Five Spirits Sect, in Tang Bonian's cave mansion.

Tang Ping and Qian Chao sat in front of Tang Bonian in a formal manner, Qian Chao had already told Tang Bonian what Chao Zhu found him last night, and waited for Tang Bonian to say something after speaking, but what made the two of them a little curious was that Tang Bonian did not say anything after listening, but showed a thoughtful look on his face, holding his cigarette pouch and constantly swallowing clouds and spitting fog, after a long time, Tang Ping became a little impatient, and Qian Chao looked at Tang Bonian's cigarette pouch and wondered what kind of material it was made of.

Finally, Tang Bonian spoke, and he said while gently tapping his cigarette pouch in a small saucer:

"This thing is really beyond my expectations, well, this Chao family, I don't know whether to say that they are troublesome or that they are sensible, they did this to let you know some things in advance that you shouldn't know now, um......"

Tang Ping immediately said:

"Sixth Grandpa, what do you think of what Chao Zhu said?"

Tang Bonian said:

"I'm not in a hurry first, since you two little guys already know about this, then what do you think of what you say to the girl surnamed Chao?"

Tang Ping said without thinking:

"The sect is using the Chao family to keep an eye on the Jing family's movements, isn't that so?"

Tang Bonian said noncommittally:

"Anything else?"

"Oh, that's true!" Tang Ping frowned and said, "You elders of the council hall are really unscrupulous, the Chao family and the Jing family are sons and daughters, how can you force one of them to spy on the other and let them find out the news for you?" ”

Tang Bonian snorted and said:

"Humph! That's why I said that now is not the time for you to let you know, yes, the Chao family is indeed staring at the Jing family for the council hall, and it is understandable that you say that this is a bit unscrupulous, but, girl, this method is just a little untabled, after all, what they learned from the Chao family is the internal news of the Five Spirits Sect, and they quietly told the council hall if they found anything, that's all. If it involves the important activities of other major sects, such news can reach the hands of the council hall, and I don't know how many people will die along the way, and even some important news can be transmitted back, which means that the secret pile that we arranged and sent out this news is likely to be exposed, and the end can be imagined. For us, the most important thing is to keep the Five Spirits Sect safe, and it is enough to be able to leave some sense of proportion under this premise, and other than that, we can no longer care about whether the method makes people feel uncomfortable. Well, you five children, the sect also has high hopes, after you build the foundation in the future, the sect will definitely be reused, then you can know the origin of some news, there are people behind the back who have paid a lot of price, girl, treat these things, don't mix your personal emotional ups and downs, personal likes and dislikes, that will not only make you look immature, but also make you hesitate to do things, and it is easy to go wrong. ”

"That'...... Sixth Grandfather, no matter how the Jing clan is, it is also a family within our sect, why is the council hall so wary of them? ”

"Well, of course, it's because there have been disasters caused by the big families in the sect in the past, so the sect has to guard against it."

Tang Ping obviously wanted to take this opportunity today to know more, so she continued to ask:

"Sixth Grandpa, I don't know much about the affairs in the sect, how did the current five clans of Zong, Jing, Huan, Feng, and Zhang come about, and what disasters did they cause before?"

Tang Bonian understood Tang Ping's thoughts, and now the two children in front of him were one of them smart, since he asked here, he planned to simply say more to these two children:

"Zong, Jing, Huan, Feng, Zhang, but the five big families in the sect, called the five clans, in fact, the word 'clan' has also been used indiscriminately, the family that can be called 'clan' in the sect must have made great contributions to our Five Spirits Sect, such as the earliest in the process of the creation of the Five Spirits Sect, and then the Five Spirits Sect stepped forward to become the mainstay and turned the tide when the Five Spirits Sect faced disasters, such a person and his family can be crowned with the honorific title of 'clan' in the sect, that is an honor. Nowadays, the so-called 'clan' in the sect is just a certain family in the Five Spirits Sect that is prosperous, and most of them have good achievements in cultivation. They are numerous and highly cultivated, on the surface, this is a good thing for the Five Spirit Sect, after all, they are all Five Spirit Monks, but don't forget, they are both Five Spirit Monks and they are also a family, compared to ordinary Five Spirit Monks, there is naturally one more bond, that is, their family, and this is what has always worried the Council. According to the classics, in the past years, the Five Spirits Sect had coexisted at most times, but now, the Eight Clans have long since disappeared, and every big family that can be called a 'clan' has a process of rising, flourishing and then declining a little bit and finally completely declining and disappearing, even if the five clans in the sect are no exception, from the establishment of the Five Spirits Sect to the present, the sect has appeared' The clan is already countless, and now these five will not be an exception, sooner or later they are all passing clouds, and the Five Spirits Sect has always been here, dominating the south of the Middle Continent, well, from this point of view, our Five Spirits Sect can only be a big sect, and it can't be a big family......"

