In Eastern Qi's Chunyang Dao Sect, Xiang Chong, who had disguised himself and came here secretly, was feeling uneasy.
Xiang Long's plan was too big and his plan was crazy. Once it failed, the Northern Yan would be in a mess!
However, if Xiang Long's plan was really carried out and he succeeded, the Northern Yan's strength would skyrocket. At the same time, it would create a strong yet fragile balance.
When he first heard of Xiang Long's plan, Xiang Chong's first reaction was that Xiang Long was crazy. However, Xiang Chong agreed in the end. As for why he agreed, perhaps it was because he hated Xiang Long for disregarding his brotherhood for the sake of the throne. However, he had to admit that the Northern Yan's current scale was all thanks to Xiang Long's governance and planning.
He was not a good brother or a good father, but he was a qualified emperor.
Xiang Chong was just a martial artist. However, decades ago, he did not have the strength of the Spiritual Refinement State with Real Fire. Even if he had, a Real Fire Refinement State would not be able to save the Northern Yan.
So now, even if he thought Xiang Long's plan was crazy, he still nodded and agreed. He even wanted to do these things personally.
This was because only he could obtain Xiang Long's absolute trust. Only his strength and status could guarantee the completion of these tasks.
The Chunyang Dao Sect was his second stop. His first stop was the Great Light Temple.
The reason why Xiang Chong went to the Great Light Temple was simple. According to Xiang Long, he invited the Great Light Temple to come to Yan Jing City to build a branch temple. He also used the excuse that there were many bandits and villains in the Northern Yan to ask the monks of the Great Light Temple to come forward and suppress these people.
Xiang Long was extremely afraid of the Great Light Temple. However, he took the initiative to lead the Great Light Temple. In fact, it was because he was even more afraid of Chu Xiu!
All along, Xiang Long knew that he wanted Chu Xiu to deal with the Great Light Temple. In the end, Chu Xiu was only pretending to comply but secretly slacking off. He could not do anything about it.
Since it did not work on Chu Xiu's side, then he would bring in the Great Light Temple and drive the tiger to swallow the wolf. He would disperse the power of the Subduing Martial Hall. With Chu Xiu's personality, he did not believe that Chu Xiu could endure it!
As for the Great Guangming Temple, they were not idiots. They naturally knew what Xiang Long was thinking, but they still agreed. There was only one reason, Yan Jing City was the core of the entire Northern Yan. The Great Guangming Temple was extremely strict in recruiting disciples, but it was precisely because of this that they needed a large number of disciples to be screened.
Now that Xiang Long had opened up the core of the Northern Yan to the Great Guangming Temple, the Great Guangming Temple could not refuse.
Although Xiang Long had already guessed that Xu Yun and the other upper echelons of the Temple of Great Light would definitely request their disciples to focus on teaching and not have any conflict with Chu Xiu, Xiang Long believed that conflict would happen sooner or later.
The reason was very simple. It was impossible for a Buddha and a demon to coexist peacefully under the same roof.
Xiang Chong wanted to say that Xiang Long was playing with fire. This kind of behavior might be rejecting the tiger at the front door and inviting the wolf at the back door. However, Xiang Long's next plan was even more daring. This was no longer playing with fire, it was directly roasting himself on the fire.
The reason why he came to the Chunyang Dao Sect was also very simple. He also wanted to bring in the Chunyang Dao Sect into Yan Jing City.
Taoism and Buddhism could not coexist and they kept each other in check. As the local tyrant of the Northern Yan, the Great Guangming Temple would undoubtedly have another enemy and an additional layer of risk of conflict.
Moreover, Xiang Long had already calculated everything. The probability of the Chunyang Dao Sect agreeing was more than 90%.
The reason was very simple. The Chunyang Dao Sect did not have an easy time in Eastern Qi.
There were two major Taoist sects in Eastern Qi. The Chunyang Dao Sect was not well-liked due to its own way of doing things. It could not compare to the peaceful Real Martial Arts Sect.
Most importantly, because of Ning Xuanji's halo, the Real Martial Arts Sect was now the national religion of Eastern Qi.
With the support of the country's power, even if the Real Martial Arts Sect's current strength was not too strong, and although Lu Changliu was a good person, he was just a good person, at least the Real Martial Arts Sect did not have to worry about the decline of the next generation.
On the other hand, the Chunyang Dao Sect was in danger and needed a new breakthrough.
Therefore, after Xiang Chong personally came to the Chunyang Dao Sect and told the Chunyang Dao Sect about this, Ling Yunzi, who was in seclusion, personally agreed to let Xi Yunzi bring the older generation of Chunyang Dao Sect to Northern Yan and establish the Chunyang Dao Sect's branch in Northern Yan.
After coming out of the Chunyang Dao Sect, Xiang Chong let out a long sigh.
He had to admit that Xiang Long had been the Emperor for decades. At least in terms of thinking about people, he was much better than him, a martial artist who had been practicing martial arts for decades.
The integration of the three branches of Taoism, Buddhism, and Devil could be considered to have balanced the internal problems.
As for the external problems, Xiang Chong still had to go to the East Sea to meet the people of the Jiangshan Pavilion.
The Jiangshan Pavilion was one of the Six Sects of Human Harmony. In fact, it was rarely active in the Central Plains, and its behavior was not too much related to the sects. To be precise, it was an organization to restore the country. It was called the Grassland Sect, but in fact, it was a fallen royal family.
In the past, there were many small countries in the Central Plains, and countless countries had been destroyed.
