Chapter 142
Wang Yulin and the other two vice-presidents who had been trying to fight for power during this period also calmed down a little, but the unhappiness between them still existed.
It's not entirely short-sighted that they have to fight internally at this critical juncture, it's just that they have always had different ideas.
Both of these vice-presidents are of the Heavenly Rank Six Stars. One of them is named Weng Yan, who has always been a die-hard fan of Chen Lianyan and a sworn brother of Qin Xiang. Of course, he was the most angry when the incident happened this time, and he clamored for revenge.
But it was not easy for Wang Yulin and his men to come back with the help of the teleportation magic weapon, otherwise all of them would have been killed there, with several Heavenly Rank people lost, and they were locked up in the Yin family’s private prison. There were countless people who were seriously injured. How could it be so easy to fight back now?
Fortunately, Wang Yulin has some background, so no matter what the Yin family does, they will not come to attack them now, giving them a chance to heal their injuries, otherwise they would really be trapped by them.
The other vice-president is named Ye Rumei, who is not usually in the college. She is in charge of Yaozhou City, the second largest city in Beizhou, which is not far from Lin City. The relationship between Yaozhou and Lin City is like that between Lingguan and Lei City before, but she usually does not interfere in the affairs of the college. This time she came here specially because she knew something happened.
The disagreement between the two people had a long history, mainly because Ye Rumei had once competed for the position of the Dean of the Inner Court. Wang Yulin's position as the Dean of the Inner Court was one level higher than that of the Vice-Principal, but he failed in the competition and was squeezed out by Qin Xiang and Weng Yan. He had to go to Yaozhou, so their relationship had never been good.
Ye Rumei is a veteran in Wang Yulin College. After the chaos and when Chen Lianyan took over, she was marginalized. It is impossible to say that she has no resentment at all.
So she was not as angry as Weng Yan about this defeat. She was relatively much calmer, and her arrangements for the next events were completely different from Weng Yan's.
"It's better for Lincheng to recuperate now and stop causing trouble. Fighting with the Yin family will not do any good," she said. "Besides, we were wrong from the beginning. How could you do such a thing by threatening them with a half-death fight with the Huayu Sword Immortal's relics? It's really shameful, not to mention that we are being beaten back now, which is even more embarrassing.
Also, I told you when I was in college that many of those civilian students are very talented and have tempers. Don’t bully them just because they don’t have a background. Something will happen sooner or later, but you just didn’t listen.”
"You are still here making sarcastic remarks. I think you are just hoping for something bad to happen!" Weng Yan disliked her and was furious when he heard this. "Ye Rumei, are you targeting Wang Yulin or the Yin family? Just wait, when the principal wakes up, I will definitely sue you. You are turning your elbow outward. I'm afraid you can forget about being the Lord of Yaozhou City!"
The two of them started arguing and fighting over a few things. The two were equally skilled and it was hard to tell who was the winner.
Ye Rumei has nothing to say to him at this time, so it would be better if they didn't meet.
But no matter how much the two of them don't get along, she has to stay here for the stability of Lincheng. There are too many injured Heavenly Ranks.
The Yin family didn't call during this period, but news came in one after another. Lincheng was also affected by them and has been shaken a lot recently.
No matter how much Weng Yan tried to suppress the news, it was useless. The ordinary people of Lincheng were grateful to Huayu Sword Fairy. After all, she was their savior. Only after they retreated this time did they find out that the academy had used her belongings as collateral. Now, not only did they have no sympathy for these people, they also discussed a lot about Leicheng, and even had a lot of yearning for them.
There were so many "surprises" over there. First, there was the Immortal Vine that shocked the entire Northern Province, and then the Yin family successfully won over two mercenary groups with it. Because of this, Wang Yulin became anxious and began to win over the remaining wavering mercenary groups, trying to bribe them with a lot of resources.
"No matter how powerful Yin Jiuxiao is, he is nothing now," Weng Yan said to them. "Our Principal Chen and Dean Qin will be released soon. They just fell into the trap of the Yin family last time. When they recover from their injuries, we will gather everyone to kill them. Why should we be afraid of the Yin family? Isn't what you want the Immortality Vine? We can just grab the seeds!"
