Chapter 468: Human Relations

"Brother Xu, Junior Brother Han, you are all right, that's great!"

The dusty Lü Luo excitedly stepped forward when he saw the two. Even though he had received a message from Xu Qingyang that the two were all right, it was still not as good as seeing them in person after so many years.

After a brief greeting, Lü Luo looked at Han Li frequently.

"Brother Lu, just say whatever you want to say!" Han Li smiled gently, guessing that the other party was mainly looking for him.

Lü Luo glanced at Xu Qingyang again, and seeing that Xu Qingyang had no objection, he smiled bitterly and said, "The news of Junior Brother Han's return has now been known to others, and Fellow Daoist Tiannan also guessed that Brother Xu did not die in the Falling Demon Valley, so many people wrote to ask about my Luoyun Sect. Lü is really helpless, and Senior Brother Cheng is in seclusion again..."

Xu Qingyang raised his eyebrows, these people are interesting.

He had been back for so long, so he had naturally collected a lot of information. People outside said that he was dead. It was reasonable to say that when a person dies, it is like a light going out, and past grudges disappear. He should be given a good reputation.

However, this was not the case. The demon soul escaped and Tiannan was under full martial law, which had a profound impact.

The impact was great. Considering the direction that was beneficial to them, they did not perform well at the time, and even had many problems. Xu Qingyang was too dazzling and had not appeared for a long time. Gradually, under the collective tacit understanding, they became the supporting role of the story and were deliberately covered up. On the contrary, those who did not contribute much are now more famous than each other, and their contributions are all great.

Fame and fortune, fame and fortune, don't underestimate the role of reputation.

Being famous is beneficial, especially for the overall image development of the sect. Relying on the reputation of suppressing the ancient demon and saving the people, the prestige of many sects has greatly increased.

For example, the Yuling Sect, its reputation has not fallen but risen.

I don't know how these people allocated the roles in the script. They made Dongmen Tu, who had brought it upon himself, one of the protagonists who contributed the most to the extermination of demons. Most of them were unaware of the situation. Seeing that his physical body was gone and his subordinates had suffered heavy losses, they all believed that he had indeed made great sacrifices and contributions.

Wei Wuya's prestige also increased greatly, and he was recognized as the savior of Tiannan.

Who would have known that the ancient demon was released by him and the Ghost Spirit Sect. If it weren't for him and the Ghost Spirit Sect, so many cultivators would never have died in the Fallen Demon Valley.

Now that the brothers of the Wang family of the Ghost Spirit Sect have all died, the others have formed a tacit understanding, and the facts are easily distorted.

The other survivors have more or less contributed to their "roles" and have become famous.

But now they are embarrassed. Han Li appeared in Dongyu Country a few months ago, and the news spread quickly. Then some people judged that Xu Qingyang might not be dead. If the real protagonist is really not dead, these supporting roles have made themselves the protagonist. What should they do?

Xu Qingyang is not angry. Thinking from another perspective, he can probably get some benefits from these people.

Face and substance, you have to give up one thing or the other. Since Xu is not dead, if you want to save everyone's face, you have to give him some hush money to appease him. With his current strength and status, it is not something that can be dealt with with just a little bit of money.

Lu Luo has known Xu Qingyang for many years and can guess some of his thoughts. This person values ​​benefits the most.

After a few probing words, he revealed the intentions of each sect. If it is convenient, they can raise a batch of spirit stones or other resources to express their gratitude for the life-saving grace of the year. Of course, some things are not easy to say, but I hope he can understand that each family is just for the development of the sect. If you mind, you can also highlight his contribution later, so that no one will suffer.

After a long and vague talk, Lu Luo seemed a little nervous.

Han Li observed his words and said speechlessly: "Brother Lu, did they promise some benefits to Luoyun Sect and specially let you be a lobbyist!"

Lu Luo was embarrassed and nodded, which was considered as tacit agreement.

Xu Qingyang smiled and thought, since everyone knows what's going on, it's easy to deal with. If there's a commotion, it'll just make these people lose face, which is actually meaningless. What's really important is to get some benefits. However, what exactly is needed, Shanggu Xueling should think about it carefully, and it doesn't necessarily need specific resources.

Now he is making some arrangements and plans to move the base.

The far west is too remote, which is not conducive to the large-scale flow of resources between the two places in the future. The best place is Yue State. Yue State is the old place, and the whole is located in the belly of Tiannan.

Although it is controlled by the magic path, he is not afraid of the magic path daring to make trouble now.

The most important thing is that the current situation of the Ghost Spirit Sect is not optimistic. The Wang brothers died in the Falling Demon Valley, and the power they held became vacant. The various forces in the sect cannot coordinate with each other. Although it will not fall apart, internal fighting has become the main body, and the strength will only become weaker and weaker, and it will not be able to stand on the territory of Yue State.

