Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu was not surprised by this question, because neither Tan Taiyun nor Xu Wugui would tell everyone around them all their plans, but Li Xuandu did not want to keep the secret for them, so he said directly: "The royal court is divided into two factions, the geomancer supports Batu Khan, and the saint supports Ili Khan. This is the follow-up to the battle in Xijing. The geomancer and the saint decided to decide the winner in the royal court, and the winner will get the support of the Golden Horde."

This answer did not surprise the palace official. She roughly understood the layout of the saint. Although Princess Xuanzhen, Bai Mei Niang, Su Yun'an and others did not hear about this matter as early as the palace official, they also learned a fact from Li Xuandu's words, that is, the saint and the geomancer are still in the royal court, and they are hostile to each other for the Golden Horde.

In other words, for a long time, the Golden Horde will be caught in internal strife and unable to interfere with the situation in the Central Plains. Li Xuandu's intention to withdraw from the Golden Horde at this time is very obvious. Princess Xuanzhen is more and more sure of Li Xuandu's determination for revenge.

Mrs. Lu suddenly remembered a sentence: "The goshawk flew across the sky, leaving a shadow on the ground, and the field mice were so scared that they held the food in their hands tightly." Li Xuandu is the goshawk, and the old and young people of Taiping Sect are field mice. They regard Taiping Sect as their food, and they are afraid that the goshawk will take away their food. It is really ridiculous. However, Mrs. Lu has added a few more worries. Although the goshawk will not plunder the food of field mice, it will directly feed on field mice. Mrs. Lu began to worry about where Li Xuandu will take Taiping Sect, and whether he will directly sacrifice Taiping Sect for his ideals, great cause, and ambitions. Today, Li Xuandu has gradually shown signs of being difficult to control, and he has the title of the sect master. If he really wants to do something, it is too difficult to control him.

The palace official asked his second question, "Who has the upper hand, the Saint King or the Earth Master?"

Li Xuandu hesitated for a moment before saying, "The Saint King has the help of King Ji Tian, ​​Madam Luo, and Huangfu Yuxiu, while the Earth Master and Song Zheng have joined forces. The key lies in who can get the support of Shamanism. Shamanism was originally loyal to the National Master, but unfortunately the National Master was defeated too quickly and failed to mobilize the main force of Shamanism, resulting in Shamanism being leaderless. The death of the National Master was closely related to the Earth Master and the Saint King. In terms of winning over Shamanism, neither side has an advantage."

The palace official fell into deep thought. The situation in the Golden Tent was far more complicated than she had imagined. Although Li Xuandu had already withdrawn, the Golden Tent Rebellion was far from over.

The palace official asked, "Just now the city lord said that the national master did not have time to mobilize the main force of Shamanism. May I ask the city lord, are the main forces of Shamanism not in the royal court?"

Li Xuandu shook his head: "No."

"Where?" The palace official chased closely.

Although Li Xuandu was just guessing, he was very sure, "The Great Snow Mountain Palace."

Whether this name is familiar to everyone present depends on whether they are familiar with Taoist classics. For example, Zhou Shuning, because she is still young, she has no idea, but the slightly older Princess Xuanzhen and Madam Lu immediately reacted, "Is it the place where the Khan of the Golden Horde summoned Changchun Zhenren?"

Li Xuandu said: "Yes, the old Khan gave the Great Snow Mountain Palace to the national teacher. The national teacher invested a lot of manpower and material resources there, not only Shamanism, but also recruited a large number of slaves to the Great Snow Mountain Palace every year. There are rumors that the national teacher is building a mausoleum for the old Khan, and there are also rumors that the national teacher wants to completely transform the Great Snow Mountain Palace into what he likes. I don't know whether these rumors are true or not, I only know that none of the slaves who went to the Great Snow Mountain Palace can come back. In short, the Great Snow Mountain Palace has become the nest of Shamanism, and it also hides the secrets of the national teacher."

Including the palace officials, everyone was silent for a while, including everyone in the Taiping Inn. Because this was the first time Li Xuandu mentioned the Snow Mountain Palace.

Zhou Shuning asked: "Why didn't the national teacher use the main force of the Shamanism or the secrets hidden in the Snow Mountain Palace?"

