Siguo Cliff is actually a very secluded small cliff, surrounded by cliffs, there is only one single road to go and go, the cliff wall is artificially dug a small cave that can accommodate about two people, and the disciples who were punished will think about it in this small cave.

Fang Lin was sitting cross-legged in the cave, thinking back to the bits and pieces of this beast attack, since the Broken Soul Cliff was stabbed to understand the true meaning of the three provinces in one day, Fang Lin had become accustomed to meditating on everything he had experienced over and over again when he was alone.

Suddenly, Fang Lin felt a familiar aura wafting towards him, and released his divine thoughts to investigate, Fang Lin showed a smile on his face, and when the person walked into the cave, Fang Lin got up and said respectfully: "The disciple has seen the master." ”

"Hehe, it's only been a year since you went out to practice, and your soul power has already improved by a whole realm, it's really amazing, it seems that it will be at most three or five years if you want to break through to the Nine Shadows Realm." The Great Elder said with a smile.

Fang Lin said: "Thank you for your praise, the disciple only knows that cultivation is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat, so you have never dared to slack off in the slightest." ”

"You have merit, but not only did you not reward but were punished, do you resent being a teacher in your heart?" The Great Elder asked.

"The disciple knows that the master is not a person who has unknown rewards and punishments, and the reason why the disciple is called here is that I think the master must have a deep meaning." Fang Lin replied.

The Great Elder smiled and said: "Hehe, what a smart boy, there are two meanings for the teacher to call you here, one is that it is indeed to punish you for being careless, so the teacher wants you to write on this rock wall today, 'If the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, he will become a disaster.' 'To keep yourself awake.' ”

Fang Lin replied respectfully, "Yes, disciple, thank you for your teachings. ”

The Great Elder nodded and continued, "Do you know that in addition to refining the body, refining qi, and refining the soul, there is anything else that our martial artists must cultivate? ”

"It's heart refining." Fang Lin replied.

"So how many hearts are there?"

"There are five folds, meditation, cessation, clarity, mortality, and abstinence."

The Great Elder stared at Fang Lin for a while, then said with a smile: "I'm right, you're really not an ordinary kid, this description of the state of mind doesn't exist in our Scripture Pavilion." ”

Fang Lin was shocked when he heard this, this description of the state of mind was in the ordinary tutorial of the Dongfang Family's Qifu Palace, Fang Lin had always regarded it as something that everyone knew, but he didn't expect that it was not the case outside, which became his biggest flaw.

The Great Elder smiled and said: "Being a teacher is not to spy on your secrets, in fact, everyone has their own secrets, but your recent actions have made the teacher firmly believe that you are a good boy who values righteousness over profit, and the most important thing is that you know to cherish it, and you firmly believe that you must be a person who can become a great weapon in the future, and you will not forget the Linghua faction, right?" ”

Fang Lin knelt down on one knee and said sincerely: "Please rest assured, Master, the disciple hereby swears that as long as the Linghua Sect does not abandon Fang Lin, Fang Lin will never abandon the Linghua Sect for life!" ”

The Great Elder nodded and said, "As a teacher, there is no doubt about it, now that it comes down to business, the second is to refine your mind, and your current state of mind is much higher than your cultivation, so you don't feel the importance of your state of mind." Many people have cultivated advanced exercises and have a lot of resources, but their cultivation has been stagnant, and the biggest reason is that their state of mind has not kept up, and their state of mind can only be slowly improved by themselves, without any external force can help, so the state of mind must be constantly cultivated. ”

Speaking of this, the Great Elder glanced at Fang Lin and continued, "Mood not only plays a decisive role in cultivation, but also plays a very important role in doing things. The higher the state of mind, the broader the mind, and a person's mind determines the height he stands on and the scale of doing things, do you understand? ”

Fang Lin pondered for a long time, then his eyes lit up, and he bowed to the Great Elder again and said, "The disciple understands the good intentions of the master, and the disciple will thank the master again." ”

Refining the mind is not to meditate, absorb the aura between heaven and earth and transform it into one's own true element, but to calm one's own mind, to put oneself in a state of forgetting about things and me, to look at one's past experience from the perspective of a third person, and to be able to abandon distracting thoughts in one's heart and not be disturbed by the outside world, it is to reach the realm of "meditation"; If you can abandon your subjective consciousness and forget the merits and demerits, you will have achieved "stopping thoughts"; To be able to understand the cause and effect of the past, and to have a transparent heart, is to achieve "clarity". And what Fang Lin has to do now is to make his state of mind reach "clear".

