, and Chen Haiti is one of them."
Wang Yulou nodded slightly, feeling a bit of melancholy in his heart.
Eight immortals came from the local West Sea, including those like Han Song Immortal who have been practicing in the local West Sea for a long time, the so-called "locust tigers" of immortals. Naturally, there were also those who aspired for the prosperity of the Immortal City, and Poor Sea Immortal was one who rose to fame in West Sea and mingled in the Immortal Alliance.
These beings who can reach the pinnacle of cultivation, after becoming great cultivators, made different choices.
The Immortal Alliance, the Immortal Alliance, what kind of true face are you?
"Is he easy to talk to?"
Wang Yulou's question seemed a bit silly, and Mo Yunshu answered with a smile.
"Haha, Chen family is the most astute, how could they have any trouble with you?"
I guess, he just wants to make friends with you.
However, if you call me to come over, he might be scared by this seriousness."
Whether serious or not, it doesn't matter.
Wang Yulou's request for Mo Yunshu's help was also a way to strengthen their relationship.
The logic here is that when he walks forward quickly, many things become extremely easy to handle.
The two walked to the gate of the Moon Night and Mo Yunshu gave Wang Yulou a look of surprise.
You're quite the Wang Yulou, I wondered why you didn't mention a specific meeting place, turns out you chose the Moon Night.
Only a few days ago you just got married, and today you bring people to tour Moon Night. You really are something else.
Being looked at awkwardly by Yunshu Dao friend, Wang Yulou's so thick skin, even rare to withstand, he cleared his throat and emphasized.
"Are you looking at me for what? It's just a normal drink and chat, don't tell Yingxi about coming to Moon Night, it's best not to mention it at all."
After taking care of the black dragon horse, Wang Yulou and Mo Yunshu entered the refined room on the third floor of Moon Night.
Chen Haiti had been waiting for him for a while, but when Wang Yulou entered, he found that there was another person here.
"You must be Daoist Wang Yulou. This is my cousin, Chen Yanghe, who has just returned to the West Sea. Today, I brought him out to meet you, the talented person from the West Sea."
"You, the talented person from the West Sea" - Wang Yulou is undoubtedly an exceptional talent, even more so than the ordinary great families' talents.
"Haiti brother, a hundred times hearing is not as good as seeing once. I've heard Yunshu Dao friend say that brother Yanghe is even."
Just a greeting to Chen Yanghe, Wang Yulou knew who he was—the special envoy sent by the Immortal Alliance, the second member of the trio.
Wang Yulou has already given the three-person special envoy group a nickname.
Big hammer Cheng Xianxian.
Second hammer Chen Yanghe.
Great wisdom Jin Mingdu.
Of course, brother Yanghe was a bit of a hammer, but as the envoy, Wang Yulou naturally had to pry some words out of him, just in case he could get some information.
Thinking of this, he adjusted his hand in the storage bag from reaching towards the eight-grade spirit wine to towards the seven-grade spirit wine.
"Come, this is my family's ancestor brought from Da Yuntai Mountain called Suo Liquid Golden Dew. Today we will not return until we are drunk."
Mo Yunshu received Wang Yulou's telepathic message and immediately stifled a laugh, complimenting Wang Yulou on the side.
"What, this is the legendary Da Yuntai Mountain Suo Liquid Golden Dew?"
It is said that this wine can strengthen the kidney meridian, invigorate the yang fire, and is one of the best spirit wines suitable for male cultivators to drink!"
She just found Wang Yulou to be quite interesting.
This guy is really pushing it, he actually brought a seven-grade spirit wine to entertain everyone.
But the method of secretly sending telepathic messages to ask for a compliment was really abstract.
Wang Yulou doesn't care about abstract or concrete, as long as it works. He and Mo Yunshu praise each other, and Chen Haiti and Chen Yanghe immediately became interested.
However, it's unclear whether it's the nourishment of the Suo Liquid Golden Dew or the combination of Jin Mingdu and Lianshengxian that left Chen Yanghe too ravenous. Suddenly, he expressed a desire to see Moon Night's special products.
Chen Haiti glared at Mo Yunshu with a dark face, showing a polite yet awkward smile.
He also didn't expect his cousin to be so ignorant.
"No problem, brother Yanghe is a person of nature, and Wang Yulou is also a person of nature. I like friends like brother Yanghe, so heed this, serve the women!"
