With the fire raging into the sky, it should have been extremely busy.
Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu were a little idle.
With Bai Yingqiong personally taking command, there are professional spiritual officers, Taoist priests, soldiers, and Qingluan guards. They are organized, scheduled, and coordinated. There is no need for the two laymen to help, even if Zhang Yuelu is a heavenly being.
As the saying goes, there are specialties in the arts. Bai Yingqiong is also a heavenly being. He does not personally perform the tasks, but is only responsible for coordinating and commanding. In many things, the power of many people is far better than the power of one person.
Zhang Yuelu does not feel that he can enjoy leisure, but he does not want to rush around like a headless fly. There is no need to be busy for the sake of being busy. Just like many people, they always act hard and diligent, but they are just pretending.
In the end, I moved myself, but fundamentally speaking, it was just a futile effort. Without a goal, I used hard work to relieve anxiety, and used tactical diligence to cover up strategic laziness.
Zhang Yuelu didn't want to be like this, he didn't want to impress himself, and he didn't want to please anyone, he just wanted to do things well.
She believes that the first problem now is to find out where Marshal Tianpeng has gone, and then find out along this line whether other forces have entered the scene.
Although it is important to deal with the moths within the Taoist sect, we must not neglect to guard against external hostile forces.
Of course Qi Xuansu knew where Marshal Tianpeng had gone. He was turned into ashes by Qiniang and scattered in the wind. At this time, he was probably blown into Zhenwu Lake, where his corpse was truly destroyed.
But he couldn't make it clear to Zhang Yuelu. Just as Qiniang said, he couldn't explain Qiniang's identity.
A celestial being who can easily kill Marshal Tianpeng is no ordinary celestial being. No matter which organization he is placed in, he is undoubtedly a high-level figure.
Could it be that Qi Xuansu told Zhang Yuelu that Qiniang was a senior member of the Qingping Society, and he was a pawn planted by the Qingping Society in the Taoist sect?
What would Zhang Yuelu think? Would he feel cheated or betrayed? Would he think that Qi Xuansu approached her because he was instigated by others and had other agendas?
Qi Xuansu didn't dare to gamble, let alone test their relationship, so he could only choose to kill him without saying a word.
So Qi Xuansu changed his statement: "It doesn't matter where Marshal Tianpeng went, we should change our thinking."
"What idea?" Zhang Yuelu asked.
Qi Xuansu said: "Let's assume that someone wants to take advantage of the situation. Now is undoubtedly the best time. If we are this group of people, what should we do? How to do it?"
Zhang Yuelu narrowed his eyes slightly: "It depends on which group of people you belong to. Different secret societies have different styles of conduct."
Qi Xuansu followed suit and said, "I guess it's not the Ziguang Society. They always like to moisturize things quietly and don't do anything with open fire."
Zhang Yuelu nodded and said: "Yes, they like to infiltrate Taoist sects and the imperial court, and like to instigate people who rebel against us to become their people, but they don't like to fight head-on."
Qi Xuansu continued: "In fact, Qibaofang can also be excluded, because they are businessmen, and businessmen want stability and do not like chaos."
Zhang Yuelu said thoughtfully: "It won't be the 'Tianting', let alone the Qingping Society."
Qi Xuansu asked knowingly: "'Tianting' is an insider, so it is reasonable to exclude 'Tianting', but why did the Qingpinghui be excluded as well?"
Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu and gave a wry smile: "I don't need to say much about who raised 'Tianting'. So are Quanzhen and Zhengyili Dao so clean?"
Qi Xuansu deliberately pondered: "You mean... Qingping Society is related to Quanzhen Taoism."
"Of course." Zhang Yuelu did not regard Qi Xuansu as an outsider just because he joined the Quanzhen Tao. "Among the three Tao, the Quanzhen Tao is the largest. However, there are too many internal factions to integrate into one, so that's why Taiping was
Tao overwhelms one end. But Taiping Dao also knows itself. They are not arrogant enough to stabilize the other two Tao, so they bring in the imperial court. Since Taiping Dao can raise a 'Heavenly Court', its size is greater than that of Taiping Dao.
Can’t the great Quanzhen Taoism raise a ‘Qing Ping Hui’?”
Qi Xuansu disagreed: "But there are not only Quanzhen Taoists in the Qingping Association."
Zhang Yuelu said: "Are all the people in the 'Tian Ting' from the Taiping Dao? Are all the people in the 'Inn' from the imperial court? Of course, the Qing Ping Society is special. It may not completely obey the orders of the Quanzhen Dao. It is like doing
For business, Quanzhen Tao is one of the owners. In addition to Quanzhen Tao, there are other partners, so the two parties are more cooperative than giving orders. These are extremely secretive things, and I have become the so-called 'little master'
I only learned about it from Master after the church.”
