In the council hall of the Ethereal faction, the Ethereal Six Tigers and Zhang Chengyue were studying the development of the gang and the meeting of Ou Peng with several other gangs on February Erlong.

Ou Peng is still sitting in the old position, looking at the few brothers in front of him who have grown up together since childhood, after nearly ten days of rest, it seems that he has completely controlled the soaring power, the divine light in his eyes has been restrained, from the outside, it is not at all obvious that he is a martial arts master, it is really back to basics.

Ou Peng is very pleased, in fact, he is not the only one who is happy, except for Zhang Chengyue who did not take the pill, the rest of the people are in an extremely good mood, of course, after nearly ten days of further study, the original excitement has calmed down, what they have to do now is to readjust the development strategy of the ethereal faction, and strive to strengthen the gang shili, and become a super sect that can stand side by side with Dalin Temple, Chuanxiang Sect, and Tiandao Alliance as soon as possible.

Ou Peng coughed, cleared his throat, and said, "Senior brothers, congratulations again on your great progress in martial arts. ”

The others also returned the salute and said, "Rejoice and rejoice, thank you for helping the master." ”

Ou Peng continued: "Now that the strength of our Ethereal Sect has grown greatly, I don't know what is happening in the other three factions, Cheng Yue, is there any news over there?"

Zhang Chengyue hurriedly said: "Gang master, there is news from Wan Jian Peak, the sword master Wan Chengjiu and several Dharma protectors in his faction have been in retreat for a few days, and after leaving the customs, they are also like all uncles and uncles, and they don't see outsiders, so they must have improved their skills; ”

Ou Peng was not very happy, and said: "Cheng Yue, you have done a lot of work in this regard, but these are not enough, we will make the ethereal faction bigger in the future, no news is not good, you have to speed up the progress, use a variety of ways to nail our nails within the various gangs, without news we are blind." ”

Zhang Chengyue's face was full of guilt and said, "Yes, master, I will definitely pay attention in the future." ”

Ou Peng said again: "This is for the teacher to tell you, in the past, I just let you practice martial arts, but now I want to teach you more about the affairs of the gang, you should learn more from your fourth uncle in this regard, and you must be more attentive in the future." ”

Zhang Chengyue nodded yes.

Then, Ou Peng said: "The medicinal materials in the secret land, the Pharmacy Hall has refined a batch of pills, and now there are nearly fifty pills. Dear brothers and sisters, after you go back, inform your own disciples that they will gather in the Yanwu Hall tomorrow afternoon, and prepare to go to the secret room to retreat and practice, and pay attention to secrecy. Also, Cheng Yue, you also inform your juniors. ”

Everyone understood.

Ou Peng thought for a while and said, "Cheng Yue, you choose some qualifications among the second and third generations of disciples, and come to the council hall tomorrow, the core disciples still have to be expanded." ”

At this time, Shangguan Lao Si interjected and said, "Senior Brother in charge, now that the strength of our Ethereal Sect has also increased greatly, we should consider how to expand the scope of our strength." ”

Ou Peng nodded and said, "Yes, this is also one of the topics to gather the senior brothers over today. ”

Boss Hu proposed: "Fourth, the expansion of the matter is not a fat man who eats it in one bite, what do you have to say?"

Shangguan Lao Si said: "In the past few days, I have been thinking about this problem, and now I have a little bit of thinking. ”

Ou Peng smiled and said, "Then you can say it quickly, who doesn't know that you are the wisdom treasure of our Ethereal Sect?"

Shangguan Lao Si said: "Actually, there is nothing difficult about this idea, I think the first step is to follow the senior brother's idea, first improve the strength of the core disciples, use these core disciples, form an elite group, assign to the Foreign Affairs Hall, and carry out the task of shili expansion, our southern Wan Jianfeng is estimated to be strong because of this opportunity, it is not appropriate to fight with them at this stage, and besides, next time the senior brother and them may ally with them, so we can't move in the south." The Luoshui Gang in the east, and the Jinwumen in the west, were slightly inferior to us in terms of strength, but they were a good target for us to do it, but one in the east and the other in the west, and if we do it at the same time, it will disperse our Liliang, and this has to be weighed by the senior brother. ”

Ou Peng thought for a while, and said: "Let's temporarily set it as the Luoshui Gang, the Jinwumen is in the west, Shili and Wanjian Peak are intertwined, I'm afraid there is collusion with Wanjian Peak, and maybe Wanjian Peak is also staring at them, wait for Yucheng to form an alliance with Wan Jiucheng, and then probe his tone." This Luoshui Gang has always taken Luoshui as its root, this is what we lack, and now while they are still in their fledgling, we will eat them first, and the water and land will bring endless benefits to our Ethereal Sect. ”

Boss Hu said: "Third junior brother, this waterway aspect is our shortcoming, why don't we find the Xinrong faction in the east to attack? After all, the foundation of the Xinrong faction is not very deep, and we are sure on land." ”

Ou Peng smiled and said to Boss Hu: "Senior brother, you and I have been deceived by the low-key of the Xinrong faction, I just got the news, this Xinrong faction gang leader is an outcast of the law enforcement elders of Dalin Temple, this Xinrong faction is clearly a pawn planted by Dalin Temple in our Pingyang City and Yucheng, we can't move blindly." Besides, although the Luoshui Gang is from the waterway, we will make efforts first, as long as the plan is good, there is still a great hope of success. ”

Ou Peng took a sip of tea, and then said: "Moreover, our ethereal faction has always been on land, and the location of Pingyang City is also sandwiched between the Luoshui Gang, the Jinwu Gang and the Xinrong faction, and the space for development is limited. ”

Everyone was silent in thought.

