Those who hold power and do whatever they want, the greater the power, the happier and freer they will live; but those who have great ambitions and want to achieve things, the greater the power...
The more it becomes a life of hard work.
Ling Yao now feels very tired.
Understand the strengths and interests of each tribe in Liuchuan, understand the leaders of the various forces and their relationships, and test the positions, tendencies and personal preferences of each leader... This is just the beginning.
What awaits him next is the formulation of a specific governance plan, the pursuit of mutually beneficial allies, and the exploration of breakthroughs to break the dictatorial system and theocratic rules of the Temple of God...
One head is as big as two hundred.
Although his original purpose was to seize the leadership of the God King Temple and govern Rukawa, a place with deep-rooted belief and culture, through top-down reforms.
However, he never thought from the beginning that the plan would be so smooth and that every aspect could be achieved perfectly. Naturally, he would not think so deeply about how to govern it;
Secondly, the decayed God King Temple in the past had already completely eroded all aspects of Liuchuan, making it difficult for him to manage it.
Just look at these people in front of you. The "fake" Tongtian Snake Spirit was defeated, the former high priest Da Xikang died, the Temple of the God King changed owners, and the dirty things were exposed - what did they want to do first?
They are pretending to be happy congratulations, trying every possible means to please this young leader, and trying every means to gain a place in the reshuffled Rukawa ruling class.
This is why even though Ling Yao knows that he is not the so-called "god king" - even he doesn't know where his ability to resonate with the holy spring comes from, the feedback given by the holy spring to him does not mean that he thinks of him as a "god king" - -However, in front of the Ruchuan people, he never spoke out to change their wrong perceptions.
Because he must now be the "God King".
Don't look at how these people are flattering each other now. Once he is no longer the "God King", he will only be eaten by these old foxes until no bones are left.
In order to ensure the "authenticity" of his identity, he also went out of his way to smear the Heaven-reaching Snake Spirit who died tragically in the hands of Ling Linhan as a "Xibei goods". In order to make this news more real, he even reduced the crime of Da Xikang by one level, changing him from "colluding with the counterfeit" to "being deceived by the counterfeit and greedy".
As for the "true" heaven-reaching snake spirit...
Under Fan Shansheng's shocked eyes, he threw the ice python into the holy spring:
"Here. I have done justice to the fake one, and now the real snake spirit who was injured by the villain's conspiracy can finally come back."
Little Ice Python & Fan Shansheng:? ? ?
But no one really doubted this bad move. Because it was nourished by the holy spring, the little ice python regained its true strength within two days, and even took the opportunity to transform into a dragon.
——Tongtian Dragon God is obviously more popular than Tongtian Snake Spirit. Their snake spirit must have been upgraded!
So actually no one raised any objection to this. As for whether they really believed it, or whether they felt they couldn't beat him and pretended to believe it, that was beyond the scope of a certain salted fish's consideration.
Anyway, he has passed this level.
By the way, he also cleansed Ling Linhan, the "new priest" recognized by the "fake snake spirit", and let him accept a round of holy spring baptism personally hosted by the "Tongtian Snake Spirit". Not only was Ling Linhan's position now stable, but all his old injuries had also recovered. He even broke through the Pure Phase state in one fell swoop because of the so-called "hard accumulation", which was so bad that Ling Yao found two lemons and stuffed them into his mouth that day. The kid asked him, "Please feel the same for me!!"
As for why the three elders of his sect didn't help... well, it was mainly because Ling Yao didn't know where they went.
It seemed that the master uncle finally had the time to investigate the big things she wanted to investigate before. And the other two people followed suit - no one ever thought that Ling Yao might actually need a Sky-breaking Realm boss to hold things in check...
Aren't you afraid that I'll mess it up? ! If he turns the matter into a bad thing like "the three giants of Jianmen declared war on Liuchuan without any reason and captured the Temple of the God King", who will put an end to it?
Are you going to end it by killing me and offering sacrifices to heaven?
In short, he didn't want to bring trouble to Jianmen. So even if he doesn't actually like to "rule" a people through faith, he must now use the power of faith to stabilize his position.
This is one of the reasons why he now sits in the position of high priest.
As for other reasons...
In fact, he can't leave Rukawa for a while now - he is "trapped" by the holy spring.
Unlike the Tongtian Snake Spirit, who was trapped because of his own misfortune, Ling Yao's being trapped was more of his own choice, and his range of activities was obviously much larger.
The cause of this incident is that Shengquan took a fancy to him, so he openly gave up part of his authority directly to him, making him the "person in charge" of repairing the earth line damaged by the Tongtian Snake Spirit. .
