Chapter 635: Struggle for Power and Profit

"I didn't expect the secret realm to be so dangerous, and I didn't expect Shen Zheng to be the nemesis of this secret realm._!~;" Sheng Hailan nodded slowly, "It seems that this secret realm was prepared for Shen Zheng."

"Elder Lan, what do you mean by this?" Sheng Haiji frowned unhappily, "It's all just a coincidence."

"It's a coincidence." Sheng Hailong nodded, "But this coincidence also shows the fate of Shen Zheng and our clan. Everyone, Shen Zheng went deep into the secret realm and rescued members of our clan. Does this count as a merit?"

"Of course not!" Sheng Haiji's face turned cold, "It's a good thing to be able to rescue these people, but the purpose of his trip is to explore the secret realm. He couldn't even complete the original purpose, and only rescued these people to deal with it. What's this?"

This made Sheng Haixiong and others very dissatisfied, but they couldn't show it. They just bowed their heads and hated it secretly. [

"Who said Shen Zheng didn't explore the secret of the secret realm?" Sheng Hailong snorted, raised his hand, and the power of space surged, and the Holy Emperor's Scepter appeared in his palm. "Look, this is the secret treasure obtained from the secret realm!"

"Oh?" The five elders stood up this time and stared at the scepter.

The five people's thoughts were fully concentrated on the scepter and began to scan it. Sheng Hailongyi, the scepter slowly flew to the center of the table under the support of his space power, allowing the five people to check it.

"What a delicate scepter." Sheng Haiyuan exclaimed, "I can even feel the king's breath on it."

"Secret treasure?" Sheng Haiji was stunned, then frowned. "There is some breath, but I don't feel anything else. Where did this strange thing come from? Is it also a secret treasure? What's the use?"

The other four elders did not find anything magical about the scepter, and they all looked at Shen Zheng.

"I don't know." Shen Zheng shook his head slowly. "I only know that it is a relic of a naked insect saint emperor a long time ago."

"How do you know?" Sheng Haiji asked.

"When the scepter was found, a vague thought came into my mind." Shen Zheng began to lie.

There is no need to explain everything to them. Saying that the Naked Insect Holy Spirit and the owner of the scepter were originally source insects would only add to the criticism. This was Shen Zheng's idea.

Sheng Hailong nodded secretly, and agreed with Shen Zheng's approach in his heart. This is indeed the best choice, which can avoid many troublesome explanations.

"This is too interesting." Sheng Haiji sneered to express his doubt.

"Elder Ji, the task Shen Zheng received was just to explore the secret realm and get the secret treasure." Sheng Hailong said, "Now he has done it. As for whether the secret treasure is useful, it is none of his business. Maybe this secret treasure hides some secrets, but we can't find it yet, or maybe it has lost its function because of the long time."

"How is it possible!" Sheng Haiji snorted coldly. "That secret realm swallowed up dozens of our Star Sea Kings. Dozens of people entered, but only twelve returned. The power of the secret realm is obvious. In such a powerful secret realm, the hidden treasures in it are actually ineffective? What a joke!"

"In any case, Shen Zheng has completed his mission." Sheng Hailong said, "We should fulfill our promise and promote him to the Outer City Elder!"

"No." Sheng Haiji shook his head, "Who knows if he really went there, or if he didn't dare to go deep, and escaped after saving these people, and then found something strange to deal with us?"

"I knew you would say that." Sheng Hailong's pride was beyond words. "But Shen Zheng also made a contribution, which no one can deny!"

"Oh?" Sheng Haiji sneered, "Then tell me about it."

"Okay!" Sheng Hailong turned around and pointed at Xue Su beside Shen Zheng. "This girl Xue Su is also the king of the sea of ​​stars and Shen Zheng's maid. Now she has had an adventure in the secret realm and has inherited the secret method of the master of the secret realm. She has mastered the skills of modulating the secret realm gems and has become a gem master!" [

"What!?" All the elders were stunned. Everyone stared at Xue Su with their eyes wide open and did not leave.

"Gem master?" After a long time, Sheng Hailan was the first to recover. "Elder Long, you can't make this joke casually."

"Miss Xue Su, show them your skills." Sheng Hailong smiled and looked at Xue Su. "The secret realm is not bad, but the space gems can be refined and formed at any time. Please."

"Okay." Xue Su smiled, took a step forward, and gently raised her hand. There was a spatial force condensed in her hand, which gradually rotated and vaguely formed a transparent sphere. The power of thought also flowed out and joined in, as if to start creating the secret realm, but it did not consume as much power as when creating the secret realm.

The sphere spun faster and faster, and Xue Su's expression gradually became more focused, constantly adding thoughts and space power to it. After about ten minutes, the transparent sphere turned into a translucent sphere.

"Did you see it?" Sheng Hailong said, "Everyone here knows how to refine the power of the secret realm and make space gems. If you use our usual refining method and slowly adjust it in the body, it will take at least half a year. If you concentrate on adjusting it, it will take a month. Now Miss Xue Su has completed it in more than ten minutes, which means she has become a gem master!"

"This... This is impossible," Sheng Haiji roared, "Who knows if she is deliberately making a mystery and deceiving people here?"

