Chapter 687

Xu Jin can be considered someone who has seen the world.

However, looking at this gift list presented by the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, he was still slightly surprised.

The gift is very heavy.

But what is requested is very light.

"Your Highness, are you playing for real?"

"You are practically giving me one-fifth of the assets of your Yutang Prince's Mansion, and you even have to throw in an elder sister. Counting the assets your elder sister brings, I haven't done anything, and one-fourth of your Yutang Prince's Mansion's family business will belong to me.

Besides this, I can take any spiritual materials from the Yutang Prince's Mansion's treasury, and I can take three precious materials every year.

At the same time, the Yutang Prince's Mansion will also cover all the expenses for my future forging and casting of any divine ability."

Shaking the gift list, Xu Jin looked at the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, and teased, "Those who know understand that you are placing a heavy bet, gambling on a future.

But those who don't know, upon seeing this, would think I am the illegitimate son of the previous Prince of Yutang."

The Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, did not laugh, but instead said solemnly, "Benefactor, actually, all the things above are just worldly goods. As long as one has strength and power, one can eventually obtain them; it is only a matter of time. Among us top-tier nobles, they cannot be considered precious.

The truly priceless thing is the inheritance!"

"Inheritance?" Xu Jin was puzzled.

"Yes, this is the truly heavy gift I am presenting this time! Benefactor should know the original origin of my Yutang Prince's Mansion, right?" Zhu Shizhen asked.

"I know, one of the eighteen True Persons who followed the Emperor of Dongxuan into battle, the True Person of Yutang!" Xu Jin said.

"Correct, but Benefactor probably doesn't know that the founding True Person of my Yutang Prince's Mansion was a Nine-Tribulation True Person, only one step away from the Emperor!"

"A Nine-Tribulation True Person!" Xu Jin's expression changed slightly.

A Nine-Tribulation True Person is the most top-tier existence among True Persons.

"My Zhu clan's Nine-Tribulation True Person of Yutang, because he damaged his origin during his early years of fighting, passed away early, but he also left behind an inheritance. Relying on this inheritance, my Zhu clan has produced seventeen Star Lords one after another.

Unfortunately, not a single one has since attained the Dao of a True Person.

Otherwise, my Yutang True Person's Mansion would not have declined to this point."

Speaking of this, Zhu Shizhen's expression was somewhat helpless, "By the time it reached my generation, it had already waned, relying entirely on my elder sister to hold it up. Although there is the True Person's inheritance, unfortunately, neither talent nor cultivation is sufficient.

Therefore, I have already persuaded the elders in the clan that as long as Benefactor is willing to agree to these conditions and swear an oath on the Great Dao, the inheritance of the True Person of Yutang treasured by my Zhu clan is willing to be opened to Benefactor unconditionally.

Benefactor can open it for contemplation at most twice."

After finishing, Zhu Shizhen added another sentence, "This limit on the number of times is because every time the inheritance of the True Person of Yutang of my Zhu clan is opened, it consumes its origin power, and the total number of times it can be opened is limited.

Even my elder sister and I, all in all, can only contemplate it three times at most."

If the previous gift list only made Xu Jin interested, then the price Zhu Shizhen offered this time truly moved Xu Jin.

Xu Jin does not lack inheritance.

With the Seven Killings inheritance in hand, not to mention the inheritance of his master, the Emperor of Fenghua, he will also have the opportunity to glimpse the inheritance of the Emperor of Dongxuan in the future.

But just as his master, the Emperor of Fenghua, said, only by drawing on the strengths of all can one be better than the predecessor.

Regarding this point, Xu Jin's understanding is more thorough; doing research and making breakthroughs while standing on the shoulders of giants makes it easier to achieve results.

"What does your True Person of Yutang's inheritance contain?" Xu Jin asked.

"Everything! Besides the complete cultivation inheritance left by my ancestor, the True Person of Yutang, there are various cultivation notes and insights. Besides this, there are the Dao-Performing Beads and Dao-Attainment Blood Crystals left behind by the division of my ancestor's life-bound killing weapon when he passed away.

