At night, Panlong City, the house of the North Animal Courtyard of the Qijia Chamber of Commerce.

"The Northern Beast Academy has always been unpopular among the five branches of my Qi Family Chamber of Commerce, and it is not until you solve Jiang Tianbao that the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce has a chance to truly take root in the Beast Domain. ”

Under the moon, Lu Yifan and Yulou sat in the courtyard and raised a glass to invite the moon to drink and chat, this courtyard is small and exquisite, in addition to a stone table and four stone benches in the courtyard, only an iron tree on the left side of the courtyard gate has become the only decoration in the courtyard, this iron tree is unique to the beast domain, green stems and black branches, no leaves and no flowers, it looks lifeless and lifeless at all, although the appearance is not amazing, but the iron tree naturally exudes a strange fragrance, which makes people smell the calm and comfortable, ups and downs and dispel impetuousness.

"The Qi Family Chamber of Commerce has been in business for generations, even if there is no me, Jiang Tianbao is by no means President Qi's opponent, and it is only a matter of time before the Qinghong Chamber of Commerce is replaced by the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce. Lu Yifan held the wine glass in his hand, his eyes looked at the ripples of sake in the wine glass stupidly, he was fascinated, and his answer was careless, "Yulou, how about I test you a question if you are so smart?"

It seems that Lu Yifan and himself are chatting lively, but Yulou always feels that Lu Yifan is multitasking at the moment, and what he says, sees in his eyes and thinks in his heart are completely different things. Since Lu Yifan had a big battle with Su Xie, he has become more and more strange in the eyes of Yulou.

Yulou found a clue in his heart, but he didn't say anything, and still pretended to smile indifferently: "Listen to me." ”

Lu Yifan raised his eyes to look at the Jade Tower, and asked with a smile: "There are many brothers around me who can take care of each other in Xihuang Mountain, but why did I only take you and Brother Liu on this trip to the Beast Domain?"

Yulou was not in a hurry to answer, but looked at Lu Yifan calmly, and the eyes of the two flashed an inexplicable luster, but it was fleeting, and after thinking for a moment, Yulou slowly spoke: "Because I am Liu Sandao, and you are the same kind of people." ”

"Oh?" Lu Yifan looked at the Jade Tower with interest and said, "You and I are the same kind of people, how are they different from us?"

"What Ji Yuan, Xie Yun and the others value most is the affection between each other, and what we value is ......" Yulou's words couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and under Lu Yifan's encouraging gaze, Yulou hesitated again and again before he said quietly, "My own heart." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Yifan frowned slightly, and asked puzzledly, "Love comes from the heart, isn't it the same thing that we and Ji Yuan fancy in the final analysis?"

Yulou shook his head silently, and said with a wry smile: "Yifan, before you ask me, can I ask you a question first." Without waiting for Lu Yifan to answer, Yulou continued to take care of himself, "Why do you want to become the Lord of the Five Domains?"

Lu Yifan was stunned for a moment, and prevaricated: "Isn't this the goal of all martial arts cultivators? I founded the Soul Sect, participated in the spiritual banquet, and fought for the sect master...... Isn't all that enough to say what I want?"

Yulou shook his head and said, "A person who wants to become the master of the Five Domains must be a person with great ambitions, and ambition has nothing to do with whether or not to cultivate martial arts. A scholar who has no power to tie a chicken can be ambitious, a butcher who kills pigs and sheep can be ambitious, an official can be ambitious, and a businessman can also be ambitious. The key to what height a person wants to go to is not his background, not his background, or even his soul cultivation, but his ambition. Saying that, Yulou also stretched out his hand and gently pointed to his eyes, saying, "A person's mouth can deceive people, but eyes can't." There are big and small ambitions, and I have seen many ambitious people, my father, Dongfang Su, Jiang Tianbao, my sister Yufeng, Han Cheng...... Even Lan Chen and Zheng Xiaowu around us can see ambition in their eyes, but the ambition of these people seems to be nothing compared to becoming the Lord of the Five Domains. Wanting to become the master of the Five Realms may be the greatest ambition among the Five Domains, right......? Even if you just dare to think about it secretly in your heart, I'm afraid there are not a few people, the legendary Qilin King is one but I haven't seen it, but another person with this kind of ambition I have seen with my own eyes, he not only has this ambition, but even has the ability to achieve what he wants, this person is Su Xie who was killed by you. ”

Lu Yifan listened to Yulou's words quietly, and said lightly: "Since Su Xie can have this kind of ambition, then I can also have it." ”

"Yifan, you can't fool yourself, you are different from Su Xie. Yulou said firmly, "Although you keep saying that you want to become the Lord of the Five Domains and want to unify the Five Domains Sect, I can still see from your eyes that you are not really interested in the Lord of the Five Domains. You don't want to, and you don't disdain, to be the second Su Evil. ”

"Then why do you say I am?" Lu Yifan asked rhetorically.

