Fox Demon Crossing

Seeing that Dongfang Bai's face looked strange, Dongfang Guyue immediately closed his mouth and subconsciously curled the corners of his mouth.

"How dare you pout? What do you want to say? Tell me, who gave you the courage? Did you secretly find another woman outside?!"

Dongfang Guyue remained silent.

Dongfang Bai tried his best to suppress his anger and silently said to himself: "I can't lose my temper in front of the children. I have to save face for that person." Then, he forced a fake smile and turned to Jin Renfeng and Dongfang Huaizhu sisters and said, "Xiaofeng, Huaizhu and Qinlan, you go back first. I have something to discuss with your father (master)."

When he spoke the last two words, his tone involuntarily became heavier.

Jin Renfeng and the other two understood what he meant and left. Dongfang Qinlan deliberately ignored Dongfang Guyue's pleading look and took the initiative to close the door.

"Tell me, have you been looking for another woman behind my back?!"

"That's not the case, ma'am, please believe me."

"Then why don't you let me come over to accompany you?!"

"That...this..."

"Humph, look at you being so hesitant. As expected, wuwuwu..."

"Ma'am, don't cry. Listen to my explanation. Things are not what you think..."

Chapter 93: Inside the Dao League, the Tired Leader

In the following days, Dongfang Guyue, who had planned to stay one night and then return to the Dao League to work, was forced to stay there for a few more days because his wife was angry. He also promised his wife that within two years at most, he would put down the burden on his shoulders and return to Shenhuoshan Manor to continue to be the owner of his manor. As for the position of leader of the Yiqi Dao League, he planned to disperse the power in his hands and only retain the honorary title, like the leaders of previous generations. Unless there is a major event, some trivial matters can be discussed and resolved by several elders.

Since he took over as the leader, he has been holding on to every bit of power in his hands. He has great ambitions, so how could he be willing to become a puppet pushed to the stage by the aristocratic families?

Now, all decisions of the Dao League, no matter how big or small, must be approved by him. This is why Dongfang Guyue rarely returns to Shenhuoshan Villa in recent years. After all, there are no major events in the current Dao League, but it is full of trivial matters, and these trivial matters often affect the interests of various large and small families.

Therefore, Dongfang Gu Yue's actions caused many noble families in the Taoist Alliance to complain about him.

Wouldn't it be better to be the leader of the alliance, develop your own family, live in harmony, and share the wealth? You are not young anymore, why can't you understand this?

Even before, when he was the leader of Wangquan Villa, he didn't feel so troubled.

……

At the headquarters of the Ichikōdo League.

Dongfang Gu Yue sat in the office as usual, dealing with the mountains of documents on his desk.

There was a knock on the door—dong, dong, dong.

"Please come in."

Dongfang Guyue responded without even raising his head.

An old man walked in. Dongfang Guyue stopped writing and looked up at him. "Isn't this Master Zhao? What brings you here? Why are you here instead of refining pills in the alchemy department?"

Zhao Ziming chuckled, as if he didn't notice the irony in Dongfang Guyue's words, and said with a smile: "Master Alliance Leader, you are joking. I respect you absolutely. As long as you have any orders, I will go through fire and water without hesitation. But you are right just now. I do want to ask you for help with something today."

Dongfang Guyue glared at him, knowing clearly that Zhao Ziming came to him either to ask for something or to complain and pretend to be poor.

"Tell me, what's the matter this time?"

"I have a distant nephew who wants to work in the research department of our Taoist Alliance. To be honest, my nephew is quite knowledgeable about Taoism..."

Zhao Ziming was about to continue praising him, but was interrupted by Dongfang Guyue without any hesitation: "Master Zhao, it is not easy to join the research department. I wonder if your nephew has any practical research results?"

"This one……"

Zhao Ziming hesitated for a moment and replied, "Master, my nephew's grandfather was a member of the research department. I wonder if you can give him a chance..."

"Give him a chance?"

Dongfang Guyue frowned, and immediately realized that this was another person who wanted to sneak into the research department to eat and drink for free, and was about to refuse. Since he took over the Dao League, he found that more than half of its members were of bad conduct, and they relied on various relationships and bribes to keep their positions. Not only did these people make no contribution to the Dao League, but they also sucked up the resources of the Dao League. He called these guys "Dao League borers."

The research department was established to develop Taoism, and a large amount of funds were invested every year, but in recent years, there has been little effect. After he became the leader of the alliance, he personally inspected these researchers and found that more than half of them did not even understand the most basic Taoism theory, but they could still talk endlessly in front of him.

He was furious and fired all these people and banned them from being employed for life.

The teacher doesn't know how to teach...

The HR department only knows how to collect money and do things...

Many people in the finance department even falsely reported expenses and ended up embezzling money for their own benefit...

The huge Taoist Alliance is now like a tattered sieve with holes everywhere.

Dongfang Guyue opened his mouth to refuse, but suddenly changed his mind and said after a moment of silence: "Let him go to Zhao Li in the research department for assessment. If Zhao Li thinks he is qualified, I have no objection."

Zhao Ziming left the room in surprise.

Before this, he was ready to accept Dongfang Guyue's rejection, because if he accepted the money, he would at most be scolded. But he never expected that this leader who could not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes would actually agree to it, which was completely beyond his expectations.

