332: Xiao Changfeng is dying

Actually, Shen Yunshu was right; from her perspective, Liu Xuan hooking up with True Lord Haoran's daughter was indeed not a good thing.

The more True Lord Haoran valued this daughter, the more miserable Liu Xuan's end would likely be.

On one hand, romantic feelings delayed cultivation, and True Lord Haoran would not let his daughter be delayed by Liu Xuan.

On the other hand, Liu Xuan had hundreds or even thousands of wives, concubines, and children, and clearly had the goal of social climbing; he was really not a good candidate for a Dao Companion.

"The world laughs at me for being too lustful, I laugh at others for not being able to see through it!"

"You all know nothing of the talent the System has bestowed upon me!"

Liu Xuan never expected to gain unconditional support when clinging to someone powerful; what he needed was just a background, a platform.

Back then, his first father-in-law Lin Tianxiong, then Lin Tianyue, Zhao Deliang during the Yongning period, and later his Revered Master Ancestor Qingyun and Grandmaster Xiao Changfeng—which one of them hadn't benefited more from Liu Xuan?

Rather than saying he was clinging to power, it was more like a win-win cooperation; Liu Xuan always relied on his own value.

What the Beast Taming Sect lacked most now were resource-building talents to transform war gains into actual benefits.

Liu Xuan was a peak third-rank Alchemist, a peak third-rank Qi Refiner, a third-rank Low Grade Talisman Master, and a peak third-rank Formation Master; an all-around talent was exactly what they needed most!

More importantly, Liu Xuan was young and likely to reach higher levels in the future, which could bring significant help to the entire South Courtyard of the Beast Taming Sect.

Lustful as Liu Xuan was, he hadn't touched An Yunxi once. Even if True Lord Haoran didn't recognize him as a son-in-law, making him a Named Disciple shouldn't be much of a problem!

As for the sisters An Yunxi and An Yunmiao, if the old man agreed, then so be it. If not, in a few decades at most, when he ascended to Nascent Soul True Lord, the An family would just be a vassal of the Liu Clan. They would have to agree whether they wanted to or not!

While following Shen Yunshu as Wang Qiao and listening to her introduce the war situation and the fortresses here, Liu Xuan also wandered around in his Incarnation form.

After a while, Liu Xuan left half of the women to temporarily follow his true body, Wang Qiao, while his Incarnation took the rest and headed toward True Lord Haoran's palace in a flying boat.

Taking too many women to visit True Lord Haoran wasn't good; he had to be low-key. Taking half the women was enough!

The Incarnation's cultivation was only at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, so it couldn't use the Joyful Union Secret Art or conceive offspring.

Bringing these women along was just to use them as maids and, furthermore, as a cover to maintain his persona of not being happy without women.

The women left with the true body disguised as Wang Qiao couldn't be touched for the time being either, or he would be exposed.

"The great cause of fathering children will have to wait a few days! Once I've visited True Lord Haoran and the Clone and Wang Qiao meet, I can switch between the two identities at any time."

As the distance between the Incarnation and the true body grew, Liu Xuan's consciousness focus constantly switched between the two.

Chatting with Shen Yunshu as Wang Qiao on one side, and chatting with his little Junior Sisters on the flying boat on the other.

This kind of long-distance mixed perspective switching was different from simple multitasking; Liu Xuan wasn't completely used to it yet.

One moment Wang Qiao would be dazed, and the next the Incarnation would be dazed, as if he were spacing out.

However, this situation quickly improved as Liu Xuan adapted. As long as he didn't perform high-intensity mental operations on both sides at once, he looked no different from a normal person.

The disadvantages of an Incarnation were obvious: first, it required a large amount of essence blood, and second, it required a portion of Divine Thought to control, which was a complete weakening of one's own strength.

Except for some special uses, it could only be considered a life-saving Divine Ability; having too many wasn't very useful.

