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Chapter 960 Their own plans

The talks lasted unexpectedly short. Wang Ping made a promise, and Pei Daoren replied that they would have an answer at the next meeting. They seemed quite confident that they could take down Wei Ling and Qian Xi.

Wang Ping was naturally happy to see this happen and hinted that he could provide help, but they remained indifferent.

"These people who have been practicing since the beginning of humanity have always maintained the most basic humanity and followed their ancient traditions. They like to solve their own problems and are somewhat tolerant of humane monks. Unfortunately, this idea is not in line with today's world."

Yu Lian made this evaluation of them after observing the conversation between the two and Wang Ping.

Wang Ping couldn't help but nod his head. When humanity was at its weakest, external pressure was greater than internal conflicts, and they would subconsciously avoid more internal conflicts in order to preserve the survival and reproduction of the ethnic group.

In addition, they were the first group of criminals to be exiled, and the pressure of survival was even greater than on Zhongzhou Star, so this kind of thinking was even more serious.

"In a sense, they are a group of people who deserve to be remembered."

Wang Ping also made a comment.

Yu Lian said in a joking tone: "You have made the world remember them, but it's a pity that it's the title of rebels."

Wang Ping was silent for a while, then responded, "Whether they are rebels or not depends on their choice."

"You mean what they are going to do? I don't think it's going to happen!"

"If they can stick to their guns, I think we can give them a chance. The borders outside the territory will need to be guarded for thousands of years to come."

"The most difficult thing for people with their personalities is to stick to their opinions. The long-term pressure of survival makes them subconsciously choose short-term interests rather than more meaningful long-term interests."

Wang Ping did not continue this topic.

...

the other side.

Pei Dao Ren and Liang Dao Ren ended their meeting with Wang Ping and summoned the other two Five Realm Star Gods and their respective disciples to the dojo in their own ecological zone.

They planned to find a way to capture one of Wei Ling and Qian Xi when they separated. After a brief discussion, they decided to target Wei Ling because she was in charge of the internal affairs of the Star God Alliance and needed to go out frequently, while Qian Xi often retreated to study the extraterritorial demonic energy.

However, they should have come up with a plan immediately. They discussed it for several days without coming to a decision.

"This matter concerns our future, so we should not act rashly. Even if we do it, we must make full preparations in advance. If we fail, we have a way out. Besides, Pei Dao and I have already bought a period of sixty years, so there is no need to rush."

Liang Daoren ended the meeting with these words.

But just two days later.

In a large ecological area in the silent void near the starry sky barrier, Gray Taoist learned about the plans of Good Taoist and others in the dream he wove.

The source of his information was none other than Liang Daoren's direct disciple, a new generation of Four-Realm Star God who hated the rule of the True Lords, named Liang Qi.

"Another interesting game is about to begin."

Taoist Gray had a happy smile on his face, and his eyes reflected a hall with distinct black and white lights. The floor of the hall was made of white jade, which was rarely seen outside the domain, and it emitted a faint glow under the cold black and white light of the starry sky.

"Go and ask for the chief's messenger."

His voice echoed in the hall.

At the end of the echo a deep voice replied: "Yes!"

Taoist Gray closed his eyes again, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep. The light in the hall dimmed a little when he closed his eyes.

Half a quarter of an hour later, when the sound of leather boots stepping on the white marble floor gradually became clearer, Gray Taoist opened his eyes, and a slender third-level star god appeared in his dark eyes.

The gray Taoist leaned back slightly on the cloud bed where he was meditating, making it difficult to see his appearance at the moment. And after this action, he looked at the third-level cultivator with a flash of disgust in his eyes. He was disgusted with the man's strange figure, but then he smiled and tapped with his finger.

Suddenly, a jade slip appeared out of thin air. When the jade slip appeared, an invisible demonic energy intertwined around it, and then a secret message was engraved on it.

"Please ask the messenger to hand this jade slip to the chieftain."

As Gray Taoist spoke, he leaned forward slightly, placing himself in the light of the room and revealing his brilliant smile.

The third-level star god stepped forward to take the jade slip, glanced at Taoist Hui with great pride, and left without even saying hello.

Taoist Gray kept smiling the whole time. After watching the messenger leave, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he even laughed out loud.

After a long while, he stopped laughing and whispered, "Please invite Taoist Lin Shuang here."

The echo sounded again, and the answer he got was still that low "yes".

