The Evergreen Immortal Sect was already a pauper, and Lu Yuan knew this.
But no matter how poor the other party is, the foundation is there, and even a few nails can be squeezed out of the broken ship.
His purpose was to strike a deal so that the Evergreen Immortal Sect would relax the ban and allow his disciples to go to the Evergreen Territory to hunt for treasures.
Currently, nearly two-thirds of the territory in the Evergreen Domain is occupied by the Evergreen Immortal Sect. These areas are all sealed and no outsiders are allowed to enter.
Not to mention how uncomfortable Lu Yuan felt, he couldn't get such a huge benefit right under his nose.
So I took advantage of the opportunity this time and used the Evergreen Immortal Sect to relax the blockade in exchange for Taiping Dao's closeness.
At this time, seeing Yang Jihua relenting, Lu Yuan suddenly said happily: "Fellow Taoist, you are too polite. The friendship between you and I should be exchanged a lot, and how can a mere gift be tainted.
However, since fellow Taoists have been so kind, as a leader, I couldn’t let my disciples’ good deeds slip by, so I accepted it shamelessly.
Next time Taoist friends will come to Miyun Mountain with their disciples, and then Pindao will prepare a generous gift and return it to Changqing disciples, so that Taoist friends will not suffer any loss. "
When the bamboo pole hit his hand, Lu Yuan's attitude improved.
The other party has already apologized and promised to lift the ban, which means he has given in.
The goal has been achieved, so there is no need to pester. It is better to just let it go.
As for the return gift he promised, could what he said and what he actually did be the same thing?
If the Evergreen Immortal Sect is sensible, they should know that making friends requires paying money.
Now that I have spent a sum of money in exchange for the friendship between Taiping Dao and this leader, the other party has gained, okay?
"Fellow Daoist Lu is too polite. Since it is said to be a meeting gift for the juniors, it is a meeting gift. If you give it away, there is no reason to bring it back. Although our life in the Evergreen Immortal Sect is tight, we are not short of this little money. Fellow Taoist, accept it with peace of mind. That’s it.”
Yang Jihua looked at the money-loving face of the new leader of Taiping Dao in front of him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. He was bleeding profusely this time.
In the past two hundred years, although the Evergreen Immortal Sect has worked hard to make money, what they have gained is actually not much.
Occupying most of the Evergreen Territory, all the gains combined can barely create two or three inferior immortal weapons.
This time I agreed to the Taiping Road, and I will probably spit out half of my gains.
If I had known this, it would be better not to set a ban and let outsiders come to explore the secrets!
Let outsiders come to you, and you can get a share.
Moreover, our own territory has inherent advantages, and outsiders may not be able to find us when they come here.
It's not like now, when you steal the chicken but lose the rice, you don't get much benefit, but you become hated by others, so why bother?
That's all, that's all.
The mistakes I made when I was short-sighted at the beginning can only be repaid twice as much now.
Fortunately, it's not too late to make amends at this time.
The previous headmaster of Taiping Dao has abdicated. Although he has not had much contact with the current headmaster, judging from the limited understanding at this time, he should be a rather greedy person.
People who are greedy for money are generally people who have no bottom line.
But similarly, there is no bottom line, which means an absolute bottom line.
As long as you feed the opponent, the opponent will fall in that direction.
Although the relationship maintained by this kind of interest is always criticized by others, it is not considered sincere and reliable.
Once the interest disappears, so does the relationship.
But no one refutes it. As long as the interests are there, the relationship will always be there.
As long as the Evergreen Immortal Sect can continue to provide benefits to Taiping Dao and bribe this greedy hyena, then it can turn the other party into its loyal friend and make the other party use it for its own purposes.
Although this consumes a bit more, it is simpler.
As long as you have a little bit, you can gain the friendship of Taipingdao.
As for Taiping Dao, which has no bottom line, will it be bribed by the Nine Provinces Immortal Sect and turn against it?
Hum hum…
Yang Jihua sneered in his heart.
It's not that he is arrogant, he really can't think of anything. How can the Jiuzhou Immortal Sect, which only has six countries left, compare with the Evergreen Immortal Sect that controls twenty-three countries.
Such a huge difference in size meant that he was destined to give Taiping Dao more.
Relying on their deep financial resources, they can throw money at Taipingdao and make it one of their own.
It’s a good thing that the Nine Provinces Immortal Sect doesn’t come to compete with me for the Way of Peace.
If the other party comes, it will be in line with the wishes of the Evergreen Immortal Sect.
