The atmosphere in the seven-person meeting hall located in Wanshi Building seemed a bit depressing.
But if any Wanshilou staff saw the meeting hall at this time, they would definitely be shocked.
Since the seven-member Speaker permanently lost his seat, this chamber has always had only three or four Speakers present, and there have almost never been more than four Speakers.
But at this time, there were six people present at the round table in the conference hall.
Silver Wolf. Inuyasha, Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. He Qi, The Immortal Sword. Bai Wen, The Heavenly Sword and the Earthly Sword. Cui Cheng, The Blind God. Ye Yan.
And, Qi Chong Xing Dou, Tan Jing Ran, who succeeded the old man Gu Buhui.
Originally, Tan Jingran was one of the four chief instructors of Wanshilou, specializing in the security work in Canglan Secret Territory. However, due to the death of Old Man Sui, coupled with his previous outstanding performance in Tianyuan Secret Territory, he was promoted to Speaker—
- Of course, in fact, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Tan Jieran's successor has been decided long ago, and the so-called outstanding work performance before was just an excuse to appease other staff in Wanshi Building.
In fact, the successor to the seven-member Speaker has already been decided.
For example, Inuyasha's successor is Jax, one of the four chief coaches; He Qi's successor is Jiang Fugui, also one of the four chief coaches.
Originally, Ye Yan's successor was supposed to be Gu Jue, who was also one of the four chief coaches. However, because Gu Jue was injured and the injury was quite serious, it could almost be said that her future promotion path was cut off, so she basically lost her position.
Succession qualifications of Speaker.
Of course, this is not absolute.
If Ye Yan died suddenly, in order to balance the situation, even if Gu Jue was injured and had no hope of reaching the Taoist realm in the future, she would have no choice but to endure it.
After all, the six speakers in the chamber each represent an interest group behind their backs. Even though Huang Zi had set up countless rules as a precaution before leaving the Wanshi Building, thousands of years have passed.
After all, people's greed cannot be stopped.
But what is slightly comforting is that, perhaps because of the losses suffered by the cooperation with the Demon Sect back then, the current Wanshilou will never get involved in the power disputes in the Xuan Realm.
Upholding the principle of neutrality is the foundation of Wanshilou's establishment.
However, Inuyasha scoffed at this.
Because as an old man from Wanshilou, he knew that there was the word "absolute" in this sentence, but he didn't know when "uphold the principle of absolute neutrality" became "uphold the principle of neutrality".
You know, there is a lot of room for maneuver between "absolute" and "non-absolute".
For example, the supporter behind Ye Yan is the Tianshan sect, one of the nineteen sects: he is a student of Tianji Divine Calculation. Yan Buer - In fact, Yan Buer was not an elder of the Tianshan sect in the early years, but just a lucky man who got a chance
He wandered around Yehe, but the situation in the Xuanjie world is well known: there is no way for casual cultivators to survive. So he finally joined the Tianshan Sect when he was desperate. Later, with the strong support of the Tianshan Sect, he became the famous Tianji today.
Divine calculation.
As a direct disciple of Yan Fujian before he became famous, no matter how much Ye Yan wanted to maintain a neutral position, due to the relationship between master and disciple, his position inevitably began to favor the Tianshan sect.
And because of the fortune-telling of Tianji, Yan Buer and Old Man Shenji. Gu Sicheng were once competitors of the Five Emperors, but Yan Buer lost to Gu Sicheng by a narrow margin, and Gu Sicheng was on good terms with Huang Zi, so Yan Buer took them with him.
Even the people in Huang Zi and Taiyi Valley are displeased.
All kinds of causes and effects are accumulated and superimposed, so Ye Yan put Su Anran on the grill in the last new ranking.
This kind of little trick is not bad, but it will inevitably make people feel petty. According to Yan Buer's meaning, there is nothing I can do to you anyway, but since I can make you feel disgusted, why not do it? If your apprentice has
If the material is genuine, then he should not be afraid of the challenge. If not, then he deserves to be beaten to death.
This is also the reason why the last time Huang Zi met with Yin Lingzhu, Gu Sicheng and others, Gu Sicheng said that Ye Yan had hidden it very deeply - if it hadn't been for Su Anran's matter, Ye Yan would not have exposed the relationship between himself and Yan Buer.
Master-disciple relationship.
What surprised the entire Xuanjie was that Su Anran, who had just become the number one on the new list, had already reached the top fifty on the earth list - Ye Yan did not do anything to rank in that time.
The ranking was determined after combining various aspects of information according to the rules.
It's pretty average.
