After Qi Xuansu came to his senses, he asked Qi Jiayao a question.
"Fellow Daoist Qi, I was born in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. I don't know who my parents were when I was a child. However, I have a foster mother who is from a noble family and has outstanding abilities. She is indispensable for my status today. Why do you think my foster mother is like this?"
Choose me out of so many people?"
Qi Jiayao was startled, and then replied, "Li Taizong said that all the heroes in the world are under my control. After the Taoist sect becomes the master of the world, there will be no shortage of geniuses, nor will there be a shortage of ambitious, adventurous, and persevering young people. You
If you don't do it, people will do it, so bloodline and family background have become important, and the trend of clanization is inevitable. The reason why your adoptive mother chose you is of course not just as simple as seeing some excellent qualities in you, there must be other reasons.
Factors to consider, as for what these other factors are, I don’t know.”
Qi Xuansu nodded and did not go any further on this topic. Instead, he asked, "Are there any good things left here?"
Qi Jiayao's eyes never stopped wandering, "Maybe, I hope Yao Zu will leave us some residue." ??
Qi Xuansu said, "It would be better if there were test subjects. I would like to see the effect of these stone hearts."
Why didn't Qi Xuansu directly use the remains of the female Taoists to verify his speculation? Because he had to dig out the Heart of Stone and turn it into his own creation before he could verify it, and the process of digging it out completely destroyed the structure of the female Taoist remains.
, so that it can no longer be used, so Qi Xuansu needs a new test object.
Qi Jiaoyao realized later, "No wonder you looked at me wrong just now. You want to use me as a test subject, right?"
Qi Xuansu smiled slightly sheepishly, "It's just an idea. There are no good people in the world. And this kind of small experiment is not life-threatening for heaven and man. If you don't mind, then I will repay you with the most sincerity."
Thanks.”
"I mind very much." Qi Jiayao refused without thinking.
Qi Xuansu didn't insist, "Forget it."
However, Qi Jiayao was still interesting enough and started to help Qi Xuansu find test subjects. At the same time, he asked, "You took a huge risk to come to Lingshan Cave. I want to know, do you want to be an enemy of that person?"
That person was not mentioned by name, and both of them knew it well.
Although he is not Yao Zu, he is still one of the chess players who sits high in the Wanshou Chongyang Palace on Difeishan Mountain and cannot tolerate any disobedience or provocation.
Qi Xuansu said expressionlessly, "I respect Master Earth very much."
"Is it just respect?" Qi Jiayao laughed, "You have to keep
You have a good life, so you came to Lingshan Cave, do you want to tell me that you are actually the sword-pointing national master?"
Qi Xuansu also laughed, but with a hint of self-deprecation: "Sword finger? You think too highly of me. I am just a chess piece that is struggling and cannot be freed. At most, it can be regarded as a not-so-sharp sword. The reason why I am here
When I came to Lingshan Cave, it was not because I had the qualifications to challenge a certain chess player, but because another chess player wanted me to come here and make five pawns advance one."
"I understand. You are quite self-aware." Qi Jiaoyao nodded, "But then again, how many people in such a large Taoist sect are not chess pieces? Except for a few great masters of Pingzhang, maybe Su Yuanyi, Pei Xuanzhi, Li Wu
It’s not Kuo, but how many Taoist disciples are there? You juniors are indeed far behind.”
In the next few hours, the two of them almost turned the underground building upside down, and finally found something.
A complete Wu Clan corpse was not moved out for unknown reasons.
There were several remains of female Taoist priests, but it was suspected that the implantation failed and they were thrown aside casually.
There are also some witchcraft totems and Taoist talisman stone slabs, which seem to be materials for certain formations - Yao Zu is also the leader of the witchcraft and Taoist families, and he is very good at combining the two to form formations. This is not surprising.
After Yao Zu, successive earth masters also inherited this fine tradition.
The intact remains of the Witch Clan are the best test subjects, but these Stone Hearts are not suitable. Compared with the remains of the Witch Clan, they are a bit too weak, just like the armored ship uses a smaller boiler.
It's not enough to pull a cart and drive it.
There is good news, according to the records in the files here, these small hearts of stone can be refined into a larger heart of stone, and then they can be adapted.
There is also bad news. The key artifact that can be used to refine the Heart of Stone was taken away and is not here.
Qi Xuansu has two choices.
One option is to continue looking for artifacts that can refine the Heart of Stone. Given the size of Lingshan Cave, there should be some left behind.
Another option is to collect the raw materials and then refine the Heart of Stone after leaving. As Qi Jiayao said, two hundred years ago, these technologies may have been secret, but two hundred years later, they have been put into large-scale use.
, it has even been made public that there is no shortage of this technology outside, maybe the Eight Tribes have it.
Qi Xuansu thought about it and decided to go out and talk.
Today's Lingshan Cave is too dangerous to run around, and there are too many variables in finding things here. If Qi Xuansu cannot leave Lingshan Cave, then it doesn't matter what the truth is.
So Qi Xuansu dug out all the stone hearts he could find, and put them all together with the remains of the witch clan into the Xumi objects given by Master Jiang Da.
