The current leaders of the seven major Taoist sects are all in their prime, and the leader of the Tianji Temple has only been in office for seven years.
Dao Zong should not be in a hurry to establish Shao Zong.
In addition, the younger generation of monks have not yet truly grown up and are unable to take charge on their own.
In addition, there are demons both inside and outside the human race, eyeing and coveting them.
At this time, rashly giving the position of young sect leader to a young disciple in the sect would actually be more trouble than gain.
Jade cannot be made into a useful object without being carved, but similarly, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
As the young master of Dao Zong, his potential is unquestionable.
By then, not only will the demons be eager to get rid of them as soon as possible, but if they think more darkly, perhaps some other sects of the human race will also make bad moves in private.
If you put a young lion under the gaze of a pack of wolves, this is not training it, it is killing it.
And this is what Qingyun Sword Immortal is doing now.
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In the battle of Chang'an, three beings above the ninth realm perished, and the imperial capital was massacred. This meant that this matter could never be concealed, and would inevitably cause a sensation throughout the world and spread throughout the seven realms.
Therefore, Xia Zhao did not hide anything about this matter at all.
Originally, a cultivator from Da Xia suggested putting the blame for the bloody massacre in Chang'an solely on Xuan Zun.
After all, the massacre of Chang'an, no matter what the reason, would affect Xia Zhao's reputation among the human race.
And the murderer turned out to be King Qing of Daxia, which would cause many people to spread rumors about Daxia.
If all the blame could be attributed to Xuan Zun, then the damage to Da Xia's reputation would be relatively small, and it would also be convenient for Xia Zhao to deal with Qingzhou later.
However, this suggestion was firmly rejected by Xia Zhao.
If man is immoral, God will punish him.
If heaven doesn't punish you, the sword immortal will.
Li Qiubai threatened to kill Xia Qing, so how could she let Prince Qing escape from being pointed at by the world for these reasons?
Not only will she not hide this matter, she will even take the initiative to make Prince Qing's crimes public and announce it to the world!
"Everyone must remember this to warn all human cultivators. At the same time, King Qing's crimes cannot be concealed or forgotten. He will be infamous for thousands of years!"
…
Chang'an quickly began to rebuild in an orderly manner.
Even though the once prosperous Imperial City of Daxia had experienced a period of decline, it was only a matter of time before it recovered to its former glory under the powerful hand of Daxia.
But repeating the glory of Chang'an is just a very small thing after the sword opened the sky gate.
Besides that, there are many more important things to deal with.
…
An extremely ancient tall building stands.
This building has nine floors in total, with a pointed roof and flying eaves. It looks .
This is the headquarters of Zhishou Tower, named Haoqi Tower.
On the rooftop of the Haoqi Building, in the tea room on the ninth floor, several monks were gathered and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.
A man in a red robe was sitting on the main seat, holding a spiritual jade in his hand.
His black hair was tied up with a hairpin instead of a headband like most people's. His temples had already turned white and his eyes were deep, revealing a sense of vicissitudes of life.
His deep red clothes were embroidered with intricate patterns, and on the front chest was a lifelike Qilin, with extremely fine and sophisticated workmanship.
Daxia officials were divided into nine ranks, and each of their official uniforms was embroidered with different images of spiritual beasts.
From the first to the ninth grade, they are Qilin, golden lion, clouded leopard, tiger, bear, leopard, rhinoceros (same for the seventh and eighth grades), and seahorse.
The way this person is dressed represents that he is a first-rank official of Daxia and his status is extremely high.
This is indeed the case. This person is Wei Mo, the owner of Zhishou Tower.
Wei Mo is a cultivator with both perfect temperament and appearance. He has a deep temperament, but his appearance is extremely elegant.
There were four other people in the tea room, two of whom were sitting on the side seats next to Wei Mo.
Sitting on the left is a man with a very square face. His facial features are as sharp as a knife and he is very stern. His expression is extremely solemn and intimidating. It is obvious at first glance that he is a very majestic person.
This is Yan Ming, one of the deputy owners of Zhishou Tower.
The male cultivator on the right has a slightly feminine appearance, with thin and narrow lips and willow-shaped eyebrows. At first glance, he looks like a so-called poisonous scholar.
He is another deputy owner of Zhishou Tower, Luo He.
In addition, there were two monks, one male and one female, sitting opposite the three building owners.
The woman has a noble temperament and beautiful appearance, but it can be seen that she has experienced the vicissitudes of life and is not young.
The male cultivator was extremely handsome and very young.
