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Chapter 703 - 598: The Pragmatic Daqian Royal Clan

Chapter 703: Chapter 598: The Pragmatic Daqian Royal Clan

Upon seeing this, Wang Zijia turned and walked away, not caring to pay any attention.

Immediately catching up, Li Shenghui changed the subject and asked knowingly, "Did you take the Earth Immortal Path in this life? Didn’t you study incantations?"

Wang Zijia stopped in his tracks, turned back to look at Li Shenghui, who was making idle talk, and asked, "Then what?"

Li Shenghui paused, simply abandoning any attempt at small talk and bluntly said, "Those people in the Divine Capital all know about your situation!"

With no change in his expression, Wang Zijia continued his counter-question, "So?"

"Quite a few people have asked me to persuade you to come back. Those of the past are gone aside from the two of us, so giving you satisfaction isn’t possible. However, we can offer you compensation, things like status and popularity are open for discussion."

As he said this, Li Shenghui, with his soft and gentle manner, seemed to think of something and said,

"Considering how eager some people are, if possible, they might not mind gifting me to you!"

His tone and expression were somewhat unfathomable. Needless to say, as his lifespan was approaching its end, whether in the Divine Capital or Zongren Mansion, Li Shenghui was no longer as significant as he once was.

Wang Zijia laughed sarcastically and said, "Months ago, when I went to the Devil Gate and made a stir, weren’t the people in the Divine Capital’s Zongren Mansion aware? Was there such an attitude then?"

"When Ma Chen came to Changbao wanting me to go back and meet you, could the elders in the Divine Capital not know?"

"When you, Fifth Brother, came to the Divine Capital, hadn’t I emerged?"

Without explicitly stating his point, Wang Zijia countered with several questions, but how could Li Shenghui not understand his words?

What were they doing before?

His mouth agape, he sighed and said, "Ninth Younger Brother, you must understand that we are members of the royal family. Some things, we just have to look at the outcome, not the intent or the process. Living that way is too exhausting, and you’ll never fully fit in. Even I can’t demand such purity!"

"Heh, how much I long to fit in," Wang Zijia looked at Li Shenghui and said, "For many things, I can focus on the outcome rather than the intent."

As he said this, Wang Zijia paused, then added, "But the precondition for this is for you to make a move with a specific purpose before the results come out. At least I would respect you for your courage to gamble and bet."

"Only thinking about adding flowers to the brocade after the results have come out, and still expecting others to go along with your plan? There are no such easy things."

"Yes, I did take the Earth Immortal Path, used the Twenty-Eight Star Divisions to breakthrough and become a Primordial Spirit. Arrays were merely auxiliary, and I’ve reached the stage where I can assist others in Crossing Tribulation, and even make others become Immortals in the future."

"But does this have anything to do with Daqian?"

"Agreeing with you, Li Shenghui, is solely because of benefits and because you’re indeed my blood relative. That’s an undeniable fact. But that’s all there is to it."

Please let those from Zongren Mansion continue to be the carefree rulers, looking down on all creatures from their positions in the Immortal Dynasty, instead of descending to our mundane world to be sullied by worldly desires. How vulgar that would be!"

Li Shenghui opened his mouth but didn’t know how to respond.

After all, that place, Zongren Mansion, truly respects rules and proprieties and inviting Wang Zijia back would mean having to put up with Li Shenghui, who was on the brink of death, and the vigorous and flourishing Li Shenghong.

The things involved were too many, so Li Shenghui didn’t directly raise the matter before. They pretended not to hear and acted as though Li Shenghong didn’t exist, even refraining from verifying the rumors.

Now realizing something was amiss and seeing there were major benefits, they were considering bringing people back to be revered as patriarchs.

Even for the imperial family, where actions were often driven by intent and utility, this was a bit too much...

Gauging his younger brother’s temperament as a gentleman with a sword, it’d be weird if he were to show a good attitude. Leaving aside his younger brother, he himself was rather speechless.

"Can’t we just ignore these old folk who have turned into ghosts? Just return to Divine Capital for a visit, to see the changes in the world?" Li Shenghui immediately began wheedling.

Wang Zijia gave Li Shenghui a disdainful look and couldn’t be bothered to pay him any attention.

During this time, Li Shenghui lowered his guard more and more, and once he laid down the persistence of Crossing Tribulation Major Repair and the stature of the prefect, his naturally thick-skinned nature gradually surfaced.

Wang Zijia had no choice but to let him tag along.

After all, he was a Crossing Tribulation Major Cultivator and a legitimate brother. Even though they had no emotional connection, there was also no major feud between them.

Moreover, interacting with him more often would help subtly seed the devil in him.

Therefore, Wang Zijia wasn’t particularly resistant to Li Shenghui. As for the matter of attitude, he was merely maintaining the persona of Li Shenghong.

In this state of mind, Li Shenghui interpreted that Wang Zijia had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

So, the dignified Crossing Tribulation Major Cultivator, day in and day out, was nagging in front of him, calling him Ninth Younger Brother on the left and Elder Brother on the right, verging on the boundary of being an annoying and shameless person.

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After spending most of the day at Changbao managing affairs, and after flaunting his presence a bit, Wang Zijia returned to White Peach Peak.

Unlike the tranquility of Changbao, White Peach Peak was far too busy.

The settling of tens of thousands of Perfected Ones;

The future planning of White Peach Peak;

The development within the Fu Pulse;

And the future connection with the Qinglian Realm, the means to establish real-time communication with the Fu Pulse, and so on...

