Chapter 397 The Sche of the White Deer Sect (1)
The sky was blue and vast. It was as if there was a layer of frost in Li Ye’s eyes with sharp light that could see through everything.
In the vast empty altar, he saw himself and Chu Nanhuai sitting opposite, no one else around.
The breeze blew, and their clothes fluttered.
Chu Nanhuai said, “You seem to have your own opinion.”
Li Ye said, “I just know sothing about the White Deer Sect.”
Chu Nanhuai asked, “What do you think the arrangent of the White Deer Sect is?
What Li Ye said surprised Chu Nanhuai. “Kill and let the world fall into chaos so that its disciples can take over the world!”
Chu Nanhuai was a little stunned. He imdiately asked, “The White Deer Sect helped you in the battle of Fengqi Mountain and the battle of Hedong.”
Li Ye said, “Everything has its appearance.”
Chu Nanhuai asked, “The appearance is to help you, but the truth is to do harm to you?”
Li Ye said, “Isn’t it true?”
Chu Nanhuai said with folded hands, “I would like to hear the details.”
Li Ye said word by word, “If the world isn’t in chaos, heroes will not co out. If the Tang Empire doesn’t fall and the old order doesn’t die, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Militarism, and the White Deer Sect can’t rebuild a new order according to their own plans. If they can’t reshape the world, then they will have no achievents and get no Luck of heaven and earth, and they can’t prosper their own sect! Whoever makes peace and order, he is the Lord of heaven and earth!”
At this point, Chu Nanhuai no longer argued with Li Ye but nodded in agreent. “The premise of everything is the chaos of the world.”
Li Ye swung his sleeves and stared at Chu Nanhuai’s eyes. “I killed treacherous and powerful ministers and helped the emperor ascend the throne. I appeared in the world suddenly. I’m famous all over the world and have great prestige. I can save the country from danger. Of course, you won’t allow to do that!”
Chu Nanhuai followed to say, “Two generations of Prince An are talented and can revive the Tang Empire, so both of you have to die!”
Li Ye said coldly, “So there was the Battle of Bagong Mountain! My father, Li Xian, had the best cultivation and was the most talented in the world! He could stabilize the country in politics and suppress rebels on the battlefield. He could make ordinary people live and work in peace and contentnt and maintain prolonged stability of the country.” “Since he was so clever, how could he fall into the trap on the battlefield set up by Wei Baoheng and Liu Xingshen?”
Chu Nanhuai said in a low voice, “Your Highness, you once fought a battle of wits and courage against Wei Baoheng and Liu Xingshen, so you should know their abilities!”
Li Ye’s eyes turned cold. “You’re right. With my father’s power, prestige, cultivation, and intelligence, he ended up falling from the top, but I brought them down in my twenties with the slight power of the Prince An’s Manor and my low cultivation, so I knew they were not talented enough! Then, how could they trap my father, who had amazing talent, into Bagong Mountain?”
Chu Nanhuai smiled. “The Taoist sect of Zhongnan Mountain placed obstacles in the way.”
Li Ye sneered. “Zhongnan Four Swords couldn’t even deal with Nangong Diyi in the battle of Niushou Mountain, so how could they defeat my father? Even if all the masters of five major Taoist sects went out together, they wouldn’t succeed if my father didn’t go to Bagong Mountain.”
Chu Nanhuai couldn’t refute that. “It seed that old Prince An was willing to go to Bagong Mountain and go into the trap.”
Li Ye said coldly, “My father fought on the battlefield half of his lifeti. He was a veteran and the commander-in-chief of an army, so he was very experienced. That day, he won and the rebels were defeated, so my father wouldn’t abandon his army and went into the wilderness alone in pursuit of a desperate and useless leader of the rebels, Pang Xun. If my father didn’t have the common sense of ‘do not pursue a desperate foe’, where did his unbeaten run co from?”
