Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen Analysis

  "This is a layout that may not be ingenious, but it's absolutely fatal! Kong Zhuo calmed down and spoke slowly with a calm face. "At the beginning, we chose more than a dozen places, completely demonizing them, attracting the attention of the righteous sects. Once these places are completely demonized, as righteous cultivators, we naturally cannot ignore this matter, of course, we will send people to investigate. How to investigate and who will go is a crucial issue!"

  At this point, Kong Zhan paused for a moment, and a sarcastic smile appeared on his face. "If we had been more steady and solid at the time, and investigated one by one, things wouldn't have turned out like this. But we didn't do that, we blew things up!"

  "San Zong wants to return to the forefront, Emei has her own plans in mind. As for us, Luo Fu, and the other four major sects, everyone has their own small abacus in their heart. San Zong wants to return to the forefront, naturally hoping that things can be made bigger. Emei is pushing waves on the side, while the other five major sects turn a blind eye, watching from the shore as the fire burns. San Zong's hands are big and her heart is big, in one go, she has pulled all the Orthodox Cultivation Sects into this!"

  "Listening to what you're saying, it seems that from the very beginning, there was something wrong with this matter. Within the Three Sects, or even within the Six Great Schools, someone has been secretly manipulating things behind the scenes?!"

  "The cat's out of the bag in Sanzong, and also in the six major sects. A hundred years of grudges, broken yet still connected, a glance here, a nod there, all these subtle signs, twists and turns... You two masters should be more aware than me! Kong Zhan sneered, "As long as someone inside puts in a bit of effort, it's not difficult to make Sanzong make this choice. The reason is nothing but using this opportunity to let Sanzong regain its position on the stage of the cultivation world, and restore its former glory from a hundred years ago. This reason is very righteous, bright, grand, and easy for people to accept!"

  "Once you've made this choice, you're trapped!"

  "Right. Once this decision is made, even the King of Heaven has to get involved!" Kong Zhan sneered, "Which idiot came up with this stupid idea, letting a Nascent Soul stage cultivator bring several Foundation Building stage disciples, claiming it's for training and broadening their horizons, when in fact it's just sending them to their deaths. The other side only needs to set up three Nascent Soul stage experts at each location, and they'll be done for good. Once they're caught, the situation will become clear, and for us, it'll be a complete loss!"

  "That's not necessarily the case, the other party is just one of the six sects of the Demon Gate, and their strength won't be too powerful. I think it's already a limit to set up three virtual boundary masters in each place. As for us, we only need to use our thunderous power, with absolute strength, to destroy them, which isn't that difficult!"

  "This is just an ideal!" Kong Zhan said. "If I'm not wrong, tomorrow's result should be to send people to these eighteen places again, no, it's sixteen. And the strength of the sixteen people sent this time will be at most only two to three times stronger than the first time. At most four times, this is a limit!"

  "Why did you judge like that?!"

  "This time, the number of participating sects is too many. As the six major sects that are the pillars of the entire Orthodox Cultivation world and the three religions that rush to the front stage must be fair and cannot be biased towards one side, sixteen places, each with four times the power of the first time, is already the limit!"

  "You're underestimating the strength of the Six Great Sects and the Three Schools. Are you saying that even if our three schools and six great sects join forces, we still can't match the power of a single Demon Gate's Kuixing Sect? What makes him think he can divide his power into sixteen parts and still defeat us?"

  "Will Master Shi let the elders of the sect come out in full force?" Kong Zhuo smiled slightly, and with one sentence, he shut up Ling Jia Shangren and Li Yuanhua!

  Will I let the powerful elders in Pai Zhong come out of their shells?

  No way, of course not, only an idiot would!

  "Of course not, no one would, no one wants to expose their strength prematurely, nor do they want to overdamage their strength because of this matter. We don't want to, other sects don't want to, and the Three Clans even less so. As a result, the mobilizable strength is limited!" Kong Zhan said calmly, "The fatal thing is that such things cannot be spoken out loud, while those disciples of the sects who fell into the hands of the Demon Gate naturally also hold the same view as the Master just now. Can it be that the combined strength of the Six Great Sects and the Three Clans is not even comparable to a single Demon Gate's Qiu Ying Sect?"

