Star Trace Gate

Chapter 705: Key to Authority

Two days later, in the relatively quiet west courtyard of Qinghe Academy in Gutan City.

Ren Ye stood at the door, bowed and waved, saying, "Senior, if you need anything, just let me know. We are consumers after all, and it is our duty to order anyone around..."

"Just send me three hearty meals a day, keep my life simple, and don't let anyone disturb me." Senior White Striped Chicken said leisurely, "I will be in seclusion for recuperation, and I will be gone in a month at the fastest, or two months at the slowest. Tomorrow, you ask that fat man to serve me personally, and I will not treat him unfairly."

"No hurry, no hurry, you can stay as long as you want. Don't worry about Fatty, he will be happier to hear that he can serve you than to serve his own father." Ren nodded with his teeth bared.

"Go."

The response was resounding, and a breeze blew through the room, slowly blowing the door shut.

Ren Ye turned around happily and walked towards the west courtyard.

Ancestor Jiang sacrificed his body and soul and volunteered to enter the ancestral land, but he did not expect to be trapped for five hundred years. The eighteen immortal chains evolved from the Sun Treasure had long been rooted in the star core over the long years, and now that he had forced his way out, eighteen faint cracks appeared on the star core.

For ordinary third or fourth rank supernatural powers, once the star core cracks, there is a high probability that the star source in the body will be violent, causing the body to collapse and die. However, Patriarch Jiang said that he could condense the meaning of the Great Dao to reshape the star core. However, this process would be a bit long, at least three to five years, and at most two to three years.

Patriarch Jiang didn't want to bother with the Taoists from Wanxiang Sect, and he had no place to stay after coming out of seclusion, so Ren thought of his expensive master, Xu Qingyan.

Qinghe Academy is relatively quiet, and the West Courtyard has been vacant, so Ren took the initiative to advance the money and first paid Xu Qingyan 300,000 Star Sources as rent. He also just bought a large cart of daily necessities and helped the ancestor clean up the vacant rooms.

After doing this, he had forced the seeds of cause and effect between him and the ancestor, and he would definitely have a strong supporter in the future, so he was naturally very happy.

The Little Bad King stepped out of the Dragon Gate, took out some Star Sources and handed them to the grocery store driver, and said with a fist, "Thank you for your hard work."

"You're welcome. Come back if you need me." The soul-remaining coachman grinned and drove the carriage away.

"brush!"

At this moment, Mr. Xu appeared at Ren Ye's side like a ghost, with his hands behind his back, emphasizing: "This is my home! My home!! Who told you to buy things randomly and move into the west yard?!"

Ren also turned his head to look at him, and saw that Mr. Xu was wearing a gray cloth and a turban on his head, and looked like a middle-aged down-and-out scholar: "Sir, you should thank me."

"Why thank you?"

"Sir, I just want to say two things. First, the thousand-year-old green jade in my body was given to me by the old ancestor inside, which fully proves that he is really rich. Second, looking at the entire Gutan City, this inn is worth at least 8,000 if not 10,000. Why do people have to live here? And why do they have to eat and pay here? Haha, it must be because of my face." Ren Ye said slowly: "I brought such a big business, shouldn't you thank me?!"

Mr. Xu blinked and said bluntly, "You want a commission?"

"The old man doesn't like to owe favors to others. Before he leaves, he will definitely pay a large sum of money." Ren Ye smiled and said, "Let's split the bill 50-50. My half of the star source will be used to pay for the tuition of my last class... no more, no less, what do you think?"

"What if he doesn't pay the bill?" Mr. Xu asked calmly.

"The food standard is 100,000 star sources a day. If he doesn't pay, I'll pay for it." Ren Ye said generously.

Mr. Xu is also an expert at cheating people. When he heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "This is a win-win cooperation. I have no reason to refuse."

"Farewell!"

Ren also clasped his fists.

"When is your last class?" Mr. Xu asked with a smile.

