The meeting ended in an unhappy ending.
Xiao Wancheng insisted on the fact that Lu Yuan had colluded with monsters and refused to let go, but he ignored or even avoided answering the topic that could easily turn Lu Yuan against him.
As for Yang Fangfang and others on the other side, even if they wanted to revise the handle left by Lu Yuan, they did not dare to stand up openly against the concept of humans and monsters under the watchful eyes of Xiao Wancheng, a mad dog.
This idea lasted for hundreds of years.
Not to mention objection, even to point out the fact that Xiao Wancheng used this as an excuse requires quite careful planning and calculation.
Otherwise, Xiao Wancheng's casual counterattack is likely to break their muscles and bones, forcing them to make greater concessions.
And against...
It can be opposed by the head of the Wang Quan family, or it can be opposed by Lu Yuan, the human demon emperor, or even by any human demon emperor!
Except for the above three types of people, no one dares to oppose the concept of the coexistence of humans and demons, or even directly overturn the concept of the coexistence of humans and demons.
the reason is simple.
Except for the above three types of people, no one can compete with the Yiqi Dao Alliance, and no one can suppress the complaints of all Taoist priests.
Humans and monsters have been living together for hundreds of years!
Today I will kill the demon, and tomorrow the demon will kill me.
Today my friend was killed by a demon, tomorrow I will kill the demon and sacrifice my friend.
If we really talk about it, in the Yiqi Taoist Alliance, is there any Taoist priest whose hands have not been stained with the blood of innocent monsters, and which monster has not had the hands stained with the blood of innocent Taoist priests?
All.
It's just a more or less distinction.
Different positions lead to different perspectives on issues.
Looking at this from a human perspective, if a monster kills my friend, I kill the monster to avenge my friend. Is this a problem?
No.
but...
If we look at this from the perspective of a monster, if I, as a monster, can cooperate with you humans to slay monsters, I, as a monster, can only wait to die?
Isn’t it normal to fight back?
Is there a problem?
nor!
Same reason.
Push forward a few hundred years.
Go back to the beginning.
Why do monsters capture civilians?
There are many reasons.
But ultimately...
Is it wrong to respect the strong?
That's right.
After all, the environment that monsters have grown up in has been one of the weak and the strong. In this environment, it is very normal to develop the concept of respecting the strong.
But for humans at that time, if relatives and friends were kidnapped, was it wrong to take revenge and go back?
That’s right.
Not fighting back will only make the other person unscrupulous.
What's more, this is a world without referees.
Therefore, some monsters will die because of this kind of thing.
As for the descendants of monsters, avenging their father is actually another good reason.
This has been going on for hundreds of years, resulting in the current extremely rigid situation. Whether it is monsters or humans, if you go back a few generations, you can almost find examples of blood feuds with monsters.
As everyone knows.
Blood feuds are very difficult to deal with.
Once the knot is tied, it may not be untied for several lifetimes.
Unless one party is completely exterminated, maybe it can.
And if you want a Taoist priest to give up blood feud and devote himself to the great cause of peace between humans and monsters, let alone whether ordinary people have this prestige and reasons, even if you try to persuade them with the principle that it is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies, you will still be punished by blood feud. The Taoist priest refused.
Don’t laugh at others’ tears before you have experienced their suffering.
A Taoist priest who is alone and weak cannot disobey the orders of the leader of the Taoist Alliance, but no one has stipulated that this Taoist priest cannot leave the Yiqi Taoist Alliance!
certainly.
There will definitely be resistance to leaving the One Air Alliance.
Moreover, after leaving the Yiqi Dao Alliance, one's own safety is also a big problem. No one can guarantee whether the other side of the blood feud will summon a large group of monsters and adopt the strategy of using more to defeat the less to solve this blood feud.
But anyway...
Taoist priests have the right to choose independently!
Of course, some Taoist priests who have joined various families will lose their cultivation when they leave because they have practiced the spells of each family. But the problem is that in this world, there is never a shortage of hard bones!
