Chapter 72: 060: The deep waters of the noble families, the sword is as fierce as lightning (Seven more!
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Extra for Alliance Hierarch Equal to Heaven!
Seeking subscriptions and monthly tickets)_1 Jiang Qiang could tell Chen Dengming had succeeded the moment he saw Boss Hu, who had been doing well both at the gathering place and the Brocade Mill, walk out of the shop.
He admired his boss even more from inside.
Indeed, the boss, Chen, was fearful and selfish.
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He could have come to Brocade Mill with the convoy very early on, but he was too cowardly to risk a two-thousand-mile trip.
But to say that the boss, Chen, was bold, he dared to kill cultivators when he was weak, and now even dared to turn the tables on Boss Hu, inviting Boss Hu for a face-to-face negotiation.
One can only say, when boss Chen should be cowardly, he holds back, when he needs to be brave, he is resolute and decisive.
He is no pushover, he is daring but not reckless, it’s no wonder he could have go from a fish selling guy in an old shantytown to become strong, now he’s known as Chen Chief.
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When Boss Hu personally arrived at Yunlai Inn.
Chen Dengming had already prepared the wine himself.
The wine was for welcoming guests.
The aroma of the wine overflowing, further setting the warm atmosphere.
“It’s getting late, and it’s going to snow, could we have a drink?”
The voice of Chen Dengming came from upstairs.
Boss Hu climbed up the stairs, and immediately saw Chen Dengming, who was more robust and healthy than ordinary cultivators.
As the other turned around, he saw a pair of spirited eyes, a straight and upright nose, and that uniquely familiar white hair on his temples, which gave him an indescribably unique aura.
Boss Hu’s heart was shocked, feeling that the spiritual might on the other party was even more intense than before, even faintly carrying some evil qi.
That was like the evil qi that could only be produced by killing many cultivators or even demonic beasts.
He immediately slapped his thigh, moved and exclaimed happily, “Brother Chen!!
I didn’t expect it to be you, Brother Chen, haha, this time it’s really…a flood washed the Dragon King Temple, making me ashamed!”
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Two incense sticks later.
In Yunlai Inn, Chen Dengming and Boss Hu laughed loudly after discussing and reaching an agreement, and never mentioned the previous unpleasantness.
Both were intellectuals and understood each other’s hardline stance and countermeasures, pretending to be confused.
Now that their positions were clear, who should yield yielded, who should cooperate cooperated, unless they were determined to be enemies, there was no need to continue playing tricks.
Seeing this, the subordinates on both sides also breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Chen Dengming suddenly got up, took some wine with a smile, poured it into several bowls, and handed it to the surprised horse-faced cultivators.
“Come, you two, I’ve been somewhat offensive earlier, don’t take it to heart.
Drink this cup, from now on we are brothers, we make money together, and we drink together!”
“We dare not, we dare not!
Brother Chen, don’t be so humble to little brothers, if you have anything in the future, just let us know, we will definitely get it done!”
“Please, Brother Chen, don’t be so polite!
We were the ones with bad manners, we’ll drink to you first.”
The two cultivators immediately bowed and took the bowls of wine, gulping it down, then grimacing as they looked at their own chests.
“Oh, sorry, please excuse me!”
Chen Dengming slapped his forehead, apologized with a smile, and made a move with his intention.
A humming sound was heard.
A red and a black shadow flew out from the clothes of the two cultivators in a flash, entering Chen Dengming’s sleeve in a blink and disappearing.
Boss Hu’s heart was shocked, he put down his pipe with a smile, his eyes shone brightly, and he laughed uproariously while uncorking the wine, raising the jug.
“Brother Chen, let me congratulate us in advance on our coming wealth!”
“Boss Hu, the matter we discussed, please put more effort into it.”
With a ‘clink’, two jugs collided, and the fragrance of the wine filled the air.
Drinking with friends is the same as drinking with enemies.
Even with strangers, as long as they are willing to sit down and drink with you, it at least means they have no guard against you.
Once the wine is consumed, strangers become friends, and matters that were not easy to discuss become easy to handle.
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The spring wind sweeps away the residual snow, bringing warmth along with it.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Winter has passed, and early spring arrived.
The cold and harsh weather has finally passed.
The tense and hostile relationship between the Luo Family and the Zhu Family seemed to have also eased with the changing seasons.
Or rather, it was not the relationship between the Luo Family and the Zhu Family that has eased, but the connection between the Luo Family and the Luo Family.
Rumor has it that the elderly Luo family’s Foundation Establishment stage ancestor has an incredible skill, he mysteriously managed to acquire another Foundation Establishment Pill from the Five Strings Sect of the Cultivation World.
This Foundation Establishment Pill, he was willing to offer as a wedding gift to Miss Luo Family, Luo Bing, to renew the marriage alliance between the two families.
Luo Ping would take on the role of a son-in-law and join the Luo Family.
After Luo Ping and Luo Bing gave birth to a child, the child would belong to the Luo Family.
When this rumor came out, the tension between the Zhu Family and the Luo Family changed once again, showing signs of relaxation.
Meanwhile, numerous cultivators and mortals who heard the news were stunned and left with an uncomfortable sensation akin to swallowing a fly.
“What the hell are you families playing house for?”
One moment it’s marriage, the next it’s a son-in-law.
“If you’re going to fight, then fight.
If you’re about to go on a frenzy, then do so.
But we, a group of loose cultivators and mortals, will end up being the victims, just like sesame seeds being rolled and bumped between several large iron balls, eventully crushed to death.”
Many people died in just one winter, and then two families claimed it was just a misunderstanding, that they picked a wrong fight.
