Chapter 292

"You're not just paying less management fees, are you?" Lu Yang squinted. He remembered that the Senior Sister required them to pay the management fees and hand over all remaining barbecue shop revenue.

There was a lot of room for maneuvering here, such as the barbecue shop collaborating with other shops, with part of the other shops' revenue attributed to the barbecue shop, but the Senior Sister didn't know about this.

Or they could use the barbecue shop's revenue to purchase assets, which also didn't need to be handed over to the Senior Sister, and then sell the assets when they needed spirit stones.

Lu Yang could think of seven or eight ways to avoid it just by turning his brain a little, and he didn't believe the Sect Master couldn't think of them.

Cold sweat broke out on the Sect Master's forehead. He didn't expect that he would let it slip and reveal a flaw.

"The two of you can have thirty percent of the barbecue shop's profits."

Lu Yang was unmoved: "Hand it all over to the Senior Sister, not a single penny less. You are already ghosts; you cannot cultivate. What use do you have for spirit stones?"

He had the Senior Sister and the Immortal Fairy as his backing. Whatever he lacked, the Senior Sister gave him, and the Immortal Fairy still had plenty of contribution points on hand. If Lu Yang needed to use them, the Immortal Fairy would also give them to him.

He didn't need to profit from the barbecue shop.

Furthermore, handing over all the barbecue shop's profits to the Senior Sister—the Senior Sister didn't manage the accounts, so wouldn't it end up in his hands anyway?

Not to mention Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou, the eldest young master of the Meng family, who only ever worried about having too much money.

"If you don't agree to this condition, I will inform the Senior Sister about you hiding spirit stones right now. You can guess what the Senior Sister's reaction will be when she finds out about this."

The Sect Master broke out in a cold sweat. As ghosts, they really had no use for spirit stones; saving spirit stones was just to find a goal.

But that Asking Dao Sect Senior Sister might not accept such an explanation.

Lu Yang said slowly: "Conversely, if you agree to this condition and plug the loopholes, this matter can be glossed over. The Senior Sister won't know, and I will also persuade the Senior Sister to let you open branches outside."

"How about it? Why not consider it?"

The Sect Master was silent, thinking about the feasibility of Lu Yang's plan. Ghosts also belong to the category of spirits. If a spirit has no goal or spiritual sustenance, living in a muddled state, its consciousness will eventually dissipate and return to heaven and earth.

As high-level officials of the Immortal Sect, their spiritual sustenance is the Immortal Fairy, and the Immortal Fairy requires them to open the barbecue shop to the outside world, to open it throughout the entire Central Continent. They must complete the Immortal's instructions.

The Sect Master secretly looked at the Immortal Fairy from the corner of his eye. Seeing the Immortal Fairy nod with an imperceptible movement, he struggled in his heart, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind.

"Fine, I agree to your condition!"

"That's more like it."

"By the way, do you know Qin Li Li Li Haoran, the Sect Master of the Nine Nether Sect?" Lu Yang remembered that the person in front of him wasn't just a butcher from the slaughterhouse, but also the Sect Master of the Immortal Sect.

"Qin Li Li Li Haoran?" The Sect Master was stunned for a moment. "The previous Sect Master of the Nine Nether Sect was surnamed Qin. As for what his name was, I don't know."

Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou was puzzled: "As fellow demon sect masters, you don't know what his name is?"

The Sect Master explained helplessly: "Really, the relationship between our four major demon sects is not as close as you imagine. We usually only meet and communicate when we have joint actions or exchange pointers, and the conflict in our root doctrines makes it difficult for us to stand on the same front."

"For example, the Nine Nether Sect believes that there is reincarnation in the world and that people go to the Nine Nethers after death, but our Immortal Sect believes in the Immortal Fairy, believing that the Immortal Fairy can be resurrected from the dead, which is a big difference from the Nine Nether Sect's doctrine."

