Chapter 56: The Fate-Knowing Religion

With the fire raging into the sky, it should have been extremely busy.

Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu were a little idle.

Bai Yingqiong was personally in command, and there were professional spiritual officers, Taoist priests, soldiers, and Qingluan guards. They were organized, scheduled, and coordinated in an orderly manner. There was no need for the two laymen to help, even if Zhang Yuelu was a celestial being.

As the saying goes, there are specialties in the arts, Bai Yingqiong is also a heavenly being, and he does not personally perform, but is only responsible for coordinating and commanding. In many things, the power of many is far greater than the power of one.

Zhang Yuelu didn't feel that he could enjoy leisure time, but he didn't want to bump around like a headless fly. There was no need to be busy for the sake of being busy. Just like many people, they always appear to be very hardworking and diligent, but they are just pretending, and in the end they move themselves, but fundamentally speaking, it is just in vain. Without goals, use hard work to relieve anxiety, and use tactical diligence to cover up strategic laziness.

Zhang Yuelu didn't want to be like this. He didn't want to impress himself or please anyone. He just wanted to get things done.

She believes that the first problem now is to figure out where Marshal Tianpeng has gone, and then figure out along this line whether other forces have entered the scene.

Although it is important to deal with the moths within the Taoist sect, we must not neglect to guard against external hostile forces.

Of course Qi Xuansu knew where Marshal Tianpeng had gone. He was turned into ashes by Qiniang and scattered in the wind. At this time, he was probably blown into Zhenwu Lake, where his corpse was truly destroyed.

But he couldn't make it clear to Zhang Yuelu. Just as Qiniang said, he couldn't explain Qiniang's identity.

A celestial being who can easily kill Marshal Tianpeng is no ordinary celestial being. No matter which organization he is placed in, he is undoubtedly a high-level figure.

Could it be that Qi Xuansu told Zhang Yuelu that Qiniang was a senior member of the Qingping Society, and he was a pawn planted by the Qingping Society in the Taoist sect?

What would Zhang Yuelu think? Do you feel cheated or betrayed? Could it be that Qi Xuansu was instigated by others and had other motives for approaching her?

Qi Xuansu didn't dare to gamble, let alone test their relationship, so he could only choose to kill him without saying a word.

So Qi Xuansu changed his statement: "It doesn't matter where Marshal Tianpeng went, we should change our thinking."

"What's the idea?" Zhang Yuelu asked.

Qi Xuansu said: "Let's assume that someone wants to take advantage of the situation. Now is undoubtedly the best time. If we are this group of people, what should we do? How to do it?"

Zhang Yuelu narrowed his eyes slightly: "It depends on which group of people you belong to. Different secret societies have different styles of conduct."

Qi Xuansu followed suit and said, "I guess it's not the Ziguang Society. They always like to moisturize things quietly and don't do anything openly."

Zhang Yuelu nodded and said: "Yes, they like to infiltrate the Taoist sect and the court, and like to instigate those who rebel against us to become theirs, but they don't like to fight head-on."

Qi Xuansu continued: "In fact, Qibaofang can also be excluded, because they are businessmen, and businessmen want stability and do not like chaos."

Zhang Yuelu said thoughtfully: "It won't be the 'Tianting', let alone Qingpinghui."

Qi Xuansu asked knowingly: "'Tianting' is an insider, so it is reasonable to exclude 'Tianting', but why did the Qingpinghui be excluded as well?"

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu and gave a wry smile: "I don't need to say much about who raised 'Tianting'. So are Quanzhen and Zheng Yili two so clean?"

Qi Xuansu deliberately pondered: "You mean... Qingpinghui is related to Quanzhen Tao."

"Of course." Zhang Yuelu did not regard Qi Xuansu as an outsider just because he had joined the Quanzhen Tao. "Among the three Tao, the Quanzhen Tao is the largest, but there are too many internal factions to integrate into one, so that's why Taiping was Tao overwhelms one end. But Taiping Dao also knows that they are not arrogant enough to stabilize the other two Tao, so they want to bring in the imperial court. Since Taiping Dao can raise a 'Tianting', it is bigger than Taiping Dao. Can’t the great Quanzhen Taoism raise a ‘Qing Ping Hui’?”

Qi Xuansu disagreed: "But there are not only Quanzhen Taoists in the Qingping Association."

