Fang Zhaohu carefully opened the palace door, walked in, and then saluted:
"I've seen the sect, everyone from the Five Elements Sect is here."
"Have you ever seen Fan Pan?" Feng Yunqing opened his eyes slightly and asked calmly.
"I didn't see it when I returned to the sect. It's just that the Five Elements Sect's strength has greatly increased this time. The sect leader Liu Tianyu is naturally at the first level of Nascent Soul, but the aura just broke through is not stable enough." Fang Zhaohu said carefully while recalling:
"And Luo Xuan actually broke through to the eighth level of the Golden Core. There is one person on the seventh level, two on the sixth level, one on the fourth level, two on the third level, one on the second level, and two on the first level. Most of them are in the foundation building period. In the ninth level, there are still a few monks in the middle and early stages, but in the Qi refining stage, there are only five, not even a full number of people."
"Compared to before the sect was closed, it has improved a lot."
"Yes, my subordinates thought so too, so I asked around and asked. Liu Tianyu said that it was because the sect was humiliated and everyone was so angry that they had to use up their foundation to break through so quickly. Now that the foundation is exhausted, I'm afraid it will be even harder to break through in the future." Fang Zhaohu answered truthfully.
"Then do you think this statement is credible?" Fengyun Qingmeifeng raised his head slightly and asked.
"My subordinates think..." Fang Zhaohu couldn't help but wonder in his heart what the clan leader was thinking. If he guessed wrong, he would be doomed. However, he couldn't let the clan wait, so he could only bite the bullet and said:
"My subordinates think it's 70% credible..."
"Oh? Why is that 30%?"
"The 30%... is because the Five Elements Sect is closed and we don't know some of the situation, so I don't dare to say too harshly. After all, everything is possible. If I make a blind conclusion, I worry that it will affect the sect's arrangements. "
Fang Zhaohu became more and more fluent as he spoke. After finishing speaking, he felt completely relaxed. He almost believed it and couldn't help but praise his wit.
Feng Yunqing didn't say anything and asked again:
"Then how do you feel about the people of the Five Elements Sect?"
Fang Zhaohu was full of confidence at this time. Thinking of his previous conversations with them and his arrangements, he couldn't help but straighten up slightly and said:
"According to my subordinates, the destruction of the Five Elements Sect's spiritual mine has had a great impact on them. Now they have become cautious. Even the disciples arranged them at the foot of the mountain and did not dare to object. Although their strength has increased Not small, but seems to be very nervous about this conference, so..."
"Go down." Feng Yunqing interrupted.
Fang Zhaohu was startled and suddenly broke into a cold sweat. He didn't know what he said wrong, but he didn't dare to ask at this time, so he had to bow uneasily and retreat all the way out of the hall.
"Idiot." Feng Yunqing sighed softly.
The shadow appeared and said:
"Sir, do you want me to go punish you?"
Feng Yunqing shook his head and said: "Idiots also have their own value. Although he thinks he is smart, he has given me some judgment, which can be regarded as a crime."
"What should we do about Fan Pan? He has not appeared here, and his subordinates have not received any news from him." Shadow said.
Feng Yunqing was silent for a while, and then said:
"Fan Pan must be in trouble."
"Ah? Your Majesty, has the matter about the spiritual mine been exposed?" Shadow asked in surprise.
Feng Yunqing smiled lightly and said:
"Exposed? It doesn't matter if it's exposed. The thing was done by rogue cultivators, and it's not the first time this kind of thing has happened. Didn't the Hongye Sect also encounter it once more than twenty years ago?"
"In case someone is interested in connecting them..."
"The only outsider who knows the inside story is Tagawa Yutaka, and he has already gone to the Hengduan Mountains, and is monitored by the elders of the inner sect."
Shadow hesitated slightly and said:
"What if we come back? After all, we sent someone to explain the terms of Tagawa Yutaka to the Hongye Sect, and the Hongye Sect also accepted it."
"Don't worry, he won't come back." Feng Yunqing said calmly:
"Once the route is determined, Tagawa Yutaka will not survive more than three breaths. Besides, it doesn't matter even if he comes back, will anyone believe his words? Will anyone dare to believe it?"
"As for the Five Elements Sect, no matter how much their strength improves, they still dare to reveal the truth of this matter at will. Moreover, it was their own elders who betrayed them, so they naturally lose some credibility, not to mention..."
Feng Yunqing sneered and continued:
"What's more, Zhang Xiaosheng is a smart man. Even Fan Pan was fooled by him, thinking that he was really going to be detrimental to the Five Elements Sect, but he had a good calculation. But the smarter the person, the better he should know how to advance and retreat. He If you want to occupy the magpie's nest, you must not dare to publicize the truth about the spiritual mine, otherwise wouldn't you be asking for your own destruction?"
Hearing this, Shadow also smiled slightly and said:
"Yes, he would never have thought that the sect leader was determined to destroy the Five Elements Sect, and that the position of sect leader he secretly snatched with all his efforts was just a life-threatening post. Who knows when the time comes? Will you regret it?"
"No, what's the point of that?" Feng Yunqing's smile was a little weird, and her voice was slightly distorted:
"Didn't he want to secretly replace Liu Tianyu? I want to make all his previous efforts go to waste. What would happen if everyone in the Five Elements Sect knew that Zhang Xiaosheng and Fan Pan conspired to seriously injure Liu Tianyu and then replaced him?"
