3. The Art of Freeloading?
At this moment, she suddenly remembered something.
No, or rather, she just remembered a quest she had almost forgotten.
Help Qiu Shui rebuild the Cloud Rainbow Sect.
Yes, this quest, she had never considered doing it before. The reason was similar to her initial disinterest in Zhao Huaiji’s proposal.
In the current continent, the Cloud Rainbow Sect was a name no one wanted to mention—except when searching for secret realms.
Its appearance would undoubtedly attract the attention of all the demonic sects, and the currently dominant Hundred Paths Mountain, already showing signs of internal strife, would certainly not welcome the return of such an old sect.
No matter what banner she used to rebuild the Cloud Rainbow Sect, a large group of people would come to cause trouble. They wouldn’t stop until she was completely broken.
But… was it really impossible to rebuild the Cloud Rainbow Sect?
Not at all.
The Cloud Rainbow Sect had inherited and developed the medical classics of the old sect. Countless excellent alchemists and physicians came from there.
In the eyes of the world, the Cloud Rainbow Sect’s status was much higher than their ancestors’.
If it were to be rebuilt in the secular world, wouldn’t the greatest support come from those who had received the Cloud Rainbow Sect’s favor and were still hoping for its return?
Come to think of it, this old man had given her a reminder. If she did it this way, it was indeed quite feasible.
And this Cloud Rainbow Sect, she didn’t even have to participate in its establishment. When it was on the right track, she could just throw Qiu Shui, who had the Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Sound Technique, over as a mascot, right?
Hey!
Thinking of this, the old man before her suddenly became much more pleasing to the eye.
“Ahem…” Miss Gong suddenly coughed lightly. “Elder, I’ve reconsidered.”
“If you don’t have any cultivators who know the Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Sound Technique now, I can help you communicate with my mother about this.”
“This…?”
Zhao Huaiji didn’t react at first. Why did this girl’s attitude change so drastically?
Just now, she had said something that made him think it was a complete dead end, but now she was saying she could accept this arrangement.
The whole process didn’t even take five seconds.
“What?” Gong Yiling asked, “Do you think my promise is not credible?”
“That’s not the reason…” Zhao Huaiji quickly said, “With your status, Miss Gong, to make such a promise, it shouldn’t just be to fool me.”
“It’s just… I want to know the reason for your sudden change of attitude.”
Well… this old man wasn’t a fool. It was natural for him to be confused.
Gong Yiling shrugged and leaned back in her chair with a smile. “There’s no other reason. I just feel that whether it’s the Five Demonic Abysses or the Hundred Paths Mountain, the so-called ‘common stance’ is just a child’s play.”
“The Myriad Demons Palace didn’t tell anyone about their methods of swallowing the Heartflame Empire, and Shenqi Daoist Mountain’s trick was just to sacrifice a pawn to save the king. If everyone is just making friends based on interests, why can’t I?”
Her words were quite skillful.
Actually, the matter of the Myriad Demons Palace was just the personal action of that Young Palace Master, and the matter of Shenqi Daoist Mountain was just the Yin family’s own doing, with no connection to the others in Shenqi Daoist Mountain.
Using these two examples, she was just making this old man believe her next words.
“So, Elder,” after giving Zhao Huaiji a few seconds to think, Gong Yiling continued, “I don’t have a stance on good and evil. I act according to my own preferences. My previous words were just to remind you of this key point.”
“I see…” Zhao Huaiji’s gaze changed slightly.
Before, he just thought this girl was an easy-going person. Now, he saw that she was not, but she saw many things very clearly.
Although it was a bit different from what he had imagined, the result was not much different.
“If you can make this happen, Miss Gong, I can guarantee that everything about the pills will be fine.”
Mmm, this old man sounded quite promising.
But compared to pills, Miss Gong was more concerned about one thing.
“If you find the Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Sound Technique in the future, or find an inheritor who can use it, what will you do?”
This question made Zhao Huaiji frown.
Not because of anything, but because this question was simply difficult to answer.
He had just established a cooperative relationship with this girl. If it collapsed because of this answer… it would be a pity.
But… he finally couldn’t help but sigh and said seriously, “Miss Gong is sincere, and I shouldn’t fool you.”
“If we find an inheritor of the Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Sound Technique in the future, we will still assist him in becoming the Sect Master of the Cloud Rainbow Sect. This is the responsibility of us old people, so—”
“Good!” Miss Gong was so happy that she slapped her thigh, which made her wince in pain.
“Ah…?”
Seeing Zhao Huaiji’s bewildered expression, Miss Gong didn’t bother to explain why she was so happy.
—How could she not be happy?
With this guarantee, when the Cloud Rainbow Sect was on the right track, she could openly pull Qiu Shui in as a quasi-Sect Master.
Perfect!
“Well,” Gong Yiling casually added, “I don’t care about such things. I was just testing your sincerity.”
Zhao Huaiji nodded with a sudden realization and said with a wry smile, “You’re really surprising, Miss Gong.”
Then, he made a rather unexpected suggestion.
“If you want to test my sincerity, why don’t you come with me and take a look?”
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“So you’re going?”
After hearing this from Gong Yiling, Yan Chuyue asked curiously, “That old man hasn’t officially established the sect yet. His current stronghold… should be in the capital of the Youhan Dynasty?”
“Just think of it as scouting for Qiu Shui.”
Gong Yiling smiled and said, “Qiu Shui will be the Sect Master of the Cloud Rainbow Sect sooner or later. Let me, as her master, go and see if Elder Zhao is as reliable as you wrote.”
“Little Qiu Shui is going to be the Sect Master of the Cloud Rainbow Sect…” Yan Chuyue stroked her chin and mumbled, “Actually, in my original setting, I didn’t really want her to do this.”
“Then why did you give her this talent?”
“It was just a setting. The subsequent things were discarded before I even started writing. How would I know where this path would lead?” Yan Chuyue couldn’t help but shrug. “Just like why you became some kind of inheritor of the Great One Engineering Sect.”
Eh, wait…
It wasn’t quite the same.
The Great One Engineering Sect… where did this thing come from?
