Chapter 156: A Year and a Half [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"The Clan Leader is looking for me, did he say when I should go see him?" Xia Daoming was not surprised at all that Lu Jinglong was looking for him.

Counting the time, it should be about time for the two to meet again.

At the very least, the reward for the Heart-Devouring Old Demon should also be shared with him.

Seeing Xia Daoming's indifferent expression toward the news that the Clan Leader had looked for him many times, as if it were just an ordinary person looking for him, Lu Ziying couldn't help but secretly admire him.

Master Uncle is Master Uncle, always calm and composed at any time. I don't know when I will be able to reach his state of mind.

"He said no matter when you come back, let me take you to the Clan Leader's Mansion to see him at the first time." Lu Ziying secretly admired him in her heart, and replied respectfully on the surface.

"Since that's the case, let's go see him now." Xia Daoming nodded.

When Xia Daoming and Lu Ziying arrived at the Elder's Mansion, Elder Lu Sanxia, whose injuries had recovered more than half, was already waiting for him in the front courtyard.

Seeing that Elder Lu Sanxia was actually waiting for Master Uncle Xia in the front courtyard, Lu Ziying was startled and hurriedly greeted him. Before she could say hello, Lu Sanxia had already cupped his hands toward Xia Daoming: "Grandmaster Xia is here, the Clan Leader is already waiting for you in the study."

Having said that, Lu Sanxia turned to Lu Ziying again: "Ziying, you go back first, the Clan Leader and Grandmaster Xia have some things to talk about."

Lu Ziying was about to say okay, but Xia Daoming smiled and said: "Ziying, come along."

Since he had already decided to support Lu Ziying and regarded her as one of the candidates for his future agent of contacts and interests in the cultivation world, his relationship with the Lu Clan, by this time, naturally didn't need to be hidden from her.

Of course, it was also to let the Lu Clan understand his importance to Lu Ziying and that they should cultivate her well.

Lu Sanxia was slightly stunned, while Lu Ziying had already opened her eyes wide, looking at Xia Daoming in disbelief.

In her impression, her Master Uncle had always been very low-key and humble.

But now, the Clan Leader personally asked him to talk in the study, and he actually rejected the elder's opinion and wanted to bring her, a little junior, along.

This is too disrespectful to the elder and the Clan Leader!

However, what surprised Lu Ziying even more was that after Lu Sanxia was slightly stunned, he said: "Since Grandmaster Xia values and trusts Ziying so much, it is her blessing, so naturally she can come along."

The Clan Leader's Mansion is a heavy place of the Lu Clan's Seeking Immortal Cliff.

And the study is the heavy place of the Clan Leader's Mansion.

Except for the close confidants around the Clan Leader, no one can enter or leave the study at will.

Today, after the Clan Leader's confidant led Xia Daoming and the three into the courtyard, he personally guarded the entrance of the courtyard.

Lu Sanxia led Xia Daoming and Lu Ziying through the courtyard, and just arrived in front of the study, before they could step up the stairs, the door of the study opened.

Lu Jinglong, whose face was still a bit pale, personally greeted them out of the study.

He saw that Lu Ziying was also there, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but then he seemed to understand, gave Lu Ziying a meaningful look, and then bowed and cupped his hands toward Xia Daoming: "There are many people and mixed eyes outside, so it is inconvenient for me to personally go to greet the benefactor, please forgive me."

"Benefactor?" Lu Ziying's two copper-bell-like eyes widened.

"Clan Leader is polite, I don't care about these empty rituals, you are injured, let's go in and talk." Xia Daoming returned a salute and said.

"Benefactor, please come in, Ziying, you come in too." Lu Jinglong waved his hand to invite.

All four entered the house.

Lu Jinglong invited Xia Daoming to sit side by side as the host and guest, Lu Sanxia sat in the lower seat of Lu Jinglong, and Lu Ziying stood a bit cautiously.

"Ziying, you sit below the benefactor." Lu Jinglong said very casually, his gaze toward Lu Ziying full of an elder's kindness.

"Yes, Clan Leader." Lu Ziying replied respectfully, and then sat down carefully next to Xia Daoming's lower seat.

However, the chair was a bit narrow, and the armrests on both sides seemed a bit unable to bear the squeeze of her wide buttocks and hips, making a creaking sound.

Lu Ziying's face flushed red all of a sudden.

"It's a pity, she grew up a bit rough and tall!" Lu Jinglong secretly regretted when he saw this.

Regretting in his heart, Lu Jinglong withdrew his gaze and turned to Xia Daoming.

"Benefactor, originally this reward should have been sent to you long ago. It's just that the storm was not calm for a while, and Sanxia and I have been recovering from our injuries, so this reward was dragged until now to give to you. There are one thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones in here, please accept them."

Saying that, Lu Jinglong directly offered the storage bag to Xia Daoming.

Obviously, he knew that with Xia Daoming's cultivation, even if he cultivated martial arts, he could simply use a storage bag.

"Then I won't be polite." Xia Daoming took the storage bag without being polite, and then directly stuffed it into his arms, which made Lu Jinglong and Lu Sanxia secretly swallow their saliva.

One thousand five hundred spirit stones plus a storage bag, for Lu Jinglong, is definitely a large sum!

Even if he controls the huge Lu Clan, it is definitely not something he can mobilize whenever he wants, and he must have raised it for a period of time.

And Lu Ziying was completely shocked.

One thousand five hundred spirit stones plus a storage bag!

This was just casually stuffed into his arms by Master Uncle!

No, what reward?

Could it be that the mysterious expert who killed the Heart-Devouring Old Demon is Master Uncle!

How is this possible? Isn't he only a tenth-rank Grandmaster?

Lu Ziying soon shook her whole body, and the chair "creaked", seemingly a bit overwhelmed.