Their blood feud was not because they wanted to take revenge because of their physical cultivation.
Just like this time in the Western Region.
Even though they knew they were going to die, for the sake of the face of the Western Region and the lives of more monsters, batches of monsters still stood up and willingly died.
This has nothing to do with good or evil.
It's just pure courage.
And being able to slowly equalize a big disadvantage through generations, the number of strong bones in the human race actually far exceeds that of monsters.
certainly.
This also has to do with the base numbers of humans.
Human life span is indeed short.
But the speed of reproduction is not comparable to that of monsters.
What's more, when it comes to reproduction, monsters have an unavoidable shortcoming: the more powerful the father is, the lower the probability of giving birth to an heir!
Although once a child is born, the child's achievements are destined to be no lower than the average of the parents, but the number is still a bit low.
The human race is different.
Take the current generation as an example, there are young geniuses in every family, and they are all direct bloodlines of each family.
Even a large family with strict intermarriage can produce such a large number of geniuses. If we look at the entire human race, even if we only throw away one from a hundred, the human race and the Yiqi Dao Alliance can afford it.
although...
It's true that you wouldn't waste your natural resources like this.
This is also the fundamental reason why no one dares to refute Xiao Wancheng in public.
The general trend of human beings and monsters coexisting.
No family can survive this.
Even Lu Yuan, the Demon King, could only fight back by changing public opinion, but could not directly break up with the Xiao family.
no way.
The Obsidian Inspector in the hands of the Xiao family is too important.
If nothing else is said, just the word "supervision", it is not difficult to see what kind of authority the Obsidian Supervisor holds in the Yiqi Dao Alliance.
pity...
These are just what Xiao Wancheng expected.
He thought Lu Yuan would reason with him, so he took advantage of Lu Yuan's back and lifted the table, and smashed Lu Yuan, the demon king, to death.
But the problem is...
"What do I want to do, does it need his arrangement?"
After reading the invitation handed to Yuan Mao by the Xiao family twice, Lu Yuan couldn't help laughing and cursing. Although he had expected it, he still felt an unspeakable drama and couldn't help but complain:
"This script is so poorly written!"
"Let's not say whether you will betray me or not."
"Even if it's a betrayal, does he think you can kill me?
"good."
"Let's take a step back."
"Even if he successfully kills me, does he think that Longying Bookstore is everything to me and that he can take over everything through you after my death?"
"I only have the Big Dipper to co-write?"
"Chen An was eaten by him?"
"Or is it that Chen An retired early?"
"I don't even know the operating mechanism of Longying Bookstore, so I thought that after I die, I can easily take over the troubled Longying Bookstore..."
"Although I don't know whether it's confidence or arrogance, I admire his ability to draw a cake."
"good."
"If it doesn't work, let's take a step back."
"Even if he takes over Longying Bookstore, the price he offers is too low. A Dao League leader wants to exchange for Longying Bookstore..."
"I've seen a white wolf with empty gloves."
"But to be honest, I've never seen someone with nothing like this."
"Does he think the Xiao family has surpassed the Wang Quan family?"
"If a demon king wants to be the leader of the Taoist Alliance, he still needs the full support of the Xiao family to take the position?"
"This location..."
"Is it possible that the position of the leader of the Southern Kingdom is more valuable than the position of the leader of the Western Region? Is it worthy of everyone's scalp to grab it?"
Lu Yuan helplessly held his forehead. With Yue Cixia's suppressed laughter expression on one side and Yuan Mao's dumbfounded expression on the other side, he pointed out all the obvious loopholes in the invitation without mercy.
As for the less obvious...
has been ignored.
after all...
Let a subordinate who is not even a demon king send a letter inciting rebellion to another demon emperor under the nose of one demon emperor...
No matter how you look at it, it is not an operation that normal people can do!
