Cyber ​​Daming

Chapter 575: Dream Broken, Seeing Zhenwu (V)
In the Buddhist country.

The giant ape's huge body blocked the moonlight, and its pair of scarlet eyes like a blood moon were fixed fiercely on the Taoist's figure. The iron rod that was inserted into the ground kept twisting, waiting for the order from the master of the Buddhist country, and then it would raise the rod to crush the little bug in front of it into minced meat.

"The Heavenly Master came here today to perform a heroic feat of slaying demons all by himself, so that everyone in Longhu Mountain will know who the real Heavenly Master is?"

Zhang Chongcheng smiled when he heard this, "If you want to humiliate Zhang Chongyuan, there are many ways. The one you mentioned is just the lowest. And there is only one person in Longhu Mountain who truly deserves the title of 'Heavenly Master'. The rest are just false praises from the world."

"Moreover, in my eyes, you are not the so-called 'evil demons'."

"Oh?"

Yuan Mingfei raised her eyebrows with interest, took out a slender copper pipe as long as her arm from behind her waist, and slowly filled it with tobacco.

"Then what are we in the eyes of the Taoist priest? We can't be friends, right?"

"If we can't call them friends, at least we can be considered fellow sufferers."

"This statement is new."

Concubine Yuan Ming raised her wrist slightly, and two armchairs appeared out of thin air behind the two of them.

She held the pipe in one hand and held up the hem of her skirt with the other, then sat down leisurely in the chair, crossed her legs, and signaled Zhang Chongcheng with her eyes.

"Please give me some advice, Taoist priest."

Zhang Chongcheng couldn't help but admire the calmness of the person in front of him.

"It's not really an instruction, it's just an obvious fact. Master Yuan, you should have noticed it a long time ago."

Zhang Chongcheng said slowly: "Zhang Chongyuan, I'm afraid he has lost his heart."

The other party's words made no sense. At least Shen Li and Fan Wujiu, who were standing behind Yuan Mingfei, looked confused and obviously did not understand.

But Yuan Mingfei and Xie Bian frowned at the same time.

There is something wrong with Zhang Chongyuan!

In fact, the two of them had some vague guesses about this before, but the other party had never left Longhu Mountain from beginning to end, so there was no conclusive evidence.

But at this moment, Zhang Chongcheng told the other party in person that he had lost his "Dao heart". Although the wording was obscure, Yuan Mingfei and Xie Bian understood that this was already a clear hint to them that the Tianshi Mansion had also noticed that something was wrong with Zhang Chongyuan.

What's wrong with Zhang Chongyuan?
His behavior was too abnormal.

To be precise, his performance was too weak, and he totally lacked the decisiveness and ruthlessness that a great Taoist priest should have.

Such speculation is not groundless.

But ever since Li Jun entered Guangxin Prefecture and showed an attitude of fighting to the death, Longhu Mountain's response has been strange in every way.

First, he appointed Zhang Qingyu, a young generation of the Fourth Order, to take the lead, instead of using the more experienced and skilled older generation of Fengchuang Dao Xu. This approach is very interesting.

Is Zhang Qingyu bad? Among the new Taoists who entered the Dao after the "Division of the World", he is not only good, but can be considered very good.

Otherwise, he would not be in charge of the Xuantan Hall in the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain, holding great power and patrolling the mountain.

But it was still a bit difficult for him to deal with Li Jun, a notorious lone warrior.

This can be seen from the fact that he chose to take the initiative to deploy a defensive position and stationed people in the palaces of various counties in Guangxin Prefecture, giving Li Jun the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

Being able to be promoted to the fourth rank proved that Zhang Qingyu had experienced at least ten lifetimes in the Huangliang dream.

But dreams are just dreams after all. Your enemies in this world will not act according to your script, and God will not always favor you.

Zhang Chongyuan is a person who has experienced the "division of the world" and should not fail to understand this point.

But he still did it, and after Li Jun led everyone to break through several Taoist palaces, he still showed great trust in Zhang Qingyu, which was also not in line with common sense.

On the other hand, the power displayed by Longhu Mountain is too weak.

