"Are you sure that Chen Shanming can trust you?"
Liu Sheng raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp, his boldness was quite different from his gentle and refined image.
"After learning the truth, Chen Shanming won't trust me, and he won't even trust Patriarch Chen, but he has an advantage, or it can also be said to be a disadvantage, that is, he only cares about the Chen clan."
"As long as he upholds the righteousness of the Chen family, he will definitely agree to cooperate with us, and as long as he agrees, there will be no chance to go back on his word."
Gu Chen smiled and said that it was not in his consideration to involve the Great Elder, but the situation changed too fast, and now he had to do so.
Although Patriarch Chen's feigned death successfully deceived Daozu to divert his attention from the Chen Clan, it also caused Patriarch Chen to lose his right to speak in the Chen Clan.
What's more, Chen Qinghe, who he had been suspicious of before, turned out to be a spy of the Mu clan, and after the death of the patriarch Chen, the Mu clan followed suit and wanted him to become the patriarch of the Chen clan.
The arm can't twist the thigh. Since the Mu family prefers Chen Qinghe, only if he becomes the patriarch, the Mu family will allow the Chen family to grow in the Jade Dynasty, and the Chen family can change the situation of being forced to hide from the world.
Therefore, Gu Chen could only use his tricks and let Chen Qinghe get the position of patriarch, so that the Chen clan had the opportunity to grow stronger under the protection of the herdsmen.
Such a move is undoubtedly a double-edged sword. The advantage is that the Chen family will be close to the herdsmen, and the next development will be smooth and rapid, but the disadvantage is that the Chen family may be completely reduced to the vassal of the herdsmen. influence.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, they must bring in the Great Elder!
Relying on the influence of the great elders in the Chen clan, as well as their secret manipulations, it can be ensured that the Chen clan can be returned to them whenever they need it, while the Chen clan is developing and growing!
"If everything goes as you wish, Yuchao Peichao will be under your control. I'm curious, what's your next step?"
Liu Sheng looked at Gu Chen and said meaningfully.
"What I think is also what Liu Sheng wants in his heart!"
Gu Chen raised his bowl and touched Liu Sheng, Liu Sheng smiled and stopped talking.
The cooperative relationship between the two is also interesting to say the least, they both know that they have some secrets, but they did not hesitate too much when joining forces, let alone get to the bottom of it.
An hour later, the mud bodhisattva came out of the lake and nodded to Gu Chen.
The conversation between the Great Elder and Patriarch Chen is over, and the Great Elder wants to see him.
Gu Chen was not surprised, he said excuse me, then got into the water and came to the cave.
Looking at the genius in the clan who has made himself proud and full of expectations, but also disappointed and regretful recently, Chen Shanming's emotions are now more complicated.
It was because he had already learned from the patriarch that he was not from the Chen clan, and that the feigned death of the patriarch Chen was a big conspiracy planned by him!
What a terrible spirit!
What a great deal!
He dared to cheat under Daozu's eyes, and he succeeded!
The man in front of him didn't even have any reverence for the so-called Dao ancestor, but a few days ago, I thought he was afraid of Chen Qinghe, it's a bit ridiculous to think about it!
Everyone, everyone from top to bottom of his Chen family, has been teased by him in the palm of his hand!
"Fellow Daoist's strategy, the old man admires!"
Chen Shanming arched his hands towards Gu Chen, and there was clearly a bit of resentment in his words.
Dare to feel that his bleeding and tears in the past few days were all in vain, and when this guy saw himself throwing his head and blood, he didn't know what kind of joke he was making!
"Great Elder, everything has been explained clearly, and some harsh punishments can be avoided."
Seeing his tone, Patriarch Chen smiled wryly.
"Shut up, old man!"
Chen Shanming immediately glared at Patriarch Chen. In his opinion, the reason for today's situation is that Patriarch Chen made a mistake and fell into someone else's pit step by step.
"Grand Elder, we were wrong to hide it from you before, but please think about the result, the current situation, there is no loss to the Chen family, right?"
Gu Chen didn't care about Chen Shanming's cold face. In his opinion, Chen Shanming's attitude was his true temperament. If he put on an amiable appearance, he would feel a little worried.
"Hmph, the old man understands the truth, and I also know what you mean. The old man can deal with Chen Qinghe, but it's not for you, it's for our clan not to recognize a thief as a father!"
Chen Shanming said that he had clearly agreed to cooperate, but he was still not convinced.
"There is no need to deliberately deal with Chen Qinghe, wouldn't it be good to use his strength to strengthen the Chen clan?" Gu Chen reminded.
"Hmph, do you think you're the only one who has a bad stomach? Of course the old man understands the truth. In fact, no matter how unbearable Chen Qinghe is, now that he has taken over as the patriarch, he must try his best to seek benefits for the Chen clan, so that his interests can be maximized."
"He is an old man who knows very well that because of what happened when he was young, he has a special desire for power, and that's why he was bought by the shepherds!"
"Such a person actually doesn't need the help of the old man. You may be able to bribe him with some tricks."
Chen Shanming shook his head straight. He felt that Chen Qinghe's ambition might bring some troubles a long time ago, but he never thought that he would betray the ethnic group for the sake of glory and wealth.