"That's easy." Xue Su smiled while refining her power, "I estimate that it will take about a month to adjust such a space gem. Don't worry, just watch it slowly."

"No need." Sheng Hailan shook his head slowly. "We are all experts in refining. Although we are not as good as the gem master, we have also been immersed in this for a long time. Everyone, we should admit that this girl Xue Su is indeed a rare talent, a real gem master."

Several elders looked at Xue Su, and their eyes showed admiration and respect.

"You..." Sheng Haiji blushed and stared at everyone.

"Elder Ji." Sheng Hailong's tone was threatening. "You also know the status of the gem master. If you let our clan lose a gem master because of your own selfishness... How do you think you should explain to the head of the family?"

Sheng Haiji's face changed, and he looked at Sheng Hai Liefeng, but the other party shook his head and sent a thought: "Brother Ji, this matter is indeed too big, you can't act on impulse. If you really force her away, the head of the family may..."

He didn't say the result, but Sheng Haiji could think of it. What is a gem master? He is a rare talent in the vast empire, with a very high status. The heads of ordinary families have to be courteous to him, and even the emperor of the empire has to treat him with a smile.

Thinking of this, he dared not use force anymore, and his face was gloomy and he didn't say anything.

"Everyone, do you think that Shen Zheng is qualified to be the elder of the outer city with this great achievement?" Sheng Hailong asked without pride.

"Yes!" Everyone almost said in unison.

Hearing the four elders say this, Sheng Haixiong couldn't help but smile, and the other eleven were also happy.

"Elder Ji, what do you think?" Sheng Hailong deliberately smiled and asked Sheng Haiji.

Sheng Haiji stared at Sheng Hailong and gritted his teeth in anger. He and Shen Zheng had no hatred, and there was no need for him to oppose Shen Zheng. He just had a grudge with Sheng Hailong. Sheng Hailong ranked third among the elders, while Sheng Hailan, who ranked second, did not like fighting and mostly let other elders make decisions. Therefore, only Sheng Hailong often argued with Sheng Haiji, which made Sheng Haiji displeased and always wanted to suppress Sheng Hailong at the elders' meeting.

And this time, Sheng Hailong was so active in promoting Shen Zheng that Sheng Haiji thought that Shen Zheng was Sheng Hailong's confidant, so he had to suppress Shen Zheng no matter what, so as to use this to attack Sheng Hailong.

He didn't want to attack, but now he had created a strong enemy for himself. [

He gritted his teeth in hatred.

"I have no objection." He said angrily, "But now there are enough elders in the outer city, and there are no vacancies. How do you plan to arrange Shen Zheng?"

"That's easy." Sheng Hailong immediately took over the conversation, "The elder of Shucheng, Sheng Haiyun, is a candidate of Elder Shen Zheng. I think he must be willing to guard the same city with Elder Shen Zheng. When the head of the family returns in the future, I will report to the head of the family and build another city for Elder Shen Zheng."

"Build another city?" Sheng Haiji couldn't help but continue to oppose Sheng Hailong. "Only let Shen Zheng live alone?"

"Elders." Sheng Haixiong took a step forward and bowed deeply. "If it weren't for Elder Shen Zheng's request, the twelve of us would have died in the water secret realm long ago. Elder Shen Zheng saved our lives, and we want to repay him. We have been trapped in the secret realm for so long, and I think someone has replaced the original position. So we would like to ask the elders to allow us to follow Elder Shen Zheng."

"Okay." Sheng Hailong nodded immediately. "Otherwise you really have nowhere to go. What do you think?"

"I agree with the so-called matter." Sheng Haixing nodded. Sheng Haiyuan also nodded: "Yes, Lord Xiong can just be the Lord of Elder Shen Zheng's new city."

"I agree too." Sheng Hailan also nodded.

"Whatever." Sheng Haiji waved his hand angrily, but just as he expressed his full agreement, he saw Sheng Hai Liefeng's eyes of disappointment.

"What's wrong?" He couldn't help but ask with his mind.

"Brother Ji, you are wrong!" Sheng Hai Liefeng responded with his mind, quite blaming. "You shouldn't have stopped Shen Zheng from promoting the elder this time, and it gave Sheng Hailong an excuse to mock you; but you should have stopped this matter! Dozens of people went this time, and only these twelve people were left. What does it mean? It means that they are the elite among the elites! Such elites were given to Sheng Hailong and others for nothing, isn't it a pity?"

"Oops!" Sheng Haiji cried out in his heart, but he had already expressed his position, and it was too late to think about it. Sheng Hai Lie Feng sighed secretly, but could only nod in agreement on the surface.

Sheng Hai Xiong and others were all delighted, and immediately bowed to Shen Zheng: "Elder Shen Zheng, from now on we will follow the elder and never have second thoughts!"

Sheng Hai was so angry that his face turned green.

Shen Zheng nodded and smiled, but he was not interested in it.

This kind of power struggle among big forces is not suitable for me. What I need is a free sky, a world full of human touch that belongs to me and my partners.

"Everyone, I have an unwelcome request." He looked at everyone and spoke slowly.