But Inuyasha was still quite dissatisfied.
Because according to the comprehensive evaluation, Su Anran's ranking at that time should be between fifty and sixty. If according to the ordinary ranking rules, it would be at least fifty-fifth. But when the final ranking was released, Su Anran's
The ranking is No. 49 - in Inuyasha's view, this is still Ye Yan's self-interest, and he is taking revenge.
Later, when Inuyasha confronted Ye Yan, Ye Yan said that it was the result of unanimous discussion among the speakers of the chamber at that time.
It is also for this reason that when discussing the ranking of the land list this time, Inuyasha directly used the power of the speaker and issued an order for a general meeting.
This is also the reason why there are six speakers in the chamber this time.
"So after discussing it for so long, we still don't have an accurate explanation?" A middle-aged man with a scar on the left side of his face - vertically from his forehead, through his left eye and down to his lips - asked in a deep voice.
, his tone already sounded quite impatient, "Every minute we waste here will increase the possibility of that thing in the secret realm becoming stronger. I don't understand why we have to do it for this person named Su Anran.
People waste so much time.”
"I actually don't understand very well." A young man with white hair laughed, but after he looked at Ye Yan, his eyes became cold, "But there are some things that are better explained clearly.
, so that you don’t have to take the blame for others and admit guilt later.” At this point, he chuckled again, a little self-deprecating: “And if you are not careful, you can’t even figure out who you have offended.
."
This white-haired young man is the Immortal Killing Sword. Bai Wen.
The last time, he was pushed out by Ye Yan to suppress Tang Shiyun's momentum. Not only did he offend Tang Shiyun and Taiyi Gu, but he also almost got into a fight with Inuyasha and Jax. Even He Qi didn't stand by him.
Here, there are no human beings inside or outside.
Especially when Tang Shiyun later directly asked for a fight ten years later, Bai Wen still has a headache to this day - this matter has not been publicly announced, so few people know about it.
Because of this, when Bai Wen saw Ye Yan now, he wanted to chop him to death with a knife.
Ye Yan naturally knew that he was being unreasonable, so he didn't say anything at this time.
What could he say?
He said that once he was a master, he was always a father. Was he forced by his master?
Even if he could say it, how many people present would believe him?
Even if they really believe it, what has happened cannot be erased so easily.
"I still say the same thing. Su Anran's performance this time is enough to be ranked in the top ten on the Earth Ranking." Ye Yan ignored Bai Wen's sarcasm and said to himself, "My suggestion is to be fifth on the Earth Ranking.
But you seem to have different opinions and views."
"How can he be ranked fifth on the earth rankings?" Inuyasha sneered.
If an uninformed person heard this, they would think that InuYasha and Su Anran had a grudge. For the monks competing for the top three rankings of Heaven, Earth and People, they naturally hope that the higher the ranking, the better, because of the consequences brought by this ranking.
It’s not just an increase in fame, but there are also many invisible benefits.
Among them, the most important thing and the one that attracts the most attention from the Xuanjie monks is the qualification to participate in the Fairy Palace Yaochi Banquet.
The Fairy Palace's Yaochi Banquet is held once every hundred years. In addition to the direct children of major sects, aristocratic families, and genius children, only the top disciples on the Heavenly and Earthly Rankings are eligible to be invited to the banquet. Although many monks participate
The motives of the Yaochi Banquet are not pure, but the Fairy Palace's ability to stand firm in the Xuan Realm, and even earn such a high ranking, is basically due to the support of these people with impure motives.
Of course, this has also led to the Fairy Palace's reputation in the mysterious world being very polarized.
Those who praise it are full of praise, and those who hate it are full of scolding.
Anyway, to put it simply, they basically can’t close their mouths.
"I don't think it's appropriate either." The middle-aged man with scars on his face said.
"Yeah..." Inuyasha's lips raised.
But before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged man spoke again: "Ranking fifth is too low. I think he can definitely be ranked third."
"...This ranking..." Inuyasha suddenly stopped mid-sentence. He turned his head and stared at the middle-aged man, his voice became deeper, "What did you say?!"
"Fifth is too low. Based on the information collected so far about Su Anran, he is fully qualified to be ranked in the top three." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "In the secret area of the Dragon Palace ruins, he not only defeated the Demon Alliance Mirage Demon
The Great Sage’s conspiracy, and even killed the members of the Bihai clan in front of the Great Sage of Mirage Monster
Ao Wei, this record alone is enough to rank fifth; not to mention that he also killed Qing Qing from the Qingqiu clan of the Demon Alliance, and escaped from Ye Ying and Chi Qi, one of the twenty demon stars. This is still our
How many other things do we know that we don’t know, and who knows?”
