Chapter 40: Alliance with Zhuge
Zhuge Kongping's accomplishments are worthy of his status as a candidate for the young master of the thousand-year-old Wuhou family.

Not only is the foundation of his Taoism no less inferior to Lin Jiu's, his surgical techniques are also unique and ingenious, not inferior to those of today's Ding Hai.

In addition, he has already stepped half a step into the Transcendent Realm of Cultivation and his Wu Hou Qi Men is about to be perfected.

Lin Jiu was no match for him in a one-on-one fight, and even if Ding Hai wanted to defeat him, he would have to take more than ten moves.

Don’t think that being able to withstand Ding Hai’s ten attacks without being defeated is nothing. If Lu Zhuo didn’t set up a formation, he might not be able to withstand Ding Hai’s ten attacks with just his other skills.

Among the contemporary disciples of Maoshan, only Shi Jian, who was born with a thunder spirit body, could accomplish this feat with his ability to control thunder.

Zhuge Kongping accepted Ding Hai's invitation to form an alliance without even thinking about it.

Today, Wuyi Mountain has gathered many talented people from the southern spiritual world. Although Zhuge Kongping is one of the best among them, he has also encountered people who can compete with him.

In this situation, he could also breathe a sigh of relief to have two more Maoshan disciples who knew him well as allies.

In an emergency, Ding Hai and the other two did not make this small alliance between them known to everyone.

After finalizing the contents of the covenant, the three men swore an oath to heaven, agreeing to advance and retreat together during this trip to Wuyi Mountain and not to infringe on each other's interests.

As the night deepens, the peaks of Wuyi Mountain appear even more mysterious under the moonlight.

Zhuge Kongping stood on a mountain top, overlooking the twinkling lights below, and couldn't help but review the two battles just now in his mind.

Now that they have formed an alliance, the three of them must at least have a preliminary understanding of each other's strengths and personalities.

And fighting once is undoubtedly the easiest way to achieve this goal.

Therefore, Zhuge Kongping later invited Ding Hai and Lin Jiu to find a place to discuss the matter.

This exchange dealt a heavy blow to Zhuge Kongping, who seemed amiable on weekdays but was actually extremely arrogant at heart.

What people don’t know is that his real name is not Zhuge Kongping.

The reason why he changed his name to this was because he felt that his talent was no less than that of his ancestor Zhuge Kongming, and that his future achievements would be on par with that of his ancestor.

There is another hidden reason behind the failure in the competition for the position of young master of the Wuhou family.

Although his elder brother Zhuge Chong had also built up a top-notch foundation in Taoism with the help of his family, he was no match for him when it came to fighting.

It was because he saw his brother's desire for the position of head of the family and recognized his brother's love for the Wuhou family that he took the initiative to withdraw from the election.

“They are obviously from the outer Mao family, but these two guys are even stronger than the direct disciples of Maoshan at the same level in the past.

Ding Hai is an even worse pervert. He hasn't even established a foundation yet, but he's treating me like a monkey from Mount Emei. What kind of shit luck is this for Maoshan?"

Thinking back to his record of one win and one loss in the previous competition, Zhuge Kongping felt a little upset.

Lin Jiu's foundation is no worse than his. If he hadn't just entered the foundation-building stage a few years ago, his various methods had not kept up and he was a little lacking in experience, it would be hard to say who would win or lose between the two of them.

In addition, the sharp-eyed Zhuge Kongping noticed that Lin Jiu had a different physique, but Lin Jiu's current strength was too shallow to be developed.

In the future, if Lin Jiu can seize the opportunity to fully develop his potential, he might be surpassed by him.

Zhuge Kongping could accept this situation calmly.

After all, Maoshan is one of the Three Mountains of Talismans, a top force in the spiritual world, so it is normal for its most outstanding disciples to behave like this.

Whatever the Zhuge family has, Maoshan also has; whatever the Zhuge family does not have, Maoshan also has.

Isn't it normal that the outstanding disciples trained by Maoshan are much stronger than the outstanding disciples of Zhuge family?

But the defeat at the hands of Ding Hai dealt him a complete blow.

No matter how much potential Lin Jiu has, it will take him ten or twenty years to catch up with Zhuge Kongping.

But Ding Hai is different. He is obviously one level lower than him, but beating him is like beating a child.

His family secret technique, Wu Hou Qi Men, can only be used for dodging and defense in front of Ding Hai.

Even so, he couldn't last even half a cup of tea under Ding Hai's control.

After counting all the enemies he had encountered, Zhuge Kongping felt that perhaps only another pervert on Longhu Mountain could defeat Ding Hai.

This is because Ding Hai has not yet established a jade-level Taoist foundation, and his magic power has no source and cannot be recovered quickly.

Once Ding Hai makes up for this shortcoming, even Da Zhang, one of the two best actors in the duo, may not be able to surpass Ding Hai.

Although he felt very unhappy, Zhuge Kongping knew that he actually gained a small advantage from this alliance.

So, after the discussion, he told Ding Hai and Lin Jiu some unique secrets that he had deduced using the Wu Hou Qimen.

According to his calculations, the opportunities of this trip to Wuyi Mountain outweigh the risks. As long as one does not seek death, there will be basically no safety issues. Although the Lord of Wuyi is trapped in an unknown area, as long as the key node is found, he will most likely be able to escape successfully in the future.