Moreover, Xu Qingyang has a very good bargaining chip in his hand, Wang Chan and his wife.

If he wanted to plan to intervene, the most lacking thing now was the tacit consent of all forces in Tiannan. Now the four major forces all wanted to recuperate. Without consensus, it would be difficult for him to provoke disputes and affect the later development.

In this way, through this time when all parties were guilty, some conditions could be exchanged.

These things were not urgent for the time being. Seeing that it did not react violently, Lu Luo was relieved, and then he said to Han Li: "Junior Brother Han, I came this time, first, on behalf of Senior Brother Cheng to visit Junior Brother and Brother Xu, second, to bring a message for Brother Xu, and third, I heard that Junior Brother came back, and the Ancient Sword Sect and Baiqiao Academy jointly wanted to invite Junior Brother and my Luoyun Sect to get together, deepen our friendship, and discuss some matters of interest distribution after Yunmeng Mountain..."

Han Li was about to refuse, and saw that Lu Luo's face was not right.

General things don't go this way. Xu Qingyang frowned at first, then suddenly thought of something: "Brother Lu, is it Fellow Daoist Cheng?"

As soon as these words came out, Han Li reacted immediately.

Lu Luo nodded sadly and sighed: "Senior Brother has known that his time is running out, and I'm afraid he will die in the next few years!"

"What he is most worried about is where the Luoyun Sect will go after his death. While there is still some time, Junior Brother Han is back again, so he wants to have some future exchanges with the Ancient Sword Sect and Baiqiao Academy. If it weren't for Junior Brother Han's sudden return, Senior Brother would have planned to move the sect away from Yunmeng Mountain..."

"Since ancient times, if one occupies a precious land without sufficient strength, there will be disasters for future generations"

As he spoke, his old eyes were already red, and Han Li opened his mouth, unable to say the words of refusal.

How could Xu Qingyang not understand Han Li's thoughts? Although he was the elder who worshipped the Luoyun Sect at the beginning, it was Xu Qingyang's instruction, but after all, they had a relationship, and the two elders of the Luoyun Sect were also very good to him.

How could he ignore the other party's dying request?

It was hard to say when they would return from this trip, and the location of Tuogu was far away. It would take years to go back and forth. By the time they returned, Cheng Tiankun would have passed away. Even if the other two sects knew about Han Li's existence, they would not necessarily show much mercy to Luoyun Sect.

It would be better to settle these matters in person now.

But Xu Qingyang was also waiting to set off. After thinking for a while, Xu Qingyang took the initiative to say, "In that case, let's go to Yunmeng Mountain first. It won't take a while."

Seeing him say this, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief.

The Dao is ruthless, but people are affectionate. He finally realized what it means to be caught in a dilemma. Fortunately, the problem was not too troublesome.

Lu Luo, feeling sad and happy, took off a storage bag and handed it to Han Li, saying rather embarrassedly: "Brother, don't get me wrong, these things were prepared by my brother a long time ago. They contain the materials that I asked you to collect before, and they are basically all complete, including a piece of Gengjin..."

Han Li took it and looked inside, and was greatly surprised.

Not to mention the many miscellaneous materials, the piece of Gengjin was as big as a walnut, enough for him to melt twelve flying swords again and form a stronger Gengjin sword formation.

Although this sword formation did not play a decisive role last time, he was very satisfied with its power.

If all is completed, his strength will steadily enter the first-class ranks.

Lu Luo took it out at this time, with a bit of the intention of repaying a favor, but Han Li knew the character of the two elders Luo Yun, and they would not do such a thing. Most of their thoughts were on Brother Chen who was about to die. Even if he and Brother Xu did not agree to go, the other party would take these things out.

Xu Qingyang had nothing to say about this, so he left and explained it, and then they started together.

Baiqiaoyuan, the gathering was held in this sect.

It was said to discuss the future distribution of benefits, but in name it was to watch the ceremony of the magic weapon recognizing its master.

When the three arrived, Chen Tiankun had already come out of retreat and arrived at Baiqiaoyuan in advance. He came out with two Baiqiaoyuan elders to greet them. When they saw Han Li and Xu Qingyang, Cheng Tiankun's reaction was needless to say, and the two Baiqiaoyuan elders' faces changed slightly, and they instantly restrained their thoughts.

Not only did these two people not die, but now they are obviously here to support Luoyun Sect.

What they think in their hearts is tacitly understood. After greeting each other, Xu Qingyang did not seem anxious. He was somewhat curious about what kind of magic weapon had a special ceremony of recognizing its master.

The two people from Baiqiaoyuan seemed to be under pressure when facing Xu.