These mercenary groups have never reached an agreement with the Yin family. They want to use the power in their hands as a threat to make exorbitant demands. They want to sign more contracts that are beneficial to themselves while Yin Jiuxiao is still young and poses no threat to Wang Yulin. However, the Yin family refuses to agree.
So some people were really moved by Weng Yan's words and thought that since they couldn't get it, they might as well kill him and take it away.
Ye Rumei frowned when she saw it.
To be fair, she has no selfish motives towards the Yin family, but she can't be considered a good person.
In the spirit world, there are countless selfish people. She knew that she had received the favor of the Yin family, but after the Yin family fell, she still chose to protect herself and followed Chen Lianyan, the only Seven Star left in Beizhou at that time. She never cared about the life and death of the Yin family for so many years.
But no matter how selfish Ye Rumei is, she at least has a bottom line.
She won't lend a helping hand, but she won't do anything to take advantage of others' misfortunes. She always acts cautiously and not impulsively. She will consciously choose the side that is most beneficial to herself and will not be influenced by any personal feelings.
The same thing happened to Wang Yulin this time.
They probably forgot how powerful the Yin family's Jiuxiao Jueyun Sword is.
With the appearance of Yin Hengxie, the situation is already very troublesome. Like Chen Lianyan, he is also a Heavenly Rank Seven Star. Even if he is besieged, he will not be killed so easily.
What's more, there is still Yin Jiuxiao. Even if all forces are gathered to encircle and suppress the enemy, the enemy is definitely not completely unprepared. Under the cover of Yin Hengxie, it is easy to let Yin Jiuxiao, who already has heavenly-level strength, escape.
It would be fine if Yin Jiuxiao was only at the Earth Rank, and maybe he could extinguish this future Lord. But now he is an absolute Heaven Rank who can attack Chen Lianyan from the side!
How long can Wang Yulin be happy if he creates hatred for the sake of momentary pleasure?
With Yin Jiuxiao's talent, in a few years, when he grows up and comes back, the Jiuxiao Jueyun Sword with a ninth-level heavenly rank will be an incredible existence in the spiritual world, and he will be able to kill Wang Yulin by himself.
Ye Rumei didn't want to die with them anyway.
The lifespan of the celestial realm is long, so she still has a long time to live.
In her opinion, there is no harm in lowering your head at this time.
Beizhou is so big, and the Yin family needs manpower now, so they won’t kill everyone. I heard that they had offended Haihun City before, but Fu Qingping changed for the better, and now isn’t they cooperating happily?
She thought that Weng Yan and his men were used to being arrogant, not just because of the grudge. Wang Yulin had only been the big shot in Beizhou for more than ten years, so how could he bear to have his status taken back by the Yin family?
Ye Rumei couldn't help but sigh. She was worried and had been paying attention to the news from Tear City.
Compared to the somewhat chaotic Wang Yulin, the Yin family seemed much calmer.
I heard that the wolf race is very good at getting information, and they do it without anyone noticing. Some time ago, she took advantage of the chaos in the academy and had a fight with Weng Yan, so she was not careful for a while, and they took away several extremely talented alchemists, which made Weng Yan very angry again.
The Wolf Clan had such abilities, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to know that a mercenary group would defect to Lin City. However, they didn't come to fight for it, as if they didn't care. Instead, they slowly established an Equipment Refiner Association and started doing business.
I heard that the Alchemist Association is also going to be established, but I don’t know who Zhou Xian and Mu Jiu plan to be the president.
No matter who comes, they seem to be able to discuss things together, and the atmosphere is much more harmonious.
The Alchemist Association is still in preparation, but the pills have been put on sale first. Even if Weng Yan chases and blocks them and does not let any suspicious people enter Lincheng, the merchant teams supported by Leicheng have strong penetration power. It is impossible to completely stop the small groups of teams carrying pills.
Everyone who has used the elixirs produced in the City of Tears has spoken highly of them. For the same price, they get products that are obviously much better. Even a fool would know how to choose.
Especially after seeing the pill, the senior executives of Wang Yulin who had similar feelings as Ye Rumei also came to her.
