Chapter 24: The Palace
Inside the Zixiao Palace, sandalwood swirls around the beams, lingering.
Several whispers rang out in the temple and vanished in a bell bell.
This is a routine palace meeting of the Elder Pavilion of the Zixiao Sect, and the matter discussed is the final finalization of the twenty-four peak masters of Longlin Prefecture.
But after seeing Zhuge Wuchang muttering for a while, he proposed: "When the head of the sect participated in the Sword Sect of the Ruins, the person who invested in my Zixiao may be able to take charge alone. ”
Cao Qiji first shook his head, and then shook his head and said, "It can barely be regarded as a manufacturable material, but it is not suitable for guarding the outer peak for my Zixiao Town." ”
Ye Qingshan, who was listening attentively, moved her eyebrows lightly and tapped her head, but after Cao Qiji looked at the two of them, he slowly shook his head.
Zhuge Wuchang frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
Cao Qiji glanced at the main hall and came to the stage, and said softly: "People such as Zhen Qinglian and Sun Yue'e were originally under my Zixiao, but when Xiao Tong was in trouble, they helped the Xiao and Zhao clans to attack and kill the head, and although they were punished a little afterwards, they also repented and woke up. However, this matter is extremely serious in nature, and the sect must not encourage this trend. Otherwise, if it is effective in the future, won't my Zixia be able to sleep and eat?"
Zhuge Wuchang was a little silent, Cao Qiji's words were tantamount to completely beating them to death, and it was difficult to have a chance to turn over in this life and this life.
He glanced at Cao Qiji, and after muttering for a while, he said slowly: "I thought they could change their mistakes, and they were very good." This time, if I catch on to their old accounts and don't release them, and pass them out, I'm afraid that people will know that my Zixiao Sect has no tolerance for people. ”
"On the other hand, if I give it a great responsibility, I will be able to command his loyal support. ”
Cao Qiji sighed lightly, glanced at the high platform, and said softly: "Why don't I know this, but in this case, where will I put the real person in charge?"
Zhuge Wuchang waved his hand and said: "Since the head of the sect is in charge of my Zixiao inside and outside, how can he not even have this little belly?"
As he said this, he glanced at Ye Qingshan, who had been silent.
Ye Qingshan's cold face narrowed, and her eyes said calmly: "The head of the family has heaven and earth in his mind, how can he take the past grievances to heart, and there is no hindrance." ”
When the people in the hall heard this, they all glanced at Ye Qingshan, as if they had a deep meaning.
Ever since the real person in charge proposed to seal the deceased Chen Qingwan as the deputy head, the entire Zixiao Sect and even Qinghongzhou knew that person's thoughts.
It's like taking that Jianfeng Qi woman as his only companion.
is also the only female head of the Zixiao faction so far!
In the Zixiao Sect, only Ye Qingshan knew that Sima Yuan had already died.
It is because of mourning that there is no greater death than death.
Especially since the Qinghong factions attacked the Holy Spirit Sect, Ye Qingshan obviously sensed that the sorrow on Sima Yuan's body had become stronger and stronger.
She didn't know what he had experienced, even if Chen Qingwan had fallen, she could still feel Sima Yuan's temperament of never admitting defeat.
But I can't feel it anymore.
There was a little silence in the hall, and suddenly a light cough sounded, pulling Ye Qingshan back to reality.
She condensed her eyebrows and said softly: "Eliminate a few stubborn and untamable people in the scattered cultivation, and the rest will temporarily prepare the peak master for my Zixiao Seventy-two, and then perform the right deeds after observing their deeds in the future." ”
Cao Qiji, Zhuge Wuchang and others bowed their heads one after another.
Among the seventy-two town peaks of Zixiao today, there are thirty-six sub-peaks located in the Zixiao Sect, but most of them are vacant.
Among the more significant peaks, in addition to the five main peaks such as Zixiao Peak, Sword Peak, Xing Peak, Tianshu Peak, and Shendan Peak, there are still five sub-peaks of Shendan Peak, Spirit Array Peak, Treasure Weapon Peak, Immortal Fu Peak, and Shenxiu Peak.
And with the enhancement of the strength of the peaks, the names of the top ten main peaks of Zixiao gradually sounded in Qinghong.
The five original main peaks are already profound, and the accumulation of nearly a thousand years can not be exhausted in just a few decades, not to mention others, but after only a few twists and turns, two new Jindan masters appeared one after another, sweeping away their recent weak situation in one fell swoop.
As for Shenxiu Peak and Lingxiao Peak, although their strength is weak, they have produced three great figures, so they are among the main peaks.
The rest of the Dan, array, instrument, and Fu four peaks were originally the peaks set up when Zixiao created the school, and their connotations were naturally extraordinary.
Several peaks with the same qi and branches also knew each other, except for supporting the former Shendan Peak Lord Cao Qiji to occupy a place in the Elder Pavilion, there was no request for any additional seats, which could be regarded as a quiet relief for the Zixiao Palace.