Time passed, and after Su Ying came two or three times, she no longer appeared, but Concubine Su would deliver three meals a day on time, and every time she would accompany Fang Lin for a while, sometimes to chat, sometimes to encounter problems in cultivation, and sometimes just to sit quietly like this······

While Fang Lin was meditating on his cultivation, a major incident occurred within the Yeyue Empire. Emperor Yeyue suddenly fell ill a month ago due to the approaching deadline, and the state affairs were temporarily represented by the prime minister.

The most powerful contender for the throne is naturally the most powerful prince, and the five princes whose power is not inferior to the eldest prince, these two princes are extremely valued by the Yeyue Emperor, and have been given very much power and space, therefore, both of them have their own guards, their own vassal forces, and their own shogunate.

Although the two princes are very intelligent and courageous people, but the personalities and attitudes of the two are diametrically opposed, the eldest prince is a benevolent and generous on the surface, but behind the scenes is a person who is the supremacy of power, and he will be repaid, and he can't rub a grain of sand in his eyes. ”

The fifth prince is a benevolent and generous, measured like the sea, but without losing his majesty, his life creed is "the sea is inclusive, inclusive." ”

Since Emperor Yeyue fell ill, the eldest prince has not visited the palace once, but took advantage of the opportunity of the five princes to only do their filial piety in front of the bed, and wantonly wooed or cut off the power of the five princes.

"Wu Tong, how many of the fifth brother's forces have we eliminated this month?" The eldest prince asked in a deep voice.

Sitting in the first place, a man in his fifties wearing a blue satin brocade robe and a purple and gold crown on his head, from his face, stood up and responded: "Your Highness, we have successfully rebelled against the forces of the Fifth Highness in twelve places, and eradicated twenty-three, but ······"

"But what, if you have something to say, just say it." The eldest prince said with some anger.

"However, the three largest forces of the Fifth Highness, we have not been able to move a single bit." Wu Tong replied.

"What are the three major forces?" The eldest prince asked.

"The great generals of the Dongfang Family, the Tiancang Sect and the six emperors' personal guards." Wu Tong replied.

The eldest prince tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair, and was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "If we can't shake these three forces, our previous efforts will be in vain, and when the fifth brother still has enough power to compete with me for the throne, this stumbling block must be removed!" ”

The eldest prince let out a deep sigh, calmed down his excitement, and said, "Can you buy it?" ”

Wu Tong immediately said: "There is absolutely no way, these three places are absolutely loyal to the Five Highnesses, and they can only be cut off." ”

"Then send someone to assassinate the six generals first, and take the pro-guard army over." The eldest prince said with a fierce look in his eyes.

"I'm afraid this won't work, the six generals themselves are already masters of returning to the void, even if they send people from the reincarnation realm to assassinate, they can't guarantee that they will succeed, and they have a large number of guards around them at any time, if one blow misses, then we will be very passive." Woo Channel.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, do you have to watch this prince's plan go down the drain?" The eldest prince roared angrily.

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry, in fact, the reason why the six generals are loyal to the Fifth Highness is because they think that the Fifth Highness still has the possibility of being on the throne, if this hope is dispelled, they will naturally no longer be loyal to the Fifth Highness."

"And although the Tiancang Sect is the head of the three major sects, they are only the Jianghu sect, and it is impossible to directly intervene in the affairs of the imperial court, His Royal Highness only needs to tell the Jingdong Guards to pay close attention to the movements of the Tiancang Sect."

"Therefore, what we really have to deal with is the Dongfang family, they are the biggest reliance of the Five Highnesses, as long as the Dongfang Family is overthrown, the other two major forces will naturally collapse, and the Five Highnesses will not have any capital that can compete with His Highness."