Wang Yulou was speaking nonsense that was completely opposite to the facts, while secretly discussing Chen Yanghe's special identity with the owner of Moon Night.
"Fifty-fifty split, this is the Western Sea Inspection Officer of the Immortal Alliance. If your daughter can get some information from him, we will all get rich together."
'Mr. Wang, we're of little means and dare not take on such a task.'
The innkeeper of Moon Night was a very smart person; she was also a senior foundation cultivator and knew that the situation in the Western Sea was not right lately.
As long as Gu Qilang doesn't step forward, she is unlikely to do so either.
"What does this mean? Don't you believe that our Master Mengxiang can achieve the Golden Dan?"
Wang Yulou laid a big hat on her head, and the innkeeper of Moon Night didn't dare say much more.
After all, the relations between Mo Yao Zong and Hong Kong are close, so let's help each other.
'My seven out of ten.'
Wang Yulou laughed heartily and pointed to the most beautiful one of the Mo Yao Zong disciples, saying.
"Good! Choose her. Brother Yanghe doesn't have to choose anymore. Today I will pay for the bill, so just pick the most beautiful one!"
The innkeeper was immediately not pleased, waving a handkerchief and saying.
"How can you say such words, Master Wang. The girls of Moon Night are all top-notch beautiful. Girls, let's go and ignore this incomprehensible Wang Yulou!"
The most beautiful female cultivator sat in Chen Yanghe's arms. In Mo Yunshu's cold eyes, Wang Yulou and the two senior descendants of the Poverty Sea True People's family had been talking for two hours.
From the business in the West Sea Immortal City, to the changes in the Immortal Alliance over the years, and finally to the Golden Dan achievement of Master Mangxiang of Hongguang Zhaopao.
It can be said that they talked all over the south, north, east and west, and Wang Yulou's understanding of the Western Sea has been deepened.
Chen Haiti, with his many years of experience in the Mercantile Pavilion in the Immortal City, taught Wang Yulou many secrets that he had never heard of or even imagined.
This banquet was not wasted. Chen Haiti also intended to befriend Wang Yulou, and they even became friends later on, finally departing reluctantly after a long time - two full hours.
Chen Yanghe took the female cultivator from Moon Night to the bedroom, while Wang Yulou bid farewell to Chen Haiti before reluctantly saying to Mo Yunshu.
"Having held back for so long, there must be something you want to say."
Yunshu Dao friend is a cultivator with gallant and heartfelt intentions. She rode the little bear and walked ahead, intending to leave directly, and her heart was no longer inclined to continue interacting with Wang Yulou.
This person is so fake!
"There's nothing to talk about. Male cultivators pick female disciples, and female cultivators pick male disciples. The Daoist site of the Moon Huazong is something I can't interfere with."
But Wang Yulou, we are probably not the same kind of people.”
"Oh? I have to ask then, what kind of person is Yunshu Dao friend?"
"Heartfelt intention to become a great cultivator, then sweeping away all injustices in the world?"
Taking control of the white bear, Mo Yunshu stopped and looked back at Wang Yulou, who was walking instead of riding a horse, asking with slight obsession.
"Then what?"
Wang Yulou, who hadn't showed off his status as a big beast with a white bear, seeing that the black dragon horse wasn't fully satisfied yet, stopped the white bear and pointed to the city wall of the Western Sea Immortal City in the distance.
"Look, is the top of the city wall of that immortal city flat?"
"Yes."
"Turn your head and take another look, isn't it uneven?"
"It's still flat, don't play these small tricks."
"Things in the world, maybe they should be what you see as flat."
"But in the eyes of others, what is supposed to be flat can also be uneven, and what is supposed to be uneven can also be flat."
Yunshu Dao friend, you can't change the world. Even at the exercise period and even at the purple house realm, you can't change the world. Do you understand?
Wang Yulou's words were not special, and Mo Yunshu had understood such truths long ago, so she didn't need Wang Yulou to teach her.
But Wang Yulou's example somewhat dispelled some of her dissatisfaction in her heart.
Yunshu Dao friend sighed and jumped down from the white bear.
"I just can't stand it when lower-level cultivators suffer. I too have gone through life and death with my friends of the free cultivators. They are no worse than anyone else, they just lack opportunities and background."
"The same is true for the female and male cultivators in Moon Night. If they have a choice, they don't need to."
Wang Yulou shook his head and said.
"They have a choice, but you're just so accustomed to a smooth life that you find suffering so astonishing."