These Dao-Performing Beads can be used at most twice within ten years, and after that, at most once every ten years.

As for the Dao-Attainment Blood Crystals, Benefactor can only use them once; the number of times they can be used is already not many." Zhu Shizhen said.

Xu Jin frowned upon hearing this. He knew about Dao-Performing Beads; his master, the Emperor of Fenghua, had mentioned them. They are auxiliary treasures that can assist a Tenth-Tier Tianyang Xingjun in breaking through or condensing divine abilities, and are extremely precious.

But Xu Jin had never heard of Dao-Attainment Blood Crystals before, nor did he know what their function was.

"Benefactor, these Dao-Attainment Blood Crystals are actually similar to Enlightenment Stones, but they are more precious and rarer than Enlightenment Stones.

When a True Person expert passes away, they use their own essence blood to condense their Dao, and it even contains the process of their attainment of the Tianyang Xingjun Dao and many insights.

If a top-tier Tianyang Xingjun uses them, it can increase the probability of their attainment of the True Person Dao, and even trigger the opportunity for their attainment of the True Person Dao." Zhu Shizhen said.

Hiss!

Xu Jin gasped a cold breath on the spot.

This is truly a rare treasure and a priceless gem.

Although Star Lords are few, relatively speaking, there are still many.

But True Person experts are very rare.

It is like the current Dongxuan Star Realm, where there should be hundreds or even a little more Tianyang Xingjun experts of various ranks.

But True Persons, currently known to Xu Jin, can be counted on one's fingers.

Then the preciousness of these Dao-Attainment Blood Crystals, which can only be produced by True Persons, can be imagined.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jin became solemn and re-examined the requirements put forward by the Yutang True Person's Mansion.

There are four conditions.

First: Naturally, it is to marry the eldest princess of the Yutang True Person's Mansion, Zhu Linxiao, as his wife, the kind that is publicly announced.

Second: Before breaking through to a Tenth-Tier Tianyang Xingjun, Xu Jin only needs to cultivate. After breaking through, Xu Jin needs to be a nominal Grand General of the Yutang True Person's Prince's Mansion for a hundred years.

Third: No matter what Xu Jin's future cultivation is, if the Yutang True Person's Mansion speaks, Xu Jin needs to act for the Yutang True Person's Mansion five times unconditionally.

Fourth: If Xu Jin's future cultivation breaks through to a True Person, he needs to take two Zhu clan disciples from the Yutang True Person's Mansion as his true disciples.

These are the four conditions.

To be honest, except for the requirement to act for the Yutang True Person's Mansion five times unconditionally, for the others, Xu Jin almost doesn't have to pay anything.

Marrying an eldest princess, from a man's perspective, Xu Jin is still taking advantage. Of course, the Yutang Prince's Mansion is using this layer of relationship to protect their Yutang Prince's Mansion.

As for being a nominal Grand General for a hundred years, and taking two true disciples, they are all using Xu Jin's future prestige to protect their Yutang Prince's Mansion.

Everything is a gamble.

Betting that Xu Jin will break through to become a Tenth-Tier Tianyang Xingjun in the future, or even attain the Dao to become an Eleventh-Tier True Person expert.

"Your Highness, are you so confident that I will break through to a Tenth-Tier Tianyang Xingjun in the future, or even attain the True Person Dao?" Xu Jin asked with a smile after reading.

"Benefactor, if your cultivation is stuck at the peak of the Ninth Tier, it is even better. Benefactor at the peak of the Ninth Tier, I imagine, possesses the combat power of a peak Tenth-Tier Tianyang Xingjun. By then, it will be enough to protect our Yutang Prince's Mansion for a longer time."

Xu Jin was stunned.

It can only be said that this wishful thinking of the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, is too well-calculated.

There really is that possibility.

Looking at it as a whole, this is a value investment for the future of the Yutang Prince's Mansion.

