Chapter 117 Taking Advantage of the Situation

The dispute between the three sects has penetrated every corner, and its shadow is always found inadvertently.

Qi Xuansu understood this truth, and I believe that Yi Xiqier will soon wake up. By then, she may not be so happy.

Who to choose? Qi Xuansu, who represents Donghua Zhenren? Or Li Changge, who represents Qingwei Zhenren?

This is a difficult problem.

Because it seems that it is very difficult to be re-elected as the Grand Master. There are two biggest permutations and combinations. One is the seventh-generation Grand Master Donghua Zhenren and the eighth-generation Grand Master Li Changge, and the other is the seventh-generation Grand Master Qingwei Zhenren and the eighth-generation Grand Master Qi Xuansu. No matter how you choose, you are destined to offend one of them. The difference is the problem of offending early and late. M..

It is a dilemma.

However, there is also a variable here, that is, the West Dao Sect.

Although Tan Tai Zhenxiao and Gong Fu did not express their opinions, Huangfu Ji almost bet on Qi Xuansu, because the radical strategy of Taiping Dao essentially hurts the interests of the West Dao Sect represented by Huangfu Ji. If the Taiping Dao dominated the Dao Sect and really began to implement these radical strategies, perhaps by then, Tan Tai Zhen Xiao and Gong Fu would have ascended to heaven and passed away, so it didn't matter. But Huang Fu Ji would most likely still be alive, and he would have to face this problem and must prepare for a rainy day.

The attitude of the Western Dao Sect would also indirectly affect Yixiqier.

Qi Xuansu could make the first move, and Li Changge, who succeeded Qi Xuansu, could break the situation later. It is still hard to say what the result would be.

One of Qi Xuansu's major advantages is that he has the status of a full-power envoy of the Dao Sect. When Li Changge took over, the situation tended to be stable, and it is still hard to say whether he would be granted the full-power envoy of the Dao Sect.

For Li Changge, the worst possibility is of course that he does not have the status of a special envoy, but is simply the chief deputy hall master of Beichen Hall, which would greatly reduce his voice in the southern continent.

The best possibility is to follow Qi Xuansu's old example and grant him the status of a full-power envoy of the Dao Sect, and still be able to call the wind and rain.

Of course, there is another possibility, which is to grant the status of a Taoist envoy, remove the "full power", and not be arbitrary. This possibility is quite large, because the situation is different. There is no war between the North and the South, and there is no Kukulkan. There is no need to have a full-power envoy. Moreover, Qi Xuansu was supervised by Wu Niang at that time. Now that Wu Niang is gone, there is a lack of supervisors, and this "full power" is also inappropriate.

The three possibilities determine whether Li Changge's opening is easy, ordinary, or difficult.

This is also the first formal confrontation between the two. The one at the Five Elements Mountain was a little bit off. Both of them were chess pieces, and this time they were half chess players.

As for Zhang Yuelu and Yao Pei, they were helplessly a step slower. If there was no Qi Xuansu, it would be a situation where Li Changge would be far ahead.

Maybe someone will ask, Qi Xuansu was promoted because of two great achievements, one was to take down Wang Jiaohe and eliminate the remaining poison of Borneo Daofu, and the second was to catch up with the internal strife of Westerners, sell weapons and weapons wantonly, and successfully complete the financial tasks assigned by Jinque. With these two merits, Qi Xuansu was promoted to the chief deputy hall master of Beichen Hall.

Li Changge is the chief deputy hall master of Dijing Daofu, and there is no merit there. Why did Li Changge get it right in one step? Even if there is a background of Taiping Dao, Zhengyi Dao and Quanzhen Dao are not vassals of Taiping Dao.

The reason is not complicated. Li Changge will be promoted specially this time.

There are not many such promotions, but there have been many.

For example, Xiao Yin was promoted to the fourth-grade priest of Jijiu in one step, which is a treatment that the three Taoists do not have, which is a special promotion. On the contrary, the promotion to the third-grade Youyi Taoist later was not, that was a normal promotion.

Lin Yuanmiao was also specially promoted. He went from a semi-illegal household to a second-rank Taiyi Taoist priest, and was given the position of assistant to the Qing Palace. It couldn't be more special.

The specialness of these two people is not only in their identities, but also in their cultivation. Xiao Yin is in the Wuliang stage, and Lin Yuanmiao is a pseudo-immortal. Xiao Yin may not care about this, but if you let this pseudo-immortal start from the ninth-rank Taoist priest, it is indeed a bit insulting, and it will make the person concerned very dissatisfied and resentful.

There is no need for the Taoist sect to create unstable factors for itself for no reason. At this time, it is necessary to be more flexible, so special promotion came into being. This is a potential rule recognized by the Taoist sect.

There are two prerequisites here. One is that the person concerned is a Taoist priest, and the problem cannot be solved by granting the same Taoist priest origin. The second is that the realm of the person concerned is high enough, at least the cultivation must exceed the age line. A hundred-year-old immortal is not considered a skill, and a forty-year-old immortal is powerful.

For example, Yixichel, although his cultivation is high enough, he is not a Taoist priest, so he can solve the problem by granting the same-rank innocent Taoist priest origin. There is no special promotion.

The Li family took advantage of this. Li Changge was a Taoist priest, so of course he could not be granted the same Taoist origin. At the same time, Li Changge successfully contained the "Qingyu Pearl", so his cultivation surpassed Qi Xuansu and he entered the pseudo-immortal stage first. The Taiping Dao could then speak and naturally promote him specially.