Lu Jinglong reflexively looked at Lu Ziying.

"It's a pity!"

Looking at her burly figure like an iron tower, Lu Jinglong secretly regretted it again in his heart.

Then, Lu Jinglong withdrew his gaze and turned to Xia Daoming.

"Last time, thanks to the benefactor's help, our Lu Clan was spared the disaster of extermination. This great kindness, I will inform the clan leaders and elders of all generations, let them pass it on from generation to generation, and never forget this kindness." Lu Jinglong said with a serious expression.

"Demons should be killed by everyone, and I just did what I should do, Clan Leader is too polite." Xia Daoming said modestly.

"Creak!"

Lu Ziying couldn't help but move her body again, her heart was already shocked to a mess.

That mysterious expert was really Master Uncle, then how powerful is Master Uncle!

"In the eyes of the benefactor, it was just a righteous act you should do, but for our Lu Clan, if the benefactor hadn't taken action, it would have been a disaster of extermination. Therefore, besides passing this kindness on from generation to generation and never forgetting it, I have decided that from now on, I will offer 50% of the income of the Cold Star Valley mine to the benefactor every year, and 20% of the income of all the Lu Clan's industries will also be offered to the benefactor."

Saying that, Lu Jinglong took out a contract made of some unknown animal skin.

"I have already left my vow mark on it, please accept it, benefactor."

Looking at such a super gift offered by Lu Jinglong, Lu Ziying's chair creaked and creaked under her body.

Her heart was surging, and she couldn't imagine that the Master Uncle who had asked her to bring him to Golden Laurel Peak a few days ago had now turned into the savior of the entire Lu Clan, and looking at the Clan Leader's meaning, the Lu Clan would have to work for him in the future.

However, compared to Lu Ziying's surging heart, Xia Daoming looked at this generous gift offered by Lu Jinglong and appeared very calm. He didn't reach out to take it, but looked at Lu Jinglong calmly and said: "This generous gift, to be honest, I am very moved, but I am afraid I don't have the ability to bear the responsibility behind this generous gift for the time being, so please take it back, Clan Leader."

Lu Ziying, whose heart was surging, looked at Xia Daoming in surprise.

She couldn't imagine that Xia Daoming had rejected such huge wealth so lightly.

However, soon, Lu Ziying seemed to have thought of something, and her surging mood instantly calmed down, adding a complicated mood that could not be described.

"This is truly a heart of gratitude and repayment. As long as the Lu Clan is still there for one day, this income will be offered to the benefactor. As for responsibility or not, if the benefactor can give some care within his power, we will be grateful." Seeing Xia Daoming refuse without hesitation, Lu Jinglong's determination became firmer, and he did not hide the painstaking efforts of the Lu Clan to offer such a generous gift.

Xia Daoming looked at Lu Jinglong and admired this person a bit.

If he was still covering up, or really took this generous gift as a bargaining chip to bargain, Xia Daoming was afraid he wouldn't even consider it again.

But Lu Jinglong completely took an imploring attitude, a "you help if you feel like it, we will only be grateful" attitude, which made Xia Daoming a bit embarrassed.

In any case, he and the Lu Clan now have a relationship. If the Lu Clan really has trouble, it is still very difficult for him to completely stand by and watch.

Moreover, this time I've made a small fortune, and I've even had some thoughts about my future path in the Martial Dao; speaking of which, I owe this to the Lu Clan's good fortune.

"Let's do this: I won't accept the items, but I can only promise you that if the Lu Clan is truly in trouble and it doesn't endanger me, I will secretly step in to help, but I cannot guarantee anything else," Xia Daoming thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.

Xia Daoming felt he couldn't bring himself to accept protection money while being unable to offer any promise of protection.

Of course, the most critical factor was that the crisis the Lu Clan would face in the future was immense, especially the threat from the two Foundation Establishment forces, the Spirit Blade Sect and the Xie Clan; Xia Daoming was currently only a Martial Arts Grandmaster, so how could he easily get involved?

Otherwise, how could Xia Daoming have easily refused such a huge benefit!

The study suddenly fell silent.

The three of them, Lu Jinglong, looked at Xia Daoming, each filled with reverence.

Lu Ziying, in particular, looked at Xia Daoming with a gaze of absolute worship and admiration.

This was a truly upright, open, and honorable man!

"With those words from you, Benefactor, it is already enough! Besides, I never intended to drag you into danger; if I truly did that, wouldn't my Lu Clan be returning evil for good?

The reason I had to do this was, on one hand, truly to repay your kindness; on the other hand, for the Lu Clan to survive this crisis, we truly need an expert to secretly sit in and help.

As long as we hold out through this period, our Lu Clan will not only be able to provide you with a large amount of cultivation resources in the future, but we can also run errands for you," Lu Jinglong said with a solemn face.

"How long is this period?" Xia Daoming's heart stirred, and he asked.

"At most a year, at least half a year," Lu Jinglong replied.

"Half a year to a year? The Patriarch is so confident!" Xia Daoming was finally moved.

The outside world was not clear about how severely the Lu Clan's strength had been depleted in this great battle, only knowing that the Lu Clan had won a pyrrhic victory.

But Xia Daoming knew very clearly that the Lu Clan's strength had been severely depleted; it would be good if Lu Jinglong, the clan's number one expert, still had thirty percent of his strength left, and his lifespan was nearing its end, making a full recovery impossible.

Not only that, but there were few Qi Refinement mid-stage and late-stage cultivators left; among those worth cultivating who could rise rapidly in a short time, Lu Ziying was likely the only one.

Under these circumstances, Xia Daoming could not understand where Lu Jinglong's confidence came from, that the Lu Clan could recover its vitality just by holding out for half a year or a year.

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