"I don't know. Yulou smiled bitterly, "So just now I said that we are different from Ji Yuan, what you want to do must have a reason for you to have no hesitation, as for what this reason is, God knows what your heart knows, and there is no other person who can know." ”

Lu Yifan smiled and said: "Yulou, don't you keep saying that your eyes can know good and evil, and distinguish right from wrong?

"Haha......" Yulou laughed, "My eyes can only see through people's hearts, but not through divine will." ”

Lu Yifan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and the two raised their glasses and touched them lightly, and then drank them all.

Lu Yifan brushed his sleeves away the wine from the corners of his mouth and asked, "Yulou, you said so much but still didn't answer my question directly, why did I only bring you and Brother Liu to the Beast Domain? You only said that we and Ji Yuan are not the same kind of people, but I don't understand this explanation." ”

Yulou lowered his head and poured wine for each other, raised his eyes and said, "Yifan, do you really want to hear me tell the truth?"

"Yes. Lu Yifan gradually put away the banter on his face, and said, "Say whatever you want in your heart, all the words tonight will come out of your mouth and into my ears, and no third person will know otherwise." ”

Yulou nodded helplessly, sighed softly, and said, "Because among all the people on Xihuang Mountain, only me and Brother Liu will support you to become the Lord of the Five Domains without hesitation. In addition to the two of us, Ji Yuan and Xie Yun will have some doubts and cringes in their hearts, and now they will only make such a decision when you are hit too hard because of Han Ling'er and the child's affairs, and then your mind is not clear, in fact, Ji Yuan and they all believe in their hearts that your decision is just a moment of confusion, and sooner or later you will come to your senses. But I can see that you are more sane and sober now than ever before, and it is not a joke that you say that you want to be the master of the Five Domains. ”

Lu Yifan nodded slowly, and said solemnly: "Yulou, sure enough, the person I know best is you." ”

"I understand you, so I know that once you Lu Yifan decides something, he will never go back, so I have no second choice but to support you without hesitation. Yulou smiled, "As for Liu Sandao...... I don't think even if you told him you were going to kill me, I don't think he would hesitate for a moment. Hehe......"

Looking at Yulou's slightly helpless smile, Lu Yifan couldn't help but laugh along, and said: "There has been no master of the Five Domains since ancient times, everything is just as you just said, there may be many people with this ambition, but there is no one who can really do it." Yulou, what you said is right, you and Brother Liu are indeed the people who can support me the most. Ji Yuan and they may be able to, but only if I have to give them a satisfactory explanation first, and I can do anything now, the only thing I can't do is to explain to you why I want to become the Lord of the Five Domains. ”

"I understand!" Yulou Zhengse said, "Yifan, no matter what you want to do, I choose to believe you." ”

Lu Yifan nodded and said, "What you said just now is good, but you are only half right. You and Brother Liu can support me, but more importantly, you can really help me. If I only rely on myself, I am afraid that I will not have a chance to achieve what I want. Lu Yifan is very self-aware, he knows that although he is cultivating against the sky now, if he wants to reach the peak of his status, he must not only rely on soul power to cultivate, but also rely on wisdom and means.

"Ci is not in charge of the army, and righteousness is not good. I've said a long time ago that we're one kind of people. Yulou laughed arrogantly and said, "Yifan, since I choose to join the Soul Sect, I will serve you as the master, you can rest assured, I, Qi Yulou, will definitely do my best in my life to help you sit on the throne of the Lord of the Five Domains." Actually, I'm not already doing this now, aren't I already doing it? haha......"

After that, Yulou raised the wine glass, and Lu Yifan drank with him again.

"A bloody battle with Su Xie in Jinling killed countless innocent people, and my hands are now stained with blood......" Lu Yifan looked at his palm and smiled bitterly, "So I'm afraid I can't turn back......

