The atmosphere was very awkward.
Bai Xiuping and the others simply ignored the believers in Luoyou Village and ran away.
If you can't solve something, just leave it alone.
In fact, there is no way to help the believers in Luopo Village. They are lazy by nature. Luopo Village is close to the market and its geographical location is low, suitable for farming.
Not to mention how wealthy the village is, there is no problem in being self-sufficient.
However, before the village chief Luo Jian came to this poor village, the atmosphere here was already like this, and everyone lived in a muddleheaded way.
If you don't have the will to fight for your own survival, no matter how much others help you, it won't help.
Even if Bai Xiuping is still the son of the leader of the martial arts alliance, he will not support the followers of the down-and-out village. A righteous person does not mean a bad person.
It's just that the flower fields in Luo Luo Village have been destroyed, and the mess left behind is indeed directly and closely related to them.
Nalan Jingzhi coughed lightly and stopped dwelling on the matter. He changed the subject and said, "It doesn't matter, let's just ignore this matter for now. From now on, what really needs to be paid attention to is the Seven Secret Palaces."
"Young Master, you want to gather people who don't belong to you. There is nothing wrong with this. However, time is running out now and we cannot wait any longer to find them."
If Bai Xiu Ping's original plan was to search for masters outside the Seven Secret Palaces and the Council of Elders one by one, it would take a lot of time and energy.
The reason why Nalan Jing asked Bai Xiuping to find Zhuang Fangliang first was that they urgently needed Zhuang Fangliang's martial arts. Many times, Bai Xiuping was inconvenient to take action, and Gongsun Fu's martial arts was too low.
In this case, you need to rely on Zhuang Fangliang. If there is insufficient force, all plans will become empty talk.
The second reason is that Nalan Jingzhi has very detailed information on Zhuang Fangliang, and it will be too difficult to find other hidden masters in this hundred thousand mountains.
Nalan Jingzhi said solemnly: "In four months, there will be the Ming Cult's Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. Before that, whether you want to continue to grow your own power or weaken their power, you can only choose one between the two. .”
Time waits for no one, and it is really helpless.
Strengthening one's own power is a fish, while weakening the power of others is a bear's paw. You cannot have both fish and bear's paw.
Each of the Seven Secret Palaces has its own independent martial arts group. The power of one palace alone is enough to compete with the martial arts in the world.
The palace masters of each secret palace are all experts at the top of the Mingjiao ranking list.
Coupled with the Presbyterian Council composed of ten top experts, each of them is not only powerful, but also a person with profound qualifications in the Ming Cult.
All forces are threats and should not be underestimated.
From this point of view, Mingjiao is like a bottomless sea that will never be exhausted. No wonder the Zhongyuan sect has always hated Mingjiao. Even if the imperial court came to suppress it, Mingjiao could still stand firm.
The foundation of Mingjiao is so profound that no one knows what other masters are hidden in these hundred thousand mountains.
While Bai Xiuping was bowing his head in deep thought, Gongsun Fu said impatiently: "What the old man said is right, but why should we listen to what he said now?"
Everyone present was stunned. Bai Xiuping couldn't do anything with the stupid thing: "Just sit and listen. If you don't want to listen, just get the water."
Then Nalan Jingzhi was asked to continue speaking.
Nalan Jingzhi also shed a sweat when he thought of having such a fool here.
"Although the Seven Secret Palaces may seem like a cooperative relationship, they also have their own agendas and are in a relationship of competition and checks and balances."
Nalan Jingzhi pointed to the portrait of the palace owner of the Seven Secrets Palace and said, "If this were not the case, the Ming Cult would have already given birth to a new leader."
If the Seven Secret Palaces are united, the Elders Council may find it difficult to compete.
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Fangliang snorted coldly and said: "They actually want to overthrow the orthodox Ming Cult and seize the throne. There is no way the Guangming Palace will allow them to do this."
Even dynastic rule will be overthrown sometimes, not to mention the inheritance of sects, but they must be famous.
Nalan Jingzhi explained: "That's why the Seven Secret Palace used the disappearance of the leader as an excuse to select a new leader during the Ming Cult's heaven-sacrifice ceremony."
"As long as we win from it, the other forces will have nothing to say, and they will naturally ascend to the position of leader. It would have been like this..."
He glanced around at the few people, and finally looked at Bai Xiuping, and said with a chuckle: "But the young leader came back from seclusion at this time."
The return of Bai Xiuping, who is the first in line to succeed the leader, was completely outside the plans of all parties, thus creating a new situation.