After hearing the exclusive secret deduced by Zhuge Kongping, Ding Hai and Lin Jiu looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes. If Zhuge Kongping did not make up a story, they knew exactly what it meant.

Although Wu Hou Qimen is mysterious, it also depends on who holds it.

In the hands of Zhuge Kongming, who created it, it was able to plan the destiny of the country and divide the world into three parts, and calculate the fate of all people in troubled times.

In the hands of Zhuge's descendants, this is just a strange technique that is more suitable for them. Although it is very powerful when used, it can never reproduce the great power of Zhuge Wuhou who could calculate the world.

I didn't expect that Zhuge Kongping, the former young master candidate of the Wuhou family who failed in seizing the throne, could actually reproduce the three-point power of the Wuhou Qimen!
If he is like this, what kind of demeanor should the legitimate young master of the Wuhou family have?

Before I knew it, a beautiful little misunderstanding was born.

Ding Hai is okay. He is a big-hearted person and thinks that no matter how strong the genuine young master of the Wuhou family is, he can never be stronger than him.

Lin Jiu is a little EMO. The Wuhou family is at least two levels lower than Maoshan, but their young master is one level stronger than him, one of the Five Heroes of Maoshan.

If this gets out, he won't have the face to go out and see people.

Question: Among three people who were discussing, two of them were unhappy.

So, how will the remaining person feel?
Ding Hai’s answer was, it feels great.

However, this pleasure was not brought by Zhuge Kongping, but by the disciples of Wuyi Temple who came to visit him after he returned to his temporary residence after sparring.

The disciple who came to visit him told him that in order to thank all the talented people who came to help, Wuyi Temple decided to take out a part of its treasures to hold an exchange meeting to share what they have with all the talented people.

In this exchange meeting, transactions between talents from all walks of life can be negotiated by themselves, as long as they do not use force or robbery.

The rare and precious medicinal materials that Wuyi Temple offers can not only be exchanged for goods, but can also be purchased with secular money. The price is just a little higher than the market price.

This action really warmed Ding Hai's heart.

He possessed the wealth of the Miao family and the treasures from the Min King's Mausoleum, and now was the time when he was extremely wealthy.

If it weren't for the purpose of investigating the unusual movement of the earth's veins in Fujian, Ding Hai would have already rushed to the major provincial capitals to look for those time-honored drug stores to make large purchases.

There are still many common spiritual materials such as seven-leaf ginseng, fire ganoderma, ambergris, etc. hidden in those old-fashioned pharmacies.

With enough money and abundant martial virtue, Ding Hai is confident that he can buy the medicinal herbs he wants from those old-fashioned pharmacies.

“Junior brother, Wuyi Temple follows the path of incense and fire. Many of the medicinal materials that are of great use to us are difficult to exert their due medicinal effects in their hands.

Therefore, they must have accumulated a large number of medicinal materials that we can use.

This time, if Wuyi Temple had not asked us for something and had not given up some of their profits to bribe us to work for them, we would probably not even get to see these great medicinal materials.

The wealth of the Miao family and the Min King's Mausoleum belongs to us, and we split it equally. You have as much wealth as I do. Remember, you should make a move when it is time to make a move. You are a bastard if you don't take advantage of the opportunity."

After learning that Wuyi Temple was going to hold an exchange meeting to attract heroes from all walks of life, Ding Hai immediately found Lin Jiu and gave him advice.

Lin Jiu, who had just come down the mountain not long ago, was still a little aloof at this time.

Although he took over the wealth and treasures allocated to him by Ding Kai.

But deep down, he did not regard these things as his own. Instead, he thought that after the mission was completed, he would either hand over these wealth and treasures to the sect, or buy all the rice, flour, grain and oil and donate them to a disaster-stricken area.

Ding Hai, who roughly guessed Lin Jiu's thoughts, was not prepared to care about him. After he returned to Maoshan, the elders in the sect would tell him that when he was traveling around the world, he could take the good fortune for himself, but he could not touch the money.

By then, Lin Jiu will naturally know how much benefit his cheap senior brother has brought him that he can use legitimately.

But now it is different. In order to win people's hearts, Wuyi Divine Palace indirectly opened up a worry-free and labor-saving channel for exchanging spiritual materials and medicines for him and Lin Jiu.

Even Maoshan couldn't give them such a rare opportunity.

The cultivation resources that Maoshan can collect are limited. It is true that many ordinary spiritual materials are purchased with money, but there are other things involved as well. It is not just a matter of money.

If the two of them wanted to use money to buy cultivation resources from the Maoshan Internal Affairs Office, most of the people in the Internal Affairs Office would ignore them.

The things are limited. What will you do if you pay for other disciples?
Isn't this a disguised way of encouraging the disciples to only care about money and wealth? If this is the case, how can the atmosphere of the sect be good?

I am grateful to the Three Pure Ones for being able to introduce them to the purchasing channels based on the reputation of the Five Heroes of Maoshan.

After carefully analyzing all the pros and cons to Lin Jiu, Ding Hai turned and left.

They are all adults and each has their own considerations and ideas.

He can give Lin Jiu advice, but he cannot make decisions for Lin Jiu.

Whether or not to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to contribute to his own path depends on whether Lin Jiu himself can turn that corner.

No matter how much others say, it's useless.

(End of this chapter)