  A moment of silence, then Lingga Shangren let out a long sigh.

  "Alas... although I don't want to admit it, what you said is indeed the truth. No one wants to expose and harm their own strength, others won't, and neither will I!"

  "We reserve our strength, other sects won't be able to see through it, what if they make a fuss?" Li Yuanhao frowned and said.

  "The Demon Gate has given us a good excuse!" Ling Jia said, "The reappearance of the demon tribe, we must leave enough power to guard the mountain gate and prevent the demon tribe's sneak attack, this is a legitimate reason!"

  "So you still say that Mo Men and Yao Zu are not connected?"

  "It should be none, just this time, He Hongxian was used by the Demon Gate!" Kong Zuo said, "If I'm not wrong, He Hongxian's purpose for entering the Flowing Shadow Sect is simple, it's to monitor. The Flowing Shadow Sect is a small sect, almost without any status in the cultivation world, but due to some face-saving issues and old rules left behind, such small sects still have the qualifications to participate in the affairs of the cultivation world. Moreover, unless it's something confidential, they generally won't be kept in the dark. So, arranging someone in such a sect can very well control the overall situation of the entire cultivation world. He Hongxian is a powerful demon, with great strength, and hiding in a small sect like Flowing Shadow, even the sect leader cannot contend with her, naturally also not worried about being discovered her true identity."

  "Why did she use her charm on Zheng Wanqiu and Zhou Ziren, revealing her identity?"

  "It's not just the two of them, she even used her charm on me. Perhaps she thought that with her strength as a great demon, she could subdue me!" Kong Zhan said, "I exchanged a few moves with her, and my strength is already in the void realm. Moreover, the intensity of my body and the powerful demonic energy contained within my true yuan are enough to suppress most of the high-ranking masters in the void realm!"

  "What a pity she didn't hold you back?"

  "That's her own bad luck!" Kong Zhan sneered, "If my guess is correct, the Demon Gate should know He Hongxian's identity. Either they're using this to threaten her or lure her with benefits, letting her secretly plot against us three and trap us in Fengling Town. This is also why they didn't arrange anyone else in Fengling Town except for a useless person - their goal was to let me return and bring back the news that He Hongxian is a great demon!"

  "And you also did it according to their requirements!"

  "This is a conspiracy, bringing back two fools, I couldn't possibly hide such a big thing, nor could I kill those two fools, so I can only tell the truth!"

  "Since you're speaking the truth, why did you say that there are masters of the Demon Gate hiding in Fengzhong Town?"

  "Everyone else has one, but I don't, that's not fair! I just gave everyone a relatively reasonable explanation!" Kong Zuo said with a smile.

  "You're a good kid, but you think too much and are too self-centered. Be careful not to affect your spiritual state!" Master Lingga said with a bitter smile.

  "Disciple understands!" Kong Zhuo bowed respectfully and retreated after seeing Ling Jia Shangren wave his hand.

  "Junior brother, what do you think?" Ling Jia asked Li Yuanhua after Kong Zhuo left. "Kong Zhuo's conjecture should be alright, shouldn't it?"

  "That little Wang bastard's guess should be correct, the fact is probably just what he thought!" Li Yuanhua curled his lips, "As for the rest, Master. He's more meticulous than I thought. And it makes sense, I don't have anything good to say about it anymore!"

  "In other words, we know what the other side is planning, but can only watch as their plan comes to fruition?"

  "Life is always going to have its helplessness!" Li Yuanhua sighed and stood up from his chair, "Forgive me for speaking bluntly, Big Brother Master, who can be without personal motives? Others have them, and we must have them too. Otherwise, how could the foundation of Luo Fu's several thousand years of enterprise be preserved if there were no personal motives?"