In addition, the remaining twenty-six auxiliary peaks are only Beiting Peak, Jiangli Peak, Cangwu Peak, Liquan Peak, Xuanyu Peak, Shenxiu Peak, Qionglai Peak, Jinhua Peak, Feiyu Peak, Chenglu Peak, Tianlu Peak and other eleven peak masters are in place, and due to the implicit regulations of the Zixiao faction 'non-Jindan cannot occupy the position of peak master', these eleven peak masters are still in the secondary position.
In the future, when he is promoted to Jindan, he can truly become the master.
The lords of these auxiliary peaks are from the chief protectors of the four major courtyards of Zixiao, or the national teachers and great worshippers of the countries under the jurisdiction of Zixiao, or the patriarchs of the families distributed within Zixiao, and there are also true disciples above the ten main peaks to perform their duties.
But even so, in line with the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, only 11 deputy peak seats were filled, and they were still within the three-year assessment period, but if they had major mistakes, they would be revoked from their positions as deputy peaks and would never be hired.
These are the internal peaks of the Zixiao Sect, and the remaining auxiliary town peaks are distributed in the northeast, south, southwest and west of Qinghong Prefecture, that is, the former Spirit Beast Pavilion territory and the Xuanming Palace and the Phantom Dream Xuan gave away the peaks.
And when the Zixiao faction sent the deputy peak master to the master, it was not unstoppable or rumor-mongering, for example, when the Zixiao faction established the sacrificial temple of heaven in each town peak, in addition to some unknown attacks, there were also Qinghong factions fanning the flames in all directions, saying that the ambition of the Zixiao faction to unify the Western Underworld was clearly revealed.
Many people take advantage of the topic to play, from the qualifications of the new peak master within Zixiao, cultivation to character, family background, etc.,
There are no shortcomings, and the resumes of the major new peak masters have been turned upside down inside and out.
As a result, there have even been several turmoil within the Zixiao faction, and the biggest impact is the accusation and dissatisfaction with the new Zixiao faction master and the new peak master.
Those who were not convinced gathered to make trouble, and the powerful words of the Dao sect could even accommodate the big crime of betrayal, why didn't they even let go of the slightest mistake in Director Xinfeng.
His sharp words pointed directly at the new head and deputy peak master of Zixiao Peak, and perhaps there was also a hint of accusing the real person behind it.
In this regard, the Elder Pavilion has given an explanation: The previous head of the sect has contributed to the sect, and Zixiao is unwilling to treat his teacher badly.
When many people who didn't know the truth were wondering, Zixiao quickly knew the cause and effect, and it turned out that the position of the long-vacant Zixiao Peak Lord was actually taken by the new Jindan Venerable Master Zhu Mao.
The three former disciples of the head of the sect who were released after receiving a special amnesty decree from the head of the sect and his junior brother Li Daoxuan jointly ruled the inside and outside of Zixiao Peak.
It is rumored that the Elders' Pavilion, who had received the news, was shocked and did not react for a long time.
For this reason, the second elder Ye Qingshan also went to the top of Zixiao Peak, but the reply he got was 'Don't let the head of Ji cut off the inheritance'.
Afterwards, Zhu Mao and Li Daoxuan did not cause trouble, but made the Elder Pavilion secretly guard and vigilance a little lower.
And when the words of the real person in charge, Sima Yuan, spread the Zixiao Peaks, tens of thousands of disciples became more and more loyal.
In this way, many turmoil calmed down, and it also laid a solid foundation for Zixiao to send the town guard peak masters to replace the sect in charge of the town peak.
Just ask, who can criticize such a magnanimous real person?
Who wouldn't want to serve such a tolerant sect?
Once this is settled, it is time to devote itself to the rest.
The peak of Zixiao Peak, within the Taoist temple.
Now the Zixiao faction has several major towns guarding or seclusion in the Sword Peak, or guarding the Punishment Peak, or hiding in the small secret realm, and there are also hidden peaks in the back mountain temporarily.
All of them have a very tacit understanding to leave the peak of Zixiao Peak to the head Sima Yuan.
In the past two years, the Zixiao Hall has rarely received an edict from the peak, except for the sudden visit of Ouyang Xuanting of the Martial Saint Sect, which attracted Sima Yuan to receive him personally, many other major matters have been ruled by the Elder Pavilion.
Even when the Qinghong factions gathered in the Zixiao faction to discuss the division of the territory of Longscale Prefecture, the head of the sect, Sima Yuan, responded with 'The Elder Pavilion is fair, and all matters can be decided by it'.
Since the establishment of the Elders' Pavilion, it has gradually replaced the functions of the Zhufeng Palace, replacing the head of the Zixiao faction.
After more than 30 years of ups and downs, from the very beginning of the Great Elders Xiao Tong, Lu Hongli, and Xu Zhimei, to the former Great Elders Zhuge Yan and Chen Qingwan, and now Pei Yunxiao, none of them no longer shows that there is a power struggle within the Zixiao faction, and even a struggle between factions and forces.
It can be said that you are singing, and we are on the stage.
Zixiao Hall has never lacked masters.