【Tales of the Land】(Volume 11, Chapter 9)

Chapter Nine: Internal Strife Simmering

Li Futong said, "Immediately notify the South China Sea Arhat Chan Xin in the southwest to suspend their operations there!"

Li Fu's wife, the Water-Dripping Guanyin Zhou Xuanshuang, pondered, "Master! I always felt that the Great Ze's fate was not yet

exhausted . Under such circumstances, there are still brave generals and strategists willing to serve it. Isn't our uprising a bit too hasty?"

Tian Sha Zhu Gang disagreed, saying, "Holy Mother! You don't know this. Zhao San is currently waging

a large-scale , and the Great Ze Empire is currently vulnerable. This is the perfect time for us to rise up!"

Fox Fairy Hu Xinjia shook her head, saying, "No! At first, I thought the opportunity had come, just like you. However,

through my fellow disciples in the intelligence department, I learned that this northern expedition is only..." The Zhao and Tang families'

armies , along with other units, only provided supplies in name only and did not directly participate in the battle. Moreover, due to

the intense fighting in the north, the Chen family to the north and the Yue family to the south have actually tightened their defenses, both

on !

Yao Ji and Zhang Na, standing nearby, laughed, "Wasn't your Earth Fox Sect expelled from the Intelligence Bureau? Where are

your ?"

Hu Xinjia replied, "The Heavenly Fox Sect and the Earth Fox Sect, though separate, are not separate families. Not serving the Intelligence Bureau, they are

free, which is actually better; they won't starve!"

The Buddhist Immortal Sect has a long history, initially called the White Lotus Sect, later changed to the Maitreya Sect, the Ming Sect,

the Fire Worship Sect, and the Red Lotus Sect, and now it has been renamed the Buddhist Immortal Sect. In reality, they are all the same thing. As the Daze regime weakens,

the people lose their jobs, land, and homes, have no medical security, and many are left without means of livelihood. The more civilians there are, the

more prosperous the Buddhist Immortal Sect will be.

The Buddhist Immortal Sect has now entered a new climax. Besides its leader, Li Futong, the "Ten Thousand Generations Buddha," there is his

wife, Zhou Xuanshuang, the "Dripping Water Guanyin," and his two sons, the vice-leaders, Li Neng, the "Maitreya Buddha," and Li Chuang, the "Standing Earth Buddha."

There are also two fairy maidens, Jiang Tengjiao (Azure Dragon) and He Zhaobi (Azure

Dragon ); four concubines, though nominally four, are actually only three—all stunningly beautiful women, essentially Li Futong's mistresses: Hu Xinjia (Fox Maiden), Zhang Na (Jade Maiden),

and Le Cai'er (Star Maiden); below them are seven great deities, eight great guardian Vajras, the Eighteen Arhats Hall, and branch halls scattered throughout the

land. It is a veritable treasure trove of talent. Its followers are mostly unemployed workers, landless farmers,

slaves, bankrupt private business owners, and self-employed individuals—men, women, young, and old—who have been ignored by the Great Swamp government. The sect boasts nearly ten million followers and

a protection army of over one million.

As the saying goes, "The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise," when a gang has enough power, it aspires to rule the world

. The choice of Xuecheng as the headquarters was due to two main reasons. Firstly, Xuecheng's terrain was advantageous, nestled between rivers and mountains, offering both seclusion

and convenient transportation. Secondly, Xuecheng served as a junction for several major armies, creating a military

vacuum .

The Xue family, nominally the rulers of Xuecheng, had been declining in power in recent years, especially Xue Wu's generation. His wife, a

woman of ill repute, had caused him endless trouble, forcing him to live in hiding and spend most of the year away from home, neglecting the affairs

of his private city. The Buddhist Immortal Sect, skilled in stealth and possessing numerous beautiful women, readily agreed to a deal with Xue Wu.

They persuaded him to allow them to establish a foothold in Xuecheng, in exchange for closely monitoring his wife's

activities .