Do you really think that the only difference between the Demon King and the Demon Emperor is that one word?
If this logic is followed, there is only one word difference between the Great Demon King and the Great Demon Emperor. Is it possible that the two can be compared?
What a joke!
With a soft sigh, Lu Yuan also lost his mind to continue looking for loopholes in the invitation. He sighed tiredly and threw the invitation in his hand away. Along with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, he was interrupted not far away. The messenger who was kneeling on the ground with his legs lost his life in an instant.
Seeing this, Yuan Mao waved his hand calmly, and a demon king came over, dragged the body away, and then buried it on the spot in the desert.
"Lord, what should we do now?"
Yuan Mao asked respectfully.
As the words blurted out, he was already subconsciously thinking about how to deal with this ridiculous matter if he were the Lord.
only...
Lu Yuan's answer was obviously beyond her expectation.
"what to do?"
"What else can be done?"
"Let the other party continue to attack!"
"You have four kings of two in your hand, and the opponent has all the rest of the cards in his hand. The opponent has just played a small three. Is it possible that you are planning to kill him directly with the two kings?"
"Although it's not impossible..."
“But wouldn’t it be nice to pretend to be weak appropriately, make the other party believe that it is true, increase the chips, and then take the chips in a reasonable way?”
Seeing Yuan Mao bewildered and even asking such a stupid question, Lu Yuan had no choice but to speak more clearly.
When these words were spoken, Yuan Mao obviously understood their meaning.
Although there are still some pronouns in these words, compared with the previous clueless words, these words are actually very clear.
This person who was sent was just a test.
If Yuan Mao agrees simply and neatly, it will naturally save a lot of benefits. If Yuan Mao does not agree, the Xiao family will never quarrel with a demon emperor!
The Xiao family will only promise a bigger bargaining chip and try their best to win over Yuan Mao. If they fail in the end, they can actually use these letters to bite Yuan Mao back and plant a seed of doubt in Lu Yuan's heart.
These routines are all leftover from Lu Yuan's tricks.
So naturally you can see through it at a glance.
after all...
His initial encounter with Hu Liena and their final separation were actually similar to this routine, with some differences but not big.
The Xiao family wanted to plant seeds of doubt in his heart.
He had planted the seeds of emotion in Hu Liena's heart.
The Xiao family takes advantage of trust.
He used trust in the first place.
It's just that he added a reversal at the beginning. Not only did he give Hu Liena a heavy blow when she was proud, breaking Hu Liena's psychological defense, but he also took advantage of it and created a "I'm not stupid, I just keep my promise." image of.
Reversal, then reverse.
This is the real way to play this routine!
If the Xiao family was smart, they could actually intimidate Yuan Mao from the beginning and use the trust between the two to show that they had transferred the "evidence" of Yuan Mao's "betrayal" to Lu Yuan to Lu Yuan, turning the rebellion directly into internal fighting. , in fact, the success rate of the plan can be higher.
pity.
A scholar dies for a confidant.
If Yuan Mao and others still couldn't become die-hard loyalists in ten years, Lu Yuan felt that he might as well just wipe his neck.
After living two lifetimes, I can’t afford to lose that person!
And when the opponent's trust level is enough, using such small means to try to instigate rebellion will only get deeper and deeper. In the end, everything will be seen through. Not only will there be no burial place, but the opponent will even be given a reason to annex itself.
so...
"How much do you think they can pay?"
As her eyes moved slightly, Yuan Mao had obviously thought of a follow-up plan, but because she didn't know how much the Xiao family could pay, and considering the possibility that the asking price was too high, Yuan Mao finally decided to ask. How much is Lu Yuan's psychological limit?
Within this limit, even if the negotiation fails, it actually doesn't matter. Anyway, both she and Lu Yuan are mentally prepared.
But if there is no such limit...
If it's a failure, it's a real failure.
There is no room for regret.
