Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 349: Selecting Talented People, Not Avoiding Relatives
After coming out of the City Lord's Mansion and flying about a thousand miles out of Bian Ning City, the three of them bowed and said goodbye, and then went their separate ways to their respective garrison areas.

Meng Shanhe suddenly said, "I have something to say that I have been holding back for years. I have to say it out loud. The interests of our Dingzhou are earned with the lives of countless cultivators. It is difficult to conquer territory, and it is even more difficult to keep the resources on the territory. If we destroy the city walls and cut off our wings to weaken our power, how can we calm the growing undercurrent?"

The smile on Wei Jingshu's face faded, and he looked at Meng Shanhe, who had a calm face, and said, "Brother Meng, what do you mean? If you have anything to say, please speak clearly, don't make insinuations. Who destroyed the city wall by himself?"

Wen Yining looked at the two of them separately. She didn't understand what the conflict between them was and remained silent.

Meng Shanhe stared at the middle-aged scholar in Confucian robes ten feet away and said, "'If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself'. After the decisive battle, you have been communicating closely with Wei Xiandeng and Xu Jingcen from Juzhou, and Ling Shiyue from Hezhou, the other six-story masters. In addition, there are three less doses of the Falling God Flower Poison in our Xiyuan Holy Land's treasury. I wonder what explanation Fellow Daoist Wei has for this?"

He received a secret message from Xu Yuanchang three years ago, telling him that Xu Shengtian was ambushed by Master Yi of Xiyuezhou using the poison of the Fallen God Flower. Fortunately, the attack was resolved in time and with the help of Tang Yijian, no major disaster occurred. He asked him to check whether there was a spy inside Dingzhou.

Because if Master Yi wanted to accurately grasp Xu Shengtian's whereabouts and itinerary in the wilderness, it would be impossible and inconvenient no matter how powerful he was.

Xu Yuanchang suspected that there was a traitor or a powerful force at work.

Many years ago, Mr. Zeng was attacked by the poison of the Fallen God Flower arranged by the Black Spirit. The matter was finally left unresolved, but a thorn was never removed.

Meng Shanhe is one of the few remaining senior officials in Dingzhou. He also manages the Dingxiantai Taoist Court and has great power.

He secretly sent people to investigate and discovered that three portions of the Falling God Flower poison in the treasury of the Xiyuan Holy Land had been missing twenty years ago. It was wartime at the time, and the people coming in and out to allocate materials and manage people were mixed, and many monks were withdrawn from the battlefield and had died in the final decisive battle, so there was no way to investigate.

It is also not convenient to make a big fuss and conduct a thorough investigation into past events, which will only provoke conflicts.

But today he received another message from Xu Yuanchang, who told him roughly that Mr. Zeng had gone deep into the East Desert Hills and captured Master Yi, and had pried some information from him.

Many of the clues found, when combined with the information revealed by Xu Yuanchang, point to a very clear direction.

Wei Jingshu and Meng Shanhe looked at each other and asked, "Are you secretly investigating me?"

Meng Shanhe heard that the other party did not explain or deny it, so he knew that Wei Jingshu had been involved. He sneered and said, "You colluded with outsiders to deal with Mr. Mu who has made great contributions. Where do you put the interests of Dingzhou? The spirits of the old sword saint, the old master Xi, the master Fu and others are not far away. Check your conscience and see if you can live up to it."

Wen Yining looked at Wei Jingshu with a cold look in his eyes.

Wei Jingshu slowly stepped back and said, "Without the permission of the old sword saint and Palace Master Fu, how can you take out three pieces of the Falling God Flower from the treasury of the Xiyuan Holy Land? No matter how many merits Mr. Mu has made, it cannot change his identity as a god cultivator. There are signs that the way of gods is resurrecting. As a member of the immortal way, it is our unshirkable duty to support the righteous way. What is your intention? Wei would like to ask you."

"Sweet words and unreasoning nonsense!"

