bestfiction Chapter 209 The Female Immortal Cultivator Wasteful 15
Chapter 209 The Female Immortal Cultivator Wasteful 15
"My dear wife, this is a message from the Lord of Lan City, inviting you to come over for a chat." Chu Zhezhi said as he entered the study.
At this time, Lincheng and Lancheng were already adjacent to each other. Of the two cities in the middle, the Lin family swallowed up one and a half cities, and the Lan family took advantage of the situation and took over half of the city.
This time, they asked Lin Ruan to go over in order to suddenly appear in a new secret place between the two cities.
Regarding the ownership of the secret realm, the noble families have an agreement: the direct descendants of the main families of the noble families around the secret realm enter to search for the secret realm stone, regardless of life or death, the winner takes all.
Of course, if the family that obtains the secret realm is too weak, it will be divided up by other forces.
"In the past, when secret realms appeared, they were fought over by several aristocratic families in Lan City, and the aristocratic families in the surrounding cities would just send a few soldiers to take advantage. I'm afraid that the reason I'm inviting you here now is because Lin City is expanding too quickly, and the head of the Lan family wants to spend money to win you over as an ally."
"What price would you pay to buy the entire New Secret Realm?" Lin Ruan smiled and said, "Refuse it. Talk to Lan Weijun and it depends on your ability."
Lord Lan was furious. "You little brat, how rude of you!"
Knowing that Lin Ruan was the only one from the Lin family who entered the secret realm with her husbands this time, Lan Weijun specially sent her younger sister Lan Weiyu, who was in the fusion stage, to lead masters from the refining stage and the spirit transformation stage into the secret realm, vowing to kill Lin Ruan in the secret realm.
After Lin Ruan entered the secret realm with several men, she did not waste any time and directly opened the system navigation.
According to her idea, she could do it by herself, and getting the secret stone would only take a blink of an eye.
But she could not bear the pleadings of the five handsome men of various styles, who said that they were worried about her and wanted to protect her and help her, so she brought these five people, who were called husbands but were actually burdens, to the secret realm.
She often reflects on herself and wonders when she can correct this bad habit of doting on men!
Under the guidance of the system, Lin Ruan found the secret stone quickly as if he were in an empty space.
Lin Ruan used her spiritual power to draw a drop of blood from her fingertips, then reached out to touch it. After a moment, the secret stone recognized her as its master.
After recognizing its master, the secret realm stone shone brightly, and then the entire secret realm began to vibrate violently, the space twisted, and all the people still in the secret realm were swept out by a powerful force.
The Lan family who vowed to kill Lin Ruan:???
"Damn it!" Lord Lan's sister was so angry that her face turned blue. She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh.
The masters she brought with her also looked unwilling. They were entrusted with an important task this time and thought they could easily get rid of Lin Ruan. However, they did not expect that not only did the mission fail, but even the secret realm was taken away by the other party.
Why do you think Lin Ruan took away the secret realm?
Just look at the other idiots with question marks on their faces.
The others, who hadn't even had time to pull out a single blade of grass, asked: "What happened? Why did the secret realm suddenly disappear?"
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief and frustration. They had all hoped to obtain some treasures from this secret realm, but before they could even take action, they were driven out and left with nothing.
"How am I going to explain to the head of the family when I get back!" Lan Wei Yu said gritting his teeth, his heart full of anger and worry.
She was well aware of her elder sister's murderous intention towards Lin Ruan. Now that the result had become like this, Lan Weijun must be furious.
Lin Ruan, on the other hand, walked out of the secret realm leisurely with her husbands.
"My dear wife, I'm afraid the Lan family won't let this go." Chu Zhezhi said with some concern.
Lin Ruan smiled and said, "She'll let it go. Zhezhi, send a note to the Lan family and tell them I want to talk to City Lord Lan about the secret realm."
"Yes, my wife."
Lin Ruan always likes to have one trick up her sleeve. When she came out of the Lan family, the Lan family had already announced that they were allies with the Lin family.
Every time the two secret realms open, they will reserve 20% of the places for each other.
Lan Weiyu thought her eldest sister was crazy, but no matter how she checked, she could not find anything abnormal in Lan Weijun.
How can I let others discover the subordinate mark engraved by the great perfection of the Tribulation Period?
"Go do what you need to do, get out of here!"
After being scolded by Lan Weijun, Lan Weiyu breathed a sigh of relief. After all, she was still the eldest sister.
I guess there must be some considerations behind forming an alliance with Lin Ruan.
Chu Zhezhi walked behind Lin Ruan, thinking of the girl from the Gu family who had died of a sudden heart attack two days ago, and the head of the Lan family who changed his attitude in an instant.
I couldn't help but feel scared, yet I also felt a sense of security.
However, not everyone within the Lan family accepted the alliance with the Lin family. Some elders believed that this move undermined the Lan family's dignity and was a sign of weakness to the Lin family, and they secretly attempted to undermine the alliance.
"Master, forming an alliance with the Lin family is inappropriate! Our Lan family has been passed down from generation to generation. How can we condescend to associate with this upstart Lin family?"
Lan Weijun's expression was icy as he glanced at everyone. "I have made up my mind. No need to say more. An alliance with the Lin family will only benefit my Lan family. If anyone dares to discuss this matter again, don't blame me for being rude."
