112 The Diplomat Wen Bao (1/2)

Wang Lu didn’t give the other side the time to think.

The Seven Stars Sect’s Sect Leader was indeed a talent, but in the end, however, he was just an unhappy loose Immortal in the Immortal Cultivation World, not yet deserved to be asked twice by Wang Lu.

Therefore, the Seven Stars Sect’s Sect Leader, in desperation, chose the only path that was opened to him, which was to submit. He then took a Great Heart Devil Oath, and henceforth, he would work under Wang Lu, willingly submitted to be a lackey.

Since then, the title of Seven Stars Sect’s Sect Leader, whose name was Ye Chuchen, changed into Vice Leader of the Intelligence Revenue Service.

Removed from the title of Sect Leader, Ye Chuchen appeared like a forty to fifty years old man—an average middle-aged man. After being appointed as the Vice Leader of the Intelligence Revenue Service, Ye Chuchen could only force a smile, knowing that he has no choice in the matter.

Wang Lu’s first task for Ye Chuchen was to win over his former subordinates. With a disappointed wry smile, Ye Chuchen turned around and walked away. While thinking about his Primordial Spirit which was bound by the Great Heart Devil Oath, he was also wondering what should he say when he later meet with his former subordinates.

Watching Ye Chuchen hopped on the cloud and left, Wang Lu stood in the woods for a while before he sighed. “Acting cool indeed takes a lot of effort.”

“Ha, who forced you to pretend?”

Little Ling’Er’s voice, without warning, sounded right behind him.

For a cultivator who was used to perceive the change in the spiritual energy, this girl has always been so elusive—it was also because of this virtue that she could easily sneak attack Ye Chuchen, a dignified Xudan Stage cultivator.

“Alas, just now seeing your calm face, which looks like a proud dragon soaring in the sky impassionately passing judgment on everything, it really was unsettling.”

Wang Lu laughed. “I feel unsettled too, like I am pregnant or something… However, this is the self-cultivation of an actor; if I want a character like Ye Chuchen to willingly submit, my acting skills must be top notch.”

Little Ling’Er coldly snorted. “Beating him black and blue should suffice.”

However, the girl obviously didn’t mean that word to be taken seriously. After a moment of silence, she looked at the rising smoke from the Wang Family Village and then sighed. “Your play this time is really not small. I guess no Elders in the sect would ever expect that you would complete your experiential learning like this.”

Wang Lu scoffed. “This is the gap between a professional adventurer and mere mortals. It was a rare chance to descend the mountain, so to run around like a headless chicken, wait for the so-called opportunity to present itself and then obtain the so-called growth after repeated failures and mistakes; don’t you think that that is really stupid?”

Little Ling’Er turned around and cast a glance at Wang Lu; on the youth’s face hung a cynical smile, but it was not an annoying one.

From their first meeting, Wang Lu had always been a confident and full of himself person. Some people thought that this person was arrogant and unbearable, but little Ling’Er found it to be very interesting.

As long as she was around Wang Lu, there would always be a variety of unexpected fun things. Like those crazy ten million taels of silver when they first met at the Spirit Creek Town or his unexpected performance at the Immortal Gathering. This time’s experiential learning was also the same. When most of the disciples of the Spirit Sword Mountain earnestly tried to look for opportunities in accordance with the map provided by the Elders, Wang Lu has started the struggle for world’s ascension… this was too ridiculous!

Thinking to this, little Ling’Er couldn’t help but ask out the long-buried question in her heart.

“Hey, Wang Lu, I want to ask something.”

“By all means, Sister Ling.”

“Are you really serious with this Wisdom Sect?”

Wang Lu curled up his lips. “I’ve already used up hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, and you think I’m not serious?”

“... Then you must think. Clearly, this is a game that you can’t indulge too deep because the sect’s experiential learning is only for one year, so it’s impossible for you to be the Wisdom Sect’s Sect Leader forever, unless you…”

Wang Lu interrupted her, “One of the basic qualities of a professional adventurer is that there is no need for the electric shock to guard against over indulgence. I descend the mountain just for the experiential learning, not to abandon my main business. In the end, my interest is Immortal Cultivation, rather than levying the IQ tax on the illiterates.”

“Really?” Little Ling’Er was half believing half doubting. Although Wang Lu’s words were pretty, during this time period, his devotion to the Wisdom Sect was too deep; it was highly unlikely that he could just let it go. However, since he said so...

“Have I told you that recently, there are signs of a breakthrough on my Non-Phase Heart Sutra? Perhaps in two months, I will advance into middle-level Qi Cultivating Stage.”

“What the! How can you be so quick to reach the middle-level Qi Cultivating Stage?” Little Ling’Er looked at Wang Lu in surprise. “It’s rather inconsistent with your status as a loser Immortal Cultivator.”

“Come on, don’t look down on my Void Spirit Root… Compared with Great Ancestor De Sheng’s Void Spirit Root, my progress is too slow that it makes people cry. Great Ancestor De Sheng took twenty years to become a True Immortal, and his entire Qi Cultivating Stage took less than one year. As for me, I need to cultivate for three years before I reach the middle-level Qi Cultivating Stage, which is exactly like a turtle crawling. Moreover, this is the result of the recent repeated stimulations—first when I established the spiritual energy tide, then forcing myself to fight a Xudan Stage cultivator. Thus, it’s natural if I have a breakthrough. However, some of my achievements here can be accounted for when I return to the mountain.”

Little Ling’Er rolled her eyes; she had caught the main point in Wang Lu’s words. “Are you not going to say anything about the Wisdom Sect?”