Chapter 2715: My Decision

Change is always happening, regardless of whether people are prepared to accept it or not. News of the Wei country suffering a robbery quickly spread. Because the Wei country's only remaining possession, the extraordinary cultivators of Prime County, experienced a large-scale fleeing phenomenon! Their panic spread to even vaster lands.

Once, where Dantian martial arts flourished, the Wei country became the martial arts center north of the Long River. It had a prosperous appearance, almost allowing people to imagine the grand occasion in ancient times when Xue Gui and Wei Xing discussed the Dao here, gathering millions of disciples... But it declined overnight.

More desolate than broken walls and remnants are buildings emptied of people. Now, even on the main streets of Li Heng city, the Wei capital, one can hardly see any extraordinary figures. Instead, ordinary people, more tenacious than wild grass, are still scattered on different streets, like ants crawling around — they cannot stop living because of fear. As long as they are not dead, they will still come out to work, because if their hands stop, their mouths stop.

At the height of the Kui Ming Race, when Sun Xiao Man appeared to fight Wu Yu, there was such a rumor that spread rapidly through the Tai Xu Illusion Realm —

"The reason the Jing country people could precisely target and kill the Wei country's extraordinary cultivators is through pre-locking in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. The final killing method was also realized through the Tai Xu Illusion Realm!"

As everyone knows, Tai Xu Walkers can completely manifest the power from reality within the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. Therefore, every Tai Xu Walker has left sufficiently detailed personal information in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm.

When the Tai Xu Illusion Realm was first developing, many people had similar worries. Even Jiang Wang, a current member of the Tai Xu Pavilion, initially thought of "hiding a trick" in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. Only with the development of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, as the Tai Xu Dao Lord became a uniquely selfless being and the Tai Xu Pavilion members provided credibility endorsement, did this hidden worry in their hearts gradually sink into the sea of their hearts.

When the Wei country suffered the robbery this time, public opinion exploded, and this long-held worry finally roared into shocking huge waves.

There were voices saying, "The Tai Xu Illusion Realm is a huge conspiracy!"

There were voices saying that the strong powers of the present world usually only raise pigs, and once they feel threatened or encounter festivals, they sharpen their knives and slaughter. And the Tai Xu Pavilion is the overlord countries' pig herder, so various strong powers tolerate the Tai Xu Pavilion in a hundred ways, have many cooperations, and even cede power to a certain extent! Of course, some would refute, saying that with the Tai Xu Dao Lord present, such a thing is impossible. Xu Yuan Zhi is an idealist "willing to be below others, willing to be a ladder for the common people." The Tai Xu Dao Lord is a transcendent power and an existence that has completely cut off the "self." He represents the Tai Xu Illusion Realm's absolute fairness and absolute justice, ensuring the safety and privacy of every Tai Xu Walker.

But soon there were voices saying —

"Don't forget how He became the Tai Xu Dao Lord. He is certainly worthy of respect, and He is certainly a relatively fair existence, but His vital point is now also in the hands of various strong powers! How could someone who can decide His life and death not influence His attitude?"

Of course, some also brought up Zhen River True Monarch, saying how unparalleled this monarch's faith and righteousness are, how neutral and just he is, and how many things he has done for the world from his debut until now. Zhen River True Monarch would absolutely not allow the Tai Xu Illusion Realm to become shackles for the strong powers to rule the world. He is even less likely to be a so-called "pig herder" and become an accomplice.

But immediately someone asked — Isn't Xu Yuan Zhi neutral? Isn't Gu Shi Yi righteous? Isn't the World Honored One equal? Why then can Jiang Wang alone stand for neutrality and act freely? He is neither more powerful than those people, nor more moral than those people, so why can he be special?

Some explained that it was because True Monarch Jiang served Qi early on and was intimate with the Son of Heaven of Qi; he is sworn brothers with the Da Mu Wang Fu and receives the trust of the Son of Heaven of Mu; he is as intimate as family with the Da Chu Hui Guo Gong Fu...

In short, True Monarch Jiang has connections. Everywhere.