So those who died, they died for nothing?
That’s right, they died for nothing.
Especially many of the mortals, with no ability to protect themselves and no access to too much information, they died without knowing why.
However, for the major cultivation families, the lives of mortals and loose cultivators, in fact, don’t mean much of a loss to them.
They even regard human lives as a tool of negotiation and a way to make a statement.
At first, Luo Ping from Luo Family failed his foundation establishment, and Luo Family expressed the idea of breaking off the engagement, which was just a test of interest.
If Luo Family disagreed, they would need to offer corresponding compensation for breaking the engagement to convince Luo Family to continue the marriage agreement.
After all, without paying a huge cost of interest, Luo Ping, with a medium-grade spiritual root, had no hope of foundation establishment.
Forcing him and Luo Bing together would be a massive waste of resources.
However, the concessions that Luo Family talked about with Luo Family couldn’t satisfy Luo Family.
After the talks collapsed, Zhu Family took the opportunity to make things difficult, which was exactly what Luo Family wanted – to make Luo Family feel uncomfortable and promote their next negotiation.
Luo Family obviously knew Luo Family and Zhu Family’s plans, and they were not bothered.
Zhu Family wanted territories; Luo Family would give them up, step by step.
Even if they were at a temporary disadvantage, it wouldn’t matter.
As long as Luo Bing succeeded in foundation establishment, everything they lost would be regained.
They could completely break off the marriage agreement with Luo Family and seek greater benefits in the future.
However, the impossible happened.
Luo Bing failed in foundation establishment, and Luo Family’s composure completely disappeared.
Under these circumstances, facing the aggressively advancing Zhu Family, Luo Family was indeed in a thorny situation.
At this point, Luo Family actively lowered their stance, came forward in time, forgave past grudges, and offered foundation establishment pill as a token of goodwill.
They only wanted to talk about the future, forcing Luo Family to swallow their pride and accept it.
All these fights, entanglements, and conspiracies were staged with human lives in the biting winter.
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“The rich and powerful are deep and unpredictable.
This is just a power struggle between three cultivation families in a small part of the Cultivation World, yet it influences many people’s fates, and I can’t help but get dragged into it.”
“Perhaps Luo Family had already planned for Luo Ping’s failed foundation establishment layout.
All of this might be premeditated.
Luo Bing’s breakthrough failure might have been arranged by them in advance, causing her to get hurt at the Sect’s championship, or something else…”
Chen Dengming sighed like this half a month ago when he heard the news, based on his cool-headed analysis.
But by then, he had already made his breakthrough, successfully entering the fifth level of Qi Cultivation, and his confidence and morale had increased by a bit.
After the breakthrough in power, he did not let up.
Except for making some Gu objects in his spare time and handing them over to Jiang Qiang and Boss Hu’s Business League for sale, most of his time was spent on cultivation and combat training.
If he hadn’t been able to watch the Mini Array Spirit dance often, his life would have been like that of a weary cultivator.
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One day, spring rain arrived.
Inside the Brocade Mill, the rain nourished the streets like butter.
Outside the Brocade Mill, the spring rain drizzled, while the mountains and forests were shrouded in mist.
The crystal clear river flowed with a bit of broken ice, creating an image of a misty ink painting.
“Fwoosh——”
A demonic beast with black fur, steel teeth, sharp claws, and wings rushed past, wailing all the way.
In a moment, it crossed the ice river, splashing a clump of fresh blood in the river, creating a horrifying sight.
“Whoosh!——”
A dazzling sword light swiftly followed behind it, crossing the ice river, about to catch up.
The demonic beast suddenly flexed its blackened face, turned around and let out a roar, a burst of sound waves erupted from its mouth, and a tongue of blood shot out of its mouth toward the enemy behind.
“Slash!”
In the midst of the sword light, Chen Dengming let out a shout, hastily focusing his sword’s intent and using the instrument control skill, merging his body with the sword.
The sword turned into dazzling electricity, and he charged in with the sword.
The slash was like a dragon leaping over raging waves, stepping into the enemy, his body flowing into his arm to wield the sword.
Catching his opponent off guard, even a mighty warrior couldn’t escape!
Boom!!——”
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The sword aura of the Ice Spirit Sword suddenly surged, the chilling aura swirling into a wild whirlwind, forming an iron-like pressure.
In an instant, a terrifying three-meter-long sword aura was formed, mowing down like a lawnmower, slashing heavily towards the demonic beast.
The blood tongue that the demonic beast shot out first felt an icy chill, to the point where even the sensation of pain was numbed.
Then, an intense killing intent surged toward it like a tsunami.
In a split second, its hair stood on end, and his blood seemed to freeze.
“Pu!!——”
Accompanied by a crackling sound of crushing bones, the demonic beast’s body was chopped by the berserk sword qi and toppled backwards.
With a “bang” it directly flipped a blue stone behind it and proceeded to slide for several meters before finally stopping.
Along the way, soil and newly growing grass on the riverbank were scattered by the fierce and harsh sword qi, and some leaves were shaken off the trees, falling with rustling sounds.
“Buzz——”
“Buzz——”
A black and a golden light streaked across the sky, landing on the demonic beast, biting and swallowing the spiritual blood with excited relish.
The sword light flickered.
Chen Dengming landed, his white temples fluttering.
Instantly, the Ice Spirit Sword shrank and floated around Chen Dengming like a flexible fish.
His eyes looked at the Ice Spirit Sword with a curious light.
“The power of the Instrument Control Skill and Sword Dao has indeed become more evident after further improvement…”
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