With Jiuzhou's current state of poverty and the opponent's limited financial resources, if he uses them to fight for Taiping Road, then his own financial resources that he can use to restore his strength will become even less.
Under this situation, it will take longer for the other party to restore his foundation.
In a few hundred years, the Evergreen Immortal Sect can bring down the Nine Provinces Immortal Sect.
As for the two sides vying to please Tai Ping Dao, are they suspected of enriching each other?
Although the Evergreen Immortal Sect also has concerns about this, it is actually acceptable on the whole.
The foundation of Taipingdao is here, and the size is also here. No matter how fat it is by both sides, there is always a limit, and it is impossible to exceed the Evergreen Immortal Sect.
In the future, Taiping Dao will be able to compete with the Evergreen Immortal Sect within three to four thousand years, relying on the support of the two immortal sects.
Then after this period of time, when the benefits conveyed by the two companies are exhausted, Taipingdao will decline and regain its original status.
Moreover, Taiping Dao is different from Jiuzhou Immortal Sect. There is actually no fundamental conflict between the other party and Evergreen Immortal Sect. Although the two sides have some conflicts of interest, they can coexist in the same domain.
Unlike the Nine Provinces Immortal Sect, it was the remnants of the Jiuling Sect who had previously controlled the Evergreen Domain, and they were on the same level as themselves. Both sides had to kill a sect to determine the new master of this domain.
With this essential gap, it is impossible for the Evergreen Immortal Sect and the Jiuzhou Immortal Sect to coexist.
But Taiping Dao and these two immortal sects can survive together.
Starting from this starting point, Evergreen Immortal Sect would rather enrich Taiping Dao than take advantage of Jiuzhou Immortal Sect.
When I think about Taiping Dao's change of headmaster this time, I discovered that the previous headmaster Yi Dancheng was allowed to accompany the Nine Provinces Immortal Sect to cause trouble for two hundred years without achieving anything famous.
On the contrary, I lost a lot of money to get in, and became a victim.
Now that I felt it was too much of a loss, I replaced a money-hungry headmaster, planning to change the strategy and benefit the sect.
Well……
Think about it this way, even though he has replaced Taipingdao, he has been short-changed as a substitute for the other party, and he is suspected of being taken advantage of.
But think about it from another perspective, you need allies, Taiping Road needs property, both parties get what they need, and their interests are complementary.
No one lost anything.
"Fellow Taoist is kind to you, but I already know about it."
After receiving the benefits, Lu Yuan also made his own promise: "After this ceremony, Pindao and his disciples will go to Changqing Mountain to pay a visit. Please forgive me for any trouble."
Yang Jihua laughed and said: "Well, I will send a message back to the sect, asking the sect to make preparations earlier. I won't let him come until he is free."
Therefore, such an exchange of interests was completed in Lu Yuan and Yang Jihua's tacit understanding.
After the dirty deal was completed, Lu Yuan took Yang Jihua back to Sendai.
At this time, there were not many immortals on the Immortal Platform.
When the two left, the real people who came to participate in the celebration had already found their Taoist friends. Under the leadership of the Taiping Taoist disciples, they went to various places in Miyun Mountain to discuss Taoism on their own.
In the immortal world, Taoism and Dharma meetings often have two functions.
Just like the name, they talk to each other and improve their cultivation together.
The other is the exchange meeting, which provides a platform for all parties to complete the exchange of interests.
Lu Yuan and Yang Jihua just now were of the latter type.
At this time, I returned to Sendai, and the only ones left here were some pure cultivators who didn't care about the environment and just wanted to communicate and discuss the Tao.
Of course, there are also some thoughtful people waiting.
For example, Zhenxuan, who had been paying attention to Lu Yuan before, was still waiting on the Immortal Platform at this time.
Seeing Lu Yuan and the others coming back, his eyes instantly moved over.
The two of them noticed. Yang Jihua looked at each other meaningfully and showed a provocative look.
Then he smiled and said goodbye to Lu Yuan, knowing that this ally he had just won over was going to communicate with the envoy from the Nine Provinces.
He didn't act like a lightbulb here, so as not to offend the friends he had just made.
Anyway, Yang Jihua has nothing to worry about since he is confident in his financial resources.
The more confident you are at this time, the more you can stimulate the Nine Provinces Immortal Sect. If you can really make the other party be as anxious as yourself, compete for financial resources, and invest countless treasures into the bottomless pit of Taiping Dao.
Then you can really laugh out loud in your dreams.
With such malicious thoughts in his heart, Yang Jihua turned around and went to find other real people on Sendai for talks.
Now that we have decided to change our strategy, we will use our strong foundation to make good friends with those around us.