After listening to Wu Tong's analysis, the eldest prince's face was not so ugly, but he was still a little gloomy, and said: "It's not so easy to cut off the Dongfang family, and if you don't do it, you will fold ourselves in." ”

Wu Tong smiled and said: "If it was in the past, it would have been impossible to bring down the Dongfang family, but now, the Dongfang family doesn't know how to do it, and they don't know how to set up a big opponent." ”

"Oh? What's going on, let's hear it. When the eldest prince heard this, his eyes flashed with great excitement.

Wu Tong said unhurriedly: "In fact, the big opponent of the Dongfang family is the Nanguo family. ”

"How is that possible!" The eldest prince said in surprise.

Wu Daodao: "This is indeed unbelievable, the Dongfang family and the Nanguo family have always been each other's lips and teeth, but just about seven years ago, someone came to our 'Heavenly Eagle Hall' to entrust the extermination of the disciples of the Dongfang family who went out to practice, and also gave the other party's travel route and time, at that time I just thought that some person who was dissatisfied with the Dongfang family was venting his anger, but then it was this person, and in our 'Jingtao Xuan', 'Zixing Pavilion', ' Hades Palace' and other organizations have commissioned many times to kill the disciples of the Dongfang family, and they can provide a relatively accurate time and route, so I got into it, and after nearly a year of investigation, we finally found out that person was Nan Guo Lie! ”

After listening to Wu Tong's story, the eldest prince was stunned for a long time before he said thoughtfully: "Where did this Dongfang family offend the Nan Guo family and provoke him Nan Guo Lie to take revenge like this, but they still seem to be in harmony on the surface. ”

"Hehe, this is called looking good and detached, Your Highness might as well seize this opportunity to visit Nan Guo Lie and explore the wind, if you can win over the Nan Guo family, Your Highness will not only be able to eradicate the Dongfang family, but also have a big help." Woo Channel.

The eldest prince patted the armrest and laughed: "Okay, I'll go to visit Nan Guolie tomorrow!" ”

At noon the next day, Nan Guo's family opened the middle door, drums and music sounded in unison, to welcome the arrival of the eldest prince with the highest standard, and after the eldest prince and Nan Guo Lie exchanged pleasantries, Nan Guo Lie personally introduced the eldest prince into the main hall.

The eldest prince suddenly said with some melancholy: "Hey, my father is critically ill, and these four Yi are all staring at my Yeyue Empire, if we are a little careless, I am afraid that the great powers will take advantage of the weakness, but when the time comes, it will inevitably be ruined, and the mountains and rivers will be broken." ”

Nan Guo Lie arched his hand and smiled: "Your Highness, please rest assured, as long as there are us old bones, no one will want to spy on my empire." ”

The eldest prince nodded and said: "If the whole empire is united, I am not afraid that the younger generation will make changes, but I am afraid that my father will not leave a clear decree to pass on the throne to anyone, and if the fifth brother will fight against me at that time, it will be bad." ”

Nan Guo Lie is also an old fox-level person, the eldest prince understood the eldest prince's mind as soon as he heard this, that is to win over the Nan Guo family in order to weaken the power of the five princes, but if you want to completely overthrow the five princes, you must first eradicate the Dongfang family, Nan Guo Lie thought in his heart, thinking that this is the perfect opportunity for him to realize the oath he made in the Broken Soul Cliff, but on the surface, he said calmly: "Hehe, since ancient times, there have been different descendants, young and orderly; Your Highness, rest assured, my Nanguo family is not anyone's supporter, we only follow Emperor Yeyue! ”

After listening to Nan Guo Lie's words, the eldest prince laughed, he understood the meaning of Nan Guo Lie's words, and then they talked about some other things, and the eldest prince went home.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, the eldest prince immediately said to Wu Tong: "You hold my letter at night, and then go to Nan Guolie." After speaking, he gave Wu Tong a look, and Wu Tong would mean "Yes!" ”

At night, Wu Tong came to Nan Guo's house, and met Nan Guo Lie with the letter of the great prince, and after expressing his intention, Nan Guo Lie took Wu Tong to a secret room and asked, "Your Highness has really decided to do something to the Dongfang family?" ”

Wu Tong replied with certainty: "Yes, the head of the Nanguo family should know that if His Royal Highness wants to ascend the throne smoothly, he must eradicate the Dongfang family, so this matter should be done sooner rather than later." ”

Nan Guolie said: "I don't know how sure His Highness is, if it is just the two of us, even if we can win the Dongfang family, I am afraid that our own strength will be lost." ”

"Hehe, these highnesses have already made arrangements, just waiting for the attitude of the head of the Nanguo family, but the problem now is that we need to think of a way to not only gather all the manpower, but also not attract the attention of the Dongfang family." Wu Tong said.

