Zhu Qingsong has been in retreat for ten years, which is nothing in endless cultivation, but in the past ten years, he has slowly lost control of the Aoki Sect.

Originally, the situation in the Aoki sect was tense on the front line. And this line was completely disconnected after Xue Changjiu's death.

The remaining four deacons and elders began to kill people in the sect in order to compete for power and profit.

The disciple of Xue Changjiu's lineage is almost dead now.

It stands to reason that the chaos within the sect is like this, and Zhu Qingsong, as the head of a sect, should come forward to suppress it.

But he didn't.

After Zhu Qingsong went into retreat, his confidant disciple had an accident, and it is said that he went mad and died of madness. ”

Meng Shi and Su Wei sat in the comfortable car and talked slowly.

"Among the apprentices accepted by the sect master of the Aoki Sect in the previous generation, Zhu Qingsong was not the best, but in the end, he still became the sect master of the Aoki Sect. Some people say that it is because Zhu Qingsong is the illegitimate son of the previous generation of the Aoki Sect Master. "Meng She, as the head of the Liyue National Teacher and the head of the Liyue Secret Guard, knows a lot of hidden facts.

Although the Aoki sect is a high-ranking cultivation sect, many things, as long as they are out of the mouth, will reach the ears of others.

Therefore, Zhu Qingsong has always been difficult to convince the public. ”

Because of this, he went into retreat and wanted to break through the realm and shape the saint. ”

Meng Shi said this, a trace of yearning flashed on his face, and at the same time, there was also a trace of pain.

"Plastic saint, how can it be so easy to break. ”

In today's Southern Regions, most of the masters of the Shaping Saint Realm are in the Vermilion Bird Alliance, and the sect masters of the sixteen major cultivation sects are all at the peak of Ning Yuan.

And the ancestors of these sects back then were basically masters of the Holy Realm. Even the Grandmaster Realm has it.

As for now, the reason is very simple.

That is, the Vermilion Bird Alliance does not want the power of these sects to be too strong.

In that year, the first leader of the Vermilion Bird Alliance swept through the Southern Regions with the power of thunder, crushing the Southern Regions Cultivation Sect to the point of subservience.

In the end, all those disobedient sects became history.

And those who are obedient become subordinates.

But if the subordinates are too strong, the Suzaku League will definitely not want to.

Therefore, some of the exercises and mystical techniques of the sixteen major sects of the Southern Regions were taken away.

At the same time, alchemy was also taken away.

Although these sects receive offerings from the secular dynasty every year, a large part of these offerings will be taken away by the Suzaku League.

In addition, the Vermilion Bird Alliance's Elite Hall will send envoys every year to look for disciples with good qualifications and strong casual cultivators in the Southern Regions.

In short, within the Southern Regions, the Vermilion Bird Alliance is the way of heaven.

However, over the years, few orthodox sects have opposed the Suzaku League.

There are also a few bars inserted in the bloody clothes hall from time to time.

The reason why the orthodox sects in the Southern Regions are reluctant to unite against the Vermilion Bird Alliance is that the Vermilion Bird Alliance is strong, and the second is that the Vermilion Bird League has blocked Zhongzhou's attack.

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"Zhongzhou has always wanted to unify the Southern Regions, when the Zhennan Marquis of the Great Jin Dynasty broke through the Nantieguan Pass in one fell swoop in the name of killing the rebels, and broke through more than 90 cities with 3,000 Zhengyu troops, if it weren't for the fact that Emperor Taizong was stabbed by his own brother and forced to let the Zhennan Marquis return to the division, the Southern Regions would have been Zhongzhou. ”

Meng Shi drank a cup of tea and continued, "It was from that time that the Vermilion Bird League arose. ”

"They said that if the Southern Regions did not retreat and protect themselves, they would be annexed by Zhongzhou sooner or later, and Zhongzhou would kill all the southerners for the sake of thousands of generations. ”

These words made the kings of the Southern Regions countries tremble. ”

"Do you know? Why do these kings only call themselves kings, but not emperors?"

"Jin Taizong said that within Xuanyu, whoever dares to be the emperor will be hit hard. Su Wei replied.

He heard his father tell him all this history when he was a child.