To put it bluntly, the background of the Taiping Dao and the cultivation far beyond the age line are indispensable. If it were someone else, without the background of the Taiping Dao, even if they were promoted specially, they would not be placed in such an important position.

Qingwei Zhenren still suffered a loss from the three masters. The three masters were unwilling to recommend a new Grand Master, so they were willing to let the three people take turns to be the Grand Master. Even if Qingwei Zhenren had the "Qingyu Pearl", it would be meaningless. After all, the status of Jinque's second assistant Zhenren had reached the top, and he could not become a Pingzhang Da Zhenren.

Qi Xuansu's perfect ending was to end it for himself and to start it for Li Changge. Qi Xuansu had already laid the groundwork for the first move, which was Lu Yujue. In the following period of time, Qi Xuansu would continue to make moves.

On the other hand, Qingwei Zhenren was not unprepared. For example, Shen Yubing was the vanguard for Li Changge, so when Shen Yubing saw Qi Xuansu, he showed a contemptuous attitude, almost provocative, and this was his mission.

This was also what Qi Xuansu figured out later.

So Qi Xuansu estimated that his task of rebuilding the intelligence system of the Northern Continent would probably not be completed. No matter how capable he was, Beichen Hall would not cooperate in all aspects, and Shen Yubing's face was full of confrontation, which meant that it was doomed to be unfinished.

This credit was left to Li Changge. As long as Li Changge took over, all kinds of obstacles would disappear immediately, and then quickly advance and complete the task.

This would give people a feeling that what Qi Xuansu could not complete, Li Changge could complete, indicating that Li Changge was better than Qi Xuansu in some aspects.

Qi Xuansu could only swallow his bitterness and could not speak. After all, facts speak louder than words.

So Qi Xuansu had to make up for it in other ways and lay mines for Li Changge, for example, he must help Lu Yujue get justice.

Admittedly, this puts private fighting above public affairs, seriously damages the interests of Taoism, is wrong, and will be criticized by Huapu Taoist and Qingliu Taoist.

But Qi Xuansu has no choice. Others have made a move first. Shouldn't Qi Xuansu fight back? The more he retreats, the more others will push forward. Only a strong counterattack can maintain balance and stability and create a short-term peace.

Only war can stop war.

Fighting is the eternal theme of human beings. As long as desires and human nature are still there, it will not stop. As for Huapu Taoist and Qingliu Taoist, they are just not involved. People who have never picked up, but talk about letting go, which is also hilarious. Not being exposed to the world and having no worldly affairs are two completely different concepts.

In addition, Qi Xuansu also wanted to minimize the negative impact of his inability to complete the reconstruction of the Northern Continent's intelligence system, that is, to cover it up with other greater achievements, just like Emperor Taizong of Daqi, whose achievements as an emperor were too dazzling, so killing his brother and imprisoning his father became insignificant.

The achievements still had to be focused on abolishing blood sacrifices and eliminating the insects.

Since there was no limit to the means, the means of Jueshengtang would inevitably be more intense, even a little cruel.

Through interrogation, Jueshengtang now knew the approximate location of Lanyun Sect, which was located in the sea between the South Continent and Luoshazhou. It was a huge island with various formations set up around it. It would still take some effort to infiltrate it.

Jueshengtang considered the possibility of a strong attack, but the island could move on its own, and the movement of a strong attack was too loud. In the vast sea, I am afraid that before the fleet discovered Lanyun Island, the insects on the island would have noticed it and evacuated first. Moreover, in the chaos, it was difficult to completely wipe out the insects. Therefore, the best way was to infiltrate Lanyun Island first, find out the situation, and then attack from both inside and outside to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

This method has been approved by the higher-ups, and Juesheng Hall has begun selecting personnel to prepare for the first infiltration. Insects can disguise themselves as normal people, so normal people can naturally disguise themselves as insects. Before returning to the mother nest, each insect is an independent individual, without shared thinking, and can still get away with it.

Tan Taiying originally wanted to go out in person, but was persuaded by his subordinates. Hearing that those insects were sexually promiscuous, they could not bear the responsibility if Tan Taiying fell into their hands. The thunderous wrath of the great master Tan Tai was no joke.

On the other hand, Qi Xuansu made another suggestion about abolishing blood sacrifices. It cannot be stopped only by violent means, but people should stop this behavior spontaneously.

On the one hand, of course, it is the merit of education, making people realize that this is a wrong behavior.

On the other hand, it is to open up more land and build more workshops. When there is more land and more workshops, there will be a problem of shortage of manpower. At this time, the value of people as labor will continue to rise. From the perspective of interests, it is very uneconomical to sacrifice and kill a large number of laborers in vain. For the sake of profit, people can sell the rope to hang themselves, not to mention other things. For the sake of profit, they can naturally abolish blood sacrifice spontaneously.

Taking advantage of the situation is to follow the trend. Violent suppression is only a temporary solution, and the development of the world is the fundamental solution.

This is related to the aspects that Huangfu Ji is responsible for. Xidaomen has long seen this, but in the past, there were years of war and chaos, so they didn't care about these. Now that they have freed up their hands, they naturally have to focus on development. Although it is inevitable to suffer pain, as long as they succeed, many problems will be solved.