Chapter 229 Where to go for Volume B, North of the River
Hearing such a result, Zhao Sitian and Chen Huaisheng were both at a loss.
The mountain-protecting formation was broken like this? !
Tong Baichuan, a traitor or a traitor? !
With the loss of the gates of Langshan Mountain and Panshan Mountain, the Chonghua Sect has lost the foundation for its survival. Can it still survive? Does it still have the value and significance of its existence?
Neither Chen Huaisheng nor Zhao Sitian could accept it.
For a while, even Chen Huaisheng felt that it was meaningless to risk his life and death to raid the Kip Shek Bay fishing ground. Apart from making a fortune, it did not play much role in Baishimen's attack on Shanmen.
The mountain gate was also breached, and the leader and the others were actually ready to give in.
But what lies before us is a cruel reality, and we have to accept it even if we don’t accept it.
"Actually, even if Tong Baichuan and Su Wenling don't rebel, the mountain-protecting formation cannot be maintained for long." Wu Tianen couldn't hide the tiredness and haggardness on his face, and his tone was full of desolation.
The two sides reached an agreement, and Baishimen agreed to give the Chonghua faction three days to evacuate.
Of course this is under the supervision of Baishimen, and Li Yu is responsible for organizing everyone to pack up and prepare to evacuate.
Shang Jiuling and Zhu Fengbi have also been hiding outside the mountain gate to prevent Baishimen from breaking the contract.
Once Baishimen breaks the contract, they will retaliate at all costs, and both sides will suffer.
Judging from the current situation, although Baishimen has an absolute advantage, it is not willing to have this situation happen and benefit others in vain.
"The White Stone Sect has accepted Zhang Taiquan, a loose cultivator from Wu Yue. This guy is super strong and is already a middle-level expert in the Purple Mansion Essence Realm. He is on par with the leader of the White Stone Sect, Chang Songjun. The two of them joined forces and added Xia Luoran and Song Yanjiang, we can't stop them from breaking through the eyes of the magic circle,..."
"That's it, Su Wenling, why would Tong Baichuan rebel?" Chen Huaisheng couldn't understand, "What benefits can he get from turning to Baishimen? Can Baishimen give him more than what he got from the Chonghua sect? Who would trust him if he has breasts? What else can he get from Baishimen? , Entering the Zi Mansion?"
"How is it possible?" Xu Tianfeng on the side also looked angry, "Even the Tianyun Sect does not have such ability, how can it be beyond human power to enter the Zi Mansion? With such qualifications, it is very difficult to advance to the high level of foundation building. How dare you dream about the Zi Mansion? "
"Then why did he do this unwise thing? The student asked rhetorically.
Wu Tianen shook his head, "The situation here is more complicated and difficult to explain in one sentence. He did not grow up in our Chonghua sect since he was a child. He entered our sect halfway, but he was very talented at the time. The former head master thought that he had good qualifications and was practical in his work, so he agreed to join him. However, after more than sixty years, who would have thought that he would be an inexperienced white-eyed wolf. "
Chen Huaisheng's mood had slowly calmed down at this time, "Master Wu, since the headmaster and the headmaster have made such a decision, I'm afraid it was only decided after careful consideration. But without the blessed land of Shanmen Lingshan, the foundation of the Chonghua Sect will no longer exist. Why? Establish a faction? ”
This is the most realistic and fundamental question.
Without the nourishment of spiritual energy in the blessed land of Cave Heaven, one cannot continue to practice at all.
No matter how small a sect is, it must have a spiritually rich place where all the disciples can rest and practice. Without this, the sect will lose the foundation of its existence.
"The boss and the others only have arrangements." Wu Tianen sighed, "I'm just afraid that we won't be able to gain a foothold in Langling or even Yijun. We should probably go to the north, where there will be a blessed land that is said to be the Lingshan Mountain... ”
After Chen Huaisheng was startled, he immediately asked tentatively: "North of the river? The territory of the Beirong people?"
