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Chapter 143: After the Grand Finale
"So many pieces, it's so hard to put them all together!"
Xu Si lit a cigarette, much like Versailles, to ease his weary mind.
Master Lu really doesn't disappoint!
The commotion grew louder with each passing moment.
Last time, when Lu Xuan used the Yellow Millet Technique to take away the World Society's building, Zhao Fangxu, the chairman of the board of directors in the capital, had already eaten quick-acting heart medicine like it was food.
This time, Lu Xuan created a Dragon Tiger Mountain out of thin air. During the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, everyone lived in Lu Xuan's dream.
Even now, Xu Si still finds it unbelievably dreamlike...
Could a fleeting dream really achieve such a level of perfection?
Even setting aside the admiration for Lu Xuan's extraordinary cultivation and miraculous skills, Lu Xuan has managed to eliminate 861 members of the Quanxing Sect this time!
Eight hundred and sixty-one members of the Quanxing gang died en masse!
Almost all the Quanxing members with any real skills in the Central China region died on Longhu Mountain, and now there are practically no Quanxing members left in the Central China region.
Eight hundred and sixty-one people.
Since the establishment of Nadutong Company, there has never been a casualty incident of this magnitude.
If we add the Quanxing members who died at Lu Xuan's hands, it means that the world of supernatural beings on the surface has lost one-fifteenth of its population.
The last time the world of supernatural beings suffered such heavy casualties was during a time of war, a true national war where human life was as cheap as grass.
This is the first time such a large-scale event has ever been held since the establishment of Nadutong Company!
This is really...
This is really great!
A smile appeared on Xu Si's lips...
No! I can't laugh yet, I have to hold it in.
After all, it was such a brutal battlefield, so we couldn't make it too obvious.
The more capable Lu Xuan was, the happier Xu Si became.
From the moment he was pushed out by the company to take the blame and be responsible for liaising with Lu Xuan, his fate became inextricably linked with Lu Xuan's.
Lu Xuan is very strong, strong enough to disregard all rules, yet he is willing to follow some of the most basic rules, so the company naturally has to show some "sincerity"...
Xu Si's influence naturally increased, and Xu Si, being no fool, naturally wanted to cling to Lu Xuan's coattails.
What's wrong with just washing the floor?
Others want to wash it but don't even have the opportunity!
Xu Si looked proud. This wasn't just ordinary whitewashing; he was whitewashing for the sake of all beings in the world of supernatural beings and for the healthy development of a harmonious society.
"Hey Xiao Si, you've really managed to latch onto a big shot."
Dou Le, standing behind him, looked on with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
When Xu Si was initially appointed as the "leader of the All-Tong Joint Special Operations Team stationed in Wudang Mountain," everyone thought he was going to put on a show of "My father shed blood for the company, and I have made contributions to the company..."
Who would have thought that what he caught wasn't lightning, but a road to heaven?
Even though Lu Xuan's identity and all his actions were actually directly managed by Zhao Fangxu, and even though the opinions of the board of directors were forcibly suppressed by Zhao Fangxu.
However, as the head of the Central China region, Dou Zhong still had some of his own information channels...
He glanced at Xiao Zizai, who was looking at the pile of "assembled food" on the ground with a face full of grief and tears streaming down his face, and then looked at Xu Si, who was helping Xu Si with the "super assembly".
My heart aches even more...
How come Xu Si gets all the good things?
The private soldiers temporarily employed as regional leaders were almost all problem children; not a single one of them was normal.
Xu Si not only managed to latch onto a powerful figure, but also gained such a docile and obedient temporary worker...
Xu Si, you really deserve to die!
"But... Fourth Brother, how do you plan to end this?"
While feeling envious, Dou Le also began to ask Xu Si for his thoughts.
As the person specifically responsible for cleaning up Lu Xuan's messes, Xu Si was in charge of resolving all the disturbances Lu Xuan had caused before, and this time was no exception.
Although this operation was strictly speaking a joint operation between Nadutong Company and the Lu family in Longhushan, Dou Le, as the local regional head, naturally had regional jurisdiction.
But who made Lu Xuan involved this time?
The company has its own operating rules...
Right? NaDuTong Company has its own unique circumstances in China.
The company's operating rules have all been disrupted by Lu Xuan's arrival. Dou Le, now the head of the Central China region, even has to consult Xu Si for his opinion.
Because Xu Si's current identity is not the head of Na Du Tong's North China region, but the "leader of Na Du Tong's joint special operations team stationed in Wudang Mountain," he is conveying Lu Xuan's attitude...
I'll say it again, Xu Si, you really deserve to die!
Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but clinging to a powerful figure is always comfortable, and Xu Si has now found a very powerful one to rely on.
"Old Dou! This matter should be handled slowly, deliberately, and steadily..."
Xu Si lit a cigarette, his face showing a calm and composed demeanor as if he had everything under control.
Dou Le lit a cigarette, his face full of disdain, as if to say, "I'm just watching you show off."
Just pretend!
It must be that Master Lu Xuan didn't tell you, so you don't dare to say anything now.
