Zhou Lin - Chapter 174 Heart-killing

Senior, what is the meaning of this? Although the situation in front of him was quite clear, Meng Yanhan, who was trapped in the formation, still planned to add a few words first. After all, there is not too much pre-war information.

Hmph… you actually asked me what I meant? At this moment, Shan Hansong had changed into a different face, completely different from his previous submissive look, Who do you think you are talking to?

Oh? Meng Zhenhan heard something in the other party’s words, so he continued, Did…did you just lie to me? In fact, you are not the head of the Taoist sect here?

I am indeed in charge here. Shan Hansong responded, But at the same time… I am also the director of the federal special operations force ‘OPA’ (occult_phenomenon_Administration) in Longhu Mountain, which is the Supernatural Phenomenon Administration.

As soon as these words came out, Meng Zhenhan was stunned, because this was the first time he heard the name of this organization, and Zi Lin did not remind him at all before going on the mission that the Taoist priests here had been recruited by the federal government to become civil servants. .

Logically speaking, it was impossible for Zi Lin not to know about the existence of this organization, so there were roughly two reasons why he didn’t tell him: first, he felt it was unnecessary; second, he had other plans.

Judging from the fact that Zi Lin specially arranged for the Four Evils to travel with Meng Yuhan, it is obvious that the latter is more likely to be the latter.

Ha… After Meng Zhenhan thought about it for a moment, he sneered and shouted loudly, As a successor of the Taoist sect, I neither think about cultivating one’s moral character or inheriting the Taoist traditions, nor perform chivalrous acts or join the world to save people. Instead, they run to do this kind of thing Don’t you think it’s shameful to treat the corrupt court like a dog?”

Meng Zhenhan played this sanctimonious trick so well that people who were not familiar with him could not see any flaws in it. After he yelled like this, several of his colleagues around him actually looked ashamed.

Nonsense! But Shan Hansong did not accept this trick and shouted loudly, You talk to me about Taoism? Humph… When we Taoist priests are wandering and living in danger, where is Tao? You asked me to enter the world to save the suffering… Then who came to save me when I was suffering in this world?”

What Shan Hansong said is not wrong.

Since the Wittstock Empire eliminated religion from the earth more than two hundred years ago, the Taoist sect has also declined, and the remaining descendants have all gone underground; because there are no Taoist temples and mountain sects, it is difficult to recruit disciples. Things became basically dependent on fate, so there were fewer and fewer descendants.

In the past two hundred years, the empire has collapsed and the federation has risen. Although the Taoist temple is now there again, it has become a tourist attraction. True Taoist priests like them have no formal status or industry, and most of them live in poverty.

This group of people almost all grew up in elementary school and were unable to receive much cultural education or further education like normal people. Let’s not talk about anything else… let’s just talk about Meng Yuanhan. Before being recruited by the Counter Cross, he was a driver Making a living by renting out property is not an easy and lucrative job.

The same goes for Shan Hansong. He was an orphan since he was a child and was taken in by a Taoist priest. When he grew up, he naturally became a Taoist priest, but this was not his own life choice.

So what if you know the Dharma? So what if you are senior? Struggling on the poverty line all day long, he still wears a piece of clothing after five years, and the patches on his robe are almost more than the original fabric, but he is still using it… He has lived such a virtuous life, and the master even asked him to help the world. Huai means using Taoism to help others without expecting anything in return.

Shan Hansong helped many people when he was young, but most of the rewards he received were cold looks and dirty words. He was misunderstood, mistrusted, regarded as a lunatic, or was playing big adventure…

Even if someone believed in him, the gratitude would only be temporary, and as soon as he turned around, he would be a stranger again.

Shan Hansong doesn’t blame those people, because he understands them.

The current world cannot be summed up by simply there are many good people or there are many bad people. It can only be said that when the environment of a society makes its bottom line very low, everyone is forced to become bad; if you If you choose to be a good person, you may be tricked by bad people, and people standing nearby and watching will say that you were tricked because you were stupid.

When a society’s own system cannot protect good people, people can only make a choice – either to pay a corresponding cost for their integrity and kindness, which of course not everyone can afford; Compromise to a certain extent…

Shan Hansong finally compromised, and the opportunity for his compromise was called Qiu Zhengyi.

Back then, after Qiu Qingping resurrected his soul and became Qiu Zhengyi and joined the Federation, he rose to prominence as a ability person and quickly established a foothold in the Federation and held a high position; at this time, he regained his The original plan of merging the sect into the federation and establishing a special department relying on the power of the government was launched.

Qiu Zhengyi didn’t want to use this to pass on the Taoism or anything like that. He just hadn’t given up on his ambitions yet. At the same time, he also felt a little guilty…

After all, his master came out of the Taoist sect, and then did things like killing his master and annihilating the sect. Even though he had changed his identity through the method of resurrection of a dead body, he was still afraid that one day a descendant of the righteous sect would come to settle accounts with him.

