Strange mountains and rivers

This year's Shangyuan Taoist Association finally opened amidst the hustle and bustle.

But as expected, the big sects were all absent-minded about the Taoist Association. On the contrary, the small and medium-sized sects were very interested. Especially the three personal rankings of Qianlong Tengfeng Ranking, Dragon Tiger Qingyun Ranking, and Dao Fengyun Ranking were even more interested in the small and medium-sized sects. The geniuses of the sect are even more attractive.

If Qian Long Teng Feng Bang is just an encouragement to young disciples, then the latter two, Qing Yun Bang and Fengyun Bang, are direct and naked temptations.

Those who can be included in the imperial list of Taoist palaces and official families should be displayed on the public list of temples and palaces in the entire Zhao Dynasty, where they can enjoy bathing in incense and absorb the power of incense.

This is what all monks dream of. Even if it is just a incidental influence, the infiltration of incense and aspiration will be directly projected to the spiritual realm through the way of heaven and man.

Maybe it won't show much power during foundation building, but once it enters the Zi Mansion, this positive impact will become more important.

Especially in the later stages of Zifu, when the high level of Zifu is preparing to attack the golden elixir, this power of divine wish is particularly important.

Many attempts to attack the golden elixir failed because they lacked sufficient knowledge in this aspect, encountered catastrophes from heaven, and ended sadly.

The power of divine wish can communicate with heaven and man. The earlier it can be unimpeded through the way of heaven and man, in a certain sense, the more the monk himself can be immersed in and bathed in the immortal posture and divine personality.

At the same time, the power of incense and divine wish can also wash away impurities in the spiritual realm, eliminate evil intentions, eliminate various negative emotions encountered by monks during their practice, and help improve their practice progress.

Therefore, even if this list shows that its influence among the people of the world may not be as great as imagined, it is always an opportunity.

There are tens of millions of people in Zhao Dynasty, and there are tens of millions of palaces and temples. Even if one percent of the people take a look and feel some admiration during the sacrifice, it is all worth it.

Because of this, when registering for the Taoist Association, small and medium-sized sects and families were quite enthusiastic, while large sects were relatively dull and were still focused on annihilating the Nine Lotus Sect.

The Taoist palace was still immersed in the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year. With the official announcement of the opening of the Taoist meeting by the chief minister and chief seal officer sent by the government, the grand drama finally kicked off.

The fifteen-day Taoist meeting will also become the best cover for all parties to negotiate and finalize the division of interests after the brutal battle in the early stage.

Shang Jiuling rushed back before the opening.

The battle for Chongyang Mountain was finally won at the cost of Zhu Fengbi's heavy losses.

But this serious injury is only in relative terms. He has saved the Zifu realm, but fell to the first level of Yunmui, which is similar to Qi Hongkui.

However, Shang Jiuling rose up in this battle and advanced to the high level of Yunjian. This was an unexpected gain.

Following Shang Jiuling was Linghu Zui, the leader of the Yuhan Sect, a simple old man with a clear face and an immortal spirit. He was also at the high level of Yunxian.

If Shang Jiuling hadn't been promoted in this battle, this one would have been the Zifu monk with the highest level of spiritual realm in the entire Chonghua Sect in the future.

After three consecutive battles, Qingguang Dao finally gave up its intention to capture Chongyang Mountain. The Xinghuo Sect lit a fire behind it, triggering a fierce battle between the two sides, causing one of the Zifu to fall to the foundation. Zhu Fengbi and the opponent Zifu both suffered double losses, which made Qingguang Dao finally calm down and realize that his own strength was not enough to challenge the three families attached to the Chonghua Sect and the Xinghuo Sect to help him.

"Master means that Uncle Linghu is not willing to merge the Yuhan Sect with our Chonghua Sect. Does he think the Yuhan Sect can survive? What is he waiting for?"

Chen Huaisheng accompanied Shang Jiuling on the narrow paths in the Taoist Palace.

The layout of the entire Taoist palace is arranged according to the pattern of the Tai Chi Bagua diagram. There are eight gates of life and death. In the center is a huge and round hall that is similar to the dome of an earth building. Surrounded by a circle is the Taoist palace building complex, and the outermost is a patchwork of buildings. There are contact points set up by various sects here.

