prynovel Chapter 130 Uncle Du Has Other Identities
Chapter 130 Uncle Du Has Other Identities
Dulong curled his lip in disdain: "If I revealed Shenwen Peak's identity, all the invitations in the city would bury me! I don't want to cause trouble. Besides, Qiu Jun is quite decent."
Wang Yan's knowing gaze shifted: "Have you been buried under invitation cards in other places?"
Seeing Du Long's glare, Wang Yan immediately smiled: "Then I will keep a low profile at the Divine Inscription Conference five days from now."
"Right!" Duron's expression immediately softened. "There's no need to show off here. We're just here to have fun."
Then, he asked in a low voice, "You and Xiao Jin went outside the battle lines to put out the fire, and you had a very fruitful trip?"
Wang Yan's heart skipped a beat, but he remained outwardly calm: "Look at what you're saying. How could you not know how many Xuanpo Realm disciples from those three sects came to burn the mountain? Uncle Jin was in charge of looting the corpses and took a lot of storage bags. We split them 60/40, he got 60% and I got 40%."
"You've struck it rich!" Du Long pointed at him irritably. "No wonder you were so generous earlier! That Wu fan..." "Ahem!" Wang Yan suddenly coughed heavily, then looked innocently at the interrupted Du Long. "Uncle Du, what did you just say?"
"Hey kid, you actually kept this a secret from me?" Dulong looked at him in surprise, then waved his hand dismissively, "Alright, anyway, if you want to buy anything later, you can pay with Xuanjing!"
"Understood!" Wang Yan replied nonchalantly, then cautiously glanced around before sending out his divine sense: "Uncle-Master, shall we go to the main house in the back to talk?"
Dulong paused for a moment, then slowly stood up: "Alright!"
When they arrived at the palace where the sect leader was supposed to be staying, several dozen breaths later, Dulong activated an isolation array and looked at him strangely: "I'm puzzled as to why I insist on staying in the sect leader's separate residence?"
Wang Yan's gaze sharpened: "That's too conspicuous."
Du Long frowned: "Do you know that Chief Deng defied the sect leader for your newly formed divine script, and our peak master took the blame? Later, in order to protect the lower-level disciples of Flying Eagle Mountain, our peak master forced the sect leader to go into seclusion to break through, and he also bore some infamy."
Wang Yan's heart skipped a beat, and his expression turned serious: "I knew it! How could the Sect Master willingly hand over internal affairs? Once the Sect Master successfully breaks through to the late stage of the Solidifying Yuan Realm, he'll definitely send people to our Divine Literature Peak... So Mo Jingqing is already living on Divine Literature Peak?"
"He was qualified to enter, and now that he's to be appointed as a core scholar, he wants to stay temporarily. The peak master has no reason to refuse." Du Long's eyes showed admiration: "The peak master plans to let him hold the fort for thirty years, waiting for you to break through to the Condensation Realm."
Wang Yan followed Du Long into the inner bedroom, looking quite puzzled, and asked again, "What does this have to do with us staying in the sect leader's villa?"
Du Long's eyes gleamed: "Mo Jingqing took the initiative to seize control of the Nebula Array from Lao Fang this time, which displeased the Peak Master. Even if the Sect Master successfully breaks through to the next realm, the Peak Master may not relinquish the power of acting Sect Master. I tentatively suggested staying at the Sect Master's villa earlier, and the Peak Master didn't object."
Wang Yan's eyes twitched, and he asked in surprise, "So, it's possible that Grandmaster might be replaced...?"
"Perhaps. The Grandmaster's philosophy and the Sect Master's philosophy have begun to diverge." Du Long said with some regret, "The defeat at Flying Eagle Mountain this time exposed the Sect Master's shortcomings."
"Wang Yan, in our Shenwen Peak, Chief Deng is good at fighting, and Old Chen is good at defense. Old Fang is indifferent to fame and fortune, and Xiao Zhou only cares about medical skills and doesn't like to wield power. Xiao Jin and Xiao Qiu are good at internal affairs and have a good relationship with you, so they can cooperate well with you in the future."
