Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu didn't take Tan Taiyun's threats too seriously. It's not that Li Xuandu didn't take Tan Taiyun's words seriously, but for Li Xuandu, too much debt is not a worry, too many lice are not itchy, so what's the use of worrying? It's nothing more than fighting against enemies and covering up water. Let him go.

After Tan Taiyun finished speaking, he did not leave in a hurry, but asked: "When do you plan to go to the Imperial Capital?"

Li Xuandu said: "Whether I go to the Imperial Capital, when I go to the Imperial Capital, and how I go to the Imperial Capital, it seems that it has nothing to do with the Holy Lord."

"How can it have nothing to do with it?" Tan Taiyun smiled lightly, "No matter how you respect the Taoist ancestors, you still recognize the Confucian school in your bones. The Taoist school must be unified, and the world must be unified. If you want to clean up the old rivers and mountains, the northwest is a hurdle that you can't get around."

Li Xuandu looked at Tan Taiyun, "Why, the Holy Lord wants to stop me?"

Tan Taiyun suddenly sighed, "Although I don't like Xu Laogui, I have to admit that Xu Laogui taught me a lot. He specifically talked about the general trend. As long as the general trend is established, it will take only a few years to sweep the world. If the general trend is not established, maybe It has been difficult to make any progress for decades. That's why there is a saying of fighting for the general trend. If you lose the general trend, even if you seem to occupy half of the country, it is just like paper, and it will be destroyed in the blink of an eye. "

Li Xuandu asked back: "Does the Saint think that I have a general trend?"

Tan Taiyun said: "It can't be said that the general trend has been established, but it can be regarded as the beginning of the general trend. Song Zheng is a lesson for the past, and I don't want to repeat the same mistake."

Li Xuandu shook his head and said: "The Saint is too proud of me."

Tan Taiyun looked at Li Xuandu and changed the subject, "I said just now that if you don't have the cultivation of the Immortal Realm now, I will beat you up. If I don't have the cultivation of the Immortal Realm now, what will you do?"

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Nonsense, of course I want to hear the truth." Tan Taiyun said directly.

Li Xuandu said, "I will teach you what the rules are."

Tan Taiyun couldn't help laughing, "It's rare to hear a straightforward word from you, and you still have some youthful spirit. It's not easy. But Mr. Qingping has only this little bit of magnanimity? It's so disappointing."

Li Xuandu said indifferently, "I'm not born with a magnanimity, it's all forced out. If I wasn't Mr. Qingping, but a wanderer in the rivers and lakes, taking pleasure in revenge, then it wouldn't be as simple as Song Zheng who died."

Tan Taiyun put on his veil again and said, "Let's go."

Li Xuandu stood in place, "I'm sorry I can't see you off."

Tan Taiyun and Li Xuandu passed by each other and walked down the mountain.

After Tan Taiyun walked away, Xu Jiu walked up to the Sutra-Preaching Platform.

Xu Jiu said softly, "Master, Taiping Temple is ready."

There are many Taoist temples on Mount Zhongnan. According to Li Xuandu's idea, each sect, whether it has surrendered to Taoism or not, has been assigned a Taoist temple as the headquarters of its sect, with a total of 22 Taoist temples. Taiping Temple naturally corresponds to Taiping Sect. Li Xuandu had just instructed in advance to ask the Taoist fireman on the mountain to prepare a table of food for a banquet.

However, this guest was not Tan Taiyun, because Tan Taiyun's identity was too special. If they really wanted to host a banquet for Tan Taiyun, this kind of small private banquet would not be enough, and it would easily lead to the misunderstanding of disrespecting the dignified Saint. Moreover, Tan Taiyun had no intention of staying for long, after all, she and Li Xuandu were not the same kind of people.

The two left the Sutra Platform and went to Taiping Temple.

Since it was a private banquet, the pomp would not be too big, and the number of people would not be too large. In addition to Li Xuandu and Xu Jiu, there were Zuo Yuhan, the leader of the Faxiang Sect, Fang Yuan, the leader of the Jingchan Sect, and Wuzhen, the leader of the Vajra Sect.

Zuo Yuhan, needless to say, is a well-known fence-sitter. He also resisted the unification of Taoism. Zhang Jingchen did it openly, while he did it secretly. He shirked responsibility, complained, and refused to cooperate. However, he would not oppose the unification of Taoism on the surface, but instead acted like a submissive. However, the death of Zhang Jingchen also greatly frightened Zuo Yuhan. It can even be said that he was frightened by Li Xuandu's methods. Even Zhang Jingchen died in his own Great Immortal Mansion. All the forces involved in this matter suffered heavy losses. How could he be spared without a backer? It's a very simple truth. Once the killing ban is opened, killing people will be much more casual. So he hurried to see Li Xuandu to show his sincerity and to test his opinion.