Knowing of his unhappy marriage, the Buddhist Immortal Sect secretly arranged

a marriage between Xue Wu and Yue Meiying, a distant cousin of Yue Zhengyang and his sister—a seemingly suitable match. After their marriage, the two had a

son and a daughter. Their son, now nineteen, was tall and strong, quick-witted, handsome, and

possessed the refined elegance of the Xue family; he was named Xue Yue. Their daughter, seventeen, was clever and beautiful from a young age; she was named Xue Fang.

Both were secretly raised in a villa in Qingxu City, arranged for them by Xiang Jingyu, a fact kept secret only from Hei Guai Wu Shun.

Although Yue Meiying was a relative of the Yue family, she held no noble title. Before marrying Xue Wu, she lived like a commoner.

She was beautiful, graceful, skilled in both literature and martial arts, and understanding.

She did not interfere with the other female slaves favored by Xue Wu. Since marrying Xue Wu, she had never asked anything of him. Besides

managing , she also taught at a middle school in Qingxu City.

Not only that, she also possessed exquisite culinary skills, especially in preparing fish and shrimp. At Xue Wu's

villa in Qingxu City, Yue Meiying personally prepared every meal. For twenty years, she never entrusted

this task capable of managing the household at home. In that villa, she was like the mistress of the house, much to Xue Wu's delight.

Her son, Xue Yue, and daughter, Xue Fang, were also like a mother to her. From childhood, besides practicing martial arts and cultivating Taoism,

they excelled in their academic studies. They never mentioned titles or money to Xue Wu. When the four of them were together,

they would chat about anything and everything, play guitar and sing, or play chess for amusement. Without Wu Tuozi around

, they were quite at ease. However, the more this was the case, the more Xue Wu felt guilty towards the mother and her two children. Whenever he brought up

the topic, Yue Meiying would deliberately interrupt him, or his son and daughter would change the subject.

Yue Meiying privately stated that she married Xue Wu not for his title or wealth, but simply because the family of four could often

be together . She was content; if disaster struck, she and her two children would leave without causing Xue Wu

any trouble.

The old man, Xue Ke, and his wife, also moved to Qingxu City under some pretext because of their grandchildren, secretly

living with Xue Yue and Xue Fang. They personally taught them martial arts and Taoist techniques, and

were quite satisfied with Yue Meiying as their daughter-in-law. They no longer wanted to return to Xuecheng, letting Wu Shun and his mentally unstable grandson, Xue Meng, cause trouble there, preferring

to avoid the limelight.

The increasingly aged Xue Ke repeatedly stated that Xue Wu must, no matter what, pass the Xue family's title and property

to Xue Yue. Xue Wu also felt that this temporary residence in Qingxu City, borrowed from the Xiang family, felt more like home. Although the Wu family had

a vast network of spies, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. The followers of the Buddhist Immortal Sect were spread across all walks of life, and their actions were extremely

secretive , managing to deceive

even the Wu family's spies. The Heavenly Crippled Sect could only survive under the Wu family's protection. Anyone who dared to trespass on the territory of the Buddhist Immortal Sect

would be immediately and secretly executed, their flesh sold to the Beast Clan through exclusive channels without hesitation. In reality, these

crippled members of the Heavenly Crippled and Earthly Paralysis Sect dared not stray too far from the two hunchbacks of the Wu family. Many underworld gangs and even

government would target them, utilizing their resources by slaughtering them in large numbers, turning them into frozen meat, and transporting them to the Beast Clan in exchange for

minerals and crude oil.

Because of Xue Wu's connections, the Buddhist Immortal Sect was able to rapidly

expand Xue Wu unwittingly nurtured a future threat without realizing it.

Xing Ji Le Cai'er, the most cunning and ruthless of them all, finally spoke up: "I'm thinking! Could we orchestrate some

great disaster to wipe out all the nobles of the Great Ze Empire participating in the Las Fara competition?"

