In the Southern Song Dynasty, among the vast mountains, there was a looming mountain villa surrounded by clouds and fog.
This is Xingyun Villa.
The man behind the scenes of the Southern Song Dynasty.
In a study room decorated with carved dragons and dancing phoenixes, Xingyunzhuang sat on a chair and looked at the people in the study quietly.
These people are Zhuangzi's external communicators. There were originally nine, but now, only eight are left.
These eight people are all at the level of martial arts masters. In the world, any one of them has a great reputation. But at this moment, in front of the owner of the village, everyone is restrained and looks very ordinary and insignificant.
This is what you should understand as a subordinate. You can be as arrogant or arrogant as you are in front of outsiders, but in front of those in power, you must restrain your sharpness and be honest.
"Xie Changan is dead!"
The owner of the village dropped a secret letter in his hand on the table, his eyes as cold as a cold pool.
"The spies in Hangzhou City saw him escaping from the yamen of Xuanyi Guard Qianhu Office, and then he was punched in the head by a man in black!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the eight people changed drastically.
A martial arts master died like this?
A middle-aged man wearing a blue scholar's shirt, with a wine gourd hanging on his waist, and a scholar's look on his face, frowned subconsciously.
"Master, with Xie Changan's ability, if he wanted to escape, not many people in the Southern Song Dynasty would be able to keep him! My subordinates guessed that there might be a first-class Xuanzun in the Xuanyi Guard Yamen of Jiangnan Mansion. Yiwei!"
First class Xuanyi guard!
As soon as these five words came out, the study suddenly became quiet, and a depressive atmosphere continued to permeate the hearts of several people.
Although the Xuanyi Guards in the Southern Song Dynasty had long since collapsed and could not be supported on the wall, it did not mean that the Xuanyi Guards headquarters in the Imperial Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty had also collapsed.
In this era when great masters rarely appear in the world, it can be said that a first-class Xuanyi guard is a sharp sword hanging on the collar of a martial arts master.
Every time the Xuanyi Guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty leave the capital, there will be a bloody storm in the world, and some martial arts forces will disappear in the long river of history.
The owner of Xingyun Village pondered for a while and asked: "Is there any definite news?"
The green-shirted scholar shook his head, "There is no news from the spies in the imperial capital for the time being, but we have to make preparations in advance.
You know, although Da Yiyi and other Xuanyi guards can sign up on the surface as innate warriors, in reality, every one of them is at least a double-flower master!
Moreover, he is not an ordinary double-flower grandmaster, but a master promoted by the top double-flower innates from Wujue. "
Grandmasters are also divided into three, six or nine levels.
Not to mention the Wuque Grandmaster, that kind of existence is too far away for people in the martial arts world, and it is an elusive realm.
After that, there are the top masters like Wu Jue.
These masters have the potential to condense three flowers when they are in the innate realm. Double flowers are just their starting point, not their limit.
However, due to the limitations of heaven and earth, they eventually had to advance to the master level with the double-flower innate realm.
Although these masters are trained as double-flower masters, they are actually much better than ordinary double-flower masters. They can be said to be at the top of the food chain.
After that, there were normal double-flower masters like Master Xingyun.
At the Wu Jue level, heaven and earth only allow them to become Double Flower Grandmasters.
As for Master Xingyun, his own potential can only support his cultivation to the realm of Double Flower Grandmaster. As for the Grand Master of a higher realm, he is basically out of luck.
This kind of master can be called an intermediate master. Generally speaking, the top combat power of the larger martial arts forces in various states is at this level.
As for Grandmaster Ichika, he is the most common ordinary grandmaster in the grandmaster realm. Grandmasters who often appear in the world are basically at this level.
Xingyun Villa has a very strong foundation. There are no less than ten martial arts masters on the surface. In addition to the owner of the village, there are also several senior masters who are hermits. In terms of foundation, in an era when great masters did not emerge, it can indeed be called the overlord.
But even so, after learning about the arrival of a first-class Xuanyi guard, everyone's hearts were still heavy and they were unwilling to provoke him easily.
After a moment of silence, Master Xingyun looked at the middle-aged scholar and said, "Tell me what you think!"
This green-shirted Confucian scholar is one of the spokespersons of Xingyun Villa to the outside world. Internally, he also plays the role of military adviser. When the owner of the village is undecided about big or small matters, he likes to ask for his opinion.
This person is always serious about his work, he is rigorous and never makes any omissions, and he never complains about anything. He can be called the most lovable subordinate.
Logically speaking, such a person should be the absolute confidant of the village owner, but in fact, the owner of Xingyun Village does not trust him at all.
Because this person has almost no weaknesses in terms of character.
He is neither greedy for money nor lustful, and he doesn't even care much about power.
Without weaknesses, the owner of the village cannot truly control the other party. How can a superior dare to say that he has absolute trust in a subordinate who makes it difficult to figure out what is going on in his heart?
The scholar in green shirt smoothed his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "My opinion is that the villa will be closed to the public from now on and will not care about worldly matters. When necessary, I can give up this family property and leave for another state at any time!"
Hearing this, the village owner frowned.
Some of the other masters had bad tempers and even started shouting.
"Military advisor, are you too cowardly? Now that you don't even know the specific situation, why are we so frightened that we just run away?"
"That's right! Back then we ran from Mingzhou to Songzhou, and finally established a foothold in the Southern Song Dynasty. Now we have to keep running. Where are we going?"
"Should we go to the Northern Song Dynasty? The pressure there in the Northern Song Dynasty is much greater than here. There are large-scale forces everywhere. It is said that there are even great master-level hidden cultivators.
If foreign forces like us come over hastily, it is really easy to cause disputes! "
"You can't go to the Northern Song Dynasty, let alone Tangzhou.
The great masters of the Northern Song Dynasty, at least in the state of latent cultivation, basically did not show up, but the great masters in Tangzhou would appear in front of the world from time to time, and several great masters even had scuffles.
We are comfortable being local emperors here. If we go to a place like that, even if we are casually crushed to death by the Grand Master, who can we talk to for explanation? "
The scholar in blue shirt sighed and looked at Master Xingyun, "Master, what do you mean?"
The owner of Xingyun Village was a little hesitant and said hesitantly: "How about we take a look at the situation?"
Since he fled Mingzhou like a lost dog, he has stayed in Tangzhou and fought for territory in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, those places were not easy to get along with. There were too many masters and there was no extra territory for him.
But it was different in the Southern Song Dynasty. Under the influence of Tianyuan, the top masters were unwilling to live here for a long time, and the great masters would not choose this place even if they wanted to live in seclusion.
And a mid-level master like him has become the top combat power here.
As other subordinates said, he had been working for decades before he established such a huge foundation in the Southern Song Dynasty. If he gave up and started a new business in other states, he would be reluctant to do so from the bottom of his heart.
The scholar in green shirt waved his hands in disappointment, "That's all, the village owner wants to see the situation again, so just wait and see!"
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