It is true that Longhu Mountain is now in decline, and its strength ranks at the bottom among the 'Four Mountains and One Palace' in the Taoist order.

But no matter how low it ranks, the status and heritage of the thousand-year-old Taoist ancestral home are still there.

However, throughout the entire dispute, Longhu Mountain hardly used any third-grade or above Taoist magic weapons with great killing power.

Even a decent celestial orbit star could not be mobilized, until now a 'Po Jun' was moved out.

This is really a bit abnormal.

Even if there are other Daoxu sects trying to hinder Longhu Mountain in Baiyujing, Zhang Chongyuan will not be helpless and give in weakly.

As a result, Longhu Mountain suffered setbacks everywhere and suffered defeat after defeat. All the members of the "Xi" generation in the sect were killed or injured, and the nine elite troops suffered heavy casualties.

In this turmoil that broke out in the core base of Longhu Mountain.

The performance of the great Taoist priest Zhang Chongyuan can be described as "hesitant and timid".

Rather than saying it was a demon slaying, it would be more accurate to say that they were deliberately sending people to be killed by Li Jun, so as to use him to weaken the power of Longhu Mountain.

Looking at the solemn expression on Concubine Yuan Ming's face, Zhang Chongcheng sighed slowly.

"Longhu Mountain, you, and those shady people hiding in the dark who want to fish in troubled waters, all those who have entered the game, without exception, have been deceived."

"Master, what you mean is that we have all been manipulated by others?"

Yuan Mingfei frowned and asked back, but saw Zhang Chongcheng shook his head.

"It's not that bad."

Zhang Chongcheng paused, a self-deprecating smile on his face: "But it's almost the same. The person who planned it saw through the contradictions within the Dao Order so thoroughly that he just went with the flow and caused Longhu Mountain to suffer such a huge loss. The entire Tianshi Mansion is no different from a puppet chess piece."

Yuan Mingfei did not ask who the person behind the plot was.

If what Zhang Chongcheng said was true, then there was only one person in the entire Ming Empire who could do this.

In contrast, Yuan Mingfei wanted to know what the current conflicts within the Daoxu were.

It doesn't matter who does the damage; what matters is how it's done.

"An unwelcome request, could you please tell me what the contradiction within the preface is?"

"There is an old saying among mortals that family disgrace should not be made public. Originally, these things should not be explained to outsiders, but now it seems that if I don't explain it clearly, Master Yuan, you will not believe my good intentions in this trip."

"Thank you for your understanding, Master."

Zhang Chongcheng nodded, tapping the armrest of the chair with his fingers, as if he was considering how to use his words.

After he paused for a moment, he slowly said, "Speaking of this matter, the crux of it still lies in the 'division of the world' that happened sixty years ago."

"By that time, Huangliang had already been fully built, Baiyujing was above Youhai, and the new Dao sequence took advantage of this opportunity of a heavenly general, and the luck of the entire sequence was boiling and prosperous, and masters emerged in endlessly."

"After defeating Wuxu, this luck reached its peak. Take Shangrao County as an example. In that year alone, there were as many as 300 new seeds of cultivation. Such a grand occasion is rare in a thousand years. It should have been a great thing for the Taoism, but Wudang Mountain, which led the old school of Taoism at the time, did not think so."

"In their view, 'Huangliang' is a shortcut and a detour, and it is the source of the catastrophe that will lead to the destruction of Daoxu. Therefore, before completely eradicating the remnants of Wuxu, they can't wait to destroy 'Huangliang'."

Zhang Chongcheng showed a faint look of contempt on his face: "The banner of Wudang Mountain is to die for the survival of the Dao order. It seems to be righteous, but the real reason is just to fear the opportunities and advantages that Huangliang will bring to the new school. They know very well that if they let Huangliang develop, within a hundred years, the old school that is complacent will be completely extinct and disappear in history."

"If we have different philosophies, we cannot plan together. The 'divide of martial arts in the world' that should have been settled has been stirred up again, with the Wudang Mountain, which calls itself 'True Martial Arts', causing internal strife in the Taoist order."

