Chapter 691

"Since it is a disgraceful major matter, then I had better not listen." Little Wei Yuan stood up, intending to leave.

With the Prince of England and Xu Lanshan putting on such a display, and Xu Lanshan even using an immortal sword to isolate the surroundings, if Little Wei Yuan still couldn't guess that they were going to talk about Lu Changhe's ugly secrets, then he wouldn't need to bother in this world.

When it comes to the disgrace of an immortal, the less one knows, the better, otherwise it's easy to be struck by lightning.

But how could the Prince of England let Little Wei Yuan escape? He pressed down with a large hand, pushing Little Wei Yuan back into his seat, and then said, "Although the cause and effect of this matter are great, knowing it is still more beneficial than harmful to you."

Little Wei Yuan could only sigh and say, "My cultivation is shallow and my progress is slow; it is very likely that I will stop at the Dharma Form realm in this life. So, my current priority is cultivation; don't count on me for anything."

The Prince of England smiled slightly and said, "That is natural; if you were not one of the top geniuses of the Primordial Tai Tai Chu Gong, this Qingyang Military Governor position would not have fallen to you."

Xu Lanshan also said, "Power is only an external object; we will sooner or later transcend the world and strive to step onto the immortal path."

Everyone assumes that Little Wei Yuan is going to challenge the immortal barrier and will not be interested in the position of the Human King, let alone be burdened by it. Therefore, whether it is the Prince of Jin or the Prince of Zhao, they are not soft-hearted when conferring titles, as Little Wei Yuan will sooner or later wave his sleeves and leave.

If Little Wei Yuan's immortal path were only enough to step into the Master Yu Jing, then this Military Governor position would not have fallen to him.

With the Prince of England having said this much, Little Wei Yuan had no other choice but to sit down and listen.

The Prince of England then said, "The Western Jin royal family belongs to the Lu family, and Lu Changhe is also of the Lu family; the two Lus were originally one family, both passed down from the bloodline of the same Immortal Ancestor. But the Lu of the royal family and the Lu of Lu Changhe are not of the same branch, and are not even from the same direct lineage."

Little Wei Yuan asked curiously, "Lu Changhe is an immortal; how could he put the throne into the hands of a collateral branch?"

Immortals cannot transcend the mortal world either; on the contrary, they have greater demands on the mortal world. Like Xu Wangu, who ascended to immortality all the way, the resources required consumed most of the entire Xu family's accumulation over more than a thousand years.

The Prince of England was silent for a moment before saying, "Several hundred years ago, Lu Changhe's branch was the collateral branch, and it was quite far from the bloodline of the original Immortal Ancestor."

Little Wei Yuan was shocked again; this was completely different from what he had heard.

The Prince of England said, "This matter must be told from before Lu Changhe ascended to immortality. Lu Changhe at that time came from a collateral branch and was also born of a concubine. He was considered to have excellent talent since childhood, but he hadn't reached the level of being stunningly brilliant."

At that time, the head of the collateral branch, for the sake of his own direct son's future, desperately suppressed Lu Changhe, snatching away his quota to enter the ancestral land to practice immortal scriptures and comprehend the legacy left by the First Ancestor. Lu Changhe was indignant and reported it to the clan's Council of Elders, but the elders colluded with the collateral branch head and instead reprimanded Lu Changhe, imposing heavy punishment.

Lu Changhe had a radical temperament and caused a scene at the Council of Elders, resulting in him being severely injured and thrown into the wilderness.

Originally, everyone thought he was already dead, but no one expected that three hundred years later, Lu Changhe would suddenly appear and return to the Lu family. At this time, he was already at the Great Completion of the Master Yu Jing; the Second Immortal Ancestor had just passed away, and several clan elders were severely injured by him alone, with no one left who could restrain him, so he seized the power of the Lu family.

After obtaining the relics of the First and Second Immortal Ancestors, Lu Changhe successfully ascended to immortality. The first thing he did after ascending was to change the ancestral temple, placing his own branch in the primary position, and demoting all the others to collateral branches born of concubines.

Little Wei Yuan was greatly shocked; this act could be called shocking and outrageous; what is called forgetting one's roots and deceiving one's master and destroying one's ancestors is nothing more than this.

He couldn't help but ask: "The first two generations of Immortal Ancestors had spirits; could they tolerate him acting like this?"