"It shouldn't be counted now. That area with a radius of thousands of miles is considered to be our Da Zhao and Beirong people." In a land that is co-managed and governed together, the officials and the Beirong people have reached a peace agreement. In fact, the Beirong people have no ability to govern at all. For hundreds of years, they have never really won the hearts of the people in that land. The gods they worship It is also difficult to get the approval of the people north of the river, so I have always let it go..."
Wu Tianen said with some difficulty: "The Jiulian Sect has endured a lot of pressure from the Wanxiang Sect and the Huaxi Sword Sect. In addition, they There are also some problems internally, so it is difficult to give us enough support. It is a good effort to win such an opportunity for us."
"Where is Lingyun Sect?" Chen Huaisheng asked suddenly. .
Wu Tianen's face showed silent embarrassment.
"The Lingyun Sect is also going to the north of the river. The Zijin Sect will enter Yiyang Mansion to preach and host sacred rituals..." A look of contempt and disdain appeared on Xu Tianfeng's face, "The Lingyun Sect is so big in the face of such an arrangement from the Dao Palace. , He didn’t even dare to resist, he actually agreed so quietly, what Jiulian Sect did was very unethical,..."
"A sect that lacks resistance and self-reliance, It won’t last long, and without this spirit, it’s even more difficult to persist in a place like Hebei,” Chen Huaisheng asserted.
"The land of Hebei has been wandering for thousands of years. During this period, the situation here has been very different from that of our Da Zhao. The Beirong people took the initiative to hand over this land of thousands of miles to Da Zhao. I am afraid that except for the war with the Tang Dynasty In addition to being too busy to take care of themselves and diverting trouble to the east, I am afraid that to a large extent they cannot control this land..." "The great nation is enshrined in Rong. The Beirong people were somewhat unable to withstand the attack of the Tang Dynasty. However, the land of Hebei cannot control the hearts of the people, and both military and sacrificial affairs are struggling. For a nation that is brave and good at war and builds a country through war, it is obvious which side to abandon, not to mention that they still retain the relationship with them on the surface. Da Zhao has the face of co-management and co-governance..."
Chen Huaisheng's analysis won the nod of approval from Wu Tianen, Xu Tianfeng and others.
"However, Hebei a thousand years ago was a blessed land with fertile fields and people living and working in peace and contentment. But after the Medieval War, it became a wilderness. Now..." Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but shake when he thought of Xiong Zhuang's impressions of his visit to Hebei. He shook his head and said, "That is a paradise for monsters, rogue cultivators, and strange cultivators. If ordinary sects like us want to gain a foothold, the challenges we face may not be as big as ordinary ones."
"There are still remnants in Hebei. From the sect family,..." Wang Yao's face turned pale. He was also blocked by Baishimen on his way back to the mountain. He was injured several times in a row and has not recovered yet. He added, "But I'm afraid it's not good for our great Zhao. In the past, sects and aristocratic families may not have welcomed them if they established a foothold..."
"It's hard to say now. When Hebei was at its peak a thousand years ago, the prosperity of its sects and aristocratic families was not as prosperous as that of Zhao today, but it was better than that of Nanchu and Wuyue. But it is more than enough. There are thirty or fifty sects and aristocratic families, but how many are left now? They are just hanging on. Facing the impact of other forces, their power has been shrinking. Let's go and have one more. The variables may be competitors, or they may be able to help each other, so it depends on the situation." Chen Huaisheng shook his head.
Xiong Zhuang told him about the situation in Hebei. It is true that there are still some sect families left, but they no longer occupy a dominant position in that land.
The two most powerful groups in that land should be the alien cultivators and the casual cultivators. Of course, there is also a stronger group, which is the monster beasts, but the monster beasts have no intelligence, and the human sect The family can only be ranked fourth.