Therefore, Qiu Zhengyi came up with this plan – first, he used his position and a little bribe to move around the relationship within the federation, so that the idea of ​​OPA was put on the agenda; then, he went to contact those who The leader of the sect who wanted to be recruited… As a result, he and Shan Hansong hit it off.

A few years later, OPA was formally established, with its headquarters located in Longhu Mountain. As for manpower… there were many Taoist priests willing to follow Shan Hansong.

Originally, most of those people were gatekeepers, spoon-bumpers, and canteen operators… who secretly held the identity of Taoist priests. Now we just ask them to add a civil servant establishment to the original basis, and they can get an extra salary. Their jobs are well paid, and besides holding regular meetings twice a month, there is basically no additional work for them to do.

According to Qiu Zhengyi’s idea, he hopes that the OPA organization can slowly grow bigger. When it is strong enough, he will use the organization’s advantage of being backed by the government to turn the OPA into the only orthodox, and then bring all the Taoist descendants scattered around the world. Invite them in, and those who can’t be absorbed… put a label on them as deviants and suppress and eliminate them.

This is undoubtedly a big project, but there is no need to rush, just do it slowly and step by step; anyway, Qiu Zhengyi can resurrect the corpse, and he can wait for fifty or a hundred years.

One day, when the plan is completed, he, Qiu Zhengyi, will become the behind-the-scenes controller of the Tao Sect Authentic Sect; by then, he will control all speech and knowledge within the Tao Sect… No one will know what he did in the past. He could confuse right and wrong, mistake deer for horse, and even describe himself as a god, let others worship him, and ask his disciples to regularly send offerings selected from thousands of miles for him to resurrect through corpses.

Of course, his grand plan had long been shattered with his own demise.

Shan Hansong didn’t know Qiu Zhengyi’s plan. He only regarded Qiu Zhengyi as the savior of the Taoist sect. Compared with those old guys who only talked about big principles all day long, what Qiu Zhengyi provided to him was real. Official compilation and real money.

In addition, Qiu Zhengyi also told Shan Hansong that he used to be Qiu Qingping – because they were fellow travelers, Qiu Zhengyi understood that it was difficult to escape the eyes of the other party, so he simply admitted it himself. .

Qiu Zhengyi changed his story about killing his master and fellow disciples… He said that he wanted to bring them to join the Federation, but the other party not only did not appreciate it but also attacked first. He could only defend himself, and was killed in the process. His body was injured and he had to use his body to revive his soul.

Originally, only Li Bingyi and Meng Zhenhan knew about Zhengyi Yiyi, and they didn’t go out of their way to spread it everywhere. In addition, Shan Hansong was soft-spoken and soft-handed, and listened with a tendency. After listening, After that, I definitely chose to listen and believe.

Therefore, from Shan Hansong’s perspective, he was originally hostile to Meng Zhenhan.

Later, the Nine Prisons were broken and Qiu Zhengyi died in the battle. As one of the federal agencies, the OPA naturally received relevant notifications; Meng Yuanhan’s name was prominently among the list of the rebellious parties in the reverse cross. In the queue… The moment Shan Hansong saw this name, he immediately concluded that Qiu Zhengyi’s death was related to Xiao Meng.

Today, both in public and private matters, Shan Hansong did not intend to let the other party leave alive.

Shan Hansong’s previous acting in front of Meng Chuanhan was just to make the other party relax their vigilance and buy time… In this way, he could summon all the OPA members in the surrounding area to form a siege.

It seems… you have convinced yourself first… Seeing Shan Hansong’s firm attitude, Meng Zhenhan knew that trying to kidnap Shan Hansong by using ancestral rules plus etiquette, justice and shame would not work, so he took advantage of the situation. He turned on the taunting mode and wanted to continue to exert pressure by disrupting the opponent’s mood. As the saying goes, the butt determines the head. Once a person abandons his integrity and joins the others… he will be like you, devaluing what he originally insisted on as worthless. , and then use various reasons to rationalize his current behavior… When he said this, he spread his hands, shrugged and smiled, Ha… A ‘Taoist’ like me must be special in your eyes at this moment. Is it an eyesore?

Meng Zhenhan’s words were really heart-breaking, just like knives slicing Shan Hansong’s heart.

Take Internet writers as an example (yes, I used this as an example. If it offends someone…then offend it), if a writer never commits fraud or swipes data, then he will be thrown into the street and killed. You can also refuse to admit that your writing is bad (of course, in most cases it is just bad writing), and severely scold those who seize the recommended resources of various websites by brushing data.

But if a writer has swiped the data himself, and it’s so obvious that he can’t even admit it, he won’t have the confidence to criticize this kind of behavior (in fact, there are many people who laugh at the same time). At that time, he will say, The aroma of wine is also afraid of the deep alley, This is the current normal, This is called operation, Everyone does this, I am also helpless, As a master, you have to be careful To save face, if a new person is removed from the list, I have no choice but to follow suit. and so on.

Human compromise is a process of self-persuasion. Once the position changes, the words and deeds will change accordingly.