Li Neng was taken aback, then laughed: "Brilliant! This is truly a one-time solution! Those participating this time

are all elites from various families of the Great Ze Empire's nobility. Eliminating them will greatly benefit our future uprising;

secondly, the sudden death of so many nobles will throw the Great Ze government into chaos. Perhaps before

we act, they will start fighting amongst themselves out of mutual suspicion." "But this must be done

discreetly , without anyone suspecting us. Hmm—! Let me think!"

Fox Fairy Hu Xinjia said, "There's another matter that can be done simultaneously!

Everyone ! Xiang Jingyu reacted quickly enough, actually using the cloud-like tip of his halberd to pick off Xue Meng.

We know more about the Xue family's affairs than they do themselves. Why don't we find a suitable opportunity to have our informant in the Xue family reveal the matter of Yue Meiying

and her son to Wu Tuozi? That woman is inherently vicious and jealous; if she finds out about this, she definitely won't let it go peacefully and

will surely take drastic action. At that time..." "The Xue family will definitely be in complete chaos. We can take this opportunity to seize

Xuecheng, a city that is both offensive and defensive, as our rear base for the uprising. We've been preparing for Yue Meiying's move for twenty years;

it's time to put it to use!"

Li Chuang said, "Fox Princess is quite right! Since we're considering starting the uprising in southeastern Ze, picking on Yue Zhengyang, this soft persimmon,

we should start preparing many things. Nantian City is the capital of southeastern Ze; we should

give Lingjiu Arhat Huixin there a good talking-to!"

Li Futong said, "Huixin contacted me a few days ago, saying that he's a monk, holed up in Lingjiu Temple,

and it's inconvenient for make a public appearance..." Regarding recruiting followers, he had already established a good relationship with Ji Qing, one of the four pillars of the Yue Family Army, and

the facts proved that he was indeed making efforts. Over the past few years, through his relationship with Ji Qing, he had gradually

obtained large quantities of the Type 56 automatic and semi-automatic rifles, recoilless mountain guns, mortars, infantry guns, and

even the Type 81 infantry rifle, hand-held surface-to-air missiles, and armed helicopters that the Daze government had ordered to be dismantled and destroyed. He had also

acquired the blueprints for the Type 56 infantry rifle's ammunition production line. However, this made it inconvenient to recruit followers on a large scale.

Meanwhile, in the southern region, during the command of Yue Jianfeng, the old man of the Yue family, [they were involved in something related to]... The civilian organizations are keeping a tight rein on things. Lately, there

seems to be an undercurrent of tension in Nantian City. He demands that we send capable people there as soon as possible to coordinate with him from within and without, and act

according to circumstances !

Zhou Xuanshuang said, "Master! I've thought of a suitable candidate: Li Furen, the head of the Suzhou branch.

His son, Li Zhengqiang, is one of the first batch of young generals we trained, ordered to infiltrate Yue Fei's army. A few months ago,

Huixin entrusted Ji Qing to send him to transport supplies to the north. Following a secret order from our sect, he arrived in the north and found

a legitimate reason to stay and participate in the war, accumulating practical experience for our uprising. Now, the war in the north..." Things have escalated to a stalemate

; staying any longer is pointless. The leader can have Li Furen transferred back to Nantian to prepare for

the uprising !

Li Futong said, "Alright! I'll call immediately after the meeting and have Li Furen transfer Li Zhengqiang back. However, things must be done

smoothly!"

Maitreya Buddha Li Neng cleared his throat and said, "I've also figured out a way to deal with the situation in Rasfara. I guarantee

it will be a major oversight, and it won't arouse suspicion. Jin Hua and I will go there, using Jin Hua's Dragon Bone Sky-Piercing

Axe to break through the sixth dimension and release the monsters inside into our space. This way, not only can we..." " If we do it

flawlessly , we can wipe out all those royal elites. Once we release a bunch of demons, Jin Hua, Jiang Tengjiao, and He Zhaobi

, the two fairy maidens, will immediately cast spells and retreat on the wind!"