Meng Shanhe pointed at Wei Jingshu, who had retreated three hundred feet away and stopped to speak righteously, and said, "The old sword saint has a clear sword heart and a strong character. He would never do anything to betray his loyalty. You actually dared to slander the old sword saint's reputation for your own selfish interests. How crazy! The dispute between the immortal way and the divine way ended completely five thousand years ago. You use this as an excuse to exclude dissidents. It's too narrow-minded."

He was a little confused about the position of the deceased Palace Master Fu, so he did not mention Fu Xianzhi.

At the beginning, Hei Ling's Divination Shadow King had openly tried to sow discord, saying that it was Fu Xianzhi who provided the Fallen God Flower. However, with Hei Ling's defeat and Fu Xianzhi's death, there was no way to investigate and no investigation would be allowed.

"Once the news of Mr. Mu's departure leaks out, the situation of Dingzhou being the only dominant power will change. Will Juzhou and Hezhou still honestly guard their own little piece of land and not covet the wilderness resources so close to them? Do you think they are vegetarians?"

Meng Shanhe somewhat hated him for not fighting back.

People are moved by interests. There are less than twenty years left before the dark world closes. If Dingzhou fails to control the situation, the consequences will be serious.

Perhaps because of the open and secret struggles, the alliances of various continents fell apart, and they could not defend the passage to the dark world, allowing the black spirit forces to re-enter the dark world, causing a large number of casualties among monks.

Wei Jingshu said solemnly, "With the presence of the Black Spirit enemy, 'United we are strong, isolated we are weak', how could they not understand such a simple truth? Letting a sixth-level heavenly cultivator be under our noses, what if he raises a tiger and cultivates another sixth-level heavenly cultivator? Our Dingzhou will be in danger, Brother Meng, you are so confused!"

Meng Shanhe shouted sternly: "Wei Jingshu, if you dare to touch Xu Shengtian, I will never coexist with you!"

He felt a chill in his heart. Did this guy's brain get damaged by reading too much?
Behind Xu Shengtian is Xu Yuanchang. Closely related to Xu Yuanchang are the military strategists represented by Zhu Zongshan, the entire Wangjian Mountain, Tianzhen Mountain, the ancestral temple of Zhuoyao Mountain and Heizhou Peak, and the Taoist court behind him, which has exceeded half of the forces in Dingzhou.

"Humph, people with different ideals cannot work together. If you tolerate evil, you will be the sinners of Dingzhou!"

Seeing that Wen Yining was clearly on Meng Shanhe's side, Wei Jingshu said no more and turned to fly northeast.

Meng Shanhe was in great trouble. Without the old sword master in charge, Dingzhou had been in civil strife for less than ten years. He would face a series of troubles in the future. His personality was not suitable for taking care of all the chores himself.

The current good situation was hard-won and seems indestructible, but it is so easy to destroy from within.

He didn't want Dingzhou to fall into chaos and darkness.

Wen Yining shouted, "Brother Wei, Mr. Mu was arranged by Senior Yanshan to help us deal with the Black Spirit. If Senior Yanshan hadn't prepared for a rainy day and arranged for Senior Li and the ancient fairy who was reincarnated from the God to assist us, the entire Qianfang Realm would have fallen decades ago, the people would have been living in poverty, and the cultivators would have been hiding from place to place. How could we have the prosperity we have today?"

Wei Jingshu waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Li failed to pass the tribulation, and how do you explain the disappearance of Fairy Gu? I admire Senior Yanshan's unparalleled calculations, so I want to follow his example. Junior Sister Wen, you can just remain neutral and not help either side."

Wen Yining frowned and was speechless, feeling anxious and not knowing how to refute.
If the Dingzhou forces were to split, some guys might take advantage of it.

Meng Shanhe suppressed his irritation and shouted, "Fellow Daoist Wei, if you insist on doing what you want and cause unrest in the situation, and the black spirits fight back into the dark world, you will be the sinner of the entire Qianfang Realm."

"Ha, what a joke. Wei has the people in his heart. What crime has he committed..."

Wei Jingshu, who had flown nearly fifty miles away, stopped and prepared to give a long speech.

