Ming Haozong is too complicated.
Not to mention external families like the Luo family, there are many factions inside.
Lin Zhengping, Song Yunhui, and Shi Liangxiu are fellow disciples of the same master, but there is a rift in their relationship.
Song Yunhui gained the support of his junior brother Lin Zhengping and the support of his junior uncle Zuo Qianqiu, who also came from Wufeng, and was able to temporarily obtain the power of Ming Hao Sect.
Shi Liangxiu's foundation is in Wuqiu City, and he wears the same pants as the Xie family, but his strength is not weak at all, and he can compete with Song Yunhui.
Peng Zhijing of the Three Peaks formed a faction, and the Six Peaks and the Eight Peaks formed another faction when they came together.
There is no doubt that even if Ming Haozong takes control of the Yan Kingdom in the end, there will still be civil strife and continued fighting.
In addition, there is the Fire Cloud Sect, which cannot be completely destroyed and integrated again. The leaders of the Jindan Sect also have the same status and will not just become vassals.
Then, the relationship is more complicated.
Zhong Yan estimated that Lin Zhengping would not know who to support by then.
Changning Shen Nanfeng, who had a close relationship with Lin Zhengping, was also from Wufeng, but was in the same boat as his in-law Sifeng.
And the Four Peaks are now at the height of their power in the Fire Cloud Sect, replacing the original lineage of sect leaders and becoming the ones in power.
Before the civil war started, Lin Zhengping originally wanted to follow the Fire Cloud Sect, but it was Zuo Qianqiu who persuaded him as an elder that he chose Minghao.
If he hadn't had a deep friendship with Lin Zhengping, it would have been safer to ask him to look after Qingyang secretly. Zhong Yan would not have come here at all. He was more optimistic about Fu Pengzhan's Huoyun Sect or the Xiahou family in the south.
Song Yunhui pondered for a while, pursed his lips and said, "This is what we think. If Qingyang steps forward and you and I attack from both sides, we can capture Suliu and Anhe in one fell swoop, unify the northwest, and then capture Wanling Sect, and then we can become The largest prince, the city, the number of monks, and the high-level combat power can keep the distance from other princes.
At that time, the Xiahou family in the south and Jingzhou will definitely unite the front and form a confrontation with the north. The four parties will sit down to negotiate. Whether it is presenting the facts or fighting a battle of wits, leading representatives will be selected and the civil war will be temporarily merged to end the civil war. Weinan is not big enough to accommodate the four. A sect? "
After a pause, he continued: "The civil war has dragged on for too long. Now You Ye has captured nearly half of Wei's territory. If the internal strife takes time, in the end we will just disappear in Weinan."
Zhong Yan's heart was calm, and he had made a good plan. By integrating Qingyang, Shunyi, Heishui, and Zhou families, and then integrating the scattered cultivator alliance, Ming Haozong would be the most qualified to become the talker of the new alliance.
However, without a real fight, how could the Xiahou family, which was gaining momentum, be willing to do so? How could a leader selected through negotiation and competition convince the public?
Although it is just a sect leader position, many people don't care about it in normal times, but in this war era, it is very important. If you don't have enough prestige, when the external war is over, the war arrangements are not as satisfactory, and there is no need for outsiders to fight, but internal chaos will first occur. .
If this move was feasible, would there be any need to start a civil war in the first place?
Zhong Yan was about to speak when a fluctuation came from the storage bag, but it came from Yang Shan.
"Feel sorry."
Zhong Yan stood up and walked aside, waving his sleeves to put up a barrier and connect the call.
"Master of the house, my respected Taoist friend suddenly left because of something. He left something for me to hand over. I will leave later. I can reach Qingyang in half a month."
"What?"
"A wooden box, I don't know the details."
"Why did he leave? Did he say how long it would take for him to come back?"
"It seems that there is something urgent. I never mentioned the time of return."
"I know, stay safe."
After the interrogation was over, Zhong Yan frowned and thought deeply. The fifth master's departure disrupted the plan.
Originally, he wanted to follow him to Jiuhang first. If he could get various elixir recipes and elixir cultivation techniques, he would save a lot of trouble.
"Since you have handed over something, it will probably be difficult to return in a short time. Maybe, you won't come back again?"
Thinking of this, Zhong Yan's eyes flickered, and his mood was complicated and contradictory. He felt relieved because he might no longer need to be involved with a big force like Jiuhang and would not be stared at; but he also felt a little disappointed because he was very likely to lose an extremely important thing. Opportunity.
