Chapter 189: Sun Cheng's troubles
Time will always slip away unconsciously, and in the blink of an eye, it will be the day when the core of the Immortal Mansion Secret Realm will open.
The Ghost King, Qinglong, Youji, and Xiaobai also came as promised, because after returning to the present world before, Zhou Xiaoning adjusted the flow rate of the two times to 1:100, and for the four of them, 1500 days have passed, that is, more than four years.
The Ghost King Sect has completely gained a firm foothold in the Liaozhai world, and there are more than 6,000 disciples under it, in addition to the main altar on Panlong Mountain, there are more than a dozen sub-altars. Because the disciples of the Ghost King Sect often come forward to surrender to the evil demons and monsters, they are deeply loved by the people, and they are in the limelight for a while, chasing the top local forces such as Kunlun, Buddhism, and Penglai.
And Xiaobai got in touch with Qingqiu, and was accepted by Qingqiu as the honor of the nine-tailed heavenly fox, and became the second ancestor-level figure after the nine-tailed fox in Qingqiu. With this relationship, the Tianhu vein has also been recognized by Qingqiu, although they still live in the Hidden Fox Valley, but because of the relationship between Qingqiu, no one dares to come to find trouble, but let the Tianhu vein recuperate for a few years, and gradually begin to recover.
In order to allow the four of them to participate in the exploration of the core of the Immortal Mansion Secret Realm with confidence, Zhou Xiaoning specially readjusted the time flow rate of the two worlds, no matter how long they stayed in this world, for the Liaozhai world, they only left for a second, so they didn't have to worry that after they left, the Ghost King Sect and the Hidden Fox Valley would have an incident because no one managed them.
This is a new ability born after the shuttle gem was upgraded to eight stars, and after the time flow control function was strengthened, if it weren't for this, the ghost king and the others would not have left the Liaozhai world at the critical juncture of the sect's growth.
"Now that everyone is here, let's go, and for the time being, we will first wronged the four."
Zhou Xiaoning apologized, and then waved his right hand to bring the Ghost King, Qinglong, Youji and Xiaobai into the New Dragon Realm, and then release them after they arrived in the core area of the Forbidden Immortal Mansion.
The Baguio girls have long been sent to the New Dragon Realm by Zhou Xiaoning, and they still prefer to stay in the New Dragon Realm than to sleep in the summoning space, which will make them feel more comfortable, and by the way, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone by helping Zhou Xiaoning entertain the Ghost King and others.
By the way, Han Cook has also accepted the transformation of the Dawn Dragon bloodline, and with the help of Zhou Xiaoning, he has refined a body protection dragon scale, and his strength is a little stronger than when he was in the One Piece world.
After arranging the ghost king and others, Zhou Xiaoning flew with Zhou Pingzhong's sword and went straight to the direction of the capital.
Zhou Xiaoning is now a sixth-order powerhouse, how fast he is at the speed of the sword with all his strength, he set off from the Two Realms City at ten o'clock in the morning, and he also took time to have lunch in the middle, even if he arrived in the capital like this, it was only two o'clock in the afternoon.
Today's capital seems to be calm on the surface, but secretly there is an undercurrent.
Due to the imminent opening of the core of the Immortal Mansion, the four great families are secretly accumulating their strength, preparing to reap as many benefits as possible from the core area of the Immortal Mansion Secret Realm, and even seek the ancient inheritance that may exist in it.
For this reason, the four great families have summoned all the Chosen ones in the clan back, suspended all other plans, and all the resources of the family will be invested in this secret realm exploration.
In addition, those scattered Chosen One, or in groups of three or five, or single-handedly, all planned to try their luck in the core area of the Immortal Mansion Secret Realm, maybe any of them hit the luck and found a treasure in the secret realm that could greatly increase his strength, and then have a gorgeous life counterattack.
Zhou Xiaoning noticed that there was something strange in the atmosphere in the capital, but he didn't intend to provoke the already tense nerves of those Chosen One, and after the Edgeworth landed, he went straight to the Sun family's mansion.
"Brother Zhou, you are finally here, I really want to wait."
When Sun Cheng heard the servant's message, he immediately put down what he was doing and went out to greet Zhou Xiaoning.
Recently, the life of the Sun family is getting worse and worse, the strength of the two Zhao and Wang families is growing at a rate far beyond the Sun and Qian families, and the heavy pressure is almost overwhelming them.
Not long ago, Zhou Xiaoning ruthlessly cheated the Wang family once, which can be regarded as a great favor for the Sun Qian family, so that they finally had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they could mobilize more resources to invest in the next secret realm exploration.
This time, the Sun Qian family has invested all their family resources into it, completely with the mentality that if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent, and whether the Sun Qian family can reverse the decline depends on this one.
It can be seen that Sun Cheng's frank and unfair confession of the secret realm of the Immortal Mansion to Zhou Xiaoning was not all because of the friendship between allies, but more because he wanted to invite a strong foreign aid to help them share part of the Wang family's ideas, so that they would have more opportunities to explore the secret realm.
