Chapter 377: Tempting

After Lu Mingshu has changed her status, the whole sect knew of her breaking through.

"What did you say? Lu Mingshu has already broken through? Are you sure?" Yu Wen Shi was sitting in a garden, meditating when he heard the news.

These years, the different lines had slowly been won over by the Zhou family. If the line of willow woods fell, he might lose his chance to turn things around.

Power was a weird thing. In a nutshell, the longer Fu Shangqing acted as the sect leader, the more he fits the position. Unless he was a total muddlehead, it would now be hard to overthrow him.

However, even though Fu Shangqing was shameless, he was still quite capable. Fu Shangqing had been improving these few years and could handle most things well enough. This convinced the centrist lines that he was qualified as a sect leader. As a result, they slowly stopped wanting to remove him from the sect leader's position. Adding to how active the Zhou's had been, they started to control the situation.

As for the jade terrace line, due to not having improved for a long time, they were starting to lose their allies.

Yu Wen Shi sighed in defeat. All he could do was watch his authority get eroded slowly. When the line of willow woods lost their control, Yu Wen Shi knew he stood no chance to become sect leader.

However, the Zhou's made a mistake by offending the willow woods line. Zhou Jiangui was injured by accident, and for An Tongchen, it was obvious that the Zhou's moved against him. During the autumn hunt, An Tongchen was besieged by demonic beasts and returned with many injuries. An Tongchen may seem to be calm, but he was in fact, way more aggressive than Zhou Jiangui. By doing this, the Zhou's had forced him to oppose them directly, and they would no longer have things so easy.

However, Yu Wen Shi knew that the results would take time. And when it finally concluded, he would be too old to receive the benefits.

So he stopped finding ways to remove Fu Shanqing but focused on training his disciples. After the Qilin festival, Shao Zhengyang seemed to improve a lot and matured greatly, making it easier for Yu Wen Shi to coach him. Yu Wen Shi was pleased with his improvement and decided to let him train for a few more years before breaking through as he didn't have the best aptitude.

As long as this happened, even if Yu Wen Shi didn't become the sect leader, the jade terrace line would be able to survive.

~That bitch thinks she is so smart, huh? Staying in the house for too long makes you an idiot. She thought she is smart, joining forces here and there and getting rid of others so the Nine Jade Palace will belong to the Zhou's? Bitch, the more you try to suppress others, the worse it gets. After ten years, let's see how happy you will be.~

But Yu Wen Shi never expected the surprise to come that soon.

"Yes." Shao Zhengyang answered. "Disciple went to visit junior sister Lu personally earlier."

Now, Shao Zhengyan was already twenty-eight, and he had matured a lot, picking up many of Yu Wen Shi's traits.

"How old is she now? Twenty-something?"

"Twenty-two."

"Twenty-two." Yu Wen Shi hummed, "Back then, senior brother Liu broke through at twenty-four too. Senior brother Liu trained and broke through only when he could, unlike someone who rushed their cultivation and broke through without the ability."

Sarcasm. And who was it directed to? Obviously him.

"Junior sister Lu seems to be in a good state." Shao Zhengyang paused for a moment before continuing. "Disciple feels that she's already stable, though. But maybe it's just because my cultivation is too low."

"Is that so?" Yu Wen Shi raised an eyebrow. Shao Zhengyang was already reaching the peak; how could he be wrong?

Yu Wen Shi looked down and pondered for a moment before nodding his head. "Help me prepare; I'll personally go pay a visit."

"Master?"

"She's not on good terms with the Zhou's, so they will soon have conflict." He then turned to his disciple and smiled at him. "You are reaching the peak too. Since Lu Mingshu could breakthrough in such a short time, it might be because of certain secrets. Master wants to consult her and maybe let you break through earlier."

Hearing that Yu Wen Shi was willing to let go of his ego to consult Lu Mingshu for him, Shao Zhengyang couldn't help but feel touched. "Master, with my body's constitution, I may take up to one or two years to reach the peak, and taking the time I need to prepare to break through, I may need up to four or five years...."

"Disciple, if such secrets really exist, it's a good thing that needs to be passed down generations. If Master can get it by putting away my ego, it will be more than worth it."

Not only does Yu Wenshi have the means, but other lines that were not on good terms with the Zhou's also had similar means. One of them was Zheng Chong, from the line of Tai.

"Twenty-two. Seven years. Is it because Fu Shangqing has special genes?" Zheng Chong furrowed his eyebrows.

Fu Shangqing broke through in seven years too, but it was thanks to Zhou's putting in the effort to cultivate him. As for Lu Mingshu, she broke through after returning from a trip.

"Go try to find out." Zheng Chong said to his trusted aide, his disciple Kuai Xin. "Go find out how she broke through."

"But Master, the line of Shengyang is grandmaster Xiang's line. What if it's his secret methods? It might not be a great idea to do so..."

"His line is more than just Liu Jizhen's line. In fact, Liu Jizhen's line is not directly related. If it's really his secret, why not pass it to his own disciple and Liu Jizhen?" Zheng Chong waved his hand and sighed. "Do as I say. If you still don't breakthrough soon, our line will be very vulnerable."

"Uh." Kuai Xin nodded and walked out slowly.

Kuai Xin sighed and walked out. The tall and sturdy, energetic young man from seven years ago was nowhere to be seen anywhere. Now, Kuai Xin had become more mature, looking like he had been through many things.. He once thought that he would be able to breakthrough in three years, but who would have expected him to fail. After that, Kuai Xin dared not try again.

Back then, when he lost to Lu Mingshu, Kuai Xin didn't feel ashamed or angry. All he felt was that it was a good fight. And moreover, it's not like he wanted to steal others' secrets.

At the same time, there was a similar conversation going on in the Fluffy cloud line between Jie Wenhan, Yin Hong, and Zou Xiaolin. They were in charge of the line.

But on the other hand, Jie Wenhan wasn't as moody as Kuai Xin. After the talk, she walked out of the house and sneered. "Idiots!"

So what if she was scolding her elders? ~Yin Hong is Zhou Miaoru's dog, which explains her attitude and idea to force Lu Mingshu to hand over the secret method of breaking through.~

~Using evil methods to force someone of your own is definitely a method for evil, nasty bitches. What do you mean by "for my own good?" I can cultivate slowly and breakthrough at my own pace, thank you very much. Moreover, you never seemed to care about me at all, so what do you mean by "It's for Wenhan's good?"

Jie Wenhan rolled her eyes and tidied herself up before putting on a fake smile as she walked back in.

~Idiotic bitches. But I'm still not powerful enough to throw them out. ~ Jie Wenhan sighed and entered the house.