My plug-in is a fairy grass

Chapter 868 Dilemma

bluestone space

On a mountaintop somewhere, Yang Zhen stood like a sculpture. In the distance, Anping Town was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, and many people could be vaguely seen gathering together.

He has remained silent for several hours.

"Puff, puff--" The sound of wings vibrating came from behind, and a big red bird turned back into a human form and landed respectfully beside him.

"Is everything going well?" Yang Zhen turned around and asked.

"During this trip, I found three villages in total. I assigned twenty monks to guard each village. There are a total of 9,852 mortals in these villages. Not one is missing. All of them are in this pagoda."

As Dandan answered, she took out the Wanxuan Pagoda from her arms and raised it above her head.

Yang Zhen waved his hand, and Caiyun, who was standing not far away, walked over gracefully, took the pagoda, smiled sweetly, and turned into a beam of light, heading towards a place at the foot of the mountain.

As the spiritual energy in the space became more and more abundant, and various elixirs became more and more sufficient, the former maid of the Zhao Mansion, who had just come out of seclusion, had already reached the realm of perfect foundation building.

"Nine days, three villages." Yang Zhen nodded slightly, looked at his dusty subordinates, and praised: "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard," Dandan grinned and said, "As long as I can leave this damn place one day earlier, this little bit of hard work is nothing!"

After saying that, he looked around and asked, "Where's Zhu Zhu? How's her progress?"

"Zhu Zhu found two farms these days and left with his people not long ago," said Yang Zhen.

"Then I'll go too..." Dandan rubbed his hands and said with high spirits.

"Don't be in a hurry. Take a rest for an hour and recover your strength. You two will be busy in the days to come." Yang Zhen said with a smile.

……

After discovering that the Xu Earth Universe Formation had lost control that day, Xiao Xiancao proposed a method to break the formation -

Find all 108 villages and destroy all the Weijian wood inside and outside the villages. The Xu Tu Qian Kun Formation will lose its support and will have to stop operating.

  This method was immediately recognized by Yang Zhen, Mu Zixue and others, but in order to be successfully implemented, one condition had to be met:

All weeds must be removed at the same time.

Otherwise, if only a part of it is destroyed, the energy under the ground of the small world will erupt along the remaining Weijian wood, and it is very likely that the world will be overturned due to the break of balance. If things go wrong, the whole small world will be swallowed by the void, which will be very dangerous.

To achieve this, the most reliable way is to deploy a considerable number of monks in each village and then carry out the operations simultaneously at an agreed time.

The small world is devoid of spiritual energy, and the spiritual consciousness is limited. Even the True God of Transformation cannot cover the entire territory. For others, this is almost impossible to do, but for Yang Zhen and his team, it is not a problem.

Because of the Yin-Yang spiritual connection.

This technique has a special effect, and Yang Zhen consciously promoted it a long time ago. Now there are no less than a thousand couples practicing this technique in the space, and almost every village can be assigned seven or eight people.

Just leave these people's partners in the bluestone space. After all the villages are settled, you can issue orders from the valley and take unified actions.

In addition, after the Weijian wood is eradicated, the village will be attacked by sandstorms, so all the villagers need to be transferred to the bluestone space. Now the space is very vast, and there will never be too many immigrants.

Therefore, Dandan and Zhuzhu, the only two demon kings who were suitable for moving in the yellow sand, were sent out again, each carrying a small world, the Wanxuan Tower and the Purple Emperor Bell. Every time they found a village, they would leave dozens of monks, relocate the local villagers, and then look for the next one.

However, the space in the small world is limited. The Wanxuan Tower can accommodate about ten thousand people, and the Zihuang Bell about a thousand people. The latter also needs the help of several spirit beast bags to completely empty a village.

Therefore, Dandan had to return once every three villages she found, while Zhuzhu had to go back and forth to each village.

……

Dandan responded, found a place nearby, sat cross-legged, and began to concentrate and regulate her breathing.

An hour later, after resting, he was full of energy again. Before that, Caiyun had already sent back the Wanxuan Tower, where a team of 100 monks were ready.

However, Dandan was not in a hurry to leave. Looking at Yang Zhen who had been standing still, she finally couldn't help but ask:

"Young Master, are you still worried about that matter?"

"Yeah." Yang Zhen responded and sighed, "If this matter is not handled properly, it will affect my Taoism."

It turned out that on the day when the transaction with Huang Ji was completed, when Yang Zhen was about to take the seeds, something happened in the Qingshi Space.

  Tan Mingzhen was accused by Shen Bobia and his daughter as the murderer of all members of the Shenyi Sect!

"I will never make a mistake. What this immortal is holding in his hand is the fourth-grade top-quality sword that is the treasure of my Shenyi Sect! My Shenyi Sect was brutally wiped out that day, and the sword was snatched away by the murderer. I didn't expect that today, I would run into it here, wuwu--" Shen Bobiao wailed.

