The old Taoist priest didn't speak, sipping the fragrant tea in the teacup with his head slightly tilted.

Far from having the slightest immortal aura of a worldly master, his posture was more like an old man who was sophisticated, and Xu Xingkong couldn't help but ponder the past life of this old Taoist priest.

Putting down the teacup unhurriedly, the old Taoist priest listened to his waist slightly, and then said with a smile:

Of course, to formally join the Yixue Research Society, it is necessary to break away from the original sect, of course, this is done to avoid the interference of mundane affairs and devote oneself to the need to devote oneself to academic research, and on the other hand, it is also to provide substantial benefits to the original sect. ”

"Huh, that's interesting, what do you mean by the seniors that the academic results of the research society are not open to the entire Daomen?"

"Of course, there is no free lunch in the world, we only share research results with the members of the research society, and we also have certain restrictions on the secondary dissemination of these research results. ”

Xu Xingkong suddenly realized that the Yixue Research Society was like this, and this rule was actually quite good, at least it ensured that the Yixue Research Society had a fairly good self-sustaining ability, perhaps this was the fundamental reason why the Yixue Research Society could stand in the highest academic position in Huaxia Daomen for a long time.

Xu Xingkong nodded in understanding, and then calmly refused;

"Then I can only refuse the invitation of my predecessors, although I have joined this sect for less than three years, but my feelings for Yushan Yuzhai are very deep, I don't want to leave so early, of course, maybe I will go to the research society in the future. ”

The old Taoist priest seemed to have known how Xu Xingkong would answer, and smiled indifferently:

"What Poor Dao just said is the general situation, in fact, in addition to formally joining the research society, we sometimes temporarily invite some capable Dao disciples to participate in a certain research, this temporary invitation does not require the invitee to withdraw from the original sect, Poor Dao intends to invite Elder Xu to participate in the special research project for the improvement of traditional magic theory this time. ”

Xu Xingkong's eyes turned around:

"I see, but now that communications are developed, and there are even special private networks, is it important to study where? In my personal opinion, since research has the courage to adapt to the conditions of the times, why not go further and establish a truly broad academic research network?"

The old Taoist priest was not flustered by Xu Xingkong's anti-general, and still twisted his beard and replied with a smile:

"The network is not completely reliable, and we are studying the most cutting-edge projects, and if something goes wrong, it may cause serious consequences, and the risk of blind expansion is too great, and besides, this kind of generalized academic research network is also very troublesome to manage and operate, and the research society has neither the energy nor the manpower. ”

"You can delegate it to the committee. ”

The old Taoist priest smiled, Xu Xingkong was getting farther and farther away, in fact, he just didn't want to agree to the old Taoist priest's invitation, and the old Taoist priest could see this clearly.

"Elder Xu's suggestion is very constructive, but this matter involves a wide range of issues and needs to be considered in the long run. Let's talk about the matter in front of us, since Elder Xu is unwilling to accept our invitation, then the Thunder Devouring Beast..."

"It's really not good, then ask the seniors to send it over, in the end, this little guy was born because of me, and I have to be responsible. ”

Xu Xingkong looked reluctant, in fact, he didn't have to worry too much, Xu Xingkong actually had a plan, it was a big deal to send the Thunder Swallowing Beast to Xiangjiang, presumably Su Jin'er would never refuse to accept it, otherwise her reputation would be over, this trick is called Misfortune East.

As for whether the research society will accuse Xu Xingkong of colluding with foreign enemies or something like that, Xu Xingkong doesn't care, if the research society is really responsible, it shouldn't send the Thunder Swallowing Beast back to Yushan Yuzhai.

The old Taoist priest glanced at Xu Xingkong, who was pretending to be aggrieved, and said with a smile:

"Elder Xu doesn't have to worry, if the situation gets out of control at that time, Elder Xu can send the Thunder Devouring Beast back to the research society, or directly hand it over to the Demon Clan. ”

Xu Xingkong was stunned:

"Well, are you laughing at the seniors? You won't accuse us of betrayal when the time comes, right?"

"Of course not, Poor Dao can leave proof in writing, in fact, Elder Xu may have misunderstood our original intention about this Thunder Swallowing Beast, we have no intention of framing Elder Xu, on the contrary, we really hope to borrow Elder Xu's hand to find something from the Thunder Swallowing Beast. ”

Xu Xingkong nodded suspiciously:

"The younger generation doesn't mean this, they just feel that the responsibility is very heavy. ”

The old Taoist priest waved his hand and said:

"It was Poor Dao who misunderstood Elder Xu, in fact, we admired Elder Xu's research on the Yuan Ling Theory very much, and at the same time, we also had a very high evaluation of Elder Xu's theory in the bloodline inheritance. ”

Xu Xingkong nodded slowly, and suddenly changed the topic and said:

"Is that the same for the original intention of the predecessors of Xuanyi?"

Qinghe Daoren nodded without hesitation:

"Yes, Xuanyi Daoist also came for this, but he didn't complete the task, so Poor Dao had to come to make up for it. ”

Xu Xingkong glanced at the old Taoist priest deeply and continued to ask:

"Is there any further news from Xuanyi senior?"

