Chapter 169 Chaos is the ladder to rise!Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it’s already a month later. Murong Fu and his group have arrived in Kunlun Mountain. Along the way, Murong Fu was not idle either. He studied the remaining scrolls of Xiaoyao together with Tianshan Tonglao and Li Qiushui, and understood the true meaning of Xiaoyao Yufeng. Murong Fu is at the level of a master of his generation, and Tianshan Tonglao and Li Qiushui are also top masters of the time. Three cobblers can still be better than one Zhuge Liang, let alone three top masters. The wisdom of the three people intertwined, and Murong Fu also figured out some clues about Xiaoyao Yufeng. Jiumozhi and Duan Yanqing practiced martial arts diligently along the way. Jiumozhi fought with Murong Fu, Tianshan Tonglao, and Li Qiushui successively, and was defeated all of them. Even the three Persian envoys made this Mahalakshatra suffer a setback. Jiumozhi's mentality was suppressed terribly.
However, after Duan Yanqing joined, Jiumozhi became much happier, and he always won in his competitions with Duan Yanqing. Moreover, Duan Yanqing's actual combat ability is extremely high now. Although Jiumozhi can win when sparring with him, he still needs to show his real ability, and is forced to retreat by Duan Yanqing's strange moves from time to time. Jiumozhi was very happy to meet an opponent of this level. He would practice with Duan Yanqing whenever he had time. Duan Yanqing also made use of Jiumozhi to hone his martial arts, and with the help of martial arts master Murong Fu who would always give him some pointers, his path to combining good and evil became smoother and smoother. Over the past month, his martial arts had made huge progress that was visible to the naked eye. At the beginning, Jiumozhi needed more than a hundred moves to win, but now, it takes him nearly three hundred moves to win. Seeing Duan Yanqing's progress, Jiumozhi did not dare to slack off and practiced Six Meridians Divine Sword every day. Unfortunately, when he used it, he was not as free and easy as Murong Fu. This is purely because of insufficient internal strength, so Jiumozhi paid more attention to the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra and wanted to improve his skills. The effect is gratifying. Jiumozhi has practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra to the eighth level and possessed the power of eight dragons and eight elephants. However, it is not easy to break through to the ninth level and obtain the power of Nine Dragons and Nine Elephants. The power of King Jinlun of Nine Dragons and Nine Elephants is slightly higher than that of Guo Jing of Twenty Years of Nine Yin. Of course, martial arts is not only about skill, martial arts skills are also important. Moreover, the skill also involves the speed of recovering energy, the blessing of skills, anti-poison, and healing. These aspects of Dragon Elephant Prajna are far less exquisite than those of Nine Yin Scriptures, and only account for one aspect of great strength to create miracles. However, Jiumozhi, who possesses the power of eight dragons and eight elephants, is also very powerful, and in actual combat he is better than King Jinlun. After all, his martial arts skills are stronger, and he originally practiced chakra internal energy, so his skills are not shallow. The Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra allows him to take a further step forward. However, the Six Meridians Divine Sword required too much internal energy. Even when he reached the power of Eight Dragons and Eight Elephants, Jiumozhi was unable to use the Six Meridians Divine Sword at the same time. He could only use two sword techniques at the same time, then quickly change his moves and use two more, continuously. But in this way, its power is only limited compared to the flame sword. The more Jiumozhi improved, the more he felt that Murong Fu was unfathomable, probably a bit like Zhang Cuishan's view of Zhang Sanfeng. At first glance, Zhang Sanfeng is only slightly stronger than Xie Xun, but when you look at Zhang Sanfeng again, you see that he can defeat the two Xuanming Elders with one move. When his son Zhang Wuji has reached the pinnacle of practice, looking at Zhang Sanfeng again, one still feels that Zhang Sanfeng is unfathomable, his knowledge is extraordinary, and beyond imagination. After that, Zhang Sanfeng gives Zhang Wuji some pointers, and Zhang Wuji is able to defeat the two Xuanming Elders with thirty moves.
