Chapter 109 Ignore those two brutes
The old ancestor was determined to die.
Chen Yunzhou arrived a little later than Chen Xinyue. He was a demon priest and had endless official duties to handle every day.
"I'm late, are you mad at me?"
He spoke with hurried steps, and when he looked at Jiuyou, his eyes were open and honest, carrying the joy of reuniting with an old friend.
Therefore, the emperor found Chen Yunzhou more agreeable than Zhao Fengchen.
The former has already let go, while the latter is still awkwardly thinking about Duan Jiuyou.
"I won't blame you, but I do have a favor to ask of you. We want to enter Half-Mountain City, so please get us three passes."
Chen Yunzhou laughed heartily: "What's so difficult about that? But you three don't come to Half-Mountain City just to take a quick tour, do you?"
After the group took their seats in the palace, Chen Yunzhou's gaze darted back and forth between Di Jiang and Bai Yanxing.
"Lord of the Great Wilderness, Emperor of the Heavenly Realm." He spoke with a smile, "Jiuyou, what's going on here today? You'd better explain yourself."
The great demon Chen Yunzhou possessed the insightful eye to see through the opponent's divine sense at a glance, and immediately recognized the true forms of Di Jiang and Bai Yanxing.
"Is this the Lord of the Great Wilderness?"
Chen Xinyue and Chen Yunzhou had different focuses. She pulled Duan Jiuyou aside and whispered, "Isn't that the one you almost married? No wonder I felt he was different from others as soon as he came in. He had an air of wealth and wickedness, which is exactly the kind of person you would like. He's young, good-looking, and most importantly, the Hou clan has a long lifespan, no shorter than the demon clan."
Di Jiang thought to himself: So you judge whether a person is worth marrying mainly by how long he lives?
Thinking about it, it doesn't seem wrong at all. Who doesn't want their loved one to stay by their side forever, live a long and healthy life?
Duan Jiuyou confided in Chen Xinyue: "There's a lot of evil energy, but forget about being rich and powerful. We're so poor that all we have left are Tongbao coins. We hunt in the Ten Realms of Broken Wind every day. If we take back the Heavenly Realm, we'll be even poorer. We won't have a single penny, and we'll have to find a way to repair the damaged palaces."
Di Jiang coughed and looked awkwardly towards the door.
"And what about the one next to him?" Chen Xinyue suggested to Duan Jiuyou, "The Heavenly Emperor is known as the gentleman of the divine race. He has a dignified appearance and a majestic bearing."
Duan Jiuyou lowered his voice even further: "I can't even afford the fare. I was just pushed into a pit by Xie Xie a couple of days ago. Don't give me any bad advice. My relationship with the Emperor is just that of a ruler and his subject. Besides, they are both desperately poor. One is busy with repairs, and the other is always thinking about fighting and fighting for territory."
Chen Xinyue said, "Young people are all full of vigor and passion. When Yunzhou was young, he was always fighting for everything, wasn't he? Now that he's older, he can't fight for anything anymore. Let me tell you, don't be fooled by his appearance. He's not as healthy as me. He strained his back while arguing with someone in court the other day and it hurt for several days."
Duan Jiuyou agreed: "Dharma cultivators are fragile; they become useless as they get older, unlike us martial cultivators who are physically strong."
Chen Xinyue: "Exactly!"
They spoke softly, thinking no one could hear them, but in reality, the three people inside had excellent hearing! Fa Xiu had superb hearing, while they themselves had poor hearing, so they assumed everyone else was deaf.
"Ignore those two brutes." Chen Yunzhou took the initiative to save face.
Martial arts practitioners look down on magic practitioners, and magic practitioners secretly despise these "brutes".
Especially the Daqi Aozong, most people believe that their fighting style is completely devoid of skill and consists only of reckless charging.
Chen Yunzhou was one of them, but he didn't dare say it to their faces, only muttering about it behind their backs.
"What brings you all to the city?" Chen Yunzhou asked Di Jiangbai Yanxing.
"Actually, we came for Master Huang."
Bai Yanxing explained the whole story to Chen Yunzhou, who smiled after listening.
"Speaking of which, I saw Master Huang yesterday, but it will be extremely difficult for you to capture him in Banshan City."
"How so?" Di Jiang asked.
"Young Master Huang doesn't visit the palace unless he has something to do. His sudden return to Banshan City has led not only his mother and stepfather to suspect that he must have gotten into trouble outside, but even we, his subjects, are watching closely." The Empress Dowager favors him and increased the number of guards on the night he returned to the palace. Now, there are Imperial Guards patrolling inside and outside Banshan City. It's difficult to enter the palace, and even more difficult to take him away from it.
“Of course.” Chen Yunzhou smiled. “With your cultivation levels, it wouldn’t be difficult for you to force your way in and snatch people. However, if you do that, the demon race will inevitably demand an explanation from the god race.”
