Today, Chu Mufeng could be regarded as having a small knife cut on his buttocks, which opened his eyes.
Whether it was Dark Nine Sect or Xuanfu, these were the first words he heard in his life.
He is more than a hundred years old and is a well-known elder in the Xuantian Sect. There are also many highly respected Xuantian Sect elders in his lineage.
However, none of them knew the existence of Dark Nine Sect and Xuanfu.
Chu Mufeng was very shocked by his mentor's words.
Especially Mu Chenxian's last sentence, Xuanfu and Anjiu Sect are both used to deal with Piaomiao Pavilion, which casts a layer of mystery on these two mysterious organizations.
It took a long time for Chu Mufeng to recover from the shock.
Said: "Master, what is Xuanfu?
Why have my disciples never heard of it?"
Mu Chenxian said: "There are some secrets that I should let you know.
The origin of Xuanfu is very complicated.
After the Battle of Cangyun eight hundred years ago, Cangyun Sect, the leader of the righteous path, declined. Xuantian Sect, Piaomiao Pavilion, and Kayaba Temple all developed during that time.
In the past, Cangyun Sect took charge of the overall situation for the righteous way. After Cangyun declined, it was unable to control the various factions in the Middle Earth.
This resulted in the balance of the cultivation sects in China being broken.
Our Xuantian Sect and Piaomiao Pavilion are close neighbors, but they are also competitors.
With the rapid rise of our two factions, our forces began to continuously extend to the periphery, and conflicts and frictions often occurred in order to seize territory.
Among them, the most fierce competition is the northern end of the Kunlun Mountains, the Qilian Mountains, the Guanzhong Plain, the Qinling Mountains, etc."
Chu Mufeng naturally knew about the bloody history between Xuantian Sect and Piaomiao Pavilion.
Back then, the two sects fought frequently to compete for territory.
It was only in the past one or two hundred years that after the Xuantian Sect won the battle for Qilin Mountain, the territory in the west was almost divided up, and the secret fighting between the two factions was eased.
Chu Mufeng seemed to understand the meaning of Xuanfu, and his expression was wonderful.
Mu Chenxian glanced at the eldest disciple whose expression was changing rapidly, and continued: "Although your Master Qiankun did some wrong things in his later years, when he was young, his intelligence, ability and broad mind were the best in the world.
He understands that if the forces outside the Kunlun Mountains do not occupy them, they do not belong to our Xuantian Sect. Once the Xuantian Sect declines, the territory we seize will soon be divided up by Piaomiao Pavilion or other sects.
In order to deal with Piaomiao Pavilion and defend Xuantian Sect's peripheral territory, your uncle Qiankun formulated the Xuanfu plan.
The so-called Xuanfu, the full name is the Immortal Palace on the periphery of Xuantian Sect.
Every time a place is occupied, Xuantian Sect will send an elder above Lingji to open up the Immortal Mansion and become a local casual cultivator.
This plan has not been interrupted for hundreds of years, and at least two hundred elders who are above the realm of spiritual silence have been sent out one after another, scattered throughout the territory of thousands of miles in the western part of the Middle-Earth.
Almost all of these casual cultivators sent out did not interrupt the inheritance.
After hundreds of years of development, they have grown stronger.
In the Qinling Mountains alone, there are at least fifty immortal caves belonging to our Xuantian Sect. These elders later accepted disciples, and the disciples accepted disciples.
After hundreds of years of development, some immortal mansions have formed small sects with hundreds of people, as well as a family of cultivators.
Don't look at the fact that our Xuantian Sect lost more than a hundred elders in the battle of Wanhu Ancient Cave, but if the leader prompts the Xuanfu Order, those who were sent out to guard the territory for Xuantian Sect will all respond.
A rough estimate shows that the number of disciples in Xuanfu now is no longer under five thousand, and there are also hundreds of Lingji-level elders among them.
