Taiping Inn

Zhang Feishan is not very old, much younger than Li Xuandu and Yan Feiqing, and not much younger than Su Yunjiao. According to the standards of ordinary people in the martial arts world, he has become famous at a young age, but compared with Li Xuandu and Li Taiyi, who became famous at a young age, Zhang Feishan's fame is already very late.

The reason for Zhang Feishan's fame can be summed up in one word: accumulation of experience.

In the first ten years, he just quietly practiced the Xuanmen skills of the Zhengyi Sect to lay a solid foundation. After accidentally coming to this demon-suppressing platform, he met Li Feiyan who was imprisoned here, and began to practice swordsmanship with Li Feiyan, and his swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds.

As Zhang Feishan said, everyone has his own strengths. If he followed Yan Feiqing's old path, he would be unknown all his life, and at most he would become a Zhengyi Sect elder by relying on his qualifications, and he would never hope to be a great master in this life. But after learning swordsmanship from Li Feiyan, his talent was fully exerted, and he was able to stand out from the Zhang family's children. In other words, Zhang Feishan is a good candidate for sword practice. If he was not born in Zhengyi Sect, but in Qingwei Sect, he might be another Li Xuandu or Li Yuanying.

As for Zhang Feishan's sword practice, the great master Zhang Jingxiu did not object and acquiesced to this behavior. However, because of the emergence of Li Taiyi in Qingwei Sect, and in order to avoid forcing the growth of seedlings, Zhang Jingxiu deliberately downplayed the matter, which led to Zhang Feishan's relative obscurity. If it were not for the Shaoxuan list this time, there would still be very few people who knew him in the world.

Zhang Feishan was indifferent to the great master's treatment, without any resentment. Because he is a person with a high heart, a truly high-minded person never cares about the opinions of others, whether such opinions are derogatory or praiseful.

However, there are exceptions, and the great master is one of them, but what he cares most about is the opinion of his aunt.

As the sun sets, the sea of ​​clouds is golden and red, and the demon-suppressing platform seems to be covered with a layer of red gauze.

Li Feiyan sat on the edge of the demon-suppressing platform, bathing in the golden red afterglow of the setting sun. Her originally unremarkable face glowed with a breathtaking beauty under the interweaving of light and shadow.

Zhang Feishan stared at Li Feiyan's profile, and was infatuated for a while.

Li Feiyan didn't look at Zhang Feishan, but still looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, her thoughts drifting away.

In addition to the Zhang family of Zhengyi Sect, which has been passed down from generation to generation, it is no longer a rare thing for major sects to recruit sons-in-law to marry into the family. There is a saying that it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away, and this is the case with the Li family. When her father was in power in the Qingwei Sect, it was far less powerful than it is now, and her father was not a terrestrial immortal in the realm of immortality, but his father accepted an apprentice, who was later Li Daoxu. When Li Daoxu was young, he and Zhang Jingxiu were like Li Xuandu and Yan Feiqing today, and they were rivals for a while. So her father recruited this beloved disciple as his son-in-law and passed the position of the sect leader to him.

At the beginning, they lived in peace, at least on the surface they were still a couple who respected each other like guests, but as time went by, Li Daoxu's realm became higher and higher, and his control over Qingwei Sect became deeper and deeper, so everything changed. In the original Qingwei Sect, although Li Daoxu was the nominal leader, many major events were still decided by the two sisters, but later, it became a joint discussion among the three of them, and then later, Li Daoxu simply stopped asking for their opinions and made all decisions arbitrarily. In this world, strength is important. The people below naturally know who is stronger and who is the one who really controls the situation, not to mention that Li Daoxu is the legitimate leader, so they all turned to Li Daoxu, and even Li Rushi became a solid supporter of Li Daoxu regardless of their husband-wife friendship. The two sisters became marginalized people in Qingwei Sect, and the elder sister couldn't get over it, so she died of depression.