"You're just so accustomed to a smooth life that you find suffering so astonishing."
Wang Yulou's words were like a cold sword, piercing through Mo Yunshu's constructed self-image, even giving her a sense of being insulted.
"What do you mean?"
"They have a choice." Wang Yulou emphasized again.
"They can choose not to cultivate the arts. They can return to the mundane world immediately and become wealthy nobles, even being enfeoffed as kings or ministers would not be difficult."
Mo Yunshu was silent. Could the suffering of those cultivators be the result of their own active choice?
"That's not the same thing. They don't have opportunities and backgrounds, so they have to choose the worst ones."
Wang Yulou noticed that Yunshu Dao friend's thoughts were somewhat similar to the primitive state of egalitarianism, only she placed the object of equality on cultivators.
It can only be said that there is something evil about the Western Sea. Anything could happen here.
"Then what? The resources in the heavens and earth are infinite, but the resources within the Immortal Alliance are limited. A great cultivator consumes nine mouthfuls, their disciples consume half of it, and the other half is left for all other cultivators to eat."
You better not be dissatisfied with the Immortal Alliance, otherwise, Yunshu, you might have a lot of pain in the future."
Mo Yunshu remained silent, and her expression even seemed a little confused.
Wang Yulou sighed slightly in his heart.
This girl, if she lived on the Earth in his previous life, would see that the world she wants is possible to achieve. But in the cultivator world where strength is supreme, her pursuit of equality between itinerant cultivators and members of great families, the Immortal Alliance, and sects is completely impossible to realize.
The cultivator world has developed for many years, and the cultivation methods are vast as smoke and sea. As long as one finds a suitable method, everyone has the opportunity to cultivate.
Under the condition that there are enough cultivators in the dimension, those with outstanding talent are always in large quantities.
So, from the limitations of the laws of heaven and earth, to the organizational structures of organizations like the Immortal Alliance, a series of shackles lock the feet of those who want to climb.
Inequality originates from power. Even Wang Yulou could think that even if Mo Yunshu becomes the legendary true immortal, using power to shape equalness in the Western Sea and even equalness in Wu Nan and the Immortal Alliance, the extremely unequal results produced by this powerful change itself are also the product of extreme inequality.
So, his cruel words were actually correct - you have just lived too smoothly, which is why you are so shocked by suffering.
"How dare I have any dissatisfaction with the Immortal Alliance? Ha, no one dares to be dissatisfied. Well, it's boring. Let's go."
In the end, Mo Yunshu added one last sentence and left on the little bear, completely ignoring Wang Yulou.
There's a kind of panicked retreat.
It's not that Wang Yulou is too fake, but rather her constructed wish for equality is too fake, so fake that Wang Yulou's few words can puncture it.
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A few days later, before the Wang clan, it was the true disciple of Hongguang Zhaopao sect, Jiang Baobian, who arrived at Yulei Manor first.
This cultivator who once guarded Qingxi Lane is now employed by the Hongguang Zhaopao sect's Propagation Hall, and the responsibility of the Propagation Hall is to manage the sect's true disciples.
Jiang Baobian came here to bestow the status of a true disciple of Hongguang Zhaopao sect on Wang Yulou.
"Yulou, it's been years, but I never thought that during those days, I said that your future prospects were boundless."
Old Jiang's concealment technique was not activated, and Wang Yulou finally got a clear look at his face.
The standard appearance of an ordinary and mediocre young cultivator is one of the required appearances for the children of great families, only to keep a low profile and avoid being noticed.
Wang Xianmeng also followed this path, which is always the case in the cultivator world. The smarter people are usually the most low-key.
First, he complimented Wang Yulou with words that he had never said, and then Jiang Baobian turned his gaze to Wang Xianmeng.
"Brother, only ten years and eight months have passed. When I saw Yulou, I thought of a phrase - heroes come from youth!"
Wang Xianmeng and Jiang Baobian chatted for a while, but Wang Xianmeng soon proposed his small request.
"Understood, Baobian understands."
Wang Rongwen and Zheng Yan prepared in advance, and soon, the Wang family's kin in the Western Sea, as long as they were still in the Xian City and Fucheng, had all come to the Yuleqi Palace.
Today, Wang Yulou has the Hongguang Zhaopao sect's true disciples and the appointment as the general manager of Wang family's West Sea Division to be handled together.
According to the clan leader's words, this is about creating a show of force so that Wang Yulou can have a legitimate position in the future.
