Who Let Him Cultivate?!

There was plenty of room to play with this scenario, like the barbecue shop working in collaboration with other shops, where a portion of the other shops’ profit went to the barbecue shop without Eldest Senior Sister’s knowledge.

They could also use the profits of the barbecue shop to buy assets, without turning them over to Eldest Senior Sister, and then selling the assets whenever they needed Spirit Stones.

Lu Yang, with a bit of thinking, could come up with several ways to dodge the bullet. He didn’t believe that the Master couldn’t think of any.

The Master was breaking out in a cold sweat. He hadn’t expected to accidentally let slip such a crucial piece of information.

“You two could be taking 30% of the barbecue shop’s profit.”

Lu Yang remained unmoved: “All of it must be handed over to Eldest Senior Sister, down to the last penny. You’re already Ghouls, unable to cultivate, so what use is a Spirit Stone to you?”

He was backed by the Eldest Senior Sister and Fairy Eternity. Whatever he needed, Eldest Senior Sister would provide, and Fairy Eternity herself had plenty of contribution points. If he needed to use them, Fairy Eternity would give them to him.

He didn’t need to profit from the barbecue shop.

What’s more, if he turned over all profits from the barbecue shop to Eldest Senior Sister, who usually didn’t bother with the books, wouldn’t the profit still end up in his own pocket?

Not to mention Meng Jingzhou, who, as the Young Master of the Meng Family, has always been worried about having too much money.

“If you refuse these terms, I’m reporting your Spirit Stone hoarding to Eldest Senior Sister right now. You can guess how she might react upon hearing this.”

The Master broke out in a cold sweat. As a Ghoul, he indeed had little use for Spirit Stones. Accumulating them was just to have a goal in mind.

However, the Eldest Senior Sister of Seek Dao Sect may not buy this explanation.

Lu Yang said slowly: “On the other hand, if you agree to these terms and patch up the loophole, this matter can be put to rest. Eldest Senior Sister will remain in the dark, and I will even persuade her to allow you to expand your business externally.”

“Well? Why not consider it?”

The Master stayed silent, pondering the feasibility of Lu Yang’s proposal. Ghouls are kind of like spirits, if they don’t have a goal or spiritual anchor, they’ll live in confusion until they disintegrate and become part of the cosmos.

As higher-ups of the Eternity Sect, their spiritual anchor is the Immortal Eternity, and if the Immortal Eternity orders them to expand the business externally and across the entire Central Continent, they have to fulfill it.

The Master sneaked a glance at the Immortal Eternity and saw him nod slightly. After some internal struggle, he gritted his teeth, making up his mind.

“Alright, I agree to your terms.”

“That’s more like it.”

“By the way, do you know Master Qin Haoran of the Nine Nether Sect?” Lu Yang remembered this person in front of him was not only a butcher of the slaughterhouse but also the Master of Eternity Sect.

“Qin Haoran?” The Master appeared confused, “The Nine Nether Sect’s last Master’s surname was Qin, but I don’t know his name.”

Meng Jingzhou was puzzled: “You are both Masters of a demonic sect, but you don’t know his name?”

The Master explained helplessly: “Really, the relationship between us, the Four Great Devil Sects, is not as close as you think. We usually only meet and exchange ideas during joint actions and mutual learning. Furthermore, our fundamental doctrines conflict, making it hard for us to stand united.”

“For instance, the Nine Nether Sect believes in Reincarnation and the afterlife in Nine Nether, but us in Eternity Sect believe in the Immortal Eternity, who can resurrect, and there’s a significant gap in our doctrines.”

“Moreover, even within the same sect, it doesn’t necessarily mean we understand each other well. Suppose Master Qin has a wife and children, would he tell his disciples? Of course not.”

Lu Yang nodded. It made sense. If the Nine Nether Sect knew of Su Yiren’s existence, wouldn’t there have been any indication in the last decade or so?

Su Yiren’s existence was a threat to the Nine Nether Sect. Although Su Yiren didn’t know of Qin Haoran’s identity or the location of the Nine Nether Sect, would they believe it?

A likely guess was that Qin Haoran was purposefully hiding Su Yiren’s presence.

“But I do know a few things about Master Qin. Without using any Immortal Treasures, the overall strength of the Nine Nether Sect is slightly more formidable than ours of the Eternity Sect. Actually, Master Qin has privately complained to me about feeling stressed. Hence, I deduce that his position as Master is less stable than mine, with numerous people under him vying for power.”

“The Nine Nether Sect does not worship an Immortal, so they likely don’t possess any Immortal Treasures.” The Master said it with quite a bit of pride. Among the Four Great Devil Sects, only they worshipped an Immortal and had an Immortal Treasure. It was just a shame they couldn’t get their hands on the Immortal Treasures within the Eternity ruins. Otherwise, the Eternity Sect would be the leading sect amongst the Four Great Devil Sects!

“The Nine Nether Sect believes in the existence of Nine Nether, that those who die would go to Nine Nether, so they are fearless. They have proposed several aggressive plans, like building a city as the entrance to Nine Nether or declaring war on the Great Xia Dynasty, all of which were suppressed by Master Qin.”

At this point, both Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou sharply inhaled. To declare war on the Great Xia Dynasty was such an audacious plan that they wondered if a spy had infiltrated the higher ranks of the Nine Nether Sect, intending to eradicate it completely?

Applying this to Lu Yang, it’s like him, as the ancestral Master of the Eternity Sect, declaring war on Eldest Senior Sister.

It’s as if he’d been possessed by Fairy Eternity.

The Master went on to reveal more about the Nine Nether Sect, and both Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou learned a lot from it.

After the briefing, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou felt that there was no need to stay any longer and got up to leave.

“Let me see you off.” The Master, being very polite, bid farewell to Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

“Lu Yang, I have something to discuss with Immortal Eternity. I’ll be back soon,” said Fairy Eternity.

“Alright.”

A figure slowly floated out from behind Lu Yang. It was a beautiful woman in a light yellow dress who appeared noiselessly before the Immortal Eternity. Sensing the strong pressure from the woman, the Immortal Eternity felt as if he was standing against the endpoint of his path.

Fairy Eternity, as the Eternity Dao Fruit, was an existence superior to the nascent Eternity Dao Fruit, which had absolutely no power to resist.

“Fairy.” The Immortal Eternity crossed his hands and raised them over his head in a bow to Fairy Eternity.

Fairy Eternity lightly responded, “I have a matter to inform you today since I had the opportunity to meet you.”

“Please do, Fairy,” he urged.

“From what I have observed, Lu Yang’s character and talent meet my requirements. Thus, I’ve decided that Lu Yang will be the second-in-command of the Eternity Sect lineage, and you will be the third-in-command. From now on, you will treat Lu Yang with the same respect as you do me. Have you got that clear?”

The Immortal Eternity was first startled. Even if Lu Yang had sufficient character and talent, his cultivation realm made him hardly eligible to be a deputy family head. However, as if he had grasped something, he respectfully replied, “Yes.”

Fairy Eternity quickly returned to Lu Yang’s Spiritual Space.

“What were you up to, Fairy?”

“Not telling.”

Fairy Eternity giggled silently. Lu Yang, you don’t want to be the deputy head? Well, then I’ll have everyone recognize you as such so that even if you deny it, it will be of no use.

How clever I am.