"And don't say that we belong to different sects; even within the same sect, we don't necessarily know much about each other. Suppose Sect Master Qin has a wife and children, would he tell his subordinates? Of course not."

Lu Yang nodded. That made sense. If the Nine Nether Sect knew about Su Su Su Yiren's existence, how could there have been no movement for more than a decade?

Su Su Su Yiren's existence was a threat to the Nine Nether Sect. Su Su Su Yiren didn't know Qin Li Li Li Haoran's identity or the location of the Nine Nether Sect, but would the Nine Nether Sect believe that?

It must be that Qin Li Li Li Haoran deliberately concealed Su Su Su Yiren's existence.

"However, I do know some things about Sect Master Qin. Without using Immortal Treasures, the overall strength of the Nine Nether Sect is slightly stronger than our Immortal Sect. Actually, Sect Master Qin complained to me privately that he was under a lot of pressure, so I suspect that Qin Li Li Li Haoran's position as Sect Master is not as stable as mine, and many people below want to seize power."

"The Nine Nether Sect has no Immortal to believe in, so they shouldn't have any Immortal Treasures." The Sect Master was quite proud when he said this. Among the four major demon sects, only they believed in an Immortal and held an Immortal Treasure. It was just a pity they couldn't get those Immortal Treasures in the Immortal ruins, otherwise, their Immortal Sect could be ranked first among the four major demon sects!

"The Nine Nether Sect believes in the existence of the Nine Nethers and that they will go to the Nine Nethers after death, so they are not afraid of anything. They have proposed many radical plans, such as building a city as an entrance to the Nine Nethers, declaring war on the Great Xia Dynasty, etc., all of which were suppressed by Sect Master Qin."

Lu Yang and Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou gasped. Daring to propose a plan like declaring war on the Great Xia Dynasty—are they really not undercover agents who infiltrated the high levels of the Nine Nether Sect, wanting to wipe out the Nine Nether Sect in one go?

Applied to Lu Yang, it would be equivalent to him, the ancestor of the Immortal Sect, declaring war on the Senior Sister.

This was being possessed by the Immortal Fairy.

The Sect Master continued to tell some intelligence about the Nine Nether Sect, which Lu Yang and Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou found quite rewarding.

After hearing the intelligence, Lu Yang and Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou thought there was no need to stay here any longer, so they got up and left.

"I'll see you two off." The Sect Master was courteous and saw Lu Yang and Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou off.

"Lu Yang, I have something to say to the Immortal Fairy, I'll be right back." The Immortal Fairy said.

"Okay."

A figure slowly floated out from behind Lu Yang. It was a beautiful woman in a goose-yellow dress. She appeared silently in front of the Immortal Fairy. The Immortal Fairy felt as if she had seen the end of her own path and felt immense pressure.

The Immortal Dao Fruit is a superior existence to the embryonic Immortal Dao Fruit; the embryonic Immortal Dao Fruit has no ability to resist at all.

"Fairy." The Immortal Fairy crossed her hands over her head and bowed to the Immortal Fairy.

The Immortal Fairy gave a faint "hmm": "Since we have a chance to meet today, I have something to inform you."

"Please speak, Fairy."

"I have observed Lu Yang's temperament and talent, and they meet my requirements. I have decided that Lu Yang is the second-in-command of the Immortal lineage, and you are the third-in-command. From now on, you must be as respectful to Lu Yang as you are to me. Do you hear me clearly?"

The Immortal Fairy was surprised at first. Even if Lu Yang's temperament and talent were enough, his cultivation base was right there; how could he be qualified to be the second-in-command? Then she seemed to understand something and respectfully said "Yes."

Soon, the Immortal Fairy returned to Lu Yang's spiritual space.

"What did the Fairy go do?"

"Not telling you."

The Immortal Fairy chuckled secretly. Lu Yang, you don't want to be the second-in-command, then I'll make everyone think you are the second-in-command. Then even if you deny it, it will be useless.

I'm so smart.

(End of chapter)

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