The Shuiyue Sect is a sect that specializes in formations. It is specialized in illusion formations and is also good at breaking formations. It is a sect with great potential for career transition to underground jobs.
Because they were not good at fighting, the competition between Pang Miaosong and Lu Bei revolved around the formation, avoiding the scenes of physical fistfights.
This was what Pang Miaosong meant. She didn't want Lu Bei to get close to her in public.
You will suffer losses.
A loss in every sense of the word.
Lu Bei didn't know much about breaking the formation, and even with the compass and formula, he didn't have much confidence. Fortunately, God rewards kindness, and he firmly suppressed Pang Miaosong in terms of realm. Under the guidance of the compass, he used force to break the trick and led the sword to open a path out of the illusion formation.
Without waiting for Lu Bei to utter an idiom, Pang Miaosong decisively walked off the stage, expressionless and silent, admitting defeat and ending this unremarkable contest.
Of the four helpers that Ding Lei found, two lost and two gave up. Lu Bei won all four games and reached out to touch his trophies.
No loot
Impossible, the organizer is not that kind of person.
In the side hall of Emei Sect, Ding Lei sat dejectedly. Lu Bei glanced at the four sect leaders, rubbed his hands and said, "We are not familiar with each other, so I will not say any more polite words. The four of you supported Sect Leader Ding and bullied the few with your numbers. I, Lu, have to accept it. As the saying goes, it is impolite not to reciprocate. The four of you have been defeated and admitted defeat one after another. It is now my turn to bully the weak with force."
"Master Lu, you are mistaken..."
"Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, I know it, and you all know it too."
Lu Bei raised his hand to interrupt, and said in a slightly softer tone: "Don't worry, the four of you. I am not an unreasonable person. The grudge between you and me is far less than the grudge between Sect Leader Ding and me. I don't ask for much. The three-month spiritual bamboo quota of each sect will belong to Sanqing Peak... Well, forget about Hanyue Sect. Sect Leader Du is very suitable for me. I respect you as a man. Today, we have to fight to get to know each other. The three-month spiritual bamboo quota of Hanyue Sect will be regarded as a meeting gift."
"Lu..."
"If you disagree, please stand up. The ring has not been cleared yet."
Lu Bei looked at me with disdain: "Today, either you beat me to death, or I beat you to death."
"How can this be absurd? Why do you exclude me from the Hanyue Sect? Who are you looking down on?"
"…" x5
"Bring me a pen and paper!"
When the place was completely quiet, Du Jinglan clapped his hands and wrote down the IOU without hesitation, regardless of the other sect leaders' repeated glances.
"…" x3
Pang Miaosong and the other three leaders immediately turned black-faced, seriously suspecting that Du Jinglan seemed honest but was actually a scheming person. He had already accepted benefits from Lu Bei before coming and was also throwing fake punches.
"Master Du is so magnanimous! I admire you!!"
Lu Bei waved his hand and gave a furious praise. Seeing that the deadlock could not be broken, an assist came to him. If he didn't know that he and Du Jinglan were strangers, he would have suspected that this person was an undercover agent he had planted.
Damn it, there's a traitor among us!
Pang Miaosong and the other three leaders gritted their teeth and wrote down the debt note, cursing Lu Bei and Du Jinglan in their hearts, especially Du Jinglan, who was directly dug out of the family tree.
For a while, Du Jinglan became the biggest enemy. Although Lu Bei was too bullying, he was an outsider from the beginning, and the damage he caused was far less than the betrayal and backstabbing of Du Jinglan, a family member.
Ding Lei had a complicated expression on his face. Seeing the four foreign players writing down the debt notes one by one, his sad mood inexplicably improved a lot.
Facts have once again proved that listening to love songs is useless when you are sad, and only watching others suffer misfortunes can relieve your sadness.
The income from Lingzhu was one of the main sources of income for the remaining eight peaks in Jiuzhu Mountain except Sanqing Peak. The fact that it was cut off for three months meant that they had to tighten their belts for three months. Thinking of this, the faces of the several heads of the sects all looked extremely ugly.
"Master Lu, if there is nothing else, we will take our leave first." Lin Hong stood up and said.
He was in the Emei Sect and ignored the Sect Leader Ding Lei, which showed that he had already put this person on the blacklist.
"Please wait a moment, the four masters. I do have something very important to say."
Lu Bei accepted the four debt notes, and his arrogant look disappeared in an instant. He sighed faintly: "You all don't know, it's not that I, Lu, intend to make things difficult for the various factions. I really have no choice, and I don't want this to happen."
Yeah, I believe it.
I believed your lies!
Several sect leaders rolled their eyes, Ding Lei rolled the most. He was too short-sighted to notice that when Lu Bei knocked down the Emei disciples one by one that night, he did not hold back for a moment and laughed happily.