"Chen Qinghe may be able to bribe him, but since anyone can bribe him, it means that this person has no bottom line. And I always like to make friends with people who have a bottom line."
Gu Chen flipped his hands and took out a jade slip, and handed it to Chen Shanming.
"What is this?" Chen Shanming answered subconsciously and asked casually.
"Great Yuanli Technique." Gu Chen answered more casually.
Chen Shanming was startled, the jade slip almost fell off with shaking hands, he hurriedly held it steady, stared and said, "Didn't you say you don't want to bribe someone? What do you mean by giving this to me, do you look down on me?"
"The Great Elder is serious. This is not a bribe, but since you and I are allies, the stronger the allies are, the more secure we will be."
Gu Chen explained, while Chen Shanming looked at Patriarch Chen, his old face was full of anger and dissatisfaction.
Just now patriarch Chen explained everything truthfully, and naturally he also talked about Gu Chen giving him the Dayuanli Technique.
Patriarch Chen couldn't resist the attraction of Taoism at that time, but after thinking about it afterwards, he knew that he was kidnapped by Gu Chen, and since then he boarded the thief ship and never got off again.
The first elder just scolded him when he found out about this, but he didn't expect that Gu Chen would repeat the same trick now and even give the same thing to the first elder!
"This is bribery! Don't give the old man a word, don't you understand what you mean? Is it because the old man won't accept this thing, so he can't get out of here today?"
Chen Shanming scolded, feeling that his blood pressure has been high all day long.
"Back then, the Great Elder completely ignored his own life to save me and the patriarch. How could the two of us have any intention of killing the Great Elder today?"
Gu Chen shook his head, Chen Shanming was about to say that you guys have a bit of conscience, but Gu Chen added something unexpectedly.
"However, Liu Sheng is guarding outside, he is not at ease with you, Great Elder."
"..."
Chen Shanming was speechless, and finally accepted the Dayuanli Technique with a look of reluctance, but he was somewhat looking forward to it.
The patriarch touched the bottleneck of the saint so soon after repairing this avenue, and his original cultivation level is not lower than the patriarch's, so the effect will be even better!
"I've accepted the things, patriarch...Wen Feng will leave it to you."
Before Chen Shanming left, he took a look at Chen Wenfeng who had lost his status as patriarch and would no longer be able to show his true face to others, and asked Gu Chen politely.
"Don't worry, Great Elder. I guarantee that Patriarch Chen will be fine. I will tell you the news as soon as his tribulation is over."
Gu Chen promised that he knew the main reason why the Great Elder agreed to cooperate, not for the Dayuanli Technique, but for the only saint in the clan.
"The clan will trouble the Great Elder."
Chen Wenfeng's expression was complicated, knowing that the First Elder was dragged into the water by him, he felt a little guilty.
They bet the fate of the Chen clan on Gu Chen's ship, they may face a storm from the Dao ancestor at any time, and they don't know whether it is right or wrong.
The only certainty is that there is no turning back when you open the bow, you can only move forward bravely!
"Take care of yourself."
Chen Shanming patted Chen Wenfeng on the shoulder, then left the cave and swam out of the lake.
When he saw Liu Sheng who was drinking by the lake, Chen Shanming's eyelids twitched, he saluted far away, and then left through the air.
"It's really a good method. Killing the Eight-Different Sage, win over the Liu Sage, and even the Taoist ancestor was deceived by him."
"I don't know where this person came from, first Pei Chao, then Yu Chao, what exactly does he want to do?"
"The most frightening thing is that he overthrew the two dynasties, but everyone's eyes are not on him, so Chen Qinghe still thinks he is a loser."
"Cooperating with this person, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, but it is a bit more hopeful than going to the shepherds..."
On the surface of the lake, figures of Gu Chen, Ni Bodhisattva and Chen Wenfeng emerged, watching Chen Shanming go away.
"Okay, there are great elders sitting in Yuchao's side, so you can rest assured, it's time for us to go back to Peichao."
Gu Chen cupped his fists in the direction of Liu Sheng, thanking him for taking this trip.
Seeing this, Liu Sheng smiled, stood up and turned into a blue light, and disappeared in an instant, really coming and going without a trace.
"Where are we going to cross the catastrophe?"
Chen Wenfeng asked nervously. At this moment, all the major meridians in his body were blocked by the heavenly silk. It was because of this blockage that the Saint Thunder Tribulation was interrupted, thus creating the illusion of death.
Otherwise, even if Liu Sheng was merciful, Lei Jie would not show mercy to him that day, and he would still be dead.
He didn't know how Gu Chen did all this, and he was able to deceive Lei Jie's sense, but he trusted him a lot because of it.
That day, it was the Ni Bodhisattva who was in charge of sealing him with the celestial silk and taking him into the swamp space to escape in time, and then Gu Chen personally protected the Dharma when he officially crossed the saint's tribulation.
The vision when crossing the catastrophe is extraordinary, and it must not be broken through in the Jade Dynasty, so as not to arouse the suspicion of interested people.
"Let's go to the ancient great swamp, there are few people there, and our people will help guard it."
Gu Chen already had a destination in mind, and replied.
Patriarch Chen successfully broke through to become a saint, and if the Great Elder can also break through as he hoped, then when the power rises in the future, the Jade Dynasty will change hands, just a matter of his words.