When the time comes, Longying Bookstore will be able to eat this piece of meat from the Xiao family, but I'm afraid it will have to pay a certain price to gnaw it. It is not as good as the bone meat that the Xiao family took the initiative to shave off and deliver to their door after the plan was successful. More convenient.
Whether it smells good or not is secondary.
Filling your stomach is what matters.
Regarding this question, Lu Yuan gave an accurate answer after pondering for a moment.
"How much they can give is their business."
"I only know..."
"Even if they don't pay, I can still chew off this piece of bone and meat!"
"clear!"
Yuan Mao replied simply and neatly, then adjusted his slightly happy expression and left the restaurant expressionlessly.
Go ahead and do it!
This is what she understood!
Anyway, the fate of this piece of bone and meat is to be eaten. It is just a matter of changing the way of eating it. Even if the exchange cannot be made, there is still no way to escape in the end!
so...
"Then I'll die for it!"
"They're all going to die anyway."
Taking out the pen from the jade bracelet with a sneer, Yuan Mao spread out the letter paper with an expressionless face, and the pen flew around, sternly rejecting the Xiao family.
Not replying even an inch means die-hard loyalty.
Just reply...
It actually means we can talk!
Yuan Mao can tell the difference between the two.
Lu Yuan didn't know Yuan Mao's reply, but he believed in Yuan Mao's ability to handle affairs. Especially when he unfolded the overall situation, Yuan Mao's ability to handle affairs was further demonstrated, and Lu Yuan was very relieved.
Therefore, at this moment, he had brought Yue Xiaxia and Hei Donkey Azhu to the forest where they first met.
This is the road opened by Zhengnan.
Although the distance between each coordinate is different, Lu Yuan deliberately left a Zhengnan flag at some important nodes.
Three months ago, the small village that only existed in theory had developed quite well. Although it was still not prosperous, the smiles on every villager's face and the soil-stained farm tools on their shoulders showed that It is not difficult to see that these villagers live a peaceful life.
Peace is blessing.
At the very least, in this era, peace is blessing.
Flying into the sky and escaping from the earth, spitting water and fire, slaying demons and demons, and even immortality, these things will certainly be sought after by everyone, but in the face of life and death, these things suddenly seem unimportant.
Immortality is certainly valuable.
But through the ages, how many people have been able to do it?
Therefore, for these civilians, being able to live to old age and die in peace is actually a blessing among misfortunes. Especially in this unprecedented great change, it is not easy to live to old age and death in peace.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan sighed softly and touched the Zhengnan flag that was surrounded by a fence in front of him. While he was filled with emotion, he also felt a sense of unspeakable amusement.
Who knows why Zhengnan Banner was surrounded...
Even if such a dangerous thing, especially one that killed a demon king, was not feared by these villagers, it wouldn't be treated as some kind of landscape and fenced off, right?
This is just a coordinate!
He retracted his hand speechlessly and looked at the black donkeys A Zhu and Yue Xixia who also had expressions of emotion on their sides. After pondering for a moment, Lu Yuan spoke softly:
"Let's go..."
"I've never been to your house."
"This is the closest place to where we met. There is no need to take you on a space jump for the rest of the journey."
"Moreover..."
"If you don't know the direction, it's easy to run to the wrong door."
Hearing this, Yue Miaoxia couldn't help but take a deep breath. It seemed that she mustered up some courage through this deep breath. She blushed and responded in a low voice:
"good."
"follow me."
"The forest where we met..."
"Completely opposite to my family..."
...
One Qidao Alliance.
Xiao family.
In a gloomy room.
Xiao Wancheng threw the letter in his hand on the table in front of him expressionlessly. Although he didn't say anything, the displeasure was still obvious.
"Father, she is too arrogant!"
"Shut up!"
Xiao Wancheng closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, suppressing the anger in his eyes, then slowly opened his eyes and said expressionlessly:
"She has the qualifications to be arrogant!"
