Chapter 75: Does She Have the Qualification to Make Me Act (2)
In the Cultivation World, cultivators with talent generally choose to join a sect, because the foundation and resources of a sect are incomparable to individuals.
However, the people of the Lü family are an exception. Even if they have talent for cultivation, they stay in the family because their ancestors accumulated considerable resources, and their foundation is even more solid than some super sects, enough for their descendants to squander. Naturally, they don’t need to depend on others.
Families like this are generally called cultivation Noble Families in the Cultivation World, and the Lü family is the most powerful cultivation Noble Family in the Weiyuan Empire, all thanks to an ancestor who ascended to immortality!
As the saying goes, “when one person attains the Tao, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.” This is not an exaggerated rhetorical device in the Cultivation World. As long as someone ascends to immortality, their descendants will receive great blessings. Not to mention resources and connections, the most enviable and feared thing is the “Immortal Tablet”!
Just as the dead have tombstones, immortals have Immortal Tablets. This is the rule of the Cultivation World!
The so-called Immortal Tablet is a monumental tablet erected by descendants for an immortal. It not only records his great achievements during his lifetime but also has the names of his descendants carved into it. Therefore, anyone whose name is on the tablet will receive its protection. Conversely, if you do something that betrays the family, you will be punished by the Immortal Tablet!
Because the Immortal Tablet retains the immortal’s pressure, this punishment is substantial, not just some verbal curse!
As for why the Immortal Tablet would know, it’s because most Immortal Tablets are built in places with excellent feng shui, and heaven and earth are omniscient.
Because of the existence of the Immortal Tablet, even the dogs of the Lü family can walk around arrogantly on the streets!
When Elder Zuo arrived at the Lü family, he saw the towering giant Immortal Tablet in the center of the mansion from afar. It was built on a coveted heavenly-grade feng shui spot. Compared to it, even the distant Imperial Palace looked small.
Elder Zuo’s back bent a little. He knew that there was immortal “Immortal Might” on it, and once it erupted, let alone a cultivator in the Shentong Realm like him, even an ultimate expert in the Heavenly Punishment Realm would find it difficult to resist.
“Please trouble you two to announce that I am Elder Zuo of the Immortal Alliance and would like to see the Lü Clan Leader.”
Elder Zuo stepped forward and politely asked the two servants at the gate to announce him.
“Elder of the Immortal Alliance? Do you have proof?”
The servants at the gate were not intimidated. Instead, they asked calmly.
Elder Zuo was not annoyed and politely presented his Immortal Elder waist token.
“Please wait a moment!”
One of the servants confirmed the waist token several times before turning and entering the mansion. It can be seen from this that his identity was not enough for the Lü family leader to personally come out to greet him.
Elder Zuo followed the servant, turning left and right within the mansion. After a long time, he arrived at a pavilion where the person he wanted to see was.
The patriarch of the Lü family is named Lü Dao. He is a burly old man. Although his hair is snow-white, his face is ruddy, and his skin shows no wrinkles. His exact age cannot be guessed from his appearance alone.
“In-law, long time no see. You look well!”
Elder Zuo stepped forward and greeted him politely because the old man in front of him was not only the patriarch of the Lü family but also the strongest expert in the Weiyuan Empire’s Cultivation World, with a cultivation level in the middle stage of the Heavenly Punishment Realm.
“I’m doing alright! With the ‘Heaven-Concealing Water,’ I can still live for a couple more years!”
Lü Dao smiled self-deprecatingly and then sarcastically said, “But it has indeed been a long time. As an elder of the Immortal Alliance, you are usually extremely busy. Even if you have time, you will visit my brother, your real in-law, so you don’t have time to visit me!”
From this statement, it is not difficult to see that the two are not real in-laws. It’s just that Elder Zuo’s granddaughter married into Lü Dao’s brother’s family, hence the connection.
“You’re being too formal. You are all one family. Even though my granddaughter married your brother’s grandson, she is still married into the Lü family, so we are indeed in-laws.”
Elder Zuo shamelessly tried to build a relationship.
“Alright, alright! Then, in-law, what brings you here this time? You are the type of person who never visits without a purpose. My Heaven-Concealing Water is not ordinary water, so just say what you want!”
Lü Dao impatiently urged him. As an expert in the Heavenly Punishment Realm, he had to rely on “Heaven-Concealing Water” to survive every moment, so he had to seize the time to cultivate.
“Actually, I’m here to find your great-grandson Lü Yi. I wonder if it’s convenient for him to come out and meet me?”
Seeing that he could no longer forge a relationship, Elder Zuo had to get to the point.
“Looking for Lü Yi? Why are you looking for him? You are generations apart.”
Lü Dao asked with surprise.
“There’s a small matter I need his help with!”
Elder Zuo said with some embarrassment.
Lü Dao looked at Elder Zuo with suspicion. In the end, he gave him some face and ordered a servant to call his grandson.