Chu Nanhuai nodded indifferently. “It seed that there must be another reason why old Prince An would go to Bagong Mountain.”
Li Ye stared at Chu Nanhuai. “Unless soone lured my father to Bagong Mountain with another reason! And this man must be so close to my father that he trusted him unconditionally, and the reason was so important and urgent that he had to go!”
Chu Nanhuai said, “If there was that person, old Prince An would go even though the reason was incredible.”
Li Ye clenched his fists. “Xuanzong died at that ti, and my mother died a long ti ago. Who else in the world could he trust so much?”
Chu Nanhuai said, “The answer is in sight.”
Li Ye’s eyes were full of murderous intents. “It seems that you’re not going to deny it.”
Chu Nanhuai kept silent.
Li Ye laughed in sorrow. “My father was wise, open, and aboveboard. All people praised him, and he was destined to keep his na in history, but he didn’t expect that he would be hurt by his n!”
Speaking of this, Li Ye stared at Chu Nanhuai fiercely. “My father had great talents and no weakness, and he was almost invincible. If he wasn’t betrayed by his n, he wouldn’t fail.”
Chu Nanhuai remained silent, but the corners of his eyes began to twitch.
Li Ye sneered. “However, there is justice in the world. You didn’t expect that Yuan Tiangang would save my father!”
Chu Nanhuai’s expression changed a lot. A long ti later, he looked at Li Ye. His cloudy eyes beca clear.
He asked, “If the White Deer Sect really wanted to harm you, wasn’t it easy for to assassinate you directly when you had low cultivation and displayed your talent for the first ti?”
Li Ye sneered. “Instead of dying on Bagong Mountain, my father stepped into the Spiritual Master Realm with Celestial Master Yuan’s help. In the battle of Huangli County, he helped secretly. Even if you wanted to assassinate at that ti, were you sure that you could succeed? Once you failed, my father would know your true colors. Wouldn’t it be self-defeating?”
Chu Nanhuai didn’t comnt but continued to ask, “If so, why have I helped you many tis? You beca famous all over the world and benefited a lot because of the battle of Fengqi Mountain and the battle of Hedong. Now, your prestige, power, and cultivation are far better than old Prince An, and you will revive the Tang Empire. Why did the White Deer Sect do that?”
Hearing this, Li Ye sneered. “To make the world chaotic, to compete with the Immortal Court, and to make the White Deer Sect the final winner!”
Chu Nanhuai’s expression changed and he paused for a while. “I would like to hear the details.”
Li Ye took a deep breath and cald his mind. He started from the beginning. “According to the size, the forces in the world can be divided into three levels, school, group, and sect. Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Militarism are known as the four great forces. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can be regarded as level 1 and have the most power. They are called the school of Confucianism, the school of Buddhism, and the school of Taoism. Compared with them, Militarism can be regarded as level 2 and it’s weaker. It’s called the group of Militarism. The White Deer Sect has the least power. Although known as the fifth force in the world, it only has seven disciples in each generation. It can be regarded as level 3, and it’s only a sect in the mountain.”
“Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Militarism, and the White Deer Sect all have a history of one thousand years. They all ‘take the world as their responsibility’. Whenever the world is in chaos, they will appear and compete for the hegemony. All of them want to be the only supre, to unify heaven and earth, to build their own Immortal Court, and to take over all living creatures and the operation of the world. However, in the past one thousand years, although there were competitions in the chaotic world, the status of the Taoist sect was unshakable and it always beca the final winner.”
“In the past one thousand years of competitions, in order to survive and develop, all the sects were forced to make changes. Confucianism found a new way and concentrated on ruling the world. It helped the emperor govern people, so Confucianism thrived in peaceful tis. At that ti, Confucian scholars took a high position and held the world’s power. Even the Taoist sect had to dodge temporarily and put its forces into Jianghu. However, the Taoist sect had its own cultivation thod, which was the most perfect system in the world. Therefore, although the Taoist sect was in Jianghu, it could compete with Confucianism for cultivators and maintain its own authority.”