Yulou shook his head and said: "Yifan, as the so-called one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, who does great things is not stepping on a mountain of corpses to ascend step by step? Since you have chosen this path, then this road is destined to be full of corpses and rivers of blood." If you struggle to sink into the death of those who have died because of you, you will be overwhelmed by them and eventually consumed by your own demons. So my first piece of advice to you is to really learn to be ruthless and unscrupulous. If you want to be above board in everything, then you will definitely not be able to become the master of the Five Domains. Don't say that you are the Lord of the Five Domains, even if you are the Sect Master of the Holy Domain, aren't you just sitting for a few days before being taken away by Su Xie and Dongfang Su's unscrupulous means? ”

Listening to Yulou's words, Lu Yifan slowly turned his head to look at Yulou, and said with a solemn gaze: "Yulou, I don't want to lie to you...... In fact, I have long been completely numb to the matter of life and death. ”

"I can feel it. Yulou nodded and said, "From the time you ordered Han Cheng and a few of them to be killed in the Soul Sect Ancestral Hall...... I already felt it. As soon as Yulou mentioned the matter of the Soul Ancestral Hall, he couldn't help but think of his sister Yufeng, and his tone couldn't help but become a little melancholy, "Although Yufeng's death makes me feel a little ...... But I still have to say that in fact, there was nothing wrong with your decision that day, and you had to be cold-blooded and ruthless when dealing with the enemy. ”

"Yes!" Lu Yifan laughed miserably, "In the past, because of my repeated kindness to Han Cheng and Dongfang Su, the disciples of the Soul Sect were killed and injured so badly, and Luo Xiu, who was killed, died without a corpse, and Ling'er and my unborn child......" Lu Yifan's words couldn't go on anymore, his tone was choked but he didn't show any sadness, and only after a while did he say with a grim look in his eyes, " Therefore, from the day Su Xie died, I secretly swore that from now on I would never show the slightest mercy to the enemy. ”

"Soft and hard, advance and retreat in moderation, not only to convince people with virtue but also to make them awe you. Yulou said thoughtfully, "But never reverse the order of respect and fear, fear is the premise and foundation of respect, this is the way of the king, such a master of the five realms is worthy of the name." ”

"I must become the Lord of the Five Realms within a year. Lu Yifan said, "There is not so much time to delay slowly." ”

"A year?" Yulou didn't expect Lu Yifan to be so anxious, and he was also startled in his heart, "So anxious?"

"A year. Lu Yifan nodded solemnly and said, "You can't do it for one more day." ”

"If it's only one year...... Yulou's fingers kept tapping lightly on the wine glass, frowning and thinking quickly, "Then there is no time to expand the power bit by bit, gradually encroaching, if you want to unify the Five Domains Sect in such a short period of time, then you can only take risks......" Speaking of this, Yulou seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly realized, "I know why you want to stop Ji Yuan and them from recruiting new disciples for the Soul Sect, it turns out that you have long known that one year is not enough to fight with the major sects of the Five Domains one by one?"

Lu Yifan was silent, just staring at the jade building.

Yu Lou frowned tightly and said slowly, "You have already thought of the only way to quickly unify the Five Domains now...... Capture the thief and capture the king first. ”

"Yes. Lu Yifan did not hide it and said frankly, "So I want to hear your thoughts, who is the thief and who is the king?"

Hearing this, Yulou pondered for a moment, then stretched out a finger and quickly dipped it in the wine glass, then drew five circles on the stone table, and pondered: "Now that the Holy Domain has returned to its heart, it is naturally needless to say more, there are still four realms left that are more difficult than the other, such as the Beast Domain, the Spirit Domain, the Immortal Domain, and the Demon Domain...... The Five Domains Alliance is recognized as the strongest in the Five Domains, and now that Feng Chenghuang is dead, there are only four people left in the Five Domains Alliance: Yin Qianqiu, Yu Shang, Jun Wujie and you. Yin Qianqiu was originally the chief of the Five Domains Alliance, and he can also be regarded as the nominal Lord of the Five Domains now, if you can bring Yin Qianqiu under your command, then ......" Yulou couldn't help but raise his head to look at Lu Yifan when he said this, but saw that Lu Yifan was also looking at him with an approving gaze. Yulou pondered for a moment and continued: "Yin Qianqiu is the strongest of the Five Domains now, so defeating him will be the last link to bring the Five Domains to their hearts, but it is not the first ring. If Yin Qianqiu is targeted as soon as he comes up, it will inevitably provoke the joint resistance of other domain sects, and it will be difficult to shake their relationship when the time comes. So we should go deeper step by step, now the Demon Domain Jun Wujie has a very good relationship with us, and the Spirit Domain Royal Family is also friendly with us, so as long as we don't target Yin Qianqiu with much fanfare, then Jun Wujie and the Spirit Domain Royal Family will not turn against us, they just think that what we are doing now is just revenge for the original blood sea of hatred, and they will not be suspicious. We are about to take advantage of this confusing relationship between the five domains to first solve the opponent that has been identified, and then solve Yin Qianqiu. At that time, as long as Yin Qianqiu is defeated, the last hope of the sects of the Five Domains will be shattered in one fell swoop, and no one in the Five Domains will dare to compete with you at that time. ”