"The Great Family?" Tang Ping keenly grasped this point.

"Yes, you asked this before." Of course, I have not experienced such a thing, but it has happened in the past records, and it has happened more than once, each time it is very similar, it is a very powerful clan in a certain sect after the rise and prosperity, almost all the key positions in the sect, for a while the power is monstrous, they are a family, and gradually the affairs of the sect are like their family affairs, over time, greed will inevitably grow, in addition to the people who are placed everywhere in the sect, the first consideration of their own affairs in dealing with the affairs of the sect is not the interests of the sect but the gains and losses of their own families, and at the same time they regard the sect as private property, arbitrarily rampantThis will inevitably lead to conflicts between them and other monks, and disasters will arise because of this. For our Five Spirits Sect, this kind of disaster started within the Xiao Wall, and the damage caused was very serious, and even weakened the overall strength of the Five Spirits Sect for a time, almost causing irreparable losses, fortunately, those ancestors at that time solved this trouble, but in the process, they lost a lot of monks, which is a deplorable internal friction. ”

Hearing this, Tang Ping and Qian Chao understood a little.

"After this kind of thing happened a few times, the council hall naturally began to restrict the families in the sect, although the Five Spirits Sect is strong, but that is under the premise of unanimity with the outside world, if the Five Spirits Sect wants to continue to stand, it must constantly eliminate internal contradictions, which includes restricting those big families in the sect, not letting them cause trouble, and no longer having the kind of internal friction and infighting in the past, so, girl, the council hall has used some means to stare at and restrict the current five clans. This is also a last resort. ”

Tang Ping nodded after hearing this, and then asked:

"Sixth Grandpa, I and Qian Boy both think that this matter may involve the open and secret struggle between the five clans in the sect, right?"

"Well, the old man thinks so too."

"Will there be a fight between these 'clans' in that sect?"

"Why not, hmph, the five clans don't know how many problems and stumbling blocks they have given each other under the surface of harmony, just to be able to overpower each other or let their family gain the upper hand and hold more power. Well, not to mention a big sect like our Five Spirits Sect, even within a larger family, the brothers will compete with each other, not to mention us, this is also a very helpless thing. Okay, now that I've said that, do you have any other thoughts on this matter? ”

Money tide says:

"In addition to the ones mentioned above, the younger generation thinks that it is better to pay attention to Zhang Yi, this matter involves Jing Lu, and Jing Lu has something to do with Zong Cheng, so this matter is likely to be a plot by the Zong clan against the Jing clan, but Chao Zhu also said that Zhang Yi has recently begun to be close to Jing Lu, even if Zhang Yi is very suspected of being a spiritual blood cultivator, but after all, he is a member of the Five Spirits Zhang Clan, is Zhang Yi doing this by Zong Fang or Zong Cheng or is the Zhang family behind him also involved? This is not clear at this time, but it needs to be ascertained. ”

Tang Bonian nodded and said:

"This really needs to be figured out."

Tang Ping asked again on the side:

"Sixth Grandpa, what should we do about this?"

Tang Bonian smiled and said:

"Don't ask me first, after all, the Chao family hasn't informed the council hall about this matter, but they just looked for you in private, now you can tell me, what are you going to do?"

As soon as Tang Ping heard this, she knew that Tang Bonian was going to be a shopkeeper again, so she immediately stopped doing it and said:

"However, even if Chao Zhu finds Qian Chao at night and talks about it, she also knows that the council will definitely know about this matter in the end?"

"That's different, if the Chao family officially informed the council hall of this matter, then naturally the council hall would take over the matter, but they didn't, which means that the Chao family didn't want the council hall to intervene, hehe, they wanted you to solve the matter, it was nothing more than not being involved in the council."

