Chapter 181: The Daoist Master Descends the Mountain! The Dejected Wang Family

Lin Xuan understood the meaning behind Fang Dongtian and Lu Jin's words; in truth, they simply wanted to control the scale of the incident's impact.

One Pill swallowed to condense an Inner Elixir is truly stepping onto the great Dao of Daoist cultivation, compared to one Pill swallowed to discard the physical body and achieve a Yang Spirit.

With this comparison, the gap becomes clear.

Although for those who practice Daoist cultivation, the Yang Spirit is already a realm difficult to reach.

But how many can truly make the resolution to discard their physical body?

What if it doesn't succeed?

It is just that Lin Xuan truly does not care.

He does not need to care about these matters now; as long as he does not want trouble, trouble will not come knocking.

"Linglong, tell Grandmaster, I am going down the mountain in a few days to walk around."

"Ah? Senior Brother is going down the mountain? Where to?"

"I don't know, just walking around."

"Then can you take me with you?"

"As for that, no!"

Lin Xuan refused directly.

"Senior Brother!" Lu Linglong's coquettish voice came through the phone.

"Senior Brother rarely went down the mountain before and doesn't understand things down there; you definitely need a guide, and I can do it."

"That won't work either."

Lin Xuan refused again.

"Fine, then I'll go tell Grandmaster!"

Hearing Lin Xuan's blunt refusal once more, Lu Linglong could only agree before hanging up the phone.

"Why not take her? Isn't that quite nice, Benefactor?"

Xiao Qing asked from the side, stifling a laugh.

Lin Xuan tilted his head and glanced at her; Xiao Qing immediately suppressed her smile and feigned seriousness.

"Let's go, let's go see Master and mention the matter of going down the mountain."

As Lin Xuan spoke, he took Er She directly to find Luo Daming.

……

"You've come at just the right time!"

Luo Daming, who was busy scrolling on his phone, waved immediately upon seeing Lin Xuan approach.

"Is there something up?"

Seeing Luo Daming's attitude, Lin Xuan understood immediately.

"There is indeed something; the Company has directly announced you as the new Ten Elders member, and the Alien Forum is lively now."

As he spoke, Luo Daming handed the phone to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan took it and swiped his finger.

"Damn, a big shot from the Quanzhen Longmen Sect, but I've never heard of this person; does anyone know who he is?"

"Ignorant, you don't even know this person? You know the All-Heaven Grand Assembly, right? He sat at the same table as the Old Celestial Master."

"Holy crap, for real? Too bad I didn't go."

"I heard that Wang Ai of the Ten Elders was beaten by this guy, and that's why he lost his status as one of the Ten Elders."

A quick glance showed that everyone was discussing this matter.

Some were onlookers unaware of the truth, while others knew a bit of the situation.

Although the Company did not directly announce that the status of the Ten Elder Wang Ai had been stripped, many guessed it was Wang Ai; after all, this incident had caused quite a stir before.

There were even photos from multiple angles of Wang Ai after he was beaten.

After flipping through it roughly, Lin Xuan returned the phone to Luo Daming.

"How is it?"

Luo Daming watched Lin Xuan's expression, unable to tell what this disciple was thinking, just feeling a bit curious.

"No particular feeling; the status of Ten Elders is not something I need to care about right now. It's just that I might not have time to attend to the affairs of the Ten Elders, so I will have to trouble Master then."

Since the topic had come up, Lin Xuan simply threw the responsibility onto Luo Daming.

"Ah? So that's your plan? Accept the Ten Elders position and throw the work to your master?"

Luo Daming's expression turned strange upon hearing this, and his tone was somewhat displeased.

"It's not a big deal anyway; Master can just delegate the tasks. If there's a real emergency, it won't be too late for you to step in then, Master."

"Delegate them?"

Luo Daming nodded upon hearing this.

Thinking about it, that was true; there weren't actually many things that required the Ten Elders to make a joint decision. Although he hadn't intervened in the management of the Outsider world before, as the Daoist Master of Baiyun Guan, he actually knew quite a bit of this information.

He could indeed hand the matters over to Liu Xingyang to handle; if he truly couldn't handle it, he could step in himself, which wouldn't delay anything.

Thinking of this, Luo Daming nodded repeatedly.

But then, he felt something was wrong.

"This isn't right, is it? Xiao Xuan, are you teasing your master?"

Luo Daming realized what was happening; there was nothing left for Lin Xuan to do in this.

It was clearly his brat of a disciple who accepted the status, yet in the end, the trouble still fell on him.

"Master, the capable should do more work, right? Besides, I won't have time later; isn't this about going down the mountain to seek opportunities?"

What the hell is "the capable should do more work"? Is that even how you use that phrase?

Luo Daming felt a bit itchy to fight, but considering he couldn't beat Lin Xuan if he made a move now, and Fang Dongtian would definitely beat him up if he returned, he refrained.

"Even if it's 'the capable do more work,' you are indeed the capable one."

After Luo Daming made this snide remark, his expression shifted, "You're heading down the mountain again? The All-Heaven Grand Assembly just ended, and your grandmaster just came out of seclusion; you're running off already?"

"No choice, I can't just wait at Baiyun Guan for a pie to fall from the sky."

"So you are looking for the power of Five Elements Smelting?"

Luo Daming knew where Lin Xuan had reached in his cultivation; although he didn't quite understand it, Lin Xuan had mentioned it.

"Mm, that's right."

"I thought you'd stay a while longer. Fine, going down the mountain is fine, of course, but remember to give a shout if anything happens."

Luo Daming waved his hand and said.

"I understand!"

Lin Xuan waved his hand, then glanced at Er She, and the three figures turned and left.

After Lin Xuan left, Luo Daming felt quite helpless, then he took out his phone, swiped the screen, and looked at the discussions on the Alien Forum, a smile appearing on his face.

……

In contrast to Luo Daming was Wang Ai of the Wang Family.

As soon as the news was released by the Company, Wang Ai received it; after all, he had been keeping a close eye on the Company's reactions.

Although he had guessed it long ago, now that it had actually happened, Wang Ai's expression was still ugly to the extreme.

"Our Wang Family's influence hasn't suffered much loss, how could the Company dare to do this?"

Wang Bing also found it somewhat incomprehensible.

To actually announce it so publicly was simply a direct slap to the Wang Family's face.

Now, everyone knew that the Wang Family's status as one of the Ten Elders had been stripped away.

"Because the other side is Quanzhen!"

Wang Ai looked at the indignant Wang Bing and spoke in a deep voice.

The current Wang Ai no longer had his former arrogant demeanor.

The words "No matter what you do, your grandfather can smooth it over for you"—he likely couldn't bring himself to say that now.

"Then what should we do? That person is an Inner Alchemy master, who knows how long their lifespan is, we..."

As soon as Wang Bing thought of this, he suddenly felt his life had no brightness; the opponent was stronger than their side and had a longer lifespan, and the thought of living his whole life under the other's Yinying...

"Enough, protect the Wang Family first. Also, let me remind you again: the Wang Family and Quanxing cannot have any connection, and you must not get too close to Quanxing either. Don't think I don't know what you've been doing lately."

"But only by cooperating with Quanxing now can we block those external threats."

Recently, those restless people and forces had all been blocked by Quanxing.

Anyway, it was nothing unusual for those guys in Quanxing to do anything, and it wouldn't be strange for them to cause trouble.

"Not entirely, that's too obvious."

Wang Ai reminded him.

"Rest assured, I just don't know, when someone comes to attack, to what extent should we go?"