Li Xuandu was always very patient with Zhou Shuning and explained: "Because of carelessness, arrogance, and greed. For example, you are refining a pill, which can greatly increase your power by 20 years after taking it, and then you can travel the world. At this time, the enemy came to seek revenge, and the pill was only half refined. If you take the pill now, you can only increase your power by 10 years, and the materials of the pill are very rare, and you can't refine a second pill. In this way, you have two choices. The first choice is to take the pill immediately and defeat the enemy, but it also stops there. The second choice is to continue refining the pill and bet that you can deal with the enemy."

Zhou Shuning immediately understood, "The national teacher chose the latter."

Li Xuandu He smiled, "All decisions are ultimately a psychological game between the two sides. The geomancer is particularly good at this, and the national master did not lose unfairly. However, the geomancer also likes to take risks. For example, the battle of Beimang Mountain not long ago was a risk taken by the geomancer."

The palace official asked, "Which one do you think the city lord prefer, the geomancer or the sage king?"

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said, "I think the sage king is more optimistic, because I think the geomancer is not interested in the royal court. The geomancer once told me that he wants to take away a lot of things, which implies that he does not intend to stay in the royal court for a long time."

The palace official immediately responded, "The Great Snow Mountain Palace."

Qin Su, who had been wandering in the world, had come back to his senses without knowing when, and asked, "Does anyone know about Shamanism or the Great Snow Mountain Palace?"

Su Yun'an thought for a while and said, "Among the various sects in the Central Plains, only the Vajra Sect and the True Word Sect have friendship with Shamanism."

Li Xuandu sighed, "It's a pity that there are no people from these two sects in our Qingping Association." The palace official volunteered, "I asked too many questions just now, so I will find out the matter of the Daxue Mountain Palace."

Wudao Sect has been deeply cultivated in the northwest and even the grassland for many years, and there must be relevant channels and means. It can be seen from the layout of Dan Tai Yun in the Golden Tent royal court, and the palace officials have become the right venerable of Wudao Sect. Naturally, It is not difficult to mobilize the power of Wudao Sect, just to explore rather than attack.

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "Have there been any abnormalities in various places recently?"

Princess Xuanzhen hesitated for a moment and repeated the reward for King Jin by Emperor Tianbao on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Li Xuan was not surprised after hearing this, "It seems that between the King of Jin and the Queen Mother..."

Li Xuan didn't finish his words, and pondered for a moment, then the changes began to occur in the Seven Treasure Palace, and portals appeared around him. Li Xuan said, "If you still want to communicate privately, you can have an interview separately."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Su had already understood and took the initiative to invite Su Yunxian to enter a portal. With the beginning of Qin Su and Su Yunba, the others also looked at each other and stood up, but some people sat still, including Mrs. Lu.

Li Xuandu got off the Qibao Platform and came to Mrs. Lu, signaling the two to have an interview alone.

Mrs. Lu was stunned, then stood up and followed Li Xuandu into a portal, which was a place similar to a side hall. It was decorated simply with only two cushions.

Li Xuandu sat on one of the cushions and reached out to signal Mrs. Lu to sit down.

The two sat opposite each other, and Li Xuan said, "I will return to Taiping Sect soon. I wonder if my wife can teach me?"

At this time, the two were alone, and Mrs. Lu stopped calling the city lord and said, "The lord made fun of it. Now the lord is famous all over the world. How dare I teach the lord?"

Li Xuandu said, "Madam is too humble. I am not in the sect recently, so Mrs. Quan Lai has to take care of all matters in the sect. Regarding the recent situation in the sect, of course, it was the wife who taught me."

Mrs. Lu smiled, "The sect has many big and small things. I don't know where to start. I don't know what the sect leader wants to know?"

Li Xuandu said, "I want to know, if I represent the Great Heavenly Master and other sects to meet the old leader of the Qingwei Sect, what are the opinions of the elders in the sect?"

Mrs. Lu was stunned and then understood, "The Great Master wants to negotiate peace?"

Li Xuandu replied concisely: "The general trend is the way, and the people's hearts will."

Mrs. Lu nodded, "I understand. I will take a closer look at the elders' tone before the sect leader returns to the mountain gate."

Li Xuandu said, "Mrs. In addition, I am also preparing to launch a new Taixuan List, so please prepare for it."