The Jiangshan Pavilion was formed by the royal family of a small country in the past. Because it carried the wealth of a country, although it was a small country, it was the most powerful among the six sects.
In these years, the Jiangshan Pavilion was very smart. Or it could be said that they accidentally avoided the disputes in the Central Plains. Instead, they developed their strength at the junction of the East Sea and the coast, and carried out the trade between the Central Plains and overseas.
Xiang Long did not know where he got the news that the Jiangshan Pavilion had even controlled a few islands overseas, and their strength was definitely not weak.
What Xiang Chong needed to do was to go to the Jiangshan Pavilion and persuade the Jiangshan Pavilion to move all their strength to the Central Plains. Xiang Long could give the Jiangshan Pavilion a promise to restore the country!
The word "restore the country" could be said to be the obsession of the generations of the Jiangshan Pavilion. However, as the strength of the Jiangshan Pavilion grew, the matter of restoring the country became more and more desperate.
Because now was not the chaotic world of a hundred years ago. There were many small countries in the world. Now, even the weakest of the three countries, West Chu, was not something they could shake.
Xiang Long said that he wanted to help the Jiangshan Pavilion restore the country. This was not to find trouble for himself, but to find an ally to resist the Eastern Qi.
What Xiang Long wanted to give to the Jiangshan Pavilion was not people, nor things, but a piece of land. A piece of land that could allow the Jiangshan Pavilion to restore the country. That place was Wei County.
Although the Northern Yan had ruled Wei County for decades, in fact, the Northern Yan had never really controlled Wei County.
The people of Wei County had never acknowledged the Northern Yan. Therefore, for the Northern Yan, this piece of land was more important than its reputation. It could even be a trouble.
If Xiang Long had time, he could completely digest Wei County slowly. Unfortunately, he did not have much time. Therefore, it was worth it to use such a troublesome piece of land in exchange for the support of the Jiangshan Pavilion.
Moreover, Wei County was on the border between the Northern Yan and the Eastern Qi. If the Eastern Qi attacked, the Wei County occupied by the Jiangshan Pavilion would be an excellent buffer zone.
Compared to convincing the Great Guangming Temple and the Chunyang Dao Sect, it was undoubtedly much easier to convince the Jiangshan Pavilion. As long as Xiang Chong stated his conditions, the Jiangshan Pavilion had no reason to refuse.
When Xiang Chong walked out of the Jiangshan Pavilion, he suddenly sighed tiredly.
In the past, he deeply hated Xiang Long, thinking that he was a heartless and cold-blooded person who killed his own brother, who was born from the same mother, for the sake of the throne.
But now, he suddenly understood Xiang Long. After so many years, the things that Xiang Long had to bear were much heavier than he expected.
Compared to Xiang Long, he did not need to consider so many things. He only needed to take a large number of cultivation resources from the Imperial Family's Hall of Offerings and steadily improve his cultivation. Although it was boring, it was extremely easy.
Just as Xiang Chong was planning these things from the Northern Yan to the East Sea, Chu Xiu was still in seclusion in the Zhenwu Hall.
This was not because Chu Xiu was not well-informed, but because Xiang Long was too cautious.
Just as he said, he did not trust anyone now. He only trusted Xiang Chong, his younger brother who hated him deeply.
All of this was planned by Xiang Chong. Not even the slightest bit of information was leaked.
At this moment, Mei Qinglian knocked on the door of Chu Xiu's seclusion.
"There's something to do. Trouble might come again."
Chu Xiu stood up and stretched his muscles. Then, he said, "What trouble is it this time? Is it from the Yinmo Clan or the Northern Yan Clan? "
With the strength of the Zhenwu Hall, Mei Qinglian would not disturb him if it was a small matter. Now, it seemed that it was not a small matter.
Mei Qinglian said, "It's a matter of the Northern Yan Clan. Xiang Long, Zhao, you go to the court."
Chu Xiu was taken aback. "You want me to attend court? What does he want? "
Since Chu Xiu joined the Northern Yan Imperial Court, he had not even gone to the court once.
The Northern Yan Imperial Court was in charge of the court, while the Zhenwu Hall was in charge of Jianghu. The two had nothing to do with each other. What was the use of him going to the court?
Mei Qinglian shrugged and said, "Who knows? His Majesty might not be able to hold on for long. Who knows what he will do before he dies? It's better to be cautious. Bring Old Master Shang with you when you go to the court. Anyway, Xiang Long did not say how many people he could bring. "
Chu Xiu nodded. In fact, he was not worried. With his strength, he was not afraid of Xiang Long playing any tricks.
Of course, in the eyes of many, the Northern Yan Imperial Court represented by Xiang Long was the net, and Chu Xiu was just a fish.
But even if he was a fish, Chu Xiu was a man-eating shark. An ordinary net could not catch him.
Of course, for the sake of caution, Chu Xiu went to find Shang Tianliang and asked him to go to the court with him.
After coming to the Northern Yan, Shang Tianliang's life was very comfortable.
For him, as long as he left the Green Metropolis, any place was heaven.
Chu Xiu found a place to help them rebuild Merchant City. So during this time, Shang Tianliang performed his duties as the Castellan, leading the people of Merchant City to rebuild their homes. In his free time, he cultivated and continued to familiarize himself with the power of the Mysterious Heaven and Earth Realm.
When Chu Xiu came to find him, Shang Tianliang was a little unhappy because Chu Xiu had delayed his planting.
However, there were still some people in Merchant City eating sand in Green Metropolis. Even if he was unwilling, he had to go to the palace with Chu Xiu.
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