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In fact, Li Xuandu guessed Qin Qing's identity at the first time, but he didn't reveal it, and Qin Qing knew it well.

Qin Qing said "parents' orders and matchmaker's words", which means that the key to the marriage between the two families is not what Li Xuandu and Qin Su think, but what the "parents" of the two Qin families think, so it is the parents' orders. Li Xuandu replied, "There is no need to fear the changes in the sky, the ancestors are not worthy of the law, and people's words are not worthy of pity", which means that there is no need for parents' words. This is a private matter between the two, not a public matter between the two families. So Qin Qing laughed and scolded Li Xuandu for being arrogant, but he was not very angry. So Li Xuandu asked Qin Qing if he could see his sincerity.

Later, Qin Qing asked Li Xuandu if he came to Liaodong just for these worldly affairs. Li Xuandu replied that the affairs of the world are like the water of a long river, and the family and the country are one. National affairs and family affairs do not conflict, but people's hearts are complicated. No one can put aside interests and talk about feelings, or put aside feelings and talk about interests. After all, they are mixed together and difficult to distinguish.

Qin Qing must have agreed with Li Xuandu's statement, so he proposed to exchange martial arts. Because Qin Qing suppressed his realm, it was indeed a simple exchange. But if Li Xuandu's answer did not satisfy Qin Qing, it might not be such a fair exchange.

The two did not expect Qin Su to appear here, so they could not really decide the winner, but they were still very happy, especially Li Xuandu. Among the opponents he had met in the past, the only ones who really made him feel difficult were Li Taiyi and Li Yuanying, but these two could not beat him. The only one who made him fall into the disadvantage was Bai Xiushang. Today, Qin Qing was added. No wonder Qin Qing ranked higher than Bai Xiushang on the Taixuan List and was the first person under the Changsheng Realm.

As for Qin Qing's friendship with Situ Xuance, it was not Qin Qing's nonsense.

The struggle between the good and evil lasted for a thousand years, with heavy casualties, so there was a faction advocating peace between the good and evil. Among the evil ways, the Liaodong Five Sects that advocate peace and the Northwest Five Sects that advocate war openly broke up, which started with Qin Qing. It can be seen that Qin Qing is a person who advocates peace. Among the righteous ways, Situ Xuance is also a person who advocates peace. In the past, Situ Xuance's talent was even better than Li Xuandu today. No one among his peers could match him. Almost everyone regarded him as the only candidate for the future leader of the righteous way. At the beginning, the title of "Big Master" was specifically referring to Situ Xuance. Later, the titles of Second Master, Third Master, and Fourth Master were derived from it. Even Shen Wuyou, the number one in magic calculation, had to add a surname before "Big Master". After Situ Xuance learned of Qin Qing's intentions, he went to Liaodong many times to talk with Qin Qing and tried his best to match Qin Qing with Bai Xiushang.

After discussing with Qin Qing, Situ Xuance advocated easing the hostility between Qingwei Sect and Zhengyi Sect, advocating peace talks between the two sects and the coexistence of the two sects. This move won the heart of the great master Zhang Jingxiu, so he invited Situ Xuance to the Great Immortal Palace for a meeting. At that time, in the Qingwei Sect, because there was no certainty of victory over the Zhengyi Sect, there was a debate about whether to fight or not. Situ Xuance overcame all the opposition and persuaded Li Daoxu to go to Yunjin Mountain to talk with the great master Zhang Jingxiu for several days. He also hit it off with Zhang Luanshan at first sight. The two often talked by candlelight at night, and Zhang Luanshan's various behaviors were also deeply influenced by Situ Xuance.

At that time, the Qingwei Sect and the Zhengyi Sect were only hostile, and the war had not yet officially started. The Zhengyi Sect was also nervous about the challenge of the rising star Qingwei Sect. Seeing Situ Xuance personally come to the Zhengyi Sect, the two sides turned hostility into friendship, and all of them were relieved and excited. When Situ Xuance left Yunjin Mountain, Zhang Jingxiu personally sent him to Shangqing Town. Zhang Jingchen, who had not made a big mistake at that time, led Zhang Yueshan, Zhang Daishan and others to send him another thirty miles before returning.

Situ Xuance contacted Qin Qing, the leader of the Five Sects of Liaodong, and pacified the twelve sects of the Righteous Path. Once the integration was completed, he could punish the Five Sects of the Northwest who were stubborn and rebellious. From then on, there was no distinction between good and evil in the martial arts world, and only the seventeen major sects remained.

