Chapter 991: Someone from the Ji Continent Lu Family Arrives, Reaching the Great Han |
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On the other side.
White Ridge 749.
This was still Lu Ding’s main base of operations.
After Feifan returned, he found Fu Xinghe to hand over the work.
At a desk, the two sat facing each other, each busy with their own tasks.
Xinghe briefed him on the recent situation in the western region.
Feifan shared the details of his outing today.
Xinghe marveled at Feifan’s approach, which had saved Lu Ding a ton of money.
It was a case of mutual admiration between true talents.
Their strengths complemented each other perfectly.
One was meticulous and precise, ensuring every step of the western region’s development stayed within the plan, guarding Lu Ding’s home front.
The other was flexible and adaptable, able to make the best response to any sudden situation, accompanying Lu Ding on his campaigns.
Through this work handover, they also found their own positions.
There was no winner or loser—it just depended on the future situation and who was better suited for going out.
After the handover was complete, the magnates from various districts in the western region, each bearing their own sincerity, arrived at White Ridge 749 ahead of Lu Ding to register.
Some contributed money, others contributed manpower.
Not a single one refused to cooperate.
When Lu Ding returned,
both Yan Feifan and Fu Xinghe were there.
The two picked up the registration forms and reports.
Yan Feifan: “Brother Lu, everyone is cooperating. These are their attitudes.”
Lu Ding took them and glanced over. Whoa, well now.
These people were seriously loaded.
They had tons of money.
Even though Lu Ding didn’t care much about money, even he was startled by the numbers: “This much?”
Yan Feifan nodded: “This is already the conservative amount. The moment they heard it was Brother Lu asking for their attitude, these people were practically itching to fill White Ridge to the brim.”
“In the end, I had to tell them there’d be refunds or supplements, and only then did they let it go.”
Lu Ding closed the registration form: “With this money, the port plan at the Mouth of the Evil Prison can be restarted immediately.”
He handed it to Xinghe: “Xinghe, this task is yours to handle.”
For this kind of issue, Fu Xinghe was the best man for the job.
He had vision, experience, a sense of propriety, connections, and his face was more familiar than Feifan’s.
He’d be more effective at it.
As for Feifan, he’d risen from the bottom alongside Lu Ding. To put it bluntly, if Lu Ding himself had this much money, he wouldn’t even know how to spend it—it’d probably end up on the edge of a blade.
Facing the report Lu Ding handed him, Fu Xinghe took it but was puzzled: “Brother Lu, wasn’t I supposed to go help Special Envoy Ying with the Reshaper activation?”
Lu Ding looked at him: “With your talents, you’re going to activate a Reshaper for him? If I were to send you for that, it’d be like me and Feifan trying to make plans with this money.”
Fu Xinghe didn’t get it at first: “What do you mean?”
Yan Feifan chuckled: “It means it’d all end up wasted on the blade’s edge.”
Fu Xinghe silently straightened his chest.
Being praised, directly and indirectly, again—he was proud!!!!
Lu Ding continued: “As for Ying Gou’s side, I’ll send Zhan Tingzhou. You don’t need to worry about that.”
Earlier at the Mouth of the Evil Prison, when handling the Mud Dragon Entering the Sea Formation, Lu Ding remembered Zhan Tingzhou mentioning that Fu Xinghe had taught him how to use the Reshaper.
Perfect timing. Zhan Tingzhou’s leave was just about over.
He’d have him take the Reshaper over there in a day or two.
It’d even let him earn some extra cash.
Over here.
The development of the western region was in full swing.
With the money in place, everything else was easy.
Lu Ding’s fearsome reputation, fueled by the fall of the three major powers—the Giant Wave Group, Wuliang Temple, and the Star-Plucking Tower—was pushed to yet another peak.
It put all the troublemakers causing chaos in the western region on high alert, every man for himself.
The remaining forces each issued orders to retreat.
Their main fear was Lu Ding showing up at their doorstep.
Given the terrifying power Lu Ding had displayed now, they needed to go back and think of new ways to deal with him.
The major powers in the eastern region weren’t afraid.
But they still issued retreat orders and adopted a wait-and-see stance regarding Lu Ding’s earlier killing of their disciples.
Because......
The Great Han had gained a powerful ally: the Ji Continent Lu Family.
On the other side.
Hanjing.
On the road to the Supreme Hall.
Fu Nansheng, having fought his way out of the Fu family’s deep ancestral land, led the Ji Continent Lu Family’s representatives toward the Supreme Hall.
Now, Fu Nansheng had reached the Deification Realm—and not just any ordinary Deification.
He’d even been promoted directly, entering the Supreme Hall’s Secretariat.
Despite his career success and breakthrough in cultivation,
the events that had happened with the Lu Family before—his divorced wife, his son who had gone far away to the new city—had always been his regrets.
During this time, he’d tried more than once to visit the Qiu Residence and beg to see his wife, but each time he was turned away coldly.
If it weren’t for today’s special circumstances,
Fu Nansheng, after work, would probably have been just like usual—running to the Qiu Family’s door, begging to see his wife.
