Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 050 Advance Or You'll Retreat, Live Or You'll Die
Feng Qingxiu did have some understanding of the conflict between the two lineages, but in his eyes, it seemed to be no different from other competitions between peaks, and it was no big deal.
Because according to the records of the Kun-Lai factional system, from the day when Kun-Lai was established, although they worked together against external parties, there was no internal harmony between the peaks and various lineages. It was said that this habit originated from the Kun-Lai Seven Elders—that was, it was passed down from the seven junior brothers and sisters of the Sect Leader.
The gratitudes and grudges of various peaks and various lineages could be written on hundreds of jade tablets.
For example, when he just got the Net Charm at the outer sect, he encountered the custom-made Cloud Talisman Dao Seed being issued, so he watched the Battle of the Dao Seed among several peaks on the Net Charm, which was extremely lively indeed.
For example, when the Qingdi Peak lineage competed for the resource of the Cloud Talisman Dao Seed, it was necessary to fight against several peak lines that specialized in planting or have an important role in spiritual planting.
Qingnu raised the banner and fought each peak decisively.
If they encountered Shennong Peak, they would diss: Isn't it just farming, do you even make as much income as growing spiritual plants?
If they encountered Jiedu Peak, they would diss: Those who play with poison are all evil, harming others and harming themselves, trash peak! The sect should just demote it back to our Qingdi Peak!
If it was Danding Peak: pretentious lot, it's just a different packaging from our spiritual herbs!
If it was Yushou Peak: what kind of Dao Seeds do you need to plant spiritual plants, and what kind of spiritual plants do spiritual beasts even need, can’t you go to Shennong Peak?
And also Tianshui Peak: what are water spirit demons making trouble for, it's enough for you to just have water, why do you want land as well?
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As above and so on, of course, Shennong Peak and other big inner peaks would definitely not show weakness and diss back, "A group of crazies who cut people every day asking for Dao Seeds is also a waste." It was estimated that Qingdi Peak has already become immune to this based on how many times they have heard it from their opponents already.
He even heard that several peak masters directly broke out into fisticuffs, and the tables and chairs in the discussion hall ended up having to be replaced by another batch.
And not long ago, when he left the mountain gate to oversee the Dragon-Phoenix Selection, the main network had already turned white hot because of the preparations for the expedition.
Let’s take the example of Qingdi Peak, which was led by Qingnu: towards Taiyi Peak (why do you need to increase the price of building another flying peak, it would be simpler to just rob us honest folks!), Wenjian Peak (the treatments for injuries are just that expensive, if you think it’s too expensive, don’t treat it!) and all the other battle type peaks (we have the final say in the treatment of injuries, as long as we can cure them, what are you afraid of, you cowards!)
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Fortunately, these were all matters of high-level Kun-Lai cultivators, and the lower-level disciples were far less nervous. Their usual style was: Wenjian Peak: come over, we want bodyguards, Danding Peak: come over, there's money to make, and Yushou Peak: come over, remember to give discounts on the meat, and throw in some cheaper spiritual rice, are there any that are about to expire…
So what was so scary about the conflict between the two lineages?
He was a human and Senior Sister Tu was a spirit demon, but they didn't fight!
Feng Qingxiu couldn't comprehend for a while.
So he asked how it happened.
"What right do they have to say I can't enter Kun-Lai, my father is the Emperor of Great Yan, and I have the blood of the human race in my body, why can't I enter the Dragon-Phoenix Selection with Great Yan's household registration?" Shui Lanlan argued, "What right do they have to say my father betrayed the human race? The water spirit demon clans have lived here much earlier than the human race. If it wasn't for the water spirit demons, would you have survived here?"
Feng Qingxiu immediately knew the crux of the problem.
This Shui Lanlan girl was actually a mix of human and spirit demon. In this case, if she used the identity of a spirit demon, her parents must both have a Dao Disc in Kun-Lai before she could enter the outer sect, but her parents did not. If she used the identity of the human race, then she completely met the requirement of attending the Dragon-Phoenix Selection.
"Is that why someone tried to stop her from going to Kun-Lai?" Feng Qingxiu asked softly.
"Naturally, if this opening is made, and there are mixed-blood descendants, the Kun-Lai rules could be avoided. Of course, Peak Master Bai Liu would not be willing to see this." Senior Sister Tu seemed to be very disgusted by the Qingdi Peak Master, "He is still hoping to help that group of useless trash get a little more opportunities, which is just a waste. Fortunately, there is Qingnu who has put Qingdi Peak back on the right track over the years, otherwise I really don't know just how chaotic it would have become."
