Xu Dao drank wine and talked about the alliance, and his words revealed unkind intentions, causing the warm atmosphere in the venue to turn cold instantly.
The banquet was quiet for a moment, except for the attentive tooth generals and soldiers who kept moving and pouring wine.
The four Taoist masters from Haimeng held the wine glasses with different thoughts. But the one thing they had in common was the coldness in their eyes.
Whether it was Snapping Turtle and the other three old Taoist masters, or Jin Ou, they all thought to themselves: "It's really not a purely beneficial thing for the guys from White Bone Island to come to form an alliance."
Seeing that no one in the room answered, Xu Dao calmly swallowed a sip of wine and said again: "Do you four have any suggestions for this alliance?"
When the snapping turtle and others heard his words, they didn't know whether they were just testing him with words or they took a step back rationally.
They woke up and started moving again, either taking big gulps of the wine in the glass, or taking big gulps of the dishes on the plate.
After grunting and chewing for a while, Taoist Taoist Snapping Turtle, who seemed the calmest among the four, spoke slowly: "Such a big matter, the four of us are the leaders of the Sea Alliance, so naturally we don't dare to neglect it.
What a plan."
The Snapping Turtle Taoist paused and said tentatively: "But there are many Taoist priests in the Sea Alliance, there are many Taoist masters, and there are many rules. If we change them at will and affect the whole body, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the other Taoist priests and Taoist masters. No.
If we form an alliance with White Bone Island this time, will we continue to proceed as usual?"
Xu Dao raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and asked aloud: "I don't know what the normal situation you mentioned is."
Taoist priest Snapping Turtle continued: "The general rule is that although Baigudao and a group of Taoist friends have joined our sea alliance, they obey our sea alliance's dispatch and exchange what they need. The Taoist priests under his command can come and go freely, and they are all supported by the entire sea alliance.
.But as Jindan Taoist masters, you and I are each our own masters. Except for the major matters involving the West Sea, we all have the same status. We can listen to orders or not. All matters big and small depend on our own magic power. The greater the magic power, the greater the power.
How much food to eat..."
Xu Dao listened carefully to what the old turtle said, and found that the general meaning of what he said was that "it is strict at the bottom and loose at the top" in the sea alliance.
If White Bone Island joins the Sea Alliance, its subordinates will naturally act in accordance with the rules of the Sea Alliance, especially regarding trade exchanges. No internal members of the Sea Alliance can set up checkpoints without permission and cannot refuse without reason.
Others enter.
These are the expectations of Xu Dao, You Bing and others. After all, the Bone Alliance seeks to form an alliance with the other party, and the other party will inevitably require the Bone Alliance to align with it. Moreover, the Bone Alliance is small and the Sea Alliance is large. The other party has managed half of the West Sea for decades.
If the White Bone Island side were to come up with a covenant and regulations to restrain everyone, there would probably be a lot of problems.
More importantly, despite this, in actual operation, there are still many twists and turns, and this is not the case as agreed.
Especially for a Jindan Taoist like Xu Dao, there are only two points worth noting.
The first is that as members of the Sea Alliance, you are not allowed to attack each other privately. If there is a dispute, you should ask the Taoist Temple where the dispute is located for a ruling. If there is a friction between the Jindan Taoist masters, you need to arrive at Baili Fucha, and the alliance will
Discuss the decision in detail.
The second is the "big event in the West Sea" mentioned by the snapping turtle. Once it is involved, whether it is a Qi Refining Taoist, a Foundation-Building Taoist, or a Golden Pill Taoist, they all have to go hand in hand. If you disobey this order, the Crocodile will
Although Turtle Taoist did not elaborate, I imagine that even Jindan Taoist must have had a good time.
In this way, whether it is the power of final judgment in the first point or what counts as a "major event in the West Sea" in the second point, it is worth discussing in detail.
Xu Dao thought about it after hearing the words. He didn't talk in circles with the other party, and simply spoke directly:
"If Pindao joins the Sea Alliance, I wonder if he will have the power to mediate the dispute over the golden elixir in the West Sea, and will he have the right to say anything about the 'major events in the West Sea' that fellow Taoists call him?"
Taoist Snapping Turtle and others saw Xu Dao pointing straight to the core as soon as he opened his mouth. They couldn't help but exchange glances, their consciousness surged, and they began to discuss with each other.
After hesitating for a long time, the owl bird Taoist among them suddenly said: "Sea Alliance was founded by four of us and me. Now that Taoist friend Xu wants to be the master when he comes here, isn't it a little inappropriate?"
"
Xu Dao raised his head and looked at the owl bird, chuckled and said: "So, what do these fellow Taoists mean, if my White Bone Island is merged into the Sea Alliance, all future disputes will be controlled and managed by the Sea Alliance?"
