Chapter 568: Support

After seeing Qiao Wuyong off, Fang Xing flipped through the "Art of Qi Restraint" while playing with the Flying Mouse Bag, feeling quite content.

Suddenly, his thoughts stirred, and he looked at a figure in the bamboo forest: "Old Man Lv... you've come? It seems the caravan has already left."

"Yes, this person Qiao Wuyong is still quite good; he gave us a great bargain this time."

Old Man Lv smiled so much that the wrinkles on his face seemed to be blooming.

Fang Xing knew this clearly. The nature of a merchant is to earn the last copper coin. Being willing to give Poison Dragon Slope a bargain was 99% a move made after knowing his strength.

In other words, it's all human sophistication!

"Hmm, then why did you come?"

Fang Xing frowned.

Old Man Lv was old, his cultivation was not high, and he hadn't practiced any spiritual eye spells, so he hadn't discovered his cultivation realm.

Once he practiced the Art of Qi Restraint, I'm afraid even Uncle Tie Luo Sanren would find it difficult to discover.

"I specifically came to beg for a cup of tea to drink... Why, is Fellow Daoist Fang not welcoming?"

Old Man Lv smiled.

"Naturally, I am welcoming."

Fang Xing immediately took out the tea set, and the two sat opposite each other in the bamboo forest.

Old Man Lv held the teacup, looking at the water vapor above the tea soup, his eyes gradually becoming blurred: "Without realizing it, I have settled in Poison Dragon Slope for five years... I finally don't have to go to the Cloud Come Market to set up a stall to make a living. Thinking about it, it really feels like it was yesterday."

"I have always admired your courage, Old Man Lv."

Fang Xing sipped his tea and answered casually: "Not just the matter of opening up the wasteland, but also the last time you gathered all your strength to help Uncle Tie Luo Sanren break through to the seventh level of Qi Sensing..."

For this, Old Man Lv even deliberately lowered his face and borrowed a sum of talisman coins from him, just to gather enough to buy the spiritual pill needed.

And that baleful cave, Old Man Lv also secretly entrusted Fang Xing to make the aura more suitable for Uncle Tie Luo Sanren's cultivation.

"Hi... that was also because I was forced to have no other way."

Old Man Lv's expression was solemn: "At that time, we hadn't stood firm. From the moment we started opening up, encountering the demon beast black snake, we could see... there were still many hidden dangers in the dark. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Fang's action, I'm afraid we wouldn't have retreated in a sorry state at the beginning, or we would have lost a few fellow daoists..."

The matter of development is like a snowball. If the loss was too great at the beginning, Poison Dragon Slope definitely wouldn't have such good development today.

"I have lived my life walking on thin ice... Even with the protection of the black snake, I still felt I couldn't reach the opposite shore... I could only gamble everything to help the second brother break through."

Old Man Lv sighed: "Because of this matter, the third brother, fourth sister, and fifth sister have all become somewhat distant from me... Especially the fifth sister, who has focused only on Yunyun and basically ignores outside matters."

"I see that Fellow Daoist Song is cultivating Yunyun quite well. Could it be that you want to send her into Green Wood Ridge in the future?"

Fang Xing asked curiously.

"Perhaps... it could also be to marry into a high-ranking family and find a satisfactory husband."

Old Man Lv said: "I am also very supportive. If we can obtain the support of a great family... our foundation in Poison Dragon Slope can be considered truly stabilized."

Fang Xing chuckled in his heart, knowing that this old man was finally going to get to the meat of the matter.

"Does Fellow Daoist know... the Fei family is about to change their family head?"

Old Man Lv revealed the news Qiao Wuyong had told him before, and then said: "Currently, there are three people competing for the position of family head... Fei Wu, Fei Cai, and Fei Shentong..."

Fang Xing immediately thought of that medicine garden steward: "Could it be... you intend to take action?"

"Why not?" Old Man Lv smiled: "We Poison Dragon Slope have two major combatants at the Late Stage of Qi Sensing... Among the five families of Green Dawn, we are second only to that group of demon people of the White Bone Alliance."

The White Bone Alliance is a society of loose cultivators who practice the same type of white bone skeleton spell. Since obtaining the burial ground, they have already refined two 'White Bone Skeletons' at the seventh level of Qi Sensing, and their strength is considered the first among the five families of Green Dawn.

Well, this is in the case of automatically excluding the Fei family when calculating.

"I see, Old Man Lv, you don't know how much you weigh? We are a group of Qi Sensing realm cultivators, wanting to influence the succession of the family head of a Dao Foundation family?"

Fang Xing sneered, his eyes playful: "How much... do you plan to invest?"

Old Man Lv also had no other way.

After all, the one his granddaughter Xiao Cui married was someone from Fei Cai's branch, so they were already considered one family long ago.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to go and treat the Dragon King Ginseng last time.

"Even for the Fei family, there are not many experts at the Late Stage of Qi Sensing. Even counting the hidden ones, it doesn't exceed the number of two palms..."

Old Man Lv said: "This time changing the family head is not changing the Dao Foundation ancestor, so it's not too big a deal for the Fei family... That Dao Foundation ancestor has always been idle and lazy to interfere, and many family elders are neutral... In fact, the power of each candidate is just one or two, two or three combatants at the Late Stage of Qi Sensing. Why can't we influence it?"

"Good, then tell me what to do? Directly kill the other two candidates?"

Fang Xing asked back.