Of course, not just any sect or family can set up a contact point here. Only the top fifty sect families are eligible. The Chonghua Sect also has a contact point, but the scale is very small. The sect's Taoist residence in Beijing is the Main place of business.

On the Bagua Road, the trees stand tall, the frost and plum blossoms bloom, the snow blooms alone, and the cold fragrance is refreshing.

"No, he knows very well that it is impossible for the Yuhan Sect to survive independently. Even the Guipeng Sect, which has not experienced war, cannot do it, let alone the Yuhan Sect?" Shang Jiuling is still very confident about this, "Don't look at it Your uncle Linghu looks like an enlightened immortal. Do you know that the outside world's evaluations and ghost calculations are better than anyone else's? He wants to see the final outcome of the Demon Lotus Sect and Jingfu Sect before negotiating a good deal.

"Master, don't you think that if we are brought in like this, we will become another Nine Lotus Sect?" Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but ask.

Shang Jiuling laughed, "I finally asked. You are not the first to worry, and you will not be the last. For the development and growth of each sect, it is not enough to rely on its own growth, especially in this world. In this era of great strife, if we are slow, it means that others may occupy a better advantageous position, and may receive more Lingshan Blessed Land, Lingtian Baoze,..."

"Is there any suspense between the Demon Lotus Sect and Jingfu Sect?" Chen Huaisheng asked.

"There should be no changes." Shang Jiuling said with some touch: "Do you think Huaxi Sword Sect will give Demon Lotus Sect a chance? The staggered attack they played with Tianyun Sect is quite exquisite, defeating Demon Lotus Sect and Yuan He Sect. Caught off guard, these super sects are not only powerful, but what is even more terrifying is that they are not moral at all and use all means. Once they determine that you are an enemy, they will use all kinds of tricks to catch you off guard and make it difficult for you to react..."

"The Jingfu Sect..." Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but ask again: "Is it also the Wanxiang Sect?"

"Absolutely." Shang Jiuling waved his hands, as if he didn't want to bring up these topics anymore, "Pure Land Empty Mountain is also the most beautiful spiritual mountain treasure land among the nine spiritual mountains of Jiulian Sect. How can the Wanxiang Sect fail?"

"The Ghost Peng Sect has joined Taihua Dao?" Chen Huaisheng gritted his teeth and said: "If Taihua Dao does this, they are not afraid of becoming notorious in the Da Zhao practice world and becoming the target of public criticism? If they do this, who will be willing to cooperate with them in the future? Do they deal with each other?”

"It's hard to say whether this matter is right or wrong. Taihua Dao didn't deliberately absorb the Guipeng Sect at the beginning. It should be that the Guipeng Sect saw that the situation was not good and took the initiative to contact Taihua Dao, and Taihua Dao was also aware of it. When he was unable to change the situation, he probably took the initiative and accepted the Gui Peng Sect. If you insist on saying that Taihua Dao had deliberate intentions from the beginning, that is not objective. "

Shang Jiuling's words were factual and did not add any exaggeration.

Jiulian Sect collapsed, and Guipeng Sect realized that it was unable to survive independently, and others would not allow Guipeng Sect to survive independently, so all it could do was hug a big tree. Taihua Dao and Jiulian Sect were potential allies. The relationship is pretty good, so choosing Taihu was the right choice.

"It means that even if the Jiulian Sect has passed away and this matter has come to an end, Dao Palace will not have an explanation?" Chen Huaisheng was very curious about Dao Palace's attitude.

This kind of blatant annexation, and in Bianliang Mansion, both sides are large sects, but it happened like this, and the Dao Palace didn't even have any attitude. So what is the meaning of the Dao Palace's existence?

There is no distinction between right and wrong, no regard for human relations and morality, and it is all about the weak and the strong. Isn’t there any rule that can restrict this huge world of cultivation? What can the palace do?

"The Dao Palace is also difficult. I can only pretend to be deaf and mute and see if the passage of time can make everyone focus on the Qingyun Ranking and the Fengyun Ranking. In this way, I can muddle through."

Chen Huaisheng also has to admire that the Dao Palace chose such a time to launch. With the momentum of the Qingyun List and the Fengyun List, soon the Jiulian Sect will only live in everyone's impression, and what matters to you is the most important. Yes, this case is too common.