The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 797 Spy in the Disk_1

Li Qing had not finished speaking when Xuan Chen Zhenren raised his hand to stop him, "We’ll talk about this matter back home. Your opinion isn’t important, so it’s settled just like that."

Li Qing: ...

What’s with this sudden show of force?

Not even giving him a chance to speak.

With no alternative, Li Qing had to go back to his seat and sit down properly.

From Xuan Chen Zhenren’s attitude, Li Qing might not have discerned anything else, but it must be something beneficial.

Otherwise, why wouldn’t he even get a chance to talk?

After concluding the most pressing issue, the remaining topics turned into minor additions to the meeting, merely involving some changes within the Cultivation World.

After a brief chat, once the Wu Family had prepared everything, everyone left the Cave Heaven of the Wu Family. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

There was no dillydallying: they came directly and left just as decisively.

Whether it was Xuan Chen Zhenren, Jing Yan, or Dian Chunqiu, none of them showed any good graces to the so-called in-laws of the Wu Family.

Midway through, Dian Chunqiu and Huan Ling Ji bid their farewells. The issues with the Nine Truth Palace had been settled, but they still had their fair share of troubles.

The Nine Truth Palace’s overwhelmingly strong approach, having annihilated the Sima family and extorted the Wu Family, was bound to become the biggest news in the Cultivation World for the next few years. The troubles this sparked would also be numerous. They had to smooth out the aftershocks and negotiate the arrangements regarding King Qi’s Underground Palace with other powers as soon as possible.

In short, the Ninth Division was about to get busy.

Li Qing and Jing Yan returned to the Nine Truth Palace together.

In Elder Long Eyebrow’s bamboo grove, Li Qing, Jing Yan, Xuan Chen Zhenren, and Long Eyebrow Zhenren sat leisurely like retired farmers returning to their fields. On the stone table in the little fenced yard laid some fruits and items brought from the Wu Family.

"Master, why didn’t you even let me speak earlier?" Li Qing casually asked Xuan Chen Zhenren while nestled on a meditation cushion.

Although he was the weakest in terms of strength, he didn’t exhibit any disciple-like demeanor in this place.

It was always like this, and now, trying to get Li Qing to act like a proper disciple was something he was not accustomed to.

After all, his so-called master was never a proper one, never concerned about such formalities. Since the beam above was not straight, the one below—Li Qing—couldn’t be expected to be disciplined. Casualness was best.

Xuan Chen Zhenren sat opposite Li Qing, clasping a bunch of grapes and munching on them. Hearing Li Qing’s words, he furrowed his eyebrows deeply and cursed, "You shameless brat, before your mouth even opens, I already know what kind of nonsense you can spout. It’s just that you don’t want to take that girl, right?"

"Master, it’s not that I don’t want to take the girl, I just think that Gu cultivation is too risky!" Li Qing grumbled, "As far as I know, there’s nothing good about it. I’m really afraid the Wu Family might have some tricks up their sleeve, like turning me into their puppet or something."

"Hmph, do you think the three of us are dead?" Xuan Chen Zhenren retorted with a cold snort, "If today you really couldn’t control that little body of yours and consummated with that girl, then you’d definitely become their puppet. But now, this matter is absolutely to your advantage."

"Master, what I’ve heard them say doesn’t seem to imply that it’s a great boost to cultivation, does it?" Li Qing asked.

"Sixth Elder must have told you that your future Heavenly Tribulation will be a hurdle, no?" Xuan Chen Zhenren asked, looking dismissively at Li Qing.

Li Qing nodded, and Jing Yan also looked at Xuan Chen Zhenren with some surprise. "Does the real person mean that if my husband plants that love Gu, the tribulation will then become easier to pass?"

"It seems that Sixth Elder isn’t very clear about this matter; since that’s the case, let this old daoist explain," Xuan Chen Zhenren said. "Originally, I had not planned to leave any way out for the Wu Family; they must pay a certain price for this."

"Our Nine Truth lineage, once we take action, never stops halfway. Having made such a significant move this time, we must show our dominance. But that old thing Wu Youju has the heart to be ruthless, and his two conditions are truly hard for me to refuse."

"Love Gu is an extremely domineering kind of Gu, its existence and that girl’s life are closely linked, even to the extent of supporting a vast portion of her power. If you can restrain the love Gu with a secret technique, refine it, then Qingzi would be as if he had gained an extra talisman, an additional chance at life."

Li Qing was completely confused and couldn’t understand at all.

This thing is just a Gu, right? How did it become his talisman and a chance at life?

These two statements seemed completely disconnected, yet Xuan Chen Zhenren spoke with utmost seriousness.

Jing Yan seemed to understand. She murmured softly, "But in doing so, Qingzi’s Heavenly Tribulation will also intensify!"

"The Heavenly Dao cannot be deceived; with one more person bearing the tribulation, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation will inevitably double. History has seen cases where it multiplied several times over. That hardly seems like a good thing."

Xuan Chen Zhenren shook his head. "This is where the domineering nature of the love Gu shows, it will not be sensed by the Heavenly Dao. Even if one more person shares the burden of the tribulation’s power, the tribulation will not intensify. Moreover, once the love Gu is restrained, it will only allow Qingzi and that Gu Master from the Wu Family to share thoughts and enlightenment, borrowing a portion of each other’s strength."

"The Wu Family is overly confident in their Gu techniques, but we of the Nine Truth Palace haven’t come this far by fooling around aimlessly. If Qingzi is not confident in their restraining techniques, this old daoist is also not very reassured."

"Sharing enlightenment has a significant negative impact. Qingzi can borrow her insights, but that Gu Master from the Wu Family can also use Qingzi’s insight. Especially Qingzi’s perception of the Heavenly Dao, which is the greatest secret of someone close to the Dao; how can we simply reveal it?"

"Fortunately, I happen to know a secret technique that can render Qingzi the primary and that Gu Master from the Wu Family secondary. With this in place, does Sixth Elder still think this condition is unfavorable?"

Li Qing listened carefully to every word, and at this moment he finally started to understand a bit more.

The love Gu essentially builds a bridge between him and Wu Yuncan.

The true purpose of the love Gu is to turn the one affected into a complete puppet of the person who planted it, to be used at their will.

But that secret technique of the Wu Family allows the two people to interact on equal terms, mutually drawing upon each other’s cultivation insights, to achieve the effect of dual cultivation, which greatly enhances the progress of cultivation.

Xuan Chen Zhenren isn’t very confident in that secret technique of the Wu Family either. His contingency for agreeing to this deal is that he also happens to know a secret technique that can let Li Qing take precedence and, on the basis of achieving the effect of dual cultivation, gain reverse control over Wu Yuncan.

After understanding the situation, Li Qing couldn’t help but rub his temples.

Damn it, this has turned into a game of espionage!