Chapter 115: Considering Interests Her stunned expression was too obvious,...
Her stunned expression was too obvious. Wei Mubai sighed, "She's killing three birds with one stone!"
Xu Hui was silent. "So plotting against Lei Xiao isn't the ultimate goal. The goal is you and the Wei family?"
"Six years ago, the Wei family obtained their only Heavenly Soul Fruit, which was refined by their alchemist into two Level 6 Soul-Replenishing Pills. This information wasn't deliberately concealed, so it's no surprise that Yi Qingxue was able to find out. However, I didn't expect that she wanted the Soul-Replenishing Pills not to exchange them for benefits, but to use Lei Xiao to scheme against the Wei family."
Helping others to survive the thunder tribulation is not something that can be done easily. Even if Lei Xiao has a thunder spirit root, only his body can withstand it, and his soul will still be punished by heaven.
So his soul will definitely be hurt!
Those who are helped to survive the thunderstorm will also suffer the same injuries.
In other words, it was a common knowledge that Lei Xiao and the female cultivator's souls would be injured. Even though the Wei family had soul-replenishing pills, it could not be concealed.
Lei Xiao's mother is from the Wei family. Even for the sake of blood relationship, the Wei family will not be stingy with a pill, no matter how precious it is.
But he gave it to Lei Xiao, but didn't care about the life or death of that female cultivator. What kind of talk is that? Does he still want the reputation of the Wei family?
The public will not care how precious your elixir is, they will only sympathize with that female cultivator.
It was such an unexpected disaster. He could obviously form a pill successfully on his own, but just because he drank a glass of wine in the Wan family arena, he had to rely on the Wan family's son-in-law Lei Xiao to protect him through the thunder tribulation, and suffered the terrible harm of soul injury.
Lei Xiao was safe and sound because the Wei family provided him with elixirs. But the poor female cultivator was helpless and looked down upon by the aristocratic families. She was not qualified to receive the elixirs for treatment.
The lives of ordinary monks are also lives!
Using her reputation, she forced the Wei family to hand over the elixir, and Yi Qingxue was able to perfectly hide the fact that she had previously suffered an injury to her soul.
It is estimated that she has found an excuse for her cultivation regression, and it has been accepted by the Yuchi family, and perhaps it has also provided considerable benefits to the Yuchi family.
Anyway, the pills have been taken, and the Yuchi family will not be vague about the subsequent compensation. The Wei family can only swallow this loss in silence.
After a long silence, Xu Hui asked, "If she is really an ordinary female cultivator, will she... seek revenge afterward?"
She didn't say who it was, but her meaning was very clear: the Wan family, the Lei family, and... the Wei family were all being plotted against!
Wei Mubai looked at her in surprise and laughed, "What do you think?"
Xu Hui lowered her eyebrows and said, "Yes!"
Although it was not the right stance to think this way, she still felt it was a bit unfair.
As an ordinary female cultivator, she did the same thing as the young master of the Yuchi family, but the results were completely different!
It's not like she was indignant, but she was just an ordinary person! It was impossible for her to sympathize with the child of an aristocratic family, right?
Her emotions were so easy to understand that Wei Mubai let out a low laugh, feeling surprisingly happy.
A large palm rubbed her head, and a clear voice with endless tenderness said, "You haven't changed at all!"
Xu Hui looked up in surprise. What did he mean? Praising her?
This attitude is not right. She actually seemed to be implicitly blaming the Wei family just now.
Was she expressing the idea that the aristocratic families were oppressing the common people? Could it be that she was too subtle and Wei Mubai didn't hear it?
Otherwise, why was he not only not angry but also laughing?
Xu Hui had a blank expression on her face and was speechless. What on earth was she laughing at?
"Puff," Wei Muyan couldn't help but said, "Sister-in-law, you are the wife of the second young master of the Wei family!"
“…Oh, and then what?” Should I stand with you?
"You don't enjoy any privileges at all?" Wei Muyan looked at her in surprise.
"Enjoy it," Xu Hui didn't understand. She was not so noble as to refuse any benefits given by Wei Mubai.
"No, the privileges I'm talking about are not material ones. Even if you are not the wife of the second young master of the Wei family, you can easily obtain them with your qualifications. It has nothing to do with privileges. It is the wealth created by yourself, and you should enjoy it," Wei Muyan said with a smile.
Xu Hui looked at the two of them with a faint expression, still confused.
"The privileges I'm talking about are being superior to others, being the only one in power, and being able to control others..." Wei Muyan directly listed a series of dark sides of human nature under privilege.
"...I am practicing Taoism," shouldn't these messy emotions be blocked long ago?
"Sister-in-law, you are really special!" Wei Muyan's eyes were shining as he stared at her eyes, almost with admiration.
Xu Hui turned around and saw that Wei Mubai also had a look of approval on his face. She couldn't help but frown. What was so special about it? Could you please stop keeping us in suspense?
She really couldn't stand this vague way of speaking, it was absolutely amazing.
"Especially, your mind is extremely pure and tough, and you are not affected by the external environment." At this time, a smiling figure spoke behind him.
Xu Hui turned around and followed the two siblings, calling out, "Big Brother."
Wei Muheng smiled and nodded. "The dark side of human nature can't be blocked just by wanting to. Mu Bai taught you to discard it, and you really did. Sister-in-law, don't you feel embarrassed at all?"
"So what?" Xu Hui didn't care. If something is not right, it should be corrected. Isn't that normal?