Qi Xuansu had to admit it: "In this case, it is very likely that someone from the Qingping Hui killed Marshal Tianpeng. But having said that, either the 'Tian Ting' or the Qing Ping Hui are subordinate to the two competing factions within the Taoist sect.
None of them are truly independent third-party forces. The third-party force you are looking for is an outsider who has its own pursuits, interests, and plans, and has little to do with the above two."
Zhang Yuelu nodded: "Yes, outsiders. After excluding the two insiders of 'Tianting' and Qingpinghui, and excluding the 'Inn' who will not ruin their own jobs, there are still eight tribes, Lingshan Witch Cult and Zhiming Cult.
The three families are the most suspect."
Qi Xuansu suddenly asked: "Qingxiao, you just said that the three paths are not clean. Taiping Dao has the 'Tianting', Quanzhen Dao has Qingpinghui, what about the Zhengdao?"
Zhang Yuelu was silent for a moment and said: "Of course there are Zhengyi Yiyi, but they can't be said to be subordinates, they can only be said to be allies."
"Who?" Qi Xuansu asked.
Zhang Yuelu did not answer directly, but said: "You can take a guess."
"Qibaofang?" Qi Xuansu felt that Qibaofang and the Eight Tribes were the most suspicious, but the Eight Tribes obviously had a closer relationship with Quanzhen Taoism, which had presided over the creation project.
Zhang Yuelu shook his head and said: "I only have one chance, but it's a pity that I didn't guess correctly."
Qi Xuansu thought for a while and realized that he really had no clue and was not worried. He could ask Qiniang for advice. Qiniang probably knew.
However, from this aspect, we can also see the comparison of the three Tao's styles or strengths. The Taiping Tao is strong and domineering, and the "Tianting" has already killed three heavenly beings for the Taiping Tao. The Quanzhen Tao and the Zhengyi Tao are much inferior, so it's okay to cherish feathers.
Well, regardless of lack of strength, even if there is some connection with the secret society, it is probably an ally. Qi Xuansu does not think that Qingping will kill three heavenly beings for Quanzhen Taoism. Maybe Qiniang will have to collect money before she is willing to do anything.
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but think, is this the power of unity? Quanzhen Dao has a huge body, and if it cannot be integrated into one place, it will be overwhelmed by Taiping Dao.
Zhang Yuelu changed the topic: "Among these three sects, the Eight Tribes are inferior to the other two. The Lingshan shaman sect is stronger, but it has just been severely attacked by the Taoist sect because of Cuo Wenbu's incident. Even the Wuluo sect has
He has suffered a certain amount of injuries and is now in a dormant stage. He is unlikely to come out to make trouble, so only the Zhiming Cult is left."
Qi Xuansu murmured: "Zhi Ming Sect."
Zhang Yuelu told him many things about secret societies, and Zhiming Cult was no exception.
The Zhiming Sect is said to know destiny, but it does not know destiny. Instead, it believes in Lord Siming. Lord Siming is in charge of life and death, and his followers also focus on the way of life and death. Unfortunately, they do not have the ability to reverse life and death, but instead go into
On the wrong path of raising corpses and raising ghosts and resurrecting from the dead. The reason why Taoist sects strictly restrict the art of raising corpses and ghosts has a lot to do with the Zhiming Cult.
In the beginning, the Mingzhi Cult only dug graves and stole corpses. Later, it gradually developed into directly killing people and sacrificing the living souls to Lord Siming. There are even more extreme people who transformed living people into zombies with extremely strong bodies.
There is also some intelligence that is more powerful than naturally occurring zombies.
At first, Qi Xuansu didn't know about the existence of the vice heart, and even doubted whether he had been transformed into a zombie.
In fact, Qi Xuansu had been in contact with the Zhiming Cult for a long time. There were traces of the divine power of Lord Siming in the Cimut Fort where Diswen was annihilated. Also, the old Taoist whom Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu met on the flying boat was also killed by
Only by infusing Zhenjun Siming's divine power can he not be beaten to death.
But compared to the domineering Lingshan Witch Cult, the Zhiming Cult appears to be very low-key. They generally don't take action, but once they do, they will inevitably cause an earth-shattering event.
In short, dogs that bite don't bark.
Qi Xuansu said softly: "Assuming it is the Zhiming Cult, they are used to spreading fatal curses, and they once sacrificed an entire city."
"If we are members of the Zhiming Cult and have sneaked into Jinling Mansion while the Taoist sect is fighting within us, then how should we act in the face of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Zhang Yuelu continued.
The two looked at each other and said in unison: "Water source."