Chapter 344

Clearly, this timing was carefully chosen by Song Fuli.

Seeing the flowing banquet was about to end, guests would gradually leave. Under these circumstances, him blocking the gate would inevitably lead to a very ugly scene.

Seeing Song Fuli's behavior, the usher reacted, instantly breaking into a cold sweat, his face turning deathly pale.

He wanted to muster his courage to continue negotiating, but Song Fuli just glared at him slightly, and he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, unable to move.

Another usher saw this situation, hurriedly turned around, and ran all the way, stumbling into the banquet hall.

Around the main table, cultivators were endless.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was always surrounded by crowds. As the head of the Ning branch family, he had to smile throughout this moment, accepting toasts from others, which was also confirming his relationship and status with these people.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was not impatient; on the contrary, he enjoyed it.

The usher finally pushed through the crowd, squeezed in, and reported to Unlike Ning Zhuo via sound transmission.

Unlike Ning Zhuo smiled slightly and said publicly: "It's just Song Fuli, what is there to fear? Ignore him; I have already made arrangements."

Seeing Unlike Ning Zhuo's extraordinary confidence, the usher had no choice but to retreat, half-believing and half-doubting.

Those around him heard Unlike Ning Zhuo's words and all looked at each other, becoming terrified.

Unlike Ning Zhuo didn't care, continuing to laugh and talk with those around him. At first, everyone was at a loss, their smiles stiff. Slowly, they relaxed a little.

Regardless, Unlike Ning Zhuo's demeanor of remaining calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before him immediately won over many people.

Song Fuli stood at the main gate, expressionless, his arms crossed, like a stone statue, radiating an aura of "no strangers allowed" from head to toe.

Suddenly, a letter flew over and hovered before him.

Song Fuli scanned it with his spiritual sense, reading the contents, and discovered it was a letter from Ning Jiufan.

He knew that this Golden Core ancestor of the Ning family had formidable combat power. But since he had taken such action, he had long considered the problem of facing Ning Jiufan.

Song Fuli put away the letter, still blocking the gate, clearly not giving Ning Jiufan any face.

Almost back-to-back, another flying letter arrived at his side.

This letter came from Fei Si of the City Lord's Mansion.

The content of the letter was not much different from Ning Jiufan's; Fei Si advised Song Fuli to stop, not to disrupt order.

Song Fuli felt a slight chill: "The City Lord's Mansion actually supports Unlike Ning Zhuo this much?"

Song Fuli showed hesitation.

The next moment, a third flying letter was delivered to him.

This flying letter bore the mark of the Nandou royal family. Song Fuli reached out to take the letter and checked it with his spiritual sense. Sure enough, this letter came from Zhu Xuanji.

Zhu Xuanji's meaning was not much different from the previous two.

It was just that the wording was softer and more overbearing. In the letter, Zhu Xuanji kindly advised Song Fuli not to be impulsive, to think more about the relationship between the two countries before doing things, to think more about the future path of the Cloud Whale caravan, and to be calm.

The most critical point was that even if Unlike Ning Zhuo possessed the mechanism creation known as the Milk Butterfly Lady, it was only his spoils of war!

Such biased words made Song Fuli show anger.

But soon, he suppressed this anger, subconsciously looking up at the plaque on the gate.

This plaque had just been hung up.

Song Fuli's feeling toward it was already completely different from before.

Three consecutive letters completely proved that Unlike Ning Zhuo's branch family had already gained a firm foothold.

Besides the main lineage's Ning Jiufan, the City Lord's Mansion and the Zhu royal family also recognized it.

What trouble was there to find?

If he continued to be "ignorant of what is good for him," he would be the one to suffer!

Even if this was just a newly separated force, it was still a local snake in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng.

A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake!

Song Fuli snorted coldly and walked away, flicking his sleeves.

The usher, who had long been soaked in sweat, slumped down, looking at Song Fuli's departing back, his face full of lingering fear: "He finally left!"

The usher who had returned to report suddenly turned his head, looking toward the banquet hall.

His eyes shone, and he was incredibly excited in his heart: "The Clan Head's methods reach the heavens! He didn't even show his face, yet he settled a Golden Core cultivator like Song Fuli! This is just too amazing!"

The Lava Xian Gong was already settled, the beast tide had completely dispersed, and the Flying Cloud caravan seemed redundant, especially that incredibly huge Cloud Whale floating in the sky, which looked even more of an eyesore!

Song Fuli had asked for trouble at the gate of Unlike Ning Zhuo's branch family and realized this point.

"Hmph, the face of the righteous path!"

He found the City Lord's Mansion, met with Fei Si, and stated bluntly that he and the caravan would leave the city in a few days to head to the next immortal city.

Fei Si showed reluctance to part while clarifying the exact departure date of Song Fuli and the others; hearing it was the day after tomorrow, the smile and reluctance on his face increased by a few points.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's branch family had no unwelcome guests blocking the door, and the flowing banquet dispersed smoothly.

A large number of guests returned, conveying the grand occasion of Unlike Ning Zhuo's branch family ceremony and the many gifts received during the banquet.

And the more it spread, the more it circulated throughout the city, changing people's hearts and once again stabilizing the branch family's prestige.

Ning Jiufan and Zhu Xuanji were in a secret discussion.

"Song Fuli has retreated." Zhu Xuanji received the latest intelligence, expressionless.

Ning Jiufan sneered: "He can be considered sensible."

Zhu Xuanji shook his head slightly: "He is a cloud merchant, traveling north and south, his stance is naturally flexible. Coming to block the door this time was just because he felt Unlike Ning Zhuo was weak and easy to bully. In reality, he is an outsider and doesn't know what happened in the end. After recognizing reality, he proactively withdrew. I don't feel any surprise about this."