Jingchan Sect is old news. At that time, the old Tianshi Zhang Jingxiu handed over Jingchan Sect to Li Xuandu. Among the disciples of Jingchan Sect, there was a person named Yuanjue, who was a talent and was even allowed to attend the meeting of Dabaoen Temple as an exception. However, Yuanjue openly opposed the unification of Taoism at the meeting and was driven out of the hall by Li Xuandu. When his colleagues lost their status as heirs, Fang Yuan, the only elder of the Fang generation, was appointed by Li Xuandu as the abbot of Jingchan Sect. Although Fang Yuan's prestige was slightly insufficient, Jingchan Sect was left with only an empty frame and could not stir up the storm of gods and demons.

As for Wuzhen of Vajra Sect, he was an old acquaintance of Li Xuandu. As early as when they attacked Changsheng Palace, the two had worked together. At that time, it was Wuzhen who persuaded Li Xuandu to return to Qingwei Sect to advocate peace talks between the north and the south. The two also had a debate about "a son in the family". From this point of view, Li Xuandu and Wuzhen can be regarded as old friends. But what Wuzhen didn't expect was that the old Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu was not only satisfied with the peace talks between the north and the south, but also wanted to unify the Dao Sect directly, which violated the interests of the Buddhist Sect.

It is said that the right and left hands of the old Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu are Bai Xiushang and Wuzhen. On this point, Bai Xiushang agreed, so she still had a close relationship with Zhang Jingxiu, and even became in-laws. Wuzhen opposed it and gradually faded out the decision-making layer with Zhang Jingxiu as the core, and turned to the Shingon Sect.

The incident of the Zhengyi Sect on August 15th led by Zhang Jingchen was not the only force of Zhang Jingchen, but also the secret support of Song Zheng, Yin Yang Sect and Zhenyan Sect. But in a big defeat, Zhang Jingchen and Song Zheng died directly, resulting in the split of Yin and Yang Sect, Shangguan Wan turned against each other, Zheng Yi Sect lost its strength and became a vassal of Li Xuandu. Then the Zhenyan Sect naturally could not stay out of the matter. Not only did the heavy losses, but the Wudao Sect seized the opportunity and eroded it, and the Zhenyan Sect lost the city and abandoned the land. In this case, no matter how unwilling the Vajra Sect and the Zhenyan Sect are, there is only one choice, that is, to reconcile with Li Xuan and fight with all their efforts to deal with the invasion of the Wudao Sect.

Wuzhen could only look at her old face and relied on her previous love to meet Li Xuandu. Li Xuandu was not willing to give up the real face, and the other was that he did not have the energy to pay attention to the Western Regions. His main energy was still on the Taoist sect, the Central Plains, and the Imperial Capital, which led to this private banquet. It may not be possible to get a clear result, but at least you can have a rough attitude.

This is also the reason why Li Xuandu asked Xu Jiu to accompany him. After all, Xu Jiu has been in the Western Regions for many years and has a better understanding of the situation there. If it involves the Zhenyan Sect, he can give Li Xuandu some suggestions.

After Dan Taiyun left Zhongnan Mountain, he met with the palace official and asked with a smile: "Why don't you go up the mountain?"

The palace official shook his head, "If life was only like the first meeting."

Dan Taiyun nodded and said, "This is because Mr. Qingping has changed a lot. He is no longer the Purple House Sword Immortal of the past."

The palace official sighed, "I am so angry that I am so young that I can't imagine what he would look like when he is old."

Dan Tai Yun rarely held an air in front of the palace official and joked: "Everything will turn back when it is extreme. When he gets old, he may become an old naughty boy."

The palace official was silent for a moment, and imagined that Li Xuan had become an old naughty boy. He couldn't help laughing: "That's too... too..." She couldn't think of a suitable description for a moment.

Dan Taiyun sighed a little, "I have seen many people with obsessions, some who ruined their lives for revenge, some who made themselves neither human nor ghost for love, and some who revitalized the sect and family. It is understandable that people like Li Xuandu are trying hard to climb up, but it is really rare for people like Li Xuandu to have an illusory "peace in the world". I just wanted to ask him, is it worth it? But in the end, Hold it down."

The palace official whispered: "Why can you think about each person's ambition?"

Tan Taiyun said, "Yes, after reaching the realm of immortality, it is either for the so-called great way or for the world, whether it is peace in the world or the common ruler in the world."

The palace official looked back at Zhongnan Mountain. There was no expression of loss, complexity, emotion, etc. on his face, but with an interested smile, then turned his head and left with Dan Taiyun.