"After one's status rises rapidly, it is human nature to enjoy the pleasure of being noticed and controlling others. Even for cultivators, after becoming high-level cultivators, there will be a transitional period of arrogance." Or it can be said that cultivators face obstacles at every step, and different inner demons will arise at each stage.
When you are at a low level, you want to reach the top in one step and not be manipulated by others. When you become a high-level cultivator, you want to control the fate of others. This is human nature and it cannot be abandoned just like that.
And it was obvious that Xu Hui was just an ordinary person originally.
Whether it was forming a pact with Wei Mubai or cultivating into a golden elixir in five years, he was the one who reached the top in one step. It would be incredible if he didn't become arrogant.
She actually still empathized with ordinary female cultivators. If Yi Qingxue was really an ordinary female cultivator, that was just a hypothesis. Such empathy showed that her mentality had not changed from the beginning to the end.
Some people may think that as the situation changes, the mentality and way of looking at the world should also change.
But cultivation is not defined in this way.
What they cultivate is the Tao, the true self, and the mind, not to strengthen the body.
If Xu Hui changed, it would be normal. He would just need to correct the problems little by little on the road of cultivation, just like other cultivators.
But for some reason, she really listened to Wei Mubai's teachings seriously, and her mind was unwavering. This was not a matter of determination, but...
"He protected me in a shell, and I didn't experience the pleasure brought by privilege, so I didn't change," Xu Hui thought for a while and concluded.
It’s not that she hasn’t changed, it’s that Wei Mubai protected her too well and too strictly. She didn’t have the chance to come into contact with too many people, so how could she have the chance to enjoy the pleasure of being superior?
Wei Muheng shook his head and laughed, temptingly saying, "Then I'll give you a chance now. How about you take revenge on Yi Qingxue? I'm here to help you conceal the secret, and no one will find out!"
Xu Wei was puzzled. "She's not an ordinary person. I can't enjoy the pleasure of bullying ordinary people, right?"
"Isn't it more enjoyable to bully a young master than an ordinary cultivator?" Wei Muheng asked back.
“......Isn’t that right,” Xu Hui had nothing to say, but did not agree.
Revenge is revenge, why deliberately bully others? There is an essential difference in the meanings: one is a counterattack, the other is malicious harm.
Defensive homicide and intentional homicide are completely different, and modern laws define the two completely differently!
She doesn't want to be a bully!
Xu Hui frowned at them, only to receive a smile of encouragement from Wei Mubai, "Just be yourself."
How can a person who is willing to seriously follow his inner principles and can firmly restrain and abandon his dark nature be bad?
......
Well, it’s still hard to explain, right?
She didn't think there was anything wrong with her ideas, she was just abiding by the law.
But they insisted on understanding it as her having a good heart. Forget it, a summer insect cannot talk about ice!
Xu Hui muttered, "So you haven't answered yet, will you retaliate against ordinary female cultivators?"
Wei Mubai laughed and tapped her forehead. "On the contrary, we won't retaliate against ordinary female cultivators, but the young master of the Yuchi family must be taught a profound lesson!"
"Ah?" Xu Hui was surprised. "Why?"
"It would be a shame for an ordinary female cultivator to have such courage and plot against several major families. She is extremely brave and wise. Why not make friends with such a person? It would be even better if you can bring her to your own family!" Wei Muheng said lightly.
"But the young master of a noble family is different. She can single-handedly scheme against several other great families. Once she ascends to power, she will only become bolder and more unruly. This will lead to inflated ambitions and conflicts of interest. My Wei family is surviving well, so why should we pay the price for her ambitions? This crisis must be nipped in the bud!"
Therefore, after Yi Qingxue decided to do this, the Wan family, the Lei family and the Wei family would definitely take action against her and force the Yuchi family to change a young master.
Even other families will get involved. After all, if Yi Qingxue dares to target these three families at once, won't she target other families too?
Today, she is willing to do anything to get a soul-replenishing pill!
One day, he will take action against other families for greater benefits.
Be careful of bad things, because once she showed her unruly nature, the ending was already doomed!
Even if an ordinary female cultivator plotted against the heir of a noble family, it would not have any impact on the overall situation, so the strategy adopted by the noble family is to win them over and focus on interests!
But when a young master of a noble family did this, what they saw was future conflict and crisis!
How can I put it? It turns out that the perspectives of aristocratic families and ordinary people are completely different!
Ordinary people are driven by emotions, so if they are plotted against, they will of course retaliate, which is understandable.
What Xu Hui was worried about was that in this world of cultivation, aristocratic families were powerful, power and tyranny coexisted, and it was unfriendly to ordinary people.
However, aristocratic families always consider the overall situation and the impact in the next few decades.
"...Will the Yuchi family also give up on her?" Xu Hui asked uncertainly.
"Not for now," Wei Mubai said.
"Hmm?" Could the Yuchi family still protect her despite the pressure? Aristocratic families wouldn't do anything shady; it would only give their opponents leverage.
Isn't the best way to deal with Yi Qingxue to force the Yuchi family to give up this young master?
"Before we get the benefits from the new secret realm," Wei Mubai said.
I understand, now I really understand. After all, Yi Qingxue is the one who opens the new secret realm. Who knows how much benefit she can get from it?
Before she gets these benefits, the Yuchi family will protect her.
If she is smart, she will take the initiative to hand over the benefits to the family, then step down as the young master and leave the center of power. Then the Yuchi family will definitely protect her at a price. If the benefits are great enough, it is possible that they will protect her until she ascends to heaven.
For other aristocratic families, her bottom line is that she does not become the young master of the Yuchi family.
So it depends on whether she is willing to retire at the right time after bringing benefits to the family!
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