"I heard that third-level monsters often appear in Hebei, and there are even fourth-level monsters. If we really go to Hebei, can we survive?" Lu Wenshen's question made everyone silent.
The third-order monster is an unbearable burden for everyone here. Even the Zi Mansion may not be able to easily solve it. If it is a fourth-order monster, what kind of terrifying existence is it?
What if it takes ten or eight years to finally get a foothold, but then encounters such a terrifying existence coming to your door, wouldn't it really be a mess?
Thinking of such a result, everyone felt desolate and desperate in their hearts.
Langshan and Panshan are so wonderful. They have everything they want. They are full of spiritual energy and nourished by spiritual springs and blessings. But now they suddenly have to go to Hebei, thousands of miles away. It is not said to be a poor place, but it is definitely dangerous. The situation is in danger.
"Uncle, if we really want to go to Hebei, many of the disciples in our sect may not be willing to go."
Looking at the people around him, Chen Huaisheng sighed softly.
“Especially those who have just started in the past year or two, have no deep feelings for the sect themselves, and are from Langling and surrounding counties. Are they willing to suddenly leave their hometown and go to Hebei? ”
The disciples of the Chonghua Sect are basically from Langling Prefecture and the surrounding places. To be precise, 80% of the disciples come from Yijun prefectures, and about 10% are from the neighboring Huaijun and Nanchu places. About 10% of the rest are from other places. Now they are asked to go to the unfamiliar and desolate Hebei, thousands of miles away. Will they agree?
The condition offered by Baishimen was that they would not prevent the disciples who opposed Chonghua from going to Hebei, but they could not force them to go if they were unwilling to go.
In fact, there is no need for Baishimen to emphasize this point. If you really don’t want to go to Hebei, who can force it?
The reason why Baishimen emphasizes this point is simply to take advantage of the opportunity and take over all the disciples that Chonghuamen has worked hard to train for several years.
"There is nothing we can do about it. If we don't want to go, we won't force it." Wu Tianen said solemnly: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough and turbulent know the honest minister. Situations like this are just a test of our importance. I feel pretty good when the sect is cohesive."
Chen Huaisheng smiled bitterly. Having said that, if the Chonghua sect, which originally had more than 300 disciples, ended up with only a few dozen left in Hebei, If we want to develop it again, we don’t know how much more time it will take.
But now there is no other better way.
"Actually, don't be disheartened. This time our Taoist Association showed that the people in the sect are also very excited. Senior Brother, the leader, and Senior Brother Zhu have also greatly inspired the disciples when they entered the Zifu. The situation may not be the same. It's so bad, Sitian and Huaisheng, you two should take advantage of these two days to have a good exchange with the disciples in the outer hall of the Chuangong Academy..." Wu Tianen warned.
Both Chen Huaisheng and Zhao Sitian understood the meaning of Wu Tianen's words.
The outer hall has the largest number of disciples now. The Chonghua sect has just opened up recruitment in the past two years and has expanded rapidly, accounting for half of the more than 300 disciples in the entire sect.
They have only been in the sect for a short time and have no deep feelings for the sect, but they also do not understand many situations in the world of cultivation.
Although Hebei is thousands of miles away, these teenagers, who are only in their teens, are still full of youthful enthusiasm and high morale. If they brag and deceive more, many people may not be able to get excited and follow them to Hebei.
When you get there and experience the hardship and feel the cruel reality, if you want to regret it, you have to consider the sunk costs.
The Baishimen may not accept them once they come back. If no one will accept them when they come back, where will they go?
Secondly, the danger during the long journey back is also a problem.
At that time, as long as we try to retain them in a good life, it may not be impossible to keep these people.
On the contrary, whether those disciples in the inner hall who have seen the world and have a deep understanding of the survival of the sect will continue to choose to follow the sect to Hebei is a real big question.
These are the backbone of the sect. Once too many are lost, it will be even more difficult to open up a new situation in Hebei.
(End of this chapter)