Senior brother, stop it, you are the villain!

Chapter 344 Value

When Liu Shou and Master Tan Yu met, Feng Shao quietly left the village.

After all, being there at this time is a bit like a light bulb.

After leaving the village, Feng Shao took off his sword and flew towards the southeast. After flying for two hours continuously, Feng Shao arrived at a big city called "Dongning City".

After Feng Shao entered the city, he quickly found an attic with the words "Linglong Pavilion" written on the plaque, and then walked in.

The shopkeeper behind the counter saw Feng Shao and asked with a smile: "Is there anything you want to see?"

Feng Shao waved his hand, and there was a token the size of his palm. After looking at it carefully for a moment, the shopkeeper immediately recognized the token and said quickly: "It turns out that my uncle is here! I would like to say hello to my uncle."

Feng Shao waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite, shopkeeper. I have other important things to do here, so I would like to ask the shopkeeper for your convenience."

The shopkeeper said respectfully: "My uncle, you are serious. Is there anything I need help with? I will do my best."

The token in Feng Shao's hand was given by Lin Fengtian. The only one in the world, it represents Feng Shao’s unique identity in Yunjian Pavilion. The shopkeepers of Linglong Pavilion in all the cities in the upper domain will immediately recognize Feng Shao's identity after seeing this token.

This is a treatment that even the hall masters other than Xiao Ruoyao and Leng Lingyue don't get.

For Feng Shao, Linglong Pavilion was his own territory. If you have any trouble while walking outside, you can go to the nearest Linglong Pavilion for help. But now, Feng Shao happened to need to find Linglong Pavilion for something.

However, what Feng Shao wanted to say was not suitable to be said outside the hall. So Feng Shao said: "Shopkeeper, let's go in and talk."

The shopkeeper said respectfully: "Please come in, please."

After passing through the small courtyard behind the attic, the shopkeeper invited Feng Shao into the inner hall and asked, "Excuse me, what are your orders?"

Feng Shao said: "Shopkeeper, I remember that Linglong Pavilion also has the business of collecting intelligence, right?"

The shopkeeper nodded: "Yes, uncle. May I ask if you have any information needs?"

Feng Shao said: "I would like to know the latest information on the Chongyang Sword Sect, Xuanlei Sect, and Beizhou Gu family. Could you please help me get it from the shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "You are too polite. Please wait a moment, I will go get it now."

After saying that, the shopkeeper turned around and walked out of the inner hall.

After about an hour of burning incense, the shopkeeper returned to the inner hall with a few jade slips in his hand, placed them on the table, and then said to Feng Shao: "Uncle, this is the information you want."

Feng Shao casually picked up a jade slip, checked it with his spiritual consciousness, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you for your hard work, shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "It's not hard work. I can serve you for a while, so why bother talking about hard work? Please take your time and look at it, I will leave now."

After the shopkeeper left, Feng Shao carefully read the information sent by the shopkeeper.

After the battle in Ziqing Mountain, Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect left Ziqing Mountain one after another. A few days later, a large force sent by the Tiangang Sword Sect came to Ziqing Mountain and had a battle with Chu Qing. Chu Qing's side suffered heavy losses and were forced to flee. The thousands of subordinates he had managed to accumulate disappeared in an instant.

This battle seemed to be a complete victory for the Tiangang Sword Sect, but this was not the outcome that the Tiangang Sword Sect wanted. Their original plan was to drag the Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect into trouble together, and take this opportunity to give these two sects a good beating. However, the departure of Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect put the Tiangang Sword Sect's plans in vain.

As for Chu Qing, it is not important in the eyes of Tiangang Sword Sect. No matter how powerful this kind of person who deceives his teachers and destroys his ancestors is, his character is destined to not end well in the future.

In the past few days, nearly a thousand Ziqing Holy Land disciples have temporarily stayed on Tiangang Mountain to recharge their batteries, while Feng Shao and Murong Pianpian discussed the recovery of Ziqing Holy Land with the head of the Tiangang Sword Sect and the six major leaders.