The higher you stand, the higher you see Zhang Sanfeng. And Murong Fu also had the feeling of Zhang Sanfeng. The more Jiumozhi improved, the more he felt how huge the gap between himself and Murong Fu was. The three Persian envoys were practicing their acting skills along the way. They were completely convinced by Murong Fu and had already boarded the pirate ship. If the old man in the mountain knew that they had betrayed him, he would definitely not let them go. They can only go down this path till the end. The purpose of practicing acting skills is to deceive the saint and the old man in the mountain so as not to arouse suspicion. It must be said that under the pressure of survival, the acting skills of the three Persian envoys have indeed improved by leaps and bounds. At a speed visible to the naked eye, they have advanced from the level of the Golden Broom and Golden Raspberry Awards to the Houston Best Actor and Best Actress, and then to the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, and then broke through to the level of the Golden Statue and Golden Horse Awards. Today, it has reached the level of the Palme d'Or and the Oscars. Envoy Huiyue already has the strength of a movie queen, while Envoy Miaofeng and Envoy Liuyun have also reached the level of movie emperors. Their emotions also stabilized and they looked very good, without any flaws. At this moment, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the magpies are flying south. Murong Fu was discussing something with Tianshan Tonglao and Li Qiushui, but what they were talking about was not martial arts, but the matter of seizing power in the Ming Cult. "We will probably reach Bright Summit tomorrow. Do you have any idea about how to seize the Ming Cult?" asked Tong Lao. "Chaos is the ladder to rise." Murong Fu smiled confidently, "The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish." "Chaos is the ladder to rise. This sentence is very exquisite, showing the true meaning of seizing power." Li Qiushui is a person with practical experience, and he agreed, "The Ming Cult is already in chaos now. According to the Ming Cult disciples we met on the road, Master Lin publicly announced that he had appointed a successor. The identity of this successor is unknown, but he has obtained the sect's magical skill, the Great Shift of the Universe. According to the three Persian envoys, Master Lin was probably severely injured by the old man in the mountain. He was eager to achieve success and practiced the Great Shift of the Universe and became obsessed. He had to gamble everything and prepare to fight to the death. The Ming Cult is already in chaos!" When they arrived near Kunlun Mountain, there were more Ming Cult disciples, scattered in nearby towns. Some were responsible for purchasing, some were responsible for delivering messages, and unfamiliar faces could easily attract attention. However, Murong Fu had three Persian envoys leading the way. The three Persian envoys had a very high status, and those ordinary Ming Cult disciples did not dare to question them. When the three Persian envoys asked them about the latest movements of the Ming Cult, they reported truthfully. Everyone then realized that Master Lin had publicly appointed a successor, but in a similar way he had secretly chosen a crown prince, using the Great Shift of the Universe as the identity identifier of the crown prince. This was to identify his successor and prepare for his afterlife, and also to cut off the thoughts of the Persian Ming Cult, because the Persian Ming Cult had always wanted the Saint to take over the position of the leader of the Middle-earth Ming Cult. However, as a result, the conflicts within the Ming Cult were intensified to the point where they were on the verge of breaking out. "It's not chaotic enough!" Murong Fu said, "What kind of chaos is this? White knives go in, red knives come out, and internal fighting starts. That's chaos! That's our chance!" Tong Lao asked, "You want to add fuel to the fire?" "That's exactly what I want to do, to make the sky collapse and the earth split." Murong Fu smiled and said, "If an organization wants to seize power, it often doesn't need to gain the approval of the majority of people, it only needs to deal with the key people." "I divide the people of the Ming Cult into three types." "The first type is the nominal selector, that is, someone who can nominally choose the leader, but in reality has no influence on the power struggle at the top. In the Ming Cult, this is the local altar masters and ordinary disciples. They have the greatest power, but they are scattered and disunited, and cannot be concentrated. In the Song Dynasty, this is the major landlords and gentry. They are nominally important to the Song Dynasty, but they cannot decide who will be the emperor of the Song Dynasty." "The second type is the actual selectors, who are the ones who can really decide who the leader will be. They are the Saintess, the two left and right eunuchs, the four Dharma Kings, the five scattered people, the flag bearers of the Five Elements, and the leaders of the four gates of Heaven, Earth, Wind and Thunder. They are like the prime ministers, royal relatives, eunuchs in the inner court, and generals and nobles of the Song Dynasty. Their support is the key to whether the emperor can sit firmly on the throne. Similarly, the high-level officials of the Ming Cult who are at the core of power can decide who the leader will be. They are the actual selectors." "The third type is the winning alliance. The winning alliance is a community of interests among the actual electors who truly support the leader. For Leader Lin, it is his Fuzhou faction. The Persian faction and the Western Regions faction are both disloyal, but only the Fuzhou faction will rise and fall with him. The high-level people from the Fuzhou faction are his winning alliance. For me, you are my winning alliance, and you will rise and fall with me." "The essence of seizing power is to gather your own winning alliance, deal with the actual selectors, kill the competitors and the disobedient actual selectors, and then have a reasonable reason for the nominal selectors. Because people in this world have no loyalty, they will only support whoever wins."
"Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Incident, in which he succeeded in a coup with 800 people and took control of the entire Tang Empire, was because these 800 people formed a winning alliance with his Qin Wang Mansion. After killing Jiancheng and Yuanji and controlling Li Yuan, he either killed or lured away the actual selectors, that is, the people in the core of the Tang Dynasty, and made them support the Qin Wang. In the end, after these actual selectors supported the Qin Wang, the world of the Tang Dynasty belonged to Qin Wang Li Shimin." Murong Fu spoke eloquently, using the concepts of later political science to analyze the nature of the power struggle. "You are indeed an ambitious person." Li Qiushui said, "You actually think so deeply and so cruelly. Very good, it seems that the world of Mingjiao belongs to you. But you have too little experience in Mingjiao. Unlike Qin Wang Li Shimin, he is a general of Tiance and has a deep experience in the Tang Dynasty military. How can you make those nominally chosen people obey you?" Murong Fu said: "I have the legal lineage! Because I am the heir chosen by Sect Leader Lin!" "When did Master Lin choose you as his successor?" Tong Lao asked puzzledly. "Because I know the Great Shift of the Universe! Didn't Sect Leader Lin say that? The Great Shift of the Universe is the proof that he is the successor!" Murong Fu said, "To outsiders, the Great Shift of the Universe is to use the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force, and to reverse the yin and yang. In terms of using the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force, no one can surpass the Battle of the Stars and Shifts of my Murong family. And reversing the yin and yang is the strength of the Tianshan Six Yang Palm. I use the Battle of the Stars and Shifts of the Universe and the Tianshan Six Yang Palm to say that I know the Great Shift of the Universe, and no one can disprove it." As Murong Fu spoke, he circulated the yin and yang energies in his body, and his whole body turned blue and red, which was a sign that the Great Shift of the Universe was in operation. This is known to everyone in the upper echelons of the Ming Cult, as there have been many cult leaders throughout the ages who have gone astray while practicing the Great Shift of the Universe. At this moment, even if Sect Leader Lin saw this scene, he would have to doubt whether Murong Fu could really perform the Great Shift of the Universe. One has to fight with Murong Fu in person and feel the mystery of Murong Fu's skills before one can judge that Murong Fu cannot use the Great Shift of the Universe. "I heard from the three Persian envoys that you can move the universe, so this is what it is." Tong Lao laughed, "Is this possible? The backup plan that Master Lin painstakingly left behind was prepared for you? I really regret that I have been working hard for others every year." Murong Fu said: "For Master Lin, I may not be a bad successor. Only I can make the Ming Cult truly flourish! He will have no regrets in his death!" The next day. Under the towering Guangmingding, the three Persian envoys led Murong Fu and his party up the mountain. The status of the Three Persian Envoys in the Persian Ming Cult is comparable to that of the Messenger of Light. When they arrived at the Middle-earth Ming Cult, although their status was lowered a bit, they still held the Holy Fire Order, a sacred object of the Ming Cult, and were still the top leaders of the Ming Cult. They don't even need a token. The Holy Fire Token is the best token. Once the Holy Fire Token is lit, nothing is forbidden. However, Murong Fu noticed that the Ming Cult disciples patrolling the mountain were obviously very elite, and judging from their attire, they looked like people from the Five Elements Flag. These people all looked at the three Persian envoys with unfriendly eyes. It seems that the Persian Mingjiao is somewhat unpopular among the grassroots of the headquarters. A group of people were walking when they were suddenly blocked by