Lin Feng looked at Zhu Hongwu indifferently. Both of their expressions were very calm.
The others, on the other hand, felt a little strange. Zhu Yi was dissatisfied with Zhu Hongwu's words about Meng Bingyun, but he also realized that there were still many things he didn't know before.
He still didn't know much about his mother.
Lin Feng, on the other hand, had learned many secrets of the Taixu Temple from his previous contact with Yan Mingyue, Miao Shihao and Chen Gang, so he understood the meaning behind Zhu Hongwu's words.
Although the Taixu Temple was divided into conservatives and radicals, relatively speaking, the conservatives had the advantage. Otherwise, the Taixu Temple wouldn't still be in seclusion until now.
The purpose of the Taixu Temple's conservatives was to try their best to calm down and eliminate the disputes between the major forces of the human race, preserve the human race's power in the cultivation world, and deal with the upcoming racial war with the Demon Realm in the future.
From a simple point of view, it was actually quite good, but the problem was that even if the Taixu Temple was the number one holy land of the human race's cultivation world, it was impossible to eliminate the disputes of the various parties with just a few words.
Therefore, while the Taixu Temple tried their best to adjust, they also had many methods of their own.
Among them, constantly making arrangements to create checks and balances between the major forces was the main method.
From a certain point of view, the actions of the Taixu Temple were quite like using the world as a chess piece. Even the Great Leiyin Temple and the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, which were ranked among the three holy lands, were also within the scope of the Taixu Temple's plans.
Before the war of vanquishing Buddhism, the layout of the Taixu Temple was to use the Great Leiyin Temple to balance the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Shu Mountain Sword Sect to balance the Great Qin Dynasty.
The two holy lands separately restrained the two dynasties. This was the restriction between the most powerful forces in the Divine Land. For the slightly weaker forces, there were other ways to restrict them. For example, the confrontation between the Northern Militant Royal Court and the Tian Chi Sect also had the shadow of the Taixu Temple behind it.
The Taixu Temple would not allow one side to completely destroy the other. Instead, it would constantly weaken the strong and make up for the weak, thus achieving a balance in the overall situation. It would cause both sides to hold back from taking action, and it would not cause a real fight.
Since the last war with the Yao Realm, the power structure of the human cultivation world had basically stabilized. All the major forces were recuperating. Aside from the occasional demonic cultivators who would be wiped out and disappear, the overall situation in the Divine Land was relatively peaceful.
Everything changed because of the Buddhist Extermination War.
Under the influence of many factors, with the Great Zhou Dynasty taking the lead, many forces, including the Mount Shu Sword Sect, formed an alliance and annihilated the Tempest Temple together. The radical faction of the Taixu Temple even personally took action. With the help of the Supreme Formation Breaking Drum and the Divine Martial Immortal Extermination Formation, they forcefully broke the Vairocana Formation.
As for the conservative faction of Taixu Temple, for some unknown reason, they strangely remained silent in this battle, watching coldly from the sidelines.
After the Buddhist Extermination War, the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had almost perished together with the Tempest Temple, successfully digested most of the warring states, so their strength did not decrease, but increased.
This directly led to the collapse of the Void Temple's original layout. The Great Zhou Dynasty lost the Great Thunder Temple's restriction and developed more and more rapidly. They purged the sects and families within their borders and invaded and annexed many of the surrounding small countries, their power growing more and more.
Until now, they had already surpassed the originally stronger Great Qin Dynasty, and were even eyeing the Great Qin Dynasty covetously.
This situation naturally made the Taixu Temple worried.
At this time, a new force appeared in the eyes of the Taixu Temple and the people of the world. This force was Lin Feng and Xuanmen Tianzong.
Especially after the battle of Kunlun Mountain, Xuanmen Tianzong had established their position as the overlord of Kunlun Mountain, and had already become a force that could not be underestimated in the Divine Land.
According to the consistent principles of the Taixu Temple, the complete destruction of the Wind God Sect was the biggest taboo of the Taixu Temple. In particular, the death of Dao Master Tianfeng, a Primordial Soul Realm cultivator, was even more unacceptable.
In the war with the Demon Clan, every Primordial Soul Realm cultivator was an immeasurable wealth. The more large-scale the war, the more valuable the high-end combat power was.
Of course, Lin Feng understood this. Therefore, between Dao Master Tianfeng and Xuanming Dao Master Yu Xintao, he chose Dao Master Tianfeng because he could use Dao Master Tianfeng as bait to catch the big fish, the Golden Crow Sage.
The final result, from the perspective of the Human Clan and the Demon Clan, was that the Human Clan's Dao Master Tianfeng, who was in the first tier of the Primordial Soul realm, had traded for the Demon Clan's Golden Crow Great Sage, who was one of the Ten Sages of the Demon Clan. The Human Clan had made a fortune.
In other words, Dao Master Tianfeng and the Golden Crow Sage had perished together.
With this as the foundation, the Taixu Temple acquiesced to the fact that Lin Feng had killed Dao Master Tianfeng.
Otherwise, they would not have helped Lin Feng block Sword Master Li Meng of the Mount Shu Sword Sect.
But Lin Feng would not thank the Taixu Temple, because this was only a part of the Taixu Temple's plan. After the rise of Xuanmen Tianzong, it also became a useful pawn in the eyes of the Taixu Temple. However, Xuanmen Tianzong still needed to continue to grow, so the Taixu Temple gave him a helping hand.
After Xuanmen Tianzong completely grew up, the opponent that the Taixu Temple prepared for Xuanmen Tianzong was the Mount Shu Sword Sect!
Lin Feng, Zhu Hongwu, and some discerning people could already see that the Taixu Temple had begun a new round of its plan.
The two most important points in this round of plan were that the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Qin Dynasty had changed their opponents.
