杜达雄大鸟

Chapter 642 Sincerely Convinced

The capital is the principal city of the country.

Here, the land is as precious as gold. A quadrangle courtyard on the 2nd Ring Road has commanded an astronomical price.

A seemingly ordinary yard with grey walls and green tiles, whose front is connected to South Luogu Lane with the rear connected to the Back Lakes, is quite a tranquil place in the noisy neighborhood.

Lurking Dragon is lying on a deck chair by the gate of the yard, greeting and nodding with every passer-by.

Holding a bird’s cage on the left hand and two carved walnuts in the shape of a lion’s head, an old man dressed in a grey mandarin jacket, crosses the threshold and walks inside, whistling.

Lurking Dragon immediately stands up with a solemn face.

“Hey! How is your life in the capital?” The old man places the bird’s cage on the stone table in the yard. Next to the stone table, there are several bamboo canes and wooden sticks put together, around which a kind of rare green plant is twining. The plant is constantly spreading the aura around. Whoever lies in this yard will feel refreshed and completely relaxed.

“Ahem. Not bad.” Lurking Dragon nods his head and stretches out. “I just feel uncomfortable all over my body as I stay here all the time.”

“Close the gate.”

“Yes, sir...” As to the old man’s order, Lurking Dragon doesn’t dare to hesitate at all. The identity of this old man who is over 60 years old is self-evident.

After the gate is closed, the old man grabs a handful of birdseed to feed the bird in the cage.

Lurking Dragon is just standing aside quietly, waiting quietly.

After a while, the birdseed has been eaten up. The old man claps his hands, turns around and looks at Lurking Dragon with a smile, saying, “How is it going about being the principal of Haicheng Cultivation Academy?”

“It doesn’t go well,” Lurking Dragon presses his temples and says with a sigh. “When Gao Ge, Liu Zhongyi and the others were in the Academy, I didn’t have to worry about anything, but now that they have left, everything is in a mess.”

The old man snaps with staring eyes, “How can you have the cheek to say that? You told me that you were too idling so I assigned you as the principal of Haicheng Cultivation Academy. However, just because Gao Ge and the others are too outstanding, you chose to do nothing and just left everything to them. Now that Gao Ge, Liu Zhongyi and the others have left, the people in Haicheng Cultivation Academy have been swayed. And some of them even want to leave and team up with Gao Ge, right?”

“Yes...” Lurking Dragon nods his head. “But I can handle these issues when I’m back.”

“Then, tell me how you are going to handle them?” The old man asks while squinting at Lurking Dragon.

Lurking Dragon thinks about it and says, “Oppress their momentum first?”

The old man makes no comment and gestures for Lurking Dragon to continue talking.

Lurking Dragon coughs and then continues, “Then, I will craft a publicity stunt more often in Haicheng Cultivation Academy.”

“You still know the necessity of crafting a publicity stunt?” The old man is angrily amused and then says. “The students in Haicheng Cultivation Academy all know Gao Ge, Liu Zhongyi and the others, but they don’t know who their principal is. Don’t ever try to rebuke me! I really mean it. Maybe I’m a bit exaggerating but do you dare to say such a situation doesn’t exist?”

Lurking Dragon, who wanted to defend himself, can only stay silent upon hearing that.

Such a situation does exist in Haicheng Cultivation Academy and there is not only one.

“However, this is not a bad thing,” the old man changes his tone and suddenly gives a mysterious smile.

Lurking Dragon slightly frowns and says nothing.

“Since some students of Haicheng Cultivation Academy want to follow Gao Ge, just let them go.”

Lurking Dragon can’t think it through. “Why?”

“Use your brain,” the old man snorts. “Bring the deck chair to me.”

Lurking Dragon wipes the sweat off his forehead and hastens to do as told.

Lurking Dragon, who always acts condescendingly, is frightened in the face of the old man, just like a pupil facing the headmaster. He doesn’t even know where he should put his hands and feet. This is also a kind of torture for him. If possible, he really hopes that he can leave the capital so that he can be relieved of the stress he is facing now.

The old man lies on the deck chair, holding a radio in his hand, in which a book review program is being played. It is about the Ming Dynasty, more specifically, the definition of the name Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhang means sharp jade instrument and Yuan means the Yuan Dynasty, so the combination of them means that the sharp jade destroys the Yuan Dynasty. Well, it does make sense to some degree.

“After all, Gao Ge doesn’t have much to do now. We can look for the Ghost Sect on our own. Since he has nothing to do, just get something for him to do then,” the old man says in a deep and potent voice, which is not aligned with his old appearance.

Lurking Dragon slightly frowns and says, “But he has no longer been a member of the Dragon Court. Can he just do as required?”

“Of course I know what you mean. That’s why I asked you to let the students of Haicheng Cultivation Academy out. By then, he will have to deal with them even if he doesn’t want to.”

Lurking Dragon finally takes the hint. He is not retarded but facing the old man here, he doesn’t dare to think at will.

“You mean just letting him set up his own sect?”

“Isn’t this a good thing? The eggs can’t be put into the same basket. Compared with us, don’t you think Gao Ge is in a better status? All the people in the field of immortal cultivation and the blessed spots want to drag him over; besides, he himself is blessed with fortune. He can be our probationary force. Moreover, there is something the Dragon Court can’t do or do without scruple, but Gao Ge can. He can totally do it with his own men. In this way, Huaxia can be much more stable,” the old man says slowly.

Lurking Dragon smiles bitterly. “Don’t you trust him too much by making such an arrangement?”

“Dragon Killers have talked to him; so have the people of the blessed spots. Now the people of the Shadow School, too. However, he still refuses to join any of them. Isn’t his choice good enough to let us trust him?” The old man suddenly sits up and stares at Lurking Dragon with a frown, as if bringing him to account.

Lurking Dragon ponders for long and nods his head.

“Mount Duanlong is a good place, actually. Ask Master Guanshan to help set up a formation in it, which will make a rudiment of a sect. As to Wen Yihuan, he is a talent too. So, just send him over too. Leave these things to Liu Zhongyi. Isn’t he currently in Nancheng Cultivation Academy hoping to break through his realm with the help of Lou Zhoutian?”

“Yes, sir...” Lurking Dragon keeps what the old man said in his mind.

“You are free to go now,” the old man says.

Lurking Dragon immediately feels relieved and means to leave.

After taking a few steps, he suddenly thinks of something.

He stops and hesitates.

“Say it,” the old man says with an aura of dignity.

“I heard that there is a vacancy of the blessed spots and one of the sects in the field of immortal cultivation will be chosen to fill it. And you make such an arrangement...”

“Just keep it to yourself even if you figure it out. This is a chance for us. So is it for Gao Ge,” the old man says with a smile.

Sincerely convinced, Lurking Dragon turns around and leaves...