This time the waiting time was more than half an hour. The footsteps that were heard were very soft, and they were obviously the Ten Directions Boots, the most favored by the Zhongzhou Star cultivators.

When the white marble floor reflected the cold figure of Taoist Lin Shuang, the smile on Taoist Hui's face deepened a little, and he said with a smile: "You helped me gain the trust of Wei and Qian last time, and I haven't had time to thank you yet."

Taoist Lin Shuang bowed and responded: "Master, you are joking. We each took what we needed. There is no need to thank you."

The Gray Taoist stood up and bowed, pointing to a metal chair at his lower position and said, "Please take a seat, Taoist friend. I invited you here to thank you for your help last time and to provide you with some information."

Lin Shuang did not sit down, but asked: "It must be an important matter for the Taoist priest to take it so seriously."

She looked politely curious.

When Taoist Gray saw that Lin Shuang did not sit down, he walked down from the high platform where the cloud bed was and explained with a smile: "Some people outside the border want to capture Wei and Qian, and they have also reached some agreements with the True Lords. I want to destroy their plans and make these people turn over a new leaf."

"Oh?"

Lin Shuang's curiosity at this moment came from the heart.

Afterwards, Gray Taoist explained the cause and effect of the matter in detail.

After listening to this, Taoist Lin Shuang asked, "What are you going to do?"

Gray Taoist stretched out his right hand and lightly tapped it. Suddenly, a complex star map appeared between the two of them. He pointed at the star map and said, "The task given to me by the chief is to unify the opinions of those outside the border, instead of being indecisive like now."

Taoist Lin Shuang looked at the star map and asked again: "How about you telling me all this? What do you want to gain?" Taoist Hui smiled brightly and responded: "I need to do what the big leader told me to do. In exchange, how about I hand over the outer planet and its surrounding ecological zone to you True Lords?"

Taoist Lin Shuang did not respond immediately. She stared at Taoist Hui for a few moments and asked, "Do you have any plans?"

"My plan is very simple..."

Gray Taoist pointed at the two large ecological zones of the demon race and said, "I will let the disciples of Liang Taoist and his disciples attack the ecological zones here, and create a situation of no end with the demon race. Finally, I will anger the demon race and make them counterattack the ecological zones operated by Liang Taoist and others near the outer planet. By then, I will have a way to further expand the war."

He paused for a moment and zoomed in on the area near the outer planet in the star map. "Now that the game has come to this, both Wei and Qian have to show up and stand in the foreground. At this time, they will need people like you and me, and the other True Lords will also need people like you and me."

Taoist Lin Shuang frowned slightly and asked, "Who do you think will win?"

Gray Taoist smiled and said, "No one will win. The True Lords do not want to escalate this matter, otherwise they would not be fighting as small as they are now. Therefore, only when the war develops to an uncontrollable state will everything stop."

Taoist Lin Shuang looked at Taoist Hui and reminded him, "Perhaps the Changqing Zhenjun who is leading this war may have different ideas?"

Gray Taoist smiled indifferently and said, "Even if he has an idea, he can't stop the will of the other True Lords. And he always abides by the rules of the game and will not easily cause unpleasantness with the True Lords."

Taoist Lin Shuang still stared at Taoist Hui, "Do you want to play chess with the True Lords? Do you want to learn from True Lord Yuan Wu?"

"I have never had such an idea." Gray Taoist denied, "Under this starry sky, you True Lords are the absolute masters."

"So you want to jump out of this starry sky and use the life forms outside the domain?"

Taoist Gray didn't seem to want to respond to this topic, but after looking at Taoist Lin Shuang for a few breaths, he opened his hands and looked down at himself, saying: "Look at me, I have reached the end of the rules of this starry sky. Now I have no choice but to wait for death. Do you like the feeling of waiting to die?"

Taoist Lin Shuang was silent for a few breaths, then asked, "Why don't you follow Master Yuanwu? The likes of Qian and Wei are all minor sects. The most important thing in cultivation is to be upright. Relying on others is always illusory."

Gray Taoist replied: "Master Yuanwu is too old-fashioned, and he only trusts those around him. He won't even look at people like us. For example, why are you here? If we can follow the upright path, why do you and I have to take the small path?"

Taoist Lin Shuang's tone paused and he did not respond.

Their conversation ended here. After more than ten breaths of silence, Taoist Lin Shuang asked to leave, but Taoist Hui did not try to keep him.