  "Hmm!" Ling Ga Shangren nodded, "Younger brother's words make sense. In that case, let's just wait and see what happens!" After gathering together to discuss for a whole day, the decision they made was almost exactly as Kong Zhuo had expected.

  But that was no longer what Kong Zhan cared about. He and Fang Yue'er were not among the second group of people, as they had both been injured - Kong Zhan's injury was fake, while Fang Yue'er's was real. So on the second day, he took advantage of this opportunity to go to the courtyard in Qingling Gate.

  "What a person!"

  Before his foot had entered the courtyard, he heard a soft rebuke. A figure flashed before him, blocking his path. Kong Zhuo looked closely and saw that it was Ming Shi Mei, whom he had scolded last time. She glared at him with wide eyes, her face guarded, "Pig, what are you doing here?"

  Pig?

  Kong Zuo's face suddenly froze, looking at his own big belly, then touching his own face, for the first time feeling that he should probably lose weight!

  "Hey, what are you doing standing here? This is the courtyard of our Qingling Gate, not yours, Luofu!" Seeing Kong Zhuo rubbing his face with a bitter smile, Ming Shimei's face also revealed a hint of a smile, but her voice was still as unfriendly as ever.

  "Oh, I heard that Moon is injured, and I'd like to visit her. Would it be convenient for you, Junior Sister?" Kong Zuo said with a smile.

  "Ah, Moon?!" Ming's sister raised an eyebrow, "You're calling out to her quite intimately, but Sister is heavily injured and can't leave the house. As a grown man, it doesn't seem quite proper for you to rush into a woman's boudoir like this!"

  Saying that, Ming Shizhi's body flashed and she retreated, making way for the courtyard gate. "Why don't you go ask your senior sister yourself and see if she'll let you in?"

  Kong Zhan's old face turned red, just now he was suddenly excited and ran over. Now thinking about it, it was indeed a very improper thing to do. He smiled awkwardly, his thick old skin saying, "What you said is right, sister. It was I who didn't think things through!"

  Ming's sister looked at Kong Zhuo with a surprised face, thinking that this fat man had changed his temper today. Last time he was still in a provocative manner, but today he was so polite.

  Kong Zuo saw her strange expression and asked, "What's wrong, does Shifu have something on her mind?" "No." Ming Shifu's face turned away, giving Kong Zuo a cold glance, "And another thing, I'm not your Shifu, don't call me that randomly. From now on, when you see me, just call me Ming Xianzi!"

  Ming Xian Zi?!

  Kong Zhan almost choked on those words, but seeing the serious expression of "Ming Xianzi", he could only force down his weird look and smiled, "Alright, alright, Ming Xianzi, I, Kong Zhan, bid farewell!"

  "Walk slowly, don't see me off!" Ming's sister tossed her head, never looking at Kong Zuo again, and turned to enter the courtyard.

  "Ah, this little girl!" Kong Zhan sighed and shook his head. Being so polite to her wasn't because he had changed his personality, but rather because he felt that his current ambiguous relationship with Fang Yue'er was neither close nor distant. Since they were somewhat close, it wouldn't be right to make things too awkward with her fellow disciples. Otherwise, it would only make things difficult for Fang Yue'er. That's why he was being so polite today. Unexpectedly, this little girl had looked down on him instead.

  With a wry smile, he left the courtyard of Qingling Gate and wandered aimlessly in the mountains, breathing in the fresh air. As his mood gradually improved, his stomach naturally began to feel hungry. The mountain beasts and wild animals on Mount Ziyun were not scarce, and Kong Zhuo was not one to be polite either. With a flick of his fingers, an unlucky roe deer fell by the roadside.

  After collecting it, he found a secluded place and Kong Zhuo started roasting it over an open flame.

  "You little scamp, you're quite good at finding leisure time!" Just as the aroma was wafting out, a slightly lazy voice sounded from behind.

  Kong Zhan was shocked, and then his face changed greatly, revealing a look of extreme joy.

  "Master, how did you come here?!!!"

  "Of course, it's time for a monthly ticket!" Mo Xiu took a sip of wine and stroked his chin with his fingers.