The drastic changes that Ziqing Holy Land encountered this time were far more serious than four years ago. A large number of disciples were killed or injured in the drastic change, and many of the injured had their foundations damaged, and their future cultivation may not advance but retreat. Even if the Purple Pure Holy Land is restored, it may not be able to resist the covetousness of all forces.

More importantly, a large number of magical artifacts, spiritual treasures, medicinal materials, elixirs, classics, etc. collected in the Ziqing Holy Land were looted, and thousands of years of accumulation were destroyed.

If Ziqing Holy Land chooses to rebuild at this time, the result will most likely not be that it will be destroyed but that it will immediately attract the covetousness of many villains, turning Ziqing Holy Land into a big piece of fat.

Therefore, more aspects must be considered in the reconstruction of Ziqing Holy Land.

Chu Qing has now fled far away, and he may not be able to make a comeback in a short time. Therefore, Feng Shao and others turned their attention to the Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect, which were not injured.

In terms of strength, Tiangang Sword Sect is stronger than Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect. But if these two major sects were added together, it would be beyond the power of the Tiangang Sword Sect. Moreover, the Tiangang Sword Sect does not want to seriously injure these two major sects. It is more in the interests of the Tiangang Sword Sect to let them bleed and maintain their strength at a level that is neither strong nor weak.

After many days of discussion, no one came to any conclusion. However, Feng Shao came up with his own plan when it came to the reconstruction of the Purple Pure Holy Land.

He suggested that Wuling City could provide special weapons to arm Ziqing disciples. Many Ziqing disciples had seen those weapons, and their power was incredible. If everyone had such weapons, even if Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect attacked together, they would not be able to get anything good.

However, the basic armed defense force can be solved by Wuling City, and the lost foundation must be recovered from Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect. And if you want to get it back, there is only one way to choose, that is to fight!

If you beat them, you can naturally get back what you lost.

But here, there is a very serious problem. Tiangang Sword Sect can help Ziqing Holy Land rebuild for its own interests, or it can stand up for Ziqing Holy Land and hit Chongyang Xuanlei Sect. If Tiangang Sword Sect directly attacks Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect, the consequences will be too serious.

In fact, when these super first-class sects have conflicts, they will try to keep the conflicts on a smaller scale as much as possible, and large-scale head-on conflicts are rare. The actions of Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect this time were considered to be breaking the routine, but the Ziqing Holy Land collapsed too quickly, so the conflict did not spread to a larger area.

But if the Tiangang Sword Sect took action directly, it would be another matter. Unless the Tiangang Sword Sect could take down the Chongyang Sword Sect or the Xuanlei Sect within three days, it would be easy to fall into the quagmire of war.

By that time, the number of dead people would probably be tens of thousands.

Murong Pianpian also knew that the Tiangang Sword Sect had done its best to stand up for the Ziqing Holy Land. If the Tiangang Sword Sect declared war on the Chongyang Sword Sect and the Xuanlei Sect for the Ziqing Holy Land, it would be pure fantasy.

So there must be a suitable time.

But the Chongyang Sword Sect and the Xuanlei Sect were not fools. They all knew that the Tiangang Sword Sect had set their sights on them. So after the fall of the Ziqing Holy Land, the two major sects withdrew their forces and were ready to deal with the offensive of the Tiangang Sword Sect at any time. As long as one sect was attacked, the other sect would immediately support it.

This seemed to be a dead end.

But Feng Shao suddenly remembered that Chu Qing was a son of destiny! Perhaps the key to breaking the situation lies in Chu Qing.

One of the characteristics of a son of destiny is that he is good at breaking the balance.

Therefore, Feng Shao decided to start from this aspect.

According to the information provided by Linglong Pavilion, Feng Shao also roughly understood the overall situation in Beizhou in recent times.

Today, Ziqing Mountain is under the control of Tiangang Sword Sect. Chu Qing escaped and temporarily recuperated in the Gu family in Beizhou. Gu Sheng, one of Chu Qing's concubines, was busy recruiting clan forces everywhere, and seemed to want to re-establish an alliance. But while Gu Sheng was recruiting clan forces, Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect were doing the same thing. What surprised Feng Shao was that whether it was Gu Sheng, Chongyang Sword Sect or Xuanlei Sect, they all recruited people under the banner of Chu Qing.

