A few days later, the head of Jinding Sect was in the courtyard of Waifu.
"Ming'er, I've thought about it. It's better for you to attend the Zhang family's foundation building ceremony in person."
Wang Xunzhi was sitting leisurely on a stone bench, with some tea on the stone table beside him. In front of him was Ling Ming, who was standing upright, listening to his instructions.
It is naturally impossible not to report the news of Zhang Pengyi's successful foundation building to the Jinding Sect. Wang Xunzhi and others have known about it for a long time, but they were originally arranged to go to another foundation building elder in the sect, but a few days ago they obtained the Southern True Essence. After receiving the news of the demise of the sect, Wang Xunzhi decided to send Ling Ming there instead.
"Well..." Wang Xunzhi stroked his goatee and said, "According to Elder Cao's instructions, our sect must follow the example of the Five Sects and control the output of each family. The Fan family's 'Han Yun Stone' is a good thing, but His family took a picture of the Foundation Establishment Pill last time, so I'm afraid he won't be willing to accept the control. The Zhang family has always been on good terms with the Fan family. The purpose of sending you this time is to exert force on the Fan family and make him understand. some things."
Hearing the words "control" and "power", Ling Ming frowned slightly, but did not speak, waiting for Wang Xunzhi to continue.
"When the Zhang family was attacked last time, their clan members put up a battle formation and exposed the existence of spiritual weapons in their clan." Wang Xunzhi picked up the tea and took a sip. He narrowed his eyes and said, "I did it last time. I have sent people to test it out, but none of the clan members are willing to hand it over. This time you go and mention this matter again and ask them to hand over the battle array. There is no need for the spiritual weapon. His family already has a foundation-building monk. This spirit I can’t get the utensil.”
Ling Ming did not speak. He knew that Wang Xunzhi must have something else to say. After all, the Zhang family had disagreed before, and now that they had the foundation-building monks, they would definitely disagree even more. If Wang Xunzhi wanted to get their battle formation, he would have to use his chips. Come and exchange, or force each other with strength, you have to come up with something, and based on Lingming's understanding of Wang Xunzhi, I'm afraid he has to combine the two.
"Of course, we must treat these subordinates with both grace and power." Sure enough, Wang Xunzhi glanced at him and continued: "With the above several levels, the power is enough, but the kindness is still lacking. When you go to Zhang's house, you can promise Increase the controlled purchase price by 30%, and besides, um..."
He pondered for a moment, nodded to himself and said, "Go and get a piece of the best second-order 'Black Gold Iron'. It should be enough as a gift."
"Okay." Ling Ming bowed slightly and bowed, expressing his understanding.
"There is one more thing, let me tell you first." Wang Xunzhi stroked his beard: "According to Elder Cao's instructions, our sect will further strengthen the joint defense against enemies. The specific details include, each family will produce monks together, and we will Responsible for command, at the same time, use better shuttles, increase garrison points, and go to resist if there is an emergency. In this case, you will have more manpower at the sword hall. If Elder Cao sends people to mobilize people these days, you can cooperate one time."
"Do we need more manpower?" Ling Ming frowned and finally questioned: "Master, in the past two years, the disciples of my Sword Hall have been quite damaged. If we recruit more people, I am afraid the losses will be even worse. It's worth it." At this juncture, I think the sect should still shrink its power, and as for those affiliated with the sect, just surrender and disown them."
"Well," Wang Xunzhi waved his hand and said, "I understand what you mean, but I have already thought about it. Although this is a risk, it is also an opportunity for the sect. If we can use other forces, we may be able to rectify the sect. Everyone, please take one step forward."
Hundreds of years ago, the Pingyi War broke out. Humans took this land from the demon tribe and named it the Land of Dongyi. At that time, the Jinding Sect was entrusted to Jinding Mountain by the Xuantian Sword Sect due to their merits.
However, Dongyi's new territory is a barbaric land with a very small population. To describe it as "vast and sparsely populated" is an exaggeration. At that time, there were only nearly a hundred disciples left in the Jinding Sect. Although there were some in the sect, The monks at the Dan Jie stage were in charge, but with such a small number of manpower, it was impossible to manage such a large area of land around them. Therefore, the Jinding Sect imitated the Xuantian Sword Sect, enfeoffed, recruited affiliated forces, and used the affiliated forces to control Not only them, but also other Dan-forming forces such as Yugui Sect and Wudao Sect did the same for the extra land.
But after so many years of cultivation, each sect has gradually recovered its vitality. Although Dongyi is still relatively sparsely populated, the Jinding Sect has already decided to extend its tentacles and no longer rely on affiliated forces, but to control the land personally. .
But then again, the pattern that has lasted for hundreds of years can't be changed by the Jinding Sect at its word? Even though Jinding Sect is a Jiedan Sect, there are dozens of foundation builders and thousands of qi practitioners in the sect. There are many people, but there are dozens of affiliated sects under it, including dozens of monks in the small one and several in the big one. Hundreds of monks, if all the monks from these affiliated forces were gathered together, they would definitely be larger in number than the Golden Cauldron Sect. The number of foundation-building monks might be smaller, but there would still be a few people missing.
Maybe there are various conflicts between these affiliated forces, but when it comes to facing the Jinding Sect, they all have common interests. Not everyone in the Jinding Sect has thought about using the strength of the sect to suppress it. Yes, it can be done, but this You are not the only one in Ningzhou who has alchemy formation. There are Yugui Sect, Wudao Sect, Shi Family, and Qiwei Sect around you. Which one would you not vote for? To be honest, if the Jinding Sect really acts like this, I am afraid that the happiest people around it will be the alchemy forces around it. They can't wait for the Jinding Sect to destroy its foundation.
Therefore, if you want to achieve your goal, you will definitely not be able to do it forcefully. You must plan it slowly. This time Zhennan monks went north to give Jindingmen this opportunity. How could Wang Xunzhi not know what Ling Ming said? But in the face of such an opportunity, the loss of some disciples is really not worth mentioning.
But even though he said that, Ling Ming still needed to be comforted.
"I know that your sword hall has suffered a lot in the past two years, but for the sake of the revival of our sect, some losses cannot be avoided." Wang Xunzhi looked at Ling Ming, stroking his beard, and said to him: "Let's do this. When you go back, lower your entrance." At the threshold of the sword hall, when Dona disciples enter the sword hall, I will make some changes to the rules and regulations, and share more benefits with the families under my sect in exchange for them sending more manpower. In this way, the losses in the sect can also be reduced. .”
Wang Xunzhi's plan did not solve the problem of the loss of strength in the sect at all. It only treated the symptoms but not the root cause. Ling Ming wanted to persuade him again, but for some reason, the memory of being beaten twice in the inner hall meeting a few days ago suddenly appeared in his mind. Cao Yulong interrupted the scolding scene, and couldn't help but feel a little coldness in his eyes. It was at this moment that an idea flashed through his mind. It was strange and cold, but for some reason, it gave him an inexplicable sense of peace of mind. .
He lowered his head, covered up the coldness in his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "Disciple, I understand."