Li Feiyan hated her brother-in-law at the beginning, but after sitting on the Demon Suppression Platform for so many years, she got over it. Because this world, this world, is like this, the capable are promoted, the mediocre are demoted, the strong live, the weak die. How did Song Zheng get to the top? He directly attacked and killed the leader of Wudao Sect and became the leader himself. The leader who died under Song Zheng's knife could be called Song Zheng's mentor, and he had the grace of knowing him, but when it came to the power struggle, Song Zheng still shot him without mercy. Compared with Song Zheng, Li Daoxu was merciful, and it can even be said that his methods were extremely gentle, like boiling a frog in warm water. From beginning to end, Li Daoxu did not do anything to tear his face, and he did not even make things difficult. Even when facing his sister's crazy questioning and crying, he just moved to Bajing Villa, and did not change back to his original surname. He only did one thing, which was to squeeze the two sisters out of the power center of Qingwei Sect little by little, and hold the power of Qingwei Sect in his own hands.

Li Feiyan began to reflect on herself and found that she and her sister had been too self-righteous and self-righteous in the process of getting along with Li Daoxu and Li Rushi. They always had the mentality of a benefactor, looking down on others. If Li Daoxu was a mediocre person, it would be fine, but Li Daoxu was not a mediocre person. He was an extraordinary person. Even without the Qingwei Sect and the Li family's "charity", he would have his day. The Qingwei Sect only accelerated the process, so he would not swallow his anger, and then everything that happened next would be a natural result.

The two sisters did not have the ability to control Li Daoxu, nor did they have the strength to compete with Li Daoxu, but they did not change their attitudes in time, so it was reasonable for them to be eliminated. This was a very simple power struggle, without any warmth, not the love between men and women, not the loyalty between brothers, but a life-and-death struggle. Li Daoxu had given them a respect to the maximum extent, and even reserved a position for her as a deputy leader.

Unfortunately, it was too late for Li Feiyan to understand this truth. She was unwilling to accept this respect and left Yingzhou Island angrily, wanting to establish merits and reverse the situation by her own strength, and finally fell into the situation today.

It was precisely because she understood these that Li Feiyan sighed that Li Daoxu had become a lonely man when she heard that Li Xuandu was expelled from the sect.

Whether it was a lonely man, trapped on the demon-suppressing platform, or expelled from the sect, it was his own choice, and he could not blame others.

Thinking of this, Li Feiyan sighed deeply: "Xiao Zifu is such a lovely child, but it's a pity that Qingwei Sect can't accommodate him."

For some reason, Zhang Feishan suddenly felt a little gloomy.

Li Feiyan continued: "Zhang Haishi, Li Yuanying, Li Xuandu, these three people are likely to become the leader of Qingwei Sect. Now that Li Xuandu is out, only Zhang Haishi and Li Yuanying are left. If Li Daoxu is gone, can Li Yuanying sit firmly on the position of leader? The one who has received the most true teachings from Li Daoxu is this second gentleman."

Then she shook her head again and said to herself: "No, it's not like that. Li Yuanying is definitely not Zhang Haishi's opponent. Rather than saying that Li Xuandu lost to Li Yuanying, it's better to say that Zhang Haishi lost to Li Daoxu."

Zhang Feishan said softly: "I once heard the great master mention it inadvertently. , Zhang Haishi may have already stepped into the realm of heaven and man, but he deliberately concealed his weakness. If he used all his strength, he should be among the top three on the Taixuan list. "

Li Feiyan was not surprised at all and said, "It's like his personality. If Situ Xuance is a very yang and very strong person, then Zhang Haishi is a very yin and very soft person. Daozu once made an analogy that people who are too hard are like teeth, which will fall off one by one after old age, which is too hard and easy to break; while soft people are like tongues, which will exist no matter how old they are, and they are still flexible. "

Zhang Feishan was naturally familiar with this allusion and couldn't help laughing.

Li Feiyan slowly stood up and stopped looking at the sea of ​​clouds outside the sky. Instead, he turned and came to the side of the Demon Suppression Well in the middle of the Demon Suppression Platform. On the edge of the well, countless complicated talismans were engraved, and the phantoms of these talismans kept breaking away from the engravings, flying upwards, and finally dissipated into dots of light.

The cost of the Zhengyi Sect just to maintain this Demon-Suppressing Well Cave Heaven every year is an astronomical figure that is shocking.

Li Feiyan stretched out his hand and pressed on the edge of the well. The wall of the Demon-Suppressing Well immediately glowed with brilliance, and various Taoist talismans flashed by. Li Feiyan did not pay attention to these strange scenes, but looked at the dark well mouth, thinking.