“Militarism gave up the idea of governing the country and concentrated instead on the thod of fighting and killing, so the military warriors of Militarism swept the battlefield and were relied heavily on by rulers in the turbulent tis. Many of them beca famous in history. These two sects found own their positions and thrived.”
“Only the White Deer Sect had seven disciples in each generation, but they studied Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Militarism. They were especially good at tactics and politics, so they often beca famous in the turbulent tis. But that was all. Compared with the other four sects who had their own foundation, the White Deer Sect mixed all the theories of different sects and beca ‘neither fish nor fowl’. What’s more, it had the least power, so it never thrived in the past one thousand years!”
“Because of this, the White Deer Sect felt aggrieved and wanted to stir up trouble. The disciples of the White Deer Sect regarded themselves as great talents, and they thought that they could decide the world’s trend by taking advantage of the world and people. Therefore, you kept trying and never gave up in the past one thousand years. Zhang Yi, Su Qin, Jia Yi, Kong Ming were the most dazzling stars in your sect and the example to the later disciples!”
Speaking of this, Li Ye stopped and looked at Chu Nanhuai.
Chu Nanhuai sighed as his expression remained inscrutable.
Li Ye said in a deep voice, “Do you still refuse to tell ?”
Chu Nanhuai smiled bitterly and said, “Now that you know everything, please finish.”
Li Ye swung his sleeves and continued, “If the world isn’t in chaos, heroes will not co out. Since the White Deer Sect wanted to compete for hegemony in the chaotic world, it naturally would not tolerate soone to revive the Tang Empire. This was the reason why you wanted to harm and my father. With the experience of the past one thousand years, you knew that the White Deer Sect was weak. Even though your disciples were famous, Taoism and Confucianism already took over the world. Because Militarism had more famous disciples, the White Deer Sect couldn’t compare with it, to say nothing of Taoism and Confucianism.”
“So, you needed to set up a target. When he grew up and beca powerful, he would attract the hatred of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism and beco the object of their attack. On the surface, you were helping him, but in fact, you were plotting against him. In this way, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism would dispatch many of their forces to deal with this target. At that ti, your disciples would have the opportunity to support your true sovereign, gain the benefits, and finally, take over the Central Plains!”
“To do this, you needed a powerful target, because your biggest enemy, the Taoist Immortal Court, was so powerful that it was difficult to deal with. So, your early goal was to help him as much as possible and made him as powerful as possible. The past experience told you that no matter how powerful he would be, he would eventually be killed by the Taoist sect, because the Taoist sect had the Immortal Court. Even if he was powerful, he would die as long as the Immortal Emperor wanted to deal with him. Even if he occupied half of the country and all heroes surrendered to him, he would die in the end as long as the Immortal Court spared no effort to fight!”
“Obviously, I’m the target.”
“From murdering my father to supporting , your tactics changed quickly, in ti and in effect. But this is the White Deer Sect, isn’t it?”
“And I lived up to your expectations and grew up quickly. Because I appeared in the world suddenly, the reincarnated immortals of the Taoist Immortal Court didn’t grow up when I fought throughout the country. I took the first opportunity, so no one could stop . I suppressed the Huang Chao Uprising and beca the one who took the most credit. I captured Hedong and ruined the plan of Buddhism!”
“Because of supporting , you took the first opportunity, making the Taoist sect and Buddhism suffer losses. And I successfully beca enough powerful. Now, I take charge of Taiyuan and gain the Luck of heaven. I’m conspicuous enough to catch the eye of Taoism, Buddhism, and the Immortal Court. The following plans of Confucianism and Militarism will also focus on .”
“Therefore, the person you are really assisting can keep a low profile safe and sound. When the ti cos, he will appear suddenly and take over the world decisively and quickly!”
Chu Nanhuai opened his mouth, speechless. A long ti later, he said, “I can’t refute it.”