The spiritual scenery of the front yard of Yulei Manor had already been arranged in an orderly manner. The members of the Wang clan stood in the courtyard, and Jiang Baobian stood solemnly at the front of the veranda and took out a decree from Hongguang Zhaopao sect's master.
"Wang's Yulou, rare in wisdom, outstanding in talent, noble in character, good-natured..."
"Bonded to the true immortal, Jiaohuai Zhen, Wang Yulou has been granted the true disciple of Hongguang Zhaopao sect's order, and he will receive 10,000 jade stones, 2,000 points of true inheritance merits, a custom-made medium-grade spirit artifact, and the privilege of being awarded an inner disciple slot and five outer disciple slots."
These rewards did not cost the Wang family's spirit stones; they were purely as gifts from Hongguang Zhaopao sect to its true disciples.
The six disciples' slots are to help true disciples better integrate into Hongguang Zhaopao sect - bringing in their families and factions, so that they can better contribute to the sect.
In the face of the sect's rewards, Yulou naturally accepted it with respect. Jiang Baobian, the old man, encouraged Wang Yulou a few words as well, which can be considered as a master's elder brother reminding his new disciple.
Seeing Yulou accept the master's decree, Wang Xianmeng did not dilly-dally either. There is no such thing as a clan leader's decree in the Wang family, so he stepped forward and stood in the position where Jiang Baobian had just stood, saying firmly.
"Yulou is the second true disciple of Hongguang Zhaopao sect for our Wang family. In the future, he will take over the important matters of our family."
To better refine him, Master Mangxiang sent him to the Western Sea, which led to the establishment of the Wang family's West Sea Division.
Your most important task in the future is to help Yulou establish a firm foothold in the Western Sea. Do not, because Yulou is young, openly submit on the surface while doing some out-of-whack things in secret.
The family will never neglect any member who has made a contribution to the family, and there are too many examples to prove this.
But if someone does one thing on the surface and another behind the back, acts as a two-faced person, is unfaithful to the family, or is dishonest,"
Wang Xianmeng paused, his voice becoming even heavier.
"Wang Jiahui is the best example!"
"Following the clan leader's will!" Everyone all accepted the order.
Zhou Yingxi could feel that the figure beside her husband stiffened slightly.
He actually seemed nervous?
Of course, he's nervous! From today onwards, Wang Yulou will truly manage his own power.
The power he currently possesses is incredibly small; even if the black dragon horse is counted in, there are only two foundation cultivation practitioners.
There are five foundation cultivation practitioners, but three of them are itinerant cultivators brought by Zheng Yan.
There are a total of six foundation cultivation practitioners, and six practitioners at the level of drawing qi.
In total, there are eighteen people, plus one great demon, a black dragon horse. This is the foundation of Wang Yulou's beginning.
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"Fighting field? Are you gaining experience from horse racing competitions?"
The clan leader asked with interest.
"Yes, the Western Sea is a good place, but here the opportunities are in hunting monsters. However, hunting monsters means gambling with life."
A group of hunting monster cultivators go out, some become food for the beasts, and a lucky few become successful hunters.
Between life and death, those cultivators who hunt monsters are like taut bowstrings. That's why places like the Bright Moon Night are so prosperous.
The fighting field is like stealing the business of places like the Bright Moon Night.
To go to Bright Moon Night to relieve inner distress is expensive, but to watch a match in the fighting field is not that expensive either, and you can learn the experience of hunting monsters.
When cultivators duel, you can rank them according to the number of victories and hold a competition every few years, rewarding the winners.
The duel between cultivators and monsters can be advertised as a way to broaden the horizons of hunters and learn experiences, thus attracting customers.
Running a fighting arena in the Western Sea is definitely promising. If it takes off well, it could even become a special entity on par with the Antidemon Treasure House and the Wanzhifang, standing in a class of its own."
Wang Xianmeng understands Wang Yulou's thoughts. It's just combining the horse racing and talisman master tournament models. From the current situation of these two, Wang Yulou's idea for a fighting arena might actually work.
"But... Yulou, a fighting arena at least needs to be as large as the Qingxi Lane horse racing field."
"But the land prices in the Xian City are sky-high right now. Even renting is expensive. If you want to start a fighting arena, you might have to put a lot of money into it."
Wang Yulou pointed south and asked with a smile.
"Have you heard of the South Fucheng Expansion Bureau, clan leader?"
