For it to be called a pancake selling incident, it was naturally not as simple as someone buying a pancake and then tampering with it.
After all, the people of the Xuanji Sect were not stupid.
In fact, the pancake selling incident was actually a series of tragedies. The specific process could be said to be extremely complicated. Even until now, 'Zu Lian' had not figured out what exactly happened.
But what was certain was that the incident first happened in one of the Xuanji Sect's branches, and the cause could be said to be an almost inconspicuous farce.
The Xuanji Sect's branch received an anonymous letter.
The content of the letter was very simple. The general meaning was that within five days, someone would assassinate a deputy leader of the branch. The information received was that the opponent disguised himself as a pancake seller in the prefecture city.
When such a letter was delivered to the branch leader, his expression became somewhat complicated. Whether he believed it or not was one thing, but the most important thing was that there was more than one deputy branch leader in the branch, and there were at least several dozen vendors in the prefectural city, including temporary stalls. The number of people involved was no less than a thousand.
Which deputy leader would be attacked?
Who was this person disguised as a biscuit seller?
The branch leader's head really hurt …
But even so, he quickly ordered a citywide search. He had to nip this unfavorable incident in the bud.
However, there was still a big difference between doing it and doing it.
Even a powerful force like the Xuanji Sect still had no way to find the confirmed target among the thousands of people involved. They only found a few suspicious people.
Five days passed by quickly. The attempt to assassinate the Deputy Division Leader did not come to pass. However, the division once again received an anonymous letter.
The content was the same. Within five days, there was a pancake seller who wanted to assassinate a deputy leader.
"Go to hell with your dirty tricks!" The branch leader was enraged on the spot. With a wave of his hand, the anonymous letter was torn to shreds and the matter was left unsettled.
Then, another five days passed. The deputy leaders were still safe and sound. The anonymous letter was once again delivered on time. There were no other changes.
Of course, there were changes. For example, the branch leader directly said that in the future, there was no need to hand over the anonymous letter to him. He could handle it himself.
Then …
Then something happened.
One dark and windy night, a deputy branch master went out late at night and didn't return. The next day, his corpse was found at the entrance of the prefectural city. On the corpse, there was even a piece of bread that had been bitten off.
"…" The Branch Leader was very depressed. Then, this matter was naturally reported to the Four Stars Sect, and the higher-ups made a decision.
However, how could the higher-ups make a decision for the branch? The order was immediately sent back, and the branch was ordered to send people to continue the investigation.
But how was the branch going to investigate? He couldn't possibly kill all the people selling biscuits in the city, could he? There was no way to investigate such matters.
The following days would only get more and more exciting.
From time to time, the branch would receive an anonymous letter. Today, it was a biscuit seller who wanted to assassinate the wife of the deputy branch leader. Tomorrow, it would be a biscuit seller who wanted to assassinate the steward of the branch.
In short, the target of the assassination was always changing, but the identity of the assassin was always selling biscuits.
This naturally caused the people in the branch to be on tenterhooks. Coupled with the continuous real assassinations and the various biscuits found on the corpses, the Four Stars Sect was finally enraged.
With a single order, all the biscuit sellers in the prefectural city were beaten up. Although they weren't killed, they were all arrested and interrogated.
The result of this was obvious. There were no more biscuits sellers in the prefectural city. Naturally, it was impossible to buy a single biscuit in the huge prefectural city.
As for the consequences …
Of course, this also caused the people to be dissatisfied. The entire city was in an uproar, and they all demanded that the Four Stars Sect return the people of the prefectural city to a life of biscuits.
At this time, the Four Stars Sect finally received another anonymous letter. The contents of the letter were almost the same as before. The only difference was that the biscuit sellers were now vegetable sellers.
"…" The Branch Leader was dumbfounded. Due to the immense pressure from the people, he chose to release the biscuit sellers and then shift the direction of the investigation to vegetable sellers.
However, after being arrested and released, half of the biscuit sellers ran away overnight. After all, which prefecture city couldn't sell biscuits to make a living?
As the saying goes, with one skill in hand, the world is mine!
In order to live a more carefree and safe life, the people selling biscuits all moved from the prefecture city to a new prefecture city and began to live in peace and contentment.