But no one had ever thought that on the way back to Qizhou from Wuzhou, Situ Xuance was ambushed. Even though Situ Xuance had already entered the realm of good fortune, he was still outnumbered. He fled back to the East China Sea with serious injuries, and was already dying.

In this situation, the only one who could save Situ Xuance was Li Daoxu. At that time, Li Daoxu had already entered the realm of longevity, and Situ Xuance himself had the cultivation of the realm of heaven and man. If Li Daoxu was willing to fall a realm, he could save Situ Xuance. With Li Daoxu's qualifications and experience, he might not be unable to return to the realm of longevity. However, due to various concerns, Li Daoxu did not rescue him, but watched Situ Xuance die. Because of this, Zhang Haishi and Li Daoxu turned against each other, and Li Daoxu, because of his guilt and the idea of ​​respecting the law, never made things difficult for Zhang Haishi. But in this situation, the eldest disciple died and the second disciple became alienated. Li Daoxu could only accept several other disciples after many years. This is also the reason why Li Xuandu and others were very different in age from Zhang Haishi.

The death of Situ Xuance had far-reaching effects. In addition to directly causing Zhang Haishi and Li Daoxu to turn against each other, Li Qingyun was also extremely dissatisfied with Li Daoxu. The couple quarreled several times for this. Li Daoxu was furious and separated from his wife. Later, Li Qingyun was sad that her husband was unkind, and even more sad that Situ Xuance, who was like her own son, died. After several blows, her practice went wrong, her cultivation was greatly damaged, and she got worse and worse, and finally died in depression.

Soon after Situ Xuance's death, the long-suppressed pro-war faction gained the upper hand, and the Qingwei Sect finally challenged the throne of the leader of the Righteous Path as a rising star, and the Righteous Path was thus split into two major camps. Under such circumstances, Situ Xuance's grand plan to unite the 17 sects to punish the five sects in the northwest became a failure.

Without Situ Xuance's support, the alliance between the five Liaodong sects and the twelve righteous sects ended in vain, and Qin Qing and Bai Xiushang's marriage could only be abandoned. However, many years later, Qin Qing officially broke with the five northwestern sects by taking over the position of the leader of the Wangqing Sect, and obtained the support of the righteous sects. This was also due to Situ Xuance's plan.

Today, what Li Xuandu did is not unfamiliar to many old people in the world. This is exactly what Situ Xuance had done in the past, and Li Xuandu did it again. Because of this, Zhang Haishi didn't say a word to other junior brothers, but he was as close to Li Xuandu as father and son. The great master Zhang Jingxiu also favored Li Xuandu, because Li Xuandu reminded him of the failed peace talks. Zhang Luanshan, Qin Qing, Bai Xiushang and others also found it difficult not to think of the graceful leader of the same generation.

Li Xuandu gradually understood this past event as he grew older and gained more experience. At first, he only knew that his senior brother Situ Xuance had died, and later he learned that it was an accidental death. When he knew what his senior brother had done, he had begun to reflect on the right and wrong of the "Four-Six Dispute".

In Li Xuandu's view, his senior brother Situ Xuance did nothing wrong. The only shortcoming was that he walked too fast and wanted to win the battle in one battle, which was similar to Zhang Suqing back then. The merit of the ages is just one step away. One step into the air, and there is no recovery.

Not to mention the temple, just talking about the rivers and lakes, there are so many influential figures. The evil way has Song Zheng, who can be called a hero. He started from a commoner, and he became one of the top tyrants in the world, and founded the foundation of the Northwest Zhou Dynasty. This is why Tan Taiyun later competed with the Wei court. The righteous path has Situ Xuance, who can be called a hero. He integrated the twelve sects of the righteous path, united the five sects of Liaodong, and before Li Xuandu, he wanted to put the five sects of the northwest to death, ending the thousand-year dispute and ushering in a hundred years of peace. But now, where is Song Zheng? Where is Situ Xuance? Both of them fell in the arena, let alone Li Xuandu? Once the imperial capital changed, Li Xuandu almost followed in the footsteps of these two people, so Li Xuandu had to spend several years to reflect on himself. Even today's Li Xuandu would never dare to say that he underestimated the heroes of the world.

Because of this, Li Xuandu often said that he would take his time, but under the current situation, time is running out, which is really a dilemma.

Fortunately, the predecessors have already walked out a way, and Li Xuandu will save a lot of effort if he follows this road.

But Li Xuandu doesn't know what the situation will be at the end of this road, but it will not be worse than now.