Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 429 Orange, I found you

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With a clumsy muffled sound, Bai Wei, the former lord of White Key City, placed a stack of thick bamboo slips on the table in front of Wang Luo.

These bamboo slips may seem ordinary, but in fact... they are indeed just the simplest bamboo products. They are not attached with any advanced magic, nor are they made of any special material to imitate bamboo.

It's just some ordinary bamboo slices that were dried, baked, whittled, and scraped... and then dipped in ordinary ink with an ordinary brush, and written word for word in neat calligraphy.

In the old immortal calendar era, even in mortal families and chambers of commerce, only the stingiest bosses would choose something that was not at all immortal to record important family information.

But in the New Immortal Calendar era, the situation was reversed. Only the most extravagant forces could afford such "plain and ordinary" bamboo slips to carry family historical materials.

Because in an era when the aura of heaven and earth is almost overflowing, and the magical power of immortality permeates every bit of people's lives, it is not easy to find a pile of bamboo slips without any trace of immortality. In addition to cultivating these primitive crops that are also unearthly spiritual with great efforts in a few specially created extraordinary places, if you want to find such "plain and ordinary" bamboo slips, you often have to go to the wasteland ruins to look for old world crops. Legacy.

But this luxury is not meaningless.

Precisely because the bamboo slips are free from immortality from the moment they are born, in this era where immortal magic and magical powers are rampant, and all kinds of barrier techniques and barrier-breaking techniques are popular, the simple bamboo slips are a kind of clear proof of innocence that is almost like the guardian sand. History recorded in this clumsy way is the most authentic and reliable.

At the same time, due to material limitations, it is difficult to preserve these authentic and reliable historical materials for a long time without the protection of immortal magic. Therefore, every once in a while, the family will send someone to copy by hand. During this period, the cultivation level will also be banned, making the copyist look like a mortal - or simply spend a lot of money to hire someone who was born in the new era but really has no spiritual energy. The crippled ones.

In short, the preparation and preservation of these bamboo slips are extremely troublesome, although they are quite authentic and authoritative. But if it is just to ensure the true authority, a more economical method can be adopted-send the records to the Guanghan Immortal Palace on the crescent moon, and the girls in the palace who will always remain neutral will be responsible for preserving and managing them. This business charges a lot of money, but it is much more affordable than handmade bamboo.

No matter how he concealed it, in the eyes of knowledgeable people, Wang Luo's appearance in Yueyang at this time could only have one purpose: that is, Rongcheng's pioneering encountered an unexpected setback, so he had to use the record to let Baiyao City go north and come to Share the pressure of Rongcheng.

Yueyang's role as a pioneering substitute was a plan that the senior leaders of the Immortal League had planned long ago - no one dared to guarantee that the road to Crazy Lake across the central axis would be smooth sailing, so the unexpected occurrence was already expected.

Therefore, among the hundred countries of the Immortal Alliance, there are very few people who use bamboo slips, and there are even fewer families who solemnly use bamboo slips to record important family information, and whose traditions have not changed for many years.

So much so that many members of the Bai family don't know that they actually have such a pile of bulky information at home.

Wang Luo sat at the other end of the table and waved his hand gently: "No need, City Lord Bai..."

However, when the backup plan of opening up wasteland in Yueyang was actually put into use, it meant that the proud and even arrogant Zhu Wangren had suffered a bloody blow in the most important cause and had to ask for help from his good neighbor Yueyang.

Bai Wei naturally heard the implication, and bowed out with some regret, leaving Wang Luo alone with this confidential room in the former Lord's Mansion of White Key City.

Hence Wang Luo's low profile at the moment. There are many things he can do, but it is inconvenient to announce them.

Then on the way back, he tried every possible means to speculate on the purpose of Wang Luo's trip, and how he could use this rare opportunity to regain power.

Wang Luo ignored these pleasantries and just said: "There is enough information. I will come to you again for help if needed."

However, contrary to some people's initial expectations, Wang Luo kept a low profile but did not bow his head. During his trip to Yueyang, he did not intend to flatter anyone, but instead "summoned" the ancestor of the He family, an exceptional powerhouse. . When Lord Heping was at Shengxue Tower, singing praises to Wang Luo like an old lady, those who bowed their heads in anticipation were destined to leave disappointed.

When asking for help, you must always have a begging attitude. It will never work if we raise troops to investigate and punish others like last time.