"Those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few. During the civil war, Wudang Mountain's stubbornness caused them to be deserted by their friends and relatives, but they still persisted and fought against the new school of Taoism alone."

Zhang Chongcheng's calm tone suddenly became a little agitated: "Although the final outcome ended with the destruction of Wudang, the new Taoist order still underestimated their madness and ferocity."

"The contemporary 'Zhang Tianshi' who was in charge of Longhu Mountain at that time was assassinated by the 'Zhenren' of Wudang. Although the heads of the other new sects who had reached the second level were also seriously injured, they managed to save their lives under the protection of 'Zhang Tianshi'." "Longhu Mountain fought hard for the survival of the new sect order, which was considered to be a benevolent and righteous act. However, after the war, it did not receive the respect it deserved. Instead, because of the death of 'Zhang Tianshi', it attracted the covetousness of other new sects."

"The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant."

Zhang Chongcheng said coldly: "In order to avoid the same fate as Wudang Mountain, Senior Brother Chonglian inherited the position of 'Zhang Tianshi' and turned the tide in times of crisis. He used the authority of Baiyujing's 'Jia Zi Tianxian' to transform into a fairy sword, forcibly sealed the Huangliang core, and slashed the attempts of the heads of other sects to 'combine the Dao', blocking them all from the second order."

"Only after the current 'Zhang Tianshi' is promoted first, will they have the opportunity to take that step. If they still try to overthrow Longhu Mountain, the result will be destruction for both sides! From then on, the entire new sect's order will be completely stable."

In the Buddha's kingdom, the giant ape was like a frozen background, stunned by the distraction of its master.

Behind Yuan Mingfei, Xie Bian frowned, but Fan Wujiu seemed to be listening with little interest. He didn't understand what this big-name man was talking about, and the story he told was not bizarre enough, and it was not even vivid.

Shen Li, who was born in Tianque, opened his eyes wide with murderous intent in his eyes.

In his opinion, the other party's repeated talk about "dividing the world into martial arts" was like a slap in his face.

And he keeps swinging left and right, never stopping.

If it weren’t for the fact that this is Sister Yuan’s Buddhist kingdom, I wouldn’t be able to take action without the master’s permission.

Otherwise, I would have swung my knife and started chopping. Who would keep talking to you here?

"This generation's 'Zhang Tianshi' is really good at this."

Concubine Yuan Ming gave a mild compliment.

"So the crux of this contradiction is that you have strangled the hopes of other new sects to advance to the second rank?"

"This is also a helpless move for self-protection, not Longhushan's original intention."

Zhang Chongcheng continued, "Over the years, sects such as Gezhao, Qingcheng, Maoshan, etc. have tried many ways to circumvent this blockade. But without exception, they all failed."

“This dispute this time arose because of this.”

Zhang Chongcheng sneered, "All the sects should have seen the clues, so they chose to stand aside and watch, or even secretly do something to hinder Longhu Mountain, hoping to disrupt the entire Guangxin Prefecture with Li Jun's hand, weaken Longhu Mountain, and force 'Zhang Tianshi' to release his authority."

Having said that, Concubine Yuan Ming had already understood the so-called "contradiction between Taoism and order".

But she was not naive enough to completely believe what Zhang Chongcheng said.

What about Wudang hating Huangliang and wanting to cut off the new school's chance? What about Longhu doing his best but being bullied by his fellow disciples?

History only records the stories of winners, because the losers are long gone.

"Thank you, Master, for clearing up my doubts."

Yuan Mingfei pursed her lips, exhaled two streams of smoke from her nose, and said with a smile: "But no matter how I listen, I can hear that Longhu Mountain has become the target of public criticism. To put it bluntly, we are very happy to see this exciting scene of everyone pushing down the wall when it falls."

“Longhu Mountain will fall into crisis, but it will never collapse.”

Zhang Chongcheng also smiled: "At worst, as long as Longhu Mountain is willing to release authority to one or two Daoxu sects, we can immediately turn the danger into safety. But if it really comes to that, I wonder if Master Li Xin's two fists can stop hundreds of flying swords? Where can you all go to find a way to survive?"