"Are you kidding?" Old Man Lv was startled: "This is the way to take one's own life. Do you really think that Dao Foundation ancestor is a dead person?"

"This time competing for the family head, there's no need to talk about ability and character, and it's not clear... so we only look at family contribution. We will provide two combatants at the seventh level of Qi Sensing to help Lord Fei Cai do a few family tasks, which counts as exerting great effort."

"Two combatants at the Late Stage of Qi Sensing... Are you eyeing our island-protecting holy beast?" Fang Xing suddenly realized.

"For the holy beast, you still need to communicate..." Old Man Lv accompanied with a smiling face.

In fact, five years ago, their Five Friends of Floating Clouds still had a bit of the idea of killing the donkey after the millstone, but after seeing the black snake's closeness to Fang Xing, all those thoughts disappeared.

Even, there was a bit of worry that Fang Xing would use the black snake to clear them out of the five families one by one.

Vigorously supporting Uncle Tie Luo Sanren was a move made under such fear.

"The black snake cannot leave the Green Dawn Swamp... My meaning is that it is enough for Uncle Tie Luo Sanren to go." Fang Xing shook his head and said: "The black snake just happens to guard our foundation. What does Fellow Daoist think?"

"This..." Old Man Lv still wanted to persuade, but saw Fang Xing pick up the teacup, looking like he was seeing a guest off.

He could only grit his teeth and leave the bamboo forest.

East Peak.

Council Hall.

Uncle Tie Luo Sanren, Lin Xu, Hu Liuniang, and Song Yunqian were all there. Seeing Old Man Lv coming with his hands behind his back, they hurriedly stepped forward to ask: "Big brother... how was it?"

"That person didn't agree to everything, only agreed that when the second brother leaves the island, that black snake will be responsible for the defense of Poison Dragon Slope..."

Old Man Lv said.

"Hmph... I said long ago, outsiders cannot be trusted." Lin Xu snorted coldly.

(Note: Garbled text.)

Clearly, the friendship between the few of them before was not as unbearable as the outside world said.

The intention of this was naturally to confuse outside enemies.

This outside enemy could be the other four families, or it could be someone on Poison Dragon Slope.

"Forget it... didn't we all feel that this result was the most likely when we discussed it before?"

Hu Liuniang smiled and said a fair word: "This is also good. Second brother is going out, and there is no Late Stage Qi Sensing cultivator guarding the home. Little sister always feels uneasy in her heart..."

"Since that's the case, I have nothing to say..." Lin Xu shook his head.

Old Man Lv looked at Uncle Tie Luo Sanren: "Second brother, this time it depends on you."

What he didn't tell Fang Xing was that his involvement with Fei Cai was already very deep, even to the point of sharing honor and disgrace.

Therefore, this time he must take action!

Night.

The bamboo shadows in the bamboo forest were swaying.

Fang Xing was standing under a 'Three Saints Oak Tree', reaching out to stroke the bark. His Druid perception could feel the joy of the oak tree's growth, as well as a naive emotion.

"For ordinary spiritual wood, it is too difficult to give birth to spiritual wisdom, unless it is enlightened to become a tree person..."

"However, this is a capability only high-level Druids have."

At this time, Fang Xing was in such a state of unity between man and nature, and he actually seemed to faintly sense that the hundred acres of bamboo forest had become his domain.

Every flower and grass in the domain, and even any living creature, had a vague perception.

Even nature would actively tell him where enemies had come into the bamboo forest.

"The Druid's ecological park, once upgraded to the end, is almost the same as a mage's mage tower..."

When the Druid profession reaches the later stages, it can also construct its own 'Mage Tower', which is actually a legendary ecological park.

And, according to the different animal and plant domains, it possesses different capabilities.

For example, if the plant domain is the main one, it might take an unimaginable giant tree as the core, summoning multiple levels of tree people, and can provide a large amount of resources.

And if the animal domain is the main one, it can cultivate some legendary beasts, or even induce benign mutations in transcendent species.

It is said that there are also some fallen Druids involved in strange domains who will actively create radiation environments in their own ecological parks, inducing mutations in a large number of bloody and cruel animals and plants.

And no matter which kind of ecological park, it has the ability to perceive and suppress enemies.

Truly calculated, it can be called a shrunken version of a 'God's Kingdom'.

Just as Fang Xing was sighing, his expression suddenly stirred.

Nature told him that an old friend had come to a certain part of the bamboo forest.

He walked a distance and saw a beautiful figure, which was actually Song Yunqian: "Why is Fellow Daoist Song visiting in the middle of the night?"

"I just came to remind you that this competition for the Fei family head is not simple. Not only our Poison Dragon Slope, but also the Song family of Green Water Bay and the White Bone Alliance of the burial ground are involved..."

Song Yunqian said: "The Song family is very close to our Poison Dragon Slope. If they know the news that the second brother has left the island, they might not necessarily not take action against us... After all, when the alliance was made, it specifically referred to those few years of opening up the wasteland. Now the opening up of the wasteland has passed... and the third brother is very dissatisfied with you."

"Many thanks for the reminder, Fellow Daoist."

Fang Xing smiled: "I don't know what you are asking for?"

"Me? I just want to watch Yunyun grow up safely..." Song Yunqian sighed faintly.

After Song Yunqian left, Fang Xing was returning to the house preparing to sleep, when his expression suddenly stirred, somewhat crying and laughing: 'What is this? Six people have seven groups? Just finished the meeting and came to inform?'

He sat up, saw the door open, and a burst of fragrance rushed in...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 569 =====