The Great Seminary

Chapter 343 Trading
Sun Chonghe and Zhang Gui had an extremely ordinary relationship; they had barely exchanged a few words.

But strangely, the relationship between the two is quite complicated, and we'll only discuss the two most difficult to understand.

Sun Chonghe's grandfather, Mr. Huaihe, was, in Zhang Gui's eyes, the greatest traitor of the dying Ming-Song Dynasty.

At the same time, he was also the culprit behind the madness of Zhang Jiujiang, his only close friend in his life.

Although it was only an indirect indirect act, it still made Zhang Gui quite resentful.

The problem is that the reason why Mr. Huaihe went to Yuanshan Kingdom to defect to the enemy was that Zhang Gui sent his army of stone corpse warriors to pretend to be disaster victims and plunder young men.

Among the hundreds of cities conquered was Chengping County, Yuanfu Prefecture, Xiyue, the hometown of Mr. Huaihe's first wife.

As a result of the war, entire families perished, with no one escaping.

In other words, Sun Chonghe's own grandmother was indirectly killed by Zhang Gui.

Sun Chonghe was unaware that Zhang Gui was the true Dragon King.

However, the fact that the so-called "disaster relief army" that previously plagued the northern borders of the Ming and Song dynasties was actually mostly the real dragon army in disguise has now been fully exposed.

Unless Sun Chonghe is an idiot, he would be able to guess that his grandmother's family was probably destroyed by the True Dragon Kingdom.

Everyone knows that Zhang Gui has colluded with the True Dragon Kingdom, so how could she not be angry at all?

As for the others, Sun Chonghe secretly harbored a forbidden love for his cousin-in-law Zhang Jiuqing, who was also Zhang Gui's distant cousin. The two were once known as the "Two Heroes of the Zhang Family of Pingyang".
Sun Chonghe's closest confidante, Zhen Shijing from the Zhen family of Jinling Flower Fish, and his brother-in-law Zhang Gui, who also has some secret thoughts about him, are among many other miscellaneous relationships.

Therefore, it is understandable that Sun Chonghe, upon unexpectedly meeting Zhang Gui again in a foreign land, would be overwhelmed with mixed feelings and unable to speak tactfully.

Two years ago, when Zhang Gui went to the "Xianhe Study" in Yuanshan Dalangdu to pick up his best friend to return to his hometown, he happened to meet Sun Chonghe, who had mastered the "Sword Seed".

I was deeply impressed by her sword pellet, "Crane's Whisper," which she had honed for ten years to create, its frosty blade revealed before the emperor.

I never knew where Sun Chonghe learned such superb swordsmanship and obtained such an excellent sword.

As a result, after arriving in the underground world, on his first day of settling in Poyuan City, while riding on Lao Xu's flying boat to take over Liye Village, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of 'Crane Whispering Thousand Hairs' soaring into the sky.

He immediately understood that Sun Chonghe's sect was actually based in the underground world, and they just happened to be involved with him.

Therefore, unlike Sun Chonghe, Zhang Gui had already prepared for the two to reunite in the underground world.

But I didn't expect to meet so early, and so abruptly.

After a heated exchange, one aggressive and the other polite, the two stared at each other in silence.

A handsome young Taoist priest, dressed in a crane-feather cloak and exuding a dashing air, who had accompanied Sun Chonghe, seized the opportunity and asked with a smile before speaking:

"Junior Sister Chonghe, is this gentleman an old friend of yours from the mortal realm?"

“Exactly.” Sun Chonghe pondered for a moment, then nodded.
"Senior Brother Chu, I'm sorry. I had some entanglements with him in the past, and today's reunion is a good opportunity to clear things up."

"It's alright, it's not noon yet. You go and talk to him yourself, we'll wait a bit."

Senior Brother Chu spoke in a grand and resonant voice.

"I am ashamed," Sun Chonghe said, bowing slightly. Then he turned to Zhang Gui and said:
“Ceyang Longhu, no, today I should address you as ‘Your Highness’.”

"Let's go, let's talk."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Gui looked puzzled and asked:
"Noble Lady Sun, is it really necessary for us to talk in a private place?"

But when he handed over the 'word,' he looked around and saw that even the only person he knew, Wu Quezi, looked strange and didn't say anything.

In the end, he could only mutter "bad luck" and leave the restaurant with Sun Chonghe, wandering aimlessly back onto the street.

The two walked side by side across the street, when Sun Chonghe suddenly asked:

"Last time at the Great Wolf Capital Wharf, in order to avenge the Shi Jing sisters, I used a telekinetic technique to kill dozens of poor disciples from 'Xianhe Academy'."

"You were the one who almost got me 'torn apart by invisible chariots,' weren't you?" Zhang Gui was taken aback, because he didn't know if the Zhen sisters had revealed the truth to Sun Chonghe, their close friend, so he didn't dare to lie through his teeth.

He tried his best to earnestly fabricate a story: "It's my lack of skill that caused you to be implicated, but it was definitely not intentional."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have dispersed their 'magic power' as soon as they saw something was wrong from afar.

As for those I killed, they all deserved it.

Miss Okuriku, you also come from a prestigious family…”

"Alright, that's enough. Just admit that you did it."

Sun Chonghe waved his hand, interrupting Zhang Gui.
"Since last time you easily dismembered at least ten cultivators from a distance of more than a hundred feet."

"Then ten times that number of the hundred demon races should be able to do it too, right?"

Zhang Gui was taken aback by these words, opened his mouth, looked at Sun Chonghe, and asked in return:

"Noble Lady Sun, how did these ten human cultivators and over a hundred earth demons of unknown race 'also' manage to do this?"

"I was just making a casual comparison; the important thing is that you can do it, right?"

"Of course not, Miss, please don't joke."

Zhang Gui shook his head vigorously, denying it outright.

“It will be good for you,” Sun Chonghe interrupted Zhang Gui’s excuses.

"It's not a matter of whether it's beneficial or not, but rather that I lack the supernatural abilities."

"With your ability to be a god one minute and a ghost the next, it's impossible that you sneaked into the underground world just to find a 'way out'."

They should probably explore the underground caves to see what opportunities there are. Don't deny it, many young people in the world whose futures are blocked by a "great chasm" think the same way.

You can't be the only exception.

But if you recklessly go down into the underground cave, and get lost, even the most skilled god can't save you.

Only by learning the magic of pointing directions can one be guaranteed safety.

However, although there are many such techniques, the truly foolproof "top-grade" ones are few and far between, and few have been passed down.

One of them is the 'compass technique' passed down in my family.

Are you interested?

Before descending into the underground cave, many preparations must be made, one of which is to first learn a spell to determine directions.

Zhang Gui had already learned this common knowledge long ago.

Furthermore, it is known that such spells are extremely common in the underground world and are readily available everywhere.

If you want to learn, ordinary gold costs ten taels, and even good gold costs no more than a hundred taels.

Furthermore, the difference between good and bad spells of this type is extremely small, and the premium for level is practically negative.

Even so, the techniques that include the words "transmitting the ancient" are still rare and hard to come by.

Zhang Gui pondered for a moment, then his tone changed abruptly, and he spoke calmly:

"If you say that, it must be because you need my help for something, and you feel like you're trying to get me to do something for you."

"Let's stop beating around the bush. Teach me the spell first, and if I succeed, I'll help you."

(End of this chapter)