Regarding Su Anran's strength, Xuanjie is still not sure, because many times the strength he displays seems to rely on the Sword Immortal Token given by his third senior sister.
But if he has always been able to hold the Sword Immortal Order, then it would not be wrong to regard this part as a manifestation of his strength by default.
But this time, the information that the human race obtained from the Demon Alliance was that Su Anran did not use the Sword Immortal Token - in places like the Dragon Palace Ruins Secret Realm, the Sword Immortal Token made by Tang Shiyun obviously cannot be used. And without it.
Under the premise of using the Sword Immortal Order, Su Anran was still able to kill Ao Wei and Qing Qing, and then escaped from the hands of Ye Ying, Chi Qi, Mirage Monkey King and others. This strength is definitely enough for him.
His reputation shocked the mysterious world.
In fact, it was out of this consideration that the Fairy Palace sent him the Yaochi Banquet, and it was not entirely because of Tang Shiyun.
Now Su Anran has officially established his reputation as the "Monster of Taiyi Valley". No one in the entire Xuan Realm will think that Huang Zi has a problem with his vision. They will only think that "he is worthy of being the disciple chosen by Huang Zi. As expected, he is"
The monster among monsters."
"I don't agree." InuYasha snorted coldly, "Who knows if it was deliberately released by the demon clan to kill him."
"Ye Yan." The middle-aged man ignored Inuyasha and turned his head to look at Ye Yan.
"I have deduced that the collapse of the Dragon Palace ruins was indeed related to him. He did not kill Qing Qing himself, but he definitely could not escape the relationship. And Ao Wei was indeed killed by him. As for whether he did it in front of the Great Sage Mirage
, I can't calculate this." Ye Yan said slowly, "But it is true that he has been in contact with Chi Qi and Ye Ying. He does have this aspect of cause and effect, but it is very weak.
"
The middle-aged scar-faced man said nothing more, but returned his gaze to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's face looked a little ugly.
In fact, InuYasha is basically responsible for collecting all kinds of information about the demon clan in Wanshilou. After all, he has the blood of the demon clan in his body. So whether the demon alliance is telling the truth or lies, InuYasha
Of course he could tell, but this time he chose not to tell the truth, and everyone present knew his motives and reasons.
See through, don’t tell.
However, Ye Yan probably also guessed that Inuyasha would do this, so he made some calculations before participating in the meeting, and only then could he directly tell the result.
Even if Bai Wen, Inuyasha and others have conflicts with Ye Yan, no one will doubt his deduction skills.
"The result is already obvious." The middle-aged Scarface said in a deep voice, "I don't care about any turmoil between you, or what happened before. Tianyuan Secret Realm is in a mess now, and I don't have time to waste here. Likewise, I
I also think that none of you have time to waste here... So, let’s end this meeting and debate as soon as possible. I think Taiyigu Su Anran deserves to be ranked third on the land list."
"I don't think." Ye Yan shook his head, "Fifth is the most appropriate. Without the Sword Immortal Order, I don't think he can beat Zhang Qian, but if the Sword Immortal Order is counted as his strength
part of the world, then it is even less likely that he will be third, but should be first."
"Okay then, third and fifth place each have one vote. What do other people think?"
"Fifth." He Qi was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke, "This time I agree with Ye Yan's statement. The Sword Immortal Order should not be counted as part of his strength."
"I abstain." Bai Wen curled his lips, obviously not wanting to participate in this ranking discussion.
"I also abstain." Tan Jieran has just been promoted to Speaker. This is the first time he has participated in the discussion in the seven-member chamber as Speaker. The group of big bosses he should call his elders were almost noisy.
If a fight started, he would have been so frightened that he would not dare to take sides at this time.
"I think it should be after tenth!" Inuyasha gritted his teeth.
No one paid any attention to Inuyasha.
"Okay." Cui Cheng, a middle-aged scar-faced man, said directly, "Two to one, let's rank it as fifth...the next discussion topic."
Inuyasha's face looked quite ugly.
But no one paid attention to him at this time, and soon started the next discussion.
Since the biggest dispute was resolved, the rest of the discussion went very quickly, with almost no time wasted by everyone present. Soon all the issues were discussed. After that, the other five people left one after another, Cui Cheng and Ye Yan
, Tan Jingran ignored InuYasha, who was sitting there with an extremely ugly face. Only He Qi and Bai Wen reached out and patted InuYasha on the shoulder with complicated expressions when they passed by.
in this way.