Zhao Ziming slapped his forehead and muttered with regret, "Oops, the money I received was too little. If I had known this, I should have asked for more. No, I will blackmail him later. I spent a lot of effort and promised a lot of benefits to get the leader to agree. The extra money is not for me personally, but for the leader."

"Yes, I'll say that in a minute."

When it comes to that nephew, it’s all thanks to his eloquent mouth.

As long as you give enough money, he will be like your reborn parent.

Zhao Ziming suddenly sighed, recalling the past, he had once been in great glory and had taken over the alchemy department of the Taoist League from his father. During that time, he was making a lot of money, earning tens of millions every day, and no one in the entire Taoist League dared to mess with him.

But now, ever since the guy named Jin Renfeng from Shenhuoshan Villa developed several kinds of elixirs and launched them on the market, many of the elixirs they had were surpassed. Not only were their efficacy better than theirs, but more importantly, their prices were cheaper. He very domineeringly snatched nearly half of the market share from them.

You have to know that the profession of alchemy is a job that costs a lot of money.

Although the profits in the pill market are very high, both the cost of raw materials and the loss rate caused by refining failure have always been high, so the price of pills is generally not cheap.

Especially those pills with special effects,

The Zhaojiazhuang behind him is a family of alchemists. It is precisely because of Jin Renfeng's intervention that sales have declined sharply in recent years.

In the past, these alchemy families could contact each other privately and quietly raise the price of elixirs.

But now I can't do that.

If you dare to raise the price of elixirs, everyone will rush to the Shenhuo Danlou to buy elixirs the next day.

Not only can prices not be raised, they must be lowered instead.

They hated Jin Renfeng with all their might. If he hadn't come from Shenhuoshan Manor, if the current leader of the alliance hadn't been the owner of Shenhuoshan Manor, if Dongfang Guyue hadn't been his master, if they hadn't been unable to defeat Jin Renfeng, they would have...

Jin Renfeng did not realize that due to the low-price, high-volume sales strategy adopted by his alchemy building, the original alchemy family began to resent him.

Even if he noticed it, he probably wouldn't take it to heart.

This is just the beginning. If Jin Renfeng decides to sell the Foundation Establishment Pill to the outside world in a few years, they will be really dumbfounded.

At this moment, in Dongfang Guyue's office.

Not long after Zhao Ziming left, Yang Yifang walked in with his hands behind his back. He laughed when he saw Dongfang Guyue, "Old brother, it's rare for me to come out. I'll treat you tonight at Taibai Tower. Let's have a good drink."

Dongfang Guyue teased, "You old fellow, what excuse did you use to deceive your sister-in-law?"

"Bullshit!"

"In the Yang family, I have the final say. If you want to come out, just come out. There is no need to explain to others."

Yang Yifang said with pride: "The demon tribe has been acting strangely recently. As the leader's confidant, how can I, Yang Yifang, sit back and watch since the leader has given the order?!"

"Are there any unusual movements among the demon tribe?"

"The leader has given orders?"

Dongfang Guyue said helplessly: "Can't you find another excuse if you want to drink? I remember you used this excuse last time. Aren't you afraid of being exposed?"

Yang Yifang sat down on the stool and said with a hint of envy: "Do you think I can stay out of the house like you? As long as you don't report me, who will know what I am doing in the Dao League?"

"I drink tea every day, and my mouth is almost dry."

"Do you have any wine? Bring it to me quickly."

Dongfang Guyue helplessly threw the wine gourd on the table to him and reminded him, "Drink slowly. It's broad daylight now. Many people from your Yang family hold important positions in the Dao League. If they accidentally see you and spread the news to your sister-in-law, you, an old man, will be in trouble."

"It's okay, it's okay. I'll put all the blame on you when the time comes. What can she do to me? At most she'll complain a few words and ask me to drink less next time." Yang Yifang waved his hand nonchalantly and took a big gulp of wine.

The feeling was like a person who had been thirsty in the desert for several days drinking the first sip of water. It was so wonderful.

So the two old friends who loved drinking began to chat.

Both Dongfang Guyue and Yang Yifang liked drinking when they were young, especially drinking with friends was one of the great pleasures in life.

However, when he reached middle age and had a lovely wife at home, not only was his wallet restricted, he couldn't even drink to his heart's content.

"Uh……"

"Brother, don't you really want to try harder and try to have another son?"

"What do you mean?"

"You don't really intend to let your apprentice take over Shenhuoshan Villa in the future, do you?"

"For a family like ours, there's no reason to let our son-in-law take over."

"Haha... old man, you see, I now have both a son and a daughter. My grandson is the best among the younger generation, surpassing the arrogant Wen family's eldest master. Even my little grandson has shown amazing talent at a young age. God really helps my Yang family. You can only envy and be jealous."

Yang Yifang laughed triumphantly.

Dongfang Guyue curled her lips and said bluntly: "If I hadn't saved your son-in-law back then, your daughter would have hated you to death, not to mention your little grandson."

"By the way, my useless apprentice just defeated the kid from Wang Quan's family two days ago, and the other party was using the Wang Quan Sword. Can your grandson do it?"

"I don't think so. I heard that your grandson joined the mask organization founded by the kid from Wangquan Villa and ranked second in it. He couldn't even become the boss. It seems that your grandson's future achievements will be just like that."