Zhou Xiaoning knew the twists and turns in this, but the temptation in the core area of the Immortal Mansion Secret Realm was indeed very great, so big that Zhou Xiaoning would rather follow the Sun family's wishes than give up.
"Hehe, the affairs of the Two Realms City are busy, and I just finished dealing with it, so I rushed over, but fortunately I wasn't late."
Zhou Xiaoning is completely talking nonsense with his eyes open, anyone who is in the Two Realms City, who doesn't know that their city lord is a big idler. And the administrative system he formulated is good to say that it gives capable people more opportunities to display their strengths, but in fact, it is completely prepared for himself to be a shopkeeper.
Sun Cheng didn't know about this, he only knew that the development momentum of the Two Realms City was very strong now, and even the Wang family didn't dare to start a war with it easily.
Sun Cheng obviously counted all this merit on Zhou Xiaoning's head, and couldn't help but say with admiration: "Brother Zhou has worked hard to develop the Two Realms City to be as powerful as it is today, and he is really a model for my generation to learn." Unlike me, it is thanks to the protection of my family that I have grown up to this point. ”
"Listening to Brother Sun's tone, it seems that I am unwilling, you might as well say it, maybe I can help you."
Zhou Xiaoning said with a smile, although he and the Sun family only saw more of a relationship of mutual use, but if Sun Cheng was worried about something he could do, Zhou Xiaoning would not mind helping him, in exchange for his favor, maybe it would come in handy in the future.
When Sun Cheng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, didn't he just wait for this sentence.
Don't look at Sun Cheng's strength now, he has reached the level of the fifth-order peak, which is not much better than those first-class Heavenly Chosen ones, but this is a huge amount of family resources, and the same resources, if they are distributed to the Heavenly Chosen One, they can at least cultivate two fifth-order peak masters. As the saying goes, if you don't suffer from a small number but suffer from inequality, wasting so many resources on an ordinary person who is not a chosen one, even if Sun Cheng is the candidate for the next head of the family, it will inevitably attract criticism.
Especially in recent times, the situation of the Sun family has become more and more severe, and gradually some people put the fault on Sun Cheng, thinking that he occupies too many family resources, so that other people's due resources are thinned, so that the development of the Sun family is so slow, and it is pressed down by the Zhao and Wang families.
This argument is obviously not very tenable, the strength of the Sun family is weaker than that of the Zhao and Wang families, which is a foreshadowing laid at the beginning of the catastrophe, in the catastrophe, how many chosen ones a force has, may not represent the strength of the force, but it is enough to show the potential of the force.
In the midst of the calamity, the Chosen One is a group of highly privileged people, who will get source power points and burst out of source cards when they kill fantasy creatures, while ordinary people will only enjoy this treatment if they are attached to the Chosen One. In this way, the gap is reflected, who is higher in the collection efficiency of one Chosen One and the two Chosen One? What if there were more of the Chosen One?
Although this is something that can be understood as long as you think about it carefully, it can't stop people from deliberately spreading rumors. During this time, Sun Cheng was under a lot of pressure, if he wasn't one of the top combat forces of the Sun family, his position as the heir of the head of the family would have been lost long ago.
But even so, Sun Cheng's position is also precarious, starting from the sixth order, only by constantly deepening his comprehension of the law can he go further, at this stage, the help of external forces is not great, only on his own. In this regard, the Chosen One can be said to be blessed, they have the source disk, but it is much easier than ordinary people in terms of comprehending the law, even if it is just a little inspiration, the source disk will help it capture, and then let it comprehend, which is equivalent to someone put the pie within reach, if you don't know how to eat it, it can only mean that the person is simply stupid and incorrigible.
It is conceivable that after the sixth level, the speed of the progress of the family's Chosen One will far throw Sun Cheng away, and at that time, even his father will have no reason to blindly protect him.
Originally, Sun Cheng was already desperate and ready to face the reality, until he received a phone call from Zhou Xiaoning before, and then he suddenly remembered that Zhou Xiaoning had once taken out a source plate to auction and sell it at an auction in the capital, and it was sold at a high price, if he could get rid of Zhou Xiaoning and get one for him, why was he afraid of those who had other intentions?
Just opening his mouth rashly will inevitably make Zhou Xiaoning feel that he is making it difficult for a strong man, so Sun Cheng told Zhou Xiaoning about the secret realm of the Immortal Mansion that originally required a high degree of secrecy.
"Brother, brother, I only ask you for one thing, you have to help me no matter what. As long as I can get what I want, I will do whatever I need in the future. ”
Sun Cheng patted his chest and assured that if Zhou Xiaoning needed it, he could even swear to the sky to show his sincerity.
"Where is Brother Sun, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you."
"Brother, do you still have a source disk in your hand, give me a ......"