When Taoist Lin Shuang's figure completely disappeared, Taoist Hui sat cross-legged on the cloud bed again. He looked at the sky gradually getting darker, his fingers unconsciously stroking the jade pendant on his waist, which had a lotus engraved on it and was quite old.

"The feeling of waiting to die," he whispered to himself, "is really uncomfortable."

As he spoke, he looked towards the open door of the hall, and outside was the endless starry sky.

The starry sky is still silent...

But beneath the seemingly calm surface, undercurrents had already begun to surge. Taoist Pei and Taoist Liang were repeatedly deducing their plans in their own quiet rooms, while Wei Ling's messenger was traveling across the star field with the key jade slip.

Everyone thinks they are in control of the situation, but they don't know that they have already become chess pieces in a bigger chess game, just like those seemingly eternal lights in the starry sky, which died billions of years ago. What people see now is just their last glimmer of light.

...

half a month later.

Wang Ping, who was in the midst of hard training, was awakened by the messages continuously sent by True Lord Lieyang through the communication token. He took out the communication token somewhat reluctantly, and immediately sensed more than a dozen messages sent by True Lord Lieyang, all asking him to open the projection space for a meeting as soon as possible.

As the projection space opened, he was the first to appear in their small meeting place, followed by True Lord Lieyang. When he was about to speak, Tiangong's figure appeared.

Before the three of them had time to say anything, Bai Yan and Xuan Qing appeared one after another.

"What's so urgent that you want to pull me out of my retreat?"

Xuanqing's tone sounded slightly dissatisfied.

Tian Gong pointed at the nearby cushions calmly and said to Wang Ping and Xuan Qing: "Although we are now projections of consciousness, our practice exists all the time. Let's sit down and talk first."

Xuan Qing glanced at Tian Gong, Bai Yan and Lie Yang, and only sat down when Lie Yang nodded to him slightly.

Wang Ping remained calm, but his thoughts were already wandering. He had already realized that this meeting was jointly proposed by Bai Yan, Tian Gong and Lie Yang.

"Lord Dragon will not come this time..." Lord Lieyang said this seemingly unnecessary opening remark, then looked at Wang Pingyan and said, "We got some information, interesting information."

As he spoke, he looked at Bai Yan again, extended his hand and invited him, "Fellow Daoist Bai Yan, please tell me the details."

A hint of color flashed across Bai Yan's cold face. Facing Wang Ping and Xuan Qing's gaze, he slowly said, "It was my disciple Lin Shuang who obtained the information through her connections in the outer border. It can also be considered as information deliberately released by the other party..."

Everyone listened to him quietly.

Bai Yan only talked about Taoist Gray's plan to incite conflict between the two sides and bring the war to the outer planet. As for the subsequent evaluation of Wang Ping and Taoist Gray's pursuit of extraterritorial life forms, I don't know whether Taoist Lin Shuang did not report it or Bai Yan did not say it.

Yu Lian first said in Wang Ping's spiritual sea: "Look, my guess was right, right? Lin Shuang was indeed released by Bai Yan on purpose. I don't know whether it was voluntary or a forced choice after Ao Yi's failure."

This is what she cares about.

After listening to Taoist Gray's plan, Wang Ping subconsciously thought of using the outer planet as an experiment to try to define high-level star gods on a large scale to see if he could speed up the practice of the 'Heaven-stealing Talisman'.

He quickly drove the matter out of his mind, and then he heard Lieyang say, "Changqing, you are directly responsible for the battlefield outside the domain, what do you think about this matter?"

"This Gray Taoist is very interesting."

Wang Ping made this comment first, then smiled and met everyone's gaze, responding: "His plan is very simple, but he just wants to stir up hatred between the demons and the border outside the domain, so that Liang Daoren and his men have no way to retreat."

When he said this, he suddenly wanted to exaggerate the matter, but on the surface he remained calm and stopped expressing his opinions.

"For many things, the simplest method is the most effective!"

Tiangong also made a comment, which was considered a response to Wang Ping.

Lieyang stared at Wang Ping and said, "How about you say the rest of your words all at once? There's no one else here."

Wang Ping said “hmm” and continued the previous topic: “Why don’t we make the situation more chaotic and bring in the other faction of Star Gods represented by Zang Yi and Yue Xi…”

(End of this chapter)