Nan Guo Lie thought for a moment and said: "The eighth day of the first month of next month is the day when my granddaughter will leave the pavilion, and I will send out invitations at that time, I don't know what forces His Highness has contacted, are they all reliable?" ”

"Hehe, don't hide it from the head of the Nanguo family, His Royal Highness invited the Beitang family, as well as the six generals including the general of the right guard, plus the Nanguo family, I'm afraid that even the Dongfang family will only be crushed." Wu Tong said proudly.

Nan Guo Lie laughed and said: "Okay, with these powers, let's plan well, it shouldn't be a problem to completely eradicate the Dongfang family, on the eighth day of the first month of next month, at my house, let's settle this matter." “

On the eighth day of the next month, Miss Sun of the Nanguo family went out of the cabinet, the wedding banquet was both grand and gorgeous, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and all the heroes also came to participate, and the eldest prince congratulated on behalf of the royal family.

The sun is set on the west mountain, the willows on the moon, and the guests and friends are scattered. However, there were still some drunk, and the guys who couldn't go home were arranged in several courtyards of Nanguo's house. When the child came, a few of the people in the courtyard were led by a few vigorous people, and came to a grand secret room, Nan Guo Lie was standing in the hall with his hands in his hands, and when he saw everyone coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and after a greeting, everyone sat down as guests and hosts.

Nan Guolie said: "Everyone is invited by His Highness to come, so let's ask His Highness to talk about it first." ”

The eldest prince was not pretentious, and said straight to the point: "This prince has summoned you here this time to discuss how to eradicate the Dongfang family, and you can speak freely. ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, the eldest prince first said: "To eradicate the Dongfang family, we need to solve four problems, one of them, on Aoki Street, the Xuanwen ban set up by the Dongfang family, that prohibition is quite powerful, even people in the realm of life and death can be killed, if we can't break this, what we say here is in vain." ”

At this time, Nan Guo Lie smiled lightly and said: "This is not a problem, the Xuanwen ban on Aoki Street was drawn by Tianxuanzong, and five years ago, I had already bought off the Tianhuang Sect separated from Tianxuanzong, and successively sent people to Aoki Street to secretly study the Xuanwen prohibition in it, and now I am absolutely sure that I can break it within an hour!" ”

As soon as Nan Guo Lie's words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and the eldest prince also excitedly praised Nan Guo Lie's foresight. The eldest prince continued: "The second problem is that the Dongfang family has two old ghosts in the realm of life and death, and they have been in the realm of life and death for many years, and they are still not very clear when they are in the realm of sitting and forgetting, attacking the clan land of the Dongfang family, these two old ghosts will definitely come out, and the people in the Dongfang family still have a reincarnation realm and the Nai He realm are not very clear, which is also a big trouble." ”

Nan Guo Lie smiled again: "Now the Dongfang family can be said to be very scattered in power, in the past seven or eight years, the junior disciples of the Dongfang family who have gone out to practice have been repeatedly intercepted and killed, and the losses are quite heavy, until recently they have to send high cultivation elders to secretly protect it, but it has also dispersed the strength because of this, and it is estimated that the senior elders who remain in the clan land will not exceed fifty percent." ”

"Hehe, it seems that Brother Nan Guo has made a lot of preparations to destroy the Dongfang family. There is also good news to share with you. "The person who spoke was a thin, fifty-something, scholarly person, he was the head of the Beitang family, Beitang Mo.