A heap of matters!

Especially Xiang Feifei and Bai Qian, who had already become the main leaders carrying the weight of the Sect.

Now they were all gone, leaving only An Xingsheng alone.

Of course, starting from yesterday, Li Lexin and several major managers from the Demon Suppression Holy Land who were at the False Infant cultivation stage also started to take over, but they were still very busy.

After Wang Zijia came back, he began to preside over the White Peach Tower, dealing with some affairs, mainly discussing major issues and deciding the general direction of things.

For several days in a row, Wang Zijia had been busy like this.

The sect’s Big Shots seemed to know that he was busy and tacitly didn’t come to visit at this time. Instead, they were waiting for the breakthrough happening in a dozen days.

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Early this morning, in the conference hall of the White Peach Tower, the old and new factions once again convened under the chairmanship of Wang Zijia to discuss matters.

After the disciples from the Qinglian World ascended, the Jade Talisman Pulse began to have two prominent factions.

An Xingsheng and several small clans, along with the Xilin Branches, led the older faction;

Li Lexin and the Saint Masters of the Lower Realm led the ascended faction.

Ordinarily, An Xingsheng’s group would not qualify. Whether it was the basic number of Perfected or the top forces, they were not strong enough to oppose the Ascended faction.

However, they had been with Wang Zijia for a longer time and had been very close with the Xiang family. Plus, with the support of various families in the sect and their considerable change in circumstances, they now had the capacity to contend with the Ascended faction.

Wang Zijia did not interfere in this matter. As long as they did not go too far, some competition in the Fu Pulse was indeed needed. A pond without catfish only raised fish for viewing!

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At this moment, the two factions with a large group of either familiar or unfamiliar disciples were discussing matters in the Great Hall.

Wang Zijia sat in the main seat, listening listlessly.

’A deputy Pulse master needs to be selected. Otherwise, dealing with these things every day is quite annoying. No wonder Zhang Decheng always wants to coax me into becoming the Young Master of the Tower!’

In the past, small things in the Jade Talisman Pulse could be ignored, settled with just a few words. Now, matters from the Xilin Branches and the Qinglian Realm had to start getting settled here.

Especially in the early stage when the charter was being decided, the new factions did not give way to each other.

The charters, no matter how trivial they were, took a long time to discuss, which gave Wang Zijia a headache.

The topic of discussion at the moment had just reached the cultivation process for the Lingtong.

Not only the disciples who entered the Wanyu Sect every year, but also the prodigies from the Qinglian Realm who met certain conditions also needed to be trained in advance.

One side wanted to use the Spirit Child Institute model as the main one, and the other side wanted to use the Xianzun Academy as the main model.

Actually, the two models were just deciding which faction would control the ’Education Bureau’ in the Pulse in the future!

This matter was the most important. The two factions were at odds for a long time, but they did not come to a conclusion.

At the point when Wang Zijia was dozing off, An Xingsheng - leading the Xilin Branch faction - took the initiative, and a Perfected stood up to challenge Li Lexin, a Saint Master at the False Infant cultivation stage.

"I must first state that I have no intention to offend anyone, nor am I trying to split the sect."

"But since all of you have ascended, you shouldn’t bring the way of doing things from the Lower Realm to the Wanyu Sect. Now, here, this is Wanyu, not the Demon Suppression Holy Land."

"Thousands of pulses use the Spirit Child Institute. Why does ours need to start an academy? What’s going on?"

Li Lexin and the others were taken aback. The words that followed did not matter. But the first few sentences used the situation in the sect to suppress people. It seemed like he was using a trick.

At this time, Jiang Siyi, who had become a God Monarch and belonged to the Academy Faction, also saw his faction at a disadvantage. Finally, he stopped pretending to sleep, gave the other side a faint look, and used the same move.

"However, this is the Jade Talisman Pulse. The Xianzun Academy was a guideline set by the Pulse master. Don’t you think that it is not so good?"

You won’t follow the rules and will use the sect’s situation to pressure people, right?

No problem. I’ll counter with the Immortal Venerate!

Who is afraid of whom!

No one is doing the right thing!

An Xingsheng and the others were facing the God Monarch, and their momentum weakened. The words of the other side prompted them to glance at Wang Zijia carefully. Seeing that he was still dozing off and his Mind was not affected, they let out a sigh of relief.

As a local faction, the reason they could stabilize their position so soon after the recent ascension from the other faction was due to the lack of support from top forces.

If it weren’t for Wang Zijia’s intention to let go, there would be no deadlock. Wang Zijia was their ultimate pillar. They couldn’t be careless!

At this moment, An Xingsheng started to speak with a smile, "God Monarch Jiang, you are joking. We are just discussing small matters in the Pulse. There is no need to rise to other levels. That would hurt the harmony. Don’t you think so?"

Jiang Siyi looked at An Xingsheng and also was somewhat wary of this major steward who had come along with Wang Zijia. He also did not put on airs as a God Monarch and replied with a smile.

"I think so too. Let’s focus on the matters at hand instead of bringing up things that will hurt feelings."

The two sides tacitly agreed to stop bringing up the interests of the entire sect and claiming the moral high ground, a weapon that didn’t make sense. They then began to discuss the matters at hand in earnest.

"Huh?!"

After a moment, Wang Zijia, who was dozing off and was aimlessly observing the unfamiliar faces among the disciples, suddenly came to. Habitually demon seeding, he suddenly came to realization, gasped lightly, and sat upright.

Everyone stopped their discussion and looked at Wang Zijia.