Shadow was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and said:
"Presumably the members of the congregation will betray their relatives, and the Five Elements Sect will fall into chaos!"
"Hahaha, this is interesting, isn't it? But it can't be so fast. Things have to be done step by step. First isolate the Five Elements Sect, and then isolate Zhang Xiaosheng. When the time comes, there will be no trace left."
Shadow bowed slightly and said:
"The master's wisdom and plan are unparalleled, and my subordinates are willing to follow you to the death!"
Feng Yunqing waved his hand and continued:
"The realm of the people from the Five Elements Sect who came to compete this time is different from what we expected before. If we change the rules of the competition, remember, we must..."
The sounds from behind gradually became inaudible, and the shadow bowed and said:
"My subordinate understands, let's do it now."
Feng Yunqing smiled slightly, with a sense of heroism that he had everything under control, and was looking forward to the next good show.
…
There was no talking all night, and it was still dark the next day. Everyone in the Five Elements Sect gathered in the courtyard early because they had to walk up the mountain and it was naturally impossible to fly.
After Zhang Xiaosheng went out, he saw that everyone was gearing up and full of energy, so he couldn't help but nodded secretly.
Seeing that the door of Brother Han's room was still closed, Zhang Xiaosheng stepped forward and knocked on the door, saying:
"Senior brother, everyone is ready to leave. I wonder if senior brother will go with us?"
"I'm a little tired, so I won't go. I hope the sect master will forgive me." came the old man's voice.
"Senior Brother, please rest more." After Zhang Xiaosheng said this, he turned around and led everyone out of the courtyard.
Everyone heard the conversation between Zhang Xiaosheng and the old man in the house. Although they were puzzled, they seemed to have forgotten about it after leaving the yard, just like they often didn't notice such a person on the road.
After walking for about half an hour, the Five Elements Sect arrived on the mountainside and gradually encountered several other sects. However, their sect leaders had already fled up the mountain, leaving only the others on foot.
Mu Yihu was about to have a fit again, but Zhang Xiaosheng turned around and glared at him before he stopped.
Zhang Xiaosheng didn't care about the strange and hidden looks from other sects. Since he wanted to show off, he had to do a full set, not to mention it was just mountain climbing. As long as he didn't take pictures, it didn't matter.
The most important thing is that he doesn't want to go up early to talk to the sect leaders of other sects.
You can think of the content of the conversation with your feet. It was nothing more than sympathy and indignation for the spirit mine incident, condemnation of the murderer, and congratulations on his breakthrough to Nascent Soul. Then Zhang Xiaosheng wanted to express his gratitude and brag to others.
Means nothing.
If you don't use your cultivation to climb mountains on foot, it will be a long-lost pleasure.
The several sects I met had little contact with the Five Elements Sect, so there was no communication. Everyone went their separate ways.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, we came to a huge flat area, which was said to be specially opened for the exchange conference. Many sects had already arrived, and they were all gathered in the areas designated for each sect. The scene was quite orderly. sequence.
There are nine high platforms in the middle of the flat ground, which can be regarded as arenas. They are all thousands of feet square, which is enough for monks below the Golden Core level to fight. As for the Golden Core stage, the battles are all in the air.
Zhang Xiaosheng took everyone from the Five Elements Sect to the designated area. Because the last ranking was eighteen, the position was right on the right side of the second row, which was quite clean.
Naturally, the sofa and low tables have been prepared in the area, and the tea in the teapot is still slightly steaming.
After settling everyone in, Zhang Xiaosheng stayed for a long time before heading to the front where the heads of each sect were specially placed.
When all the sect leaders saw Zhang Xiaosheng coming, they all focused their attention on him. Because Zhang Xiaosheng broke through to Nascent Soul, and most of the sect leaders who arrived at this time were in the late stage of Jindan, everyone stood up to greet him, and Zhang Xiaosheng responded with a smile. , but he didn’t say much, he just walked straight to seat No. 18 and sat down, then closed his eyes and said nothing, as if he didn’t want to talk.
Most people thought that the leader of the Five Elements Sect was bothered by the matter of the Soul Mine, and they all expressed their understanding, sat down one after another and continued to chat in low voices.
Only a few people were a little restless, including Lu Hong, the leader of the Red Leaf Sect, who was sitting in seat 17.
Although the Red Leaf Sect is weak and its overall strength is slightly weaker than that of the Five Elements Sect, it still has more than a dozen golden elixirs. At least the number of people participating in the battle is enough. The Five Elements Sect could not gather nine golden elixirs in the last conference, so it ranked second to the Red Leaf Sect. .
Lu Hongyuan was also at the sixth level of the Golden Core. He had been lucky enough to break through to the seventh level in the past ten years. He thought he could safely dominate the Five Elements Sect. Unexpectedly, the news that Liu Tianyu had broken through to the Nascent Soul came like a thunderbolt, leaving him depressed for a long time.
Fortunately, the relationship between the two families was good, and the spiritual mine incident made the two families feel that they were in the same boat, so they were just a little uncomfortable at first. Seeing that Zhang Xiaosheng was not arrogant just because he had broken through the Nascent Soul, Lu Hong let go slightly. Worry.
But he didn't expect that after Zhang Xiaosheng sat down, he would close his eyes and rest, which made Lu Hong unable to say the words he had prepared.