Yang Zhen asked Tan Mingzhen where the sword came from, but Tan Mingzhen had a gloomy face and refused to answer.

So after a little thought, the truth actually came out.

  The one who destroyed the Shenyi Sect that year was not Princess Lu as Yang Zhen had guessed earlier, nor was it Huang Ji who had taken over Princess Lu's body, but it was the senior sister in front of him, Tan Mingzhen!

As for the reason, Yang Zhen quickly remembered that he had reported to the sect that he had found a sketch of a strange spaceship in Zhou Yuan's residence. Zhou Yuan drew it based on Yang Changjin's boasting and based on his memory. The details may be different, but the main features of this foreign spaceship are accurately presented.

This kind of special-shaped spaceship has never appeared in the Zhenyu Realm. If it is seen by certain people, such as Jiahe, it is very likely that they can guess its origin.

  So, in order to cover it all up, Yan Xiling instigated Tan Mingzhen to secretly cross the border and commit this horrific family massacre in the distant State of Zhao!

……

When Yang Zhen made these speculations, Tan Mingzhen did not deny them, but just said that all of this was his own decision and had nothing to do with Yan Xiling.

This is obviously a lie.

However, her behavior of defending the Supreme Ancestor, whether sincere or false, undoubtedly won the favor of all the fellow disciples in Yunxiao Sect, so they came to plead for mercy and asked for forgiveness of Tan Mingzhen's crimes.

Yang Zhen was in great trouble.

From an objective point of view, Yan Xiling, as the instigator, was guilty of an unforgivable crime in this matter. However, since he was already dead, his crime was written off and there was no way to investigate.

Although Tan Mingzhen was instructed by someone, she was the one who killed someone after all. As the direct murderer, her crime is equally unforgivable.

However, many things would not be a problem if they could be solved so easily.

First of all, Yan Xiling is Yang Zhen's mentor. In this world of master-disciple and father-son relationships, especially in the world of immortal cultivation where inheritance is always important, if the master has done something wrong, the disciple should help him conceal it, rather than spread it everywhere, otherwise he would be a traitor who would damage the reputation of the master.

Furthermore, Tan Mingzhen was Yang Zhen's senior sister, and she and Yan Xiling were actually Taoist companions. After the death of her master, Tan Mingzhen was actually equivalent to Yang Zhen's elder. If Yang Zhen insisted on executing Tan Mingzhen, in the eyes of the world, he would be no different from a traitor who rebelled against his superiors, and he would be criticized for his whole life.

In short, Tan Mingzhen has a special identity. She is the widow of the Grand Ancestor, Yang Zhen's senior sister, and a Jindan Zhenren. In the current difficult time when the sect is in trouble and talents are withering, if this matter is not handled properly, it will be like rubbing salt into the wounds of everyone in Yunxiao Sect.

Therefore, many lobbyists, especially those from the Yunxiao Sect, suggested that the survivors of the Shenyi Sect should be properly compensated. As for Tan Mingzhen, he could be punished appropriately, but he must not be executed.

However, Yang Zhen is a modern man from the Blue Planet after all, and this way of dealing with things is in great conflict with his moral concepts.

He couldn't face the angry and hateful faces of the Divine Will Sect with such a result. In addition, the townspeople of Anping Town, including the Civil Affairs Committee that Yang Zhen had first established, and the independent cultivators from the Mountain Region, after hearing about this, most of them stood on the side of the Divine Will Sect and expressed deep sympathy for their plight.

In a way, this incident has become a concrete manifestation of the conflict between the new Yunxiao Sect monks who have a fellow sect relationship with Yang Zhen and the vast majority of indigenous people in the Qingshi space.

If it is handled unfairly, it may destroy the stable and harmonious order of the entire human world in this space that Yang Zhen has been trying his best to maintain.

Yang Zhen couldn't make a decision for a moment.

At that time, the preparation for war with Huang Ji was at the most critical moment, so he ordered that the matter be dealt with later, and he swallowed the seed of the heaven and earth magic array and went to find a cave for retreat and breakthrough.

Soon, he hit a bottleneck.

When his cultivation gradually reached the perfection of Nascent Soul and the next step was to break through to the Spiritual Transformation, he suddenly found that he had difficulty communicating with the great Dao of Heaven and Earth. His Nascent Soul could not turn the virtual into the real, and his realm stagnated.

After some investigation, he discovered the problem.

There is always a lump in my heart that is difficult to get rid of, and that lump is the case of Tan Mingzhen.

……

This is related to the path that Yang Zhen is pursuing.

If his path is killing, power, tyranny, chaos, or even order, etc., as long as he can verify it himself and justify it, this matter will not have any impact.

But his great path is protection.

