157: A match made in heaven

“They either Cultivate new powerhouses within their schools, or they introduce powerhouses from outside!” Ye Xuan said, gritting her silver teeth.

“Is that so?!” Qin Gui was also a bit confused, not expecting those two middle schools to be able to play like that!

“Therefore, we can never take things for granted. We still need to Cultivate diligently to deal with any unexpected situations…” Long Yuan sighed softly.

“This… no, I’m going to tell Principal Yun about your guess!” Luo Ying stood up and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, the three of them, Long Yuan, did not stop her and could only let her leave…

“Long Yuan, have you thought about the celebrity matter?” Qin Gui asked, seizing the opportunity.

“Can’t you shut your mouth even while eating? Finish your meal quickly and Cultivate. We can talk about it after school!” Long Yuan didn’t indulge him. He quickly finished his meal and left just as fast, entering his exclusive training room.

He closed his eyes for a moment to rest, and with a thought, information from the Heavenly Dao Eye flowed rapidly across the virtual light screen like water. Countless pieces of information were acquired and understood by him. Among these information streams, many were from the blacklist that was being closely tracked. Long Yuan quickly noticed that many of them were closely related to him. For example, Qi Huaiyi was leading a Black Tortoise Guard to Fengyang, and with him was Li Gui, the Director of the Royal Music Bureau’s Southern Division; the Geng Family sent Geng Yun’s father, Geng Rutai, to Fengyang to support him. Geng Rutai is the Geng Family’s Grand Elder, with a Martial General Middle Stage cultivation; Yun Yi’s activities have been quite frequent these past few days, so much so that his visits to the selection camp have been few and far between. He was just now discussing something with a seductive woman in a private room of a restaurant. This woman was also a new character, and Long Yuan immediately put her on the blacklist; Prince Fu was Cultivating in a secret room, while Zhu Nan, with several trusted confidants from the Prince Fus Mansion, arrived in Fengyang on a private plane…

“It’s really lively…” Long Yuan couldn’t help but sigh.

In fact, regarding Li Yang and Yun Yi’s plans, Long Yuan felt that with his current strength, he could completely wipe out their entire group. However, doing so, while seemingly straightforward, was actually an individualistic heroism and not advisable, because it would not bring much benefit to himself or to Geng Yun and others. Why do I say this?

Firstly, if he annihilated these people, it would inevitably attract the attention of the higher-ups of the Blood Wolf Hall and the Shadow Moon Hall. They would likely send experts to Fengyang to investigate. If they found out it was his doing, he would probably become an important target for the cult from then on! In that case, his action would be satisfying for a moment, but afterward, he would fall into endless trouble. This would be asking for trouble. The key is that he currently has no time to waste on these matters. Isn’t it better to Cultivate quickly? It’s best to leave such matters to the authorities to fight against the cult, as the two sides have always been at odds.

Secondly, for Geng Yun and the others, it would mean losing an opportunity to earn merit and also losing a chance to practice fighting against the cult.

Therefore, instead of being unbeneficial to all parties, it’s better for him to hide behind the scenes and watch this good show, and all parties will, with his intentional or unintentional push, confront each other and adapt to each other. This thought alone is much more interesting!

This is also one of the main reasons why he gave Tong Jingshan a chance. Using bad people to deal with bad people is definitely a very effective method…

“It’s Prince Fu, though, who has changed a lot recently. He’s actually gone into the Cultivation room to Cultivate now. This is a significant change for him! It seems that people, oh, it’s hard to truly wake up until they are forced to a life-or-death situation… As for Zhu Nan, although he is an inner minister, he is much purer than many officials and is one of the few useful people in the Prince Fus Mansion…” Long Yuan pondered.

He knew that Zhu Nan would come to him soon, so now was the time to make a decision: should he help the Prince Fus Mansion?

“Help! Must help! Didn’t I see so many treasures? This is just the tip of the iceberg of the Prince Fus Mansion’s massive resources. As long as I help the Prince Fus Mansion, I will simultaneously possess massive resources, and I can immediately start any project without having to worry about any resource issues!” Long Yuan quickly made a decision.

This decision had nothing to do with father-son affection. In fact, as a Transmigrator, he had no father-son affection with this Prince Fu at all. Even if there was a little, it was merely to do a small part for his predecessor, Zhu Deyuan. However, as a Transmigrator who had undergone Fusion with the Heavenly Dao Eye, the height he stood at was no longer comparable to the current high-ranking officials of Great Ming. He was very clear that this Great Ming, and even this Blue Star, was about to face a major crisis. Nothing could be compared to this crisis; everything had to be thought about with this as the center, and any decision beneficial to it should be executed immediately!

Previously, while improving his cultivation, he also had to find ways to earn more money as quickly as possible, in order to accumulate resources and build powerful weapons to deal with those terrifying invaders in the future. Now, as long as he cooperates with the Prince Fus Mansion, the step of accumulating resources can be immediately skipped, and many plans can be put into practice immediately. Moreover, he believes that Prince Fu, in order to save his life, will unreservedly support him. This is simply a match made in heaven!

There is no more perfect win-win than this!

“Haha, it seems my arsenal needs a new location. Fengyang is still too small to accommodate my grand plan. Only Prince Fu can find me such a place. Of course, I also need enough manpower, and all of this depends on Prince Fu. I hope my arsenal can show results as soon as possible… But for now, I still need to continue Cultivating and break through to Innate!”

Long Yuan read the information while analyzing and making decisions. Now he was able to maintain sufficient calm and no longer felt the anxiety he had before. This was partly related to his increasing familiarity with this world, and partly naturally related to his cultivation improvement. After recent Cultivation and accumulation, his cultivation has smoothly reached the Late-stage Martial Master, close to Peak. At this point, entering Innate is just a matter of that final step. And according to the Heavenly Dao Eye, because he possesses powerful Soul Power, entering Innate, and even later cultivating to Golden Core and Nascent Soul, will not have any Bottleneck. As long as he keeps “grinding,” Innate Martial Grandmaster is not a problem, and Golden Core and Nascent Soul are not problems either!

“Then I’ll try to break through to Innate!” Long Yuan pondered.

Many Xuan Practitioners, including the school textbooks, regard the breakthrough to Innate as an important hurdle in a Xuan Practitioner’s career. To overcome this hurdle, they need to make many preparations, even saying they need to fast for several days, bathe and change clothes, burn incense and calm their minds, and so on. All of this shows how dauntingly difficult this hurdle is, so Long Yuan only thought of trying it. If he succeeded, he succeeded; if not, he would consider it a process of accumulating experience…

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