Chapter 152 Could It Be Social Anxiety?

Luo Shuxian nodded. "This person rarely walks in official circles. Although I haven't met him, I have heard of him."

"I'm afraid that's not quite the whole story." Su Ji'an made no secret of it and immediately exaggerated the situation regarding Xi Wang.

In short, Xi Wang was an unpardonable scoundrel who deserved to die.

"What?"

Luo Shuxian's expression changed, turning rather solemn.

She certainly wouldn't doubt the truth of Su Ji'an's words.

The other party had no reason to deceive her at all.

"Fellow Daoist, this matter is extremely urgent. I need to hurry back and deal with it. The resources promised to you will definitely be sent by someone tomorrow."

Luo Shuxian dared not delay any longer; otherwise, if a catastrophe were provoked, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Yingdu City was the very heartland of Great Jin.

Xi Wang's existence was like a dagger planted in the body of Great Jin.

Su Ji'an thought for a moment and decided to move house tomorrow.

This courtyard would serve as his superficial home to pull the wool over people's eyes.

Borrowing Luo Shuxian's hands this time might yield unexpected results.

The Great Jin imperial family was definitely more than just the Hall of Punishing Evil; they must possess other hidden foundations.

Otherwise, they would have long been swallowed by the Righteous Alliance.

At that moment, He Hansu suddenly leaned close to him. "The ancient five clans she mentioned just now—are they Su, Han, Mo, Luo, and Chen?"

"Instead of cultivating properly, you were eavesdropping on others. That's not a good habit." Su Ji'an glanced at her sideways.

He Hansu urged, "Tell me quickly, are they or aren't they...?"

"How would I know? Didn't you hear it just now? I didn't ask in detail." Su Ji'an shook his head.

It seemed this little silly dumpling knew something.

Yet she hadn't come out sooner; the moment Luo Shuxian left, this silly dumpling popped up right away.

Could she have social anxiety?

Regardless, this was a case of closing the barn door after the horse was stolen.

Su Ji'an was speechless. He had no interest in these ancient five clans; otherwise, he should have pursued the matter clearly just now.

It was merely a matter of a few words.

In his view, these ancient five clans were just trivial details; the crucial point was what kind of fortune the Vajra Ring actually held.

Besides, the small cauldron he had obtained not long ago might also conceal hidden troubles.

Now that all was calm, it didn't mean there would be no trouble in the future.

He had to devise a proper method to store it and could no longer carry it around with him like this.

Otherwise, someone could pinpoint him with a single strike.

If he hid it elsewhere, at the very least, it wouldn't be traced back to him, and the worst that could happen was the loss of the small cauldron.

"This matter brooks no delay; we'll get it done tomorrow!" Su Ji'an immediately made his decision.

"Oh..." He Hansu puffed out her cheeks.

Su Ji'an couldn't help wondering, "Could it be that you have some connection with these ancient five clans?"

He Hansu nodded. "If it really is Su, Han, Mo, Luo, and Chen, then they were my father's subordinates tens of thousands of years ago, before he ascended."

Su Ji'an suddenly understood. He could hear the calculations inside this little silly dumpling's heart as clearly as if looking through her stomach.

It seemed she wanted to use them for her own purposes... making people act like dogs for her.

He chuckled and said, "You should just drop that kind of thinking. Things from eight hundred lifetimes ago—if you ask their descendants to follow you now, beating you to death would be doing you a favor. Get some sense and don't be so naive in the future."

He Hansu gave a soft snort. "Back then, my father showed them a great deal of kindness. They wouldn't disregard past favors."

Su Ji'an directly launched a soul-searching question: "Then why didn't your father take them along when he ascended?"

As the saying goes, when a person achieves the Dao, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

So, what kindness was there to speak of? It was nothing more than his cheap father-in-law putting a glossy spin on his own face.

They were merely disposable tools that could be discarded at any time.

He understood this all too well.

He Hansu: "......"

That sounded somewhat reasonable, and she found herself completely unable to refute it.

......

At the same time, outside Hanshan City.

"Shuxian, according to the method I taught you to nourish the Profound Heaven Bead, the degree of compatibility between the two of you is still not enough. Time is pressing now, so you must not slack off." An aged voice suddenly rang out in Luo Shuxian's mind.

Luo Shuxian stopped in her tracks, hovering in mid-air on her flying sword. With a slightly agile look in her eyes, she replied, "Old Ancestor, things are not quite as you imagined. He didn't refuse to return it; negotiating with pleasant words still works. If we had really followed your instructions, Old Ancestor, and tried to kill him directly, I'm afraid the outcome would have been entirely different."

The Luo family's ancestor was momentarily speechless, as facts proved this girl was right.

"Strange, I can't even see through this kid's cultivation level, and his reaction was bizarre. He doesn't look like someone unmoved by profit, yet he stubbornly refused the fortune of the Profound Heaven Bead."

Luo Shuxian analyzed, "Perhaps... he just doesn't want to suffer a loss? Moreover, the other party claiming a reward is only natural."

The Luo family's ancestor: "Perhaps so. It's best to have less contact with such unfathomable people in the future."

Luo Shuxian, however, disagreed with her ancestor's view, though she didn't voice any rebuttal.

......

Several more hours passed, and dawn had broken.

With nothing better to do, Su Ji'an prepared to go out for a stroll and incidentally resolve the hidden trouble of the small cauldron.

This matter was actually very easy to settle. It only required spending a thousand spiritual energy points to assign a Blue Star player to keep watch on it at all times.

In this way, he would always know the exact whereabouts of the small cauldron.

As for the players' cultivation resources, he would cover them!

Compared to other players, he was the favored chosen one.

Along the way, Cui Wenzi's movements were transmitted to him.

Su Ji'an immediately chose to view them.

[After returning to the demon clan with the Demon Emperor, Cui Wenzi first used the demon clan's intelligence network to gain a clear understanding of the current worldly situation.]

[Through these past few days of interaction, the Demon Emperor's wariness toward Cui Wenzi has greatly diminished.]

[Cui Wenzi decisively proposed to the Demon Emperor that since the demon clan is currently weak, exposing Chen Luo's true identity would probably be of no avail. Chen Luo occupies a high position and is exceptionally skilled at hiding; furthermore, the Righteous Alliance is currently at odds with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and the Demonic Path.]

[The Righteous Alliance will never doubt Chen Luo over a few groundless rumors, and would only assume it is an unsophisticated alienation plot by the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.]

[Immediately afterward, Cui Wenzi successfully persuaded the demon clan to contact the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and the Demonic Path to pursue a strategy of vertical and horizontal alliance.]

Su Ji'an nodded. This matched his expectations.

The demon clan's strength was mediocre, but combined with the Demonic Path and the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, their alliance could not be underestimated.

The Righteous Alliance was definitely going to have a headache from now on.

Afterward, Su Ji'an continued to wander around Hanshan City.

Only, there was no suitable place within the city—nothing truly secluded.

Su Ji'an had no choice but to head outside the city. After making some casual inquiries, he learned that on a barren mountain a dozen miles to the southwest, there was an abandoned temple that had fallen into disuse for years, seeing almost no visitors on ordinary days.

He arrived there in a moment.

Only, the temple was somewhat different from what he had imagined. It looked more like a small farmhouse courtyard, and the clay-molded Buddha statues had already lost their colors...

Such crude simplicity explained why it had fallen into decline.