On the street opposite the Liuren Mansion, a fox sedan was parked.
A petite girl stood on the sedan, blinking her eyes and looking at the Liuren Mansion, exclaiming in surprise.
"It turns out that this guy is the Childe Chiyan Gu Qingfeng, who has been very famous recently."
The young girl curled her lips and said with some disappointment, "Ever since I came out of seclusion, he's the name I've heard the most. Mysterious identity, strange strength … I thought he was very powerful, but it doesn't seem like he's that amazing? He is a very ordinary person. He doesn't even have the aura of nature … "
The girl murmured and asked again, "Sister, what do you think?"
A dignified and doubtful voice came from the sedan, "I don't understand, I can't see through, I can't understand, I can't see anything …"
"Ah?"
It was the first time for the girl to hear her sister evaluate a person like this. She said, "Could it be that I am thinking too much? It is normal that you can't see anything because he has nothing."
After a pause, he continued, "For someone like him who doesn't have any special spiritual aura and whose strength is too strange, there is only one possibility. He was lucky and had some kind of fortuitous encounter. Maybe it's just as the rumors say, he's just a small upstart who happened to have a fortuitous encounter. After the catastrophe, everything has recovered, and fortuitous encounters are everywhere. There are also many small upstarts like him in the four big domains."
"He is different, and he is not."
What?
The young girl really didn't understand this time and asked, "Sister, why do you say that? I don't think there's anything different about him. He doesn't have any temperament. Just now in the restaurant, it's not like you didn't see it. This guy doesn't have any good manners. He's sloppy and casual. His every movement is frivolous and lazy. He's even worse than the average hedonistic son of a rich family.
The young girl recalled the figure of the white-robed man and continued, "However, there is one thing that makes him different from those small upstarts who have a fortuitous encounter. Most of those people like to wear all kinds of expensive and rare spirit treasures to show off, but he doesn't seem to have a single one on him, not even an ordinary jade pendant … This kind of small upstart is really rare."
"Xiaolian, Older Sister has told you many times, you must never judge a person by their appearance."
The voice that came from the small carriage was a bit cold, but more than that, it was filled with doubt. "Some frivolity isn't frivolity, and some laziness isn't laziness either. Perhaps it's a type of free will. A person with a transcendent state of mind will eventually return to the natural state and return to their essence. They won't care about the eyes of the world at all."
"Elder Sister, don't tell me you're saying that guy's mental state has already transcended the secular world?"
"Whether it is or not, we'll find a chance to test it out."
…
Liuren Residence, in the garden.
Shi Tong repeatedly expressed his apologies for Ren Xu's matter, lamenting that he had not taught him well. His words were filled with self-blame and helplessness.
In response, Gu Qingfeng only smiled, indicating that he understood.
He had seen a lot of this kind of thing. There were many in this world, and it was the same even in the Heaven Realm. Many old seniors had noble conduct, but not only did their descendants not inherit the good traditions, they were all arrogant and despotic.
There was no time limit to cultivation. A closed-door training could take as little as a few years, and as long as a few decades or even a hundred years.
When they came out of closed-door training, their sons might already have grandchildren, and they might have missed out on their childhood education. Once their conduct was cultivated, it would be difficult to change it in the future. Some old seniors had suffered too much in the past and did not want their descendants to suffer anymore, so they pampered and spoiled their descendants, making them arrogant and wilful.
Why did some ancient families and sects easily produce noble children?
That was because they had a deep foundation and a long history. They knew how to cultivate and teach their descendants so that they could pass it down from generation to generation.
If they did not have a deep foundation, it would be difficult for them to pass it down, whether it was a sect or a family.
Gu Qingfeng and Shi Tong sat in the pavilion in the garden, drinking tea and chatting.
Compared to more than four hundred years ago, the old man did not seem to have changed much. He was still as upright, kind, and responsible as before. Especially when the hundred-year period of the Jiuhua Alliance was mentioned, the old man's face was full of worry, and he sighed repeatedly.
"I heard that Old Master has established the Four Way Association to contend against the Jiuhua Alliance?"