"Yes, only that Emperor Taizong dared to say such a thing, but this sentence scared no one in the Southern Regions to be the emperor. Meng Shi couldn't help but sneer: "The Vermilion Bird Alliance rules the Southern Regions, suppresses the sect, and is known as the Heavenly Dao, but it has not dared to reopen the Nine Passes all these years, and in the final analysis, it is not that I am afraid of Zhongzhou." ”

"Then why hasn't Zhongzhou sent troops to the south all these years?"

Su Wei asked.

"There is only one Taizong in the Great Jin, and there is no second one. Meng Shi replied: "After the death of Taizong, those monarchs of the Jin Dynasty must guard against the cultivation sect, and second, they must resist the Northern Barbarians, in recent years, it is said that Xishu is also ready to move, and wants to send troops to Luozhou to regain the territory lost that year. ”

The current Emperor of Zhongzhou Dajin is Yang Longji, His Majesty the Emperor was diligent in political affairs at the beginning of his accession to the throne, worked hard, and swept away the gloom of the previous dynasty. But after a long time, Mingzong began to neglect the government. Fortunately, Dajin has a solid foundation, and there has been no chaos over the years.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, that Yishan Sword Venerable is said to be alive.

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After Meng Shi finished talking off topic, he returned the topic to Zhu Qingsong again.

"Before I left from the Luoxia Sect, an elder told me privately that something was very likely to have happened to Zhu Qingsong, because there was a deacon elder of the Aoki Sect who delivered a letter to the Suzaku League. ”

I don't know who wrote the letter, but it was full of flattery. ”

This is Toucheng.

Just as the secular dynasty is willing to be a grandson of the cultivation sect, the Vermilion Bird League also likes to practice the sect as a grandson for itself.

After all, an obedient dog, everyone likes it.

"For various reasons, this time, we can only press Zhong Xu. ”

Meng Shi then told Zhong Xu about the situation.

"Who does the national teacher think wrote that letter?"

Su Wei asked.

"Anyone can do it. ”

Meng Shi lifted the curtain and looked at the mountains and forests in the distance: "For the sake of power, cultivators are no different from ordinary people. ”

After a day and a night of trekking, the escort procession came to Tuzhou.

Along the way, no suspicious people approached the convoy.

The Wang Qi at the front of the team has already explained everything, whoever dares to approach will be killed immediately.

As always, the escort sergeants were all Imperial City Guards.

Leading the team was a general named Ge Zheng.

Ge Zheng rode a war horse, walking at the front of the group, his eyes looking straight ahead.

He wasn't worried that something would go wrong with the offering this time.

Because the two people in that big car are really not ordinary.

Especially the teenager.

Chongyang, Ge Zheng saw Su Wei kill Yasukuni with one blow.

That finger is terrifying.

Therefore, to deal with this teenager, you must put some thought into it.

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Night fell again.

The convoy camped in a field.

Previously, the local government had brought in fresh food.

The county magistrate kowtowed to Meng Shi again and again, if he didn't happen to meet him, he would never see the national teacher in his life.

As for Su Wei on the border, the county officials were even more respectful.

Such a young man is not a close servant of the king, but may be a certain prince.

The county magistrate would not dare to offend him no matter what.

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After the camp was closed at night, Su Wei and Meng Shi ate hot pot in the tent.

The truckload of offerings is in the tent next door.

Originally, Meng Shi invited Ge Zheng to dine together, but Ge Zheng refused.

He said he was going to patrol the camp.

"Have you sent out all the food and water?"

Ge Zheng walked around the camp and asked his subordinates beside him.

The subordinate nodded: "It's all done." ”

Ge Zheng looked at the big tent of the Chinese army: "Do it after half a burnt incense." ”

"Or, think about it again. The subordinates were a little nervous: "We know the bottom of the story very well, but Su Wei ......"

"Do you know what kind of poison I put in the hot pot ingredients?"

"It's a Peerless Gu. ”

There is a big mountain in the south of Xishu, and there is a Gu clan in the depths of the mountain, and the clansmen are good at raising Gu, among which there are ten Gu that make people look different.

Peerless Gu ranked ninth.

It is also known as nine deaths and one life.