"I am no longer the city lord." Bai Wei quickly explained, "I am now just the consul of the merchant group, and I was specially named by Mr. He to assist you in completing the construction of the Star Destroyer Sword."

This is Wang Luo's second visit as a special envoy. Different from the previous time, this time his behavior was much more low-key, and he did not even publicize his identity as a special envoy. So much so that at the welcome banquet at Shengxue Tower, many high-ranking guests actually thought that Wang Luo was here to connect with people from Yueyang!
In fact, at the Yueyang Central Committee, many organizational and coordination tasks that are carried out on the surface are promoted by Hepingjun. Wang Luo just hid behind the scenes and enjoyed the success with the help of a few elite members of the He family and Bai family.

Of course, in terms of objective conditions, Wang Luo does not have the conditions to act in a high-profile manner.

As the former city lord, Bai Wei once reached the top of the family, but this was also the first time she had seen and touched the stacks of thick bamboo slips with her own hands. Considering that Wang Luo asked for information on these bamboo slips as soon as he came up, the former city lord couldn't help but feel frightened, raised his slightly shrinking eyes, and whispered.

"Master Wangshan, this is the information you are looking for, the directory of the Bai family, and the many properties under the family's name... Everything that the family owner can see is basically here. If it is still not enough..."

What's more, after Wang Luo's arrival, the ancestor of the He family actually showed strength like a return to his glory. With an attitude that could not be ignored, he quickly used the Northern Territory Business Group as a starting point to coerce several other wealthy families and quickly cut through the mess. After overcoming some obstacles, he resolutely started Yueyang's emergency development.

Wang Luo's seemingly low-key, but actually tough, method of summoning the ancestors of the He family without any sense of martial ethics made the upper-class wealthy families in Yueyang quite dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do about it. On the one hand, the ancestors of the He family are really awesome; on the other hand, Zhu Wangren does have the righteousness of pioneering. This makes it difficult for other companies to openly oppose them no matter how much dissatisfaction they have accumulated in their hearts.

In essence, Yue Yang has long been tightly bound to the ship of wishing for this pioneering work. It's okay if other problems go wrong. If the pioneering really encounters trouble, Ziwu and Zhou Guo can still laugh at each other thousands of miles apart. Yueyang, as the direct supporter, has to face the aftermath head-on. What's more, in addition to the suppression of the eight wealthy families by the ancestors of the He family, Lord Butian, as the leader of the country, also acquiesced to Zhu Wang's tyranny, as if he had completely lost the opportunity to compete with Zhu Wang since the failure to impeach the chief of Xiankulin. of courage. Lu Youyou didn't even need to take the initiative to stand up and speak, he would just retreat and avoid fighting!

Therefore, with the situation like this, even if they hold their noses, the Yueyang people have no choice but to cooperate with the Zhuwang people and build a large-scale construction outside Baiyao City to prepare for the city's pioneering journey after a hundred years.

Fortunately, Wang Luo did not exercise arbitrary power in the process due to his special need to "not see the light", which brought shame to the people of Yueyang. On the contrary, he just put forward some framework requirements to Lord He Ping, and then let it go, allowing the He family, a local leader, to organize manpower, set up multiple construction sites around White Key City, build similar mountain fortresses, and annihilate Large-scale projects such as the Star God Sword.

As for himself, he spent most of his time retrieving those ancient and musty information.

For example, on this day, he was carefully checking the Bai family's family background.

As one of the eight wealthy families in Yueyang, it is not surprising that the Bai family has the heritage of the old world. In other words, the Bai family in Yueyang is the Bai family where the fourth senior sister Bai Cheng was born. The family that once occupied Jingzhou in the old immortal calendar era. , possessing the three ancient secret arts, and at its peak authority was almost as powerful as the Bai family of the Taiqing Dynasty.

However, these glorious pasts can only remain at the historical level. During the calamity, Jingzhou fell, and the main Bai family and seventeen branch families were destroyed almost instantly. Nowadays, the wealthy Yueyang family that has inherited the name of the Bai family in the old world is just the remnant of the Bai family bloodline that was rescued from the ruins by the pioneers of the eradication of wasteland led by senior sister Lu Zhiyao.

