Pawn Crossing the River

After Qi Xuansu came to his senses, he asked Qi Jiayao a question.

"Fellow Daoist Qi, I was born in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. I don't know who my parents were when I was a child. However, I have a foster mother who is of noble birth and has outstanding abilities. She is indispensable for my status today. Why do you think my foster mother is like this?" Choose me among so many people?”

Qi Jiayao was startled and then replied: "Li Taizong said that all the heroes in the world are under my control. After the Taoist sect becomes the master of the world, there will be no shortage of geniuses, nor of young people who are ambitious, adventurous and perseverant. If you don't do it, others will do it, so bloodline becomes important, and the trend of becoming a clan is inevitable. Of course, the reason why your adoptive mother chose you is not just as simple as seeing any outstanding qualities in you. There must be some. There are other factors to consider. As for what these other factors are, I don’t know.”

Qi Xuansu nodded and did not go any further on this topic. Instead, he asked, "Are there any good things left here?"

Qi Jiayao's eyes never stopped wandering: "Maybe, I hope Yao Zu will leave us some residue."

Qi Xuansu said: "It would be better if there are test subjects. I would like to see the effect of these stone hearts."

Why didn't Qi Xuansu directly use the remains of those female Taoist priests to verify his speculation? Because he had to dig out the Heart of Stone and turn it into his own creation before he could verify it, and the process of digging it out completely destroyed the structure of the female Taoist's remains, making it no longer usable, so Qi Xuansu needed a new one. test product.

Qi Jiaoyao realized later: "No wonder you looked at me wrong just now. You want to use me as a test subject, right?"

Qi Xuansu smiled slightly sheepishly: "It's just an idea. There are no good people in the world regardless of deeds. Moreover, this kind of small experiment is not life-threatening for heaven and humans. If you don't mind, then I will repay you with the best." My heartfelt thanks.”

"I mind very much." Qi Jiayao refused without thinking.

Qi Xuansu didn't force it: "Forget it."

However, Qi Jiayao was still interesting enough and started to help Qi Xuansu find test subjects. At the same time, he asked: "You took a huge risk to come to Lingshan Cave. I want to know, do you want to be an enemy of that person?"

that person. No names were mentioned, and both of them knew it well.

Although he is not Yao Zu, he is still one of the chess players sitting high in the Wanshou Chongyang Palace on Difeishan Mountain and cannot tolerate any disobedience or provocation.

Qi Xuansu said expressionlessly: "I respect Master Earth very much."

"Is it just respect?" Qi Jiaoyao laughed, "You want to keep your good life, so you came to Lingshan Cave Heaven. Do you want to tell me that you are actually the sword-pointing national master?"

Qi Xuansu also laughed, but with a hint of self-deprecation: "Sword finger? You think too highly of me. I am just a chess piece that is struggling and cannot be freed. At most, it can be regarded as a not-so-sharp sword. The reason why I can I came to Lingshan Cave Heaven not because I have the qualifications to challenge a certain chess player, but because another chess player wanted me to come here and make five pawns advance one."

"I understand. You are quite self-aware." Qi Jiaoyao nodded, "But then again, how many people in such a large Taoist sect are not chess pieces? Except for a few great masters of Pingzhang, maybe Su Yuanyi, Pei Xuanzhi, Li Wu No, but how many Taoists are there? You juniors are really far behind."

In the next few hours, the two of them almost turned the underground building upside down, and finally found something.

A complete Wu Clan corpse was not moved out for unknown reasons.

There were several female Taoist remains, but it was suspected that the implantation failed and they were thrown aside casually.

There are also some shamanic totems and Taoist talisman stone slabs, which seem to be materials for some kind of formation - Yao Zu is the leader of both the shamanic sect and the Taoist sect, and is very good at combining the two to form formations, which is not surprising. After Yao Zu, successive earth masters also inherited this fine tradition.

The intact remains of the Witch Clan are the best test subjects, but these Stone Hearts are not suitable. Compared with the remains of the Witch Clan, they are a bit too weak, just like the armored ship uses a smaller boiler. It's not enough to pull a cart and drive it.

There is good news, according to the records here, these small stone hearts can be refined into a larger stone heart, and then they can be adapted.

There is also bad news. The key artifact that can be used to refine the Heart of Stone was taken away and is not here.

Qi Xuansu has two choices.

One option is to continue looking for artifacts that can refine the Heart of Stone. Given the size of Lingshan Cave, there should be some left behind.

Another option is to collect the ingredients and then refine the Heart of Stone once you get out. As Qi Jiayao said, two hundred years ago, these technologies may have been secret, but two hundred years later, they have been put into large-scale use and have even been made public. There is no shortage of this technology outside, and maybe the Eight Tribes will have.

Qi Xuansu thought about it and decided to go out and talk.

Today's Lingshan Cave is too dangerous to run around, and there are too many variables in finding things here. If Qi Xuansu can't leave Lingshan Cave, then it doesn't matter what the truth is.

So Qi Xuansu dug out all the stone hearts he could find, and put them all together with the remains of the witch clan into the Xumi objects given by Master Jiang Da.