Most people probably don't know the truth about the Falling Demon Valley, but Cheng Tiankun is one of the parties involved, so the three Yunmeng sects naturally know something.

They all knew the details of Xu and Han Li's performance. Although everyone contributed to suppressing the ancient demon, the one who really played a decisive role was the one in front of them. In addition, there were rumors about the origin of this person from the ancient demon. Although it seemed incredible, it was not to be ignored.

The first ancestor of mankind, with a great background, anyone who heard it would have to weigh it.

In order to find out the situation, many people secretly collected Xu Qingyang's past information. Through sorting and analysis, they found that he had behaved a little differently in his early years, unlike ordinary cultivators.

Combined with his extraordinary strength characteristics, the shock in his heart can be imagined.

However, these things are too high-sounding and are linked to myths and legends. They are really not something they can speculate. Secondly, they are not very meaningful to them. Even if it is really a human ancestor, he is now honestly mixed among their cultivators. His strength is at most special and not worth too much energy to explore.

But no matter what, giving enough respect is a must.

Maintaining a respectful attitude, one of them introduced the master recognition ceremony in detail. The reason for such a grand ceremony is that the magic weapon refined by their Baiqiao Academy is the embodiment of the peak of Baiqiao Academy's weapon refining skills. No one has been able to refine it for thousands of years.

Combined with the gathering of the three parties to distribute interests, it is enough to make a superficial name.

The weapon refining skills of Baiqiao Academy are quite famous in Tiannan. After listening to the whole story, Xu Qingyang planned to ask for advice and discuss it, and then use it to refine tools. , The two of them had no reason to refuse, and immediately said that they would arrange to receive Elder Liehuo in person after he finished his work.

Elder Liehuo is the elder of Baiqiao Academy and the top weapon refiner in Tiannan.

As for Han Li, he was not so relaxed. Before discussing the distribution of interests, the most important thing is to show strength. This is the tradition of the three sects. Chen Tiankun pulled Han Li to explain it. Soon the Ancient Sword Sect also arrived. They exchanged greetings and then prepared to watch the ceremony first under the arrangement of Baiqiao Academy.

Just watch it for fun, Xu Qingyang is the guest who follows the host's wishes.

The so-called master recognition ceremony is not a live performance of dripping blood to recognize the master, but a dozen Jindan disciples who have not yet decided on their own life magic weapon compete for the freshly baked Qiankun Ding.

The process is quite interesting. The treasure was tampered by the top management of Baiqiao Academy.

Those Jindan newcomers want to get this treasure, they need to catch it, but this treasure is very fast, which makes the dozen Jindan disciples go up and down, and they use their skills, fight wits and courage, and try their best to stop others while giving themselves the opportunity to capture the treasure tripod, which can be said to fully demonstrate the quality of the disciples.

"Not bad, not bad, interesting!"

On the cloud platform, the big guys watched with relish, but many of them were looking at Xu.

The Fire Dragon Boy, who was more familiar with him, also came and sat next to Xu Qingyang. A female cultivator with seductive eyes sat one seat away from him. She looked at him absent-mindedly for a while, then turned her head and said casually, "Brother Lan, Fellow Daoist Xu, what do you think of the disciples of Baiqiao Academy? Do they have the potential to form a baby..."

The Fire Dragon Boy glanced at her, and then looked at Xu Qingyang in a rather strange way.

This junior sister of his had a special skill, and her seductive skills were already perfect. In the past years, countless men had fallen at her feet. She was very competitive and liked to pick some extremely difficult strong men. Fellow Daoist Xu might be her new target.

This was not necessarily a good thing. How could ordinary people offend her strength?

"Junior sister Mingxin, these disciples are only in the early stage of the Golden Core. Who can tell their chances and fortunes? But I heard that Fellow Daoist Xu overpowered the ancient demon in the Fallen Demon Valley. I'm afraid his strength is no less than that of a great cultivator. It's probably hard for ordinary talented people to be in my eyes." The Fire Dragon Boy beat around the bush and hinted at his own junior sister.

Xu Qingyang slowly turned his head, and the blue light in his right pupil was looming. Mingxin's face turned pale.

The biting cold froze her soul in an instant, and the charm technique she had just released was also "frozen". When she was terrified, Xu Qingyang's eyes had recovered, and he smiled and talked politely with the Fire Dragon.

The Fire Dragon Boy was speechless. This was just looking for trouble. It was too late to remind him just now.

Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Xu didn't take it seriously, otherwise this junior sister would suffer a lot.

He was about to say something when he saw Xu Qingyang suddenly pause, then looked up at the sky along his line of sight. Although he saw nothing, he heard him smile and say, "Everyone, we have a distinguished guest, why don't you stop for a moment..."