Then not only the Taiping Dao family, but other surrounding immortal sects must also be properly roped in.
Even if you can't bring the other party to your camp, let's fight against the Kyushu Immortal Sect together.
It is also a good choice for them to improve the previously somewhat stiff relationship and improve the slightly bad reputation of the Evergreen Immortal Sect.
Changing the wrong direction starts from me at this moment.
Yang Jihua, who is determined to revitalize the sect, is working hard.
As he left, Zhenxuan, who was already waiting over there, who was a little anxious or not, immediately came over to him.
"Zhenxuan, a poor Taoist from Ziyun Sect, has met fellow Daoist Lu."
When Zhenxuan came up, he introduced himself to his family.
"Lu Yuan of Taiping Road, I have met fellow Taoist Zhenxuan."
Lu Yuan smiled and returned the greeting gracefully.
"I just wanted to come and visit Fellow Daoist, but I saw Fellow Daoist Lu and Fellow Daoist Yang were out, so I didn't want to disturb them, so I kept waiting here."
After everyone had seen the ceremony, Zhenxuan took the initiative to speak and said with a smile: "But the two fellow Taoists were gone for a long time, which made me wait a long time. I don't know what could make the two fellow Taoists talk like this. It takes so much time to go deep.”
While the old man was talking and laughing, he was testing.
'He is really an old fox. '
Lu Yuan glanced at the other party and cursed in his heart, but said with a calm smile on his face: "It's nothing, it's just that Fellow Daoist Yang prepared a heavy gift at the door and invited me to visit Changqing Mountain. I couldn't shirk it, so I I agreed, and I plan to take my disciples as guests after the Dharma conference is over."
When fishing, of course you can’t just catch one.
Yang Jihua wants to bring the Jiuzhou Immortal Sect together to fill the bottomless abyss of Taipingdao with money and wealth.
Why doesn't Lu Yuan want to do this?
After knocking the bamboo pole from the Evergreen Immortal Sect, you, the Jiuzhou Immortal Sect, don’t even think about being an exception.
In the past two hundred years, Taipingdao has given enough face and benefits to the other party. Now that two hundred years have passed, it is time to give back.
Now he has laid out the transaction between the two parties openly and fairly.
Let’s see how Jiuzhou Xianmen responds?
"I see, Taiping Dao and Evergreen Immortal Sect have always had a long history, and it is right for them to interact with each other."
After hearing Lu Yuan's words, Master Zhenxuan's expression changed, and then he quickly calmed down and said with a smile: "It's just that the former headmaster of your sect was also close to me in Jiuzhou. I and other disciples are also close to each other." , has always been commensurate with his brothers.
Fellow Daoist Lu has just ascended the throne and needs to go on a mission to the surrounding areas to establish good relations with various immortal sects.
We have to move around anyway, so why only visit one house?
After my fellow Taoists go to the Evergreen Immortal Sect, you might as well change your way and come to the west of our territory. All the sects in our nine states will be waiting for you. "
Master Zhenxuan tested Lu Yuan's attitude again and wanted to know what he thought of the Evergreen Immortal Sect and the Jiuzhou Immortal Sect?
And Lu Yuan didn't hide it. The other party wanted to ask, but he directly replied: "No, although Pindao really wants to go to the western region, but..."
He slightly changed the words he just said to Yang Jihua and told Zhenxuan again.
After he finished speaking, he paused and concluded: "It's not that I don't want to come, it's just that I'm busy with affairs and my disciples are busy hunting for treasures and can't spare any time. This time I went to Changqing Mountain, and Taoist friend Yang kindly invited me, even at the expense of He gave me a lot of treasures as a gift, so I couldn't stand my love and had to go.
I already know the love of Taoist friends in my heart.
You and I have a long history and our friendship is in our hearts, so why should we show it on the surface and worry about whether to visit or not? "
Lu Yuan added words such as "gifting treasures to each other" and "feelings" in a more serious tone.
Although it is not stated explicitly, the meaning is already very clear.
Just asking for benefits.
If you give us money, we will be friends. If you don’t give it, who wants to deal with a poor relative like you?
When Zhenxuan heard this, his face couldn't help but twitch. He really couldn't stand the other party asking for benefits so directly.
He wanted to leave directly.
But thinking about the good relationship between Taiping Dao and Jiuzhou Xianmen over the years, the two sides have become so close that they have almost become a family.
What I said before was correct.
Taiping Dao and Jiuzhou are even called brothers.
With such a good relationship, if you work harder, you can turn Taipingdao into your ally.
