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Chapter 586 Planning the Fourth Realm

When Hu Qianqian heard this, the hair on her tail that was attached to her waist stood up. Then she subconsciously shook her tail and twitched her ears. She clasped her fists and bowed to Wang Ping and said, "Master, I know the whereabouts of those four people."

Wang Ping waved his hands, "You don't know!" Then he smiled and said to Hu Qianqian, "Don't worry, I will take care of everything."

Hu Qianqian was stunned when she heard this, then nodded slightly and said no more.

Wang Ping then stretched out his right hand and lightly tapped it. Countless roots of spiritual trees broke out of the ground under a spiritual tree, entangled to form a chessboard. He asked, "Who is willing to play a game of chess with me?"

"I'll try!"

Yuan Zheng couldn't wait to say, "This should be your first time playing chess after coming out of seclusion. I have to take this opportunity to defeat you once."

Wang Ping smiled silently, then walked to the side of the chessboard and sat on the ground. Rain lotus rose into the sky and hung on the branches of the spiritual tree next to him. Yuan Zheng quickened his pace and walked over to sit opposite Wang Ping. Ruan Chunzi, Wu Fu and Dong Can all stood behind Yuan Zheng, waiting for the game to begin with anticipation.

Xia Wenyi greeted Shen Xiaozhu beside him and then walked out. When Wang Ping and Yuan Zheng finished guessing the chess pieces, he came in with several boys. Some of these boys were carrying tea tables, and some were holding fruit plates with fresh fruits. At Xia Wenyi's instruction, they carefully placed the tea tables and fruit plates next to the chessboard.

When Wang Ping and Yuan Zheng's opening pattern was determined, Liu Shuang came over holding two jars of aged rice wine. Ruan Chunzi couldn't wait to step forward, unseal the jars, take out the large wine glasses he had prepared, and personally pour wine for everyone present.

The jar of wine was finished in just two rounds. When Liu Shuang went to the cellar to get more wine, Yuan Zheng asked, "What are you going to do with those four people? Are you going to just show up at their doorstep?"

Wang Ping looked up at Yuan Zheng and said, "From your tone, you should have a plan in place, right?"

Xia Wenyi, who was sitting on the ground to Wang Ping's left, said, "There are many monks in Nanlin Road who are dissatisfied with the new Taoist temples in Mozhou Road. Guangshan Temple has made countless enemies. As long as we nod, there are many people willing to lead the charge for us!"

Ruan Chunzi picked up the wine glass and said as he poured the wine, "It would be best if we could also bring along the monks from Ningzhou Road."

Guangshan Temple is the Taoist temple that provided a hiding place for the four monks. It was built by Erjingshui sixty years ago when the southern cultivation world was in turmoil. At that time, many Taoist temples like it were built on Mozhou Road.

"When these Taoist temples were first established, they had conflicts with the local forces in Mozhou Road. In order to stabilize the situation and suppress the local aristocratic families, we chose to cooperate with these Taoist temples. Now it seems that it was a bad move. Not only did we fail to suppress the local aristocratic families, but we let the monks from the Southeast Islands take advantage."

Yuan Zheng said in a positive tone: "The Dao Palace must have been bewitched by some people when handling this matter."

Ruan Chunzi drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, exhaled the alcohol and said: "The cultivators in the world, especially those in the five sects of Xuanmen, almost all know each other. It is not too easy for Linshui Mansion to exert influence on Dao Palace. This is inevitable."

Shen Xiaozhu continued, "From the perspective of sixty years ago, the Dao Palace's original decision was not wrong, and we all agreed with it at the time. At that time, the aristocratic families dared to kill even the royal family at will, and suppressing them was the best choice. The balance of forces today is also due to the original choice."

"Well, Xiaozhu is right!" Yu Lian, who was hanging on the branch of the spiritual tree, echoed.

Wang Ping seemed to have no interest in such trivial matters. He calmly placed a piece and asked, "Why do Ziluan, Wu Quan, and Gan Qi care about this matter?"

This is what really matters to him!