It was Zhang Fu, the alchemy elder of Wang Yulin.
He was a heavenly rank six-star alchemist, and among the many senior executives, he was one of the few who treated children of common origin equally. Song Xuemiao was brought up by him. But he alone could not influence the status quo of the entire academy. Knowing that those children had run away, he could only sigh.
But when he came back to find Ye Rumei this time, his expression was extremely solemn, even more solemn than when those children ran away.
In his hands, he not only had elixirs produced in the City of Tears, but also various kinds of elixirs, including several kinds of yellow-grade elixirs, as well as the recently produced improved version of the black-grade elixir, which was a limited edition jointly made by Diemeng, Lin Yun, Si and Li Yan. It used the best materials and had a 40% improvement. All alchemists would be shocked when they saw it.
Many alchemists in Lianlin City couldn't help but say that the hope for the rise of the Northern Province probably lies in the City of Tears, and many people are already preparing to leave.
In addition to this, there is a letter.
It was written by Song Xuemiao, but it is probably self-evident who was able to break through Wang Yulin's layers of barriers and send it over.
"City Lord Ye, it says here that you also received it, right? It's a letter from the Yin family," Zhang Fu looked at him and lowered his voice slightly, "What do you think?"
Ye Rumei didn't say anything for a moment.
She did receive it.
The Yin family was not satisfied with poaching Ding Lian, and they also wanted to poach people from Wang Yulin. Perhaps they knew that she and Weng Yan had different ideas and had already fought, so they took the opportunity to extend an olive branch to her.
Wang Yulin has a relatively fatal flaw, which is that the time it has taken for these people to integrate is too short.
They just rose up by taking advantage of the chaos. This force was established just over ten years ago. The ties between them are very shallow, so internal strife is inevitable. Therefore, young people like Ding Lian can run away if they want to, without any burden at all.
Other prominent forces in the spiritual world have all existed for a very long time. Even the relatively young Haihun City Chamber of Commerce has a history of several decades. The circle of Heavenly Ranks around Fu Qingping have known each other since he awakened at the age of three, and have fought all the way to the present. Aristocratic families like the Yin family have stood for a thousand years, and the Heavenly Ranks who grew up in them have deep ties to their families, so it is very difficult for them to betray or completely break away from them.
But Wang Yulin is far from having such cohesion.
The Yin family must be aware of this, which is why they have the courage to directly pass the poaching task to Ye Rumei and Zhang Fu.
Ye Rumei felt that it was understandable that she was shaken for a moment, but Zhang Fu... ?
She never expected that he would come up to her.
He is an elderly alchemist who usually doesn't care about the conflicts in the academy. Although he is the highest-level and most capable alchemist, he is not the one who makes the decisions on the alchemist side and can only be an ordinary alchemy elder.
Ye Rumei didn't believe that she was shaken by Song Xuemiao's letter.
This person doesn't need to worry as much as she does. The grudges between combat spirit masters usually don't involve alchemists, and they are usually protected. Even if her worst guess is true, Yin Jiuxiao comes back and kills Wang Yulin, Zhang Fu will be spared.
In fact, the Yin family's target was not him. They had not considered him at all at the beginning. It was Song Xuemiao who took the initiative to say that this teacher was not a bad person and his only hobby was to study alchemy.
If I send him some of Diemeng's current achievements, he will be shaken, and it would be best if I could get it.
Although they said so, the Yin family did not hold much hope for him. They were somewhat confident about Ye Rumei, but they were just giving Zhang Fu a try. They sent some insignificant messages to test the waters. Mu Jiu, who had contact with him before, shook his head and said that there was little hope and that this person would not move easily.
But what was unexpected was that Zhang Fu's reaction was even faster than Ye Rumei's.
Ye Rumei was still hesitating. He had already communicated with the Yin family several times. Their intention was very obvious, and now they took the initiative to come to him.
Ye Rumei looked strange and asked him, "Are you here because of the elixir over there?"
Not really.
"This is only part of it," Zhang Fu exhaled, and his cloudy eyes seemed to brighten a little, and he suddenly mentioned someone, "City Lord Ye, do you know what Lin Qinghen looks like?"
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