But obviously, if it were just a value investment, the Yutang Prince's Mansion probably wouldn't go to such great lengths. Otherwise, this matter would be a pie falling from the sky!

Will a pie fall from the sky?

No!

"Your Highness, if there is any hidden story in this, please state it clearly as soon as possible, so as to avoid any misunderstandings in the future," Xu Jin reminded.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Shizhen began to smile bitterly, "Benefactor, there is indeed a bit of a hidden story, but it can't be called a hidden story, or it can't be said that I am deliberately hiding it from you. This mainly has to do with the current situation of my Yutang True Person's Mansion."

"How so?"

"Benefactor, you should already know the structure of my Dongxuan Star Realm. There are four major True Person Mansions. Currently, it is the True Person of Commander Tian Zhang from the True Person Mansion of Commander Tian Zhang who is in charge of the Dongxuan Star Realm.

In essence, it is the True Person of Commander Tian Zhang and the other three True Persons co-governing the Dongxuan Star Realm."

Speaking of this, the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, smiled bitterly, "But you have also seen that the ancestor of our Zhu clan's True Person of Yutang, the strongest one previously, passed away eight hundred years ago.

And in these years, the powerful Star Lords of the older generation of our Yutang True Person's Mansion have all passed away or died in battle.

Until a hundred years ago, the last Imperial Tianyang Xingjun of our Yutang True Person's Mansion passed away. From then on, our Yutang True Person's Mansion completely declined."

Zhu Shizhen smiled bitterly, "Up to now, let alone not having a single Imperial Tianyang Xingjun, who is the strongest among Star Lords, our Yutang True Person's Mansion only has one Suppressing Tianyang Xingjun.

Other True Person Mansions, not to mention having at least one True Person ancestor, have several Imperial Star Lords and Suppressing Star Lords."

To put it nicely, our Yutang Prince's Mansion has declined.

To put it directly, our Yutang True Person's Mansion has now become a piece of fat meat!

A piece of fat meat that everyone wants to snatch and eat!" Zhu Shizhen smiled bitterly.

Xu Jin nodded lightly; he had seen this point.

He saw it from Lu Huang of the True Person Mansion of Bixuan in the Gu Domain wanting to put Zhu Shizhen to death.

He just didn't expect the strength of the Yutang True Person's Mansion to be so terrible.

Tenth-Tier Tianyang Xingjun experts are divided into four ranks according to their realms: Small Tianyang Xingjun, Great Tianyang Xingjun, Suppressing Tianyang Xingjun, and Imperial Tianyang Xingjun.

The Imperial Tianyang Xingjun is the strongest.

It is rumored that some powerful Imperial Star Lords can even contend against True Person experts.

The Yutang True Person's Mansion not only lost its ancestor True Person, but even the Imperial Tianyang Xingjun is gone, and there is only one Suppressing Tianyang Xingjun.

This is truly somewhat pitiful.

The situation can also be imagined.

According to the massive assets currently owned by the Yutang True Person's Mansion, just the small worlds directly controlled alone number over a hundred.

It can be called a child holding gold through a busy market!

It is as dangerous as it can be!

"Your Highness, in your situation, it is actually best to rely on a certain True Person. As long as you rely on a certain True Person, all crises will be resolved! It is much more reliable than betting on my future potential!" Xu Jin suggested.

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, smiled bitterly, "Benefactor, do you think we haven't thought about it? But those True Persons have too big an appetite. They can protect us, but after relying on them, after a hundred or two hundred years, it's hard to say whether the Yutang Zhu family will still exist!

My death is a small matter.

If the bloodline of my Yutang ancestor is severed in my hands, then I would be a sinner of the Zhu clan!"

"But, right now, I have no way to protect you either, especially if a True Person comes to attack, how can I resist?" Xu Jin said.

This is a very realistic problem.

If a True Person really took a fancy to the Yutang Zhu family, Xu Jin would be too busy saving his own life.

Risking his life for the Yutang Zhu family?