Zhang Yuelu said: "Are all the people in the 'Tianting' from Taiping Taoism? Are all the people in the 'Inn' from the imperial court? Of course, Qingping will be special. It may not completely obey the orders of Quanzhen Taoism, just like doing For business, Quanzhen Tao is one of the owners. In addition to Quanzhen Tao, there are other partners, so the two parties are more about cooperation than orders. These are extremely secretive things, and I have become the so-called 'little palm'. I only learned about it from Master after the church.”

Qi Xuansu had to admit it: "In this case, it is very likely that someone from the Qingping Hui killed Marshal Tianpeng. But having said that, either the 'Tian Ting' or the Qing Ping Hui are subordinate to the two competing factions within the Taoist sect. Neither party is a truly independent third party. The third party you are looking for is an outsider who has its own pursuits, interests, and plans and has little to do with the above two."

Zhang Yuelu nodded: "Yes, outsiders. After excluding the two insiders of 'Tianting' and Qingpinghui, and excluding the 'Inn' that will not ruin their own jobs, there are still eight tribes, Lingshan Witch Cult, and Zhiming Cult. The three families are the most suspect.”

Qi Xuansu suddenly asked: "Qingxiao, you just said that the three paths are not clean. Taiping Dao has the 'Tianting', Quanzhen Dao has the Qingpinghui, what about the Zhengdao?"

Zhang Yuelu was silent for a moment and said: "Of course there are Zhengyi Yiyi, but they can't be called subordinates, they can only be said to be allies."

"Who?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Zhang Yuelu did not answer directly, but said: "You can guess."

"Qibaofang?" Qi Xuansu felt that Qibaofang and Babuzhong were the most suspicious, but Babuzhong was obviously more closely related to Quanzhen Dao, which had presided over the creation project.

Zhang Yuelu shook his head and said: "There was only one chance, but it was a pity that I didn't guess it right."

Qi Xuansu thought about it, but he really had no clue, and he was not worried. He could ask Qi Niang. Qi Niang probably knew.

However, from this aspect, we can also see the style of the three sects or the comparison of their strength. Taiping Dao is strong and domineering, and "Tianting" has lost three celestial beings for Taiping Dao. Quanzhen Dao and Zhengyi Dao are much inferior. Whether they cherish their feathers or lack strength, even if they have some connections with secret societies, they probably maintain an alliance relationship. Qi Xuansu does not think that Qingping will lose three celestial beings for Quanzhen Dao. Maybe Qi Niang will even charge money to do things.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but think, is this the power of unity? Quanzhen Dao has a huge body, but if it cannot be integrated, it will be suppressed by Taiping Dao.

Zhang Yuelu changed the subject: "Among these three sects, the Eight Tribes are inferior to the other two. Lingshan Wujiao is strong, but because of the matter of Cuowenbu, it has just been hit hard by the Taoist sect. Even Wu Luo has suffered some injuries. It is now in a dormant stage and is unlikely to come out to make trouble. Then only Zhiming Sect is left."

Qi Xuansu murmured: "Zhiming Sect."

Zhang Yuelu told him many things about secret societies, and Zhiming Sect is no exception.

Zhiming Sect, which is said to know destiny, is not knowing destiny, but believing in Siming Zhenjun. Siming Zhenjun is in charge of life and death, and his believers are also focused on the way of life and death. It's a pity that they don't have the ability to reverse life and death, but instead go astray by raising corpses and ghosts and resurrecting from the dead. The reason why Taoism strictly restricts the art of raising corpses and ghosts is also closely related to Zhiming Sect.

At first, the Zhiming Sect only dug graves to steal corpses, but later gradually developed into directly killing people and offering the souls to Siming Zhenjun. Some extreme people even transformed living people into zombies, which were extremely strong and had some spiritual intelligence, making them more powerful than naturally formed zombies.

Qi Xuansu didn't know about the existence of Fuxin at the beginning, and he even suspected that he had been transformed into a zombie.

In fact, Qi Xuansu had contact with the Zhiming Sect a long time ago. There were traces of Siming Zhenjun's divine power in the Cimut Castle where Diswen was wiped out. The old Taoist priest that Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu met on the flying boat was also infused with Siming Zhenjun's divine power, so he could not be killed no matter what.

But compared with the Lingshan Wujiao's domineering and arrogant, the Zhiming Sect is very low-key. Generally, they don't take action, but once they do, they must create a shocking event.

In short, the dog that bites doesn't bark.

Qi Xuansu said softly, "If it is the Zhiming Sect, they are used to spreading deadly curses and have sacrificed a city before."

"If we are the Zhiming Sect and have sneaked into Jinling Mansion while the Dao Sect is fighting internally, how should we deal with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Zhang Yuelu continued.

The two looked at each other and said in unison, "Water source."