It is said that Fox TV has made back the cost of one season by airing only two episodes. Faced with this super IP that makes money like printing money, Jibril Thomas, who was the first to introduce people, will naturally gain both fame and fortune. .
Now Liu Qingshan needs more in-depth cooperation in the following seasons. He needs someone to support him for something. It is not surprising that this person appears without warning.
As for the others, they were the group of people brought by Peng Sihai. They actually didn’t know each other. Even though the Fourth Master had already been remembered by many people because of his high-profile appearance on the show a month ago, he disguised himself a little. It's still easy to hide.
Among the people who followed him back to China this time was the eighth master of Huan Badang, whom Liu Qingshan had met before. This person was a dignified eighth-level acquired master. He was recommended or volunteered to help Liu Qingshan. Obviously, there were also people who wanted to go further. Intend.
Moreover, his disciple, Zhao Lusheng, who was at the sixth level of the acquired realm, had already followed Liu Qingshan. This time, at most, the master and disciple were together again.
However, Mr. Huan Ba from Huan Badang was not qualified to be the leader this time because Wang Songnian, another truly powerful faction of Hongmen, also came.
This person, who has acquired the ninth level, was previously the only person in Hongmen who could compete with Peng Sihai in terms of personal strength. Perhaps he was stimulated by Peng Siye's advanced talent, so he came here in person regardless of his identity.
However, it is impossible for him to appear in the team that will assist Liu Qingshan in the future. Because of his status as the Hongmen chief cabinet officer in charge of personnel promotion, rewards and punishments, he has already become a thorn in the side of many national security departments.
Why is it so valued? In fact, it is not all because some branches of Hongmen are wandering on the edge of the law, but because this non-governmental organization that has been fighting for more than 200 years under the banner of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming" is too huge.
Moreover, there are many talented people inside, and even in 1911, a Hong stick really set off a huge wave of anti-Qing rebellion across China. As a result, they successfully overthrew the old system, and the new regime was the Republic of China.
It can be seen that such a behemoth will be a serious social problem wherever it appears. Even if they all change their behavior, they will not receive less serious attention.
Disasters are always a major worry for those in power. The fragmented lifestyle that overseas Hongmen have adopted for decades is also a last resort, but the remarkable results achieved are also obvious.
In fact, Wang Songnian's status as the master of the general pavilion is only one of the eight inner halls in the huge Hongmen management system. There are other seven hall masters around him, as well as several deputy leading uncles, as well as the leading uncle. .
Why is he the only one receiving special attention? In fact, it is simple. The hall where the main pavilion is located is also called Guantang. It is responsible for managing the whole mountain. That is to say, the up and down operation of the Hongmen organization today is the specific management and implementation of Guantang.
Including those branches that branched off to open new mountain gates, they were actually secretly controlled by the Guan Tang. In other words, it was the only organizational unit in the Eight Halls that was in the public eye.
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In fact, those who really know Hongmen know that the first among the eight halls is Zuitang, and the Zuitang master is the person who assists the leader in handling affairs throughout the mountain. He has great power, second only to the chief and deputy leaders.
But the real person in power is a person who hides behind the scenes wholeheartedly, and his identity level of confidentiality is no lower than that of the chief and deputy leaders.
Therefore, Wang Songnian's status as the chief minister was also used as a shield, such as to deal with various assassinations in the basement. For such a dangerous position, it is not allowed to select an expert with the best ability to protect himself?
Peng Sihai's current position within the sect is called Zhihuang, which is the former mountain master. Although this official position has no power, he still has a terrible network background, because many people currently in office are his direct descendants, or simply him. Disciples and descendants.
It was up to him to personally defend Liu Qingshan, and the existing members were not allowed to actively perform. Moreover, Liu Qingshan himself possessed transcendent force value.
Perhaps Peng Sihai's innate realm is higher than Liu Qingshan's on the surface, but in fact everyone in the circle knows that this is just a cover-up, designed to scare Xiao Xiao.
To be able to interact with a peerless master who is far beyond the innate realm, even without the reason of Fourth Master Peng, as a Hongmen who started his career in martial arts, he is someone who must actively adhere to.
Therefore, the fourth master's trip back to the headquarters to recruit people was unusually smooth, and it was rare that there was no internal intrigue like before.
As the firewall that was pushed out, it was natural that Wang Songnian personally came to deal with Liu Qingshan directly as the team leader. After all, he couldn't be blocked in front of him in everything. If he had the opportunity but didn't have the first place, where would he put this matter? It doesn’t make sense.
The future auxiliary team he led this time was only the first batch, and the list of the other second batch had already been confirmed. However, the division of responsibilities of these people was different. They belonged to the security force that would be hidden in the dark in the future, and they had secretly contacted Jiang Yuze. It's not suitable to appear in public.