A faint blue flame suddenly erupted behind him, and in the blink of an eye, Wei Jingshu, who was shocked, was covered with a layer of blue ice crystals, on which floated wisps of blue flames, and the deep blue cold swirled into a vortex.

A young man in a green robe suddenly appeared, holding a colorful six-story tower in his left hand that looked like a crystal stone, and cursed:

"Bah! You are so pedantic and stubborn. You ignore morality for the sake of your own selfishness. Do you think you are qualified to talk about the common people?"

Meng Shanhe and Wen Yining were shocked to find out what had happened. They took out their treasures and prepared to attack, only to find that it was the mysterious young man named Ye Changmeng. The two watched as the young man waved his hand and put the frozen Wei Jingshu into the colorful tower, with no intention of taking action.

Even if they wanted to fight, they couldn't defeat that powerful young man.

This can be seen from the fact that the young man was able to easily capture Wei Jingshu alive.

"Senior Ye, can you spare Fellow Daoist Wei's life for his many years of hard work?"

Wen Yining bowed and pleaded.

She and Wei Jingshu have been friends for hundreds of years, and it is not easy to cultivate to the sixth floor. The young man snorted disdainfully: "Women's kindness, Wei Jingshu almost destroyed the foundation of Dingzhou, his crime is unforgivable, no matter how great his merits are, is there anyone like Yan Heqing who died alone?"

The Yan Heqing he was talking about was the old swordsman. He put the colorful little tower into his sleeve and asked Meng Shanhe, "What do you think?"

Meng Shanhe was too happy to handle it. He couldn't handle Wei Jingshu who had such dangerous thoughts by himself, otherwise he would have taken action long ago. He bowed and said, "Please let the senior take the lead. Wei Jingshu has brought this upon himself. I have another unwelcome request..."

The young man grinned and interrupted, "You want to use my tiger skin to intimidate other continents? So as not to destroy the current balance and prevent the black spirit from having a chance to revive?"

Meng Shanhe bowed to the ground, "Thank you, Senior, for your wisdom."

"You bastard Shengming, I didn't agree. Why don't you just show your courage and fight them to the death? At worst, we can just break up and hand over the Dark Realm to the Black Spirit. Let's see what tricks they dare to play."

The young man uttered a few harsh words in a very irresponsible tone, then disappeared into the air.

They were all troublesome. If he hadn't taken the trouble to keep an eye on them, the catastrophe would have happened again.

He just wanted the hundred-year-old dark world to close sooner.

He got very angry when he saw those despicable guys secretly selling out their own people with a righteous look on their faces. He hated traitors the most. The hidden pain of being betrayed by his brothers thousands of years ago seemed to resurface again.

Meng Shanhe was stunned. Senior Ye was really a master in temperament. He changed his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book. He was too moody.

He couldn't make up his mind for a moment, and was annoyed by these intrigues. Seeing the gentle Wen Yining looking at him, he sighed and said, "The person who tied the bell should be the one to untie it. Let's go find Xu Yuanchang. That guy is full of evil ideas and tricks."

Wen Yining nodded silently.

She didn't want to be in charge, but she and Lao Meng were the only ones in charge of the huge Dingzhou territory, so she had to take care of it.

Upon hearing that Master Meng and Wen Yining had left and returned, Xu Yuanchang was a little surprised.

He returned to the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion and greeted the two of them.

Meng Shanhe waved his hand to let Bian Qiuyan and several maids who were serving tea and spiritual fruits go down. He personally set up the soundproofing ban, then leaned back in his chair and sighed:
"Master Yuan, I'll tell you the truth. It was Wei Jingshu who colluded with Wei Xiandeng and Xu Jingcen from Juzhou, as well as Ling Shiyue and others from Hezhou, to harm Mr. Mu. Master Yi just happened to run into them and was used as a scapegoat by them. Just now on the road, I confronted Wei Jingshu with the information I had collected. He admitted what he had done and declared that the immortal way and the divine way were incompatible. He also said that if Mr. Mu cultivated another sixth-level divine cultivator, Dingzhou would be in danger."