Gu Qingfeng picked up his teacup and took a sip. He shook his head. He liked to drink wine, but he didn't like to drink tea. In his 500 years of cultivation, he had only drunk tea a few times. There was no reason for that. He just didn't like it.
"The Four Way Association does exist, but this old man did not establish it. I am only temporarily holding the position of Elder. As for resisting …" Shi Tong stroked his white beard and solemnly said, "It is not wrong to say that the Four Way Association exists to contend against the Jiuhua Alliance, but that is not the purpose of the Four Way Association."
Gu Qingfeng raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"Now that the hundred-year period is about to arrive, the Jiuhua Alliance will definitely make a move. To be honest, the northwestern region is not peaceful, and it has always been like this. Even without the Jiuhua Alliance, there will still be other powers that want to take over the four regions. This is unavoidable."
Shi Tong gestured for Gu Qingfeng to drink his tea, then continued, "If the Jiuhua Alliance wants to take over the four regions, it is not impossible, but it must ensure the safety of the four regions. This is the prerequisite. Moreover, it cannot pay too many resources, and it cannot interfere with the affairs of the various sects. This is the purpose of the Four Way Association."
Gu Qingfeng nodded, more or less understanding. From the old man's words, the Four Way Association was prepared to represent the sects of the four regions to negotiate with the Jiuhua Alliance. If they agreed to these conditions, they would allow the Jiuhua Alliance to rule. If they did not agree, the Four Way Association would definitely fight to protect their homeland.
"Alright, count me in."
Before he came, Huo De had said that the old man wanted to invite him to join the Four Way Association. During their conversation just now, Gu Qingfeng could also see that the old man had this intention. Since this was the case, he agreed.
"This …"
Shi Tong couldn't help but be stunned. A few days ago, he had personally gone to the Yunxia School to invite Gu Qingfeng to join the Four Way Association. However, he hadn't expected that Gu Qingfeng would agree before he could even open his mouth.
Although the old man couldn't see through Gu Qingfeng, based on his nearly two thousand years of experience, he knew that this young man was definitely not simple. He might even be more incredible than he had imagined.
This was why he had personally made this trip. Moreover, he didn't have absolute confidence in persuading Gu Qingfeng. He was worried that the Jiuhua Alliance would rope in Gu Qingfeng. In his opinion, even if he couldn't convince Gu Qingfeng to join the Four Way Association, he had to at least convince him to remain neutral.
However, the old man hadn't expected that Gu Qingfeng would agree before he could even finish speaking.
"Young Master, don't be in such a hurry to agree. This matter is of great importance and might even endanger your life. This old man hopes that you will carefully consider it."
"There's no need to consider it."
"This …"
The old man was stunned. He immediately stood up and cupped his fists. "Young Master is truly virtuous. This old man represents the various sects of the Four Way Regions in thanking Young Master."
"Virtuous? Haha … "
Gu Qingfeng suddenly laughed loudly. After laughing, he used tea in place of wine to toast the old man.
He laughed because he was laughing at the word virtuous.
This was because he felt that he and the word virtuous were two parallel lines that couldn't possibly have any intersection.
The reason he agreed was because …
The Four Way Association didn't exist to fight for the various sects. Even if the Four Way Association fought for the various sects, Gu Qingfeng couldn't be bothered to pay attention to it.
Normally, as long as the matter didn't involve him, even if the sky collapsed, he couldn't be bothered to take a look.
He had been alone since childhood, wandering the streets as a child. When he grew up, he lived his life with his head in his hands. He knew that living wasn't easy. In this world, he had been judged by the Immortals and Demons, ascended to the Heavenly Realm, and was judged by the Heavenly Dao. How could he have any noble character? How could he have the resolve to sacrifice himself for everyone?
No, he didn't have any from the start.
Gu Qingfeng was just a vulgar person, a vulgar person who couldn't be more vulgar. Not to mention having a noble character, he didn't even consider himself a good person. Most of the time, he thought of himself as a bad person.
The only reason he agreed this time was because the other party had been invited by the old man, Shi Tong. That was all.
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