I originally thought that a master on the Heavenly Ranking like Ying Wu was a mysterious dragon that was hard to find, and when he appeared he would be the kind of person who looked high and mighty with coldness and dignity. Unexpectedly, he actually came to visit the patient in person, with a smiling voice and no airs at all.
Zhao Changhe also took a liking to him, so he said, "How dare I trouble Master Wu to come here in person? Please come in."
The door opened, and a middle-aged man with a kind face and a big smile walked in. He even bowed and saluted first: "In the battle of Yanmen, Master Zhao shocked the world. Such a young and handsome man makes people happy at first sight. If only Sha Qi and his ilk could learn half as much as Master Zhao..."
Zhao Changhe blinked his eyes. Why did he sound like a kindly businessman, smiling when meeting people and flattering them
He is a little bit fat, but his features are handsome, which makes him look cute...
Is this really the eighth on the Heavenly Ranking? Could it be that Sha Qi is pretending to be him
Well... the two first reached a consensus on Sha Qi's views. Great minds think alike.
Ying Wu was also infected and blinked, then suddenly smiled: "Master Zhao, do you think I look like a businessman?"
"Well… "
"But why does Mr. Zhao think that I am not a businessman?"
Zhao Changhe scratched his head: "Because... it's more mysterious? And the name of the Heavenly Ranking is intimidating."
Ying Wu sat in the chair that Cui Wenjing had just sat in, leaning back in comfort and saying, "However, no matter how mysterious a businessman is, he is still a businessman. It's just that the business we do is a little different from others... It's not easy to do business with a stern face."
Zhao Changhe smiled and said, "That makes sense."
No wonder everyone from Sha Qi to San Niang, including Jin Jiu, the head of the gambling house in the capital, never had a stern face. It turned out that their superiors and subordinates followed suit, which subverted his understanding of the intelligence organization.
His business is quite international, and he has cooperated with the temple to find secret places...
Thinking of this, Zhao Changhe tapped his head: "Master Wu is here to get the secret realm of Luanshi Mountain, right? The entrance is actually in..."
Ying Wu waved his hand: "No hurry, I came to visit the patient, not to ask for the promise to be fulfilled, how embarrassing would that be?"
"Uh... My injury is not serious. I just need to rest for a few days." Zhao Changhe didn't take other people's polite words seriously, and quickly reported the formation on the mountainside.
After all, this guy said he had a better medicine that was different from the Cui family's, and he could sell it for a penny, but he hasn't paid a penny yet. Don't think that he's easy to talk to just because he's smiling, because he's obviously not going to show his hand until he sees the rabbit.
"Big Dipper Formation, Black Tortoise Stone..." Ying Wu was very satisfied with Zhao Changhe's credibility after hearing the information. He stared at the ceiling for a long time and suddenly laughed, "These are things from the Four Symbols Sect. No wonder Sanniang is so worried."
Zhao Changhe: “…”
It seems that Sanniang is a member of the Four Symbols Sect, and Ying Wu knows everything clearly.
It’s just that the demands of both parties may not conflict, so we just turn a blind eye.
No one on the Heavenly Ranking is easy to deal with. You are wrong to think that you will be fooled... I don't know if Sanniang has an idea in her mind, but she probably does. After all, Sanniang and Suzaku are not easy to bully. Ying Wu also has to be treated with caution. Everyone has their own tacit understanding.
Ying Wu suddenly said, "Just now we said that our business is quite special... Maybe Master Zhao doesn't know that we are quite similar to him."
Zhao Changhe: “Huh?”
How do you look like me, the cute fat shopkeeper? Do you have any connection with the Four Symbols Sect
But Ying Wu said leisurely: "A long time ago, I started a business with a few brothers. We did business with no capital. Doesn't it coincide with the time when Mr. Zhao was in the mountain stronghold? We were all bandits..."
Zhao Changhe: “…”
"Later, as the secret realms were fought over and martial arts rose, people gradually shifted from the business of seizing treasures to the pursuit of ancient secrets, with their footprints spread all over the northern and southern borders. To put it bluntly, isn't this also in line with the path you are on now?"
Zhao Changhe thought to himself that this actually didn't count. It was nothing more than the pursuit of martial arts in different ways, and the ultimate goal was always those things. Your neutral attitude of not caring much about human affairs was actually closer to Xia Longyuan.
Then Ying Wu continued, "Perhaps you think we are neutral and will sell intelligence information for money. This is a bit of a misunderstanding. All our bases in the northern frontier, including Sanniang's, have never sold Daxia military information to the Hu people, let alone food and military supplies. On the contrary, you have benefited from it yourself, so you should know it clearly."
Zhao Changhe was stunned for a moment this time: "Don't tell me that Fifth Master actually wants to belong to Daxia?"
Ying Wu laughed dumbly: "What do you mean by belonging... To put it bluntly, what Xia Longyuan did deserves to make me feel that I belong?"
At this point, his eyes finally showed some disdainful irony. Openly criticizing the number one in the world, especially when that person might be the father of the person he was talking to... The arrogance that a person from the Tianbang who was born as a bandit finally emerged. But he quickly restrained himself and became smiling: "You regard the people as grass, and the people regard you as an enemy, that's all. It's offensive to hear about belonging, so don't mention it."