It has to be said that this semi-immortal object is easy to use. It can not only carry and isolate immortal objects, but also has a large internal space.

Then the two of them will leave this place and continue their journey.

On the way back, Qi Xuansu asked about the creation project: "Was Yao Zu the absolute leader of the creation project back then?"

Qi Jiayao shook his head and said: "No, from the beginning to the end, Yao Zu's identity is the chief, that is, the first deputy. Strictly speaking, the real and only leader of the Creation Project is Xuansheng. In today's terms, Even if he personally takes charge, Xuansheng is the convener, the leader, and the decision-maker. However, most of the time, Xuansheng is very busy. He has to retreat and take care of the entire Taoism, so it is impossible to focus all his energy on the creation project. , so Shangguan Dishi and Yao Zu, as first deputies, will perform some duties and preside over daily affairs. "

Qi Xuansu, as the chief deputy palace master of the Taoist sect, didn't understand the truth behind this. Xuansheng should only control the general direction of the creation project. He can remove Yao Zu, but the specific affairs and middle-level and bottom-level personnel rights are left to Yao Zu. Master, Yao Zu is not a nominal leader, but a de facto leader.

"Why are you asking this suddenly?" Qi Jiayao asked curiously.

Qi Xuansu said: "I'm wondering, where did the Li family's 'Heart of Immortality Stone' come from? It was definitely not given by Yao Zu, but by Xuansheng? Or was it obtained by the Li family through some means or channels?"

Qi Jiayao thought for a while and said: "Donghuang and Yaozu were the deputy head masters at the same time. Xuansheng was nominally the head of the Li family, but in fact Xuansheng had no time to take care of the Li family's family affairs. Many members of the Li family even wished Xuan Sheng would leave it alone, because when Xuan Sheng thought of the Li family, it was probably because the Li family was not in line with Xuan Sheng's wishes and would be punished by Xuan Sheng, so Donghuang was the de facto head of the Li family. , In this aspect, he is very similar to Yao Zu, the first deputy.”

"But Xuansheng had a wife, and the marriage between Qin and Li began from then on. You should know what the eldest son and his wife said. When Li Zu was alive, Xuansheng was his son and eldest son. Mrs. Xuansheng was the real clan wife, responsible for the housekeeping. Although the responsibilities are complicated, she still has great power. What's more, Mrs. Xuansheng also served as the great master of Taiping Dao. She can put pressure on Donghuang in both emotions and reasons. However, Donghuang has a good relationship with his sister-in-law. Mrs. Xuansheng’s best friend is the Patriarch of Cihang lineage, but she also has a good relationship with Patriarch Shangguan. In any case, Patriarch Shangguan is Yao Zu’s old boss and Xu Zu’s. The direct descendants still have influence, and Yao Zu also wants to give her three points. You must know that Mrs. Xuansheng is not a vassal of Xuansheng. She is an independent individual. She does not have to ask Xuansheng for everything she wants to do. Report, Xuan Sheng will not interfere at will except for decisions involving major matters of the Taoist sect."

Qi Xuansu fell into deep thought: "You are saying that Xuansheng upholds a fair attitude and will not favor the Li family. But Mrs. Xuansheng will not worry so much. The Li family's 'Heart of Immortality Stone' may come from Mrs. Xuansheng?"

"Perhaps." Qi Jiaoyao was not very sure. "Donghuang and Yao Zu are on the same level. He has the same say in the Li family and Taiping Road, but he cannot directly intervene in the creation project. On the contrary, Mrs. Xuansheng is not only above Donghuang. , and for a long period of time, she presided over the affairs of Jinque instead of Xuansheng who was in seclusion. She was also closely related to the Daxuan court. She was so powerful that it was definitely not comparable to the wife of the great headmaster in later generations. She could almost be regarded as the second person in the Taoist sect. . I can only say that with her power, it can be done. As for whether she has done it, it is not clear. "

Qi Xuansu was somewhat fortunate to have met Qi Jiayao at this time. Although she was full of lies, always wanted to take advantage of him, had a bad temper, liked to hide behind him when things happened, and was greedy and stingy, she was well-informed and had many backgrounds. He knew many secrets from the past and really explained many doubts to Qi Xuansu.

If the "Heart of Immortality Stone" of the Li family also comes from the creation project, then where does the difference between the two "Hearts of Immortality Stone" of the Li family and the Yao family come from?

Is it the ideological difference between Shangguan Dishi and Yao Zu?

Or did the Li family make some kind of change after getting the "Heart of the Immortal Stone"?

Or did Yao Zu and previous earth masters make subsequent improvements to the "Heart of the Immortal Stone"?

Qi Xuansu is more inclined to the third possibility.

Yao Zu was playing double-dealing with Xuansheng. Facing Madam Xuansheng's request, he handed over a "Heart of Immortality Stone" that conformed to the Taoist ideals. Even the "Heart of Immortality Stone" left in Huasheng Hall also conformed to the requirements of the Taoists. Taoist philosophy, but secretly, she refined a different "Heart of Immortality Stone", which was Qi Xuansu's.