Now, many new cracks have appeared in the great world of Mang Sheng due to the turbulence of the earth's veins. Moreover, according to the news his master brought back, there was a big crack near his home boundary. The master had fought there before and was contaminated by the devil's energy.
He doesn't cultivate? The little fighting power of the Ling family might be wiped out by the demons tomorrow, and the entire world of Mang Sheng would not be easy in the future.
But let's fix it...he won't be able to leave the Temple of the God King in a short time.
Because once he leaves, he no longer has "repair authority"! !
So even if he was anxious to go home now, he had to settle everything in Rukawa before he could leave.
However, Ling Linhan is different.
Like Ling Yao, he is always worried about the current situation of the Ling family. The difference is that not only does he not have to stay in Ruchuan, in fact, even if he stays, it will not make any difference.
Moreover, on the day the Tongtian Snake Spirit was destroyed, he received a letter from the Ling family.
To be precise, this letter was only sent from the Ling family, but was not written by the Ling family - in fact, the person who sent the letter had nothing to do with the Ling family.
[Little friend Linhan. Bing Ling went out the day before yesterday and passed by Ling's house in the southeast. I heard that you were not at Shenlong Academy, so I wanted to visit you, only to find out that you had been away from home for many years, and your relatives and friends were all worried about you.
[Bing Ling originally wanted to sit down and leave, but unexpectedly something happened, a magic seam appeared in the world, and all living beings were devastated. The elders of the children seemed to have a bad heart, but they still went to the battlefield and led the resistance.
[Bing Lingshu's persuasion failed, and he couldn't bear it, so he had to stay and help me with little strength to fulfill the righteousness of my elders.
[The situation is critical, please return home quickly. 】
The signature is Yin Ruobing, the Ice Spirit Fairy of Zixian Pavilion.
When Ling Linhan showed the letter to Ling Yao anxiously, explaining that he wanted to take the first step and return to Ling's house to save people, Ling Yao was actually a little dumbfounded.
To be honest, after reading this letter, which showed concern for his relatives and friends, the invasion of demons, heavy casualties, and relatives who were sick and killing the enemy, it was impossible for Ling Linhan not to be anxious. But the question is...are Yin Ruobing familiar with the Ling family?
You know, even if Yin Ruobing wants to participate in the war, as long as the crack is within the Wolong Kingdom's sphere of influence, she must submit an application to the local officials of the Wolong Kingdom, accept unified arrangements, and go to the front line.
Unless the Ling family accepts her as "one of their own" and assigns her a quota, she can directly fight for the Ling family - and if anything goes wrong with her, the Ling family will be responsible.
Not to mention that Hengnan's team has no such power to allocate quotas to her. Even if he has this right, how can Hengnan have the confidence to shoulder such a responsibility?
And, most importantly, even Ling Linhan's biological grandfather didn't know that Ling Linhan was in Liuchuan now. How did she send the letter accurately? ? Doesn't this mean that Ling Linhan's exact location has been exposed? !
However, even if Ling Yao was dumbfounded, he had no reason to stop Ling Linhan from leaving - even if there was really some conspiracy waiting for them on the other side, they had to go and investigate in person to discover the truth.
And if Ling Linhan is really exposed, his stay in Ruchuan will actually bring danger to An Qi.
Therefore, he simply analyzed the problems with Ling Linhan and asked him to be more wary of Yin Ruobing who suddenly appeared - "Then get out of here!"
Ling Linhan secretly rolled his eyes and left in a hurry.
Oh, it wasn't to leave Liuchuan, but to leave Ling Yao, who had a bad look on his face, and say goodbye to his girlfriend.
During this period, they told each other their true identities, confided in each other, whispered in their ears, were reluctant to part with each other... Ling Yao heard it all through the chat room! The single guy was so angry that he fell down on the spot!
And the most terrible thing is that after finishing the dog food, he didn't finish a single bite of the VVIP-level wedding banquet! ! !
In the end, Ling Yao had to "threaten" the brat by saying, "If you dare to mess around in Ling's house, I'll kill your wife." Ling Linhan rolled his eyes three times and commented - "You So childish."
Ling Yao:! ! ! It’s okay for anyone to say this to me, but not you! ! !
After Ling Linhan left, Ling Yao's life in Shenwang Temple did not change much. He is still setting the framework for future governance policies and institutional reforms, and is competing with people from various tribes.
Even with Fan Shansheng's help, he still felt like there were hair everywhere in his room, except on his head!