He shook his head and laughed, pointed at Taoist Taoist Taoist Owl Bird and said, "You Tso Bird, you must have lost your mind. You are so subordinate to others, lying down and doing small things. How can I, the White Bone Island, be willing to do this?"
"You!" Taoist Taoist owl bird saw Xu Dao pointing at it and laughing and scolding. A burst of red flames immediately surged from its bird's head, and it screamed:
"Taoist, you are so rude!"
It looks like the owlbird is going to flip the table over if he disagrees.
Fortunately, the Snapping Turtle Taoist next to him quickly came out to smooth things over and said, "Two fellow Taoists, calm down your anger. It is easy to have disputes when discussing an alliance. Let's discuss it again. Let's discuss it again."
The owl snorted coldly, and then calmed down the red flames on its body, and sat down again. However, the fangjianglinbing who flew beside it, served it, placed fruits and poured wine for it, was already attracted by it.
He burned it to ashes as a way of venting his anger.
Xu Dao sneered, motionless, just looking at the other person with his eyes.
At this time, Taoist Baihu, who was silent on the side, suddenly said: "Master Xu's magic power is so profound that it cannot be compared with other Taoist masters in the West Sea. If Taoist Xu succumbs to a certain level, I will feel a little unbearable.
"
It looked around at everyone and said: "There are currently four futons in the Sea Alliance, and the power is divided into four. But in fact, when the Sea Alliance was originally established, it was expected to be five, but one of them has always been vacant for some reason. Let's talk today
I was so happy that I simply decided on the fifth futon and gave it to fellow Taoist Xu to sit on!"
Taoist Master Snapping Turtle heard this and quickly raised his palms and praised: "Very good, very good. This fifth futon may have been left vacant just to give it to Taoist Xu today. Taoist Xu came to sit down, God's will is like this, God's will is like this!"
"
Even Taoist Taoist Taoist Taoist Taoist Taoist Xiaoniao, who was shouting just now, paused and said: "Since this is the charter set by the Sea Alliance early in the morning, then we have no objection to doing things in accordance with the charter."
The owl bird's attitude of acknowledging it made it seem like its anger just now was like a joke. It must have deliberately played a bad role, singing and singing to embarrass Xu Dao.
The three Taoist masters had already agreed, and among the four members of the Sea Alliance, only Jin Ou was still sitting there, drinking sullenly.
Sensing that the three spiritual consciousnesses had fallen on him, Taoist Master Jin Ou just raised his head, raised his hands towards Xu Dao, and said: "The three fellow Taoists have already agreed. Just one vote from me is of no use, naturally.
I also agree."
Jin Ou also muttered: "I have admired Taoist Master Xu for a long time, how could I be a villain who prevents Taoist Master from joining the alliance! It is said that I once sent an envoy to White Bone Island to congratulate Taoist Master Xu for his success, but it was a pity that he passed.
.After today’s business is over, if Taoist Master Xu doesn’t mind it, please come to my humble abode later to play, and I will certainly give you a big gift.”
The Snapping Turtle and the White Tiger nodded their heads slightly when they saw the Golden Ou's sensible approval. Only the Owl Bird Taoist among them could not help but criticize after hearing a bunch of words spoken by the Golden Ou Taoist.
:
"Speaking of this fifth futon, Fellow Taoist Jin Ou originally recommended Fellow Daoist Hui Guan to sit on it. Fortunately, it was not fulfilled as Fellow Daoist Jin Ou wished. Otherwise, this guy Hui Guan would have overestimated his ability and secretly made an enemy of Dao Daoist Xu. He would have died.
If he dies, it will cause our Sea Alliance and Bone Island to become incompatible, then we will be in big trouble."
These words made the Golden Ou's eyes darken with sarcasm, and it snorted in its heart: "If you hadn't expressed your stance, and even used the power of the Sea Alliance as a temptation, how could Fellow Ash Can go to White Bone Island!"
Jin Ou cursed secretly: "Three independent men! They tricked people into dying, and then beat them up."
But it is impossible for it to jump out and expose the Sea Alliance's background. Otherwise, being one of the Four Sea Alliance has no advantages, only disadvantages. So the Golden Ou can only speak again and again, trying its best to shirk the relationship between itself and the gray can.
Clean, and admit that he was wrong at first.
After arguing for a while, the four Taoist masters realized something and stopped talking. Then they all looked at Xu Dao, either nodded or cupped their hands, and asked:
"I forgot to ask fellow Daoist Xu. I don't know what Daoist Xu thinks. Is this okay?"
Xu Dao listened to the other party's words and glanced at the four Taoists one by one, but he shook his head and said:
"Five top positions are not enough. Although Pindao came alone today, there is another person behind him."
