Chapter 1 The Wedge Seeking Collection

  "Your Excellency! Your Excellency! The declaration of war has been drafted, please review it!" Pu Tianyi burst in with a look of excitement on his face, holding a golden-edged document that shone brightly, its weight substantial in his hand. On the front of the document, the two characters "War Declaration" stood out prominently, written in bold, gold-plated letters that seemed to be made of pure red gold.

  Wang Yu looked at the letter in front of him with great satisfaction, saying: "Not bad, not bad, very dignified. However, why is there no writing on this letter?" Wang Yu was very satisfied with the "war book" in front of him, but when he opened the letter, he didn't see any words, and looked at Pu Tianyi with suspicion.

  "This character must have been written by the master himself, how dare I touch it?" Pu Tianyi said with some trepidation.

  Listening to Tianyi say that he is a slave, Wang Yu's eyebrows furrowed, "Tianyi, no need to be polite. Since you are now under my command, I will not mistreat you. From now on, don't consider yourself a slave anymore. Also, from now on, call me Boss! You are my brother! Do you understand?"

  Pu Tianyi was excited beyond words, his whole body trembling, "Yes, yes, yes! Lord... Master! No, Big Brother!" Pu Tianyi's excitement came from the bottom of his heart. Since he had surrendered his lifeblood, he had resigned himself to his fate. But Wang Yu hadn't treated him as a slave at all; on the contrary, almost no one had ordered him around, and they had treated him with courtesy. Now, to be addressed as brothers - what an enormous honor! Who among those who had once been someone else's slaves had ever received such treatment?

  "From now on, I, Pu Tianyi, will only obey your orders, Elder Wang. I will be loyal to you and work tirelessly for you like a horse or dog!" Pu Tianyi knelt down and swore loudly to Wang Yu.

  "Haha! Good! Good! Good! Tianyi, from now on you will definitely be proud of today's choice! Alright, go get the pen and ink, I'll write him a declaration of war!" Wang Yu saw Pu Tianyi become hot-blooded and kneel down to make an oath because of his one sentence "You are my brother". He felt somewhat surprised in his heart. This person from another realm is quite interesting, although a bit uncivilized.

  Pu Tian meant to prepare the pen and ink for Wang Yu, who was also not polite. He picked up the brush, dipped it in the inkstone several times, and after the ink was evenly distributed, he left his mark on the "War Book".

  "Wolf-toothed old thief, the evil wolf has been beheaded. Today I write to challenge you to a battle. Do you dare? If you're afraid of death, you can refuse. Tomorrow, I'll come knocking on your door and take the head of the person above you. You'd better clean up and wait for me to slaughter! Haha!" Wang Yu wrote down 66 characters with ease, each one powerful and full of energy, a true masterpiece of calligraphy that would be considered top-notch even in this day and age.

  "Hurry up and send someone to deliver the letter." Wang Yu waved his hand, and the war letter steadily fell into Pu Tianyi's hands.

  Pu Tian Yi accepted the battle notice and was excitedly wanting to go post it, but Wang Yu stopped him.

  "It's fate, you don't have to deliver the invitation personally, just ask a servant to go. I also have something else for you to take care of."

  "Yes, I'll be right there." Pu Tianyi walked out of the quiet room, called over a few people, and seriously instructed them several times, repeatedly emphasizing that the battle plan must not go wrong. He then patted two more people to follow him as he left.

  All of this fell into Wang Yu's eyes, and Wang Yu nodded unconsciously, thinking: Management ability is not bad, can be cultivated. Come back another day to teach him the way of cultivation, if possible, it's worth spending a little more effort to build him up.

  "Alright, boss, it's done. What else can I help you with?" Pu Tian's usual gloominess lifted for a moment.

  "This matter is important. I'm in urgent need of a batch of spirit stones, the higher quality the better." Wang Yu said seriously to Pu Tianyi.

  "Ling stone? What thing?" Pu Tianyi's eyes widened in curiosity.

  "Hmm... Spirit Stone... it's what you call an Elemental Crystal."

  "Oh, elemental crystals! This stuff is hard to deal with, ordinary people can't even use it. Only mages use it, warriors don't really use it either. But my family has a bit of stockpiled elemental crystals. However..." Pu Tianyi let out a sigh of relief when he heard it was elemental crystals, but as soon as they were mentioned, Pu Tianyi's expression turned difficult.

  "It doesn't matter what you say."

  "Ever since you left Langya City, my status in the family has been declining day by day. Now it's almost just a nominal title, with no real power at all. Not to mention getting that precious Elemental Crystal from the treasury." Pu Tianyi couldn't help but feel depressed and downcast whenever he mentioned this matter.

  "Hmph! What a big nerve you have. The promise I made will be fulfilled, and this Pu family will be yours, as well as Langyaburg!" Wang Yu said coldly.

  Hearing Wang Yu's promise, Pu Tianyi perked up again, "Boss, you rest, I'll go arrange your schedule."

  "Uh-huh."

  ……

  Three days passed in a flash, and Wang Yu took Pu Tianyi out of the city to a place called Ten Mile Pavilion not far from the city. This place was desolate and uninhabited, with hills of varying heights everywhere. When Wang Yu and Pu Tianyi arrived, they found that there were already a group of people waiting in a mountain valley. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that they were not members of the Wolf Tooth Gang, so who could they be?

  "This must be Wang San Gongzi, indeed extraordinary and majestic, his whole body exuding an aura that makes people tremble. The humble leader of the Langya Gang, Lei Hu, begs your pardon, Third Master." Lei Hu gave a sarcastic bow to Wang Yu.

  If it were an ordinary young master who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, Lei Hu's words might have made them ecstatic and delighted beyond measure. However, Wang Yu responded with a cold gaze, without any reaction.

  "Hehe, heh..."

  "Hmph! You, with the surname Lei, don't try to deceive me. I'm giving you two options: one, surrender to me and offer your precious blood; or two, stubbornly resist and die a dead end! You have ten breaths to make your decision!"

  "Hey kid, don't think I'm easy to bully! Master, aren't you going to do something?!" Leihu shouted loudly towards the hill behind him.

  A dark figure fell beside Lei Hu's side, "Master, quickly take action and kill him!"

  "Huh? Did I agree to kill him? It seems like I only said I'd help you restrain him?" The man in black said indifferently.

  Wang Yu was taken aback by the cultivator who appeared beside Lei Hu, and then heard their conversation, couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Hahaha!"

  "What's so funny?" the man in black asked strangely.

  "I laugh at your foolishness! A dignified cultivator like yourself, yet you're being controlled by a mere mortal's trickery. What kind of dignity is this?" Wang Yu coldly snorted.

  "Practitioner of Immortal Cultivation? Did I hear that wrong? Isn't it Practitioner of Immortal Ascension?" The black-robed man's heart was filled with disdain.

  "Are you a fellow practitioner? Which sect are you from?"

  "No sect, no school, just a lone cultivator?" Wang Yu said with some pride and a hint of sadness. "Which sect or school are you from, fellow Daoist?"

  "Hehe, Xiaofu is more strict than Zhongyan."

  "Oh, Shifu Xiong of the Fu Zhou Sect! I'm not good at seeing through people's cultivation levels, Brother. Could you please enlighten me?" Wang Yu asked with some curiosity.

  "It's nothing much for Brother to reach the peak of Qi refinement. But looking at younger brother's seven-layered Qi refinement, and being a lone cultivator, it's truly not easy."

  "It's nothing, nothing, I just got lucky, that's all..."