"But doesn't this exactly prove that True Monarch Jiang is not neutral, not free, but is actually a puppet pushed to the front stage by various strong powers, a false flag of fairness, tying the private interests of various strong powers!?"

"Where is there a person who is friends all over the world on one side and still can be neutral and free on the other?"

"Don't you see the Three Punishments Palace, which is 'only sincere to the law', and Tian Xing Cliff never approaches human feelings. What allies can this Legalist holy land have?"

Ju Kui's hand stretched out and pressed the sound recording stone to stop. "Things are just like this." His manifested body sat in the Tai Xu Pavilion building, hosting the meeting's progress as in every past Tai Xu meeting: "Borrowing people's panic, these words spread very fast. Now many people have produced doubts about the fundamental meaning of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm —"

"Is it exactly a boat of the human path, or a prison of the human path?"

Nine people still sat in a ring, surrounding a pillar of heavenly light. Their true bodies were all at Guan He Platform, yet they had to divide their thoughts here to hold an emergency Tai Xu meeting.

This was not a simple public opinion storm. Borrowing the tragedy of the Wei country's two counties' extraordinary cultivators, during this unprecedented grand event period, it burned like wildfire on dry grass, with blazing flames! Some people declared they would forever quit the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, and more people temporarily stopped their activities in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. Some people recorded the process of destroying their Moon Key in shadow stones, as a declaration of freedom.

"The adverse impact caused by this public opinion is still difficult to estimate for now. But undoubtedly, it has already shaken the fundamentals of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm," Ju Kui said. "It has reached the time when we must respond."

"The urgent matter is to reshape the trust of the broad walkers in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. Although it is a rumor, the clear one cannot prove himself clear." Cang Ming rarely spoke: "Should we make a public statement at Guan He Platform? It involves the fundamentals of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, and we must clarify."

"We nine people standing there is already our support for the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. Now that the trust in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm is shaken, it shakes our trust — mainly Jiang Wang's trust." Huang She Li said while thinking: "I suspect as long as we stand out and issue a statement, the next step will be two difficult choices."

She frowned: "For example, the opponent will take out evidence of the Jing country slaughtering the Wei country's extraordinary cultivators, coercing Lu Ye, and let us handle it impartially as the Yellow River Association event group. How can we handle it?" She again explained to Li Yi: "I am not saying this thing was certainly done by the Jing country, just such an example. The person behind the scenes will definitely have follow-up actions."

Li Yi sat there quietly and did not speak.

"Where did the public opinion start to explode?" Dou Zhao asked. There was chilling killing intent in his voice.

"It is fundamentally meaningless to investigate the source of the news now." Ju Kui shook his head: "Because similar ideas fundamentally do not need special people to spread them. They can naturally arise by slightly guiding the thoughts of ordinary walkers."

"No need for techniques or divine powers, leaving no traces themselves. This is the evolution of public opinion." As the controller of the Five Punishments Tower, before bringing this problem up for discussion, he had already investigated using Legalist methods: "Even if we get the support of the Tai Xu Dao Lord and check every segment of similar dialogue within the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, we will certainly find no problems."

"This problem only appeared today, but it has not existed only today." Chong Xuan Zun rarely wasn't reading today, only holding the sun wheel and moon wheel in his hands, like grasping a Tai Ji diagram: "The Tai Xu Illusion Realm has developed to now, while convenience the world, it has also necessarily left many problems. Just like the more prosperous the present world, the more evil the disaster water. The reason today's public opinion has such momentum is precisely the result of long-term accumulation." His tone was calm: "It will not explode today, it will also explode tomorrow."

"The problem is that it did not explode at the time we wanted." As the advocate of the Tai Xu Public Academy, Qin Zhi Zhen cautiously spoke: "Wait until after this session of the Yellow River Association is finished, everything will be much better."

Originating from the Qin country, which honored martial arts, and having a good friend like Wei Yu, a young master from a world family, Qin Zhi Zhen, who showed talent very early on, received the all-out cultivation of the Qin court all the way, so his cultivation should not be difficult. But from his surname, one can also see that he himself is not a descendant of some famous family. There is no famous Qin surname family in the Qin country. He is the same as that Chu Yu Zhi from the Chu country, both with the country as their surname.