The purpose of protection is to ensure that those who are protected, whether they are relatives, friends, or the general public, can live a peaceful, happy and fulfilling life.

To achieve all this, in addition to having strong power to protect them from wind and rain, it is also necessary to be fair and just when dealing with matters related to them.

Only when a person lives in a fair world, or to put it another way, every regulation and every system he encounters has taken care of the majority, and there is no black box operation, no favoritism or fraud, and no going back on one's word in the implementation process, can he feel from the bottom of his heart that he is treated fairly.

No humiliation due to oppression.

Only then will he feel happy and joyful from the bottom of his heart.

Only then will you have a sense of pride in being protected and respected.

These concepts are closely linked to each other and ultimately constitute the protective avenue that Yang Zhen has always pursued.

If any one of them cannot be achieved or is broken, then the foundation of his already solid path will be shaken, reconstructed, and subverted.

This is something Yang Zhen absolutely cannot accept.

Because, ever since he first came into contact with the little fairy grass, from that fragile young seedling, Yang Zhen had already vowed in his heart to protect her, to protect this considerate, quirky little grass.

After that, by extension, there were other women such as Zhao Yueer, Caiyun, Mu Zixue, Liu Rou, Qing Xiaoling, Qin Mingyue and others who had intimate relationships with him.

Tian Tiezhu, Nanny, Qin Wan, Shuihong, Dou Manxiong and countless other relatives and friends.

As well as Dandan Zhuzhu, Youyou, Pei Jian, Mu Qingqing, Lu Suye, Qixia and other subordinates.

Yan Chengye, Dai Chenghong, Dou Xichang, Lan Yuanxun and other fellow disciples of Yunxiao Sect.

Finally, there are a large number of mortals and cultivators from various places such as the Mountain Realm, Xu Kingdom, and the Small World.

These people make up the current bluestone world, and they have become the relatives he wants to protect.

The way of protection has been deeply rooted in Yang Zhen's bones. He will never treat it perfunctorily, let alone abandon it.

Therefore, he must deal with Tan Mingzhen's matter fairly and impartially. If he cannot pass this level, his path to becoming a god will always be blocked by an invisible barrier, or a demon in his heart.

If you delay for too long, your cultivation may even regress instead of improve.

After realizing this, Yang Zhen was worried, but he still couldn't come up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.

……

"What suggestions do you have?" Perhaps he had been holding it in for a long time and wanted to find someone to talk to, so he asked.

"Me?" Dandan was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Miss Yiyi, Master Yue'er, and Miss Mu, what did they suggest?"

"Hey——" Yang Zhen laughed out loud: "You have become cunning, are you afraid of saying something wrong? Well, let me tell you their opinions. They are divided into several factions..."

"Yuer was asked by Senior Sister Shuihong and the people of Yunxiao Sect to let me deal with him leniently. Senior Sister Mu said that for Yan Xiling's sake, Tan Mingzhen should be spared. Qing Xiaoling hates evil and hates Tan Mingzhen. She just can't stand him and thinks he should be killed. As for Yiyi, she said that this is my inner demon and let me make my own decision. She supports me both ways."

At this point, he shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that Mingyue is not here. She has been in a high position for a long time, and she may be the best at handling such things."

"Well, tell me what you think. There's no need to be shy. Just say whatever you think."

"This..." Dandan touched the back of his head, a little embarrassed: "I think that the young master can handle it however he wants. As long as you don't keep it in your heart, it's no big deal!"

"It's not that easy!" Yang Zhen sighed, "Hundreds of lives! If I don't use Senior Sister Tan to pay for her life, how can I comfort the people of Anping Town? But if I really do this, how can I face the people of Yunxiao Sect? It's difficult!"

"Young Master's great path, is it for others to see, or for yourself to practice?" Dandan suddenly asked.

"What do you mean?" Yang Zhen was stunned.

"What I mean is that since the Young Master's guardian avenue is to protect all living beings, you must clearly distinguish which ones should be protected and which ones should not be protected."

"Hmm?" Yang Zhen seemed to be thinking about something, and ordered, "Go on."

"Then I'll tell you," Dandan's face flushed a little, "When I was very young, the young master used to feed Zhuzhu and me with the black-bellied scaled snakes and mountain rabbits he caught. At that time, although we were still ignorant, we gradually understood in our hearts that although we were all monsters, in the young master's heart, Zhuzhu and I were protected by you, while those snakes and rabbits were not liked by the young master, let alone the objects of his protection. In the young master's heart, they and I have different statuses."

"Yeah, that's right. Uh-huh, keep going!"

"That's all. I have said everything I wanted to say." Dandan spread out her hands and looked at Yang Zhen and laughed.

"You...have learned your lesson!" Yang Zhen kicked him angrily, "Get out of here!"

He was in a good mood. Dandan's words were like a light that cleared the fog, and he knew what he should do!