Li Ye said, “Of course you can’t! I just want to ask you a question. The White Deer Sect has seven disciples in each generation. Now that I have captured Taiyuan, why do I only see my father, Li Xian, who should have been dead, but no other disciples?”
“You don’t need to ask this because they are on the sides of other rulers!”
After saying this, Li Ye exhaled a long breath. He stared at Chu Nanhuai. “By taking advantage of , you destroyed the plan of Buddhism and resolved a big enemy in the battle of Fengqi Mountain. Moreover, I successfully attracted the hatred of Buddhism. That was killing two birds with one stone!”
“In the most critical ti of the battle in Hedong, you and my father captured Taiyuan before Zhang Ji appeared! From then on, the Immortal Court and Land Buddhism have irreconcilable hatred for , and Confucianism, Militarism, and I are at daggers drawn!”
“At this ti, I beco a target for all, but I only have 100,000 troops. Even if I have a million brave soldiers, I can’t succeed. However, I still have so fighting abilities and I gain the Luck of heaven, so I won’t fail for a while, which is enough to cover you!”
“The White Deer Sect’s strategy of ‘overpraise’ is more vicious than killing a person directly! The nail that sticks up mostly gets hamred down. I really play a good role in the troubled world!”
As Li Ye finished speaking, his mouth twitched and his eyes turned scarlet. He stared at Chu Nanhuai and couldn’t hide his murderous intents any longer. He flexed his fingers and wanted to pull his sword!
Chu Nanhuai ducked his head again and remained silent.
A long ti later, he raised his head. “You said that you didn’t see the disciples of the White Deer Sect. How about Su Ei and Wei Xiaozhuang?”
Li Ye’s voice was even colder, as if he could blow snow out of his mouth. “No one knew that I went to Pinglu alone, but the White Deer Sect made an arrangent in advance. Su Ei and Wei Xiaozhuang encountered on my way with a perfect reason. What a coincidence! If you didn’t want to plot against , why would you plan that?”
“I trusted Su Ei and Wei Xiaozhuang, so you let Su Ei stay with and confuse so that I wouldn’t suspect you. As for Wei Xiaozhuang, he established the Quanzhen Temple, suppressed the Penglai Taoist sect in Pinglu, and destroyed the foundation of the Immortal Court so that I would further attract the hatred of the Immortal Court.”
Then, Li Ye closed his eyes and said nothing for a long ti.
When he opened his eyes again, Chu Nanhuai had nothing to say.
Li Ye smiled inexplicably, “Even Yuan Tiangang and Feihong Bodhisattva fell into your trap. The White Deer Sect has been famous for a thousand years. You took advantage of the world and people and played tricks. Relying on their great talents and brilliant strategy, your disciples overturned the country, decided the world’s trend, and made a fool of countless heroes, without a trace... You really lived up to the na of the White Deer Sect and didn’t disgrace Guiguzi, the first master!”
Li Ye stood up and looked up at the sky. His eyes were full of murderous intents. “All schools of thoughts contended for attention, including Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Militarism. However, to make achievents in the chaotic world, all heroes are birds of a feather!”
He took back his gaze and looked at Chu Nanhuai again. He held the Luke Sword in his hand, and the surging Spiritual Qi lingered around the sword like a blazing fire. “On the details of the arrangent, on the depth of the mind, and on the vastness of the power, you have all done the best you can. The world is in chaos, demons and monsters go out together, and immortals and Buddhas fight each other. You make the world into purgatory and all people into ghosts!”
“But so what? Since I was born and am struggling in this world, I will sweep heaven and earth with the emperor’s sword. I will establish social orders and laws according to the Way of Emperor, reign the immortals and demons, and beco an emperor!”
When Li Ye finished speaking, sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he wielded the Luke Sword as fast as lightning.
As blood splashed, Chu Nanhuai’s head flew up to the sky!
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