While Xu Si was putting on airs with his "progressive" attitude, Lu Xuan was having a meeting with the Old Master.
Inside a room in the Old Celestial Master's courtyard.
Lu Xuan and the Old Celestial Master sat facing each other, with Gong Qing's corpse lying beside them.
Looking at Gong Qing's corpse, the old Celestial Master lost his composure for the first time.
Even he couldn't have imagined that Gong Qing, the acting leader of Quanxing Sect, had been hiding in Longhu Mountain for three years, all for the sake of uncovering the secrets of the Jia Shen Rebellion...
"The Eight Extraordinary Techniques... are ultimately just methods to create chaos!"
The old master remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.
The chaos caused by the Eight Extraordinary Skills in the Jia Shen year was extremely harmful, attracting countless people, while countless others wanted to use the Eight Extraordinary Skills to stir up trouble. Even the Old Master was powerless to deal with human nature.
Originally, the Old Celestial Master and Lu Jin planned that there wouldn't be so many people attacking Longhu Mountain, and that the attack wouldn't cause too much trouble.
As a result, more than 800 Quanxing attacked the mountain, and Wang Zhi of the Wang family went so far as to hire foreign aliens and foreign mercenaries, and even used firearms.
Gong Qing, the acting leader of Quanxing, even went so far as to lie in wait in Longhu Mountain for three years.
Although a large number of people, especially Wang Zhi, came for Lu Xuan, it is not hard to see that the seemingly peaceful world of supernatural beings is already turbulent.
Before this, who could have believed that the Wang family, a long-established and powerful clan, would collude with foreign forces? Who could have imagined that the Wang family would attack Wudang Mountain and Longhu Mountain?
No one would believe that Quanxing, a heretical sect with a thousand-year history but ultimately a low-level sect, would be so bold as to attack the ancestral temple of Zhengyi Dao, which has the supreme master, the Old Celestial Master, presiding over it.
Ultimately, it's because the conflicts within the world of supernatural beings are too great to be concealed any longer.
On the one hand, there is the impact on the existing social order.
On one hand, there is the threat from foreign supernatural forces.
However, the world of supernatural beings, dominated by powerful families and influential forces, remains as corrupt as in the feudal era. Resources and channels for advancement are controlled, leaving no room for advancement for those with supernatural abilities below.
Ordinary people with supernatural abilities want to gain power and a voice, while the top powers expand by any means necessary in an attempt to maintain their position. The weak want to become stronger, and the strong want to become even stronger.
The Eight Extraordinary Techniques were merely the trigger for their struggle, revealing only the tip of the iceberg beneath the surface of the currently peaceful world of supernatural beings...
The All-Tong Company is indeed trying to maintain the balance in the world of supernatural beings, but the fundamental power in the world of supernatural beings is still held by the supernatural forces led by the Ten Elders.
Those powerful forces have merit, strength, power, and influence, and their connections are deeply intertwined. The All-Touch Company cannot eliminate them, and its efforts to maintain "balance" are merely patchwork.
The "gaps" in the barely maintained balance between the company and these powerful forces became a breeding ground for the rise of such forces.
Putting aside everything else, it is an ironclad rule that people with supernatural abilities cannot attack ordinary people. It is a red line that the company has firmly adhered to. But how many people with supernatural abilities secretly attack ordinary people?
Ordinary people can't even detect otherworlders, let alone fight them. Their mortal eyes can't even see the "qi" of otherworlders.
The world of supernatural beings appears to be entirely new, but in reality, it is as rotten as it has been for thousands of years. Stripped of its flesh and skin, its core has never truly changed...
Oh, this only refers to the world of supernatural beings!
Chapter 144: Take it and go do what you need to do.
The internal conflicts within the world of supernatural beings are accumulating, and change is indeed necessary.
The old master sighed.
"Lu Xuan, do you really not want to take over my position as Celestial Master?"
"Don't talk about outsiders or lineages. If you were a person who sticks to the old ways, you wouldn't have reached this level."
"If you follow the rules, it's because you're willing to follow the rules. If the company wants to leverage your influence, it's because you're willing to let the company leverage your influence."
"Rather than saying that the company wants to use your power to change the world of superhumans, it's more accurate to say that your will has influenced the company; it's you who want to change the world."
Although the old master was old, he could still see the true hierarchical relationship between Lu Xuan and Xu Si, or rather, between Lu Xuan and the Na Du Tong Company behind Xu Si.
"Since you want to change the world of supernatural beings, my position as the Celestial Master who leads the Zhengyi sect can still be of some help."
The old celestial master raised his hand, and golden light rose like a great sun, containing countless profound mysteries and restrictions.
If the Eight Extraordinary Skills are what countless people dream of, then the Celestial Master's Transmission is something that even the most extraordinary people in the world dare not dream of.
This small sphere of light represents the pinnacle of power in the world of supernatural beings, and the entire Zhengyi sect of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The old master's attitude was very clear: he was old and bound by the rules of the current world of supernatural beings.
If he had been younger and known about Quanxing's intentions, Quanxing wouldn't have been the ones attacking the mountain; instead, Zhang Zhiwei would have gone down the mountain to hunt them down.