"After seeing my friends off, I will come to teach my last class."

"Okay!" Mr. Xu nodded readily.

After the two of them finished discussing the important matter of splitting the profits 50-50, Ren also walked away.

He was going to Wanxiang Gate to look for Master Chu immediately, and claimed that after his strong pleading, Patriarch Jiang finally agreed to let him serve him personally. And for such a good opportunity to get close to the Patriarch and establish a good relationship, charging him an introduction fee of 50,000 Star Sources a day, wasn't it too much? !

Wanxiang Sect wants to ease the relationship with the old ancestor. Mr. Xu has already negotiated a 50-50 split, and Master Chu wants to get close to the old ancestor...

One living person, three ways of selling him, a new idiom was born in Gutan City: One ancestor, three ways of eating him.

After watching Ren Ye leave, Mr. Xu slowly closed the dragon gate and walked past the west courtyard gate.

A cold wind blew by, and the black hair on her temples fluttered.

He suddenly stopped, looked up at the silent west courtyard, and couldn't help but smile and chanted: "What night is it tonight? We are sharing this candlelight. How long can we stay young? Our hair has turned gray. Although it's not a reunion of old friends, it's still meeting old people in an old place... I'm in a good mood today, so I'll have an extra meal tonight."

"brush!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved it. The mountain and river pen rose from the east room and instantly fell into the west courtyard, with a bang that caused a breeze to stir.

Soon, the wind stopped and the leaves fell, and the west courtyard was blocked by an invisible aura, making it impossible for outsiders to sense this place.

Inside the room, Old Ancestor Jiang suddenly opened his eyes, was stunned for a moment, and then continued to sit in meditation.

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Vientiane Gate.

After Patriarch Jiang came out of retreat, only the six people in white who were keeping watch left, while the other friends were still chatting here, some gambling, some celebrating, and some observing secretly.

In fact, even if they didn't say it, Ren Ye knew it in his heart. For example, the fat dragon and the tiger, the reason why they didn't leave in a hurry was that they wanted to see what kind of mission the golden key in the hands of the Wanxiang Gate would evolve into.

After all, after successfully rescuing the ancestor, the first mission of the golden key was completed.

However, Wang Changfeng had been in seclusion for the past two days, not seeing guests, and no one knew what he was doing. Until today, he had someone notify Ren Ye and others to meet in the main hall.

In the sect courtyard, Ren Ye walked towards the main hall. He happened to think of someone and asked casually, "How is Cao Yufei?"

“Hehe, he was locked up in the dungeon by his uncle-master, and is reflecting on his sins. This kid commanded the defenders to kill many of our people... Now that he’s in our hands, he’ll naturally have a hard time.” Zhang Linghuo replied with a sneer.

"Oh."

Ren Ye heard this answer and did not ask any more questions, because after all, in the secret realm of Gutan Sect, the Wanxiang Sect had the most deaths, and it was reasonable for them to deal with the enemy's commander.

However, Ren also felt that the rule of Cao Yufei's capture must have profound meaning behind the rules of heaven, so he planned to remind Wang Changfeng to keep a close eye on this person and never let him be rescued or escape.

The two of them talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the main hall of the Wanxiang Sect.

As soon as he entered, the Little Bad King saw Minister Wen, Lu Ji, the Fat Dragon, Yin Hu, as well as the Dragon Head, his beloved concubine, Tang Feng, A Pu and others, all of whom had arrived.

Wang Changfeng sat in the main seat, nodded at Ren Ye with a smile on his face, and asked in a voice transmission: "Is everything okay, ancestor?"

"Everything is fine! If you want to ask for details, it's only 10,000 Star Sources, no cheating." Ren Ye replied.

"Okay, I'll ask you ten questions first." Wang Changfeng did not refute. Instead, he nodded happily like a pervert.

Ren Ye thought to himself, isn't this a windfall?! I use my ancestors to control the princes in Gutan City. If I do well, I can definitely go public.