Having come up from humble origins all the way, he may not be able to completely empathize with the dilemmas of ordinary people, but he can also somewhat understand the meaning of this thing. This is also the reason he first proposed the Tai Xu Public Academy.

Chong Xuan Zun said faintly: "On the contrary — isn't this just the time we chose?"

Precisely because after this session of the Yellow River Association finishes, "everything will be much better." If any problems are to explode, now is just the best time that the person behind the scenes should choose. When promoting the various changes of this session of the Yellow River Association, they should have thought of this moment! In fact, they were indeed prepared for today, but...

Zhong Xuan slowly carved on the bamboo slip with his knife pen, as usual doing the meeting records. But after experiencing the change of Qin Ku Book Academy, he was obviously not as able to be as full as in the past. Hearing this, he seemed to unintentionally stroke his beard: "I have a question — on the matter of 'neutrality', why are there no voices mentioning other pavilion members? Why are they all only discussing whether Pavilion Member Jiang is neutral enough or not, whether he is fair enough or not, whether he is beneficial to the world or not? We others, aren't we also in the Tai Xu Pavilion? Why hide in public opinion?"

This is a question with a very clear answer — Because the neutrality of others fundamentally needs no mention. Every person sitting here represents one side of a strong power. They sit here, their positions are already fixed, their stands are already destined. They have never been neutral, so what is there to talk about neutrality? Every vote they cast within the Tai Xu Pavilion represents the powers behind them! Even someone like Li Yi, who does not care about worldly matters, was sent out by the Jing country not to let him daze in another place. Every word and action of his within the Tai Xu Pavilion must represent the interests of the Jing country. Only with the checks and balances of various interests can things not be done too excessively.

In other words, when the interests of various strong powers are consistent, then "appropriate excessiveness" should also be understood — This was originally something that everyone knew perfectly well in their hearts.

But precisely because the answer to this question is so clear, Zhong Xuan still brought it up on this occasion, which then possesses a questioning meaning! But specific to each person, the heavenly proud ones originating from the six great overlord countries must again represent the interests of the overlord countries. Even as cold and stern as Ju Kui, as iron-penned as Zhong Xuan, they should also represent the interests of the Legalists and Confucianists, and even the great sects of the world. At the same time, the sum of the various great overlord countries and world great sects can almost represent the order of the present world. Except for Jiang Wang, the eight other pavilion members are also consistent at this level, as controllers of order, in terms of interests. This is unrelated to morals, ideals, or anything else. They sit on this chair and strive for this chair, which is the greatest morality and the most basic ideal.

Only Jiang Wang. In this Tai Xu Pavilion, he is in fact standing on the side of the Tai Xu Dao Lord. This is why this wave of public opinion only targets Jiang Wang and the Tai Xu Dao Lord — but because of the special nature of the Tai Xu Dao Lord, targeting Him is meaningless. So Jiang Wang is the real target. The person behind the scenes is very obviously very clear about what the current fundamental contradiction is.

Zhong Xuan is now asking — if there are truly unspeakable things, how would you choose? Si Ma Heng, whose history pen was like iron, will never return to the present world. Zuo Qiu Wu, who wrote Spring and Autumn for the book academy, was finally buried in the season he strove for. Zhong Xuan perhaps empathizes somewhat. He put down the Qin Ku Book Academy and insisted on staying in the Tai Xu Pavilion, precisely because he had different thoughts from the past. He is a very mature reader, an elder within the Tai Xu Pavilion. Yet he spoke rashly and asked this childish question. Everyone has already reached this position, all with their own responsibilities and burdens. They are no longer three-year-old children. Who still makes choices based on their own preferences?

"Mister Zhong." Jiang Wang, who had silently listened to several more sound recording stones, finally spoke, but only smiled there: "When using a knife pen to engrave history, can personal feelings be added?"

Zhong Xuan raised the knife pen in his hand, a wipe of bamboo scraps flew up, and he said leisurely: "This old man just asked casually."