This is a bit interesting.

The battle between Tiangang Sword Sect and Chu Qing at the foot of Ziqing Mountain basically confirmed that Chongyang Xuanlei Sect and Chu Qing had parted ways, but these two major sects did not seem to want other sects and forces to find out. And Gu Sheng seemed to be the same. This result seemed strange, but after Feng Shao thought about it carefully, he understood the hidden inside story behind it.

The reason why Ziqing Holy Land fell, in addition to Chu Qing, the traitor, stabbed in the back, was the most important reason for the fall of the Chongyang Sword Sect, Xuanlei Sect and many other sects and forces. With so many forces suddenly attacking, even the Tiangang Sword Sect would have a headache, not to mention the Ziqing Holy Land, whose strength had declined.

And the reason why these forces could unite was mainly because Chu Qing, the son of luck, served as the core of this alliance. It can be said that he is the link for cooperation between these sects and forces.

Although Chu Qing suffered a great defeat and lost all his family assets, his connections are still there. These connections are the greatest wealth that Chu Qing can control now. If Chu Qing wants to make a comeback, he must rely on his connections.

But it is not only Chu Qing who is eyeing these connections, but also Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect. The two major sects are using Chu Qing's banner to win over these forces, that's why.

As for why Chu Qing's side did not clarify the matter, the reason is also very simple. Here is a well-known fictional example for everyone:

There is a father in the world who wants to find a wife for his son. So he ran to the world's richest man and said, "I have a son who wants to marry your daughter."

The world's richest man naturally disagreed.

But he immediately said, "If my son is the president of the World Bank, can he marry your daughter?"

The world's richest man: "Oh, that's fine."

Then he went to the chairman of the World Bank and said, "I have a son who wants to be the president of the World Bank."

The chairman immediately refused.

But he said, "What if my son is the son-in-law of the world's richest man? Can he be the president of the World Bank?"

Chairman: "Oh, that's fine."

So, his son became the president of the World Bank and married the daughter of the world's richest man.

Of course, this is just a joke and it didn't happen in reality. But from this joke, we can get a glimpse of an important reality:

Connections are mutual. Many times, people are friendly to you not because of how valuable you are, but because of how valuable your connections are. They don't care who the person who becomes the link is, and the result is the same for them no matter who they change.

Chu Qing's side obviously understands this. Many of Chu Qing's connections are actually related to Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect. Once the news of the breakup between the two major sects and Chu Qing spreads, many of Chu Qing's connections will have to reconsider Chu Qing's value.

So clarifying this matter is definitely not a good choice.

Of course, there is another problem here, that is, with the reputation and appeal of Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect, it is obvious that they do not need to rely on Chu Qing's name to win over connections. But they just did it, why?

Feng Shao couldn't figure it out at first. But after thinking about it from another perspective and connecting it to the current situation in Beizhou, Feng Shao felt that he seemed to have seen the truth behind it.

Chongyang Sword Sect and Xuanlei Sect seem to want Chu Qing's connections not only, but also want Chu Qing to be their scapegoat.

As the leading force in the entire Upper Domain, Tiangang Sword Sect firmly stands on the side of Ziqing Holy Land, so their joint attack on Ziqing Holy Land will sooner or later be liquidated by Tiangang Sword Sect. The Chongyang and Xuanlei factions are now banding together to resist, but this is not a long-term solution. They will eventually reconcile with the Tiangang Sword Faction, and at that time, someone must come out to bear all the blame.

Obviously, there is no more suitable candidate than Chu Qing.

In other words, the position of the leader is not glorious at the moment, but a hot potato.

So the question is: Chongyang Sword Faction and Xuanlei Faction are excusable for doing this. But why is Gu Sheng, one of Chu Qing's concubines, also doing this?

In the intelligence collected earlier, Feng Shao has determined that this Gu Sheng is a great steward for Chu Qing, and also Chu Qing's think tank. Chu Qing can rise, and this Gu Sheng has made an indelible contribution. In this case, it is impossible for Gu Sheng to not see the consequences of winning over the family under the banner of Chu Qing.

Unless...

Thinking of this, Feng Shao showed a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, the strongest fortress is often breached from the inside...