Chapter 110 The Critical Moment

I still remember that a long time ago, Qi Xuansu had just come to Yujing and followed Sun Yongfeng's path.

At that time, Sun Yongfeng said: "What can a headless fly do if it bumps around everywhere? There must be a key person who can say the key words for you at the critical moment."

This "speaking" may not necessarily be good words, it can also be bad words.

In other words, whether it is to help others succeed or to ruin others' things, you must say the key words at the critical moment.

What Li Minghuang did can be big or small. If you talk about it now, it is likely that you will be punished by drinking three cups. However, if you wait until the critical moment of Li Minghuang's promotion to talk about it, it will play a role in turning the tide. .

Why did Qi Xuansu get promoted so quickly? In addition to having someone above him and making new achievements, another reason is that Qi Xuansu does not let others get hold of his handle, is not greedy for money, and is not lustful.

You can't talk about Qi Xuansu's mansion in Taishangfang. Li Changge's mansion is just across the street. Li Changge did it too. If Qi Xuansu is not happy, no one else will be happy. Why can you buy houses and properties in Taishangfang, but Qi Xuansu can't? So this one can't be brought up.

After Li Minghuang entered the stage of creation, it was rumored that he would send a chief deputy palace master to the outside, almost at the same time as Qi Xuansu, that is, Qi Xuansu was promoted to the chief deputy hall master of Beichen Hall, and Li Minghuang took over Li Changge's chief deputy palace master of Dijing Daofu.

If Qi Xuansu didn't move, then Li Changge and Li Minghuang who followed behind couldn't move either. This is how can we make progress if Qi Zhenren doesn't make progress?

The reason why Li Minghuang was one step slower than Lei Xiaohuan was mainly because of luck. Jiangnan Daofu reshuffled, and the three families occupied one position each. The position of Taiping Dao was occupied by Li Tianlan, and the position of Quanzhen Dao was vacant. Lei Xiaohuan took the position, and Li Minghuang could only continue to wait.

In addition, Lei Xiaohuan is a female Taoist priest. According to the principle of placing vases in the Taoist sect, oh no, according to the principle of equality in the Taoist sect, a certain number of female Taoist priests must be guaranteed, so female Taoist priests have certain advantages in promotion.

But this advantage is limited to those below the level of Canzhi Zhenren. Above Canzhi Zhenren, this is not the case. Each position is very important and depends on ability. Therefore, the number of women in the ranks of Canzhi Zhenren, Pingzhang Da Zhenren, and Deputy Zhangjiao Da Zhenren has decreased sharply, and it can even be said that they are few and far between. The two super-quality Taoist priests above, the Dazhangjiao and the Daxuan Emperor, have never been held by women. It is no wonder that many female Taoist priests have high hopes for Zhang Yuelu.

However, it seems that no matter how the female Taoist priests shout for equality, the male Taoist priests are still strong. Whether it is the seventh generation Donghua Zhenren vs. Qingwei Zhenren, or the eighth generation Qi Xuansu vs. Li Changge, they are all male Taoist priests.

Therefore, there are also many male Taoists complaining that the top male Taoists raise the banner of equality by sacrificing the rights and interests of the bottom male Taoists, but the price is paid by the bottom male Taoists, and the good reputation of equality belongs to the top male Taoists. Female Taoists envy the strong and bully the weak. Not only do they dare not criticize the top male Taoists who do not give up any benefits, but they fight the bottom male Taoists.

In summary, male Taoists have a high upper limit and a low lower limit, while female Taoists have a low upper limit and a high lower limit.

In addition to this gender factor, there is a moral issue.

Lei Xiaohuan has no moral problems, unless you insist that Lei Xiaohuan is tall and bullying Pei Xiaolou is wrong, but the Taoist sect likes to promote this model of strong women and weak men, and regards fearing his wife as love and being controlled by his wife as honor.

Because of this style, people in the Taoist sect have been laughed at by people in the Daxuan court. They say that the male Taoists in the Taoist sect are not like men, and they are all gentle and delicate, and the female Taoists in the Taoist sect are not like women, and they are all fierce.

On the other hand, Li Minghuang has been involved in a lot of bad things. The reason why the things about Gu Ying and Zhou Xiaosong were exposed is because Li Tianlan and Lu Yujue are not ordinary people, but also people with status and position. But if the victim has no background, then the matter may be suppressed and not cause any waves. On the surface, Li Minghuang just hooked up with two women, but in fact, there are countless similar things. With so many small braids for people to catch, it will definitely have an impact.

Qi Xuansu's intention is very clear. The things about Gu Ying and Zhou Xiaosong are nothing if they are taken out separately. At most, they are fined three cups of wine. But if they are thrown out together and made a big fuss when discussing Li Minghuang's appointment, then Li Minghuang's appointment will not be passed. If Taiping Dao wants to force Li Minghuang to take the position, it must collude with Zhengyi Dao and Quanzhen Dao and give up its interests. If it is unwilling to give up its interests, Li Minghuang will have to take one step at a time.

Even if Taipingdao finally chooses to force Li Minghuang to take the position, it will definitely punish Li Minghuang internally afterwards. This is not as simple as three glasses of wine as a punishment. It will definitely make Li Minghuang remember it, otherwise the resources of Taipingdao cannot withstand such waste. You play with women and let Taipingdao pay for it. There is no such reason.

For someone like Li Minghuang who is ambitious, this is unacceptable.