Play is play, noise is noise, but business still needs to be discussed. Wang Changfeng saw that everyone was present, so he spoke softly: "I know that everyone is very interested in the follow-up of the golden key. Since we are allies, then my Wanxiang Sect will naturally not keep anything to ourselves. In the past two days, I have been doing one thing..."

"What's the matter?!"

Brother Tiger was very straightforward: "Tell me quickly."

He had received a letter from Hou Tu yesterday, saying that his father was very interested in the golden key and had been asking about the follow-up.

"After the ancestor came out of retreat, the first mission of this golden key was completed." Wang Changfeng did not keep the suspense, but narrated softly: "After that, a second mission evolved, which is... to upgrade my guide to the third rank."

"Improve the guide's rank? Are the two related?!" Ren Ye immediately asked.

"Whether there is a connection, I don't know yet." Wang Changfeng shook his head slightly: "But before meeting you, I have already upgraded my guide to the third rank. I haven't sensed the golden key again yet..."

Upon hearing this, A Pu was surprised and said, "Master Wang, you have a lot of enlightenment sources in your hands! You actually upgraded the guide to the third level so quickly?! Alas, poor dog brother, he is still hanging around in the first level... He is really unworthy of the evaluation of the god-level guide."

"You're so stupid." Tang Feng rolled his eyes. "It's not that Daoist Wang has more Enlightenment Sources, but that he can gather the power of the sect and fully feed a guide. Don't forget, there are more than a thousand disciples in the Wanxiang Sect. If each person donates an ordinary Enlightenment Source, the number will be huge."

"Oh yes."

A Pu nodded "cleverly".

"Damn it, I didn't have a guide, this is all the fault of the little bad king." Yinhu glared at Ren Ye, full of resentment: "That dog should have been mine...!"

"Bullshit! Why should it be yours? Is it because your grandmother loves you so well?!" Ren Ye cursed in a voice transmission.

When Yinhu was hit on the sore spot, he chose to shut up on the spot.

Ren Ye still had five god-level enlightenment sources and five clear enlightenment sources in his hand, but he had too many things to do in the past two days and had not had time to feed them to Brother Gou. So when he heard that Master Wang's guide had been promoted to the third rank, he was very curious.

He stretched his neck and asked, "Master Wang, what level is your guide? What changes have occurred after he was promoted to the third level?"

This was a rather personal question, but Wang Changfeng did not hide it. Instead, he stood up slowly and replied softly, "My guide is at the Enlightenment level, which is a little lower than the God-level guide. Alas, the job of a God-level guide is hard to come by, and our Wanxiang Sect entered the migration area a little later, and all our energy was focused on Gutan Sect, so we missed some opportunities."

"I once encountered a god-level guide mission in a fourth-grade secret realm."

"But the requirements of that mission are very harsh. If you want to enter, you must pledge a fourth-grade peerless magic weapon in advance, and it must be a magic weapon of the spirit type unique to the craftsman system. This fourth-grade peerless magic weapon is very rare. Most of them are the life-saving objects refined by the supernatural powers, and they will not be easily lent to others. And my Wanxiang Sect is a Taoist sect, and there are very few people who can refine weapons. Therefore, I can only return to the sect to ask those elders to borrow... But I didn't expect that during this trip to the sect, the job of the god-level guide disappeared. I think there should be eight people who met the conditions first and directly opened the secret realm."

"After that, I never encountered a mission with a god-level guide again. In the end, I only got a follower from an enlightenment-level guide..."

When Yin Hu heard this, he said with some sympathy, "That's right, this job of being a god-level guide does require some luck. I only encountered it once, and was defeated by the little bad Wang Ji... When I came out again, the jobs of being a guide had been almost taken, and it was almost impossible to meet a god-level one again."

Ren didn't want to listen to his rambling, so he immediately changed the subject and asked, "So after your guide was promoted to the third rank, were there any obvious changes?!"