Chapter 367: Shang Hongchen

The matter is roughly as follows, Sir Chen Chuyang: the Sect Leader's intention is that you join the Yin Gui Sect; thereafter you will be the Sect Leader of the Yin Gui Sect, everything of the Yin Gui Sect will be yours to control at will.

Zhuge Ruolan said it all in one breath; among it, she omitted an important point: after Chen Chuyang joins the Yin Gui Sect, Yin Gui Zhenren will matchmake her and Chen Chuyang, letting them walk together, work together, and together make the Yin Gui Sect even better and greater.

These matters are not suitable to discuss now; Shang Hongxue is present, and if she were to speak them out, regardless, that woman would not agree. If Shang Hongxue opposes, the chance of Chen Chuyang joining the Yin Gui Sect becomes even lower. Zhuge Ruolan internally leans toward Chen Chuyang joining the Yin Gui Sect; although the Yin Gui Sect is chaotic inside, with many factions and tangled complexities, it needs a Strong One like Chen Chuyang to be injected, to disrupt them and suppress them.

When that time comes, she will assist the Sect Leader, and the other troublemakers of the Yin Gui Sect will eventually bow down.

Eliminate those troublemakers, restoring a stable cultivation environment for the Yin Gui Sect.

This is what she hopes for, and also what the Sect Leader hopes for.

The main point is that her brother can also be saved, and she can cultivate together with her brother.

"It seems he hasn't given up, and has you try to persuade me."

"He thinks you can sway me?"

Zhuge Ruolan shook her head: "I can't, but I can try."

The matter has been told to Chen Chuyang; whether it succeeds is his own business.

In her heart, Zhuge Ruolan hopes Chen Chuyang will go and become the Holy Son of the Yin Gui Sect, truly second to none and above ten thousand, and when the Sect Leader steps down, he will be the true Sect Leader, controlling all life and death within the Yin Gui Sect.

The Yin Gui Sect's cultivation environment, resources, and all aspects are better than those of the Chen Clan, and also better than Longshe Shan.

The vast Yin Gui Sect controls abundant resources; if it truly enters the Great Qi Dynasty, the Yin Gui Sect's development will accelerate, its strength will become even more formidable, and the resources it can control will increase exponentially.

The Great Qi Dynasty is precarious, awaiting Qihuang's fall; the Yin Gui Sect will inevitably take root, and no one can stop it.

The vast dynasty has abundant resources, but they must not be controlled by those sects, nor by the dynasty itself.

The Yin Gui Sect returning to the dynasty's realm again is a destined matter, unchangeable.

"Heh heh heh."

Chen Chuyang refused outright: "Don't even think about this; I will not join the Yin Gui Sect, nor will I leave Longshe Shan."

Longshe Shan is his everything, his foundation; after spending so many resources and effort to forge Longshe Shan, how could he hand it over so easily?

As for resources, he lacks none now.

When lacking, just rob.

There are plenty of fat sheep outside; the Yin Gui Sect, Heavenly Heart Sect, Spirit Sword Sect, and the Great Qi Dynasty are all very fat. When Chen Chuyang fully understands their strength, it will be his time to act.

The Chen Clan expands outward step by step, its controlled resources increase, and many families are also annihilated; this is the law of nature.

The weak are trampled and annihilated.

Either join, or be annihilated.

There is no third path.

"Sir Chen Chuyang, you may consider this: although the Yin Gui Sect is not a proper sect, it is merely the Heavenly Heart Sect's illustrious name; the losers become demonic sects, the victors become renowned orthodox sects."

"If the Yin Gui Sect wins this time, we will become a renowned orthodox sect."

"The dynasty is the same: success is a great revolutionary victory, failure is treason."

Chen Chuyang looked at Zhuge Ruolan in surprise; he hadn't expected this woman to have such lofty ideas, and she saw through everything.

This woman exceeded his expectations; her thoughts and perspective are higher than any woman Chen Chuyang knows.

It seems this Holy Maiden is not a mere ornament.

A sect's Holy Maiden truly is not a decorative figure.

Chen Chuyang gave Zhuge Ruolan a deep glance and shook his head in refusal again.

"Actually, you could agree; first secure the resources, and the rest can come slowly."

"With your cultivation level, to advance you need resources."

"The resources of Longshe Cheng cannot satisfy your cultivation."

"Even if they can satisfy now, what about the future?"

"Sir, you must understand one thing: resources are limited. Within the sealed world, resources are most scarce, constantly held by the major sects and great families. If we try to seize them, we will be ruthlessly suppressed and torn apart."

"The Yin Gui Sect needs change, needs resources, and must kill people; only by exterminating them can we control their resources."

"And you, lacking resources, could join the Yin Gui Sect to jointly campaign against the Great Qi and those renowned orthodox sects."

"If we succeed, we will soar skyward."

"Then the Chen Clan will also take off."

"You have no reason to refuse."

These words have been weighing on her heart for a long time, never spoken to anyone.

Zhuge Ruolan also has ambition, but her strength is too weak to control the Yin Gui Sect or to resist.

To fulfill her ambition, she must join forces with Chen Chuyang.

She does not even trust Yin Gui Zhenren.

The Zhuge family's hatred, rescuing her brother, and the sect's oppression—those people in her hands follow her; Zhuge Ruolan must secure a future for them.

"You are too weak."

Chen Chuyang thought for a long time, then only said this sentence.

Zhuge Ruolan fell silent and lowered her head.

She had nothing to say; any other words she could have refuted.

She could also persuade Chen Chuyang, but this particular sentence she could not counter.

In the eyes of a Strong One, she truly is too weak.

The Condensed Core Realm appears mighty and unattainable to ordinary people, yet to a Strong One it is weak.

Void Core, Inner Core, Golden Core—the threefold realms, like a heavenly chasm.

At any time, in a Strong One's eyes, you are merely an ant.

Chen Chuyang turned and walked away into the distance.

He went up the mountain to check his dragon blood fruit, to check his spirit spring water.

He stayed behind, leaving Shang Hongxue and Zhuge Ruolan.

Shang Hongxue opened her mouth, comforting: "He's just that straightforward; you don't need to take it to heart."

Zhuge Ruolan shook her head, lifted her head, and gazed at Chen Chuyang's back.

After a long while, after a long while, she turned and left.

He went down the mountain.

Outside Longshe Cheng.

Shang Hongchen sat in the carriage, accompanied by her bosom friend Fang Yue.

Fang Yue was bound in the carriage, weak and powerless.

The awakened Fang Yue looked at Shang Hongchen; the place where the carriage stopped was a deserted spot.

Around them, there was no one else; only the two of them.

"Shang Hongchen, what are you doing? We're good friends, you..."

Fang Yue panicked; this woman actually... attacked at this moment, about to return to Longshe Cheng; she hadn't yet struck Shang Hongchen, but this woman actually struck first.

She had always been kind to her, confusing her, making her trust herself; her plans were all ready, but the result...

An unexpected incident occurred.