It is said to be the Bai family, and it is indeed the Bai family. Even if it is only the remnant bloodline that was rescued, the first generation of the Bai family is indeed flowing with the blood of the Jingzhou Bai family, and possesses innate magical powers that are superior to others - even after experiencing changes in heaven, Still superior to others.

However, the serious Bai family has the same superiority and arrogance from the moment the family was established. In that barbaric era, where the jungle prevailed, aloofness was a precious quality that countless people despised and ridiculed on the surface, but secretly envied. But the Bai family who survived the disaster seemed to have their own backbone broken. The establishment of a family relies on external support and even charity.

To be precise, it is the strong support of the He family.

For more than 1,200 years in the New Immortal Calendar, at least 30% of the status of the Bai family as a wealthy family was maintained by the support of the He family. When they lost their Jingzhou family, lost most of their leaders and backbones, and were left with only a group of helpless survivors, it was the He family that provided them with a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and firmly supported the first Acting as the head of the Bai family, he effectively integrated the remaining strength of the family.

When Yueyang successfully settled the famine and the country was first established, it was the He family that overcame everyone else's opinions and brought the Bai family, which was still quite weak at the time, into the ruling circle of the eight wealthy families. Even the Northern Territory Business Group was a member of the He family. It was established together with the Bai family.

Similarly, in the face of many subsequent major historical turning points, it was the He family who either used strong coercion or followed the guidance, allowing the Bai family to clear up their confusion and finally make the right choice.

Even the Bai family's own historical materials are filled with extremely complicated feelings for the He family.

On the one hand, they must acknowledge the He family's support - and more than once in more than a thousand years; on the other hand, as descendants of aloof people, they are really ashamed to admit that without the He family, nothing would have happened. I'm afraid it's hard for the family to live up to the name of a wealthy family, let alone inherit and carry forward the prestige of the Bai family in the past!

But these historical materials obviously have a different meaning in Wang Luo's eyes.

This Bai family is clearly a wealthy family deliberately raised by the He family - unlike the alliances and support between ordinary wealthy families, the He family has almost never asked for real rewards from the Bai family under the historical scale of a thousand years. Only feeding, not harvesting, only making nests, not lowering the pole... The generosity of the He family almost made the Bai family panic.

Of course, fear was the initial fear. When generations of the Bai family lived in an environment where it was natural for the He family to wipe their butts, even the most cautious Bai family would find it difficult to be wary of the He family. Occasionally, those who are rebellious will be suppressed tangibly and invisibly. Even some Bai family members who are too curious will be issued stern warnings by their own family members.

The friendship between the He family is like the strong spiritual energy that accidentally leaked out when the neighbor was building a spirit gathering array. Don't worry about whether it came from a legitimate source or not, just enjoy it with peace of mind until the neighbor suddenly wakes up. Don't take the initiative to report for repairs, wasting your opportunity.

Even after a thousand years of development, the Bai family has become worthy of being called one of the eight wealthy families. Occasionally, when they meet the master of Zhongxing, they can even slightly outdo the He family... But a useful neighbor is always welcome.

Therefore, the Bai family has long been accustomed to the existence of a selfless ally, and does not take any precautions against the ally's occasional strong demands.

For example, now, when He Pingjun personally came forward to request it, the Bai family simply made some gestures and let it be at their mercy... And thanks to their cooperation, Wang Luo's initial work was hardly hindered - he only relied on With just one sentence, Bai Wei, who was barely in the middle and upper levels of the Bai family, became his personal assistant and personally moved the bamboo slips of the Bai family for him.

Although these bamboo slips are not particularly valued by the family - otherwise they would not have a musty smell - they are not something that just anyone can pick out and look at.

So the question is, why does the He family take such pains to support the Bai family? Considering that the He family has been under the control of the senior sister since thousands of years ago, this question might as well be changed to, why did the senior sister instruct the He family to support the Bai family?
Even He Pingjun himself would not have been able to answer this question before recently. But now, it's finally becoming clear.

This family, this family that has been supported for thousands of years and has flourished, the only value of its existence is when the ancestor of the family, the person who should be on the same side as the elder sister, appears as an enemy. were able……

While weaving clues in his mind, Wang Luo silently flipped through the thick bamboo slips. He moved quickly and methodically. It only took him two days to read the last part of the mountain-like bamboo slips.

Then, as expected, he found what he wanted in this most remote information book.

"Bai Cheng... what a wonderful body that both parents have died and is wandering alone."

(End of this chapter)