Everyone was silent for a while when faced with this question, and finally Xia Wenyi spoke up, "Since the death of Senior Gan Xing, the external development of the Loose Cultivator Alliance has suffered a devastating blow. Their caravans can't even go south, and can only trade with the Liangjiang area. The share of elixirs they originally supplied to the Dao Palace has been divided up by Mozhou Road because they can't gather the medicinal materials."

"Senior Wu Quan seems to be plotting to seize the Dao Palace in Mozhou Road. From various intelligence reports, it seems that he is targeting the fourth realm that Taoist Zhigong is planning. Senior Ziluan also supports him."

"Da!" Wang Ping dropped a piece and looked at Xia Wenyi. Seeing that Xia Wenyi did not continue, he asked, "Where is Ziluan?"

Xia Wenyi shook his head. "It's impossible to guess. I couldn't even start investigating him, so I specifically investigated his two disciples. Qin Zifeng had already been promoted to the second realm twenty years ago. He and Hong Yuan often went to Xizhou in recent years."

"Xizhou? What are you going to Xizhou for?"

Yulian asked curiously.

Xia Wenyi looked up at Yu Lian, "To answer Uncle Master's question, according to the information provided by Qing Jiang later, the two of them were searching for some demon tribe sites that Senior Xiu Yu had visited. They seemed to be looking for something, and every time they arrived at a place, they would build a magic circle to calculate the luck of the heaven and earth in that place."

Wang Ping's hand holding the chess piece paused for a moment, and he immediately realized that Zi Luan was calculating the secret of his advancement to the fourth realm, and that he had not kept it secret from anyone. However, this matter seemed to reveal something strange.

Yuan Zheng glanced at Wang Ping's hand without asking any questions, and placed a piece on it. Dong Can, who had been silent all this time, bowed to Wang Ping and said, "I do have some information about Zi Luan..."

"Oh?"

Wang Ping raised his eyelids and glanced at Dong Can.

Dong Can lowered his head and continued, "Based on some information I have obtained, I infer that Zi Luan should have reached some agreement with the 'First Day'. Cleaning up Mozhou Road is to facilitate some actions of the 'First Day'."

"How to say?"

"Mozhou Road has always been an important transit area for the 'First Day' in Zhongzhou. After Linshui Prefecture infiltrated Mozhou Road, it severely compressed the living space of the 'First Day'. If this continues, the 'First Day' may be completely driven out of Mozhou Road."

Wang Ping smiled and said, "So, the people of Mozhou Road should be grateful to them?"

Shen Xiaozhu said softly: "After Linshui Prefecture infiltrated Mozhou Road, it did introduce many policies that benefit the people. They have always had a good reputation in the mortal world over the years."

Wang Ping straightened up after hearing this. Everyone subconsciously looked at him. He slowly straightened his sleeves and said, "You mean to say that if we start a fight in Mozhou Road, we will lose the support of the people in Mozhou Road?"

Xia Wenyi smiled and said, "This is a simple matter. I just said that there are many people willing to rush to the front for us. We don't have to be the bad guys!"

Wang Ping just nodded and didn't continue the topic.

The others looked at Wang Ping and couldn't make up their minds for a moment, so they didn't continue the topic. Hu Qianqian, who was sitting next to them helping to serve the wine, had her furry ears shaking constantly, and Wang Ping's figure was reflected in her blue eyes from time to time.

The game of chess ended in less than half an hour, mainly because Wang Ping made his moves very quickly and Yuan Zheng was defeated because he could not match Wang Ping's speed.

When the game was decided, Wang Ping stood up and called to his left and right, "Who wants to continue?"

After a while, the second game was between Wu Fu and Ruan Chunzi. Wang Ping called Yuan Zheng, Hu Qianqian and Xia Wenyi and said, "Come with me for a walk."

The three of them naturally would not refuse, and followed Wang Ping to the most densely leafed area in the middle of the garden. When the rain lotus fell on Wang Ping's shoulder, Wang Ping said, "From now on, I will plan for the fourth realm!"

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