The atmosphere was awkward.

Bai Xiuping and the others didn't pay attention to the disciples in Luoluo Village at all, and directly slipped away.

If you can't solve it, let's put it first.

In fact, there is no way to help the followers of Luoluo Village, who are lazy by nature, and Luoluo Village is close to the market and has a low geographical location, which is suitable for farming.

Regardless of how rich the village is, self-sufficiency is no problem at all.

However, before the village chief Luo Jian came to this desolate village, the atmosphere here was already like this, and everyone lived in a state of confusion.

If you don't have the heart to fight for survival, no matter how much others help, it won't help.

Even if Bai Xiuping is still the son of the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, he will not raise the disciples of Luoluo Village, and a righteous person does not mean that he is a bad person.

It's just that now that the flower fields in Luoluo Village have been destroyed, the mess left behind is indeed directly and closely related to them.

Nalan Jingzhi coughed lightly, didn't dwell on this matter anymore, and changed the topic: "It's okay, let's skip this matter directly, from now on, what really needs to be paid attention to is the Seven Secret Palace." ”

"Young Sect Master, you want to gather people who don't belong to you, there is nothing wrong with this matter, but now that time is pressing, we can't afford to look for it slowly."

If according to Bai Xiuping's original plan, he planned to find the masters outside the Seven Secret Palaces and the Council of Elders one by one, it would take a lot of time and energy.

The reason why Nalan Jing asked Bai Xiuping to find Zhuang Fangliang first was that they urgently needed Zhuang Fangliang's force, and many times Bai Xiuping was inconvenient to make a move, and Gongsun Fu was too low in martial arts.

In this case, it is necessary to rely on Zhuang Fangliang, and if the force is insufficient, all plans will become empty talk.

The second reason is that Nalan Jingzhi has a very detailed grasp of Zhuang Fangliang's information, and it is too difficult to find other hidden masters in these 100,000 mountains.

Nalan Jingzhi said in a deep voice: "After four months, it will be the Ming Sect's Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony, before that, whether you want to continue to strengthen your power or weaken their power, you can only choose between the two. ”

Time is running out, it's really helpless.

Strengthening one's own power is a fish, and weakening the power of others is a bear's paw, and you can't have both fish and bear's paw.

The Seven Secret Palaces, each with its own independent armed group, and the strength of a single palace is enough to compete with the sects of the rivers and lakes.

The palace masters of each secret palace are all good players at the top of the Ming Sect rankings.

Coupled with the Council of Elders, which is composed of ten top masters, each of them is not only powerful, but also a person with extremely deep qualifications in the Ming Sect.

All forces are threats and should not be underestimated.

In this way, Mingjiao is like a bottomless and inexhaustible sea, no wonder the Central Plains Orthodox has always hated Mingjiao, and even the imperial court came forward to suppress it, Mingjiao can still stand.

The foundation of Mingjiao is too profound, and no one knows what masters are still hidden in these 100,000 mountains.

Just as Bai Xiuping lowered his head and pondered, Gongsun Fu said impatiently: "What the old man said is true, but why should we listen to him now?" ”

Everyone present was stunned, and Bai Xiuping also had no choice but to take the goods: "You just sit and listen, if you don't want to listen, just take the water." ”

Then let Nalan Jingzhi continue.

Thinking of having this kind of foolish thing on his side, Nalan Jingzhi also sweated.

"Although the Seven Secret Palaces seem to be a cooperative relationship, they also have their own thoughts, and it is a relationship of competition and checks and balances."

Nalan Jingzhi pointed to the portrait of the palace master of the Seven Secret Palaces and said, "If it weren't for that, I'm afraid the Ming Sect would have already given birth to a new sect master. ”

If the Seven Secret Palaces are united, the Elders will be afraid that it will be difficult to resist.

Zhuang Fangliang snorted coldly when he heard this: "They actually want to overthrow the orthodox descendants of the Ming Sect and seize the throne, it is impossible for the Guangming Palace to allow them to do so." ”

Even if it is a dynastic rule, there are times when it is overthrown, not to mention the inheritance of the sect, but they must be famous.

Nalan Jingzhi explained: "That's why the Seven Secret Palaces will use the disappearance of the sect leader as an excuse to try to select the new sect leader during the Ming Sect's Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony. ”

"As long as the time comes, it will be able to make the other forces have nothing to say, and it will be natural to ascend to the position of the sect leader, which would have been the ......"

He glanced around at a few people, and finally looked at Bai Xiuping, and chuckled: "However, the Young Sect Master has come back from retreat at this time. ”

The return of Bai Xiuping, who is the first in line to inherit the position of the sect leader, is completely outside the plans of all forces, so it creates a new situation.

