"How could it be?" Lu Tongming couldn't believe his eyes. He knew Lu Zhengzhi well. Despite his outward appearance of being simple and weak, he was actually very proud and would never bow his head. How could he be willing to sign a master-servant contract with the Gao family? They were just a mortal family.
"Hahahaha! I'm dying of laughter. Old man Lu, you were just bragging about the steadfastness of your Lu family's descendants in the Tao. But now look at what your Lu family descendants have done - signing a slave agreement and becoming a little slave under someone else's command! You call them steadfast in the Tao? They are nothing but idiots who have no heart to seek the Tao and are blinded by worldly desires!" The people from the Demon Sect laughed at Lu Tongming, as if to retaliate against Lu Tongming's provocation just now.
Lu Tongming was so angry he threatened to fight the demons to the death. But Lu Dahu stopped him and said, "Have you forgotten Zhengzhi's decision to seek immortality? He joined the Gao family to become the strongest in the secular world, so that he could gain the necessary support to pursue immortality. Don't be angry, Elder. Zhengzhi is not the kind of person who sells himself for fame. Besides, look at the sky, he's not suffering any loss in the Gao family."
Lu Tongming was stunned and looked up at the sky.
The Gao family's children, seeing you excelling at the Gao family academy, were naturally displeased. They specifically stopped you in your room, intending to teach you a lesson. However, you've practiced martial arts since childhood, and while you might not be a master now, you're at least more than capable of handling a few young men. They left with bruised faces and noses.
[This matter reached the ears of the Gao family head. He was furious and called you over, intending to give you a severe punishment.]
"As a servant, you came to study at the Gao family academy, yet you are ungrateful and have injured a member of the Gao family. You are so naughty! Even if I beat you to death, the government won't find fault!"
Seeing that the head of the Gao family was going to punish Lu Zhengzhi, Lu Tongming was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "A mere mortal dared to hit a descendant of my Lu family. He deserves a miserable death! And you said your brother would not suffer any loss, but he is going to be beaten!" Lu Tongming looked at Lu Dahu unhappily.
But Lu Dahu just shrugged and motioned Lu Tongming to continue watching.
Facing the clan leader's threats, you remained expressionless, saying calmly, "If clan leader doesn't kill me today, the Gao family and I will be sworn enemies forever. If clan leader upholds justice today and risks killing me to punish those Gao family members who provoked trouble, then the Gao family will be doing me a favor. The decision rests with clan leader."
Your words stunned the Gao family head. After a moment's silence, he burst into laughter and pointed at you, saying, "I thought the Lu family's child prodigy was simply gifted and a good student. I didn't expect that not only was he talented in studying, but he also had a better grasp of people's hearts than ordinary young people. It seems that you will become an important official in the court in the future, even a powerful official!"
The Gao family head threw away the whip in his hand and said to the servant beside him: "From now on, Lu Zhengzhi will enjoy the same treatment as other Gao family members. He is my adopted son, and no Gao family member can look down on him. Lu Zhengzhi, if you become successful in the future, please do not forget the kindness of my Gao family."
You nodded to the clan leader, then turned and left.
From then on, you became a renowned figure within the Gao family. Not only did no one dare to bully you anymore, but you also gained numerous followers. One of them was Gao Taohua. This girl, only a year younger than you, was particularly fond of you for some reason and often followed you around. Even when others teased her, she simply glared at them, never once thinking of distancing herself from you. However, you, focused on studying and becoming an official, didn't take this young woman's feelings seriously.
Six years passed in the blink of an eye. Two years earlier, you passed the examination for Tongsheng, another for Xiucai, and another two for Juren. At the age of sixteen, you won the imperial examination, becoming the youngest champion in Jing State's history! You lived up to the Gao family's support, and to your own parents. With your support, the Gao family quickly became a prominent family in the region. You also brought your parents to the capital, and for a time, they enjoyed immense fame.
You are gifted and intelligent, and you understand people's hearts and minds. Under the guidance of the Gao family patriarch over the years, you have long been familiar with officialdom. From the moment you took office, you were able to gain good relations with everyone. Soon, you became the most popular new noble in the officialdom.
These clips made everyone in the Lu family laugh.
"As expected of a descendant of the Lu family, you are so outstanding in every field!"
"Using the power of the entire nation to achieve one's goals is the genius approach."
"As for the demon child who killed his parents and relatives and friends, and finally won the favor of an evil sect? It's nothing but a joke." Lu Tongming laughed.
The people of the Heavenly Demon Cult couldn't stand it anymore, and some were angry and said, "Haha! Immortal fate is a matter of fate! My Saint Son can easily kill a few people and gain the favor of immortals and embark on the path of cultivation. Why would he need to study hard for so many years and sell himself into slavery? I don't believe that he can find immortal fate by becoming an official. That small world is different from our Xuantian World. The immortal cultivators there are stingy as hell. How could they easily appear and teach the Tao?"
Lu Tongming's lips curled up. "Really? Then we'll see!" Shuang Man had simply searched the martial arts world and found traces of the immortal cultivator. He simply couldn't believe there weren't any immortal cultivators in Jing Country, where Lu Zhengzhi was. If there were, wouldn't it be easy for Lu Zhengzhi to find one with his current status?
After seeing the subsequent life fragments, Lu Tongming knew that he had guessed right.
As the top scorer in this year's imperial examination, you will naturally face the emperor, enter the Hanlin Academy, and be promoted to the rank of Third Rank Vice Minister. In the future, you may even become the Prime Minister, second only to the emperor. Of course, this will require your hard work. However, cultivating immortality is no longer a problem.
[In the court, many people are willing to invest in you, a future star. Even if some parties disagree with yours, they are still willing to support you. Soon, you will get information about the immortal cultivator.]
Many officials in the Jing Kingdom's court possessed talents capable of cultivation, but none of them delved deeply into it. After all, the path to immortality was complex, and achieving it would require immense suffering. It would be better to simply cultivate Qi, strengthen the body, and enjoy a healthy life until death—wouldn't that be a happy life? This was the consensus of all officials in the court. They simply assumed your interest in cultivation was merely a youthful curiosity, and that doing you a favor was a good thing.
After spending a fortune, you obtained a manual for cultivating immortality and became a registered disciple of the Yuntian Sect. From then on, you officially embarked on the path of cultivation.
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