He rose to his feet, his pure white eyes fixed directly on Gu Yue before him.
"I accept this cooperation."
"Tell me what you need me to do."
Gu Yue said softly,
"It's simple. Arrange an identity for me. I need to use it to enter the Spirit Pagoda, preferably straight into its core."
Leng Hanyuan said nothing, merely glancing at Leng Yaozhu beside him.
Leng Yaozhu frowned.
"Getting into the Spirit Pagoda won't be a problem, but entering directly into its core positions may be difficult..."
The Spirit Pagoda was no longer solely controlled by the Phoenix Family.
Aside from the Qiangu Family, there were many old-established families within the Spirit Pagoda.
It would not be difficult for the Phoenix Family to arrange for Gu Yue to enter.
But placing someone of unknown origins directly into the Spirit Pagoda's core ranks out of nowhere was clearly not so simple.
Neither the Qiangu Family nor the other Spirit Pagoda families had any reason to sit idly by.
After all, everyone followed the principle of starting from the bottom.
They could use their family influence to speed things up, but they absolutely could not simply drop someone into the core ranks.
Otherwise, the entire Spirit Pagoda would fall into chaos.
One family could casually place someone in the core ranks, then another family could casually place someone else there.
How chaotic would the Spirit Pagoda's core become then?
Even Qiangu Zhangting, the young patriarch of the Qiangu Family, had begun as an ordinary Spirit Pagoda employee, relying on the Qiangu Family's connections to gradually accumulate merit and earn promotions.
"At most, we can arrange a suitable identity for you to enter the Spirit Pagoda and use the family's connections to help you rise through the ranks as quickly as possible."
"But entering the core directly is probably impossible."
"That's fine." Gu Yue did not say much more.
She could tell that Leng Yaozhu was not deliberately making excuses.
She truly could not do it.
That was fine as well.
It would merely take a little more time.
Gu Yue was confident that, with her abilities, even after taking human form, she could swiftly rise through the ranks in a short time with the Phoenix Family's support.
As for that tiny bit of extra time,
Gu Yue did not care.
She had waited for so many years already. A little longer made no difference.
"Then I'll publicly announce that you are my student."
Leng Hanyuan said.
It was most suitable for him to be Gu Yue's teacher in name.
After all, Gu Yue's identity could not withstand close scrutiny.
Even if the Phoenix Family used its influence to fabricate some false identity records, a thorough investigation would certainly uncover a few suspicious details.
But if she became Leng Hanyuan's student, the problem would not be significant.
After all, this Phoenix Family ancestor who had lived for ten thousand years was the biggest anomaly himself.
Even if someone like Gu Yue, whose origins were unknown, appeared beside him, everyone's attention would be focused on him rather than on Gu Yue's identity.
Di Tian frowned.
He seemed somewhat dissatisfied with this arrangement.
How could the great Lord become a human's student?
Even if it was only in name.
He wanted to say something, but Gu Yue directly raised a hand to stop him.
"Fine."
Gu Yue agreed readily.
In her view, this was not worth mentioning at all.
Before the Soul Beast Clan's grand plan for the future, what did it matter if she gained the title of a human teacher's student?
The victor became king, and the loser became a bandit.
As long as they could achieve their goal in the end, none of this mattered!
Leng Hanyuan was not surprised by Gu Yue's reaction.
After all, in the original story, she had been willing to take Leng Yaozhu as her teacher. Naturally, she had no reason to refuse this arrangement.
"Then may our cooperation be pleasant."
Leng Hanyuan extended his hand.
Gu Yue likewise extended her fair little hand, soft and boneless, and lightly clasped his.
The cooperation was sealed.
Leng Hanyuan had someone take Gu Yue away to arrange a room for her within the family, while also registering her employment identity information.
After Gu Yue and the others left, Leng Yaozhu finally could not suppress the curiosity in her heart and asked,
"Ancestor, is it really all right to cooperate with the Soul Beast Clan?"
It was perfectly normal for Leng Yaozhu to be worried.
After all, the other side was not just anyone, but the Soul Beast Clan.
Those not of our kind are sure to have different hearts.
Moreover, judging from the conversation between Leng Hanyuan and Gu Yue, the girl named Gu Yue had once been a god-level powerhouse.
"It's fine. I know what I'm doing."
Leng Hanyuan waved a hand, signaling that she need not worry.
Knowing the plot, Leng Hanyuan understood that Gu Yue had concealed many specific details.
For example, why she insisted on entering the Spirit Pagoda.
And how she intended to revive the Soul Beast Clan through the Spirit Pagoda.
Gu Yue believed that no one knew of her plans.
When the time came, she would only need to invent a pretext and use it as cover to secretly carry out a few measures, and she would be able to complete everything smoothly.
But she did not know that Leng Hanyuan had long since seen through all her intentions.
Creating ten-thousand-year soul spirits, creating the Ten Thousand Beast Platform, then using the Dragon God Heart obtained from the dragon bones later on to implant spiritual seeds.
Through this method, she would control the soul masters who absorbed those ten-thousand-year soul spirits and those who had received enhancements within the Ten Thousand Beast Platform.
In this way, she intended to overturn the human world.
It was a very good plan.
But from the very beginning, it had held no secrets before Leng Hanyuan.
He had also prepared countermeasures in his heart.
As a human, Leng Hanyuan naturally could not watch helplessly as Gu Yue truly overturned the entire human world.
Obtaining the Dragon God Heart would still take time, so there was no need to concern himself with it for now.
When Gu Yue was truly ready to put her plan into action, he would naturally intervene.
Since Gu Yue had concealed these matters, it was only fair for him to make a few moves of his own, wasn't it?
However, Leng Hanyuan had plans of his own as well.
Since he had agreed to cooperate, he would fulfill his promise.
Helping the Soul Beast Clan overthrow the entire human world was impossible.
But for the sake of their cooperation and the Two Emperors of Ice and Snow, Leng Hanyuan would not mind finding a pure land for the Soul Beast Clan to live in after he obtained what he wanted.
Gu Yue had still underestimated him.
The reason she offered to help Leng Hanyuan become a god was merely because she believed that even if he became a true god, he could not threaten her, a former half-step God King.
But...
After plotting for so many years, how could Leng Hanyuan's goal possibly be a simple godhood free from God King Tang's restrictions?
The immense energy of the Abyss Plane, using Gu Yue to comprehend the divine rank of the Dragon God Heart, which belonged to a Supreme God...
Leng Hanyuan was confident.
When he combined all of this and truly broke through into the divine realm,
His divine rank...
Would be at least that of a God King!
When that time came, what the Silver Dragon King Gu Yue wished to do would no longer be up to her.
"I understand, Ancestor."
Feeling the absolute confidence revealed in Leng Hanyuan's words, the last of Leng Yaozhu's worries completely faded away.
Although he had never told her what exactly he was relying on, Leng Yaozhu trusted him for no particular reason.
Perhaps this was the instinctive trust that juniors had in their elders.
Why was she thinking so much?
If the sky fell, her ancestor would hold it up.
Having figured it out, Leng Yaozhu felt incomparably relaxed.
It felt as though she had returned to the carefree days before she took over as the Phoenix Family's patriarch.
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