He smiled: "Strictly speaking, Pindao is just a messenger. The seat given by you must be given to the temple master first, and then Pindao can talk to you about his own good things."
"One futon is not enough, I need two!"
Snapping Turtle, Owl Bird, and White Tiger Taoist all frowned, but Golden Ou had a look in his eyes that was watching a good show.
Jin Ou calculated in his heart: "Hahaha! These three old guys have forgotten that there is another person on the White Bone Island. The Master of the White Bone Temple is also a person with a high level of alchemy. Naturally, he cannot be willing to succumb to others. Let's see.
What to do with the three old guys!"
In past discussions, although the golden gull also occupied a high position and had the right to speak, it was not favored by the three snapping turtles and was just like a puppet. Now that it sees the other party being defeated, it naturally takes pleasure in others' misfortune.
And in Jin Ou's view: "If one more position is added, the power of the Sea Alliance will be divided into six. There are three old guys on the opposite side, and I and the Bone Island faction, three against three, are evenly matched. In this way, I
In the Sea Alliance, we have a little more breathing space."
Seeing that the atmosphere in the banquet became silent again, Xu Dao played with the wine glass and said, "Why, I'll give you one, I'll give you two. Fellow Taoists, please don't be so stingy."
When Taoist Taoist Snapping Turtle heard this, he opened his mouth and laughed a few times. His consciousness quickly surged and he discussed the matter with the owl and white tiger beside him.
Their expressions changed for a while, and finally Taoist Taoist Snapping Turtle spoke: "It's because I have a poor memory and forgot about the Master of White Bone Temple."
It hesitantly said: "It is not impossible to increase the number of seats to six. However, if the regulations of the Sea Alliance are to be changed, all Taoist masters in the alliance will have to come and discuss it. If both Taoist friends want to
To join the alliance, you have to persuade all the other Jindan Taoists..."
What Taoist Snapping Turtle said was nothing more than wanting to postpone the matter and imposing some difficulties, but there was still room for discussion.
But Xu Dao had been in vain with them for so long, almost all the spiritual wine in his pocket was eaten by the other party, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense with them anymore.
Xu Dao suddenly stood up and said: "It's too troublesome to summon the other Jindan Taoists, but Pindao has a simpler way."
Snapping Turtle and the others were slightly startled, and said: "Another way?"
Xu Dao pointed to the four Golden Elixir Taoists in the field and said with a smile: "Five Golden Elixir seats are just five, that's enough! I'll give you one, and I'll grab another one from the four of you. Isn't that enough?"
Is it okay?”
He raised his hands towards Snapping Turtle and others: "I dare to ask my friend, I don't know who is willing to give up his power, please enlighten me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the magic power in Xu Dao's body surged instantly.
His spiritual consciousness spread out and tightly locked the four golden elixirs in front of him, making Taoist Snapping Turtle and others feel their hairs stand on end and their hearts panicked.
The snapping turtle Taoist master who talked the most quickly jumped up and said loudly: "Why is this happening? Why is it happening like this! If you don't agree, please teach me something. Please sit down quickly, fellow Taoist, and I'll discuss it later."
Taoist Taoist Owl Bird and White Tiger also jumped up. Instead of trying to reconcile the situation, they started to use their magic power with frightened and angry expressions. Layers of spiritual light flashed to protect the two of them, and they stood beside the snapping turtle solemnly.
However, when the golden gull heard what Xu Dao said, it was first shocked. Then it glanced at the movement at the banquet, but secretly rejoiced in its heart: "Good guy! If this fellow Daoist Xu can take another seat from the three old guys, then what will happen?"
This sea alliance is going to change on the spot!"
Golden Ou calculated that if Xu Dao succeeds and the opponent is two against two, then its vote will be crucial every time it decides things in Xihai from now on. Its good days are coming!
The snapping turtle Taoist master was still trying to ease the relationship. Although the owl bird and the white tiger were frightened and angry, they suppressed their anger and did not accept Xu Dao's provocation, nor did they take the initiative to take action.
But Xu Dao did not go down the steps. He took off the hairpin from the back of his head, turned it into a mountain and sea pole, held it in his hand and said to several people:
"Fellow Taoist, don't be nagging anymore. I came here today. I don't want to directly take over the Hai League. I just want to give you a face. You can discuss it quickly and send someone to give me advice!"
Hearing Xu Dao's words, Snapping Turtle and the others also reacted.
Although since the establishment of the Sea Alliance, the situation in half of the Western Sea has been stable, and all the Golden Cores have bowed their heads. They have been accustomed to dividing their interests according to the rules for decades.
But among Taoists, they still have to judge based on their magic power.
Only those who can beat them can talk about the rules, and those who can't beat them can only accept the rules.
The mentality of Snapping Turtle, Owl Bird, and White Tiger has completely changed, and their faces also show ruthless expressions.