Jiang Wang sat there, looked up at the heavenly light, and said slowly: "Sincerely as Pavilion Member Chong Xuan said, this is just the time I chose."

"Now is just the time I want to do things."

"My intention is already decided, ten thousand mountains are no obstacle."

"Some rumors do not harm me. As for the harm it brings to the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, I will give everyone an account." He stood up: "I will abstain from any subsequent resolutions — you all decide the Tai Xu Pavilion, I decide myself."

He looked around the circle and smiled brightly: "Everyone, it is a great honor to work together with you here." And then he stepped out, ending this meeting.

The heavenly light hanging in the middle was so bright, compared to this circle of nine large chairs, there was an inevitable dimness.

"Everyone." Ju Kui sat there and continued to host the meeting: "Pavilion Member Jiang has left, but we still have to fulfill our responsibilities and do what we should do."

Zhong Xuan also said nothing else, slowly rolled up the bamboo slip, stood up, and walked out.

"Mister Zhong?" Ju Kui looked at him.

"In my impression, Pavilion Member Jiang only abstained twice." Zhong Xuan said calmly: "One time was before the big uproar in Tian Jing, he had no heart for matters, and abstained in Pavilion Member Huang She Li's proposal about the Tai Xu Arena." "One time was when everyone thought Dou Zhao was dead, and the Chu country side sent Zhong Li Yan to substitute."

Dou Zhao's eyebrows twitched like knives. It was the first time he knew about this matter. "I just want to say — he cherishes the right to do some things here very much. He takes every Tai Xu meeting and every vote seriously. We all see how he does things."

*Pa da!*

A roll of bamboo slip was directly thrown onto the chair: "I heard that history books are the literature of the victors — write whatever you want to write."

Zhong Xuan's figure blurred a bit in the light, then disappeared.

Ju Kui still said nothing, only summoned that roll of bamboo slip into his hand: "Next, I will record, in the name of Legalism, there must be no deviation — we continue the meeting."

Since the Three Points Fragrance Building's most popular girl this year is undoubtedly a woman named "Qiong Zhi", but it is not because she is a newly promoted heart fragrance beauty, but because... she really receives guests. In the long run, the Three Points Fragrance Building as an extraordinary force and the widely spread Three Points Fragrance Building are actually separated by a great chasm. The so-called "fragrance beauties" sound intimate and charming, but in reality, they are also high above, existences comparable to sect true transmissions. The brothels of the human world, however, are merely incense means and business operations of the Three Points Fragrance Building, this extraordinary force.

Where has there ever been such a woman as Qiong Zhi, with a truly Bodhisattva heart, giving alms to the human world with her body? She came from Shang Qiu city's Hundred Flowers Street, receiving flower names all the way. Her skin is ice-like and bones like jade, and everyone praises her. Although wanting to kiss her fragrant jade requires spending a lot, this year, what can be bought with money is already cheap.

Qiong Zhi's red lips slightly parted, she slowly swallowed a mouthful of rosy clouds gas, and smiled contentedly. She elegantly picked up an eyebrow pen and faced the bronze mirror to make herself up. This Xuan Pin Corpse Pill is indeed extraordinary! It's not in vain that she painstakingly cultivated it with single-minded focus. Borrowing the pleasure grounds of the Three Points Fragrance Building, this technique cultivates a thousand miles a day. It won't take long, and she will...

No.

Qiong Zhi suddenly became alert. Why are her eyebrows becoming greener and greener as she draws?

She opened her mouth and spat, red rosy clouds covered the mirror, and her body quickly retreated!

A hand was placed on her shoulder, pressing her back to the dressing mirror, making her sit up straight. Extreme pain struck, as if all her bones were broken and her entire soul had been trampled upon!

"Old Big!" Qiong Zhi still supported her eyes and looked at the bronze mirror, both surprised and joyful, tears of happiness flying out: "How is it you?!"

Reflected in the mirror was her own charming and beautiful face, frowning with pity. And standing behind her was the handsome-faced Qin Guang Wang.

Qin Guang Wang smiled faintly: "You don't think that just because the organization is gone, I won't command you anymore, right?"

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