“If we intended to force our way in, we wouldn’t have asked you for a pass,” Bai Yanxing said with a worried expression, pressing Chen Yunzhou, “Isn’t there any other way?”
“Another way…” Chen Yunzhou pondered.
"Yunzhou," Di Jiang suddenly said, "Do you know any money shops or trading companies in the city? Could you replace us with people from there?"
Chen Yunzhou looked eager to hear more: "What do you want to do?"
Di Jiang said, "With Young Master Huang in the palace, it's definitely not easy for us to take action. But what if we could lure him out of the palace? He took Bai Yanxing's nine million taels of spiritual treasure, and he'll definitely want to exchange it for gold coins. He loves gold, and it's universally accepted whether you're in the Breaking Wind Realm or the Heavenly Realm. With war breaking out, the price of gold will be even higher, making this the best time for him to exchange it for gold coins."
"But how do you know he won't send someone out to exchange it for him?"
"He doesn't flaunt his wealth; it's his nature. He wouldn't trust others to do things for him. If you don't believe me, look at Mount Fuyu. It's an empty mountain, without a single servant or maid. Is it because he can't afford to hire any? He's used to burying his money in the mountains. That mountain is his treasure bag. He doesn't trust anyone to live on his money bag. If Mount Fuyu is like this, why hasn't he returned to Half-Mountain City for so long? Is there someone in Half-Mountain City whom he trusts more?"
Chen Yunzhou pondered, "Even so, there are at least eight or nine money shops in this city. How do you know he would come to the money shop I arranged to find you?"
"There are many money shops, but the exchange rate for gold varies from shop to shop. Some exchange one spirit treasure for three gold coins, while others exchange it for two."
"Do you want to be the one with the highest price?" Chen Yunzhou asked.
"Quite the opposite," Di Jiang said. "We should find a middle ground and choose the one with a moderate price. Young Master Huang is meticulous; too high an exchange rate will make him suspicious, and too low a rate is not worthwhile. Only the middle ground is his best choice."
Chen Yunzhou smiled and personally poured a cup of tea for Di Jiang.
"The Lord of the Great Wilderness is indeed a man of great wisdom, which has broadened my horizons. I happen to have business dealings with a money shop owner. You may rest for the night, and I will begin preparations tomorrow."
Di Jiang nodded his thanks, but glanced at Duan Jiuyou out of the corner of his eye, clearly wanting to hear her praise him.
Duan Jiuyou did indeed make an evaluation.
She said to Chen Xinyue, "See? He's got so many wicked schemes in his head. Bai Yanxing couldn't figure them out, neither could I, or even your old Chen. I don't even remember if anyone was serving Fuyushan, but he sent someone there once and found out everything clearly. Back then, he only wanted to kill Little Master Huang."
Chen Xinyue, on the contrary, thought this was a good thing, praising, "It shows that you are prepared for a rainy day, pay attention to details, and being quick-witted is not necessarily a bad thing."
Duan Jiuyou said meaningfully, "Being too clever will only make people hate you!"
“Being too stupid won’t work!” Chen Xinyue said, “Grandpa, let me tell you, a man can’t be too insensitive. He has to be more perceptive to notice the other person’s emotions. Chen Yunzhou is insensitive. He’s angered me so many times without realizing it. It’s only when I confront him and argue with him that he suddenly realizes it.”
"Are you angry?" Chen Xinyue mimicked Chen Yunzhou's astonished expression. "When did this happen?"
Even their tone of voice was exactly the same.
Duan Jiuyou burst into laughter at her joke, then pouted and said, "Dijiang always knows the rules, but he deliberately breaks them!"
Did Di Jiang not know that Duan Jiuyou would be angry about concealing the matter of the chosen one? He knew, but he chose to deceive her. After lying, he blamed her for not firmly choosing him and even lost his temper with her late at night. He also lost his temper with her over recognizing a daughter.
"There's not a single good one among them!"
The two men went to the back of the house while talking, leaving the three men in the main hall to chat idly, discussing nothing more than the situation in the Heavenly Realm and the development of the demon race.
Bai Yanxing was more focused on the essentials of governance than Di Jiang. In short, he clearly had the mindset of a wise ruler versus a hegemon; one was thinking about governance, while the other was considering pacification.
Chen Yunzhou praised both of them in different ways and agreed to have drinks together that evening. He then went out to arrange matters concerning the money exchange and the pass.
Bai Yanxing only asked the question that had been bothering him after Chen Yunzhou left.
"Why do you call him Yunzhou? He is 57 million years old, which is many generations older than you and me."
Bai Yanxing had been addressing him as "Your Excellency" and "Palace Master" the whole time, while Di Jiang kept calling him "Yun Zhou," as if they were extremely close.
Di Jiang said, "If we're talking about age, Yun Zhou is indeed older than you and me. But if we're talking about seniority, he's the husband of a disciple of the Jiuyou Sect. So, from the Jiuyou line, I'm a generation older than him."
Bai Yanxing thought to himself: You've really figured this out perfectly.
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