"I think Sect Master Ding has already told you about the situation at Sanqing Peak. A guest named Zhu is visiting..."
Lu Bei looked up at the roof at a 45-degree angle. "It all started three months ago. I was still a teenager at that time. I had just arrived at Dasheng Pass and thought everyone was a good person... Zhu's Company had coveted the Lingzhu of Jiuzhu Mountain for a long time... I suffered because of my youth and lack of vigilance... They caught me... I was forced to do this."
"Master Lu, please speak more clearly. What are you talking about?"
"Zhu's Company wants to cooperate with the leaders. Because of my status as the leader of Yuhua Sect, they regard me as a breakthrough point..."
Lu Bei said briefly, "In the past three months, Zhu's Trading Company will show its sincerity by giving each faction a 20% increase on the transaction amount as usual. After three months, no matter how much Sitong Trading Company gives, Zhu's Trading Company will give no less."
"This is not a matter of money. Business requires integrity. We have already received the deposit from Sitong Commercial Bank. How can we go back on our word? Besides, the spiritual bamboo finally flows to Dasheng Pass. If we offend Huangji Sect because of the source problem, Sitong Commercial Bank only needs to say a word and we will all be in trouble."
"Don't worry, everyone. The Zhu family will take care of the Sitong Commercial Bank. As for the Huangji Sect, Governor Zhu of Dongqi County and Steward Lin of Dashengguan are close friends. If the business fails, we will offend them... Hehe, having said this, it's good that everyone understands it." Lu Bei gave an ambiguous reply. Some things are not easy to explain, and he hoped that the leaders could understand it themselves.
As for whether he understood it wrongly, that is none of his business.
"As for the IOU in my hand, you don't have to take it to heart. It's yours, and you can take whatever you deserve. I won't take a penny."
Lu Bei puffed out his chest and said, "The rumor that I love money is completely groundless. Zhu's Company will contact you for the monthly transactions. The accounts will be settled in person. I won't touch them at all."
"Are you serious?!" Ding Lei's hand holding the teacup was shaking violently, resonating with the porcelain.
"Given Lu's current reputation, even if I gave you a guarantee, you wouldn't believe it, so I won't waste my words."
Lu Bei smiled calmly and said, "Time will tell. The transaction will begin in a few days. Whether what I said is true or false will be clear by then."
Several sect leaders were whispering to each other, and when they looked at Lu Bei, their eyes were completely different. They had changed from their previous disdain to being extremely friendly. They said that they were all of the same blood, and they apologized deeply when they closed their mouths, saying that it was their fault for misunderstanding Lu Bei before.
"Oh, I almost forgot, except for Sect Leader Ding."
Lu Bei looked at Ding Lei who was in resonance and grinned: "Master Ding attacked Sanqing Peak at night. This account has nothing to do with business. It is purely a personal grudge between you and me. The land that should be ceded and the money that should be paid must be paid in full."
"That makes sense. It was Master Ding who made the mistake first!" Liu Ao shook his head and sighed.
"It is indeed wrong to use the majority to bully the minority, Master Ding, please forgive us for standing on the side of reason." Lin Hong nodded in agreement.
Ding Lei's eyes bulged out and he looked around. He found that Du Jinglan was an undercover agent, Liu Ao and Lin Hong were fence-sitters, and even Pang Miaosong, who had lost face, said nothing at this moment.
Not a single teammate!
"Hahaha, I'm just joking, Sect Leader Ding, don't take it seriously. I'm just angry because you led people to attack me that night. Jiuzhu Mountain is originally one family, and I got my revenge by just responding to you. Why would I really want your Mount Emei title deed, 100,000 taels, and Lingzhu's business?"
Lu Bei smiled casually, took out an IOU from his bosom, and solemnly placed it in Ding Lei's hand: "I teased you so many times before, but it was just because I was upset. Now I have come to my senses. I hope that Master Ding will give me a way out and let go of this grudge."
“Hiss, hiss, hiss—”
Looking at the IOU written by himself, Ding Lei's eyes turned red. After tearing it into pieces, he grabbed Lu Bei's hand and said, "Brother... No, Brother Lu, I have offended you before, and you deserve a small punishment. Today... I am not good at speaking, if you don't mind, I am willing to be your sworn brother today."
Bah, I think you are dreaming!
"No hurry, let's talk about the sworn brotherhood some other day. I suddenly remembered that I'll return the IOU to you, and there will be no more disputes in our business."
Lu Bei pointed at the debris on the ground and said, "Master Ding, please write another one. Just three months will do."
Ding Lei: “…”
This boy is thick-skinned, has a black heart, and has good aptitude for cultivation. He will definitely achieve great things in the future. It's a pity that I couldn't take advantage of the opportunity to become sworn brothers with him today.