Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation
Chapter 1116 - Chapter 1116 After the Success of Chapter 760

Chapter 1116: After the Success of Chapter 760 Chapter 1116: After the Success of Chapter 760 It was Zhou Ruo who let him think she was a person who forgets righteousness at the sight of profit.

In truth, she wasn’t really that kind of person who forgets righteousness for profit.

What she mentioned about the high-level tunneling skills wasn’t actually what He Song thought; rather, it was a high-level tunneling technique from within her own Zhou Family.

Instead, it was the Wu Family that was coveting the Zhou Family’s shops.

And when Zhou Ruo diverted He Song’s attention to the Wu Family,

the subsequent events naturally became a scheme to kill three birds with one stone.

Firstly, if this matter proceeded,

He Song would be able to acquire a high-level tunneling skill at the fastest speed, and even many other treasures would fall into He Song’s hands.

This would allow He Song to make a fortune.

Secondly, if He Song could quickly acquire a high-level tunneling skill along with many other treasures,

then Zhou Ruo, who diverted He Song’s attention to the Wu Family, would naturally also be able to obtain a large number of treasures from He Song.

By that time, it was even possible for Zhou Ruo herself to step into the Foundation Establishment Realm, if not reaching an even higher level.

Thirdly, if He Song truly proceeded with this matter, the threat the Wu Family posed to the Zhou Family would naturally dissipate.

Once Zhou Ruo had fully grown with the resources provided by He Song,

it was likely that the Zhou Family would experience a significant increase in strength.

By that time, perhaps the Zhou Family could indeed turn the tables and bring forth a Golden Elixir Master within their Family once again.

In such a way,

one could say that merely by Zhou Ruo’s initiative to draw He Song’s attention to the Wu Family,

the label of ‘unworthy of deep friendship’ that He Song had tagged on Zhou Ruo had already shattered.

Such a three-pronged strategy, once spoken from Zhou Ruo’s mouth, would mean that she wasn’t the kind of person He Song had previously thought, unable to resist temptation.

Even when faced with the temptation of a Foundation Establishment Elixir, Zhou Ruo had still not thought of exchanging it with the treasures within her own Family.

Instead, she chose the Wu Family,

a Family entangled in interests with the Zhou Family, to attract He Song’s gaze.

Such a temperament is rare in the Cultivation World.

In He Song’s opinion,

any cultivator who was merely in the Qi Refining stage would certainly find it difficult to control their own greed in the face of a Foundation Establishment Elixir.

Therefore, it is extremely common to see brothers turn on each other and even commit patricide or filicide over just one Foundation Establishment Elixir.

Yet Zhou Ruo stubbornly resisted her own greed,

and instead chose to direct He Song’s attention towards the Wu Family.

This matter, even if Zhou Ruo had long known about the situation inside the Wu Family and had made some speculations,

still indirectly proved that Zhou Ruo was not someone who couldn’t control herself, unable to resist external temptations.

Fleeting thoughts crossed his mind, and in He Song’s gaze towards Zhou Ruo, a trace of admiration emerged.

Such a person with high integrity

is actually very rare in the Cultivation World.

He Song, having witnessed this today, naturally held her in high regard.

However, soon,

the admiration in He Song’s eyes became clouded with a shade of doubt.

Because he suddenly realized,

if this matter was merely Zhou Ruo talking off the top of her head,

and if the treasures she mentioned did not actually exist within the Wu Family,

then wouldn’t Zhou Ruo’s action be an attempt to use him like a pawn, making him unknowingly eliminate the Wu Family for her, thus removing a great threat to the Zhou Family?

After all, the Zhou Family was currently at their wits’ end due to the relentless pressure from the Wu Family.

If things truly reached a certain extent, an ordinary cultivator might also undertake such actions.

Moreover, although this plan seemed like driving a wolf to swallow a tiger,

perhaps in Zhou Ruo’s mind, even if He Song later realized what happened, he wouldn’t go as far as annihilating the entire Zhou Family.

At most, he would decapitate Zhou Ruo and then kill some members of the Zhou Family.

Thus, although the Zhou Family would suffer heavy losses, they would also be rid of the Wu Family, which posed an existential threat to them.

And as long as the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Zhou Family survived, the Family could naturally recuperate and rebuild.

In this way,

if Zhou Ruo really entertained such thoughts, perhaps she would indeed carry out this plan, hoping to use He Song’s power to completely erase the Wu Family.

Nevertheless, this thought only flashed through He Song’s mind momentarily,

and then he cast it aside.

Since He Song had already determined that he wouldn’t go as far as wiping out an entire Foundation Establishment Family for a high-level tunneling skill,

naturally, he wouldn’t directly head to the Wu Family to carry out their annihilation.

In such a scenario, whatever Zhou Ruo was thinking became largely irrelevant to He Song.

Even if Zhou Ruo did indeed think in such a way,

as long as He Song didn’t take action, all of Zhou Ruo’s planning would be in vain.

Yet, while He Song was deliberating this,

a new thought flashed through his heart.

Perhaps,

he really should investigate the Wu Family’s background.

If an ancestor of the Wu Family was indeed a Golden Elixir Master,

then what Zhou Ruo said might very well be true.

And if the Wu Family had no such Golden Elixir Master in their lineage, then Zhou Ruo would warrant He Song’s closer attention.

With this line of thinking in mind, He Song’s gaze swept over Zhou Ruo before him.

The refusal on his lips came readily,

“To annihilate an entire Foundation Establishment Family for one’s own selfish desires,”

“This Master is unwilling to do so.”

“Moreover, the task I previously assigned you was indeed for that kind of high-level tunneling skill.”