Pawn Crossing the River

Several Taiping Dao real people were naturally on high alert, not daring to be careless. After all, this Xiao Qi real person had a brilliant record of "killing" three first-class military officers, and he should not be underestimated.

But he never thought that Xiao Yin was just playing a trick. Taking advantage of the opportunity when several people were in a defensive posture, he used a large brush to draw a door out of thin air, entered it, and disappeared immediately.

Several people looked at each other, and the leader made a decisive decision: "Quick, go to Beichen Hall!"

In fact, Xiao Yin did not run far, because there was a ban between the inner city Xuandu and the outer city Yujing, which was difficult to break through, so Xiao Yin's trick only allowed her to temporarily get rid of the pursuers.

At this time, although the first-class spiritual officials came to Yujing, they did not enter Xuandu, because Xuandu was already a very sensitive area. It was not easy for both sides to deploy people directly here, which would be no different from a rebellion.

So Xiao Yin had to go to Yujing.

Xiao Yin's task is certainly not to tip off, but to make a forerunner, first let the first-grade spiritual officials scattered in Yujing gather together, because the six first-grade spiritual officials gathered together would be too big a target, and Yujing is not the spiritual official palace, so they must be separated beforehand.

In addition, although the six first-grade spiritual officials are strong, they may not dare to enter Xuandu without authorization due to their status. There must be a leader. If this leader is missing, it is very likely that variables will arise, such as being driven away by a respected old Taoist priest. After all, it is a tradition of Taoism for Taoist priests to control spiritual officials, and the huge power of inertia cannot be underestimated.

To put it bluntly, the spiritual officials' positioning of themselves is also a tool, a sharp sword, and they must need a sword holder.

Qi Xuansu is the sword holder selected by Donghua Zhenren and Cihang Zhenren.

On the other hand, counting the votes is not complicated. The key is to supervise each other. They are all masters with cultivation. If they really want to play tricks, it is hard to guard against them. Therefore, they have to check each ballot one by one. Each ballot must be confirmed by all members of the election committee before the next ballot can be checked.

In this way, it takes a long time.

This makes people who are waiting for the results anxious.

The atmosphere in the whole venue is very solemn. Time has also become very long.

The other Pingzhang Dazhenren all look serious and sit upright. Only Wu Niang is an exception. She is simply a big Xiao Yin. She turned around and communicated with Qi Xuansu.

"Xiao Qi, we came out of swords and guns, so don't lose face."

Qi Xuansu laughed dumbly.

The two candidates are very calm. Donghua Zhenren is talking softly with Cihang Zhenren, and Qingwei Zhenren is closing his eyes to rest.

After a long time, the votes were finally counted, and all the members of the election committee signed the official letter of the final result. The chief Tianshi held the official letter, and the Dishi and Guoshi were on the left and right sides of the Tianshi, and the three returned to the venue together.

Behind the three were the members of the election committee.

The whispered conversations in the venue disappeared at this moment. Including Wu Niang, everyone straightened their expressions and demeanor, waiting for the final result.

The Tianshi came to the Xumi throne, and the Guoshi and Dishi were one body behind the Tianshi, and the rest of the election committee members were arranged in a goose-wing pattern.

The Heavenly Master looked around, then raised the official letter in his hand and read: "Now announce the election results of the seventh Grand Master of Taoism. The following is the result of the vote count: a total of 42 votes, no abstentions, Donghua Zhenren Pei Xuanzhi 25 votes, Qingwei Zhenren Li Wujiu 17 votes, according to Xuansheng's ancestral precepts and the Grand Master election regulations, I declare that Donghua Zhenren Pei Xuanzhi was elected as the seventh Grand Master of Taoism!"

After the Heavenly Master's voice fell, the Taoists of Zhengyi and Quanzhen Taoism stood up and congratulated Donghua Zhenren.

Qi Xuansu was among them, and at the same time felt a little thrilling. Beforehand, it was predicted that Donghua Zhenren would win, but from the final vote count, Donghua Zhenren's advantage was not as big as imagined. There were still some two-faced people who voted for Qingwei Zhenren in the end. If Zhengyi and Quanzhen Taoism had not chosen to join forces, and even Jiang Da Zhenren stood on Donghua Zhenren's side, then the position of the seventh-generation Grand Master would really be in the pocket of Taiping Dao.

But then again, this is also reasonable. If Taiping Dao does not have an advantage, then there is no need for Zhengyi Dao and Quanzhen Dao to join forces.

Of course, the more important point is that the Li family is indeed strong enough.

Maybe Donghua Zhenren's ability is not inferior to Qingwei Zhenren, but Pei family can't compare with Li family, and the old Li family has a deep foundation.

Even let alone Pei family, even Yao family and Zhang family can't compare with Li family. The Yao family has too few people, and Zhang family is in a period of transition. Li family is the first family of Taoism. It's no wonder that Li family has always regarded themselves as the masters of Taoism.

The problem of Quanzhen Dao is still the disunity of people's hearts. This is the root cause of the disease left when Xuansheng integrated Taoism. This time, maybe some people from Quanzhen Dao will vote for Qingwei Zhenren.