Hearing this, Qian Chao's heart moved, and then he looked at Tang Ping, who suddenly understood, and then said:

"What good would it do if we settled the matter and didn't alarm the council chamber?"

"You girl, it's good to open and close your mouth! Well, in fact, the biggest benefit is the Chao family, don't you realize it? ”

"How so? Could it be that the Chao family will still work for us in the future? ”

"Not all, let's put it this way, what the Chao family does must be clear now, girl, Qian Chao, sooner or later you will build a foundation to go to the cultivation world to experience, if there is a reliable source outside, it will definitely be of great help to you in doing things, don't underestimate this, the old man knows that you also have your own small team in Ruixuan Town, but the information that the Liu family can provide you is still limited, and in the future, if you can have multiple different sources for one thing in the cultivation world, Then you're going to do things well, right? In the old man's view, this matter is not only a challenge to you, but also can be seen as the Chao family is touching your bottom line, if you can do this beautifully, then the Chao family will definitely become your arm in the future, and the benefits are too many for you to think of now. Well, I heard that the son of Chao Qian, the current head of the Chao family, is called Chao Chong, a young talent, he is both a disciple of the Five Spirits and the future ruler of the Chao family, and it will be helpful for you to make friends with him. ”

Tang Ping's heart moved when she heard this, what a person her sixth grandfather was, he actually praised the son of a family as a young talent, it seems that the one named Chao Chong must be good, but Tang Bonian said this means that he kicked this matter back for them to solve, so he said dissatisfied:

"Speaking of which, this trouble is still on our way."

Tang Bonian smiled, ignored Tang Ping, but looked at Qian Chao and said:

"Qian Chao, what do you think?"

"What the seniors just said is really exciting, well, the juniors try their best to do it, so that this matter does not involve Jinglu and does not cause any trouble. Also, the former has a lot of resentment against the five of us because of Jing Ji's affairs, and he can't do anything to us because of his oath, if this matter is done beautifully, maybe it can alleviate Jing's grudge against the five of us, and it will also be beneficial to the five of us. ”

Qian Chao basically admitted that he was going to do this, Tang Bonian nodded when he heard this, and said:

"Well, I will naturally talk to the council hall about this matter, but it is limited to Elder Jiang, you will try to solve it first, if you do a good job, then the council hall will naturally ignore this matter, just as it has never happened, if you don't do it well, then you can only come forward in the council hall, during this period, the old man will also help you inquire about all aspects of the news, Tang girl, you have to come over from time to time to ask, don't think that this is just a trouble, the old man very much hopes that you can solve this matter beautifully, the way, think for yourself, As long as you don't do things out of line, no one will care. ”

Tang Ping saw that this matter could only be like this, so she moved on to the next topic, she stretched out her hand to Qian Chao, Qian Chao suddenly understood, took a storage bag from her body and handed it over.

Then Tang Ping said with some excitement:

"Sixth Grandpa, come and see this!"

The storage bag was handed to Tang Bonian's hand by Tang Ping, and after seeing the contents clearly, the corners of Tang Bonian's eyes twitched involuntarily, and then pursed his lips and looked at it for a while, before he looked at Tang Ping and said:

"I didn't expect you to do it, so what are you going to do next?"

"What else, it's up to the sixth grandfather next, you can promise."

"Alas, well, your master is going to be annoyed again......"

……

On the afternoon of this day, Shangguan Hong finally managed to return to the Five Spirits Sect.

As soon as he pushed the door of his residence open, Shangguan Hong walked in with messy steps, startling Shangguan Xiu in the room, and when she saw her sister's situation, she was even more scared, at this time, Shangguan Hong's face was like white paper, his long hair was messy, and there were faint blood stains on his face.

"Sister!"

Shangguan Hong pursed his lips and waved his hand to Shangguan Xiu, and then strode towards his bedroom inside, but just took two steps, maybe because she couldn't support it anymore or because she finally returned to a safe place, she relaxed, in short, she stumbled under her feet and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Shangguan Xiu's eyes were quick and she hugged her, Rao is so Shangguan Hong only felt that his chest was extremely stuffy and his throat was sweet at the same time, and he squirted blood on the ground with a "poof", This completely frightened Shangguan Xiu, and almost said with a crying voice:

"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

"Fooled...... fell for Tang Ping! Xiu'er, help me to the bed to rest. ”

Then Shangguan Hong's eyes went black and he fainted.