Lin Zhengping and Song Yunhui took a look, and the latter said: "It doesn't look like good news."
A full quarter of an hour.
Zhong Yan, who had been thinking for a long time, returned to his seat, poured a glass of wine, drank it, and asked with a smile: "Why did the two cultivation bases enter the country so quickly?"
Under the perception of his powerful spiritual consciousness, Lin Zhengping was at the peak of the third level of Jindan, one step away from the fourth level, and Song Yunhui was at the third level, chasing Zuo Qianqiu.
Lin Zhengping was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily and said: "Look down on people? Of course you come here through hard training!"
Song Yunhui then said, "I know what you mean. Although the Huoyun Sect is the largest sect in the Yan Kingdom and controls about 30% of the resources within the territory, maintaining the sect alone requires an extremely huge amount of money, and most of them have to pay tribute. Shenxiao Sect.
Ancestor Fu's Heavenly Spiritual Root has less requirements for resources. He has basically never used the sect's inventory. He has accumulated it through practice step by step. However, Ancestor Fu is a pure practitioner, mainly focusing on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, with a small amount of spiritual stones and heavenly materials and earth. The treasure is a supplement, so the entry is slow.
My uncle, on the other hand, has three spiritual roots and is a little less qualified. He got the Fusion Spirit Pill by chance back then. He couldn't resist the temptation and broke into the Golden Pill just after passing the 600 orifice point. He regretted it from time to time. Now, he is trying his best to lay a solid foundation for each level of the Golden Pill. …”
Lin Zhengping said: "As for us, we have caught up with the good times. We have rosary beads, but it is not easy. Refining rosary beads in small quantities is okay, but in large quantities, the pain involved is very unbearable!"
Song Yunhui: "However, compared to spiritual stones, it takes much less time to obtain the same amount of vitality, and it is quite helpful for spiritual consciousness."
Zhong Yan's heart moved: "Will it help spiritual consciousness?"
"You didn't notice?"
Asking a rhetorical question, Lin Zhengping said: "About three million pills can increase the sensing range by one foot, but it solves the resource problem to a great extent."
Song Yunhui: "This is also the fundamental reason for this war sweeping the entire continent."
Zhong Yan's eyes flashed slightly, and he felt more and more in his heart that the prayer beads were created to solve the problem of spiritual cultivation after transformation.
"How is Minghao's current relationship with the Shenxiao Sect?"
Song Yunhui thought for a moment and said, "It depends on how you view this problem. I can talk to Elder Yuanying of the Shenxiao Sect. In the last exchange competition between vassal states, Junior Brother Zhengping also made a few friends. How many friends did Shi Liangxiu have?" The three juniors in Shenxiao Sect are more or less connected with Shenxiao Sect, but they basically have little say. In comparison, Patriarch Fu has a close relationship with Shenxiao Sect, and he was still in Shenxiao Sect in his early years. Zong practiced..."
Zhong Yan nodded and asked again: "How much tribute will be paid to Shenxiao now?"
Song Yunhui looked helpless and sighed: "It's even worse than before. Once every ten years, six million spiritual stones are converted into prayer beads, which is almost equivalent to 60% of Yan Kingdom's output in ten years!"
Zhong Yan complained crazily in his heart that the tax was too heavy.
Because of the proficiency in prayer, not only the production of prayer beads has been greatly increased, but the quality has also been improved. In the past, one hundred beads were equivalent to one low-grade spiritual stone, but now eighty beads can almost achieve the effect of one low-grade spiritual stone.
The entire Yan Kingdom has a population of more than 8 billion, and it is stipulated to pray for at least five hours every day. Every 100,000 people who pray for half an hour can get 100 prayer beads. Tens of millions of spiritual stones are produced in ten years, and the Shenxiao Sect wants to take half of it. many!
Zhong Yan curled his lips and said with a weird smile: "If you are strong enough, there is no need to look at other people's faces. With so many resources, it would be great if you have the final say."
Song Yunhui's eyes flickered and he said: "There is nothing we can do about it. The entire Weinan relies on the breath of Shenxiao Sect."
Zhong Yan lightly pressed the desk, and said with a little thought: "Give me a month, and I will give you an answer then."
If he loses his way to the Fifth Lord, he decides to fix the internal affairs of Yan State first before going out.
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