The obese woman on the side was obviously not convinced after hearing this. Although she knew her father's temper, she still frowned and retorted:
"But you can't be so arrogant!"
"Not to mention that we have already given enough, even if she thinks it is not enough, there is no need to do anything!"
"Three deliveries!"
"Three messengers are dead."
"Her replies are all sent back through our Xiao family. Every time they come back, I don't understand. Why do you have to kill those messengers?"
"If she can't trust our Xiao family, forget it..."
"Still using our channels back and forth..."
"Isn't this considered arrogant?"
After saying this in one breath, the fat woman's face turned red with anger. Fortunately, the smelly brother next to her handed her a glass of water, which promptly relieved the embarrassing situation of her throat being filled with smoke.
Who knows how angry she has become these days!
It’s okay to be arrogant.
When you ask for help from others, you naturally have to lower your posture.
She understands these basic principles.
But the problem is...
You can't be shy and ask for a beating!
The woman's angry look was naturally noticed by Xiao Wancheng. With a feeling of powerlessness welling up in his heart, Xiao Wancheng asked calmly:
"Finished?"
"That's it."
Looking at his daughter who was scratching her neck and still not realizing what was wrong, Xiao Wancheng sighed tiredly and asked the young man beside him:
"Hao'er, what do you think?"
The room suddenly became quiet. Under the woman's eager gaze, the boy tilted his chin and pondered for a moment, then said:
"This is a demonstration."
"But as my father said, she has the qualifications."
"I work for you as a swordsman and as a fish."
"She knows very well that in the current Yiqi Dao Alliance, no one except her can compete with Lu Yuan. She really has a unique advantage."
"And she also knows very well that in the current situation, no matter which side she prefers, it will directly change the overall situation, so there is actually nothing wrong with protesting."
"Her appetite is bigger than imagined."
Under his sister's aggrieved gaze, Xiao Tianhao spoke from a fair perspective, but before he could finish his words, he heard his father Xiao Wancheng continue to ask:
"Then what do you think we should do now?"
"Of course, continue to show sincerity!"
Xiao Tianhao replied without hesitation, and immediately under Xiao Wancheng's approving gaze, he spoke unhurriedly and gave his analysis:
"No matter how big her appetite is, she can't digest all the chips we paid in a short period of time. Most of our chips actually belong to our Xiao family in a short period of time."
"So, I think it doesn't matter no matter how much we give, because when she knows she can't digest it, she will naturally give it back to us."
"As for..."
"Repentance, even instigation..."
"Actually, it's really not necessary."
"If you instigate it, it will work."
"But if the instigation goes wrong, it is very likely that the two demon emperors who have just become estranged will get back together, and they may even join forces to drag our Xiao family into trouble, and treat it as..."
As if realizing that the following words were very impolite, Xiao Tianhao naturally hesitated for a moment, and then faced Xiao Wancheng's approving gaze and whispered:
"Think of it as the chicken that kills the chicken to scare the monkeys."
"Well said."
Xiao Wancheng let out a long breath, and the fatigue in his heart was somewhat relieved. Although Xiao Tianhao's ideas seemed a bit immature to him, compared with his daughter, Xiao Tianhao was undoubtedly more suitable to be the head of the Xiao family!
The Xiao family behaves in a domineering style.
Therefore, in the past, it was really hard to tell which one of the Xiao family children was a talent and which one was a fool.
The successive heads of the Xiao family have been very domineering in their behavior.
But the problem is...
Even though they are so domineering, even though they are so hated by others, the Xiao family is still not controlled by any family in the Yiqi Dao Alliance!
this!
It's the other side of the head of the Xiao family!
A watertight style of doing things!
Although Xiao Tianhao is not domineering enough, compared with his daughter who can only do rampant domineering, Xiao Tianhao is undoubtedly more malleable.
Dominance can be cultivated.
Be pampered and speak your mind.
His personality will naturally become domineering.
But my thoughts are watertight...
It cannot be cultivated!
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