Chapter 66: Matters Settled

Whether the Human Daoist lived or died, Chu Danqing did not know, and there were others to handle the aftermath, so he didn't need to worry.

"Many thanks to Mr. Chu for looking after my younger brother." Guo Yin, Guo Ming's brother, said as he took out a bamboo slip: "I came in a hurry and have nothing to repay you with; please accept this, Mr. Chu."

"No, no, no, how could I accept this?" Chu Danqing refused directly.

"It is not anything valuable." Guo Yin shoved it into Chu Danqing's hand: "It is just right for Mr. Chu."

Guo Ming leaned over to take a look and immediately said: "It really isn't anything valuable; Big Brother, aren't you being a bit too stingy?"

"You actually only gave the Five Elements Spirit Beast Art; why didn't you give the Five Directions Auspicious Beast Diagram?" Guo Ming said with slight dissatisfaction.

This caused Guo Yin's eyelid to twitch; his own younger brother was generous with his spending, truly a case of a son not feeling the pain of selling his grandfather's fields.

"You have to go back and tell Father about this; I can't get the Five Directions Auspicious Beast Diagram." Guo Yin added to justify himself.

"Fine, I'll tell Father when I go back." Guo Ming had actually intended to give Chu Danqing the Five Directions Auspicious Beast Diagram as the inherited art from the beginning.

Although it was not as good as the Taiping Book of the Taiping Daoist, it was the most suitable for Chu Danqing's path, which specialized in beast taming and spirit summoning.

And this Five Elements Spirit Beast Art was an inheritance simplified from the Five Directions Auspicious Beast Diagram, with a vast difference in quality.

Fortunately, it was not without benefits; it was just right for Chu Danqing, a self-taught amateur, to build a foundation, and he could smoothly inherit the Five Directions Auspicious Beast Diagram in the future.

"You..." Guo Yin sighed helplessly, looked at Chu Danqing, and said: "You all chat first; I will catch up with the Governor, and I will come to find you afterward."

Chu Danqing glanced at the data on the bamboo slip and then put it into his storage space, not learning it immediately.

【Skill Book: Five Elements Spirit Beast Art】

【Type: Inherited Skill】

【Quality: Excellent】

【Effect: After use, obtain the Five Elements Spirit Beast Art inheritance; Energy value is replaced by Mana value】

It was only Excellent-tier, and the effect was missing one thing; in the Flame Scorching Plain Scripture he had seen before, there was also the ability to make mana possess fire attributes.

The copy in his hand did not have that.

"Consultant Chu, do you feel like you've missed out on a massive opportunity?" On the way back, Lu Yin teased.

Chu Danqing shook his head: "Shallow waters cannot produce flood dragons; by the same token, small fish and shrimp entering the deep sea is also seeking their own death."

Leaving Yangxian Commandery was simply not a place he could stay.

Facing Chu Danqing's self-awareness, Lu Yin was slightly surprised, but he didn't show it too obviously.

Guo Ming held a different opinion: "Brother Chu is a dragon and phoenix among men; do not belittle yourself."

Chu Danqing had Da Bao push Lu Yin's plain carriage back, and on the way, he couldn't help but ask: "So, who is the mastermind behind this?"

"What do you think?" Lu Yin asked in return.

"I don't know, that's why I'm asking." Chu Danqing actually had a guess; it was either the Emperor or the Taiping Daoist.

"It is the current Emperor." Seeing Chu Danqing's attitude, Guo Ming didn't speak in riddles and stated the reason directly: "The Taiping Dao is too powerful."

"If this continues, the people of the world will only know of the Taiping Dao and not the Emperor."

Lu Yin revealed a bit more to Chu Danqing: "However... the Taiping Daoist might also have had a hand in it."

"Bai Yao being able to easily control the Son of Heaven for his own use is already not a conventional method."

"Apart from the three Human Daoists, only the Taiping Daoist could have this ability."

"And the only one who can compete with the current Emperor so quietly is the Taiping Daoist alone."

"Why are you speaking so freely? Previously, Guo Ming and Cheng Wei were being evasive and refused to reveal a thing, insisting on telling me half and hiding half." Chu Danqing felt it was strange: "As if saying it would bring down heavenly punishment."

"Disaster comes from the mouth; their status and standing are different, and the results of speaking after the fact versus during the fact are different." Lu Yin held the small stove and breathed on it while looking at the two: "Of course, Consultant Chu is one of our own, so it doesn't matter if we say it."

When the conversation reached this point, Lu Yin's tone shifted: "I remember Consultant Chu is not yet married, right?"

"Yes, what about it?" Chu Danqing had a bad premonition; he always felt Lu Yin would ask some offensive questions next.

"My elder sister..." Lu Yin went straight to the point.

As soon as Chu Danqing heard this, he interrupted immediately: "Not suitable."

"She has water in her brain; it will be fine once the water dries up after a while." Chu Danqing didn't hesitate to strike back.

"What a pity; I thought I could become in-laws with Consultant Chu." Lu Yin's tone carried regret.

He was genuinely regretful.

With Chu Danqing's network of connections, it would be all benefits and no harm for the Lu clan.

Not to mention the long term, as long as Chu Danqing lived for one day, the Lu clan and the newly born Ji clan would always be friends in the same boat.

Not to mention the friendship with the Guo clan, who had four generations of three dukes.

Chu Danqing's refusal was also within his expectations.

Just with this refusal, both Guo Ming and Cheng Wei couldn't help but smile; in their view, although Chu Danqing was currently just a commoner, he had already begun to show his brilliance.

It was uncertain who would be clinging to whom in the future; if he had really agreed, the possibility of his future being ruined would be very high.

The Lu clan naturally couldn't choose to marry off a daughter; they would only recruit a son-in-law.

Chu Danqing might have achievements in the future, but what did that have to do with the present? The Lu clan didn't have the courage to invest in Chu Danqing.

On the contrary, the Lu clan was also afraid that Chu Danqing would take over the nest once he grew up.

"But I didn't expect you to be the one hiding the deepest; you're quite good at playing the pig to eat the tiger." Chu Danqing quickly changed the subject.

"It's just that Consultant Chu didn't ask." To ease the atmosphere, Lu Yin followed suit and changed the subject: "My master hides in the countryside and does not wish for others to bother him too much."

"I just inherited his temperament."

With everyone exchanging words, they soon returned to the Lu mansion.

Lu Yin's maid, Xiao Cui, had been waiting at the gate of the Lu mansion for a long time and took the plain carriage to push it away.

Chu Danqing could only return to his own room, while Guo Ming and Cheng Wei were arranged in a more luxurious room.

These two had different origins and status, so naturally, they could no longer stay in the same room as Chu Danqing.

Previously, not knowing about this, they couldn't prepare in advance, but now that they knew, arranging it like that would be looking down on them.

Guo Ming's elder brother, Guo Yin, was still in Yangxian Commandery; compared to the Guo clan, their Lu clan was like a frog at the bottom of a well.

The Lu clan really didn't dare to neglect these two.

"Finally, there is time to open the treasure chests." After Chu Danqing sat down, he took out two treasure chests.

In addition to the treasure chest dropped by the demonized Son of Heaven, which definitely wouldn't yield anything good, there was also one dropped by the Xin Xin Ren Mo.

Before, after killing the Xin Xin Ren Mo, he had rushed to the Chongyang Tower without stopping, and there was no gap in time for him to open the treasure chests.

That was why it had been delayed until now.

(End of chapter)