The journey was silent, leading the Lu Family representatives to the Supreme Hall’s entrance.
He pushed open the door.
A grand auditorium came into view.
Figures were already waiting inside.
The Ji Continent Lu Family members walked in.
Voices rang out.
“Welcome, envoys of the Ji Continent Lu Family, to the Great Han.”
The representative of the Ji Continent Lu Family was an old man with a kind face, but his aura as a peak Deification Realm cultivator was not to be underestimated.
At first, they thought he must be a highly influential representative of the Ji Continent Lu Family.
But then, as he stepped forward to shake hands, he said: “You’re too kind, honored leader. My master said that we were the ones at fault first. This time, we’ve come specifically to apologize. I never expected your side to receive us with such high courtesy. We are truly unworthy of it.”
A peak Deification Realm cultivator as a servant......
Though they knew the Ji Continent Lu Family was formidable, they never imagined they were this formidable.
The Great Han leader had his own thoughts. He asked: “The Great Han and Ji Continent are far apart, and we’ve never had contact before. I wonder, where does this fault come from?”
The old Lu Family man smiled. The Lu Family’s strength was his confidence, so he didn’t hide anything.
“It’s like this. Many years ago, my master was seeking his own path. He used certain means to go to the Third Circle Great Han for a mortal life, walking the life of an ordinary person. In the Third Circle Great Han, he married and had a child. Later, my master was forcibly recalled by the Patriarch for punishment. It’s only recently that he’s regained some freedom, but he’s still confined to Ji Continent and can’t leave.”
“Otherwise, this time, my master would have come in person.”
Hearing this, the Great Han leader instantly felt a twinge of displeasure.
Putting it nicely, but wasn’t this just illegal entry!?
However, considering that this time, the Ji Continent Lu Family had come to the Great Han and directly shown their attitude—by warning and suppressing the surrounding countries that were opposing the Great Han,
helping loosen the noose around the Great Han—
the man decided to hold his temper for now and see what he had to say.
He deflected the issue, getting straight to the point to disrupt the other’s rhythm: “If this is brought out into the open, it won’t look good. Envoy, you didn’t need to make such a hard journey. Let’s just pretend neither of us knows about this. How about it?”
The old Lu Family man hadn’t expected the person before him to say such a thing.
He had prepared thoroughly in his mind.
Even if the Great Han demanded an explanation or even made an exorbitant request for compensation, he was willing to endure it without a second word. After all, before coming, his master—Lu Ding’s father, whom he’d never met—had said that no matter what the Great Han said, whatever they asked, he was to agree to everything, accept everything.
But now, the Great Han wanted to pretend it never happened.
This made things difficult for the old man.
He wasn’t afraid of the Great Han making demands; he was afraid of the Great Han saying nothing.
Taking something made it easier to act.
Now that they wouldn’t take, if he spoke first, he’d lose the upper hand.
But he had no choice.
He could only say: “Honored leader, that’s not how this works. If you’ve done wrong, you must admit it. Before, my master couldn’t help it—the Patriarch had him under control. Now that he’s regained some freedom, he sent me here right away.”
“This is my master’s attitude toward his past mistake.”
“My master even had me bring an apology gift.”
As he spoke, he produced a gilded list: “Would you like to take a look?”
Something out of the ordinary was bound to be suspicious. He was eager to hand things over, wouldn’t take no for an answer, and wasn’t seeking something or plotting something. The Ji Continent Lu Family was so powerful, yet facing a less powerful Great Han, they could assume such a posture.
If the Lu Family were really as principled as he claimed,
how could they have grown to such a scale?
So the Great Han leader wasn’t in a hurry. He feigned retreat: “Really, no need, no need. It’s not a big problem. It’s enough that the Lu Family helped the Great Han solve an urgent problem. Please take the gift back.”
“The Lu Family has shown their attitude, and the Great Han won’t be petty either.”
Seeing that he had to make it clear or else they wouldn’t accept, the old Lu Family man—knowing they wouldn’t bite without seeing the bait—had no choice.
He smiled and lowered his posture: “Honored leader, it’s like this. When my master was living as a mortal, he left a bloodline behind in the Third Circle. I wonder if the leader could be flexible? Let us go through the formalities and provide compensation, bring the child up first, and then we can discuss the rest. What do you think......”
The Great Han leader thought to himself: *I knew there was something.*
Without changing his expression, he followed the thread and asked with a frown: “Left a bloodline, you say......”
“How about this: let me have someone check first and see what the situation is. You give me the name, age, and birth date and time.”
The old Lu Family man produced the documents he had prepared long ago.
“Honored leader, please wait a moment.”
Normally, his posture wouldn’t be this low, especially not toward someone less powerful than him.
But there was no help for it. The Lu Family needed something from the Great Han.
And this matter couldn’t be known to the Lu Family Patriarch. His young master was also still in the Third Circle Great Han’s hands, so he couldn’t use force, nor did he dare.
The old man surnamed Lu pulled the prepared documents from his bosom and handed them over.
“Honored leader, please take a look.”