someone. The man was a giant like an iron tower, at least two meters tall, with a body made of steel and iron, and a firm gaze, which was intimidating. "This man is Ren Beiming, the flag bearer of the Giant Wood Flag. He is good at using the Pojun spear technique and has always been openly dissatisfied with the Persian Ming Cult." Gong Ye Qian said in a low voice. Murong Fu seemed to be thinking about something. Ren Beiming looked at the three Persian envoys and said in a cold voice, "Three Holy Envoys, we, the Giant Wood Banner, are patrolling the mountain today. You brought so many irrelevant people up the mountain, so we must check!" Envoy Huiyue was furious and asked, "How dare you, a mere flag bearer, check on our people?" Envoy Miao Feng said, "Flag bearer Ren, let me tell you that these people are guests of the Saint, they are of noble status and cannot be offended. You want to check them, but that won't work." Envoy Liuyun said coldly: "If you know what's best for you, get out of the way immediately. Otherwise, you will be committing insubordination. With the Holy Fire Order in hand, we can punish you according to the rules of the sect." Ren Beiming said angrily: "The relationship between the Ming Cult of the Central Plains and the Ming Cult of Persia is equal. We respect you as guests from afar, but you act recklessly. Humph, do you think you are messengers of light? I just want to check, so what? Disciples of the Giant Wood Banner, listen to my orders!" As Ren Beiming spoke, he took out a green flag and waved it. In an instant, the Ming Cult disciples who were patrolling the mountain came over one after another, moving in unison and coordinating with each other tacitly.
These Mingjiao disciples all had green scarves wrapped around their heads and held various iron hooks as weapons. There were more than eighty of them in total. At this time, they were eyeing Murong Fu and others covetously, waiting for Ren Beiming's order to attack together. The three Persian envoys had grim expressions on their faces, they held many positions in the Persian Ming Cult, two of the four Dharma Kings were Persians, but the Five Elements Flag was impenetrable like a needle and water could not penetrate it. The Five Elements Flags are the backbone of the Fuzhou faction and follow the orders of Master Lin. Each flag has 500 members, all of whom are elite soldiers selected from various local branches, mainly Han people, and receive military training. Together, they formed an elite army of 2,500 people, which, combined with the resulting formation, gave the three Persian envoys a headache. "Ren Beiming, are you rebelling?!" Huiyue was furious. "You Five Elements Flags are unruly, the Saint will definitely punish you!" Ren Beiming was not afraid at all and said, "There is only one God in my Ming Cult, and that is the Cult Master. Although the Saint Girl is honorable, she is also below the Cult Master." Just when the two sides were on the verge of a fight, a voice came: "Brother Ren, let them pass!" When Ren Beiming took a look, he saw that they were a young couple. The boy has starry eyes, sword-like eyebrows, and a heroic appearance. The woman is beautiful, but also very wild, a heroic female knight. "Brother Fang, it's not appropriate for them to bring strangers into the headquarters!" Ren Beiming treated the young man very well, with a hint of inferiority. The young man said, "They should be the Saint's guests, just a few people, it won't cause any trouble. We in the Ming Cult should value peace." Although Ren Beiming was reluctant, he still said, "It was Brother Fang who interceded for you, otherwise it would not have been so easy for you to pass." Gong Yeqian quietly introduced Murong Fu: "This is Fang Shisan, the flag bearer of the Ruijin Banner, and his sister Fang Baihua." Fang Shisan? Fang Baihua? Murong Fu's mind suddenly became clear! Fang Shisan is Fang La, the seventh leader of the Ming Cult. It turns out that he has already served as the flag bearer of the Sharp Gold Banner at this time! (End of this chapter)