Then, after a few assassinations, the vegetable sellers in the prefecture city were beaten up again.
The hardworking vegetable sellers were unreasonably arrested and interrogated. Not only did they lose more than half of their biscuits in the huge prefecture city, they couldn't even buy vegetables anymore.
Anger!
The anger of the people was surging!
When Wang Chao saw the strong anger of the people, he naturally reprimanded them loudly. The vegetable sellers in the prefecture city finally regained their freedom, but thirty percent of them ran away overnight.
As a result, the Four Stars Sect's branch didn't have an easy time. Everyone who went out was pointed at by the people, and they were pitiful like street rats.
The glory was gone, and their reputation was gone.
The elite geniuses who had been recruited by the Four Stars Sect naturally had some complaints. After all, they had joined the Four Stars Sect to bring glory to their ancestors and not to be judged by everyone behind their backs.
Then, as time passed, the Four Stars Sect had no choice but to order the branch to be secretly stationed in the prefecture city. Most of the people left, and only a few who were in charge of gathering intelligence were left behind.
Following the Four Stars Sect's retreat, the other sects naturally moved into the prefecture city, opened branches, and recruited elites. Among them, the most popular sect was the Shadow Sect.
This was because the Shadow Sect opened more than ten biscuit shops in the prefecture city, and with a special pizza, they won the hearts of the people.
After that …
The same thing happened in the branches that the Four Stars Sect had occupied in the prefecture city. In a short span of a year, the Four Stars Sect was forced out of several prefecture cities.
These prefectural cities were all taken over by the Shadow Sect and the pizza became a very popular food in these prefectural cities. Not only did they make a lot of money, but they also gained the support of the Shadow Sect in the prefectural cities. They seemed to be suppressing the reputation that the Xuanji Sect had built up over the past few hundred years.
One year!
In the short span of a year, the Four Stars Sect had not only lost the income of several prefecture cities, but they had also lost a lot of their reputation because of an inconspicuous' biscuit '.
How could he not be angry?
Zu Lian was not stupid, and even if he was stupid, he could still tell that the Shadow Sect was behind this, but the problem was that he had no evidence.
Without evidence, the only thing he could do was to start a war with the Shadow Sect in several prefecture cities. But the problem was that the Shadow Sect was not weak, and they had gained a lot of reputation from selling biscuits in the prefecture cities. Once the Four Stars Sect caused a ruckus, they were naturally at a disadvantage again.
After a few clashes, the Four Stars Sect's reputation in the prefecture cities fell, while the Shadow Sect became more and more popular, and their business grew steadily.
This was the entire process of the biscuit incident.
So how could Zu Lian not be angry when he saw Shadow Sect's Wu Yuer step forward? After all, that was the income of several prefecture cities.
Most importantly, the biscuit peddling incident was still going on and it was spreading like wildfire within the Four Stars Sect's territory. Zu Lian did not have a good way to stop it from happening and he could only tolerate it. He did not cause trouble for the biscuit peddlers or interrogate the vegetable peddlers.
But he could not stop anonymous letters from coming in one after another.
Even though the Four Stars Sect had strengthened their security and the number of assassinations had decreased, the occasional one or two would still cause a lot of discussion within the Four Stars Sect.
This was a very painful feeling. It was as if they could not cure the root cause of the problem, and the pain would come from time to time. It was like maggots in the bones, and Zu Lian was on the verge of going crazy.
"Which shameless person gave Wu Yuer such a plan?!" The Four Stars Sect and the Shadow Sect had been fighting for many years and Zu Lian naturally knew some of Wu Yuer's tricks. Therefore, he was very sure that Wu Yuer would not have been able to come up with such a shameless plan.
Of course, this was not the time to discuss this matter. Zu Lian was just venting his anger. After all, the anger that he had been suppressing, coupled with Wu Yuer's words, "How can a sparrow know the ambitions of a great swan", and the look of disdain in her eyes, made it impossible for him to bear with it any longer.
But the crux of the matter was …
Even though he was acting like a senior and had shown his anger, Wu Yuer did not even look at him. She continued to look at him with disdain and disdain.
"Idiot!" Wu Yuer replied indifferently. Then, she ignored Zu Lian and turned to look at Mu Qingfeng, waiting for his reply.