This was actually a problem caused by money.
Kun-Lai had always had a lot of surplus. In order to encourage people from the mountain sect to participate in various competitions, many rewards were often issued, regardless of race and age and even outsiders could join (Hall of Merit: Why can’t outsiders win awards? If you can't even defeat those outsiders, then is Kun-Lai spending so much money just to raise a bunch of Kun-Lai rats?).
And these resources were usually the key ones that the orphans under Bai Liu competed for, and many Kun-Lai spirit demons would also fight for as well. In Bai Liu's eyes, these resources were exchanged by the Kun-Lai cultivators with their blood. It should be given to the humans and not the spirit demons, and he even proposed to expel the spirit demon clans several times at high-level gatherings, causing conflicts and becoming the fuse for the conflict between the two Kun-Lai lineages.
In the eyes of Peak Master You Bazhua, this was simply a joke. Could it be that when the spirit demons went on the expeditions together, they didn't lose any numbers or had any casualties, and they all just went to buy soy sauce? (TN: to buy soy sauce=slang for none of my business/to not be involved/to be disinterested)
Why should Bai Liu have others bear the responsibility of the mistakes he made back then? Qingnu and the disciples under her were also orphans from the Battle of Yuntian Domain. How come Qingnu could stand up and become a great beam of support?
Besides, the rights of the spirit demon clans in Kun-Lai were already very limited. Just the fact that the Dragon-Phoenix Selection did not allow spirit demons that were already part of Kun-Lai to participate, how many spirit demons had gotten cut out of the opportunity?
If you have the ability then drive away all the spirit demons in Kun-Lai, those who act as transits, those who act as guardian beasts, those who transport goods, those who deal with garbage disposal, those who mine, those who farm, and those who participate in research. If all of them were driven away, just who would lose more!
Did you really still think Kun-Lai was that little sect from hundreds of years ago!
Even if they gave up these jobs, would Bai Liu's group of trash with eyes growing on the top of their heads be willing to take over?
Therefore, the two sides were often at war with each other, and the disciples on either side were also full of anger. This was the conflict between the two lineages.
Feng Qingxiu didn't want to get involved, but the problem now was that he had to be the one in charge.
And he had the power to call the shots.
Becoming the only apprentice of Kun-Lai, he himself represented a part of the Sect Leader's will.
After remaining silent for a while, Feng Qingxiu looked serious: "Then you must enter Kun-Lai no matter what?"
"Of course!" Miss Shui said decisively.
"As a human?" Feng Qingxiu confirmed again.
"Of course!" Miss Shui affirmed.
"Okay, then, I allow you to join in the Dragon-Phoenix Selection, but in the future your Dao Disc in Kun-Lai will state the human race and cannot be changed." Feng Qingxiu stared at her, "Go, remember your choice today."
"Thank you, Senior Brother! I will not forget this in the future." Miss Shui smiled and rushed out quickly, running towards the Heart Asking Stone in the city.
Feng Qingxiu sighed softly, spoke briefly to his senior sister and Ji Mingyu, and went back to his room.
At the same time, he sternly refused the request to help them carve a miniature figurine of his master.
Back in the room, Feng Qingxiu respectfully put the pouch on the table, took a step back, and watched quietly.
Then his master popped of the pouch.
Feng Qingxiu was killed again by the cuteness, and his eyes were a little dazed when he looked at the jade man.
After a while, he blushed under his master's smiling gaze: "Master, I let that girl go because I think it's originally what you intended when you started the Dragon-Phoenix Selection, to give opportunities to those who want to seek the Dao. Only if one is not afraid or jealous of others, can one advance further, and it is also because the spirit demons represent both help and motivation to the human race, so you let the spirit demons into the mountain… am I right?"
His master looked at the shy little apprentice with a smile, and said casually: "Xiao Qing is really smart, the spirit demon race is originally too rough of a collective name. Kun-Lai is more lively with them, isn't it? With me here, nothing will happen."
In his opinion, the saying “what was not my race must have a different heart” was not necessarily correct. After all, it was not like a single race all had the same heart, right?
That they would divide among themselves, it could only be said that the benefits were not enough.
"Thank you, Master." With that being said, Feng Qingxiu was still a little uneasy, "But if there are too many spirit demons in the future… In the future, I mean very far in the future, would it become bad for the sect?"
Ji Yunlai looked at him, and suddenly chuckled: "My apprentice, why look ahead with such prudence, if that's really the case, Kun-Lai can just fall apart."