So Qi Xuansu has to appease Lu Yujue and not make trouble now. He must say the key words for Li Minghuang at the critical moment, so that Li Minghuang can be uncomfortable and retaliate against Li Minghuang.

In short, killing Li Minghuang is not a one-time thing. First interrupt his upward momentum, and then take it step by step. After all, Li Minghuang is not a direct descendant of the Li family, and the patience of the Li family is not infinite. In the matter of Li Tianlan, they have already saved him once with resentment. This time, what about the next time? When the patience of the Li family is exhausted and he is regarded as a discarded child, then Li Minghuang's good days will come.

By then, who else could Li Minghuang turn to? Zhengyi Dao would definitely not work, leaving Quanzhen Dao alone, but Quanzhen Dao had to consider the attitude of its ally Zhengyi Dao. Qi Xuansu could defeat Li Minghuang by just saying a word to Donghua Zhenren.

As long as he lost his identity as a Taoist priest, what would his cultivation level at the stage of creation look like? Did he really think Zhang Jucheng was a vegetarian? Even if Zhang Jucheng was not convenient to do it himself, Ziguang Society could take him down.

Good fortune and bad luck come from nowhere, but only from people themselves.

For Qi Xuansu now, Li Minghuang's affairs were just an episode. He had too many things to consider, including the intelligence system of the northern continent, the blood sacrifice and the insect people, the marriage, the layout of the southern continent, the promotion to the Zhenren of the Advisory Committee, the impact on the pseudo-immortal, and the fatal Zhou Mengyao, who was hiding somewhere and would jump out and catch him off guard at any time.

As the stall grew bigger and bigger, the available manpower could not keep up.

Xu Zu said it well. When talents are gradually exhausted and it is difficult to cope with, the situation becomes complicated.

So Qi Xuansu has to start training and using some trusted and direct descendants. Cheng Lixue is one of them. Liu Hu needs to continue to train. Xiao Yin is also unreliable. It's okay to ask her to beat someone, but if she really wants to handle official business and solve problems, she will be at a loss. It's better to continue studying.

Wu Niang is a very suitable candidate, but she is busy now.

Qi Xuansu uses Tan Taiying very easily, but it's a pity that she can't be taken to the Central Plains. She is the eldest lady of the Tan Tai family. She will work with Huangfu Ji to manage the West Dao Gate in the future. Huangfu Xi is not bad, but he will not go to the Central Plains either.

Speaking of Tan Taiying and Huangfu Xi, Qi Xuansu did not look up to them just because they are his own people. They are indeed capable. Qi Xuansu asked them to discuss a plan. The two quickly drew up a plan and submitted it to Qi Xuansu. It was well-organized. They held a meeting again, discussed and passed it, and officially issued it for implementation.

The Moon Temple will also cooperate. Wutu represents the Moon Temple.

The temple area has been renovated. Last time, Wu Niang fought against the incarnation of Kukulkan and collapsed the Sun Temple. It was originally to be repaired, but now that Kukulkan is dead, the corresponding repair work has been stopped and it is ready to be torn down and rebuilt into a Taoist temple.

A corner of the Moon Temple was also collapsed and is being repaired. However, the temple of Chakchel now belongs to Ishichel, so many priests of the Moon Temple are now in the Chakchel Temple.

The tiger claw old woman statue in the temple has been torn down and turned into the Queen of the Moon. Compared with the past Moon Girl, the Queen of the Moon looks more mature, her clothes and makeup are more Central Plains, and she is also covered with a layer of black gauze covering her whole body, from head to toe, like a cloak, symbolizing the power of the night.

The entire temple is filled with a faint moonlight.

The high priest of the Moon Temple walked in it, and the priests stopped to salute.

The high priest smiled warmly and responded to the greetings and compliments of his subordinates.

With the accession of the Moon Queen, the Moon priestesses also changed their clothes, becoming more Central Plains-style, no longer exposing their limbs, but wearing wide robes with large sleeves and fluttering sleeves, even slightly similar to female Taoist priests.

In the depths of the temple, there is a small prayer room, where a woman in ordinary priestly clothes is praying to a statue of Ishichel that is more than a foot tall.

The statue is filled with moonlight, and divine power is flowing, constantly responding to the woman's prayers.

This woman is Queen Unuratu, who was deposed by Qi Xuansu, but Ishichel saved her and placed her in the Moon Temple.

Unuratu already knew about Kukulkan's fall, and could only lament her bad luck. She was expected to become the empress of Tawantin, but now Huangfu Xi has taken advantage of her. However, in order to compensate her, Ishichel promised to grant her the status of a voter in the near future.

Originally, Ishichel could only have one pseudo-immortal-level elector, but after she took back Chakchel and the authority of the night, she was already a quasi-first-tribulation immortal, and had one more electoral quota, which she planned to give to Unuratu.

This means that Unuratu will become a powerful figure in the Moon Temple, even if he is not as powerful as the emperor, he will not be much worse.

Although Unuratu is still wearing the clothes of an ordinary priestess, the High Priest of the Moon has already regarded her as an equal colleague, not a subordinate.

The High Priest walked into the prayer room and said to Unuratu who was praying: "The Queen of the Moon has sent down an oracle."

Unuratu stopped praying and turned around: "I have received it."

The High Priest took out a silver-white scepter and handed it to Unuratu with both hands: "The Queen of the Moon hopes that you will lead the team to punish those who disrespect her will."

Unuratu took the scepter, which was as tall as a person, and there was a crescent moon on the top.

She bowed her head slightly: "It will be my honor."