Let alone whether it's useful?

Xu Jin is not that stupid!

"Regarding this, Benefactor, please rest assured! My ancestor, the True Person of Yutang, was the second-ranked True Person under the Emperor of Dongxuan back then, with illustrious battle achievements. After the ancestor passed away, the Emperor personally came to send him off and even bestowed an Emperor Token.

Holding this token, one can directly contact the Emperor, or send one person into the Tongxuan Imperial Palace to cultivate.

Even a True Person would not dare to deal with our Yutang True Person's Mansion openly."

"Eh, since there is this incense-burning sentiment, what is your Yutang True Person's Mansion afraid of?" Xu Jin was surprised!

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, smiled bitterly again, "Benefactor, it has been a thousand years; this incense-burning sentiment will become thinner and thinner.

The key is, it has been used up!"

"Used up?" Xu Jin was speechless. If it's used up, why are you talking about it?

"Yes, my grandfather, holding this token, entered the Tongxuan Imperial Palace to cultivate and became a personal disciple of the Emperor. His cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, but when he was attaining the True Person Dao, he died and his soul vanished!

Now, we are just barely maintaining it by relying on the sentiment of my grandfather being a personal disciple of the Emperor!

But obviously, this sentiment has become thinner and thinner!

We can't even send the New Year gifts into the mansion gate of my grandfather's fellow disciples." Zhu Shizhen smiled bitterly, "Therefore, I want to gamble on a future from Benefactor! Not to mention anything else, Benefactor's strength and talent are the only ones I have ever seen in my life.

In my opinion, you are even stronger than the peerless genius Jiang Yi of my Dongxuan Star Realm a hundred years ago!

I ask Benefactor to give our Yutang Zhu family a chance for the sake of my sincerity!"

After finishing, the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, bowed deeply to Xu Jin.

Xu Jin looked at Zhu Shizhen, who was bowing deeply, his expression somewhat complicated.

Looking at it now, the current Zhu family is a huge trouble.

Otherwise, a dignified Prince of the Yutang True Person's Mansion would not be so humble!

Huge benefits also mean huge risks.

Normally, Xu Jin should withdraw first as a sign of respect!

After all, the current Yutang Zhu family has at least three True Persons eyeing them covetously.

But the problem is, because of the identity issue, Xu Jin has already been deeply bound to the Yutang Zhu family.

Although the Zhu family didn't use this to threaten him, if the Zhu family really reached the moment of life and death, it wouldn't be good.

When the clan is about to be exterminated, who cares about those things?

Besides this, the most important problem is that Xu Jin wants to develop in the Dongxuan Star Realm and try to plot for the Innate Fire Essence of the Emperor of Dongxuan.

This identity is very important.

In this situation, Xu Jin has no other choice.

"Your Highness, there is one thing I must tell you. In other worlds, I actually already have wives, the kind that are properly married, and there is more than one!" Xu Jin said after helping the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, up.

"That doesn't matter! My elder sister will only be your wife in the Dongxuan Star Realm!"

"Will your elder sister agree?"

While Xu Jin was stunned, the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, suddenly reacted and said happily, "So, Benefactor, you agreed? Agreed to protect our Zhu family?"

Looking at Xu Jin's half-smiling eyes, the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen, nodded vigorously, "My elder sister will definitely agree, definitely agree!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jin shook his head and said, "Regarding this matter, let's talk about it after I have met your elder sister when I have time. The others can be decided first, and I can also swear an oath on the Great Dao."

"That's great! That's great!"

A look of wild joy appeared on the face of the Prince of Yutang, Zhu Shizhen.

With the terrifying talent Xu Jin showed today, especially since Xu Jin hasn't even used his full strength!

He knew that the Zhu family had hope!

The Zhu family had a future!

"Alright, these are easy to talk about. Now, tell me properly about the second round of the Daoist Candidate Selection three days later, what the specific situation is, so I can prepare early!" Xu Jin said.

(End of chapter)