I Am Loaded with Passive Skills-Chapter 3281 - 1653: Young Master Before the Tingyu Pavilion, Weighing the Gains and Losses of the Five Clans_2

Chapter 3281 -1653: Young Master Before the Tingyu Pavilion, Weighing the Gains and Losses of the Five Clans_2

"Not only is he present, but he's also disgusting, and even teaches by precept and example, leading Xu Xiaoshou down such a corrupted path. Look at him!" Yue Gongli angrily pointed at the mirror.

The Xu Xiaoshou in the mirror was still challenging others to fight.

While Ai Cangsheng can neither hit anyone nor leave the sacred mountain, he has to withstand the condemnation and abuse from everyone on the sacred mountain, and there's absolutely nothing he can do about Xu Xiaoshou.

"Really quite terrible..." Ah Si murmured lightly, then turned back to his master: "What did Young Master Li obtain?"

"He casually grabbed a couple of axes, but Hallmaster Dao confiscated them. In the end, he didn't even dare to ask for them back."

"But the God-Slaying Axe, the Demon-Splitting Axe?"

"Yes."

"Those people from Qianshi Emperor Realm, none of them are good!"

"Indeed! And disgusting too!" Yue Gongli felt the same way, understanding himself only through Ah Si, "But I didn't get anything substantial, though I have come to understand quite a lot about the Ten High Nobles."

"Oh? That's another kind of gain, isn't it!"

"That's right. The Eight Gods saw two of them. It's a pity that Kui Leihan didn't succeed in entering, otherwise I could have had a clear grasp of his combat strength... Hallmaster Dao also revealed quite a lot, and Xu Xiaoshou, he indeed has matured significantly..."

Ah Si was startled upon hearing this and even forgot to massage his shoulders.

He didn't catch a word of the latter part, latching onto the details he heard earlier, surprisedly asking: "Bazhun'an entered as well?"

Yue Gongli then conjured the image of Xu Xiaoshou's belly in his mind and said with melancholy: "In an alternative way..."

"How is he?"

"Still very strong, I estimate that he's not far from that realm."

Ah Si fell silent, his thoughts a million miles away.

Before long, pondering, he asked: "With Young Master's insight, if Hua Ba were to fight again, what would the odds of victory be?"

The question was quite direct.

Yue Gongli stared at the two mirrors in front of him, slightly lost in thought as if he had been asked a difficult question.

"It's hard to say."

He did not give a definitive answer: "Fifty-fifty, I guess. It still depends on the condition, timing, location..."

After a pause, gazing at the youthful silhouette in the mirror, Yue Gongli murmured:

"And the person."

Ah Si looked into the mirror.

This time, he seriously noted Lord Shou's aura, deciding to turn and leave if he ever encountered him in the future.

Young Master Li is a descendent of a Holy Emperor with great wisdom.

His accomplishments, his future, his strategies and means... if everything develops as the family anticipates, it could allow the Cold Palace Emperor Realm to shine brightly for several hundred more years.

But people always have their anxieties and uncertainties.

Ah Si's position was extremely high; he was essentially the shadow of the family head.

After Yue Gongli became a successor of the Holy Emperor, he demanded this person from the family.

Ah Si was all too aware of the role he should play at Young Master Li's side—he had nothing left but experience.

The superfluous things — he need not think or decide upon them.

He was only there to help Young Master Li sort out his thoughts when needed, to ask the complex questions in a straightforward way, and let Young Master Li himself unravel the answers.

Ah Si remained silent for a long time, only when Young Master Li had returned to his usual self did he ask:

"Then, having returned from the Divine Relics with a whole new perspective after witnessing so much, how does Young Master Li view the development of the five great aristocratic families of the Holy Emperor?"

Yue Gongli's attention then shifted from Xu Xiaoshou in the mirror to the sky above the lake, with ripples gently spreading across it.

He pondered for a long while before speaking with clarity and structure:

"Firstly, with the Wangze Holy Emperor losing his position at the Divine Relics, the Rao Family is doomed to collapse, and although our clan should not interfere too deeply, we can leave it to Qianshi, Yunshan, and Mournful to fight it out."

"Observing the fight from a hill, watching the fire from across the river, Young Master Li's vision is admirable!" Ah Si applauded.

"Secondly, Hallmaster Dao said a few things in the ruins that served as a warning to me. If we want to control the Yunshan Ghost Sword and the Eighth Sword Deity, to create a balanced situation and avoid the disasters of internal strife, I cannot commit to the role of Holy Emperor just yet."

"To avoid being the focal point of the storm, and to act when the time comes, Young Master Li is wise!" Ah Si applauded again.

"Furthermore, with the Ten High Nobles reaching their great success, Stairway to Heaven is now closed and cannot be traveled between the two poles. The Cold Palace Emperor Realm can no longer dwell above the clouds. It must be connected to the five regions, forming alliances, and definitely cannot remain isolated."