"Mani, who are you threatening here?"

Shen Li took a step forward, pointing the sharp sword in his hand directly at Zhang Chongcheng.

The latter glanced over and chuckled, "Tian Que can't save itself now, but it has found a good way out for you. Shen Li, you are blessed."

"What did you say?"

When Shen Li heard this, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart for no reason. He immediately became furious and was about to rush out with a knife.

A pipe stretched out horizontally and gently pressed down on the back of the knife.

"Fortune-telling is not something Daoxu is good at. Some of the words are just for listening. If you get angry, it will be embarrassing."

Yuan Mingfei looked at Zhang Chongcheng and said slowly: "The Grand Master told me the sect's scandal today. I believe in his sincerity."

"Master Yuan is very reasonable. This is a good thing for both of us."

"Master, don't be so hasty to praise me. I haven't finished what I'm saying yet."

Yuan Mingfei said: "I believe it, but it doesn't mean Li Jun believes it. He is not a person who can weigh the pros and cons. For him, a dragon and tiger is a fight, and a Daoxu Sect is also a fight. Our heads are on our necks, but his head is hanging on his belt."

"I said this to remind you, Tianshi, to put down your weapons. The key is not whether this is a game or not, nor is it whether there is a shady hand behind it. It is not about you or me, and certainly not about Li Jun."

Zhang Chongcheng understood and said with a smile: "That was born in Chenqi?"

"No, it's Sun Luyou."

Concubine Yuan Ming shook her head, not hiding the contempt in her eyes.

"Regarding the incident involving Taoist Sun Luyou, the instigator was Zhang Chongyuan. I can take the initiative to redress his wrongdoing and clear his name."

"Master Sun is innocent to begin with, why do you need to pay for it?"

Zhang Chongcheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "What does the mage mean?"

"Those who deserve to die must die." Yuan Mingfei spoke word by word.

"Many people have died in Longhu Mountain, whether it was for Chen Qisheng, Sun Luyou, or even for Su Ce. It is enough. You should be content."

Roar.
Above the Taoist temple, angry apes howled at the moon, shattering the stars in the sky.

Yuan Mingfei exhaled a puff of smoke and said calmly: "Did you hear that? He is saying that it is not enough."

"Zhang Chongyuan's identity is unusual. Only 'Zhang Tianshi' is qualified to deal with him."

Zhang Chongcheng said in a deep voice: "But I can guarantee that his fate will not be any easier than death."

"Master, I think you have made another mistake. Now you are begging us, not us begging you."

Yuan Mingfei smiled and said, "Besides, is there any need for Longhu Mountain to care about its face now?"

Zhang Chongcheng remained silent.

"Sun Luyou died unjustly, and Chen Qisheng is naturally innocent. He is still a disciple of Mount Longhu. It is reasonable for him to want to go up the mountain. Apart from him, life and death are at the discretion of the individual."

After a long time, Zhang Chongcheng finally spoke.

The moment he finished saying this, the huge figure that occupied the entire sky disappeared without a trace, and the Buddhist kingdom dispersed.

Zhang Chongcheng immediately stood up and turned to leave the temple.

"Is 'Zhang Tianshi' really just beginning to merge with the Dao now?"

The moment the Taoist stepped over the threshold of the Taoist temple, a question suddenly came from behind him.

Although he said it was a question, his tone was full of confidence.

"There is no shortage of foolish people in the world, nor is there a shortage of smart people like you, Master Yuan. But what foolish people see is not necessarily wrong, and smart people cannot always guess right. I have seen all kinds of people's hearts in Huangliang, and I think it should be the same in the world today."

Zhang Chongcheng stopped, stood outside the Taoist temple, and looked back.

"Oh, by the way, I have heard that the most powerful ability in the Fanchuan Buddhist order is the reincarnation method rooted in the genes. I wonder which Buddha in the sacred mountain you have inherited? Which sacred mountain should you return the cause and effect to in the future?"

One question after another, the people inside and outside the temple exchanged moves.

Sharper than a sword.

(End of this chapter)