Some will try to woo him, and some will try to murder him.

As long as Bai Xiuping is still the Young Sect Master of the Ming Sect, this identity will put him in the center of the storm.

Zhuang Fangliang said angrily: "Only one day with me, I won't let those traitors harm the Young Sect Master." ”

Death for a confidant.

Nalan Jingzhi stared at Zhuang Fangliang closely, and nodded after a moment: "If I can really do it, I will be very grateful to you." ”

It is impossible to stop the major forces by fighting alone, Nalan Jing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this Zhuang Fangliang seems to be a person who can be trusted at the moment.

"So the only way for the young sect master to survive is to take the initiative to join this game of seizing the throne."

I don't want to be a chess piece, I can only become a chess player and stay out of the chessboard.

Gongsun Fu stood up, pointed at Nalan Jingzhi, and said very unhappily: "Take the initiative to join?" Are you going to use the young sect master as a sacrifice and push him to death? ”

Nalan Jingzhi closed his eyes and said calmly: "Of course, let the Young Sect Master ascend to the position of Sect Master." ”

Gongsun Fu sneered, looked disbelieving, turned around and said, "Young Sect Master, my subordinates have the courage to ask you for something. ”

"What's the matter?"

Gongsun Fu looked sincere and said sincerely: "Please go back to the Demon Cave again to retreat......

Bai Xiuping didn't wait for Gongsun Fu to finish speaking, and directly pointed at Gongsun Fu's dumb hole and told him to shut up.

This guy is really talking too much nonsense, chattering, and has been interrupting a few people to talk about serious things.

Now the three people who are the most threatening and most likely to win the position of the next sect leader are Gongsun Huai, the master of the Martial Punishment Palace, Jiang Linjue, the master of the hidden palace, and Qu Yuanshan, the great elder.

The Seven Secret Palaces account for two, and the Council of Elders occupies one.

Even when Zhuang Fangliang heard the names of these three people, he couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "These are all masters of the martial arts to the top, no wonder they will become the most difficult stumbling block on the way to the throne of the Young Sect Master." ”

If the three of them are above the rivers and lakes, they are all people who are enough to start a sect.

Fortunately, they are currently checking and balancing each other, paying close attention to each other, and no one has taken action yet, and Bai Xiuping is not the biggest threat in their eyes at the moment.

The Martial Punishment Palace and the Hidden Killing Palace are the two most prominent parties in the Seven Secret Palaces, among them, the Treasure Palace ostensibly supports the Martial Punishment Palace, while the Tongyin Palace supports the Hidden Killing Palace.

The Treasure Palace has deep financial resources and Tongyin Palace's intelligence gathering ability is outstanding, but both of them are weak in their own combat power, so they choose to support the other secret palace.

But this is only the surface, if they have the opportunity, how can they be willing to be subservient to other secret palaces.

It's just that each has a ghost.

Who wouldn't want to be the head of the church?

With the gradual expansion of the major powers, just a little thing is enough to become the cause of their split.

As long as Bai Xiuping can grasp the right time, while the major forces are consuming each other, it seems that it is not out of reach to ascend to the position of sect leader in one fell swoop.

At that time, the major forces fighting each other will definitely lead to a decline in the overall power of the Ming Sect, and even if Bai Xiuping ascends to the position of sect leader, it may not be stable.

Zhuang Fangliang stared at the old man in a wheelchair in surprise and said, "It's just the owner of the Mingshu Pavilion, but he pretends to know everything and see through everything." ”

This feeling of thinking that he was in control of the situation made Zhuang Fangliang very unhappy.

Nalan Jingzhi said indifferently: "It's impossible for you not to know the role of Mingshuge, what do you really want to say?" ”

Zhuang Fangliang used to be the captain of the guard directly under the Guangming Palace, so he naturally knew the big and small forces of the Ming Sect.

He clasped his hands to his chest and said disapprerovingly: "From the very beginning, we don't need to talk about the so-called methods and means in this kind of place, the Young Sect Master just needs to go to the Bright Palace." ”

The Seven Secret Palaces, the Council of Elders, and Zhuang Fangliang think that the major forces are still subservient to the Guangming Palace in the final analysis, and now they have the intention of rebelling, but it is only because the Guangming Palace has no owner.

As long as there is the support of the Guangming Palace, the other forces have no strength to resist.

"A year ago, it might have been possible, but the situation is different now."

Nalan Jingzhi shook his head and sighed, "If the Guangming Palace chooses to clearly support the Young Sect Master, the Ming Sect will be torn apart and go to the path of destruction. ”