During the last Wanhu Ancient Cave operation, the elders of our Xuantian Sect went north to the Qinling Mountains and settled in Shilong Ridge, which is one of the Xuan Mansion. The former Master Shilong was sent by Senior Brother Qiankun."
Chu Mufeng's expression fell into a dull expression.
He never expected that Xuantian Sect still had such power.
Most of his plans in recent years have been concentrated within the Xuantian Sect.
He also considered seeking support from external sects, but his focus was mostly on some small and medium-sized sects in the Kunlun Mountains. The furthest one was only seeking support from the Piaomiao Pavilion in the Tianshan Mountains. In this matter, he did not even win over the Cangyun Sect.
Because he knew that Yu Jizi really wanted to see civil strife in Xuantian Sect. Once he succeeded in seizing the throne, Yu Jizi would admit his identity sooner or later.
Chu Mufeng, who had always been smart, was suddenly awakened by the reminder of his master's words.
There was a buzzing in his ears and he felt like the world was spinning.
The Dark Nine Sect is the secret of Xuantian Sect, so it is understandable that he does not know about it.
However, the peripheral tribes, caves, and aristocratic families of the Xuantian Sect were overlooked by him. This was due to his personal reasons.
Xuanfu is very powerful, and they usually do not contact Xuantian Sect, giving people the feeling that they have already separated from Xuantian Sect and established their own sect.
However, the Xuanfu was originally established to control Xuantian Sect's peripheral territory. They were connected with the Xuantian Sect's leader, and could be said to be the leader's confidants.
In the last Wanhu Ancient Cave incident, the retreat route was drawn up by Li Xuanyin himself.
At that time, Chu Mufeng was very surprised as to why Li Xuanyin wanted to evacuate more than a hundred elders to Shilong Ridge in the Qinling Mountains in the north.
Now he finally understood that as a member of the Xuanfu, Shi Longling, although the original Shi Long had passed away, Zhu Yuqian, his true disciple, was still alive.
Zhu Yuqian not only inherited his master's immortal palace, but also inherited his master's identity and responsibility, and was absolutely loyal to Li Xuanyin.
If there was any disloyalty, Li Xuanyin would not choose to hide the Xuantian Sect elder in Shilongling.
Chu Mufeng fell into a semi-conscious state at this moment.
The news he received today was too important for him to digest in a short period of time.
After a while, Chu Mufeng began to recalculate the comparison of strength with Li Xuanyin in his mind.
He soon discovered that the situation was not as bad as he expected.
Xuanfu does exist and is very powerful.
However, during the catastrophic battle, Xuantian Sect has been shrinking its peripheral forces. Many Xuantian Sect forces who lived in seclusion in caves in Qilian Mountains, Qinling Mountains and Kunlun Mountains have returned to Xuantian Sect.
It is true that he has ignored the peripheral forces, but in recent years in Shenshan, he has also secretly attracted a group of peripheral elders who have returned to Xuantian Sect.
There must be members of the Xuanfu among them.
The number of Xuanfu disciples remaining on the periphery will not exceed three thousand, and the maximum number of Elder Lingji is only a hundred.
What's more, if I use thunderous means to quickly stabilize Xuantian Sect's situation.
Those peripheral Xuanfu members simply didn’t have enough time to react.
Once the overall situation is decided, these people can only be summarized under their own sect.
Thinking of this, Chu Mufeng's complexion improved slightly.
Now, Chu Mufeng is anxious to leave his mentor's study to collect information about the Xuan Palace and win over more Xuan Palace elders in the shortest possible time.
So, he asked the question he was most concerned about.
He said: "The existence of the Xuan Palace is indeed caused by the disciple's negligence, but the disciple is not worried that the Xuan Palace can interfere with what the disciple is planning.
Master, this disciple is here for two things, and I would like to ask Master to give me some advice."
Even if he didn't say it, Mu Chenxian knew why he came.
Mu Chenxian said: "The first thing is, is this the purpose of Gui Xuanzong's sudden change?"
Chu Mufeng said: "Master, please give me some advice."