Zhang Jin Hua, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, his wife, said upon hearing this, "I'm afraid that won't work! When my Dragon Bone Sky-Piercing Axe

opens up the alternate dimension, it requires my Taoist magic to enhance it. Once I stop the magic, the space will close. Releasing too little

won't be enough. If we want to hold it open for a longer time, I'm afraid the demons we release will hurt us first!"

Li Neng laughed and said, "That's why I want to go with you, along with those two great demons, to be by your side." "Guardian, if you open

the space for a few hours and release ten or twenty thousand creatures, the Great Swamp, centered on Rasfara, will be thrown

into chaos!"

Zhang Jinhua said, "I don't even know which layer of space my Void-Breaking Axe will open or what kind of monsters it will release. I

'm afraid I'll get burned!"

Li Futong said, "Although Neng'er's idea is risky, it's worth a try. Don't be stubborn, just

act according to the situation ! After you go, keep an eye on Xiang Jingyu's movements. After all, he is a nobleman in the southeast of the Swamp.

If there is an opportunity, it would be best to get rid of him first!"

Li Neng agreed, and Zhang Jinhua had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Two days later, the final of the Joyful Festival was contested between the Xiang and Chen families. From morning to evening, Shuangtao and Shuangbao,

under Shui Linfeng's instruction, fought a half-real, half-fake battle to a draw. Wu Dengke and the others were secretly shocked and

regretted not buying Shuangtao for training back then, which now benefited the Xiang family.

According to the rules, there is no overtime in the competition for the deputy; only the lord who plays a decisive role receives this honor.

Amidst the clamor of the surrounding audience, Shui Linfeng lazily carried his halberd backwards, urging his mount, the Wunan Beast,

to come forward.

He grinned at Lu Gang opposite him and said, "You, surnamed Chen! You might as well admit defeat now to avoid losing your life!"

Lu Gang, who was impersonating Chen Bulei, had received strict orders from Wu Dengke to kill Shui Linfeng on the spot.

Shui Linfeng's cultivation was a whole grade lower than his, so killing Shui Linfeng seemed to be only

a matter of time.

Previously, Lu Gang, representing the Chen family, had requested the organizing committee to only consider the winner and loser, regardless of the means used. However, after a heated debate, the

organizing committee disagreed with the use of Taoist techniques, but made a concession, agreeing that they could use

hidden weapons, both on horseback and on foot, and could directly enter overtime without rest, with no time limit, and would not stop until death.

In the audience, to prevent the two contestants from getting carried away and abusing their magic, a large barrier had been set up in advance.

Everyone who should and shouldn't have come was there. Ma Yingfei was sitting on the side of the dais, along with the Wu brothers, Zhu Wu,

Mai Ting, and Wu Denggao's close followers Yuwen Jing and Shang Liangang. The bet they made at Tongtian Pavilion was going to be

decided today.

Shui Linfeng's performance along the way left Shang and Yuwen looking worried. It seemed their two magical swords were about to

be lost . Wu Denggao also looked left and right at the Snow Lion Armband he held, filled with anxiety. They knew Lu Gang

was a True Body of the Thousand Yuan, with a deep blue inner core inside. Shui Linfeng outwardly appeared to be a Dao Body of the Thousand Yuan, but it was unclear

whether he had an inner core or a golden core. If it was a golden core, Lu Gang would be in big trouble!

Whether someone had a golden core wasn't determined by age. Some people cultivated for thousands of years and still only had an inner core, while others cultivated for a little over ten years and

already had a golden core. They couldn't very well force Shui Linfeng to spit out his Dao core on the spot, could they?

Lu Gang appeared to be only in his twenties, but in reality, he was over sixty. He had served in the intelligence department

for many years and had extensive combat experience. Shui Linfeng's performance in the previous matches was valiant and invincible, dispelling the rumors about Xiang Jingyu's frail health .

