Chapter 36 What a Senior Brother Should Do
Chapter 36 What a Senior Brother Should Do
After Chen Chi finished listening, his expression became very complicated, and he said, "I shouldn't have heard it wrong or wrong, right?"
"I can repeat that again."
Gu Zhuo said: "I hope you can keep the news of the dean's disappearance secret as secret as possible, at least don't let it spread out in the short term."
When he said this, his tone was calm and firm, without any hesitation.
Chen Chi didn't know what to say.
"If I remember correctly... you want the Tongsheng Pill, right?"
"Yes."
"Since you want the Tongsheng Pill, why don't you let the news get out and make everyone in Changzhou Academy panic? You should know that Changzhou Academy is actually supported by the dean. Once the news of his accident spreads, the group of old people in the academy will definitely be thrown into disarray. You can take advantage of the opportunity and force the academy to hand over the Tongsheng Pill with your reputation. No one will blame you too much because they were in the wrong in the beginning."
"That's probably it."
"Then why don't you do it?"
After listening to this question, Gu Zhuo gave his answer without thinking for too long.
"On the day I left Changzhou Academy, almost all my classmates came to see me off. I remember very clearly the last words they said to me at that time."
He looked into Chen Chi's eyes and said seriously, "What that sentence means is that no matter what happens in the future, I will always be their Senior Brother Gu."
Chen Chi sighed.
Gu Zhuo stood up and walked out of the box, saying softly, "Everyone knows that when the city gate catches fire, the fish in the pond will be affected. I don't want my junior brothers and sisters who saw me off from Changzhou Academy that day to be frightened, that's all."
Chen Chi said with emotion: "It seems that I have to help with this."
Gu Zhuo didn't even turn his head and said, "Who asked you to eat my meal?"
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After leaving Baicao Garden, Gu Zhuo naturally opened an umbrella.
This is not for sun protection, but to allow oneself to be immersed in the vast crowd and move forward silently.
Just as the official said, the whole Wangjing now has great expectations for him, and this expectation is realized through enthusiasm that is visible to the naked eye.
Enthusiasm is often synonymous with trouble.
Gu Zhuo doesn't hate trouble, but he hates endless trouble.
What's more, he was going to the Lin family to tell Lin Wanyi the news he had received today and the decision he had made previously.
Of course, the most important thing is the whereabouts of the Tongsheng Pill.
In recent days, the two disturbances in Wangjing occurred one after another, and it was all because of this elixir ranked above the ninth level.
According to the information provided by the Sky Patrol Department, the dean of Changzhou Academy has been immersed in the Guiyi Realm for many years and may be only one step away from breaking through. The Tongsheng Pill can help him take this step forward at the critical moment.
Compared with a genius who has not yet grown up, the breakthrough of the dean is undoubtedly more important, not to mention that he is about to break through to the Unity Realm.
There are three realms and seven stages. If the Cave Realm is the real beginning of the cultivation path, then the Return to One Realm in the middle is a watershed. If you take a step forward, the world is vast and the sky is wide, and you can go anywhere; if you take a step back, you will be in the world of mortals, and you can't escape the entanglement of fame and fortune. Although this sentence is extremely exaggerated, there is one thing that is true - only when a cultivator can break through to the Return to One Realm can he be qualified to enter the center of power in the empire and occupy a seat, or compete for the position of the head of a top sect like Chaotian Jianque.
If the dean can really succeed in breaking through, the current situation of Changzhou Academy will definitely be greatly improved, bringing immeasurable benefits to the elders of the academy headed by the vice-dean.
Therefore, when the elders of Changzhou Academy faced Gu Zhuo's request for the Tongsheng Pill, they refused without hesitation and left no room for euphemism.
However, the dean is in trouble now.
Whether he met with an accident or died in a foreign land, in short, Changzhou Academy is now unable to contact the dean.
The greatest reliance has lost contact, and the academy is now caught in the whirlpool of public opinion. The old people headed by the vice-president are almost despised by the entire Wangjing. The pressure in their hearts can be imagined.
In this situation, if this group of elderly people want to resolve the current crisis as quickly as possible, the most appropriate way is undoubtedly to take out the already vacant Tongsheng Dan, make a suitable transaction, and gain enough benefits for themselves.
The object of this transaction can be Gu Zhuo or someone else.
Given the importance of Tongsheng Dan, there will definitely be people in the government and the public willing to lend a hand and resolve this crisis for Changzhou Academy.
This was also the reason why Chen Chi told Gu Zhuo at the dinner table that Changzhou Academy would soon send someone to discuss Tongsheng Dan with him.
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The study room deep inside the Cheung Chau Academy.
The sun has set, and the twilight has flooded most of the room like a tide, leaving a blood-red color.
The elders, led by the vice president, finally reached a temporary consensus not long ago after nearly eight hours of fierce quarrels and mutual insults.
Then, they spent another hour roughly deciding with whom to trade the Tongsheng Pill in order to maximize the interests of everyone present.
Therefore, this extremely long meeting has come to an end and the final summary is being carried out.
"The most important thing right now is to do everything we can to keep the news of the dean's accident a secret and never let outsiders know about it."
The deputy dean's eyes were already bloodshot, and even his voice was hoarse: "Otherwise, someone will surely come and add insult to injury, and the value of the Tongsheng Pill will be reduced to one tenth of what it is."
Everyone present nodded.
At this time, a professor suddenly said, "Are you really not considering giving the Tongsheng Pill to Gu Zhuo? With his current reputation in Wangjing, as long as he is willing to stand up and represent the academy in the summer festival and get the first place in the summer festival, the situation of the academy will be much better, and we won't have to bear the stigma all day long."
The vice president glanced at this person and said coldly, "How long are you going to hold on to this idiotic idea?"
"Yes, that's right. As long as Gu Zhuo is willing to reconcile with the academy, no one in Wangjing will stare at us and scold us anymore, and the academy's reputation will be restored. But what's the point?"
The old man stood up suddenly, swept his eyes across the study, and shouted angrily: "What the academy wants now is to restore its reputation? What it wants is the future represented by Gu Zhuo? What it wants is to maintain the relationship with the dean! What it wants is the continued support from the court and the sect! Can Gu Zhuo give these things?"
The professor was quiet for a while, then asked seriously, "Then why did you put Gu Zhuo's name on the list as a trading target?"
For some reason, the vice president suddenly fell silent.
The old man raised his hand to wipe his cheek, then sat back in his chair, as if he had not said anything just now, and explained expressionlessly: "Because he wants the Tongsheng Pill."
(End of this chapter)