At this stage, he couldn't expose the Incarnation and the true body, so its use was even more limited. If the Incarnation didn't return, the true body couldn't even change back from Wang Qiao... Black Leopard Fortress.

Shen Yunshu finished introducing the war situation and various matters needing attention to Wang Qiao, then instructed:

"Your Revered Master should be back from his patrol soon. You'll work by his side for now. Once you're familiar with the situation, I'll arrange other tasks for you."

According to the information Shen Yunshu provided, this fortress was called Black Leopard Fortress, one of the important nodes of the battlefield formation.

It was currently guarded by her and that Late Golden Core Stage Black Panther Yao Beast in turns. She was about to lead a team out to kill the Yao Race and push the front line.

Pushing the front line required facing the Yao Race army head-on; it was one of the most dangerous places. Shen Yunshu was currently performing the most dangerous tasks on the battlefield, though the war merits were also the most abundant.

Xiao Changfeng was different. Liu Xuan had ordered him to come just to hang around. He was generally responsible for rear patrol missions, which weren't dangerous and didn't yield many war merits.

In fact, most of the Golden Core True Persons from the Heavenly Sword Sect were like Xiao Changfeng: first, to avoid the five-million Spirit Stone tribute, and second, to follow the Beast Taming Sect to pick up some merits, without the drive to succeed or die trying.

For the Beast Taming Sect, these Golden Core True Persons were like a layer of insurance. As long as the situation didn't collapse too severely, they didn't want to push them too hard. After all, the Beast Taming Sect and the Azure Profound Sect were still in a cooperative relationship, and the early and Middle Stages of war construction required the support of the Sects behind them.

Golden Core True Persons from the Three Sects like Shen Yunshu who rushed to the front lines were only a minority; the main force on the front lines was still the Beast Taming Sect's Golden Core True Persons and their Natal Spirit Beasts.

The one in charge of the Black Leopard Fortress direction was precisely Yunhe and his Nascent Soul realm 'Formless Crane', Young Master Yun Xu.

Shen Yunshu was now considered Yunhe's subordinate and had to follow Yunhe's commands and scheduling.

'Young Master Yun Xu has an indifferent personality. When he was a guest at the Heavenly Sword Sect, everyone except the Sect Master could only watch from a distance, unable to even say a word.'

Thinking of this, Shen Yunshu laughed and shook her head. This kid Liu Xuan really didn't know the heights of the heavens or the depths of the earth, actually daring to dream of becoming True Lord Haoran's son-in-law!

Young Master Yun Xu was Immortal Master Yunhe's Natal Spirit Beast, and Immortal Master Yunhe was just one of Immortal Master Haoran's Disciples.

As the Academy Head of the Beast Taming Sect's South Courtyard, True Lord Haoran's status was transcendent, far beyond even Heavenly Sword True Monarch.

'I hope True Lord Haoran maintains his dignity and doesn't hold it against a junior like you, otherwise... you'll have to pray for your own luck!'

Because of Yue Li, Shen Yunshu just didn't think highly of Liu Xuan, but she didn't want him to actually die at True Lord Haoran's hands.

But she couldn't do anything about it; she could only offer spiritual support!

"It's all that girl Yue Li's fault. Who else could she choose as a Dao Companion? She had to choose Liu Xuan. If I hadn't been well-informed, I wouldn't even have known they already had children!"

...After Shen Yunshu left, before long, Xiao Changfeng returned to the fortress. Sensing Liu Xuan's aura, he immediately came to pay his respects.

The Puppet sub-gu possessed Xiao Changfeng's memories and personality; except for being completely loyal to Liu Xuan, he was not much different from before.

The sub-gu inside him could sense the mother-gu in Liu Xuan's Divine Soul, instantly recognizing that Wang Qiao was Liu Xuan.

The first sentence he said upon seeing Liu Xuan made Liu Xuan's brow furrow.

"Revered Master, Xiao Changfeng is about to die!"