From noon to evening, and then from evening to late night.
Inuyasha has been sitting in his seat without making any movement.
It wasn't until dawn the next day that Inuyasha finally got up.
His expression looked quite calm, without any trace of the depression and anger before. He turned around and walked out of the meeting hall.
However, the moment he walked out of the room, he quietly crushed a talisman: "Fifth on the Earth Ranking, everything is as planned."
"Fifth?"
At the same time, a voice came from Inuyasha's ears.
If He Qi and Bai Wen heard it at this time, they would definitely be stunned and stunned.
Because the voice was none other than the owner of Taiyi Valley, the mentor of Inuyasha and Jax, Huang Zi.
"That's fine. As long as that old guy Ye Yan doesn't know that Su Anran has entered the Soul Condensing Realm...it's enough to let your temperament play such a scene. Thank you for your hard work."
"I've grown up, okay? Don't always think of me as the reckless kid I used to be."
"But how did I hear that on the day Su Anran was ranked first on the new list, you went after Bai Wen, the scapegoat?"
Inuyasha instantly knew who was tipping off the news. He gritted his teeth and cursed: "Jax!"
"Heh." Huang Zi smiled scornfully, "It's you who gave Su Anran the title of reckless man."
"I think it's quite appropriate."
"It's indeed quite appropriate." Huang Zi said in a tone of agreement, "The child is just like you, quite stubborn... But the reckless man was caused by you, so the natural disaster was caused by Ye Yan. I didn't read it.
Come out, his Dutian Xingdou deduction is getting better and better."
"Natural disaster...are you serious?"
"Of course." Huang Zi responded, "He and Song Nana are essentially the same kind of people. It's just that Song Nana is targeting monks and individuals. And Su Anran... hey, that's a nuclear bomb, and it can blow up a whole area when released.
."
"But..." Inuyasha hesitated.
"I know what you want to say." Huang Zi said lightly, "He is my disciple, but so is Song Nana. Originally, according to my plan, Su Anran should not have participated in the Tianyuan trial. It's a pity that Lao Qi said something
It disrupted my layout, so it triggered a chain reaction later... He and Song Nana complement each other. The two of them must maintain a balance. Otherwise, whether he dies or Song Nana dies, the other one will die.
His life is short."
"So serious?!" Inuyasha was shocked.
"That's why I said that Ye Yan's Dutianxing Dou Shu is getting more and more powerful... He named Su Anran a natural disaster. He didn't name Su Anran a natural disaster. He obviously knew something." Huang Zi said lightly, "Heaven and earth must be maintained.
Balance is why there is heaven and earth, Qian and Kun, and only then there are all living things, and only then can there be mutual growth and mutual restraint. How can there be no natural disasters if there are disasters? What I don’t know now is what Ye Yan deduced, everyone knows
Something happened."
After all, Ye Yan is a Taoji realm monk. It is estimated that a small person who does not even have a natal realm at the beginning will naturally be able to capture him easily.
However, this method of calculation is not a one-size-fits-all approach.
As a monk's cultivation becomes more advanced, there are fewer things that can be deduced. And if there are more causes and effects involved, the difficulty of the calculation will also increase. For those who use hexagrams to deduce
, is a very dangerous thing.
Huang Zi didn't want Ye Yan to deduce too many things about Su Anran.
That's why InuYasha was asked to perform a play - just as Ye Yan knew the reason why InuYasha summoned all the speakers for a meeting this time, so he made predictions about Su Anran in advance, Huang Zi naturally also knew Ye Yan's temperament, so he
He would be stuck waiting for Ye Yan to make a calculation before letting Su Anran advance to the Soul Condensing Realm.
Once a monk enters the soul-condensing realm and begins to condense the second soul, the heavenly secret sense will be affected and changed, and the difficulty of deduction will be greatly increased.
Huang Zi, who knew Ye Yan's character, naturally also knew that after Ye Yan calculated Su Anran's situation this time, he would never make another hesitation until Su Anran revealed the strength of the Soul Condensing Realm. And when Su Anran
After Anran's true strength is exposed, even if Ye Yan wants to calculate Su Anran's situation, it will not be that easy.
If everything goes well, Huang Zi feels that he can buy Su Anran at least ten years.
"That's why, Master, you want to stimulate Su Anran and let him advance to the Soul Condensing Realm as soon as possible?"
"A small part of the reason is this, but it's also because... the place he went to this time, without the strength of the Soul Condensing Realm, is a place of death and no life."
