Pawn Crossing the River

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 do things well.

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 high-ranking member of the Qingping Society, and that 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 the relationship between the two, so he could only choose to kill him without saying anything.

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 they don't know how to do it 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 pondered deliberately: "You mean... Qingping Society 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. However, there are too many internal factions to integrate into one, so that was 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 said to be subordinates, they can only be said to be allies."

"Who?" Qi Xuansu asked.

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

"Qibaofang?" Qi Xuansu felt that Qibaofang and the Eight Tribes were the most suspicious, but the Eight Tribes obviously had a closer relationship with Quanzhen Taoism, which had presided over the creation project.

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

Qi Xuansu thought about it and realized that he really had no clue and was not worried. He could ask Qiniang for advice. Qiniang probably knew.

However, from this aspect, we can also see the behavior style or strength comparison of the three Dao. Taiping Dao is strong and domineering, and the "Tianting" has already killed three heavenly beings for Taiping Dao. Quanzhen Taoism and Zhengyi are much inferior. Regardless of whether they cherish their feathers or lack strength, even if they have some connections with secret societies, they are probably still allies. Qi Xuansu does not think that Qingping will kill three heavenly beings for Quanzhen Taoism. He said Maybe Qiniang would have to collect money before she would do anything.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but think, is this the power of unity? Quanzhen Dao Kong has a huge volume, and if it cannot be integrated into one place, it will be overwhelmed by Taiping Dao.

Zhang Yuelu changed the topic: "Among these three families, the Eight Tribes are inferior to the other two. The Lingshan Witch Sect is stronger, but it has just been severely attacked by the Taoist sect because of the Cuo Wenbu incident. Even the Wuluo Sect has He has suffered a certain amount of injuries and is now in a dormant stage. It is unlikely that he will come out to make trouble, so only the Zhiming Cult is left. "

Qi Xuansu murmured: "Zhi Ming Cult."

Zhang Yuelu told him many things about secret societies, and Zhiming Cult was no exception.

The Zhiming Sect is said to know destiny, but it does not know destiny, but believes in the True Lord Siming. Siming Zhenjun is in charge of life and death, and his followers are also focused on the path of life and death. It's a pity that they don't have the ability to reverse life and death, but instead go down the wrong path of raising corpses, raising ghosts, and resurrecting from the dead. The reason why the Taoist sect strictly restricts the techniques of raising corpses and ghosts has a lot to do with the Zhiming Cult.

In the beginning, the Mingzhi Cult only dug graves and stole corpses. Later, it gradually developed into directly killing people and sacrificing the living souls to Lord Siming. There are even more extreme people who transform living people into zombies with extremely strong bodies. There are also some intelligences that are more powerful than naturally occurring zombies.

At first, Qi Xuansu didn't know about the existence of the vice heart, and even doubted whether he had been transformed into a zombie.

In fact, Qi Xuansu had been in contact with the Zhiming Cult for a long time. There were traces of the divine power of Lord Siming in the Cimut Fort where Diswen was annihilated. The old Taoist whom Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu met on the flying boat was also killed because of Only by infusing Zhenjun Siming's divine power can he not be beaten to death.

But compared to the domineering Lingshan Witch Cult, the Zhiming Cult appears to be very low-key. Generally, you don't take action. Once you do, it will inevitably cause an earth-shattering event.

In short, dogs that bite don’t bark.

Qi Xuansu said softly: "Assuming it is the Zhiming Cult, they are used to spreading fatal curses and have once sacrificed an entire city."

"If we are members of the Zhiming Cult and have sneaked into Jinling Mansion while the Taoist sect is fighting within us, then how should we act in the face of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Zhang Yuelu continued.

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