destiny eternal calamity

Chapter 171 The Rights of the Holy Son

"No, I must keep my distance from this brat as a master, otherwise he will completely control me. Even if others don't know, I won't be able to get over this! Besides, my appearance is a copy of that person's, and I can't let this brat defile it."

Shang Xueyan was secretly alarmed. She helped Li Wei get dressed and then disappeared into thin air.

"Wow, Aunt Yaoyue is amazing!"

Li Wei secretly marveled at how the other person, who appeared cold on the outside but was actually warm on the inside, was now actively cooperating with his actions.

Moreover, he could sense that Yaoyue's purpose was to make him happy, and this feeling of being embraced and cared for was truly wonderful.

Especially since the other party is a cold-faced beauty who only shows a special side to him.

He walked out of the room and saw Yan Ruyu waiting for him on the first floor of Liuyun Pavilion.

"Your Highness, I have something I'd like to tell you."

Upon seeing Li Wei, she quickly stepped forward and spoke.

Knowing what was going on, Li Wei led Yan Ruyu into the reception room and used the power of heaven and earth to seal off the surroundings.

"You can speak now, Ruyu."

Yan Ruyu did not correct the other party's intimate address. Ever since she agreed to become Li Wei's subordinate, she knew that she would be bound to him for life.

Although they haven't developed any romantic feelings for each other yet, it's normal for accomplices to address each other with more intimate terms of address.

"Your Highness, my second grandfather asked me to tell you that our Yan family, along with three other families, are willing to support you, but only on the condition that you sever ties with the Holy Maiden."

"They don't care if you want to marry Junior Sister Yan. As long as you are willing to leave the Holy Maiden's sect, they will fully support you in becoming the new sect leader."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei frowned.

These guys, do they really think they're naive fools?

Do you still want to be manipulated like a puppet?

Moreover, they thought their relationship with Shang Xueyan was just a fake master-disciple relationship that they had only met for a few days.

If he were to betray Shang Xueyan, not only would Senior Sister Yan think so, but he also wouldn't be able to explain it to Aunt Yaoyue.

"Ruyu, what are you thinking?"

"I—I leave it entirely to Your Highness to decide. Whatever Your Highness chooses, I will follow you."

"Alright, write a letter to your family telling them that I, Wei Li, am not a treacherous person. Then, before the next Holy Maiden is established, you should not go down the mountain. Stay obediently in Nanshan and help me spread the word—say good things about me and spread the news that I am the Lord of Reincarnation."

Li Wei smiled and said.

He had originally wanted Yan Ruyu and Gu Meng to help him develop within the four major families, but now it seemed pointless.

These families are too worldly, valuing family interests far more than sectarian interests.

In their eyes, he, the Holy Son, was merely a tool to suppress the Demon Clan, and they even wanted to make him their puppet.

The only way to subdue these families is through sheer strength.

However, after this conference, he was officially established as the Holy Son of Kongsang and gained some authority.

The promise that Senior Sister Yan made to him—that the Holy Son could use resources without limit—was indeed true, and it was even written into the sect rules.

However, the amount of tribute that Kongsang Mountain receives from the imperial court and various affiliated families each year is limited.

The buildings on the mountain need maintenance, and the disciples' clothing and food need to be purchased.

All elders, supreme elders, hall masters, stewards, and outer sect stewards shall receive monthly offerings according to their rank.

Then, those disciples also need to spend a lot of resources to go up the mountain to practice martial arts.

As the sect leader, Shang Xueyan naturally had account books in her possession.

Today, the Kongsang Sect receives approximately four million taels of silver in tribute annually, with a surplus of less than three hundred thousand taels.

However, the sect's treasury still holds more than five million taels of silver.

Li Wei has just ascended the throne, so it's impossible for him to transfer all this silver to the system.

If he really did that, Shang Xueyan would probably arrest him.

After the conference ended yesterday, he discussed it with Shang Xueyan, and she agreed to let him transfer one million taels of silver.

Li Wei's reason was that he needed funds to purchase or even auction off high-level internal cultivation techniques with pure Yang and Vajra attributes for his own practice.

Shang Xueyan had some doubts about Li Wei's reason, but after all, he was her man, so she accepted it even if she considered the money as a maintenance fee.

She, Shang Xueyan, has worked hard for the Kongsang Sect her whole life, can't she enjoy herself and keep a man as a mistress?

Li Wei could take out the silver as a Holy Son without Shang Xueyan's consent, but he would inevitably be questioned by the elders.

With Shang Xueyan's consent, they could bypass the Elders' Council and directly order the gatekeepers to open the sect's treasury simply by relying on the credentials of the Holy Son and Holy Daughter.

This is also why those elders, and even some of the supreme elders, were unwilling for Li Wei to side with Shang Xueyan.

If the Holy Son and Holy Daughter work together, the Elders' control over the sect will be greatly weakened.

From now on, they will have to get Shang Xueyan's approval to do anything, but Shang Xueyan only needs Li Wei's approval to bypass them.

After finishing their business, Li Wei and Yan Ruyu chatted for a while, and Li Wei asked about Yan Ruyu's family situation.

She had just learned that both of her parents had died in battle, and no one in the family was willing to raise her, so she was sent up the mountain at a young age and grew up there.

Therefore, although she is a direct descendant of the Yan family, she is more inclined towards the sect.

"Your Highness, may I see your face?"

As Yan Ruyu spoke, she removed her veil.

This veil was originally a symbol of her chastity as a prospective saintess, and now that she was facing the holy son, there was no need to conceal her appearance.

Li Wei's eyes lit up. Yan Ruyu lived up to her name, with an oval face, delicate and beautiful features, and a classical beauty.

Although she is not as beautiful as Senior Sister Yan, she is still considered exceptionally beautiful.

She also has a very hot figure; overall, she can certainly be called a stunner.

Li Wei thought for a moment. Yan Ruyu had been living on the mountain for many years and didn't know who Li Wei, the young poet of the Southern Dynasty, was or what he looked like. If he revealed his appearance to her, he would at most reveal his age. So he took off his mask.

"Your Highness, you are so young!"

Yan Ruyu stared at Li Wei's handsome face, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

"My cultivation speed was too fast, so my appearance stopped at my teenage years," Li Wei explained.

He wasn't completely lying. Including the two years he spent in ancient times, his actual age is now twenty-one, but he still looks like an eighteen-year-old boy.

This is likely related to both his extremely fast cultivation speed and the fact that the longevity substances of ancient times had not yet been exhausted.

"Your Highness is so handsome, yet you cover it with a mask. Ruyu thought—"

Yan Ruyu blushed and stammered.

"You think I'm ugly? Actually, I dressed like this so that others would think I'm the Lord of Reincarnation," Li Wei emphasized again.

"Your Highness, I already mentioned this to my family yesterday. I told them that His Highness's attire resembles that of the legendary Lord of Reincarnation."

Yan Ruyu quickly replied.

She didn't ask Li Wei again whether he was the Lord of Reincarnation, because he had already told her not to ask questions and just to do what he asked.

Li Wei was very satisfied upon hearing this.

He would be much safer if he could divert the attention of the Longevity Cult and even more potential enemies from Li Wei.

After all, it's quite difficult to cause trouble for the Holy Son of Kongsang.