The Prince of England said, "Lu Changhe's killing was fierce and his methods were strange; the First and Second Ancestors, just in terms of the means they left behind, were not as good as him. All the formations left behind were broken by him, and all kinds of precious treasure vaults were seized by him. Even the direct descendants of the Second Immortal Ancestor are living very frugally now, and if they want to scrape together some money for the Immortal Sect's unified examination, they have to save for several months."

Little Wei Yuan's heart was heavy, and he asked again: "Prince of England, what is your status in the current Lu family? And how do you view this matter?"

The Prince of England said, "Both I and the Prince of Cheng are of the bloodline of the First Ancestor, and the ancestors of my branch were brothers with the Second Immortal Ancestor. After Lu Changhe seized power, he separated the descendants of the Second Immortal Ancestor. Because my branch and the Prince of Cheng's branch have royal inheritance, there is a restriction placed by the Great Tang Wu Zu in our bloodline, and Lu Changhe fears the Wu Zu, so the royal succession has been normal until now.

Now in the Lu family, there are three Imperial Views on Lu Changhe's side, and seven Imperial Views in the other branches."

Hearing this, Little Wei Yuan completely didn't want to listen anymore and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, we have no grudges, so don't drag me into this muddy water!"

Xu Lanshan interjected: "You were already in the water long ago."

The Prince of England nodded and said, "The Crown Prince is very likely surnamed Lu, but not the Lu of the Great King."

Little Wei Yuan's hand holding the cup froze in mid-air.

Having said so much before, how could he not understand? The more Little Wei Yuan thought about it, the more shocked he became; the truth was already about to emerge.

"Then the Lu of the Crown Prince, how close is it to the Immortal Ancestor?" Little Wei Yuan asked, biting the bullet.

The Prince of England said, "Involving immortals, it is difficult for me to know the truth. I have discussed this privately with the Prince of Cheng, and based on various clues, even if it is not particularly close, it is very close."

Little Wei Yuan sighed: "This Lu..."

Halfway through his sentence, the space created by the immortal sword suddenly fluctuated, and Little Wei Yuan immediately changed his words: "... Immortal Ancestor of the Lu family, truly has immortal means."

The immortal sword space returned to normal, and Xu Lanshan praised: "Indeed cautious, this is correct."

The Prince of England said, "So you should understand now that nominally it is one Lu family, but in reality, there are two parts inside, already to the point of being incompatible like fire and water. If it weren't for Lu Changhe fearing the majesty of the Great Tang Imperial House, he would have seized the throne directly long ago."

"The Tang House is declining; why does he still fear it?" Little Wei Yuan was somewhat puzzled.

"What he fears is not the current Tang House, but the Great Tang Wu Zu."

Little Wei Yuan was startled; the Great Tang Wu Zu had passed away a thousand years ago, and Lu Changhe was an immortal after all; why would he fear him like a tiger? But the Prince of England couldn't explain this clearly either.

With the secret matter spoken to this point, it turned to the main topic.

The Prince of Jin won back a round, and his power in his hands expanded somewhat; although he still couldn't move the six commanderies of Ganzhou in the Lu family's ancestral land, where he couldn't collect a few taels of silver, his voice in the commanderies on the edge of the Lu family increased, and the tax revenue could finally be collected.

The Xu family was naturally happy to see Lu Changhe suffer a setback and also gave up some money and grain, so the Prince of England in the north was finally a bit more affluent, and the military pay and immortal silver could be sent to his hands.

And in the past, military pay was only on the books.

The Prince of England only received military weapons and armor produced by the Ministry of War, as well as inferior firearms. Except for military pay that really couldn't be avoided, the Prince of England basically never saw immortal silver.

With immortal silver in hand, the Prince of England went directly to Little Wei Yuan, preparing to purchase armor and weapons from him, most importantly to purchase a batch of flying sword guns used by Body Forging Great Completion and even Dao Foundation cultivators, in order to contend with the heavy arrows of the Northern Liao iron cavalry.

Previously, the firearms cast by the Ministry of War were of poor quality, not to mention the short range, the power was also high and low, and they were prone to exploding after firing a few shots. Therefore, many officers and soldiers melted the firearms to use as arrowheads.

Little Wei Yuan respected the Prince of England quite a bit, so he agreed to sell the flying sword guns. One flying sword gun only sold for a hundred taels of immortal silver, and then the flying sword used for the gun was five taels per shot.

This price was beyond the Prince of England's expectations; after all, the firearms cast by the Ministry of War cost fifty taels each, and the ammunition also cost one tael per shot. Firearms and ammunition did not require special craftsmen, nor did they need special materials; any apprentice could come along, take some scrap iron, and produce them.