It has to be said that this semi-immortal object is very useful. It can not only carry and isolate immortal objects, but also has a large enough internal space.
Then the two of them will leave this place and continue their journey.
On the way back, Qi Xuansu asked about the Creation Project, "Was Yao Zu the absolute leader of the Creation Project back then?"
Qi Jiaoyao shook his head and said, "No, from the beginning to the end, Yao Zu's identity is the chief, that is, the first deputy. Strictly speaking, the real and only leader of the Creation Project is Xuansheng, in today's terms,
Taking charge personally, Xuansheng is the convener, the leader, and the decision-maker. But most of the time, Xuansheng is very busy. He has to retreat and take care of the entire Taoism. It is impossible to put all his energy on the creation project.
Therefore, Shangguan Dishi and Yao Zu, as the first deputies, will perform some duties and preside over daily affairs."
Qi Xuansu, as the chief deputy palace master of the Taoist sect, didn't understand the truth behind this. Xuansheng should only control the general direction of the creation project. He can remove Yao Zu, but the specific affairs and middle-level and bottom-level personnel rights are left to Yao Zu.
Master, Yao Zu is not a nominal leader, but a de facto leader.
"Why are you asking this suddenly?" Qi Jiayao asked curiously.
Qi Xuansu said, "I'm wondering, where did the Li family's 'Heart of Immortality Stone' come from? It was definitely not given by Yao Zu, but by Xuansheng? Or was it obtained by the Li family through some means or channels?"
Qi Jiayao thought for a while and said, "Donghuang and Yao Zu were the deputy head masters at the same time. Xuansheng was nominally the head of the Li family, but in fact Xuansheng had no time to take care of the Li family's family affairs.
Many Li family members wish Xuansheng would leave it alone, because when Xuansheng thinks of the Li family, it is probably because the Li family is not in line with Xuansheng's wishes and will be punished by Xuansheng. Therefore, Donghuang is the de facto head of the Li family.
In this aspect, he is very similar to Yao Zu, the first deputy."
"But Xuansheng had a wife, and the marriage between Qin and Li began from then on. You should know what the eldest son and his wife said. When Li Zu was alive, Xuansheng was his son and eldest son.
Madam Xuan Sheng is a real clan wife, shouldering the responsibilities of the housekeeper. Although the affairs are complicated, she still holds great power. What's more, Madam Xuan Sheng also served as the Great Master of Taiping Dao, and she can put pressure on Dong Huang in both emotion and reason. But Dong Huang
The emperor has a good relationship with his sister-in-law, so he is not restricted by Madam Xuansheng. Madam Xuansheng’s best friend is the Patriarch of Cihang lineage, but he also has a good relationship with Patriarch Shangguan. In any case, Patriarch Shangguan is
Yao Zu's old boss is also the direct descendant of Xu Zu. He still has influence. Yao Zu also wants to give her a third. You have to know that Mrs. Xuansheng is not a vassal of Xuansheng. She is an independent individual. She wants to
You don’t have to report everything to Xuansheng, except for decisions involving major matters of the Taoism, Xuansheng will not interfere at will."
Qi Xuansu fell into deep thought, "You are saying that Xuansheng upholds a fair attitude and will not favor the Li family. But Mrs. Xuansheng will not worry so much. The Li family's 'Heart of Immortality Stone' may come from Mrs. Xuansheng?"
"Perhaps." Qi Jiaoyao was not very sure. "Donghuang and Yaozu are on the same level. He has the same say in the Li family and Taiping Road, but he cannot directly intervene in the creation project. On the contrary, Mrs. Xuansheng is not only above Donghuang.
, and for a long period of time, she presided over the affairs of Jinque instead of Xuansheng who was in seclusion. She was also closely related to the Daxuan court. She was so powerful that it was definitely not comparable to the wife of the great headmaster in later generations. She could almost be regarded as the second person in the Taoist sect.
.I can only say that with her power, it can be done. As for whether she has done it, it is not clear."
Qi Xuansu was somewhat glad that he had met Qi Jiayao at this time. Although she was full of lies and always wanted to take advantage of him. She had a bad temper and liked to hide behind him when things happened. She was greedy and stingy, but she was well-informed and had many backgrounds.
He knew many secrets from the past and really explained many doubts to Qi Xuansu.
If the "Heart of Immortality Stone" of the Li family also comes from the creation project, then where does the difference between the two "Hearts of Immortality Stone" of the Li family and the Yao family come from?
Is it the ideological difference between Shangguan Dishi and Yao Zu?
Or did the Li family make some changes after getting the "Heart of the Immortal Stone"?
Or did Yao Zu and previous earth masters make subsequent improvements to the "Heart of the Immortal Stone"?
Qi Xuansu prefers the third possibility.
Yao Zu was playing double-dealing with Xuansheng, and faced the request of Mrs. Xuansheng, he handed over a "Heart of Immortality Stone" that conformed to the Taoist philosophy. Even the "Heart of Immortality Stone" left in Huasheng Hall also conformed to the Taoist philosophy.
Taoist philosophy, but secretly, she refined a different "Heart of Immortality Stone", which was Qi Xuansu's.