These people may not necessarily want to betray Quanzhen Dao, but more think that Donghua Zhenren is too strong, especially after Donghua Zhenren married Cihang Zhenren, his strength increased greatly. Once he became the Grand Master, he would probably become the second Grand Master of the Five Generations. Everyone is used to the days without a Grand Master, and they don't want to go back to the cautious era of the Five Generations of Grand Masters.

On the contrary, although Qingwei Zhenren cannot be said to be weak, compared with Donghua Zhenren, Qingwei Zhenren is indeed not strong, and they should choose the lesser of two evils. In addition, Taiping Dao does not occupy an absolute majority. Even if Qingwei Zhenren takes the position, he is still a lame Grand Master, and he must compromise. For all the members of Jinque, compromise means protecting their own interests.

Compared with Quanzhen Dao and Zhengyi Dao, who all stood up to congratulate, Taiping Dao was a different scene. They were all sitting still, with cold expressions, and their eyes were looking at Master Qingwei.

As soon as Master Qingwei expresses his position, they will immediately withdraw from the scene and refuse to recognize the results of this election.

At this time, only Master Qingwei can take a stand, and no one else can take his place, not even the Imperial Master.

However, Master Qingwei did not immediately express his attitude. He neither stepped forward to congratulate nor left the scene, but was thoughtful.

At this moment, the Earth Master spoke: "You are still standing there, don't you want to be a Taoist priest of my Taoist sect?"

This "you" is naturally referring to those people who sit still and live in peace.

As soon as this statement came out, many people became angry.

However, the Imperial Master also spoke: "What does the Earth Master mean by these words? Are you threatening others? Whether he is a Taoist priest from a Taoist sect or not, I'm afraid you don't have the say."

The Earth Master was wearing a mask, so it was difficult to see the expression on his face. He still spoke with an emphasis: "What I said does not count, and what the Imperial Master said does not count. This requires only following public opinion. I would like to advise the Imperial Master not to go against the grain. "

The Imperial Master sneered: "Taiping Dao is my business, do you think my sword is harmful?"

The earth master responded tit-for-tat: "My sword is not bad at all!"

The two deputy head masters, Da Zhenren, refused to give in to each other, causing the atmosphere in Jinque to suddenly become tense.

Fortunately, there is another Celestial Master. Although the Celestial Master and the Earth Master are allies, the Celestial Master does not want the Taoist sect to go into full-scale war, so the Celestial Master still maintains a relatively neutral position. Only the Heavenly Master can intervene.

Then the Heavenly Master said: "You two, don't be angry."

As soon as the Heavenly Master opened his mouth, he determined the nature of the two people's words. They were just angry words. The tense atmosphere in Jinque eased a bit.

The Heavenly Master repeated again: "Don't be angry."

Neither the Earth Master nor the National Master said anything, as they accepted the steps given by the Heavenly Master.

The Heavenly Master then said to the people of Taiping Dao who were sitting motionless: "If there is anything you don't agree with, you can raise it now and let the Grand Master Election Committee re-examine the election results. Don't do anything irrational."

The Heavenly Master looked at the National Master and the Earth Master: "What do Brother Li Dao and Fellow Daoist Yao think?"

The Imperial Master said: "Brother Zhang Dao is the chief of the election committee, so the opinion of Brother Zhang shall prevail."

The Earth Master said: "I have no objection."

The Heavenly Master nodded: "Okay, I announce that the meeting will be adjourned temporarily, and the Grand Master Election Committee will re-examine the election results. I also ask Master Donghua and Master Qingwei to wait for a while in Jinque's lounge."

Master Donghua said nothing and just walked to the east lounge, while Master Qingwei did the opposite.

Qi Xuansu also stood up and walked behind Master Donghua.

Arriving at the lounge, Master Donghua casually set up a ban, turned around, and said to Qi Xuansu: "Tianyuan, act according to the plan to prevent unexpected events."

Qi Xuansu responded: "I have sent Xiao Yin there first."

Master Donghua asked: "Is it possible for Xiao Yin to be alone?"

Qi Xuansu replied: "It will definitely not work if it takes a long time, but there should be no problem for a while. Xiao Yin is deeply familiar with the true inheritance of Wuniang, Qiniang, and Qingxiao."

Master Donghua was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I'll be relieved."

Names of people, shadows of trees, the three women listed by Qi Xuansu are not ordinary people.

However, as Qi Xuansu said, Xiao Yin is still young after all, and it is such a life-and-death matter, so we cannot rely on Xiao Yin. When Donghua Zhenren cannot be separated, Qi Xuansu has to take action in person in the end.

So Master Donghua took out a Ruyi and handed it to Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu was surprised because it was the "Three Treasures Ruyi" that represented the Grand Master.

However, considering that Master Donghua once lent the "Daluo Hunyuan Umbrella" to Master Jiang Dazhen, it is not difficult to understand that Master Jiang would hand over the "Three Treasures of Ruyi" representing the Grand Master to Master Donghua in advance.

Qi Xuansu took the "Three Treasures Ruyi" with both hands.

Master Donghua didn't explain anything directly, but just gave Qi Xuansu a deep look: "Do you know what to do?"

Qi Xuansu said in a deep voice: "Master, please rest assured. I hold the 'Three Treasures Ruyi' in my hand to represent the Grand Master. Anyone who disobeys the Grand Master's will will be punished by me."

Master Donghua nodded: "Very good."