leonardwarren #349 - Oh, I almost forgot to say
#349 - Oh, I almost forgot to say
"Hmm, Wang Shanlu?"
Some people really can't stand being talked about.
Talk of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives!
Xu Chengxian thought to himself. In the next instant, his mind flickered, and Big Black immediately twisted its body, disappearing into the mouth of the flower snake he wanted to see.
Then he transmitted a message back, responding: "Senior Brother Wang, is there something you need from me?"
"Yes, there is."
After a while, Wang Shanlu said, "Did something happen at the Governor's mansion yesterday?"
"Senior Brother's news is quite well-informed," Xu Chengxian said, raising his eyebrows in surprise.
"I guessed."
"Yes, something did happen. Senior Brother, guess who was involved?"
"Madam Bai, Pan Mengdie?"
"... Senior Brother's guess is really accurate."
"Nonsense!" Wang Shanlu laughed, "The Bai family's matriarch fell ill as soon as she returned. Considering what you said before, if I couldn't guess, that guy Chengji would have screwed me over long ago!"
"... Hehe," Xu Chengxian emitted a meaningful, yet extremely rich, laugh.
This statement should only be believed halfway.
Wang Shanlu definitely has his own sources of information.
The Sea Soul Sect is entrenched in Xuzhou; they're not just there for show.
However, since he didn't tell me, there's no need for me to press him.
"Why are you laughing!" Wang Shanlu scolded with a smile, "Did you get what you wanted yesterday?"
Xu Chengxian paused, then asked, "What do you mean by that, Senior Brother? I'm a little confused."
"Still trying to hide it from me? There's no need," Wang Shanlu chuckled. "We're on the same path, at least until you help us get what we want. Chengji and I will protect you."
Tsk tsk, Xu Chengxian couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
Look at him, how well he speaks.
Before 'taking' the item, they're on the same path.
"So, little one, you don't need to be so wary of the two of us," Wang Shanlu continued. "Finding your flower snake, something strong enough and whose intelligence wouldn't be converted by Buddhism, isn't easy."
He's making it clear that this task requires him.
These words are meant to reassure Xu Chengxian, a pill of peace.
Since he's indispensable, of course, they'll do their best to protect him.
There can be a foundation of mutual trust between the two parties.
However, Xu Chengxian remains skeptical about this.
After all, words are empty.
"Junior Brother Xu, you want to follow the Bai family's wedding procession into the South Sea Dragon Palace, right?" Without waiting for Xu Chengxian to respond, Wang Shanlu immediately asked.
"Senior Brother, you're really good at guessing," Xu Chengxian didn't deny it.
The matter is already a foregone conclusion.
After last night's events, Bai Wenyu will hardly trust anyone else.
After all, no one can guarantee that if they encounter another cultivator, they won't also be sent by the Two Realms River.
Even if he tells Wang Shanlu, it won't have any impact.
"How confident are you about this?" Wang Shanlu asked.
"Seventy to eighty percent," Xu Chengxian said modestly.
In reality, he feels it's more like ninety-five percent.
Once bitten, twice shy. The Bai family has been plotted against for fifteen years, and Bai Wenyu was completely unaware.
Deceived by the person closest to him... Of course, this is debatable. It's very likely that this guy was pretending to be ignorant, tacitly choosing the situation that was most beneficial to him.
But he definitely doesn't know that the Two Realms River's goal is to make their family extinct.
If he knew, he would have silenced her long ago.
Regardless of whether she's Pan Mengdie or Lin Rumeng, and regardless of whether this will offend the Pan family.
"Then I'll give you another push," Wang Shanlu laughed.
"How will you help?" Xu Chengxian raised an eyebrow.
Is it that good?
"As long as he inquires, he'll know that the Bai Niangniang Temple and the Two Realms River had a confrontation in Lingzhou," Wang Shanlu said. "You don't need to worry about this; Chengji will take care of it."
The Two Realms River has close ties with the Buddhist sect, which the Bai family definitely knows.
As long as they use the Bodhi Temple's words to spread the rumor that Bai Longwang had some things stolen by Bai Niangniang, this matter will be settled.
"Are you talking about those incense spirit fluids?" Xu Chengxian concealed the words 'I swallowed them'.
"That's right. That thing was used by the Bodhi Temple to help Bai Longwang's son, also his most proud son, the Two Realms River's heir, break through realms and transcend tribulations with pure blood."
Bai Longwang is a descendant of the true dragon race.
However, the true dragon bloodline in his body is only forty percent.
Barely passing the current minimum threshold for determining whether one is a true dragon.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have given birth to a four-legged snake illegitimate child.
And his son, although born to him and a white dragon, still inherited less than fifty percent of the bloodline.
Therefore, he has to undergo tribulation and awaken his bloodline through thunder tribulation.
"Bai Longwang originally intended to have his son try his luck when the Dragon King inheritance was opened in the South Sea Dragon Palace," Wang Shanlu chuckled. "Unexpectedly, you stirred it up."
"Doesn't that create a great enmity?" Xu Chengxian's eyelids twitched.
He thought those incense spirit fluids weren't very important, but he didn't expect there to be such connections behind them.
He knows about the Dragon King inheritance in the South Sea Dragon Palace.
The Yellow Dragon race's strength declined because of this.
And coincidentally, the Bai family's treasure is one of the 'keys' to opening this inheritance.
Bai Chengyou will take this key to the South Sea Dragon Palace for the wedding.
When the Yellow Dragon race's Dragon King bloodline inheritance is opened, many dragon races will inevitably want to compete for it.
It's not surprising that the Two Realms River is also interested in this.
"It's okay; put your heart at ease," Wang Shanlu said. "That old thing, Bai Longwang, is very cunning and insidious. If he can't figure out your background, he won't act rashly."
"Besides, the Bodhi Temple promised him the incense of the people. If he doesn't get it, he can continue to ask the Bodhi Temple for it."
Wang Shanlu's transmission was full of schadenfreude.
"Then I'm relieved," Xu Chengxian laughed. "Thank you for informing me, Senior Brother."
"Well, there's no need to be so polite between us," Wang Shanlu said. "Oh, I... wait, I almost forgot to say that I was looking for you to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"The Empress of the capital has sent people to inspect the Bai Niangniang Temple."
"...!"