Of course, he was not completely without gains. Although he did not have the same good luck as Ice Python and Ling Linhan, the realm he had previously improved due to "taking medicine" had been strengthened and stabilized. He no longer had any worries, and he had gradually touched the threshold of the fourth level of the Puxiang. It was also a blessing. thing.
Moreover, in about a month, the repair of the ley lines finally came to an end. Although there is no way to completely eliminate the previous impact, the new cracks that have just appeared have all disappeared, and the cracks that have been irreparable have no signs of continuing to expand. The war situation in various places has gradually stabilized - this is what he passed through the Sword Gate Get the news through channels.
Next, it was time for him to pull away.
"Oh, it's no problem! I believe in you! I've done what I have to do! I leave Rukawa's future to you!"
Looking at Ling Yao's back as he waved his hands carelessly, Fan Shansheng almost roared and ran after him:
"Why is there no problem?! You just announced on the spot in the main hall that you would give the position of high priest to Nan Rong and Qiu, and you also handed over the position of great elder to me! Do you know what the chaos is like over there now? !”
"Oh, what is there to mess about? Didn't I tell you earlier that in the current system, only the great elders have real power, and the high priest is just a false position to hold festivals and activities, and it doesn't matter who he gives it to - you also said this ah!"
Ling Yao took out his ears and looked completely unconcerned.
"Besides you, I only know that guy among the priests who looks a bit like a human being. Moreover, he is also Da Xikang's apprentice, so he must be more familiar with the ritual process than others. Isn't that good..."
"The point is the Great Elder!!!"
Fan Shansheng felt that his calm expression for many years had completely collapsed. Ling Yao's performance in the main hall just now was as relaxed and freehand as "the weather is nice today", but it turned the heavy fate of the entire Liuchuan into his hands.
This shocked the speculators who were blindly trying to please Ling Yao himself - if the people in power were replaced, wouldn't it mean that all the hard work they had done before was in vain?
More importantly, although Fan Shansheng is not incapable of continuing to govern Liuchuan under the framework established by Ling Yao and him, others may not think that he is "capable" or "qualified".
Before Ling Yao's arrival, he was a marginalized person among the priests of the God King Temple, doing some dispensable things in the Mingpai Temple. These tribal leaders may not even have seen him. After Ling Yao came to power, although he finally showed his face in front of these tribal leaders, his status was still not as good as Ling Yao's. If Ling Yao leaves, he won't even be able to continue to gain a foothold in this position.
At this time, Ling Yao not only wanted to leave, but even gave himself greater power - wasn't this pushing him into a pit of fire?
"This is because you have gone astray."
Ling Yao seemed to have seen through Fan Shansheng's thoughts. He turned around helplessly and shook his head.
"In fact, if I leave and hand over power to you, the opportunistic rats will go against you, and the truly smart people will only be happier. Because compared to me as the 'God King', you are obviously better to control.
"However, rather than kicking you off the stage, they would rather keep you in this position so that they can handle things easily. Because you have no background and no backing.
"Nowadays, several major forces are at the same level, and the relationship with small and medium-sized tribes is even more complicated. It is not easy to find such a priest, and it is even more difficult to 100% push one of our own people up. If you are pushed down, it means The person in power may be their enemy. So they will try their best to protect you and win over you - unless you have decided to join one of them.
"Besides. Although Nanrong and Qiu don't have a harmonious relationship with me, as long as he has some brains, he will understand that no one will be so tolerant to him except you.
"As the only disciple of Da Xikang, not only was he not implicated by Da Xikang and retaliated by his enemies, but he became a high priest without real power but still noble. And if it were another person in power, he might not be so lucky. So, he will help you.
"This is a balancing game. And even if it fails, I will let the ice python save your life. So, if you don't even have anything to worry about, what do you have to worry about?"
Fan Shansheng was stunned and let out a long sigh:
"I'm not afraid of death. At least from the day I joined you, I no longer put it first.
"But I... have no way to accept the failure as calmly as you do. If I fail to do well, the price will be the entire Liuchuan, and everything that happened before..."
"But I've said it a long time ago, Fan Shansheng. If you still don't plan to fight for it personally, no one will fulfill your wish for you."
Ling Yao once again repeated what he said to Fan Shansheng that day,
"What you have to ask now is not why I gave it to you; but ask yourself, how can you seize this opportunity and realize your wish."
Fan Shansheng closed his eyes:
"I see."
Ling Yao took a deep breath:
"Then...
"Slip away!"
That's called running very fast...
Fan Shansheng opened his eyes:? ? ?
Shouldn't it be "that's good"? !
After you said such profound words, why did you run away with me? !