Although she was branded as a subordinate by Lin Ruan and had no control over her actions, she still had to maintain the dignity of the head of the family on the surface.
But these elders were not willing to give up. They secretly contacted other forces, attempting to create chaos and provoke conflict between the two cities in order to destroy the alliance between the Lan and Lin families.
After Lin Ruan learned about this, he passed the news back to the Lan family. He used the branding to severely torture Lan Weijun before asking her to deal with it quickly.
Lan Weijun was tortured for no reason. The next morning, he opened his dark eyes and shouted angrily, "Bring those elders here!"
Several elders were brought before Lan Weijun, still stubbornly saying, "Master, we are doing this for the sake of the Lan family. What the hell is the Lin family? They are just a nouveau riche supported by Lin Ruan alone. Forming an alliance with them will make us a laughing stock."
Lan Weijun laughed in anger: "As the head of the family, you are pretending to obey my orders but secretly disobeying them. You have made the Lan family a laughing stock!"
She ignored everyone's pleas and directly ordered several elders to be locked up in the family's forbidden area to clear their heads.
"Lan Xin, go meet Zhe Zhi. We haven't seen each other for so long, he must miss you too."
Patriarch Chu stroked the trembling man kneeling at her feet and spoke gently.
I thought that Chu Zhezhi, whom I raised with all my heart, was destroyed by the Heavenly Contract, but I didn't expect that he would have such good fortune. He relied on his own efforts to become the head of the family from a concubine's daughter, and also promoted his family from second-rate to first-rate.
Then she should find Chu Zhezhi, the good son she raised with all her heart, and get her money back.
"Yes, Master, I will obey your orders."
Lan Xin immediately sent a letter to Chu Zhezhi, but several of his letters fell on deaf ears. Fearing that Patriarch Chu might grow impatient, he gritted his teeth, sold the beast cores he had saved, exchanged them for spirit stones, and traveled to Lincheng via the teleportation array.
The Chu family would not give spirit stones to men. The spirit stones in Chu Zhezhi's hands were the result of him saving up the low-level beast pills he received every month and exchanging them for spirit stones outside the mansion.
More than ten years of beast core were exchanged for five medium-grade spirit stones.
"I am Mrs. Lan, the head of the Chu family in Chucheng, and the father of your family's head's wife, Chu. Please inform her." Lan Xin said to the doorman.
Upon hearing this, the doorman didn't dare to delay and hurried in to report. Not long after, he came out and led Lan Xin inside.
Chu Zhezhi told Lin Ruan about this matter, and Lin Ruan asked him to deal with it himself. Chu Zhezhi felt mixed emotions and after hesitating for a long time, he decided to go see Lan Xin.
When Chu Zhezhi saw Lan Xin, a sharp pain pierced his heart. His once high-spirited father had now been tortured to the point of being emaciated, his body hunched, his face sallow, and his cultivation level reduced to the early stages of the Golden Core stage. Chu Zhezhi's eyes welled up as he quickly stepped forward, "Father..."
When Lan Xin saw Chu Zhezhi, excitement flashed in her eyes. She stretched out her trembling hands and wanted to grab Chu Zhezhi: "Zhi'er, my son..."
Chu Zhezhi held his father's hand, feeling the ruggedness and coldness of his hand, and felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Lan Xin tightly grasped Chu Zhezhi's hand and said anxiously, "Zhi'er, this time father came to you because he was desperate. Your mother said that you have an extraordinary status in the Lin family now, so you must help the Chu family."
Chu Zhezhi's heart sank. He looked at his father and asked slowly, "You know that if I seek benefits for the Chu family, I will be punished by my wife. Do you still insist, father?"
Lan Xin gritted her teeth and said resolutely, "It's just a little punishment. Just bear it and it will pass. What man isn't like that? Zhi'er, the Chu family is your root."
Chu Zhezhi felt a wave of sadness when he heard this. He didn't blame Lan Xin, but rather the laws of nature and the head of the Chu family for torturing his biological father into such cowardice and shortsightedness.
He let go of his father's hand, took a step back, and his expression became indifferent: "Father, please go. Now that I have signed the contract, I am the owner's property. I have nothing to do with the Chu family or anyone else."
Lan Xin's eyes widened as she stared at Chu Zhezhi in disbelief. "Zhi'er, you knew exactly what kind of punishment I would receive if I failed to fulfill your mother's order. How could you be so cruel?"
Chu Zhezhi took a deep breath, suppressing the pain in his heart and said, "Father, I was bullied in the Chu family before. Although you wanted to protect me, you were powerless. Now I am the same. I hope you can live a good life, but I can't do anything."
Lan Xin was stunned. These words were like a sharp knife, piercing his heart. He opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Chu Zhezhi turned around, his back to Lan Xin, and said in a choked voice, "Go back, and don't come to see me again."
"I will die... Zhi'er... If my wife finds out that I am useless to you, I will die..." Lan Xin did not leave, and kept repeating this sentence to Chu Zhezhi's back.
Chu Zhezhi turned around abruptly and roared, "Then go die! Isn't death better than being tortured by the contract forever? Wouldn't death bring freedom?"