Xu Yuanchang glanced at Wen Yining, who was drinking tea quietly and silently, and said, "Did you have a falling out? Where is he now?"

It's really hard to guard against a thief in your own home.

Mr. Mu has already taken the initiative to back off. In order to consider the overall situation and not weaken the power of the human race, he gave up pursuing Wei Xiandeng and Xu Jingcen of Juzhou who were connected with Master Yi, and lived in seclusion overseas in Dingzhou, ignoring worldly affairs. However, Wei Jingshu was so ungrateful that he still wanted to deal with Xu Shengtian relentlessly.

His first thought was that Wei Jingshu had gone crazy.

Given his protective nature and the fact that he would not allow the hard-earned peace to be disturbed, his second thought was to kill Wei Jingshu as soon as possible and eliminate the traitor.

Others can't find the reclusive Mr. Mu, but he can.

Meng Shanhe sighed and said, "We can't keep Wei Jingshu. Yuanzhang, what can you do?"

Xu Yuanchang narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Uncle Meng, you have met Taoist Master Yanshan once before. With the old Taoist master's meticulous planning... Hehe, you don't have to trick me. Was Wei Jingshu..."

He put his right palm together and made a downward chopping gesture.

Meng Shanhe laughed and said to the smiling Wen Yining, "Look, this kid is very clever. We can't hide it from him."

Wen Yining continued, "Senior Ye suddenly appeared and froze Wei Jingshu with a powerful ice and fire technique, and put Wei Jingshu into a small colorful tower. I begged for mercy, hoping to spare Wei's life, but was scolded by Elder Ye."

Xu Yuanchang was completely relieved, knowing that Ye Changmeng's actions would definitely not leave any trouble.

It's also a little strange. Considering the hatred between Lao Li and Taoist Yanshan and others, it's already generous of him not to harm the human race in the dark world. Why does he have to help the human race overcome difficulties at critical moments time and time again?

It is understandable that various arrangements were made during the decisive battle in order to earn a large amount of merit.

He couldn't understand why he took the initiative to deal with Wei Jingshu this time.

Lao Li is not the type to meddle in other people's business.

It is even more impossible to give him face. He has no face at all with Lao Li.

When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something wrong. Next time he sees it, he will definitely ask about it carefully.

Meng Shanhe briefly recounted his conversation with Senior Ye, saying, "In just one day, Dingzhou lost two high-end fighters in succession. It won't be long before other continents know about it, which will definitely cause a huge uproar. Yuanzhang, you have always been resourceful and resourceful. I beg you to give us some advice to stabilize the situation. If the threat of the Black Spirit is not eliminated and the Thousand Square Realm becomes chaotic, the consequences are unimaginable."

Xu Yuanchang pondered for a moment and said, "The news of Mr. Mu's retirement must not be leaked. With Mr. Mu in Bian Ning City, the situation can be stabilized. As for those restless guys in Juzhou and Hezhou, I will write a letter of admonition in Ye Changmeng's tone and use Wei Jingshu as an example to scare the monkeys and make them dare not act rashly."

Meng Shanhe and Wen Yining looked at each other. They had never thought of acting in the name of Senior Ye. Only Xu Yuanchang dared to act in the name of Senior Ye to reprimand Wei Xiandeng and others.

The way they consider issues is completely different from Xu Yuanchang's.

"I wonder if Gencho has a suitable candidate for the position of Nishihara Academy's chief priest?"

"Yan Ruoxing has been promoted to the fifth level of Confucianism for twenty years. He practices the principles of benevolence and righteousness. He can be recommended as the chief priest of the school to rectify the atmosphere from top to bottom."

Xu Yuanchang recommended his own people very bluntly, as he promoted the talented person regardless of his relationship with them.

"Yan Ruoxing...isn't his experience a little shallow?"

"It would be strange if you two came forward and Old Yan still has little experience."

"You kid..."

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(End of this chapter)