flstandardbreds Chapter 109: Yanliang
Chapter 109: Yanliang
Chapter 109 The Coldness of Human Relationships
Bai Ke embellished everything he could about the world of Tian Long Ba Bu and told it to the elders of Tian Ce Palace.
Everyone then understood the reason for the spatial rift, but to Bai Ke's surprise, it seemed that the elders' focus was not on the world of Tian Long Ba Bu...
"Haha, indeed heroes emerge from among the young! To have already broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm at such a young age, he may very well ascend to immortality in the future..."
A kind-looking old man smiled and said, bowing to Bai Yan who was standing to the side.
Bai Yan responded with a lukewarm "hmm," showing no particular reaction even when the old man praised his son.
The other elders standing to the side couldn't help but scoff inwardly, "This old codger is such a sycophant, look at him, he's been offered a cold shoulder!"
"Hmph, that Bai Yan is a notorious stinky rock; how could he possibly curry favor with him with just a few words of flattery?"
Despite their inner complaints, these elders were quite capable, turning what should have been a sect meeting into a bustling marketplace.
"Nephew Bai, a group of spirit monkeys in my spirit beast garden have brewed a new batch of monkey wine. The wine is fragrant, sweet, and mellow, but unfortunately I am old and frail. I wonder if you have time to fetch it for me?"
Elder Xu Mu of the Spirit Beast Garden suddenly parted the crowd and asked Bai Ke, who was standing in the center of the hall.
The other elders surrounding Bai Yan were all shocked. This old man was truly shameless. He would actually say such things just to befriend Bai Ke.
Xu Mu thought to himself smugly, "A bunch of idiots. This Bai Ke can break through to the Nascent Soul Realm before he's even twenty. He's clearly a prodigy."
Moreover, based on his years of experience managing the Spirit Beast Garden, he could tell that Bai Ke actually carried a faint dragon's might.
This isn't some fake dragon's aura from hybrid breeds, but the purest dragon's essence. I wonder where this kid got this opportunity from.
He calmly soothed the trembling green snake hidden in his sleeve, narrowed his eyes, and smiled like an ordinary old man in the fields.
As the head elder of the Spirit Beast Garden, Xu Mu naturally had a set of methods to communicate with spirit beasts. It was the unusual movement of the green snake that made him realize the dragon's might on Bai Ke.
He was old, and his cultivation had stagnated at the mid-Nascent Soul stage for over a thousand years. He had long lost the will to continue his vigorous advancement and just wanted to spend the rest of his life guarding the spirit beast garden.
Therefore, for him, this election of the Holy Son is tantamount to taking sides in advance. Whether he can continue to be so carefree under the next sect leader depends on whether he makes the right choice.
The reason why the elders had gathered around Bai Yan was precisely this: as the sect's supreme leader, as long as Bai Yan was alive, Bai Ke would have a tremendous backer in the sect.
Moreover, given Bai Yan's influence in the Enforcement Hall of Tian Ce Palace, it can be said that the Enforcement Hall is essentially Bai Yan's private domain.
Although Bai Yan had no intention of forming cliques or engaging in favoritism, in reality, the Enforcement Hall was indeed under his tight control.
Even now that he has been promoted to the position of Supreme Lord and has voluntarily resigned from his position as the head of the Enforcement Hall, a single word from him can still shake the Enforcement Hall to its core.
This is the prestige Bai Yan has cultivated over the years through his impartial enforcement of the law and his unwavering stance against both soft and hard approaches. No one else could possibly achieve what he has.
As a mentor, Bai Yan paved a broad road for Bai Ke in the upper echelons of Tian Ce Palace. Even if he achieved nothing, he could still become an elder in the Law Enforcement Hall.
This was how the elders of Tian Ce Palace viewed Bai Ke when he was still alive, since he rarely left his home and devoted himself to studying swordsmanship.
But things are different now. This kid has suddenly changed his personality for some unknown reason and even started a... what... bonfire party in Hundred Flowers Valley?
That's right. The first time Bai Ke was remembered by the elders of Tian Ce Palace after he transmigrated to the Mountain and Sea Realm was because of the incident he caused in Hundred Flowers Valley.
As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast. Bai Ke's incident in Hundred Flowers Valley has been brewing among the elders of Tian Ce Palace, and he has long been seen as the negative example of someone who lusts after beautiful women.
Bai Yan may have said he didn't care, but he was still very concerned about his son's future. Otherwise, he wouldn't have personally gone to the top of Tiandu Peak to confront him.
It's said that the world is cold and indifferent. No matter which world you're in, most people are still opportunistic and treacherous, like reeds on a wall that sway with the wind, siding with whichever side is in power.
Now, Bai Ke has not only discovered a new small world for the sect, but he has also taken the lead in breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, showing the potential of a rising star.
Those who criticized Bai Ke for being obsessed with women and lacking ambition back then are now fawning over him and his son.
However, they were still elders of a large sect, and these people valued their reputation. They wouldn't become arrogant and obsequious towards Bai Ke just because his cultivation had broken through.
They merely gathered around Bai Yan in a subtle way, offering their congratulations in hopes of repairing the relationship between them.
Xu Mu initially thought the same way: geniuses... a genius who doesn't grow up is no different from a piece of trash.
A simple repair of the relationship between the two sides would suffice. It's absolutely impossible to make these elders bleed money. These people who won't act until they see a benefit are not so simple to deal with.
But his pet's reaction completely changed his mind. To be able to reach the Nascent Soul Realm at such a young age, and to have the aura of a true dragon by his side, was surely a blessing from heaven and earth.
If someone like him still can't become the Holy Son of Heavenly Strategy, then Xu Mu will eat all the excrement in the Spirit Beast Garden.
He sneered at the group of elders surrounding Bai Yan. A bunch of short-sighted fools. Hmph, looking down on me? If you're so capable, then stop fawning over Bai Yan! Fools!
All this talk was just a thought away, and Bai Ke, who had been deeply influenced by the Machiavellianism of the workplace, was perfectly clear about what these people were thinking.
Although he didn't know why Xu Mu was suddenly standing firmly on his side, he couldn't refuse someone who was smiling, so he happily agreed.
Xing Jian, along with several elders who were with him, stood alone in a corner of the stone hall, giving off a sense of being detached from the world.
His face was ashen. Many of the elders around Bai Ke had once treated him with the same adoration and deference, but now…
"Hmph, let you be smug for a while longer. Let's see how you build your empire from scratch. I'll wait until you fall from grace and your followers scatter!" Xing Jian thought viciously to himself.
“This sect election is different from the past. Do you think that you can easily win just because you have outstanding cultivation? Junior Brother Bai, you and your father forced me to do this.”
He suddenly exuded a cold and fierce aura, which disappeared in a flash, and even the elders standing next to him did not notice it.