If we give up these relationships at this time, wouldn't it mean that the gains of the previous two hundred years will be lost in one fell swoop?
Not only will they be wiped out in one day, but even their own people will be taken away by the Evergreen Immortal Sect and run to their mortal enemies, becoming their own enemies.
This almost reversal of transformation is not acceptable to everyone.
Moreover, such a huge diplomatic loss is not something Jiuzhou Immortal Sect can bear.
The two parties are too deeply involved, and it doesn't mean they can just break up.
The sunk costs are too high.
That's it.
Taipingdao stayed out of the matter. How could it not care whether it had good relations with Kyushu?
But can Kyushu do this?
cannot.
With thoughts racing in his heart, Zhenxuan quickly weighed the pros and cons and made a decision.
"Fellow Taoist, you are joking. Our families are so close, how could I let you come here in vain?"
Zhenxuan's heart was dripping with blood, but his face still said boldly: "Isn't it just a gift? Although I am a small country in Jiuzhou, I will not treat my friends badly. Fellow Taoist, even if you come, I will have a big gift ready at the door. It just happens to be given to the younger generation, and it also completes the friendship between our two sects."
As he spoke, Zhenxuan's heart twitched.
Despite his heroic words, in fact, how could he not know the foundation of Kyushu?
Although after two hundred years of development, there was even support from other sects, allowing the five sects in the western region to regain some vitality.
But this bit of vitality is nothing compared to the past.
The most obvious example.
Even after these two hundred years of recovery and development, among the three sects in the Evergreen Region, the Jiuzhou Immortal Sect has become the last.
Doesn't this explain the other party's dilemma?
But now.
In such a difficult time, Taipingdao, who I thought was a good friend, is going to add insult to injury and give them a knife.
This cut is not meat, it is clearly their future.
However, for the sake of the future, Jiuzhou Immortal Sect could not refuse, so it could only reluctantly accept it.
Because the benefits brought by Taiping Road are far more important than the meat taken away.
After receiving this blow this time, I am afraid that a hundred years of development will be wasted.
However, in order to retain Taiping Dao, these are necessary prices. Even if Zhenxuan is reluctant to give up, he can only endure it.
'hateful. Taipingdao changed its clothes and allowed such a vampire to take the stage. It was really blind. '
Zhenxuan cursed in his heart.
Lu Yuan, who was in front of him, immediately put on a smile after hearing his words: "Fellow Taoist is so kind, this and this, it really makes me wonder what a poor Taoist should do."
With an embarrassed expression on his face, he paced back and forth. He hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and sighing: "That's all. Since it's all the kindness of fellow Taoists, I, Taiping Dao, do have a close relationship with Kyushu. It's really hard to refuse. I Just go.
After arriving at Changqing Mountain, Pindao immediately took his disciples to gather in the west of the region.
I’m disturbing fellow Taoists, I hope you don’t dislike me. "
Zhenxuan waved his hands repeatedly: "It's an honor for us to have fellow Taoist come, so how can we despise it? I'll have the door prepare a heavy gift later, and wait for the fellow daoist to come."
Lu Yuan nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist, I will definitely be here."
After the two parties negotiated the deal, the initially tense atmosphere immediately eased.
Zhenxuan invited Lu Yuan to talk for a long time. There were some temptations in his words, but they were all dealt with one by one.
In the end, I stopped asking questions and just picked some past friendship stories between the two families to talk about to deepen their relationship.
When he felt it was almost done, he took the initiative to leave.
However, before leaving, Zhenxuan turned around and asked suddenly: "When I met my Taoist friend before, Pindao felt a sense of familiarity. My Taoist friend's voice and appearance were really similar to a good friend of mine, almost the same person.
It's just that this friend should have passed away more than a thousand years ago.
But I really can't forget this person. When I met Taoist friend today, I had the illusion that Taoist friend might be the reincarnation of my good friend.
Although it is a bit presumptuous to say this, I still want to ask, I don’t know, do you have this feeling? "
Regarding Lu Yuan's identity, Zhenxuan couldn't help but feel restless and asked at this time.
"The sincerity of Taoist friendship is admirable by poor Taoists."
Lu Yuan smiled and did not answer directly. He said ambiguously: "Pindao also feels that he has some intimacy with fellow Taoist. Maybe it is true as fellow Taoist said that you and I knew each other in the previous life?"
He would not give Jiuzhou a definite answer before he decided to expose it.
He won't even admit his identity.
If the other person wants to guess, let him or her guess.
As long as you don't admit it, it's all just speculation.
It's good to be so ambiguous and move forward and retreat freely.