Some will try to win over him, and some will try to kill him.
As long as Bai Xiuping is still the young leader of the Ming Cult, this status will put him at the center of the storm.
Zhuang Fangliang said angrily: "As long as I am here, those traitors will not be allowed to harm the Young Master."
A scholar dies for a confidant.
Nalan Jingzhi stared at Zhuang Fangliang closely, nodded after a moment and said: "If you can really do it, I will be very grateful to you."
Fighting alone cannot stop the major forces. Nalan Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. Zhuang Fangliang seemed to be a trustworthy person at present.
"So the young leader's only way to survive is to take the initiative to join this fight for the throne."
You don’t want to be a chess piece, you can only become a chess player and stay out of the chessboard.
Gongsun Fu stood up, pointed at Nalan Jingzhi, and said very unhappy: "Join on your own initiative? Do you want to treat the young leader as a sacrifice and push him to death?"
Nalan Jingzhi closed his eyes and said calmly: "Of course, let the young leader ascend to the position of leader."
Gongsun Fu sneered, with a look of disbelief on his face, and turned around and said, "Young Master, I dare to ask you something."
"What's up?"
Gongsun Fu looked sincere and said with a sincere expression: "Please return to the Demon Cave for retreat again..."
Bai Xiuping didn't wait for Gongsun Fu to finish speaking, but pointed directly at Gongsun Fu's mute point with both fingers, telling him to shut up.
This guy talks too much nonsense and keeps interrupting several people talking about serious matters.
Nowadays, the three people who are most threatening and most likely to win the position of the next leader are Gong Sunhuai, the lord of the Martial Punishment Palace, Jiang Linjue, the lord of the Hidden Killing Palace, and Qu Yuanshan, the great elder.
The Seventh Secret Palace occupies two persons and the Presbyterian Church occupies one.
Even Zhuang Fangliang couldn't help but said solemnly when he heard the names of these three people: "These are all masters of martial arts who have reached the top. No wonder they will become the most difficult stumbling block for you, young leader, on your way to the throne."
If the three of them were above the martial arts world, they would all be capable of establishing a sect.
Fortunately, they are currently checking and balancing each other and paying close attention to each other. No one has taken action yet. Bai Xiuping is not the biggest threat in their eyes yet.
The Wu Xing Palace and the Hidden Killing Palace are the two most powerful parties among the Seven Secret Palaces. Among them, the Jubao Palace supports the Wu Xing Palace on the surface, while the Tongyin Palace supports the Hidden Killing Palace.
Jubao Palace has deep financial resources, and Tongyin Palace has outstanding intelligence gathering capabilities, but both of them have weak combat capabilities, so they chose to support another secret palace.
But this is just the surface. If given the opportunity, how could they be willing to succumb to other secret palaces.
It's just that they all have their own agendas.
Who doesn’t want to ascend to the position of leader?
As the major forces gradually expand, just a little thing is enough to cause them to split.
As long as Bai Xiuping can seize the right time and take advantage of the time when the major forces are consuming each other, it seems that it is not out of reach to ascend to the position of leader.
By then, the fighting between the major forces will definitely lead to the decline of the overall power of the Ming Cult. Even if Bai Xiuping ascends to the position of leader, it may not be safe.
Zhuang Fangliang stared at the old man in a wheelchair in surprise and said, "He is just the owner of Mingshu Pavilion, but he pretends to know everything and understand everything."
This feeling of thinking that he was in control of the situation made Zhuang Fangliang very unhappy.
Nalan Jingzhi said calmly: "It's impossible that you don't know the role of Mingshu Pavilion. What do you really want to say?"
Zhuang Fangliang used to be the captain of the guard directly under the Palace of Light, so he naturally knew about the Ming Cult's large and small forces.
He crossed his arms and said disapprovingly: "From the beginning, we didn't need to talk about so-called methods and means in a place like this. The young leader only needs to go to the Palace of Light."
In the Seventh Secret Palace and the Council of Elders, Zhuang Fangliang believes that all the major forces are still surrendered to the Guangming Palace in the final analysis. Now there are thoughts of rebellion, just because the Guangming Palace has no owner.
As long as there is the support of Guangming Palace, other forces will have no power to resist.
"A year ago, it might still be possible, but the situation now is different from the past."
Nalan Jingzhi shook his head and sighed: "If the Guangming Palace chooses to clearly support the Young Master, the Ming Cult will be torn apart and headed for destruction."
