In the middle of the main hall, there was a sudden cold wind, and there was a sudden explosion in the air, as if invisible martial artists had exchanged blows for a moment.
‘Sword Qi ——‘ Zhuge Long Su slowly converged his eyes, as if he had a million thoughts in contemplation.
He had really struck out just now, but was stopped by a sword qi.
Although it was only a tentative exchange and he had not seen the root of this sword qi, it was undoubtedly a sword qi that was only found in the Tong Shen realm.
So, where did Qing Yu of the True Dan realm get such sword qi?
Or perhaps it was from someone who was secretly helping him. But if there was someone helping him, then this person was able to conceal his perception from Zhuge Long Su, so his strength was definitely extraordinary, even above him.
At the same time, Qing Yu’s left hand under his left sleeve raised his sword finger, and the greenish sword qi moved around on it, radiating an inch of coldness.
He dared to come to see Zhuge Long Su in person, naturally he had the certainty of retreating in one piece. In fact, as long as he wasn’t fighting for his life against a God of the Realm, Qing Yu would have the certainty to vanish.
The days of seeing a Tong Shen like a mouse seeing a cat were gone.
“Kill the poor dao?” Qing Yu suddenly laughed out loud, “Didn’t Dean come here to sit and prevent the Prairie People’s Tong Shen realm powerhouse because Eunuch Leng couldn’t get away?”
“To tell you the truth, Dean may not believe it, but my poor dao’s perception is particularly keen. Tonight, the poor dao has found you!”
At the time when the Water Ghost appeared, and at the time when that concealed Tong Shen realm was using its secret technique to help Gajutsu across the sky, Qing Yu was able to spot Zhuge Long Su’s presence.
He had appeared as a friend of Qing Yu’s, not as someone who had left the Mountain River School himself in order to ask for punishment.
However, Fang’s killing intent could not be faked.
There was one worry that Gu Chen was not wrong about, and that was that Zhuge Longxu could not see the appearance of the Water Ghost. This kind of corpse refining technique was not even practised by the Daoist sect where it originated now.
The last corpse refining sect, the Sanshan Sect, was also extinguished nearly a thousand years ago. Now, only the Heavenly Demon Palace and the Ten Halls of the Underworld still have corpse refining techniques in existence, and both of them are top-notch techniques.
The first time Zhuge Long Su exposed his qi was due to the anger he felt at the sight of the Water Ghost. In the moment of anger and killing intent, his qi leaked out and was perceived by Qing Yu.
Therefore, Zhuge Longjue really had a murderous intent, and if Qing Yu had not blocked his test, he would have started fighting by now.
But now, Zhuge Longjue had collected his killing intent. It was because he realised that he could not help Qing Yu. Without the power of the Long River of Qi, Zhuge Longjue was not strong enough to leave Qing Yu behind.
Since he could not stay, then Zhuge Longjue could only put away his killing intent.
Just as Qing Yu had told Gu Chen before, Zhuge Long Su had never lacked adaptability. He was a good man in a sense, but his reason, however, was above his sensibility.
If he was unable to keep Qing Yu, then venturing into a deadly feud with the other side would undoubtedly be an unwise move. Since it was unwise, it would not be desirable for Zhuge Long Su.
“When you were Meng De, if you had not hidden your strength, then the speed at which your strength grew could be considered the first in the world.” Zhuge Longjue lamented.
Guan Qing Yu was exquisite in his Daoist skills, and there was no sign of using evil methods, which meant that although his strength had grown quickly, he had cultivated it himself.
“There is nothing strange in the world, and I dare not claim to be the best in the world, Dean is not praising me.” Qing Yu returned indifferently.
These days, there were many people who were open. Perhaps it was because those people had triggered the Great Tribulation that geniuses and freaks were slowly appearing in the world.
For example, Shi Jue of the Great Zen Temple, it was heard that he had closed down early and would not leave the temple until he reached the True Elixir. But given the time he has spent in seclusion, he must be on the verge of a breakthrough.
There were many mysteries about Monk Shi Jue, and he had always been one of the people Qing Yu found difficult to see through.
There was also Yuan Jian Yi, Qing Yu had heard that this person had received the sword intent of the Sacred Sword Tablet into his body, and his current realm was almost at the peak of the Divine Origin realm, right?
More, there were also Yun Wuyue and the three grandsons of the Heavenly Demon Palace —— Although these people had difficulty catching up with Qing Yu, they all had little problem advancing to the True Dan. After all, they are all the heavenly pride of the great sects of the world.
“Poor Dao thought, Dean came today, not just to catch up with poor Dao, right?” Qing Yu said.
Since he had failed in his attempt to kill Qing Yu and had to stay, Zhuge Long Su must have another purpose.
“After you pacified the wolf barbarian invasion this time, your position should have changed as well, right?”
Although it was a question, it was a statement, Zhuge Long Su was certain that it was time for Qing Yu’s position to change. And this change is undoubtedly upwards.
With Qing Yu’s prestige in the dynasty, and the merits he has made this time, where this upward move of position will fall, is in fact almost certain ——
“State Master,” Zhuge Long Su said with certainty, “with your relationship with His Majesty, there is no other than the position of State Master.”
The court has always referred to Qing Yu as “Daoist Master” rather than his position as “Qintian Supervisor”. It seems that Feng Jiuyu had wanted Qing Yu to take up the position for a long time, but lacked a strong reason to do so.
Now, this strong reason will soon be available.
At that time, Qing Yu would be the State Master of Northern Zhou, and could be considered to be under one person and above all others.
“Give your price.” Qing Yu interrupted directly.
Since Zhuge Longxu was talking about the State Master, he was definitely not here to congratulate Qing Yu for his ascension to the throne. His intention in coming should be that the position of State Master was vacant, so that Qing Yu could honestly stay in his position as the Chintian Supervisor.
Not to be the State Master, fine. After all, Feng Jiuyu has to listen to him, and his position in Northern Zhou may not seem obvious, but he is actually the emperor.
But it’s one thing for him to be one, and another for Zhuge Longxu to stop him from being one. If the price was right, Qing Yu wouldn’t mind taking advantage of Zhuge Long Su’s wish.
“If you were to hand over the position to a demon daoist, it would not only be unhelpful to His Majesty’s reputation, but also to Northern Zhou.
And now that a demon dao has entered the Northern Zhou, their relationship with you is also very shallow, right?”
Zhuge Long Su spoke of his reasons to himself before finally getting to the price, “If you can give up the position of State Master, then the Heavenly Son martial arts that have been secretly hidden in the Shan He Academy will be handed over to His Majesty.”
“Oh~” Qing Yu said with interest, “The poor dao originally thought that there would be some more collusion with the Mountain River Academy in the future, and that it would eventually take a lot of difficulties to get you to relent and hand over the Heavenly Son Martial Arts, but I never thought that you would let go of it like this. Why is that?”
The means by which Feng Jiuyu ascended to the throne was not to the liking of the Shanhe Academy or Feng Mingxiao, and Qing Yu had never expected to obtain the Heavenly Son Martial Science by peaceful means.
The previous emperor Feng Tianming had gone to great lengths to obtain the Heavenly Son Martial Arts, but now it was Zhuge Longxu who had taken the initiative to use it as a trade, which was very incredible no matter how one looked at it.