"Not yet, but Xuanyi Daoist is still safe at the moment. ”

Xu Xingkong nodded, as for how the Qinghe Dao people knew about the safety of the Xuanyi Daoist Xu Xingkong didn't ask, and he didn't need to ask, it was actually not difficult to do this at all, the general sect would make a soul-bound spiritual weapon for the inner disciple, once this disciple died, this bound spiritual weapon would be shattered, and it was impossible for such a tall place as the Yixue Research Society to have no such thing.

Xu Xingkong even suspected that they still had ultra-long-range positioning and communication methods, perhaps the rescuers of the research society were already on their way.

Of course, there is a more likely situation, that is, the Xuanyi Daoist is now at ease in the lair of the research society.

"That's good, if you need help, just ask. ”

"Not for now, we already have someone to help. ”

Xu Xing thought for a while and said:

"Actually, the junior went to see a person today, and this person told the junior that the cloud spider that appeared around the plane at that time was probably borrowed by someone from Dajue Temple. ”

The old Taoist priest glanced at Xu Xingkong deeply, and smiled meaningfully:

"Did Elder Xu also doubt us?"

Xu Xingkong smiled:

"Please forgive the junior for being rude, the junior is a conspiracy theorist. ”

"Hehe... Elder Xu is very funny, in fact, Elder Xu's suspicion is not unreasonable, even now, Poor Dao can't come up with tangible evidence to prove that this is not a farce directed and acted by us, after all, after this incident, it seems that the biggest benefit is our research association. ”

"That's true, but it's not just the research association that benefits, but also the demon clan who participated in the attack on Miss He Yan halfway, obviously the demon clan is also involved, and the Buddhism has not wronged them in attacking the demon clan. ”

The old Taoist priest sighed, and said with a somewhat embarrassed face:

"Elder Xu, the human race and the demon race have been fighting for thousands of years, and the involvement is not clear at all, and the same is true within ourselves, the grievances and grievances of the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the factional struggles within the Daomen, and the grievances and entanglements of the major families, how can we distinguish it clearly in a few words. In fact, the interests of all of us, including the demon clan, have been entangled, this is a big net, netting all of us in it, love each other may not be all right, killing each other may not bring destruction, this Elder Xu should be able to understand. ”

Xu Xingkong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then fell silent, of course, he was not only thinking about the old Taoist's lofty arguments, but also distracted from discussing the purpose of the old Taoist's words with Lin Xiaofeng and others.

The old Taoist priest was not in a hurry at all, seeing that Xu Xingkong seemed to be thinking, he smiled faintly, and sipped tea with his head tilted.

After a while, Xu Xingkong raised his head and said with a slight hesitation:

"What the predecessors mean is that everything can ultimately come down to a compromise of interests. ”

The old Taoist priest nodded:

"Otherwise? We have no way to eliminate the demon clan, and we have no way to bear the loss of destroying the Buddhist sect, besides, we can just destroy them? Once the external enemy is gone, won't the internal division be again? It is difficult for people's hearts to be the same, in the final analysis, the conflict of ideas and the conflict of survival are the same as the conflict of existence, and even in a sense, the conflict of ideas is more common. ”

Xu Xingkong nodded with affection, the human heart is really unpredictable, even if everyone's starting point is good, maybe because of the different routes, it will kill you, not to mention those situations where the three views are in conflict.

However, the old Taoist priest's remarks are not to show his otherworldliness, nor is it because he was born high, he just wants to tell Xu Xingkong that the hijacking is not to eliminate anyone, and the cause and purpose of the incident are actually for profit, so everyone should also limit the level of struggle to the level of interest competition, rather than making you live and die.

In this way, the research society's move to return the Thunder Swallowing Beast may not be to pit Yushan Yuzhai, but more likely to be a gesture of favor and compensation, of course, if Yushan Yuzhai is too vegetable and can't protect the Thunder Swallowing Beast, the research society will also be happy to fall into the ground.

Xu Xingkong secretly shook his head and sighed, these are all human spirits!

No matter what, they are not in a hurry, and they can always come up with the best countermeasures, which can muddy the waters and get out quietly, and lay down another game without a trace, and by the way, they also took away the benefits that could be taken away, framed the people who should be framed, and even picked up one or even several fat rabbits by beating rabbits.

The means are really... Learned!

"After being taught, the younger generation must carefully appreciate the teachings of the predecessors, so apart from this matter, is there anything else that the predecessors have to do?"

"Of course, this is all gossip, Poor Dao is here mainly to invite Elder Xu, if Elder Xu can't agree, Poor Dao needs to stay in Pengcheng for a while, I hope Elder Xu will allow Poor Dao to participate in the relevant research on the bloodline inheritance, in addition, Poor Dao also hopes to know the specific situation about the new theory of Yuan Ling. Of course, in exchange, all the past research results of the research society can be opened to Yushan Yuzhai. ”