"So where do you think we should start?" Lu Yifan nodded and asked, "Who should we start with?"

Yulou looked at Lu Yifan and smiled slightly, then stretched out his hand and lightly pointed to the ground, and said, "Since we are in the Beast Domain, let's start with the Beast Domain." ”

"Do you want me and Qiu Liao to join forces to deal with Lonely Ling Tian and the Rakshasa Gate according to the promise made in the inn today?" Lu Yifan raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"Qiu Lone is a royal family after all, if he helps us do a lot of things in the Beast Domain, it will be a lot easier, at least before he shows his fox tail, we can temporarily pretend to be obedient lambs, hehe......" Yulou smiled lightly, "As for Ling Lingtian......"

"Don't worry, I have my own way of dealing with it. Lu Yifan smiled confidently.

"But Brother Liu hasn't come back yet, I don't know if he has found the hiding place of those three people in the inn today?" Yulou changed his words and asked worriedly, "The cultivation of those three mysterious people is extremely high, I am worried that Brother Liu will be in trouble." ”

In fact, as early as today, when Lu Yifan and Yulou went to the Longgeng Inn, Lu Yifan had already arranged for Liu Sandao to quietly guard outside, as a precautionary measure. The reason why Lu Yifan didn't rush out today was not all because of Qiu Lone's blocking, but also because he knew that there was a secret Liu Sandao lurking outside, so Lu Yifan was not worried that the clue of Lone Kang would be broken.

"Yulou Gongzi, what trouble can you tell me......?"

Without waiting for Yulou's voice to fall, a joking voice came from outside the courtyard, and then I saw a black shadow flash through the courtyard gate, and the next moment Liu Sandao's figure had appeared at the table.

"Brother Liu, how are things going?" Lu Yifan asked.

"Don't worry, I already know where those three old guys are hiding. Liu Sandao nodded and smiled, "It's in the Qilin Mansion." As he spoke, Liu Sandao poured himself a glass of wine, and then drank it all.

Yulou asked curiously, "Are those three people the masters of the Qilin Mansion?" But isn't there a rule in Panlong City that does not allow the masters above the Soul King to be secretly hidden in the Ten Great Mansions?"

Liu Sandao shook his head and said, "The three of them are not masters of Qilin Mansion, but masters of Xuanzong. ”

"Xuanzong?" Lu Yifan was stunned when he heard this, "The five Ming kings have died, and only one of them is Longhou, where did Dongfang Su find such three powerful characters?"

Liu Sandao smiled and said casually, "Do you still remember the words about Xuanzong that circulated in the Holy Domain?"

After pondering for a while, Yulou opened his mouth directly and said, "What are you talking about, 'Seven Peaks and Twelve Veins, One Lord, Three Ancestors, Five Ming Kings, and Twelve Elders'?"

"Exactly!" Liu Sandao nodded, "Among them, the sect master, King Ming, and elders of the Xuanzong Sect have all been seen by us, and only ...... are left."

"Three Ancestors!" Lu Yifan suddenly realized, "It turns out that the three people who are in the Longgeng Inn today are actually the three ancestors of Xuanzong, it seems that Dongfang Su has really reached the end of the road, and even the three ancestors of Xuanzong who have always been hidden from the world have been invited out of the mountain." Since the three ancestors of Xuanzong are in the Qilin Mansion, then Dongfang Su must also be in the mansion. ”

A bloodthirsty light flashed in Liu Sandao's eyes, and he asked urgently: "Yifan, do you need me to do it tonight......"

"Yulou, release the news to Qiu Lonely through the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce. Lu Yifan smiled and shook his head to refuse Liu Sandao's request, and sneered meaningfully, "Now it's time for General Qiu to come out to show his sincerity in cooperation." ”

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