"You just need to contact Zhong Jianbai. ”

The old man's words sounded a bit like ending the conversation, and Zhao Mai stared at him with straight eyes. "It's a bit weird, without saying a word, he sent me a cultivation cheat, then hinted at me to form an alliance, and finally sent me to Zhong Jianbai. Why do I think there's something you haven't said?"

The old man took a sip of tea, put down the teacup gently, and then said in a calm tone: "There can be an alliance between the transcendents—whether it is reliable or not, of course—an alliance can do many things, the most common being to study a certain subject together, to develop a certain world, and so on. But there is one thing that must be faced independently and cannot be allied with, and that is to deal with threats, specifically the threat to the Throne of the Transcendent. Someone wants to calculate my seat, and my friend can't help me no matter how good he is, and at most provide protection after I lose my seat. The transcendents of a world can compete one-on-one, but there can be no many-to-many factional wars, because wars will destroy the original power and everyone loses. ”

Zhao Mai pondered for a moment. Although these words do not mention anything specific, they mean "someone is going to stir up trouble". Smoke rises from the teacup, forming an unpredictable pattern, just like the situation in front of you. Zhao Mai waved his hand to clear the mist, "Old man, I don't understand the words that are too ethereal, if you can't say it directly, then I can only pretend that I didn't hear it." I don't want to guess what you mean, it may cause all kinds of misunderstandings. ”

"Well, I've been feeling danger lately, and it seems like something is interfering and affecting me. Look me in the eye and please say, 'I'm not counting on you'. ”

Zhao Mai was almost choked by the old man's words, he took a deep breath and said with a particularly sincere look: "It's not that I'm calculating you. ”

"It doesn't look like you—that's weird. In a face-to-face situation, if this matter is mentioned, as long as the other party answers, whether what he says is true or not, I can peel back the cocoon and grasp the truth, I have already tested everyone, and you are the last. ”

"What's the last one?"

"The last guy who has the ability and potential to influence the Transcendent's throne or the life or death of the Transcendent. ”

"Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but you also despise my intelligence too much, only a madman and a fool would calculate you - well, the observer becomes crazy when he is facing a dead end. If you look at it another way, have you ever thought that the threat could come from the outside world?"

"Of course I've thought about it, and that's what I thought about first. If the threat comes from the outside, then all the detached people will be sensible and not just me. We have internal competition, but on the whole we are unanimous with the outside world, and we will not hide such things as external threats. The old man stretched out his robe, and then stretched out his hand to Zhao Mai: "Give me back that scroll, and I'll replace it for you." ”

Zhao Mai jumped up suddenly, screamed and ran around the pavilion three times, then clenched his fists and said: "Oh my God, is it okay to have fewer routines, and there are fake cheats? Are you so tired? Give me the real cheats, I have to check what you have changed!"

"That's up to you. The old man tossed another scroll. "Actually, it's not true. The first one is the application, and this one is the truth - it's all true, it's just the difference between a fish and a fish. I tempted you this way because there is one aspect that I am the same as the elementals, that is, I have lived too long and have to be alone, and I need to do everything by myself, so I will gradually be figured out. But I have two tickets and I'm in the center of the maelstrom, so I have to be careful. ”

"I'll help you. Zhao Mai immediately said: "I am not a detached person, and the policy of not allowing alliances to defend the detached throne will not affect me. If someone wants to drag you out of the detached seat, then I will choose to help you. I've done this once, so whoever deals with you will certainly take me into account - I won't be angry with it in vain. But when it comes to other things, I have to hear all the big truths before I can decide if I can help you. ”

"Good!" said the old man with a smile and a shaken beard, "I can feel your sincerity, and I can feel a lot more relieved." You have the ability to fight and survive as a detached, and you're a ferryman yourself, which puts you in a very flexible position in a variety of things. ”

"Don't lift me up, I'm nervous, I always feel like I'm being lifted up, and there's all the pits under my body. Zhao Mai pinched his nose and said, "I don't know if it's right to say this, I feel that it will be a better situation for the two of us to form a tacit understanding and keep our distance at the same time." ”

The old man nodded, a smile of relief on his face. This sentence is well said, tacit understanding and distance are very important. Speaking of which, if you want to go to Yunnan, you must exercise restraint, coordinate more with Zhong Jianbai, and don't suddenly order your spaceship to kill. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has gone through many first-class combat readiness, but it has not been 62 years, understand?"

"You mean I'll just keep it in defiance, but if I intervene, won't it be the easiest way to cut through the mess quickly, no matter how you look at it. ”

"Tactics are means, and there is no shortage of your strength. If you want to influence strategy, you have to go through the regular route and not become an illegal armed force. ”

"What if I can't get angry?"

"The relevant ministries and committees will be angry for you, and the soldiers will be angry for you. You will also get angry, and the soldiers in front of you are always ready to sacrifice their lives, and you say that you should listen to them or should they listen to you? Give you a plane, and you can't drive him into the sky except to hold it. ”

"Actually, it can also blow into the sky. Zhao Mai scratched his head.

"Let you go to the front line, can you really listen to others? Who do you obey in your heart? Don't say listen to me, I don't believe it!" The old man laughed and scolded: "If you are asked to command, the most likely result is that you are in a dilemma, thinking that it is not good for anyone to charge under artillery fire, and then roll up your sleeves and drive a spaceship to level the enemy." ”

"Then I've been learning for a long time, so I'll just put it on hold?"

"If you're a bullet, you might be fired into the air at a wedding without firecrackers, but if you're a nuclear bomb, you're a deterrent. Both bullets and nuclear bombs have their own uses, and you can't let nuclear bombs do the work of bullets, and vice versa. The old man said: "You have not received military training, you can't even make tactical moves when you go, and although you won't be crushed to death by walking on the edge of a tank, it's not good to get in the way." If you are really idle, let Zhong Jianbai contact you, and you can become a doctor. ”