Taiping Inn

This sword was unexpected. Not only did the righteous and evil people not expect it, but even Li Xuandu himself did not expect it.

Ever since the geomancer started recruiting, Li Xuandu knew that this was a strategy to win the heart. For the geomancer, whether Li Xuandu agreed or not would not affect what he was going to do, and it would be beneficial rather than harmful. If Li Xuandu did not agree, the geomancer would not have paid anything, but it would have made the righteous people feel alienated from Li Xuandu. If Li Xuandu agreed, it would be exactly what the geomancer wanted, and he would have gotten a helping hand for nothing. As for the various promises made by the geomancer, there was a premise, which was the geomancer's affairs after his death. There is a saying: "After I die, I don't care about the floods." If Li Xuandu wanted to take power, he had to wait until the geomancer passed away. Before that, the geomancer would still be in power.

The good and evil paths each hold a philosophy, but no matter which philosophy it is, there are both advantages and disadvantages. When enjoying the benefits, there will also be backlash. For example, people in the right path are burdened by reputation. The advantage is that they can be recognized by Confucian orthodoxy and ordinary people, and the advantage is that their behavior is restricted and they cannot act recklessly. On the contrary, people in the evil path can act arbitrarily, but they are not recognized by the secular orthodoxy.

At this juncture, Li Xuandu had to think about how to get rid of the current situation. After all, being in the right path, reputation is the most important thing.

This kind of reputation is not the reputation of a gentleman or a villain. For people in the rivers and lakes, this is just a small matter. As the saying goes, small matters are lost but big matters are not lost. Small matters are insignificant. Li Xuandu knew one thing when he was very young. The rivers and lakes are not a good place. Anyone who uses the standards of moral gentlemen to apply to the people in the rivers and lakes is either a fool or a madman. Who in the rivers and lakes does not have blood on his hands? If he says he will kill your whole family, he will kill your whole family, and women, children and children will not be spared. Even if the masters of the major sects enter the house, they can't escape this cliché. Therefore, for the people of Jianghu, it is best to have these personal reputations that do not involve fundamental interests, but it is not a big deal if they do not have them. That is why Li Xuandu said, "A true villain can do it, and a hypocrite can do it too."

For the people of Jianghu, what is the great principle? It is the distinction between good and evil. Even if you are a Jianghu celebrity with a very good reputation in daily life, when it comes to the fundamental interests of the struggle between good and evil, you will not be able to distinguish between good and evil, confuse right and wrong, go astray, and fall into the devil's way. No matter how righteous you are, chivalrous, and have a wide range of friends in daily life, it will be useless at this time because you are standing in the wrong position. On the contrary, even if you are a thief or a prostitute, and betray your trust in daily life, as long as you do not involve the distinction between good and evil and stand in the right position, no one will come to trouble you.

In the struggle between good and evil, the five sects of Liaodong are a special existence. Although they belong to the ten sects of the evil way, they are also the objects of the righteous way, and they are considered to be the neutral party in fact. Therefore, Li Xuandu and Qin Su's being together did not cause much controversy, but many people were happy to see it happen. But if Qin Su was replaced by a palace official, the trend in the martial arts world would be completely different. Many righteous celebrities would probably comment on Li Xuandu like this: "The Purple Mansion Sword Immortal has such a master and cultivation, so why not have a lady from a famous family as his partner? Why would he ruin his reputation and his future for this evil witch?" "Young people are addicted to beauty and fall into the trap of cosmetics and cannot extricate themselves."

If you are in the martial arts world, you must abide by the rules of the martial arts world. Most people who do not abide by the rules are dead. Geomancers can not abide by them, but how many geomancers are there in the world? Moreover, even if they are geomancers, they are not completely unruly, they just occasionally go beyond the rules.

As the leader of the Taiping Sect, Li Xuandu was not afraid of people attacking his moral character, but he was afraid of being suspected of being connected with evil people, because he was not a great master. The great master could cooperate with evil people for a short time, because the status of the great master determined that he could not betray the Righteous Alliance, just like the king of a country could not collude with the enemy country, but Li Xuandu could not do that. His status in the Righteous Alliance was similar to that of a local lord. Although he was a minister, he had enough strength to sway left and right. In this situation, if Li Xuandu wanted to continue to stand in the Righteous Alliance and then implement his various plans, he had to get rid of this situation.

