Chapter 368 The Way to Immortality
Jiangning Wangjiang Tower has announced its closure. For a while, all the sects in the southeast were openly expressing regret but secretly celebrating. They were cautious yet eager to share in the profit gap left by Wangjiang Tower's strategic contraction.
However, closing the mountain can stop most people, but it cannot stop the people they least want to see.
The owner of Wangjiang Tower looked at the old man in white robe who was standing with his hands behind his back, gazing at the eastward flowing river, with anger and vigilance coexisting in his eyes.
"Old Immortal, my sect has closed its doors. If you have any questions, please send me a letter and I will personally visit you in the Eastern Capital. Your presence has caused great fear among my disciples."
"I don't like to talk nonsense. I'll ask you a question and you'll answer it. If there's nothing wrong, I'll turn around and leave. If there's something wrong, it's better for your disciples to change their sects as soon as possible."
"Excuse me, old immortal." The host of the post was humble.
"Recently there's an organization called the Yinsi that's been making a lot of noise. Are you one of them?"
"No."
"Don't you want to answer clearly?"
"No need. The old immortal can kill me, but I won't give him any excuses."
The old man turned around and looked at his peer who was no younger than him but extremely humble. "You are not very talented. You only reached the inner realm at the age of fifty. For this reason, your master never dared to leave Jiangning in his entire life, just to protect the foundation of the ancestors before you became talented. You spent ten years regrouping and only dared to open the door to accept disciples when you were over sixty years old. I see that the strongest of those guys under your tutelage is only at the fourth level. If you don't learn from your master well, do you expect your junior brothers and sisters who are only at the seventh and eighth levels to do so?"
The host smiled and said, "My master was wrong. If he had dared to fight like you, Wangjiang Tower might have been the largest sect in Jiangnan instead of just the southeast."
The old man's eyes moved slightly: "What on earth does the underworld want to do? Is there anything else in this world that can make you ignore your ancestors' foundation?"
The host sighed, "After I achieved inner realm, I have used both soft and hard tactics for ten years to help my fellow apprentices climb up. Unfortunately, none of them are successful, so I had to reopen the door to recruit apprentices. It's rare that I have a few good apprentices. One was killed by Mr. Liu, and the other ran away. Old immortal, we are all old, and we don't have many days left. I am not like you. All of your apprentices are outstanding. Even the youngest Mr. Liu broke through the fifth level in just one year. At most, he can reach inner realm in two or three years. If I don't fight, will Wangjiang Tower still have a chance?"
The old man suddenly realized and was quite distressed: "The way to immortality is illusory. How can you, a great master, believe such nonsense!"
"Because I saw it."
The owner of the building was breathing heavily, and the old man's eyes showed a rare look of surprise. The wrinkles on the face of the owner of Wangjiang Building, who was over 70 years old, slowly disappeared, and his white hair actually began to turn black. The whole person seemed to have become visibly younger as if time had gone back.
No, if time could go back, he would fall back to the exterior, but now the host of the post not only looks younger, his whole aura is also rising wildly.
"Old Immortal, the way to immortality is right before your eyes. If you are willing to join the underworld, you will be the master of the underworld, and you will be the world's first immortal land immortal!"
The old man narrowed his eyes: "So, what's the price?"
The host paused for a moment when he heard this: "Old Immortal, there is no such thing as free benefit in this world. Even if you are the best in the world, if you kill the leader of a sect without any evidence, aren't you afraid that the academy will be criticized by the world and the disciples will have trouble moving forward?"
The old man thought for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense, but I am curious about one thing. If you in the underworld have really found the way to immortality, why do you have to sneak around and pretend to be an old man who is about to die?"
The owner of Wangjiang Tower finally changed color. The old man always liked to use his hands more than his brain, but that doesn’t mean he is not smart. How can the best person in the world be a stupid person?
He discovered his flaw at the first moment.
"The Master of Tianji Pavilion of Dongdu Baima Academy pays respect to you. Please teach me!"
A loud and magnificent voice exploded over Jiangning City, and the river suddenly became turbulent.
At this time, Zhao Yushu had no idea that his crazy teacher was already looking for trouble with Wangjiang Tower, nor did he know that his teacher had already found out some secrets of the underworld before him. As a link in the overall plan of the underworld, he, the person involved, was still strolling around leisurely.
Zang Niu's death caused quite a bit of turmoil in Xiangzhou. He was the second-in-command of the Dog Hall and was also a cultivator. If he did a good job on the Yin Academy matter, he would most likely become the future leader of the Xiangzhou Cao Gang.
However, such a promising backbone of the Cao Gang was killed by someone who broke into his base camp and did not even have time to say a single harsh word or a last word before his death.
If it weren't for the residual power of Lord Xia and the fact that the third in command's wife was so frightened that she managed to suppress the matter by advancing and retreating, the Dog Hall branch of the Xiangzhou Cao Gang would have collapsed once Zang Niu died.
It is unlikely that Master Xia will be killed in a short period of time. As long as he is not stupid, he will immediately find a group of experts to surround himself, and there will also be the underworld who are on high alert.
How about starting with Old Duan?
Old Duan is the Fourth Master, which means he has at least three more masters above him. I wonder if the so-called Gang Leader Zeng is one of the masters.
Zhao Yushu touched his chin. Old Duan was a coolie at the dock, so at least he had some empathy for the lower classes. So he might as well eliminate a few competitors for Old Duan.
But I don’t know who the three gentlemen above are. Zhao Yushu scratched his head and said, Brother Gai, you should know.
Young Master Xia was a little scared that Zhao Yushu came to the Dog Hall to find him. Although he was not a core member, his father's identity was there, so he naturally knew that the Boss Bai in front of him was used to lure Zhao Yushu. He hoped that this guy would not lead Zhao Yushu to himself.
"Uh, Boss Bai, what's up?"
"Well, I was bored walking around Jiangbei, so I wanted to go over the river to have some fun, but last time I was chased here by that Fourth Master, so I wanted Master Xia to give him a message or something, so I can go for a walk and not go to the dirty streets."
Mr. Xia suddenly felt a headache, thinking to himself, why are you still thinking about shopping at this time? But then he thought that it would be of no benefit to him if this person stayed in Jiangbei, and it might not be a bad thing if he could lead Zhao Yushu to Jiangnan.
"How about this, actually the Fourth Master is new here, and I don't have much friendship with him. I'll find a confidant to take you there. As long as you don't go to the dirty streets and meet other people, no matter if they are the Second or Third Brother, it will be fine."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Xia. I'll go over now."
Master Xia wished that he would stay away from him, so he quickly called one of his men and told him to have fun with Boss Bai, and then he sent the two of them out like sending away the plague god.
"Boss Bai, where do you want to go first?"
"I'm from another place, and you ask me? Tell me, what are the responsibilities of the second and third brothers?"
"The second master in the south is in charge of the serious business. He is responsible for loading and unloading goods, sailing ships and escorting convoys. The third master is mainly responsible for the business of some wine shops and brothels, and also runs some antique business."
"Antiques? I like antiques. Let's go!"