"You mean, there's someone else behind the scenes?"

Xiao Qingning was also quite surprised when he heard Li Wan's guess. If it was true as Li Wan expected, this matter would really become more and more complicated. ↑

With a faint smile on his face, Li Wan said: "Not everyone can control the Pan family. There may not be a so-called mastermind behind the scenes. It may be someone like us who knows the clues but does nothing!"

"Think about it, we have found them now, but will we take the initiative to uncover them and inform the Immortal Alliance?"

Xiao Qingning said: "Of course not."

Li Wan said: "Then others won't either."

The reason why Li Wan was so sure was because he suddenly remembered that Rongzun of the Xuantian Dao family seemed to know about it and had secretly hinted at him.

Thinking of this matter, Li Wan still sighed in his heart. The Xuantian Dao Clan was a very good ally. However, the storm was coming, and no matter how good an ally he was, he might become an enemy due to conflicts of interest.

The major event planned by Li Wan was for the entire Qi Dao to replace the Dharma Dao and become the mainstream of cultivation to adapt to the future Dharma-ending era.

If the Dao family understands current affairs and transforms in time, there is still room for negotiation, but if they want to be defenders of the Dao and insist on sticking to the law, they can only part ways.

Moreover, Rongzun was very secretive and did not tell himself clearly what kind of storm was brewing in the heavens. If he did not have hidden secrets such as extraordinary jade and mortal Taoist tools, these hints would be of no use at all.

Xiao Qingning said: "Then their plan is really likely to succeed! In other words, it is more than half successful!"

Li Wandao: "This is the chess piece that is the vanguard of the king. The giants who know the truth need such chess pieces. They may not be unaware that they have become chess pieces, but they are still willing to do so, because the general trend is together and powerful. Then

Just like mortals facing a flood, they are unstoppable. Anyone who treats them as pawns will be counterattacked, and their plans can turn from false to true and succeed!"

"Until the last moment, who can know how the situation will develop? There will be no simple people who can participate in it. Everyone wants to control the overall situation, and no one wants to be controlled by others. This alone is enough for people.

I can bear it."

When Li Wan said this, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing secretly.

There are many giants in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, and there are so many ambitious people. It is unlikely that no one really knew about Pan's plan, but if those people knew it, wouldn't they follow it to cover it up?

This time, if Pan had not wanted to win over him and sent people to test him, he would not have seen through it so quickly.

"Then let's continue to observe?" Xiao Qingning asked tentatively after listening to Li Wan's words.

Li Wan pondered for a while and stood up.

He stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, looking at the distant mountains and the vast sea of ​​clouds outside the court, his gaze getting farther and farther away. Until he was beyond the sky, beyond the blue-white sky, he turned around after a long time, with an inexplicable flicker in his eyes.

Guangcai said: "No, let's expose it and muddy the situation!"

"Whether someone is plotting secretly or whether someone is the precursor of the king is just our guess. If we don't take it seriously, it would be better to completely muddy the waters and see the reaction of the powerful forces from all sides!"

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Southeast of the heavens, the Yangtian star domain.

The Pan clan belongs to the territory, in the Pengyuan Star Territory.

At this time, the huge Pengyuan Star Territory was still in peace.

Although some clues of Pan's plan have been noticed by Li Wan, all parties know very little about it. Those who are occasionally alert may not be able to connect them with the resurrection of the remnants of the ancient cultivators that happened in the Cangtian Star Territory.

Therefore, even the necessary surveillance was not arranged.

The long-term peace has made the Immortal Alliance gradually lose their wariness against them. Now the only way all parties are wary of them is in the political arena within the alliance, and those who rise to power from the Council of Elders.

Even the Pan clan members themselves have forgotten themselves on the edge of the current situation and live a peaceful and stable life day after day.

On this day, several Pan clan members were shuttled through the vast void. These were Pan clan's guards and were conducting routine patrols.

They look very young. Compared with the old cultivators who have been promoted to the Tao realm for a long time, most of them are no more than 2,000 years old and have just reached the first and second levels of the Tao realm. Only the one in blue is the leader.

, a middle-aged monk with a slightly mature soul aura, looking over five thousand years old.

"Uncle Da, what is going on in the clan? There are no mineral deposits or spiritual veins in this place, and there will be no invasion by gods or demons. Why do we have to patrol it so many times throughout the year?"

"That's right, it's too much effort!"

After patrolling, these new monks will of course feel bored and tired. After all, it is nothing to simply pass by, but they must use their spiritual thoughts to carefully explore the surrounding areas, even if they encounter a star fragment of about ten feet in size.

Note, it is very tiring.

The endless deacon patrols did not consume much of these people's mana, but their spiritual thoughts could no longer bear it. They had to temporarily stop at a desolate gravel in the middle and find a flat place to rest for a while.

The middle-aged monk, who was called Uncle Da by the monks, looked around with a slightly cold look on his face: "Why do you ask so many questions? We will do whatever the clan wants us to do!"

The Pan clan has always governed the tribesmen with strict regulations, and most of these tribesmen are vassal families and side branches cultivated by the Pan clan's direct line. They are born to be loyal to the direct line of the Pan clan. Over millions of years, a stable rule has been formed.

When they said this, they were not complaining, they were just confused and raising their doubts.

