No abstraction, no cultivation

Chapter 176 Nothing more than that
Qinghua Palace, in a remote courtyard.

Lan Ran and Lan Dai sat opposite each other with a pot of tea in front of them.

Qinghua Palace has become more lively than before. The Taoist Alliance is in full swing, and many small sects have joined the Taoist Alliance under the pressure of survival.

When there are too many people, it becomes noisy.

Tea is not bland anymore.

"You're so stingy. You asked me here just to drink tea and you're not even willing to give me wine?" Lan Dai said jokingly, looking at the pot of tea on the table.

In the past, he drank more tea and less alcohol.

Now, he drinks more wine and less tea.

"I had a lot of meetings today, and I feel a little upset!" Lan Ran said, patting his belly.

Speaking of meetings, Lan Dai also sighed.

He has mature experience in managing a sect, as all his disciples are his own.

Managing a league is another matter.

In addition to the Qinghua Sect and the Yunshui Sect, the Taoist Alliance now has eight or nine other small sects. On the surface, they are on good terms with each other, but Taoist Qinghua intentionally or unintentionally favors the Qinghua Sect, causing dissatisfaction among those small sects and the Yunshui Sect.

It’s just that due to the huge influence of the Qinghua faction and the resentment in their hearts, their voices are the loudest during the meeting.

Originally, no one listened to what they said.

But the Taoist Alliance also added several small sects, making their voices loud and noisy.

"How difficult it is to treat everyone equally?" Lan Dai sighed. He knew the problem was that the Dao Alliance was not fair.

The Taoist Alliance is the Taoist Alliance of the Qinghua Sect, not the Taoist Alliance of other sects.

"In my opinion, it would be better to recruit them and make them a part of the sect," said Lan Ran.

Once they are all incorporated, there will be no more people from the Qinghua Sect and people outside the Qinghua Sect, and there will be no unfair treatment.

External conflicts become internal conflicts, and we can solve them by ourselves behind closed doors.

Lan Dai sighed again and said, "The Ancestor doesn't think highly of them!"

Why does Taoist Qinghua favor the Qinghua Sect? On the one hand, he feels that the Qinghua Sect members are all his disciples and have similar temperaments to his.

On the other hand, I feel that people from other factions are too pedantic, too weak, and too... too free and easy!

"I think the master is too willful." Lan Dai sighed again and said.

His sighs became more frequent.

Only when he was with Lan Ran in private could he say whatever he wanted to say.

Normally, I am ordered around by the masters like a tireless ox or horse.

With a bunch of leaders above him, who knows his pain?
When he said the founder was too willful, he wasn't just complaining, it was the truth.

It cannot be said that Taoist Qinghua is willful, but rather that everyone in his lineage is willful.

Sometimes, people just follow their own ideas without considering the "overall situation" and "interests".

The successive ancestors of the Qinghua School were therefore divided into two factions.

One group believes that no matter what the overall situation is, one must first take care of "me", and only after taking care of "me" can the overall situation be considered.

One group believes that there is no overall situation and that “I” is the overall situation.

It can be said that each one is more willful than the other.

This is the case with the Qinghua Taoist priest and the founder of the Qinghua School, but this is not the case with Lan Dai.

Lan Dai can be regarded as one of the few responsible monks in Qinghua Sect.

It was because he saw the exiled immortal sneaking across the river and realized the harm he posed that he called on Lan Ran to get rid of him.

As a result... the sky cracked, and the people from the fairy world ran to the world of immortal cultivation, making all his previous actions in vain.

It really is...it’s all about time and fate.

It’s not that he didn’t prepare for a rainy day, but that the rain was too heavy!

"I think so too." Lan Ran nodded. He felt that he was already casual enough, but he still felt that Qinghua Patriarch was different from him.

That was a strong parental presence that made him feel pressured all the time.

The return of the ancestors of all generations and the founder of the sect did not make things easier for them, but instead made things more complicated.

The right to speak for the Taoist Alliance and even the Qinghua Sect fell into their hands, and Lan Dai and Lan Ran gradually became transparent.

Neither of them cares about power.

It’s just that...the ancestors of all generations didn’t do a very good job.

The two of them looked at each other and saw each other's feelings in their eyes.

It was a very strange feeling, as if you met some idols and industry leaders, but when you started talking, you found out.

But that's it...

That's really it.

Before, they knew about Taoist Qinghua from Zu Shuo (Ancestor’s Sayings) and from the mouths of the ancestors of all generations, and they were born to look up to the ancestors of all generations.

Now, when they really face the Patriarch, they find that the Patriarch can be their friend and can be their Patriarch, but not the head of a sect or the leader of the Taoist Alliance.

Being friends, being a master and a disciple, and doing things are two different things.

What we need to do is to have a purpose, find methods, solve problems when they arise, and achieve the goal to the greatest extent possible!
The most important thing is to have the persistence and perseverance to do things, rather than retreating, compromising, or giving up when you encounter difficulties.

Many things in the Taoist Alliance are caused by the fact that Taoist Qinghua is sometimes too easy to compromise and sometimes not willing to compromise, which has led to the current situation of disunity.

In general, they don’t feel that the ancestors are bad, nor do they feel that the masters are not strong, but they feel that the way they do things is not good enough.

In addition, when they first came back, they were all juniors and could only look up to these seniors and had no say.

As time went by, the "halo of the ancestors" on them gradually faded away, and looking up to them turned into looking at them straight. Lan Dai and Lan Ran also gradually saw the abilities of the ancestors.

"What should we do now?" Lan Dai said.

"Let it be as it is!" Lan Ran said calmly.

"How is it?"

"That's the way it is!"

The two seem to be engaging in a charade, but neither of them is the Riddler.

Lan Dai looked at the serious Lan Ran and knew that Lan Ran would not joke. He said, "I can probably only deal with one."

"You're not bad, are you?" Lan Ran smiled faintly and said, "Leave the rest to me!"

Lan Dai pretended to be surprised and said, "You can fight a group? So good?"

"I do have some experience with swordsmanship," Lan Ran said, "but I can't beat a group of them."

"then you……"

Lan Ran said: "I just need to defeat one!"

Lan Dai was silent for a moment, then said:
"Hang!"

He knew who that one represented!
Just as he was about to say something, he took out a jade token from his bosom. The jade token glowed, which meant that the meeting was about to begin.

"I wonder what this meeting is for?" he said, shaking his head.

"It doesn't matter." Lan Ran also stood up.

His jade token also glowed, and it was obvious that he was also present at this meeting.

Lan Dai suddenly asked, "What time is it?"

"Fifty-fifty!"

"So confident?"

"It's just life or death."

There are only two outcomes for him, life or death.

(End of this chapter)