When the eldest prince heard this, he smiled and said, "Beitang Aiqing has any good news, come quickly." ”

Beitang Mo stroked his beard and said: "Three years ago, an old ghost of the Dongfang family in the realm of life and death chased and killed the owl to Lichuan County, in order to seize the Seven Treasure Glazed Jar and fought with several old ghosts in the realm of life and death, although he won the Seven Treasure Glazed Jar, but he was also seriously injured, I am afraid that even if he does not die, he will be in ruins." ”

The eldest prince was overjoyed when he heard this, and then his face sank again, and he said, "The truth of this news is still unknown." ”

"Hehe, Your Highness doesn't have to doubt it, because among those treasure hunters, the ancestor is one of them, and the old ghost of the Dongfang family was firmly hit by the palm of the ancestor, but the ancestor was also injured by the old ghost of the Dongfang family, and it will take several years of cultivation to recover." North Hall Modao.

After hearing this, the eldest prince's eyes flashed with irrepressible excitement, but he still said softly to Beitang Mo: "Your ancestor has really removed a big trouble for us, Beitang Aiqing asked Dai Gu to greet your ancestor, and wish her an early recovery and better skills than before." ”

Beitang Mo arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your care, the minister will definitely bring it." ”

The eldest prince nodded and continued: "If this is the case, it will be much easier for us to do it, when the time comes, I will invite the ancestor of my clan to come out of the mountain, the master of the Nanguo family, you will invite the ancestor of your Nanguo family to come out of the mountain, and General Shan will invite your ancestor to come out of the mountain, I think the three ancestors who have forgotten about life and death will trap the old ghost of the Dongfang family to death even if they are sleepy." ”

Nan Guo Lie and General Shan also nodded, and the eldest prince continued: "Beitang Aiqing, the head of the Nanguo family, the three of us will each send out four hundred people from the Yin and Yang Realm to the Reincarnation Realm, I think even if the Dongfang family is strong, it is impossible to have more than 1,600 people from this realm." ”

Nanguo Lie Hebei Tang Mo also nodded in agreement when he heard this, no matter how strong the Dongfang family is, it is impossible for half of the high-level martial artists to have six hundred, which is of course to crush it with absolute superiority and minimize their own losses.

The eldest prince then ordered: "Six generals, when the time comes, I will trouble you to mobilize 300,000 troops to surround the Dongfang family, and then you will each lead 20,000 elites to slaughter the Dongfang family up and down for me!" ”

The six generals also received the order, and the eldest prince continued: "In addition to the clan land in the capital, the Dongfang family also has a fief of a large state in the eastern region of the empire, which has more than 30 counties under its jurisdiction, and the Dongfang family has been operating for many years, according to the investigation, there are still hundreds of thousands of Dongfang family members there, and the commander of the border guards. ”

Beitangmo got up and said: "Although the border marshal is Dongfang Yingtian, but the border guards are not his Dongfang family, as long as His Royal Highness transfers Dongfang Yingtian back in the name of the military department, and temporarily hands over the border army to the deputy marshal to manage, and then we set up an ambush halfway to intercept and kill Dongfang Yingtian; As for the fiefdom of the Dongfang family, His Royal Highness can also order the garrisons of several surrounding states to set up cards around them, only allow them to enter, not to go out, and then go over and uproot the Dongfang family together when our side is solved! ”

The eldest prince was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Beitang Aiqing is very thoughtful, just do as you say, Nanguo family master, this task of intercepting and killing Dongfang Yingtian will be handed over to you." ”

Nan Guolie nodded, this was simply what he had always dreamed of. Then he continued: "There are also these people who have gone out to practice in the Dongfang family can't be let go, this is also a force to be reckoned with, if you can't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, it will cause a lot of trouble in the future." ”

"I wonder what the head of the Nanguo family thinks?" The Great Prince said.

"Hehe, it's actually nothing, I probably know the whereabouts of four of the groups, let me deal with these four groups, and there should be about twenty groups for the rest, so I have to trouble you to do something." Nan Guolie said with a smile.

The eldest prince nodded and said: "There is no problem with this, I will find a way, everyone, we will prepare separately, on the eighth day of the first month of next month, it will be the day of the collapse of the Dongfang family, and the things that the Dongfang family will get and the interests that will belong to the Dongfang family in the future, this prince does not want a cent, it all belongs to you!" ”

After everyone thanked them, they discussed some specific plans and steps.

