Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 1015 Whom did He Songling appoint as the Ten Elders, and who could actually become the Ten Elders?

"Look what I'm doing."

Lu Jin shrugged. "As everyone knows, the person who is closest to my senior brother is Lao Lü. I might not even be that close to my senior brother."

Lu Jin spent more time with He Songling, but earlier. At that time, He Songling was also in his growth period, and some of his bad traits had not yet been revealed or passed on to his junior brothers like Lu Jin.

Although Lu Jin was introduced to the second level by He Songling, during that time He Songling himself was also learning from Zuo Ruotong and frequently practicing the second level, exploring the path ahead in various ways. Therefore, this period greatly improved Lu Jin's skills, but it had almost no impact on Lu Jin's beliefs as a person.

But Lü Ci was different. He had once been a disciple of He Songling through a verbal oath. Although he was not included in the family genealogy, the two continued to address each other as brothers. But that was the first time He Songling wanted to teach someone something, especially since it was a time of war and the country was in turmoil. For someone like Lü Ci who was not ambiguous about the War of Resistance, he taught him everything he knew.

Not to mention that after Lü Ci completed his studies, he even joined He Songling in commanding the Battle of Toutian Cave.

This tacit understanding of "having fought side by side" is something that cannot be easily matched.

Of the "Ten Elders," about half were old acquaintances of He Songling. Upon hearing Lu Jin say this, Wang Ai was startled.

"No, is he coming or not?"

"If you ask me, you don't need to be squatting there." This monk Jiekong is also an old rogue. He almost became the abbot of Shaolin Temple back then, but in order to protect his disciple, he was willing to become a cripple and was transferred to Lingyin Temple as the abbot. He looks like a compassionate old monk, but in reality, he is a scoundrel in his daily life.

What kind of centenarian would sit on the ground and wail in front of two disciples, yelling, "They hit me!"
The rogue monk Jie Kong looked at Wang Ai with a smile and said, "Benefactor Wang, Benefactor Lü is squatting there to show that this matter has nothing to do with him, to reduce his presence and avoid being beaten; what about you?"
"That was you just speaking. Even if you were ground into mincemeat, burned to ashes, and scattered into the roadbed to pave a highway, Benefactor He would still dig you out, turn you back into human form, and give you another beating."

"Hahahaha!" Guan Shihua laughed heartily as he puffed on his pipe. The noise was so loud that even Sister Yu from Northeast China would have to step back. She was practically stroking her beard and patting her chest hair.

She vividly remembered the scene when Wang Ai, that toad, tried to eat her, this fat swan, and mocked him mercilessly: "Old Wang, are you scared now? Serves you right! You used to dangle your spirit-binding and commanding weapon at us every day, scaring me so much that I didn't dare to leave the Northeast."

Are you so scared by the summoning of spirits and generals that you dare not leave Northeast China?
Wang Ai glared angrily at her former lover. If she were to say that in the original story, Wang Ai could only chuckle twice. The problem is that Guan Shihua now has a method left by He Songling to stabilize the spirit body.

Using methods like "binding spirits" to pull those "spirits" will only anger the possessing animal spirits, causing them to unleash 120% of their power.

Not everyone knows how to use this method, but the decision of who to teach it rests with Guan Shihua. Although they are all from the same lineage, even the Gao family, one of the four major families, doesn't know this skill.

Besides, do you think I know how to summon spirits?

"Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng, say something!" Wang Ai secretly sought help from her "ally" Feng Zhenghao.

"Oh dear, Mr. Wang, it's not that I don't want to help you, but my two children have already received a great favor from Mr. He. You see, I'm caught in the middle."

Feng Zhenghao became involved with He Songling, and thus became less tolerant of Wang Ai.

Given his shrewdness, he certainly wouldn't act like a smug and arrogant villain and immediately turn around and mock Wang Ai. But it's clear that he no longer wants to do the things he previously set out to do that he's "somewhat unwilling to do" or "forced to do even if it harms the interests of the Feng family."

Wang family, do whatever you want. Spirit control is nothing! My daughter's already mastered real spatial abilities; at worst, my Feng family won't learn that skill. Your Wang family is just one of four families; how can you compare to He Songling, the lifetime honorary principal of Sany Group, CEO of All-Tongue, and the only immortal in six hundred years?

"Old Wang, don't worry." Xiao Zhan Muyou said with a smile, "My ancestors had dealings with Old He before. In my opinion, he's not an unreasonable person."

"Nonsense, him... Ugh, why should I argue with you? Heavenly Master, you have to save me!" Wang Ai turned her gaze to Zhang Zhiwei.

In this historical account, Quanxing, who attacked the mountain, was captured on the spot, Tian Jinzhong did not die, and the secret in his mind was not stolen—to be honest, it wouldn't have been a big deal if it had been stolen, He Songling had almost published those things into a book and posted them online, spreading them all over the world, while they guarded the pure innocent.

So naturally, the Celestial Master didn't descend the mountain, and Zhang Zhiwei remained firmly in his position as one of the Ten Elders.

"Oh dear, I'm not very clear-headed. I'm getting old. What are you saying, Lao Wang?" Zhang Zhiwei began to play dumb.

What a joke! When the Taoist Master held the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, you bunch of grandsons kept causing trouble for him, trying to sabotage him within the rules. If it weren't for the rule of law saving you, the Taoist Master would have beaten you all to a pulp and sent you to meet the Three Pure Ones.

Even if I let you off the hook back then, do you expect me to speak up for you now?

Dreaming.

"It's over!"

Wang Ai's face was ashen, and she looked like she was waiting to die.

However, their guess was clearly incorrect; He Songling did not attend this meeting of the Ten Elders.

Even after the meeting ended and everyone left their hotel rooms, neither He Songling nor Lu Huizhong were seen.

The topic of this meeting of the Ten Elders was nothing more than that Ru Hu was going to step down from the Ten Elders. As for who would be the new Ten Elder, that would be up to everyone to nominate or recommend themselves. Of course, Na Du Tong, as the management organization for the supernatural, would also exercise the power of supervision.

To put it bluntly, it means that whoever He Songling wants to play can play.

However, there weren't many candidates; they were mainly Chen Jinkui from the Shuzi Sect and Huang Ning'er from the Qiuzhen Society.

There are no other supernatural organizations in the country with greater power and wider influence than these two.

Needless to say, the Shuzi Sect was originally one of the Ten Elders. In the original story, its presence was very strong throughout the past hundred years. From being the first to kill its own disciple, which started the "kill all thirty-six thieves" campaign, to later besieging Gu Jiting, and then Chen Jinkui being one of the Ten Elders in the original work, forcing Wang Ye to hand over Feng Hou Qi Men, it did a lot of things, but none of them succeeded.

On the other hand, the world line storyline came to an end. After He Songling's influence was gone, Zhang Huaiyi still managed to break up the Yanwu Hall, the Natural Gate, the One Qi Stream, and the Yellow Gate. Later, the four gates were merged into one.

The influence of a combined sect is undoubtedly significant.

(End of this chapter)