The great master Zhang Jingxiu obviously also considered this point. The two of them had understood it in their short eye contact, so when Li Xuandu behaved strangely, the great master could roughly guess Li Xuandu's intention, and many detailed plans did not need to be put into words, and the two could achieve tacit understanding.

However, Li Xuandu also had doubts. The Earth Master Xu Wugui had been in the martial arts world for many years, and he was always calculating others. How could he not see through his thoughts? Therefore, before he drew his sword, even with the cooperation of the Great Heavenly Master, he only had a 50-50 chance. Fortunately, Li Xuandu did not expect to kill the Earth Master with this sword. He wanted to use this sword to clear his innocence, to show that he had drawn a clear line with the Earth Master, and even to make his reputation in the righteous way even better.

So when "Human World" pierced the Earth Master's throat, Li Xuandu could not help but feel unreal.

The Earth Master was killed by his sword?

The person involved was like this, let alone the bystanders?

The people in the evil way could not hide their shock, and there was a bit of fear in their shock, while the people in the righteous way were just the opposite, and they were ecstatic in their surprise.

The people present were all experienced in the martial arts world, and they would not be shocked for a long time. After a very short time after Li Xuandu used his sword to make a contribution, they began to come back to their senses and then began to weigh the pros and cons. If the Earth Master died here, the situation in the martial arts world would immediately change drastically. The biggest beneficiary would naturally be the righteous sects preparing to attack Beimang Mountain, and the evil sects would be leaderless and would inevitably be defeated. Then everyone would not have to fight with the evil sects, and it could be said that they would win without fighting. With all these things, how could they not be happy?

At this moment, the Earth Master, who was pierced through the throat by a sword, waved his sleeves and waved Li Xuandu back with his sword, and then used the "Heavenly Demon Slaying Immortal Sword" in his hand to block several attacks from the Great Heavenly Master, and then retreated.

Li Xuandu, who was hit by the Earth Master's sleeve, drew a huge arc in the air, and finally landed beside the Great Heavenly Master, bleeding from all seven orifices. However, it was not because of the earth master's sleeve, but because of the backlash from Li Xuandu's strong sword. After all, his opponent was Xu Wugui, one of the four great earth immortals in the world. Even if he was restrained and suppressed by the great heavenly master of the same realm, Li Xuandu could not hurt him easily. Li Xuandu would have to pay a huge price. On the contrary, the earth master's sleeve was light and effortless, and he did not intend to take this opportunity to seriously injure Li Xuandu or even kill him.

Xu Wugui retreated into the main hall, put his hand on his throat, without anger or fear.

Shangguan Wan angrily said: "You righteous people are full of Jianghu rules, benevolence and morality, but you secretly attack when fighting alone. Is this what a great master does?"

Xiao Shiyu has a straightforward temperament and is not against people. Li Xuandu betrayed the righteous people before, and she hated Li Xuandu. Now she knows Li Xuandu's intention. Not only does she not mind that Li Xuandu defeated her in the sword contest, but she also wants to protect Li Xuandu. She said: "Is it Miss Shangguan's first day in Jianghu? It is said that you should repay kindness with kindness and repay grievances with justice. It's good that you have done it on the first day, not that we have done it on the fifteenth?"

The great master did not pursue, but stood with a sword, and said calmly: "The second sage said: Those who love others will always love them, those who respect others will always respect them, and those who humiliate others will always humiliate them. I don't know if Brother Xu Dao agrees with you."

Shangguan Wan wanted to speak, but Xu Wugui waved his hand to stop her. Shangguan Wan had to swallow the words that were already on the tip of her tongue, but she still looked indignant.

At this time, Xu Wugui's wound had healed initially, which did not prevent him from speaking. He said, "Brother Zhang is right, so I lost this fight. I won two out of three fights, and I won because of Zifu. I will abide by my oath. From now on, I will never sneak attack again and abide by the rules of the martial arts world. If I violate this oath, I will be attacked by my inner demons."

Zhang Jingxiu said, "Brother Xu is willing to accept the defeat, which is admirable. So today's matter ends here."

Xu Wugui smiled faintly, looked at Li Xuandu, and asked, "I wonder if Zifu has anything else to say to me?"

Li Xuandu said, "For today's matter, Li Xuandu is sorry to Mr. Xu, but he is also worthy of Mr. Xu."

Xu Wugui said, "When did Zifu learn to speak in a vague way? You and I have been friends for many years. You can just put your words on the table and don't be mysterious."

Li Xuandu put away "Human World" and bowed, "Yes."