Speaking of this, Zhu Xuanji looked at Ning Jiufan and praised sincerely: "Your Ning family has produced a Qilin."

Ning Jiufan stroked his beard and smiled.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was only a low-level cultivator, yet he borrowed the momentum of three parties to directly force back the Golden Core cultivator Song Fuli.

From this point of view, Unlike Ning Zhuo's methods were quite brilliant. His administrative ability as a clan head was absolutely sufficient.

In fact, Ning Jiufan had already discovered this talent of Unlike Ning Zhuo after hearing about the three-party agreement of the Lava Xian Gong earlier. Now it was just confirming it once more.

The two continued their secret discussion, finally reaching an agreement and signing a covenant.

Zhu Xuanji handed a jade slip and a magic treasure to Ning Jiufan on the spot.

Ning Jiufan used his spiritual sense to scan the contents of the jade slip and nodded with satisfaction.

This jade slip contained the Beast-Taming Official Art, and the magic treasure could disperse the official prestige; with the two combined, it could help Ning Jiufan forcefully control that Nascent Soul demon ape!

Watching Ning Jiufan verify the contents of the jade slip, Zhu Xuanji confirmed again in his heart: "This time, in the struggle for the Lava Xian Gong, the Ning family is the biggest winner!"

"Not to mention Unlike Ning Zhuo, just speaking of Ning Jiufan, his gains are extremely exaggerated!"

"The Nascent Soul demon ape he finally saved, after being forcefully controlled, can become a trump card guarding the Ning family."

Of course, to a certain extent, it could also stand on equal footing with the Meng family.

The Ning family, mastering a Nascent Soul level demon beast, leaped up to become the strongest cultivation family in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng.

Plus, the Ning family had implemented a branch family; in time, as the branch and main family members continued to multiply, the scale of their power would inevitably be the largest.

Strongest combat power, largest power!

The Nandou royal family vigorously supported the Ning family, naturally, the game between the royal main family and the important minister Meng family was still continuing.

If Meng Chong succeeded and Meng Kui became the city lord, it would be flawless in name. But the fact was, Meng Kui's position as city lord was something yielded directly by Ning family cultivators. And according to the Recruitment Order, this did not go through the royal family's distribution, so it was not entirely compliant and existed in controversy.

"No problem." After Ning Jiufan checked the contents of the jade slip, he showed satisfaction.

"For subsequent cooperation, Brother Ning can contact Uncle Zhu Hou," Zhu Xuanji said.

Ning Jiufan nodded slightly at him, and thus they parted.

Zhu Xuanji watched him leave, sighed, and turned toward Unlike Ning Zhuo's branch family.

Although he really didn't want to contact Unlike Ning Zhuo, he had no choice but to do so.

"I have to go there eventually." Zhu Xuanji could only bite the bullet and meet Unlike Ning Zhuo in secret.

In the clan head's study, Unlike Ning Zhuo was full of smiles, overflowing with enthusiasm: "Lord Divine Catcher, you have finally come. These days, this little one has been looking forward to it day and night."

Zhu Xuanji stretched out his palm, looking like he wasn't familiar with him: "Don't come over, stay away from me. Just stand over there and talk, that's fine."

He continued: "I will correct two points."

"First, you are no longer a little one; you are the head of the branch family, don't lose face."

"Second, what you are looking forward to is not me, but the official position of my Nandou Kingdom. Just yesterday, I received the monarch's decree; for you, there is only compensation, no official position."

Unlike Ning Zhuo's expression changed instantly, and he shouted: "This is unfair, the Recruitment Order clearly said..."

"Alright. Don't think my Zhu royal family is easy to bully, Clan Head Unlike Ning Zhuo." Zhu Xuanji interrupted directly, "You actually know very clearly in your heart that your transfer of the Xian Gong Master position to Meng Kui was a private deal, not approved by my Zhu royal family."

"This is against the rules."

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately retorted: "Lord Divine Catcher, these words are inappropriate. You were also present at the time; if I hadn't transferred the Palace Master position to Meng Kui to let this Nascent Soul powerhouse take action, if it were you or me, who could have suppressed the entire beast tide?"

Zhu Xuanji: "I have four divine abilities, capable of fighting Nascent Soul. Clan Head Unlike Ning Zhuo, your true combat power is on par with mine, how could you not resist the Red Flame beast tide?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo hurriedly said: "How is this possible? My cultivation is low and weak, how could I be on par with you, my lord? Please, Lord Zhu, be benevolent and generous, don't kill me with praise, this junior."

"At the time, I was also thinking for the family, for the lives of all the citizens in the city, that I handed the Palace Master position to Lord Meng Kui."

"Lord Meng Kui is the current city lord of Fire Persimmon Xiancheng; compared to us, handing it to him is clearly more appropriate, isn't it?"

"Hehehe." Zhu Xuanji was so angry he laughed, "Unlike Ning Zhuo, you had already calculated all of this. You handed the Palace Master position to the Meng family, nothing more than continuing to play both sides, seeing that my Zhu family wants to deal with the Meng family, and at that time your Ning family will be the best partner."

"You succeeded!"

"Your family's Golden Core ancestor, Ning Jiufan, has already been secretly granted an official position by my royal family. And he was gifted a magic treasure capable of forcefully controlling that Nascent Soul mother ape."

"The royal family will not give you, Unlike Ning Zhuo, any compensation, but will reward the 'entry standard'."

Speaking of the four words "entry standard," Zhu Xuanji couldn't help but emphasize his tone.