Chapter 390 – Cheng Family’s Guest Secretary
Chapter 390 – Cheng Family’s Guest Secretary
Liu Qingfeng took a shallow sip of spirit tea and looked at Liu Qinglan, “You and contact her and invite her to come to the Liu Family to participate in the Hunting Competition.”
The Hunting Competition is a five island event, the result of the competition is directly related to the allocation of the sea area for the next ten years.
Although the Liu Family had already determined the candidates for the competition, it would always be beneficial to pull in one more late Foundation Establishment cultivator to participate.
Liu Qinglan complied and took out the token to send a divine thought to the other party.
However, after she saw the reply, her complexion turned ugly, “The other party said that they have already promised the Cheng family.”
“The Cheng family? Didn’t you say that she wasn’t close to that Cheng family?”
Liu Qingfeng was a bit surprised, of the three major cultivation families on Nansha Island, the Zhang Family had always kept a low profile, while the Cheng Family had been green and gradually declining in recent years.
Only his Liu family was in the ascendant and flourishing.
That’s why he was so sure that the other party would eventually choose the Liu family after weighing the pros and cons.
Without waiting for Liu Qinglan to reply, he set his tealight down on the table.
“That’s just it, since she has already made her choice, there’s no need to bother more.”
If that Xu Chuniang had chosen the Zhang family, Liu Qingfeng would still have a few concerns, but the Cheng family had become more and more disorganized over the years, and was not enough to worry about.
As a matter of fact, in Xu Chuniang’s eyes, the three great families actually did not have much difference.
In the past few months, she had been reading through the Bone Book, cramming all sorts of materials, as well as everything about the Sea Demon Beasts.
During this time, she had even gone out to sea and personally searched for some sea demonic beasts to practice on.
But the real core resources were firmly held in the hands of the cultivation family.
The situation on the other islands was much the same as Nansha Island, and if Xu Chuniang wanted to know more about the maritime cultivation world, she would inevitably have to deal with these cultivation families.
It so happened that at this time Cheng Surong broke through the Foundation Establishment Stage and once again approached her, inviting her to go to the Cheng Family to take up the position of Guest Secretary, so she went along with it and agreed.
As for the Hunting and Killing Competition, Cheng Surong had also mentioned it to her, showing her hope that she could represent the Cheng Family in the battle.
However, Xu Chuniang hadn’t thought about whether or not she wanted to participate.
She had agreed to serve as a guest secretary for the Cheng Family, and only wanted to borrow the Cheng Family’s Book Pavilion.
A guest secretary was meant to be a relatively free position, enjoying a certain amount of offerings, and other than the need to step in when the Cheng family was in crisis, there weren’t many constraints at other times.
Of course, if one is willing to pay more for the Cheng Family, one can get more resources accordingly.
Since Xu Chuniang had become the Cheng Family’s guest secretary a month ago, she had been soaking in the bookstore all day long, hungrily reading through the bone fragments.
Except for Cheng Surong who had come to look for her twice, no one had disturbed her.
Soon after Cheng Surong returned home, she obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill and successfully built her foundation.
Since the foundation, she has become more and more calm and steady, plus she has attracted a successful cultivator for the Cheng family, and has gained the trust and appreciation of the head of the family, Cheng Shangling.
Seeing that the deadline for the Hunting and Killing Competition was approaching day by day, but the candidates for the competition had not been finalized, Cheng Shangling finally could not sit still.
He once again summoned Cheng Surong to ask about Xu Chuniang.
“How about it, is that little friend Xu who saved you willing to fight for my Cheng Family and participate in this Hunting Competition?”
A hint of difficulty appeared on Cheng Surong’s face, “Senior Xu has been in the Book Collection Pavilion the entire day, I’ve mentioned the Hunting Competition to her twice, but she doesn’t seem interested.”
Cheng Shangling’s eyes flashed with a contemplative look, staying in the Book Collection Pavilion reading books for so many days, but she was a calm and patient one.