Now, in the eyes of the people of Daze, Xiang Jingyu was exceptionally brave, his prowess no less than that of his ancestor—Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. 　　Yesterday's competition for third place saw Ma Yingfei and Tang Lu, the two "Little Dragon Girls," steal the show. They fought for a full ninety minutes, a battle to the death, much like the story of Ma Xiaoling and Tang Peirao thirty years ago. They drew thunderous applause, and countless fans even engaged in 　　a shouting match on the stands. In an instant, the two "Little Dragon Girls" became famous for their beauty and charm, attracting countless admirers. Ma Yunfei, injured, was no match for Tang Ao, and the Tang family ultimately won third place. When Shui Linfeng, as usual, went to embrace the two beauties, he accidentally threw trash , causing the two women to giggle. 　　At this moment, Lu Gang, on the back of the earth dragon beast opposite, grinned and said, "Xiang Jingyu! Don't blame me for not reminding you, it's not too late to admit defeat now. Don't lose your life later, you can't blame anyone else!" 　　Shui Linfeng laughed, "You old codger pretending to be young! Look at you, do you think I don't know who you are? Hmph— ! If it's really Chen Bulei, I can kill him with one halberd!" 　　Hearing his words, Lu Gang instinctively felt something was wrong and gasped, "You have an inside man ?" 　　Shui Linfeng looked at the large barrier around the arena and whispered, "At this time, this place is no longer important! Lu Gang, who wields the Flying Flower Sword in his right hand and the Snow Chasing Dagger in his left, carries the family's Water-Absorbing Spear, is skilled with a 5.8 caliber sniper rifle, and is famous for his hidden weapon, the Flying Feather Nine-Leaf Poison Dart, which can fire seven at a time. He is currently sixty-four years and four months old and 18 feet tall." "Two centimeters. Two years ago, you cultivated the Qian Yuan True Body, with a deep blue inner core inside. Now you're impersonating Chen Bulei, forced to use the Chen family's Ascending Heaven Spear. Spears and halberds are completely different attack methods. You're holding a broken spear, and it won't be easy for you to use it. The Chen family comes from a poor background and has no hidden weapons in foot combat. The Xiang family's hidden weapon in foot combat is the three-edged sword. You'd better be prepared. If you want to ambush me, you can only rely on the Snow Chasing Dagger hidden in the bloodline of your left hand, hehe ! Enough nonsense, you fake Lu, prepare to die!" 　　Taking advantage of Lu Gang's dazed state, he spurred his black horse and shot towards Lu Ze, thrusting his halberd at his face. Lu Gang was flustered by what he heard and only instinctively realized that the person opposite him was definitely not the real Xiang Jingyu. He knew him inside and out, but he knew nothing about him. All the information he had memorized about the Xiang family was wasted. 　　While he was still in a daze, he saw the halberd thrusting towards him. He hurriedly deflected the Great River Sunset Halberd, and in his frantic attempt to stab, he was distracted. Shui Linfeng laughed and said, "Idiot! Using this broken halberd without a point to stab. Do you think it will work?" 　　As he spoke, he ignored the halberd aimed at his heart, and with a "swish," the cold, sharp light of the halberd flashed, and the crescent-shaped tip of the halberd pulled back along the back of his neck with lightning speed. If the crescent of the Great River Sunset Halberd had landed firmly, his head would definitely have been separated. Lu Gang was even more shocked. He then remembered that he didn't have the Water-Absorbing Lu Spear in his hand. Even if he hit Shui Linfeng, it wouldn't be very effective. His own head was more important, so he hurriedly lowered his head to block with his halberd 　　. 　　The arena erupted in uproar. Many who had bet their money on the Chen family couldn't help but yell and curse, "Idiot ! Fight back! Why are you letting yourself be beaten while holding your hands?" 　　The Wu brothers also clung to the railing, their curses never ceasing. The two in the arena were now completely on equal footing. Since Shui Linfeng had fooled Lu Gang, how could he give him a chance to fight back and turn the tables? One halberd after another rained down on him, smashing and stabbing wildly.

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