That is to say, for one iron bullet and a bit of old-fashioned gunpowder, the Ministry of War dared to sell it for one tael of immortal silver. With the monthly silver Little Wei Yuan had when he first entered the Primordial Tai Tai Chu Gong, it was only enough to buy ten.

Flying sword guns can only be used by Body Forging cultivators who have cultivated to Spirit Refining and Great Completion; there are about twenty thousand or more in the northern army commanded by the Prince of England.

Therefore, the Prince of England immediately ordered twenty thousand flying sword guns, one million flying swords for guns, plus one hundred thousand sets of chest armor, totaling nine million taels of immortal silver, spending all the military pay he had just received.

Making so much money, and Little Wei Yuan is not the Minister of War, he felt somewhat guilty in his heart.

He respected the Prince of England's character very much, but this respect was limited to the point of feeling guilty, not enough to offer a discount.

Seeing that the matter was settled, the Prince of England pushed over a sandalwood immortal box directly; inside the box was exactly nine million taels of immortal silver, and in addition, this wooden box itself was also a storage magic treasure, also worth more than ten thousand taels of immortal silver.

Little Wei Yuan felt even more guilty in his heart, hesitating whether to give a ten percent discount, but after thinking it over, he felt it was inappropriate and could only guarantee to deliver the goods as soon as possible.

With the Prince of England's matter settled, Xu Lanshan said: "You have made a contribution this time and offended Lu Changhe; the Immortal Ancestor has instructed that you can make a request."

Little Wei Yuan was startled; this sentence came very strangely; what does it mean to make a request? Could it be that if he wanted the inheritance of the true meaning of the Myriad Generations and Thousand Autumns Sword, he could give it?

Xu Lanshan looked at Little Wei Yuan meaningfully and said: "You can go back and think about it slowly; there is no rush now."

Little Wei Yuan suddenly understood; this sentence was not for him, but for Pei Tinghai.

Little Wei Yuan then said: "I will think about it carefully when I go back."

Xu Lanshan nodded and said again: "Tinghai Xianjun Ancestor also has one more sentence for me to pass on to you: the Prince of Fu is also surnamed Lu."

Little Wei Yuan and the Prince of England both changed color instantly!

Little Wei Yuan's heart was in a mess, not knowing what it felt like. Imperial Concubine Yuan actually hid this matter from him; how many more things are there that he doesn't know about?

In terms of romance, Little Wei Yuan still had the heart of a youth; he had originally gradually opened his heart, but unexpectedly encountered betrayal, as if he had been stabbed in the back, his heart aching like a knife.

Little Wei Yuan barely calmed down and said: "Thank the Immortal Ancestor for me."

Xu Lanshan nodded and then said: "I will add one more sentence here myself; the means of immortals are far beyond what we mortals can fathom. He wants you to know, so you can know; he doesn't want you to know, even if you watch with your own eyes, you will still turn a blind eye.

Imperial Concubine Yuan should not know about this matter; only my Immortal Ancestor can see through the secrets of heaven and see through Lu Changhe's follow-up arrangements."

Little Wei Yuan nodded, his face expressionless.

"Alright, everything that should be said has been said. Drink the wine in your cup, then let's disperse." Xu Lanshan sheathed her immortal sword.

The three of them drank up, and then Little Wei Yuan and the Prince of England agreed on the time and method of handover. This batch of military equipment will be transported by the Xu family's flying boat, bypassing the Lu family's territory, and delivered directly to the northern front line.

Returning to the Azure Void, Little Wei Yuan arranged for the construction of the Reincarnation Furnace. At this time, the trade routes were smooth and the purchased materials were sufficient, so Little Wei Yuan built two Reincarnation Furnaces in one go.

The scale of the Reincarnation Furnace is huge, and even if the Azure Void has many Dao Foundations available for use, it will take six months to complete the construction.

Little Wei Yuan waited for the two Reincarnation Furnaces to start construction, then left the Azure Void and headed to the northern mountain gate to meet Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai.

This sentence from Xu Wangu was asked to Pei Tinghai, and naturally only Pei Tinghai can make the decision. Little Wei Yuan now knows a bit about how immortals act, laying out plans for a thousand years, and without ascending the immortal mountain, it is difficult to fathom, so he dared not make a decision for the Tinghai Xianjun.

(End of chapter)