A while later, a lean young man walked into the pavilion. He had a small, round face and was not tall, but his limbs were very thick, and his neck was thick and short, so he still gave a sense of oppression. This was the prodigy of the Lü family, now the number one genius in the Weiyuan Empire’s Cultivation World, Lü Yi.
Speaking of Lü Yi, he is not only well-known in the Weiyuan Empire, but his legends are all over the Cultivation World. Because he awakened the bloodline of an immortal, he was born a cultivator in the Guiyi Realm. At the age of seven, he entered the Huashen Realm. Although he is only twenty-five years old now, his cultivation has reached the first level of the Shentong Realm, and he is known as one of the Nine Great Prodigies in the Cultivation World.
“Grandson, greetings to Elder Zuo!”
Lü Dao introduced his great-grandson.
“Greetings to Elder Zuo!”
Lü Yi politely cupped his fists.
“You’re welcome! Since you are the great-grandson of my in-law, I will call you grandson.”
Elder Zuo did not take it to heart and instead actively tried to build a relationship. After all, such a peerless genius has an immeasurable future, and ascending to immortality is not impossible.
Lü Yi frowned but said nothing more.
“My grandson is here. What exactly do you want him to help with?”
Lü Dao on the side became increasingly impatient.
“It’s like this, in-law! A genius has appeared in the Xihui Dynasty under my jurisdiction. However, the other party not only doesn’t obey the rules but also repeatedly targets the Immortal Alliance. So I want to teach her a lesson.”
Elder Zuo then told them about Cheng Hong Ling and Qi Huang, and also introduced his plan.
“You’re making such a big fuss just for your own face?”
Lü Dao’s face showed a mocking expression.
“It’s not for my face, it’s for the Immortal Alliance’s face. If we don’t teach this little girl a good lesson, how can the Immortal Alliance establish itself in the Xihui Dynasty in the future?”
Elder Zuo defended himself.
“Then what exactly do you want my grandson to do?”
Lü Dao frowned and asked.
“I want him to go to the Xihui Dynasty and prevent that little girl from obtaining the qualification for the Prefecture-level Immortal Seed, and to dampen her Dao heart. Otherwise, she is a landmine that could explode at any time.”
Elder Zuo stated his purpose.
“Heh heh, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who only entered the Huashen Realm at sixteen or seventeen, and you call her a landmine? If this is a landmine, then there are too many landmines in this Cultivation World.”
Lü Yi scoffed dismissively.
“In-law, don’t tell me the Xihui Dynasty can’t even find a young genius to deal with such a little girl?”
Lü Dao also raised his doubt.
“You don’t know, this Xihui Dynasty is located in a remote area of the Cultivation World. The people are not outstanding, and the land is not blessed. Among those under thirty, there has never been anyone more talented than her. There are a few who are higher in cultivation than her, but they are not necessarily 100% superior to her, so I want to trouble Lü Yi to make a trip.”
Elder Zuo patiently explained.
“A joke. Does she have the qualification to make me act personally?”
Lü Yi said contemptuously.
“I’m not asking you to act personally. You only need to send a clone. I think with your strength, a clone is enough to deal with her.”
Elder Zuo had to compromise according to his original idea.
“I don’t have time!”
Lü Yi refused heartlessly again.
“Yes, in-law! You know Lü Yi’s talent. Time is money for him, so why waste it casually?”
Lü Dao also expressed his opinion.
“It won’t be a waste, it won’t be a waste! The rewards from Yongning Prefecture this time are all spirit herbs and medicines necessary for breaking through to the Huashen Realm. You have four clones now, right? You will need them in large quantities in the future.”
Elder Zuo quickly introduced.
“But our Lü family is not lacking in these medicinal materials.”
Lü Dao shook his head.
‘Damn it, you just want to extort me!’
Elder Zuo felt a bit angry, but since he was asking for help, he couldn’t get angry. He was about to bleed more when an idea flashed in his mind: “Then does Lü Yi’s grandson lack beautiful women?”
“Beautiful women?”
Lü Yi’s eyes lit up when he heard this.
“Yes, that Cheng Hong Ling may not be exceptionally talented, but her appearance is impeccable. She got a perfect score in six categories for the Phoenix Selection Token. I ask you, how many girls on the Sinking Fish List can do that? Perhaps you will take a liking to her then?”
Elder Zuo winked and said.
“Six perfect scores?”
Lü Yi’s face showed surprise.
“In-law, are you not trying to trick us? Can a woman with six perfect scores appear in such a place? As far as I know, only female descendants of immortals can achieve six perfect scores in the Cultivation World!”
Lü Dao, however, questioned calmly.
“We are all family, and we see each other often. How could I lie to you? Whether it’s true or not, Lü Yi’s grandson can go and see for himself, can’t he?”
Elder Zuo continued to entice.
“Is that so? If that’s the case, then I am indeed a little interested in this Cheng Hong Ling!”
Lü Yi was finally moved, and then said domineeringly, “Let my Heavenly Soul Clone go with you to take a look. If she is really that beautiful, I’ll reserve her as a concubine.”