Although some people have compromised, their view of injustice is still there, so they will feel helpless. More often, they will remain silent instead of defending themselves, because they also know that defending will not change the nature of the matter, because they still have not completely Convince yourself…

But there are still some people who have indeed convinced themselves, but subconsciously they still know right and wrong… This kind of contradiction, when stimulated, breaks out and turns into anger and hatred… directed at those who have not done anything. Someone who compromises.

Do you think you are noble? Shan Hansong was angry and hateful at the moment, wishing to tear Meng Zehan’s arrogant face to pieces right away, Do you understand us again? Who do you think you are? You don’t deserve it. Come to teach me a lesson?

Okay~ Then I won’t pretend to be arrogant anymore. Meng Zhenhan still looked relaxed. After replying, he muttered softly, Although I am indeed qualified to pretend in front of you… He clearly said He cleared his throat and raised his voice again, Let’s talk about something practical… Who gave you the confidence to think… At this point, he glanced around again, … If you call a bunch of rotten sweet potatoes and rotten bird eggs and set up a ‘Four Ultimate Formation’, can you deal with the Four Evils and me, Daoye Meng?

Ha! It’s a joke! After hearing this, Shan Hansong said with a ferocious smile, Even if your master Li Bingyi is here today, he is definitely no match for me, Shan Hansong. With your little skills… stepping into these four He was already a dead man when the battle was over! He paused, As for these four monsters…it is indeed a bit difficult to deal with, but in front of the magic weapon left by Zhang Tianshi, even the four evil spirits will die. !”

As soon as he finished speaking, Taoist Shan raised his sleeves, pulled out a silver plate-like Bagua mirror from his robe, and held it high above his head.

Not only him, but at this moment, the Taoist priests who surrounded them all took out a magic weapon. Judging from the spiritual power emanating from those treasures, they all came from the secret realm of the Heavenly Master.

I see… Seeing this scene, Meng Zhenhan immediately figured out some of his previous doubts, It seems that everyone present, as long as you are a little wise, have basically entered this cave, right?

He actually felt bad for saying this. Everyone present was much older than him, and the weakest one had more than three times his Taoist power. No matter how many times their Taoist power was, they were still higher than him. .

What do you think? Shan Hansong said, Even you can find the entrance, how can our local Taoist priests not be able to find it? He replied with a contemptuous tone, Because I know the situation inside the cave, I I will let you in.

Well…since you have all gone in, why hasn’t the blindfold at the entrance of the cave been broken? Meng Zhenhan asked thoughtfully.

Zhang Tianshi is not a fool. How could he leave behind a concealment spell that disappears forever after being cracked once? Shan Hansong continued, To put it simply…this concealment will be reset every twelve hours. Once, you understand?”

It is unlikely that anyone who is not a local would know about this.

Oh, no wonder… Meng Zhenhan nodded, So, you all also met Jin Luoshi and passed the subsequent test?

That’s right. Shan Hansong continued, I thought… with your cultivation level and bringing four evildoers in, you might have a conflict with Jin Luoshi, and both sides would be injured. In the end, you would die from the Celestial Master. The formations and traps left behind… We originally wanted to wait for another half day, and then rush in to reap the benefits, but unexpectedly… you came out. He shook his head and said quite confidently, That’s fine, that’s all. When you are lucky and successfully bring out ‘a magic weapon’… it will not change the result. We only have one here, how can you fight with us?

Hearing this, Miss Di Zhu couldn’t help laughing; Chi Owl and Tao Wu were also holding back their laughter and trying to control their expressions.

Only Fang Xiangqi still looked unhappy, tilted his head and said to Meng Zhenhan: Have you finished talking? Is the set of information almost complete? Since just now, that guy has been screaming so happily like a monster, I Isn’t it too much to eat him?”

Okay… Meng Zhenhan responded, then looked at Tao Wu and said, Brother Tao Wu, when I use the magic weapon to break the formation later, I hope you can continue to transmit some spiritual power into my body. It doesn’t take too long. Just enough to control twenty or thirty magic weapons, but too much and I’m afraid my body will explode.

Okay. Tao Wu was just a fool and didn’t have many ideas. After hearing the request, he just quickly made eye contact with his elder brother Chi Ou. After receiving the agreement, he walked to Meng Zhen in three steps and two steps at a time. Next to Han, he directly put his hand on the latter’s shoulder.

Everyone, that old Taoist Shan will just eat it soon. The others may still be useful. Just subdue them. Try not to kill. At this moment, Meng Zhenhan realized with some hindsight that Zi Lin did not give him anything. In order to obtain complete information, this request was made.

Xiaodao… At this time, Emperor Zhen also understood his intention, and immediately turned around and smiled evilly at Meng Zhenhan, You are very smart. When we finish the work later, I will treat you to a drink… Let’s have a drink… How about chatting and getting close and personal?”

Meng Zhenhan was so frightened by this goblin’s charming eyes that he shuddered. He quickly turned away and said seriously: Let’s discuss it again…