The Mount Shu Sword Sect, which had originally restrained the Great Qin Dynasty, was given to Xuanmen Tianzong in the new arrangement of the Taixu Temple. The Great Qin Dynasty would replace the destroyed Great Leiyin Temple to fight against the Great Zhou Dynasty.
There were also things that could be adjusted. For example, before the Heavenly Sect of Xuan Men displayed the strength to fight to the death with the Mount Shu Sword Sect, they might first draw the two strongest experts of the Mount Shu Sword Sect and the Great Zhou Dynasty to fight.
In short, the final principle of all the arrangements of the Taixu Temple was to balance the overall situation of the Divine Land.
Of course, no matter if it was the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Mount Shu Sword Sect, the Great Qin Dynasty, Lin Feng's Xuanmen Tianzong, the Tianchi Sect, the Northern Militant Imperial Court, and many other powers, no one would be willing to be a pawn of the Taixu Temple. Everyone had their own calculations and their own goals.
It was not that the Taixu Temple had not made mistakes before. Not to mention the distant battles, the Buddhist Extermination War was the best example.
Who won and who lost, who was the chess player and who was the pawn, who could achieve their own plans, all depended on their own strength and planning.
Zhu Hongwu looked Silently at Lin Feng. Lin Feng's expression was calm as he smiled. "The Taixu Temple has its own arrangements, but everyone has their own goals and plans. You and Liang Pan should know this the best."
"The Great Zhou Emperor's decision to rule the world is the trend of the times and the will of the heavens." Zhu Hongwu said calmly, "This is the trend of the times and not something a single sect can decide. Evil sects trying to control the world and take control of the country are just a joke."
When he said this, Zhu Hongwu's gaze was extremely calm. It was so calm that he could not be bothered to argue with others.
Hearing this, Zhu Yi's body shook as he stared at Zhu Hongwu.
Although Zhu Hongwu did not say it clearly, the meaning behind his words had already revealed the cause of Meng Bingyun's death.
Even if there was true love between them, it was inevitable that they would part ways one day. This was because both of them had their own beliefs and goals and were willing to devote their entire lives to them. This was far beyond the feelings between a man and a woman.
Zhu Hongwu took one last look at the woman in the portrait. He clenched his hand and a blazing yang energy burst out. The portrait turned black and then started to burn.
He did not turn his spiritual power into flames, nor did he gather the fire spiritual energy in the surroundings. He only used the yang energy of his body to ignite the portrait.
That exuberant energy was like the sun in the sky, making people unable to look directly at it.
Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. The Marquis of Xuanji Zhu Hongwu's martial cultivation of the body was even stronger than the Northern Rong Zuoxian Prince. He was the strongest martial cultivator he had come into contact with after coming to the Heaven Primal world.
Zhu Yi looked at Zhu Hongwu burning the portrait. His fists abruptly clenched tightly, his gaze revealing anger.
He could feel that Zhu Hongwu burning the portrait that he had personally drawn in the past was to put an end to the past, to completely sever the ties of love between him and Meng Bingyun.
This made Zhu Yi feel a bit lost amidst his anger. He could clearly feel that the Zhu Hongwu who had burned the portrait was completely different.
Just like when Zhu Yi questioned Zhu Hongwu, it was a feeling of releasing the shackles of the past. His entire body and mind had transcended and sublimated, his heart feeling incomparably carefree.
All the fetters in his heart were completely unblocked, his thoughts unobstructed.
In front of Lin Feng and the others, Zhu Hongwu raised his head to look at the sky. The apertures on his body opened and closed together, as if resonating with the stars in the sky, breathing and pulsing together.
Endless power erupted. When Zhu Hongwu's energy was surging, it was the same as the Northern Rong Zuoxian Prince. His masculine energy was practically solid, his body seemingly enveloped by a layer of red light, blazing like the sun.
But at this moment, the red light disappeared. In Lin Feng's perception, Zhu Hongwu's body seemed to have become a bottomless abyss, like the quiet and dark starry sky. Only the apertures on his body were like specks of starlight, incessantly flickering.
Facing Zhu Hongwu was like facing a condensed starry sky of the universe.
Shi Tianhao's expression was grave, while Zhuge Fengling, Tuntun and the others all revealed looks of shock and fear.
The Zhu Hongwu in front of them was like a divine king that ruled over all the gods of the heavens and earth. His entire body gave off a magical luster, as if he held the most terrifying power in the world.
Zhu Yi turned to look at Lin Feng and asked in a deep voice, "Master?"
Lin Feng nodded slowly. "At this very moment, right in front of us, he has surpassed his previous bottleneck and reached the second tier of the Primordial Soul stage. It belongs to the second tier of the Primordial Soul stage."
When he first saw Zhu Hongwu, Lin Feng had a feeling that this person's power was already at the peak of the first tier of the Primordial Soul stage. He was only a paper-thin distance away from the second tier of the Primordial Soul stage. Once he pierced through that paper-thin layer, he would immediately reach the second tier of the Primordial Soul stage.
From the looks of it, that paper-thin layer was the last flaw in Zhu Hongwu's state of mind, which originated from Meng Bingyun.
This flaw was fixed, and Zhu Hongwu immediately reached the second tier of the Primordial Soul stage.
Moreover, Lin Feng could clearly feel that this person's actual combat power was extremely terrifying. Although he had just made a breakthrough and leveled up quietly, his strength was much stronger than that of a veteran second tier Primordial Soul stage expert like Shi Zongyue.
Even the Golden Crow Sage would not be this person's match. This Zhu Hongwu was also an expert who could fight above his level. When he was at the first tier of the Primordial Soul stage, he could already challenge the Golden Crow Sage and Shi Zongyue.
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