"You …"
"Sect Leader Zu, there is no problem with Sect Leader Wu's registration. Moreover, we are here to discuss a major matter that concerns the people of the world. I hope that Sect Leader Zu can put aside some of the small conflicts between the sects. If we can't be united, then what's the point of this Heaven Alliance Meeting?"
Just as Zu Lian was about to continue speaking, Mu Qingfeng waved his hand and tried to persuade him.
Zu Lian narrowed his eyes and looked at the other four sects of the Holy Region. Then, he looked at the gazes of the other sects and did not continue speaking.
However, it was obvious that Zu Lian was very angry. This anger was reflected on his face and it was as red as a pig's liver.
"Alright, I, Zu Lian, have been disrespectful to Sect Leader Wu today. It is my fault and I apologize. However, I would like to see how powerful the Shadow Sect led by Sect Leader Wu is to be able to compete with the Four Stars Sect and the Five Sects of the Holy Region!" Zu Lian was the leader of a sect after all. Even though he was angry, he could still control himself. After saying that, he did not say anything else.
Mu Qingfeng did not continue speaking on this matter. After looking around, he spoke again. "Are there any other sects who are willing to participate?"
"…"
The other sects looked at each other. After hearing the conversation between the Four Stars Sect and the Shadow Sect, they could see the hidden "flames of war" in this martial arts competition.
Considering the long-term development of their sects, they chose to remain silent at this moment. After all, these young elites represented the future of their sects.
"Since there are no other sects who are willing to participate, let's not waste any more time!" The Valley Master of Fu Xi Valley, Mo Shanshi, finally spoke again after waiting for a while.
"Mm, thanks to the trust of all the sect leaders and fellow sect leaders, this martial arts competition will be held between the Five Sects of the Holy Region, the Four Stars Sect, and the Shadow Sect. The order of the battles … will be decided by drawing lots. Does anyone have any objections?" Mu Qingfeng nodded lightly and announced loudly.
"No objections!"
"It's fair to draw lots for the battles."
"That's right. Since Pavilion Master Mu was the one who called for this Heaven Alliance Meeting, he should be the one presiding over the rules."
Everyone looked at each other again and nodded their heads. They didn't have any objections to Mu Qingfeng's proposed rules.
"Alright, let's draw lots!" Mu Qingfeng nodded. At this stage of the Heaven Alliance Meeting, apart from the slight adjustments to the rules of the martial arts competition, the participation of the Four Stars Sect and the Shadow Sect was within his expectations. Therefore, Mu Qingfeng was quite satisfied with the results.
As for the drawing lots …
Naturally, he had already made the necessary preparations.
As Mu Qingfeng's voice fell, a Heaven Dao Pavilion disciple brought seven jade-green tokens. They were smooth, soft, and glowed faintly.
"There's a number hidden in each of these jade tokens. The two numbers that are adjacent to each other will be your opponent in the first round of the competition. Since there are a total of seven sects participating in this competition, as long as you draw a jade token with the number seven, you'll be able to skip the first round of the competition and directly advance to the second round of the competition. Do you have any objections?" Mu Qingfeng pointed at the jade token and stated the rules of drawing lots.
"No objections, let's begin!" Four Stars Sect Leader Zu Lian said quickly. Then, he glanced at a young disciple behind him.
The young disciple quickly understood what he meant. He cupped his fists at Mu Qingfeng, then quickly walked in front of the Heaven Dao Pavilion disciple and drew a jade token.
Very quickly, a number lit up on the jade token.
"Five!"
"Five? Haha, not bad! " Zu Lian nodded his head in satisfaction. Although he was slightly disappointed that he did not get the number seven, he would still be fighting at the end of the first round if he got the number five. This way, he would have the time to observe the strength of the Five Sects of the Holy Region.
"Yin Yang Hall has drawn the number one!" At this moment, a voice rang out. Then, everyone's attention was naturally focused on the Yin Yang Hall disciple who was holding the jade token with the number "one".
"I didn't expect to be the first to fight. However, I wonder who Yin Yang Hall's opponent will be?" The Hallmaster of Yin Yang Hall, Dao Hun, stood up at this moment. He looked at the figure behind Dao Xin, who was wearing a Yin-Yang mask. A cold look flashed across his eyes.
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