After half a cup of tea, Shangguan Lao Si opened his mouth and said, "Fourth Senior Brother, according to this line of thought, it is estimated that the manpower I sent is not enough." ”

Ou Peng said: "I have already had an idea of this, the development of the Ethereal Sect must have manpower, in the past, our faction was mainly refined, but now the strength of our high-level disciples has increased, and the number of low-level disciples is obviously insufficient, so let's do it, Cheng Yue, you think about it, recently recruited a group of disciples to enrich the strength of our faction, and you can start handling the specific matters." ”

Zhang Chengyue nodded in agreement.

Then, Ou Peng said to Zhang Chengyue again: "Chengyue, you go down first, inform your juniors, you also have a good rest, and prepare to improve your skills tomorrow." ”

Zhang Chengyue's excited face was flushed, and Shi Li retreated.

Liu Lao Wu didn't interject all the time, and then spoke: "Isn't it just to improve your skills, look at you like this, you're excited." ”

Zhang Chengyue said in his heart: "Uncle, that's improving your skills, can I not be excited, I heard that your old man has raised his skills for twenty years at once, is it possible not to be excited?"

Of course, he still said: "Yes, what the fifth uncle taught is that the master and nephew should not be alarmed." ”

Ou Peng said: "Don't listen to your fifth uncle's nonsense, but don't be too excited, when you take medicine, you must be calm and calm, otherwise you will spoil the heavens." ”

Zhang Chengyue walked out quickly, just wanting to leave the eyes of the fifth uncle as soon as possible.

After Zhang Chengyue walked out of the meeting hall, Ou Peng turned his eyes back and said to Liu Lao Wu with a smile: "Fifth junior brother, Chengyue, this kid is steady, don't keep making fun of him." ”

Xu Lao Liu also said: "Hehe, what about people, the fifth child was not the same excitement when he took the Bone Strengthening Pill that day, and he came out and drank with Shi Niu like mud, if he wasn't happy, he could be drunk like that?"

Liu Lao Wu blushed and argued: "I'm absorbing medicinal properties, and I'm tired from practicing, otherwise how can I not drink Stone Cow?"

Everyone laughed.

Then, Ou Peng said to everyone again: "Brothers, the medicine taken out from the secret place last time has been refined, and in a few days it will be the day when the second dragon will raise its head in February, and our four factions have made an appointment to meet in Wutong Mountain." This time, we are going to discuss the matter of going to the secret place to get medicine next time, and maybe we will discuss the matter of forming an alliance, what do you think?"

Shangguan Lao Si said: "Senior brother, I don't think this alliance is very likely. ”

Ou Peng said: "Weishenme?"

Shangguan Lao Si explained: "Of course, Wan Jianfeng and our Ethereal Sect can form an alliance, they are all gangs in the rivers and lakes, and they share blessings and difficulties, but Yanming Villa and the Tan family, although they are in the rivers and lakes, basically do not participate in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and they have no reason or strength to form an alliance with us." ”

Ou Peng touched his chin, thoughtfully, and said: "Of course the superficial alliance is not good, our four factions cannot explain to other Jianghu sects in terms of development direction, shili scope, and gang composition, if the alliance is announced, it will definitely attract the attention of other sects, and when the time comes, we will lose more than we gain, I tend to loosely form an alliance, or an alliance of our four gang leaders, rather than an alliance between gangs." In this way, you can not only share the secrets of the secret land, but also keep the news of the secret land from leaking. ”

Boss Hu nodded and said: "This idea is good, the purpose of this alliance is only for Midi, separating it from the interests of the gang, once any party leaks the news of Midi, the other three factions will punish it." ”

Ou Peng smiled bitterly and said: "The news has leaked, there is no need for the other three factions to crusade, there will soon be a bloody storm on the rivers and lakes, so our own strength must be strengthened as soon as possible." ”

Then, Ou Peng turned his head and asked Li Laoer, who had been lowering his eyebrows and not speaking: "Second Senior Brother, have you read that sword book?"

Li Lao Er nodded, very stingy and did not reply.

Ou Peng didn't care, and then asked, "Do you think how many of our existing sword training disciples can be changed?"

Li Lao Er also shook his head.

Ou Peng was a little decadent and said: "Alas, this halfway training thing is really inappropriate, Fourth Senior Brother, when Cheng Yue recruits disciples, you can also choose some of them, practice this sword spectrum, and at the same time ask the second senior brother to guide by the side, it is best that the second senior brother can accept a few more personal disciples." ”

Li Lao Er nodded in agreement, it seemed that since the last time his skills had improved, he had been more focused on the cultivation of swordsmanship, and he didn't have many words.