"Master Shuiyue Temple, your Majesty told me that you have something important to discuss with us and require our cooperation in Zhishou Tower?" Wei Mo put down the spiritual jade in his hand and said, looking at the female priest opposite him, while casually glancing at the young male cultivator next to the female priest.
This person should be Lu Qingshan from the Sword Sect. He has become famous recently and is indeed extraordinary. But why would the master of Shuiyue Temple bring a disciple from the outer sect with him and bring him here?
As the owner of Zhishou Tower, although he had never seen Lu Qingshan before, he was very familiar with him, so he recognized him at a glance, but at the same time he was extremely puzzled.
But he didn't ask directly.
The master of Shuiyue Temple is not a person who does not know the importance of things. Since she brought Lu Qingshan with her, she must have her own intentions.
"Master Wei Mo," the master of Shuiyue Temple exhaled slowly and said seriously, "There is indeed an important matter that requires your cooperation."
"Please speak, we in Zhishoulou will do our best to cooperate." Wei Mo was very polite.
"The incident of Prince Qing's massacre of the city has come to an end for now, but there are still many issues that need to be dealt with."
The voice of the Shuiyue Temple Master gradually turned cold. "Prince Qing's massacre of the city has been planned for ten thousand years. In addition to the demons involved, many other forces are also involved."
Wei Mo frowned, vaguely understanding what the master of Shuiyue Temple meant.
"Master Shuiyue Temple is referring to our Zhishou Tower?"
The head of Shuiyue Temple nodded without hesitation and said, "That's right!"
She exhaled slowly and organized her words, "King Qing slaughtered Chang'an for two reasons. One was to obtain enough blood essence to help him break through to the semi-ancestor level. The other was to hunt down the Demon Clan Xuanzun and try to shift all the blame onto Xuanzun."
"The second is to force the emperor to abdicate and thus usurp the throne."
"But his goal is too big, and there are many obstacles that cannot be circumvented."
"First, for the Blood Word Art and to lure Xuanzun into the human realm, he must establish contact with the demons and gain a certain degree of trust from them."
"The method Xia Qing finally chose was to collude with the demons through a blood exchange deal, forming a deal that lasted for ten thousand years. It was through the stable cooperation that had not caused any problems for ten thousand years that King Qing deceived Xuan Zun's vigilance. Coupled with the huge benefits that could be offered, he was able to trick him into entering the human realm to help Xue Tu."
In fact, even so, Xia Qing did not completely gain Xuan Zun's trust, because after Xuan Zun entered the country, he secretly prepared a passage back to Tianmen Domain before he showed up with confidence... Lu Qingshan on the side added in his heart.
The head of Shuiyue Temple continued, "This ten thousand year blood exchange transaction not only gained the trust of the demons, but also helped the cultivators of King Qing's lineage to grow rapidly. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."
"But the price is that countless humans were transported to the demon clan by Xia Qing because of this."
"So many people have disappeared, it shouldn't be hidden from the world, but there are two reasons why no one has discovered it for ten thousand years... One is that the cultivators of King Qing's lineage chose to attack small sects and families, and used the method of breaking the whole into small pieces to hide it from our eyes."
Although Tianjiguan monitors the whole world, the areas it monitors all start from the prefecture level.
That's the downside.
The area of ​​a prefecture is so vast that the spiritual practice of Tianji Temple can only carry out macro-level supervision.
If they can even foresee the demise of a small sect or a small family in a prefecture...that's not called supervision, it's called monitoring.
It was through this method that Prince Qing's lineage was able to evade the surveillance of Tianji Temple.
“As the saying goes, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. However, the cultivators of King Qing’s lineage have such high-frequency movements, but they have been able to remain undetected for thousands of years without revealing any flaws. There is another more important reason…”
The master of Shuiyue Temple had a deep cold look in his eyes, and said in a loud voice: "In Zhishou Tower, there are people from King Qing's lineage who are helping Xia Qing to erase the news!"
Wei Mo frowned, "I can accept this accusation because it is reasonable, but words alone are not enough, I need evidence."
The Shuiyue Temple Master did not show much expression on his face, and said softly, "Qingshan."
At this moment, the three building owners' eyes were all focused on the young swordsman who was standing silently at the side and had been temporarily forgotten by them.
Lu Qingshan took a step forward and slowly said, "I am Sword Sect Lu Qingshan. I think the three building owners should know me."
His eyes swept across the faces of the three building owners without any concealment, and then continued: "I have two disciples, who are the survivors of the blood exchange transaction of King Qing's lineage. They are from a small sect around Tai'an City, Qingfeng Sect."
"After I learned from them that there might be a blood exchange transaction, I asked the Zhishou Tower's Shabi City branch for information about the Qingfeng Sect, hoping to find out the truth behind it."