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In the Dongfang Family meeting hall, there are only Dongfang Ji and the four heaven-level Great Elders, Dongfang Ji looks very haggard, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Great Elders, I feel that there may be an earth-shattering event about to happen in our Dongfang Family recently, first of all, my son Yingtian was intercepted and killed by unknown people on the way back to Beijing, and the accompanying 180 pro-guards were all killed, according to the information obtained from the investigation, I am afraid that it was a special interception, and the other party knows everything about their situation in the future, After the fact, all traces were cleaned up, but it was precisely because of this that it also left us the biggest clue. ”

The elder sitting in the first place nodded when he heard this: "Yes, Ying Tian was transferred back to Beijing, and he knows the time and route of his actions, except for the military department and his cronies, there is no one else, and we have also received news that all the generals who are close to Ying Tian in the border army have either been transferred or replaced, which means that someone is going to do something to our Dongfang family, and the clansmen in our fiefdom are probably also calculating." ”

One of the elders with a fiery temper slapped the table and said, "Hmph, no matter who he is, if he wants to eat our Dongfang family, we will definitely want him to come and go!" ”

Dongfang Ji waved his hand to stop the elder's words, and said, "I'm afraid we have to prepare for the worst, and we can't let our Dongfang family really be wiped out." ”

The hot-tempered elder said, "Do they really dare to attack our clan?" You must know that the Xuanwen ban on Aoki Street is not vegetarian, even people in the realm of life and death may be killed. ”

When another elder heard this, he spoke: "If that person really dares to attack our clan land, I'm afraid that the Xuanwen ban on Aoki Street will soon be broken, and in recent years, many outsiders have spared no expense to buy shops or residences on Aoki Street, isn't it strange?" ”

"This ······" The hot-tempered elder was speechless for a moment, but it didn't take long for him to continue to say with a round look in his eyes, "Then we'll go and get rid of those people." ”

The last elder said: "Why should we come in reasonably and legally, if we go to clean them up like this, we will end up with a crime of disturbing the order of the capital, oppressing the good, bullying the weak, etc., which just gives people an excuse to destroy us." ”

Just when the hot-tempered elder was about to say something, there was a rapid knock on the door, Dongfang Ji waved his hand, the door automatically opened, and the person who came came in three steps and made two steps to the front and bowed down and said: "Family master, it's not good, in the ancestral hall of the life Jane, among the thirty groups of people we went out to practice this time, there are already sixteen groups of people whose lives have been broken, including the lives of all the elders who escorted them!" ”

"What!?" Dongfang Ji's five people stood up suddenly, and Dongfang Ji murmured: "It's really a mountain rain that is about to come and the wind is full of buildings." Then he seemed to remember something, and said to the visitor: "You go, ask Dongfang Lei to come to me as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes." Seeing Dongfang's extremely anxious expression, the visitor did not dare to delay, and immediately rushed away.

After a while, Dongfang Lei came to the council hall in a hurry, and after saluting Dongfang Ji and the elders, Dongfang Ji waved his hand and closed the door, saying: "Dongfang Lei, the last time you came back and said that you were rescued by a twelve or thirteen-year-old child named Fang Lin in Shangguo, is this true?" ”

Dongfang clenched his fists and said: "The head of the Qiyu family, my grandson doesn't dare to have a lie, what he said that day is true." ”

Dongfang Ji nodded, and then threw a small square to Dongfang Lei: "Put it away, remember that you can't lose it even if you lose your life!" ”

Seeing that Dongfang Lei carefully put it into the storage ring, Dongfang Ji continued: "You go back and pack your things immediately, set off with the team in two hours, and then leave them alone, your task is to go to Shangguo, find Fang Lin, give him that thing, and tell him that no matter what news you hear about the Dongfang family in the future, you must be calm, don't be impulsive, I'm afraid the whole family will rely on him in the future." And then you're with him, understand? ”

Dongfang Leiyan frowned when he heard this: "But the head of the family, the grandson doesn't understand······"

Dongfang Ji immediately interrupted him and said, "You don't need to understand, just do it." ”

Dongfang Lei didn't say anything more, and went down to get ready to go. Dongfang Ji, on the other hand, is talking to himself; "Hmph, you want our Dongfang family to be extinct, and we will never let you have a good time, haha······"