"This..." This time, Ah Si could not applaud, hesitantly asking: "Does Young Master Li have any candidates for forming such alliances in his heart?"

"First Pavilion in the Sky, Saint Servant, or should I say, Xu Xiaoshou, Bazhun'an!" Yue Gongli declared with conviction.

"Ah? They're rebelling against us, aren't they!"

"You're wrong, they're not rebelling, they're seeking freedom and answers; we're not entirely against anyone, when necessary, cooperation is possible with anyone."

"All?" Ah Si raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, if we take a high stance, what we see is... sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight, thus for Qianshi, Yunshan, and Mournful Bei Huai, it's easy to form alliances against us; watching the fire from across the river, then the Holy Divine Palace and the Saint Servant's battle fires are likely to reach us in the Cold Palace Emperor Realm."

"What about if we take a low stance?"

"Taking a low stance presents a different scene... when necessary, the Cold Palace and Qianshi can join forces to defeat the Yunshan and Mournful Bei Huai tigers; the Cold Palace and Holy Divine Palace can then control the Saint Servant and the First Pavilion in the Sky, suppressing their flair; the Cold Palace and the Saint Servant, the First Pavilion in the Sky, can then force the three tigers of the Holy Emperor to form alliances against us, pressing Qianshi to join us."

Impressive!

Ah Si internally praised.

The successor of the Holy Emperor from the Cold Palace Emperor Realm taking a low stance?

This would be unthinkable in normal circumstances.

And where even outsiders dare not think such thoughts, Young Master Li could bow at any time. What's high is not just his insight, but also his vision.

But the doubts re-emerged, and Ah Si couldn't help but ask, "Young Master Li, why do you focus solely on Qianshi Emperor Realm?"

Yue Gongli spoke calmly, "Yunshan Hua Sword and Mournful Bei Huai are both demi-saints, each busy with their clans. Qianshi only has Hallmaster Dao left to utilize, but Hallmaster Dao... he cannot pass the Truth-seeking test, he's unlikely to be truly loyal to his clan; we can ally with him, use him, then avoid him. Afterwards, when we act against Qianshi, he'll happily share the spoils of war."

"How about allying with him, using him, and then abandoning him?" Ah Si suggested.

"It's not possible."

"Why not?"

"It's too greedy, remember he is Hallmaster Dao, if he gets nothing, it means the situation is unresolved, and what we might have eaten, we'll have to spit out, ultimately benefiting him."

Young Master Li might be seeing a serpent in a cup regarding that individual... Ah Si tactfully asked, "Is the kid from the Qianshi Family really that frightening?"

Suddenly, the conversation died.

Yue Gongli stared reflectively at the two mirrors in front of him and sighed deeply, "If you'd been to the Divine Relics, you wouldn't ask such a question..."

...

Since childhood, Yue Gongli and Hallmaster Dao played together.

During their fun times of tricking others, there were always gains, and over time, Yue Gongli also developed some cunning thoughts.

Latterly, as everyone matured, what he learned from Hallmaster Dao gradually lessened.

Eventually, he learned nothing at all.

Yue Gongli then developed a prideful belief that "I stand shoulder to shoulder with Dao," and he deeply cherished this notion.

Now, after returning from the Divine Relics, Yue Gongli quickly eradicated such mistaken beliefs, reminding himself...

If Hallmaster Dao can use time as a poison, nurturing his own arrogance, he still has countless sets of thirty years in the future to repeat the trick, and caution is necessary!

"The path has no end."

In the matter of Hallmaster Dao, Yue Gongli felt anew the profound realization that one must keep learning through life.

He had always been reluctant to admit to himself that his intelligence was "significantly" weaker than Hallmaster Dao's—the emphasis being on 'significantly'."

After this trip home, he adjusted his mindset.

If it's inferior, it's inferior.

Those unwilling to admit it end up dead or destroyed. As long as I can excel in other areas beyond him, that's enough.

For instance, I am the successor of the Holy Emperor, something he can never be, meaning I have much more at my disposal than he ever will.

Exploiting strengths against weaknesses, perhaps I can almost stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Like throwing eggs at rocks, it's nothing short of seeking one's own destruction!

"Big sister later told me the first time I played with him marked the start of my descent. " Yue Gongli mumbled as he looked into the mirror.

Ah Si also looked into the mirror: "So Lord Shou..."

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"Right, birds of a feather flock together, he's become awful too, extremely awful!" Yue Gongli looked at the reflection of Xu Xiaoshou in the mirror with a look of distaste:

"He used to have some principles, naturally, he was controllable to a certain extent."

"After returning from the Divine Relics, he completely let go, pushing boundaries to the extreme."