There were eight people in the so-called first batch, six men and two women, named Feng Anyan, Feng Anyi, Jiang Chengye, Tu Haoqian, Xu Jianmu, Cen Jitong, Li Xin, and Zuo Liangchou.
Among them, Feng Anyi and Li Xin are women, and the former is a biological brother and sister with Feng Anyan. The others are all Chinese born and raised overseas.
The level of their acquired realms is also similar, most of them are at the sixth level. The highest level is Feng Anyan who is on the seventh level. The lowest is Li Xin who is on the fifth level.
The so-called second batch was larger, with eighteen people in total, but their cultivation levels were uneven.
The selection of them is not based on combat prowess as the only selection criterion, but on specially selected people with their own specialties, such as those who are good at tracking, sliding doors and picking locks, disguise and make-up, network hackers, criminal investigation experts, etc.
Hongmen's only request to Liu Qingshan was to help these people improve their cultivation level. These were the agreements signed by Peng Sihai on his behalf.
The commander-in-chief of all of them is Huan Badang. As Liu Qingshan's nominal supporter, Peng Sihai does not need to accompany the team. He can just live his previous life as usual and stand up when something happens.
Hongmen members are actually representatives of overseas ancient martial arts inheritors. Although the ancient martial arts inheritance they received is limited, they are already considered very special existences in domestic and foreign martial arts.
For example, in some so-called sects in China, it would be quite shocking to have a third-level acquired master in the sect. Who is not a person with a high status like a martial arts master before Liu Qingshan appeared.
In Hongmen, however, people in the acquired realm exist in batches, which is terrifying when calculated in detail.
The reason why he did not choose a domestic martial artist was because of this. His strength was too low, and his external deterrent effect was not surprising. There is another more important factor why Hongmen chose Huan Batang to host it, and that is to use him to establish an unbreakable network foundation for Liu Qingshan's future career with Chinese chambers of commerce scattered around the world.
For example, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the United States has a terrifyingly huge scale. Not only is its influence among all overseas Chinese organizations, it is only a handful. More importantly, its past presidents and vice presidents are all invisible Hongmen members.
There are many similar well-established non-governmental Chinese organizations in the world, and all those with a certain Hongmen background were established by the Hongmen Guantang.
Wang Songnian, who is currently the chief steward of the hall, invited Huan Badang to strengthen Liu Qingshan's side because of this.
Why do you say please? Because although Huan Badang is not the highest in cultivation, he is a direct descendant of the ancient martial arts force of Huanmen. Wang Songnian, who has higher cultivation, is his nephew, even though they are not much different in age.
Wang Songnian's master is the apprentice of Huan Bingyi, the fourth generation brother of Huan Badang. Huan Bingyi is more than ten years older than the eighth master. He was also a member of the association before, but he has retired long ago.
The Huan family is not the most senior faction in Hongmen, but it is the branch with the most unfathomable strength. However, the person with the biggest say in the Huan family is not Huan, but Peng Sihai, because it is he who brought the entire Huan family to where it is today. of status.
Everyone who arrived on the same flight only met each other at the exit gate. Jibril Thomas was shocked and said with emotion: "Mr. Liu, I didn't expect that your background abroad was so deeply hidden. , I know Mr. Peng, but I won’t come forward to recognize him without your permission!”
As the former leader of Hongmen, Peng Sihai has been extremely powerful for decades. Although most ordinary people do not understand it, it is not a secret in the eyes of some celebrities.
The two people have indeed known each other for a long time, but they have not had any in-depth communication.
At this time, Fourth Master shook hands with him and said with a smile: "I have indeed recognized you for a long time, but the reason why I didn't come forward to acknowledge you is not because I didn't get Shanzi's permission, but because you are a public figure and care about public opinion most, and I It’s because of the complicated reputation, so it’s more reasonable to say that I didn’t get your permission in advance!”
Thomas laughed heartily, but there was a hint of flattery in it: "It turns out that I wrongly blamed the old man, I'm sorry!"
Next, Huan Badang came forward and introduced six men and two women to Liu Qingshan one by one.
Without exception, these people all looked nervous and excited after seeing him, because they were the only ones who knew best who was the top master in the martial arts world today.
Facing this group of new entrants who showed obvious admiration, Liu Qingshan gave a warm smile: "Thank you for your willingness to join. I am here to express my opinion first. If you follow me, I will find someone to teach you some ancient martial arts secrets." , at least half of you will be able to advance to innate status in a few years!"
This promise is a bit exaggerated. After all, their general strength has not yet entered the late acquired stage at this time. There are still three small realms 7, 8, and 9 between this and the innate realm.
You must know that the improvement of a small realm may become a bottleneck that most practitioners cannot overcome in their lifetime, let alone their innate abilities.