It’s just that she has never been seen to fight, I don’t know how her battle power is?
But she was able to cultivate alone on a nameless island to this point, I think it won’t be as bad as that.
“Since she likes reading books, I wonder if she is interested in the books on the third floor of the Book Pavilion?” Cheng Surong was slightly stunned, “What does the family head mean?”
The third floor of the Book Pavilion had always only been open to Cheng family members, with rare exceptions.
Even she had only obtained the qualification to step into it after she had built her foundation.
Cheng Shangling nodded, his eyes bland.
“A book is a dead thing, why not use this to bring in a cultivator with a perfect Foundation Establishment? You go and invite that little friend Xu to come, and say that I have something important to discuss.”
This Xu Chuniang both liked reading books, so he threw himself at her, not afraid that she would not be moved.
Cheng Surong understood, made a salute and then exited the hall, walking towards the direction of the Book Depository.
Xu Chuniang heard that the family head was invited, not daring to keep the Jindan cultivator waiting, she put down the bone book in her hands and hurriedly rushed to the hall.
“I don’t know what Cheng Family Head summoned me here for?”
“Sit down.”
Cheng Shangling smiled faintly and had spirit tea served, personally carrying the pot and pouring the tea.
“This Green Bamboo after the rain is a specialty of Green Bamboo Island, even I only got this four taels. I heard that young friend Xu likes to read, I think he’s an elegant person, and taste this tea to see if it’s to your liking.”
Cheng Shangling was a mid-Jindan cultivator, noble Cheng family’s head, at this moment personally pouring tea for her, Xu Chuniang was really flattered.
“Cheng family lord is polite, I’m just a roughneck.”
She received the tea with both hands, her heart guessing up the other party’s intentions.
Was it for that Hunting Competition, or was it simply to pull people together?
Cheng Shangling’s smile deepened, “Little friend Xu doesn’t have to be polite, little friend has such a cultivation at such a young age, and is so diligent and studious, you will definitely have a great future in the future.”
Xu Chuniang was a little embarrassed by the compliment, using the tea to cover up her embarrassment, while sincerely saying, “I know I have little knowledge, so I thought of reading more books.”
“If my Cheng family’s youngest generation could have a future like Little Friend Xu’s, I would be satisfied.”
Cheng Shangling sighed, turning into helplessness, “It’s a pity that my Cheng family’s children are some of the most incompetent ones, and I can’t even get the manpower together to participate in the Hunting and Killing Competition.”
Hearing this, there was no way Xu Chuniang could not understand that this Cheng family head had invited her here for the Hunting Competition.
“Speaking of which, I’m not afraid to laugh at little friend Xu, my Cheng family has indeed been depleted of talent over the years. In addition, my Cheng family’s other Jindan cultivator has a short lifespan, and is therefore getting weaker and weaker.
However, my Cheng family has two thousand years of inheritance on Nansha Island, and I dare not guarantee anything else, but the number of books in the collection definitely far exceeds that of Zhang and Liu’s two families.
Xu little friend if you are willing to participate in the current hunting competition, the third floor of the Book Pavilion all the bone books, at your disposal to read.”
Hearing this, Xu Chuniang couldn’t help but be moved.
She stayed in the Book Collection Pavilion these days, and in addition to mending her general knowledge, she was also looking up news about the Dead Sea and the five northwestern sects.
But after so many days, nothing was found.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t hit on the third floor of the Book Collection Pavilion, but she wasn’t a member of the Cheng family and didn’t have the authority to step foot in it.
Right now, the conditions offered by Cheng Shangling spoke right to her heart.
Xu Chuniang pondered for a moment, “I’ve come to Nansha Island for only half a year, and I’ve never heard of the Hunting Competition before, much less familiar with the rules, so I’m afraid it’s difficult to take on this important task.”
“Little friend is too modest, you came from a nameless island, at such a young age, you were able to cultivate to Foundation Establishment Perfection on your own, so it’s obvious that your talent and chances aren’t bad.”
(End of chapter)