"As a result, after a detailed investigation, I found that in the intelligence database of Zhishou Tower, the Qingfeng Sect where my two disciples used to be seemed to have never existed. The news was artificially erased. That's not all. Because of this, I was ambushed outside the Qingfeng Sect in Lianyun Mountains by someone with ulterior motives."
"My whereabouts were erratic at the time, but someone was able to accurately locate my location. There is only one explanation, that is, someone in your building leaked my information and whereabouts."
"besides……"
Just as Lu Qingshan was about to continue, the owner of Luohe Tower, who was sitting on the right, suddenly raised his eyes. There was a hint of ferocity in the depths of his eyes that others could not see.
He stared at Lu Qingshan, interrupted him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Even if you are a disciple of Dao Sect, you are just a junior after all. We have fought against the underworld for the human race for ten thousand years, and countless colleagues have been sacrificed. Everyone recognizes our great sacrifice. How can we conclude that there is a traitor in our Zhishou Tower just because of the confession of a junior today?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Mo and Yan Ming looked at each other, and some emotions flashed in their eyes, as if they had reached some kind of consensus at this moment.
Then, Wei Mo said calmly: "What Luo He said makes sense. Although I respect Tianji Temple very much and I have great trust in you, the master of Shuiyue Temple. But if the evidence you pointed out is just the confession of a junior, it is indeed not enough to convince us."
Being able to be in charge of Zhishou Tower for so many years, the three people present are not good-for-nothings and will not allow King Qing to slaughter humans at will.
From the fact that a lot of information was erased from the intelligence database of Zhishoulou, they were basically certain that the so-called Zhishoulou insider existed.
But the reason why they are taking this stance now is not to cover up, but to protect their reputation.
The matter of the traitor in Zhishou Tower must be investigated, but it is better to investigate internally and privately, and resolve it quietly within the company, rather than under the coercion of the master of Shuiyue Temple.
This way, the impact on Zhishou Tower will be minimal.
So what they thought was to just get the matter over with for today.
What the owner of Luohe Tower said at this time was a good entry point, and they immediately responded.
Lu Qingshan looked calm and looked at the three building owners with indifferent eyes.
He could guess what these three people were thinking, and it was precisely because of this that Lu Qingshan became more and more angry.
When one fails to fulfill one's duties, one's first reaction is not to reflect on oneself or to remedy the situation, but to protect oneself and cherish one's reputation.
This may be human nature, but for Lu Qingshan, he cannot accept this reaction.
The responsibility of guarding the building is heavy, and the three owners of the building should have sufficient ability and moral character to take on the role.
Since you don't have enough ability, just give up your position to more suitable people.
"It's true that I'm a junior, but I can understand that my words are not enough to convince the three distinguished building owners..." Lu Qingshan said sarcastically.
When he mentioned the word "noble", he even raised his voice.
"But I am not just an ordinary disciple of the Sword Sect as you said..." At this moment, a startling cold light suddenly flashed in his calm eyes.
when!
The next moment, Lu Qingshan waved his hand and a ray of light flashed.
With a clang, a sword talisman flew out of Lu Qingshan's hand and landed on the table.
It was an old dragon sword talisman, with the back facing upwards. There were four large, eye-catching characters written in iron and silver. They immediately attracted the attention of the four people on the field.
"Young Master of the Sword Sect!"
"Now, are my words enough to convince the three tower masters?" Lu Qingshan's eyes swept across the faces of the three tower masters of Zhishou Tower with different expressions, and asked this word by word.
The three building owners, including the owner of Shuiyue Temple, were all shocked at this moment, looking at Lu Qingshan in horror, who was standing upright with a calm expression.
"Lu Qingshan is now... the Young Master of the Sword Sect?" Even the Master of Shuiyue Temple, who was traveling with Lu Qingshan, was extremely shocked at this moment - before this, she did not know that Qingyun Sword Immortal had already appointed Lu Qingshan as the Young Master of the Sword Sect.
This was beyond her understanding.
Even though she had always been extremely optimistic about Lu Qingshan and valued him very much, the boldness of Qingyun Sword Immortal still exceeded her imagination.
If she remembered correctly, Lu Qingshan was only twenty-three years old this year.
The Sword Sect is a super Taoist sect with a history of over 100,000 years.
At the age of 23, he became the young master of the Dao Sect, which had been passed down for 100,000 years. With a cultivation level of only the sixth realm, he was chosen by the Qingyun Sword Immortal as the successor of the Sword Sect...
In the history of the human race, there should never have been a Taoist sect leader who was so young and had such a low level of cultivation.
This is the first time since the creation of Dao Zong.