Zhao Changhe was speechless: "What is Fifth Master doing..."
"People are human because they have feelings." Ying Wu's expression was gentle, and he said slowly: "We started as brothers, so we will always be brothers. Just like Sanniang is the descendant of a sworn brother, and now that brother has passed away, she can believe in whatever she wants. I don't care. If she wants to leave, let's part ways in peace."
Zhao Changhe's expression changed slightly.
Is this a Heavenly Ranking? There has never been such a humane person among the Heavenly Rankings I have seen so far, not even Lao Cui. Lao Cui values the interests of his family above all else, and is very cold in other aspects...
Besides, you call yourself a businessman, aren't you famous for valuing profit over loyalty...
Zhao Changhe could almost hear the self-doubt in his voice. Could it be that he was just saying it for the sake of speaking
But there's really no need for a Heavenly Ranking member to come in front of me and put on a show with great emotion...
"We were born in this land, so naturally we have no reason to help outsiders. Human emotions are nothing more than this." Ying Wu leaned back in his chair again and said calmly, "As for the Xia people's dispute, if you kill me and I kill you, don't say that I am watching the joke. I am absolutely neutral and will sell intelligence to whoever offers it. It doesn't matter whether the other party is the emperor or a traitor, it's none of my business. If you think I am like Xia Longyuan, you might as well say that I am like Bo. Their temple also has this attitude towards tribal disputes."
Bo, or rather than using a single word, Bo'e. This is the title of the Great Shaman, not his name. In the grassland language, this profession is called Bo. Ordinary shamans are also honored as Bo, but that is to give them face and to carry their sedan chairs. There is only one Bo who is truly recognized.
Second on the Heavenly Ranking, Great Shaman Bo’e.
In this sense, they are somewhat close, but of course the essence may still be quite different.
"Okay, the greetings are over." Ying Wu said with a smile, "It's incomprehensible that Mr. Zhao would say all this to me... But please remember that we are businessmen. We are only saying this to give customers a basic understanding so that both parties can cooperate more easily. Just put aside the knowledge of the Heavenly Ranking that came from nowhere in your mind. This is just a normal business foundation."
Zhao Changhe finally came to his senses: "Master Wu, do you want to discuss a big business with me?"
"That's right." Ying Wu smiled and said, "When it comes to intelligence organizations, we are not one. It's just that we need to collect a lot of information to pursue the secret realm. In the process, we accumulate a lot of other information that is irrelevant to the secret realm but also meaningful. We use it to exchange the information or money resources we need with others, and we can use the money we get to buy secret realm information, forming a positive cycle. Over time, it has evolved into what it is now. But in the final analysis, we are just going for the secret realm."
Zhao Changhe nodded and said, "I have a general understanding of this."
This is probably why Yingwu is not as serious or sinister as other intelligence agents. They are not intelligence agents at all...
"So our real business is the information about the secret realm, or simply buying the secret realm itself." Ying Wu said: "From Ancient Sword Lake to Huangshaji, the impression that Mr. Zhao gave me is that he is interested in the treasures of the secret realm, but not interested in the ownership of the secret realm. For us, we don't need or only need some specific things in the secret realm. What we want is the secret realm itself."
Zhao Changhe understood: "So Master Wu believes that you and I can have a long-term cooperation."
Ying Wu smiled and said, "Isn't this a match made in heaven?"
Zhao Changhe was surprised: "I am just one person, how many secret realms can I find... Wuye's huge organization actually valued my cooperation."
"Everyone has their own luck and fate. Some people are especially lucky with women, some are especially lucky with money... and I think you are especially lucky with secret realms. If I'm not mistaken, you have also found secret realms in Beimang... You have probably seen more secret realms in the past year than most people have seen in their entire lives. Wouldn't it be stupid not to cooperate with you?"
After hearing the first sentence, Zhao Changhe wanted to say, "Yes, I am the one who is popular with women." But after hearing the latter part, he felt more and more that he really had a good connection with the secret realm.
Or simply put, it is a connection from ancient times.
This is normal, after all, time travel is related to this.
From this perspective, the ancient secrets that he wanted to pursue were indeed something that could be pursued through long-term cooperation with Ying Wu. What he wanted was not actually treasures, or just some specific things, but the ancient information that could be glimpsed in the secret realm. As for what the secret realm itself was used for
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask: "What does Fifth Master want these spaces for? Can you tell me?"
Ying Wu said leisurely: "What do you think is the biggest difference between the present and the ancient times?"
Zhao Changhe subconsciously wanted to say that the inheritance was cut off and caused the split. Isn't the purpose of finding a secret realm to obtain the inheritance? But when he thought about the topic itself, he suddenly thought: "Fifth Master, what you mean is that the difference between now and ancient times is that the world is incomplete?"
"That's right." Ying Wu smiled and clapped his hands. "Not only is it incomplete, I estimate that it is only 50% to 60% complete. There is still a lot of space that is unknown, and there may even be large tribes living there. If someone can find it all... or even not all, just 80% to 90% complete, do you think the ancient road to gods and demons is here?"
(End of this chapter)