Seeing that Uncle Da refused to say more, these young monks had no choice but to stop talking and concentrate on resting.

No one noticed that Uncle Da, who had a solemn face, also had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Yes, in the past hundred years, the clan has been going through so much trouble. What is the reason for this?"

Compared with those newly promoted monks who only have the first and second levels of Taoism, this Uncle Da has lived for five thousand years, and his cultivation is also at the fourth level of Taoism. After all, he has a lot more experience, and because of his status,

With the authority and status brought by promotion, you will know a lot more things.

He vaguely noticed that the clan was planning something big.

It's a pity that his status is not enough to know the inside story. He just knows that in the past few thousand years, the clan seems to have made a huge fortune.

The high-ranking members of the clan obtained large sums of elixirs, talismans, magic weapons, and exercises from nowhere, and spent them generously without hesitation, cultivating a whole generation of masters.

Even he himself was not a talented person in the past. He just relied on the generous gifts from his clan to grow up.

If a generation is like this, they may still take these things for granted, but when compared with their parents or even their grandparents, these differences are very obvious.

Although rewards and punishments were clearly defined in the clan in the past, there was no such conditions for growth.

In addition, there are external forces within the clan that are obviously inconsistent with the fringe families, as well as the secret support of vassals and giants from all sides.

From his perspective, the forces known as the top wealthy families in the Immortal Alliance are nothing more than this.

It's a pity that except for the two elders who are already old and have reached the half-step of immortality, there are no other top masters in the clan. Moreover, these two elders also rely on secret methods to burn their potential and achieve breakthroughs and improvements.

This kind of strength cannot be compared with the real half-step immortality.

They have completely lost their potential for immortality and are not enough to support Pan's future.

What follows is that in recent times, patrols and guards have become more frequent and strict. Originally, there were some free and open cities in Pan's Pengyuan Star Territory. However, in the past hundred years, they have become more heavily guarded, and all star territories and

The important road was also guarded by monks like them and other Dharma Protector Hall masters.

In the entire Pan clan territory, not to mention the roar of the wind and the roar of the sky and the presence of soldiers, at least the atmosphere was much more tense.

This turmoil even affected those towns and cities. The casual cultivators from all walks of life were repeatedly interrogated, and they were not willing to come back again, and they became much depressed.

It seems that some people in the clan have raised objections, but instead of stopping these unnecessary arrangements, the clan elders have intensified them. Recently, they have even begun to try to close the border and prohibit outsiders from coming and going.

The clan had given a reason, and it seemed that some direct bloodline was murdered, but Uncle Da didn't really believe it. He had relatives on duty at Pengyuan Fairy Mountain, but he had never heard of such a thing.

"The current situation is really getting more and more confusing, but no matter what, it's fine. We just need to obey orders and act. Everything is directed by the superiors."

"If you are not in your position, you will not seek your government."

Uncle Da thought to himself.

Unlike those mortal monks in the lower realm who seem to have extremely low cultivation levels, those mortal monks may only have the cultivation level of Dan Formation or Nascent Soul cultivation, but they are already the leaders of all forces and can make their own decisions in everything.

But in the Kuotian Realm, even if you are promoted to the fourth level of the Tao Realm, you are still like an ant in the eyes of others.

There are more giants and powerful people above us, as well as the behemoth of the Immortal Alliance. All we have to do is go with the flow and obey orders.

It is absolutely normal for this middle-aged monk to have such thoughts.

After a few hours, the monks continued to set off and inspected meticulously along the designated route.

Although they did not understand the significance of such actions, the results of the patrols related to the distribution of resources and clan evaluations, and they still had to be taken seriously.

Under the inspection of this group of monks, several outsiders who appeared to be casual cultivators were found soon after.

These are the common travelers in the world. After careful interrogation, these disciples of the Pan family let each other go, but soon reported the existence of these wandering cultivators through the secret treasure communication.

Recently, the clan seems to be very resistant to outsiders. Such casual cultivators are usually closely monitored, and if they make any mistakes, they will inevitably be expelled.

A few days later, the patrol team suddenly stopped, but someone contacted their leader, the middle-aged monk named Uncle Da, through the messenger talisman.

"In the northeast, in the land of three chasms, our tribe is passing by and they want to transport an important treasure back." Uncle Da was silent for a while and announced to everyone.

"Uncle Da, what are we going to do?" Everyone looked at the middle-aged man.

"Go over and help. This is the clan's order." Uncle Da said.

Everyone hurried over there.

Five days later, in another place in the void, a team of Pan's team appeared in front of Uncle Da and others as scheduled.

Uncle Da and his subordinates couldn't help but be surprised, because these people looked like the masters of the Zong family's Dharma Protector Hall. All of them had cultivation levels above the fourth level of the Tao realm. The leader among them was even more unfathomable and had a cold air.

The chill was so intense that if you were close to him, your very soul would be frozen by it.

This Dharma Protector Hall team numbered around thirty people. Because they were riding a dark red flying boat with magic weapons, and the cabin blocked the monks' energy, no one could determine the true number.

In addition to these people who were obviously dressed as Dharma protectors, there were also some patrol guards with the same status as them, and there was even a colleague who Uncle Da knew was accompanying them.

Uncle Da and others were called on board the ship and followed for a while without knowing why. During this period, more than a month passed, and one after another, three patrols of guards arrived from all directions.
To be continued...