"Now that you're out here, just focus on following your master and me to observe the people's lives and perform your supervisory duties. If you have any thoughts, feel free to speak them directly. Let's take this opportunity to reorganize our various posts."
Wang Yan was surprised: "So you're not just doing procurement?"
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On the other side, Chen Jiage, who had returned to the Grade A courtyard, confirmed that Qiu Jun had left. He then dismissed the servants who were attending to him and activated the isolation array in the courtyard.
His most trusted deputy, Sun Dashi, immediately asked in a low voice, "Jia Ge, that Uncle Du has an extraordinary demeanor. What is he doing at Fire Refining Peak?"
Jiang Jian, one of the more mature members of the group, crossed his arms and said thoughtfully, "It's not just that Uncle Du has an extraordinary demeanor, but Junior Brother Wang's demeanor doesn't seem like that of someone from a poor village either."
"After making money, instead of buying good magic tools and pills, they want to drink this spiritual tea. This is not the kind of thing that the weapon masters of Fire Refining Peak would do. It is more like the people of Pill Cauldron Peak."
"No, that's not right either! Junior Brother Wang not only has an air of refined scholarliness, but also a faint murderous aura. I'm certain he's killed people and even mystical beasts!"
Chen Jiage's eyes flickered, then turned unusually sharp: "They're both inner disciples. At this age, who else could have killed someone? I can only say that Uncle Du has other identities, which I can't reveal. In short, let's just rest well, return to the peak early tomorrow morning, and not ask about anything else."
"They really do have other identities!" Jiang Jian immediately became interested. His gaze shifted, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He tentatively asked, "People from Fire Refining Peak don't stay at the sect leader's villa. Could they be gods...?"
Seeing Chen Jiage glare at him again, Jiang Jian smiled calmly and asked in a very peaceful manner, "Brother Jiage, there are no outsiders here, we're all brothers, why do you need to hide it anymore?"
"I know that the sect leader's seclusion is mostly forced. He is currently the only one in our sect who has a chance to advance to the late stage of the Solidifying Yuan Realm within a year and maintain our sect's second-class status."
At this point, Jiang Jian leaned back lazily in his chair: "If the sect leader is a bit power-hungry, then it must be the peak master of Shenwen Peak, our Supreme Ancestor who has never been very involved in worldly affairs. For the sake of the sect's future, he forced the sect leader to go into seclusion and then took over the sect's affairs."
"It just so happens that after the Grandmaster took over the sect's affairs, our sect produced several batches of excellent divine texts in a row, which also shows that the sect leader was unlucky."
"Now that the sect leader's grandson, Mo Jingqing, has advanced and emerged from seclusion, it seems that Shenwen Peak and the sect leader's peak are vying for sect power. Otherwise, why would Uncle-Master Du be living openly in Yunxiao Pavilion? In the past, you've seen the sect leaders' residences in various locations; besides the sect leader's peak, who else uses them?"
Sun Dashi, who was standing to the side, immediately said with schadenfreude, "Mo Jingqing's potential is indeed the highest in our sect, but his cultivation is too low. How can he compare to the Supreme Ancestor? In the past, the Supreme Ancestor didn't manage things much, and Chief Deng was respected on Shenwen Peak. Chief Deng gave way to Mo Jingqing out of respect for the sect leader."
"But now, Wang Yan has emerged out of nowhere. His first application already boasts a six-petaled Literary Heart Flower, enough to rival the top three core literary talents. He even produced a time-based divine script, shocking everyone at Hundred Herbs Peak into a day-long retreat. Will that Supreme Ancestor still support Mo Jingqing? Probably not."
At this point, Sun Dashi clenched his fist excitedly: "I bet Wang Yan has already submitted so many artistic divine inscriptions, his 'Flower of Literary Heart' must already have seven petals! He'll definitely have to attend the Divine Inscription Banquet in three months, and Mo Jingqing will be in a real bind then!"