Night shrouded the Tianshi Temple on the top of the mountain.
The front, middle and back halls of Tianshi Hall are connected into one, forming a grand building.
The front hall has become a resting place for the wounded of various sects, and Tianzhai has indeed taken out all the wound medicine in stock to supply the needs of various sects.
The fire on the mountain has been extinguished with the joint efforts of Tianzhai and various sects.
It's just that the north side of the mountain is completely bare and no longer as beautiful as before.
The Dragon Scale Forbidden Army and the Taihu Navy were stationed at Wuwei Beach.
There are many naval warships in Taihu Lake, and they also carry many tents on board. The ships of the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army also have a large amount of food stored on them.
After most of the officers and soldiers of the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army surrendered, Tu Kuohai immediately ordered all the food on the ship to be taken out, and a special warehouse for stacking food was set aside on the beach. Tu Kuohai sent people to distribute everyone's food needs.
Although the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army has abandoned its weapons and surrendered, Tu Kuohai acted cautiously and would never give the opponent a chance to change again.
By controlling food and weapons, the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army cannot act rashly.
However, after Qin Xiao returned to the mountain, he never came down again. Tu Kuohai only thought that Qin Xiao had a lot of food to deal with with the various factions on the mountain, so he waited patiently for Qin Xiao to issue the next order.
But the leaders of the various factions on the mountain were in some commotion at this time.
Various factions joined forces to attack the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army, and the two major factions, Sun Moon Alliance and Jinshan Temple, also temporarily settled their differences with other factions.
Just as Qin Xiao said, the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army launched a sneak attack in the middle of the night, and all the factions also had lingering fears.
Everyone also knows that if Qin Xiao hadn't appeared this time, the factions would still be fighting each other. When the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army took advantage of the situation and attacked from both sides, and the Bashan Sword Sect cooperated internally and externally, the factions would have definitely been in disaster. The current situation would probably be another one.
It's another scene.
Qin Xiao's martial arts skills were astonishing, and he allowed other factions to avoid disaster. Naturally, all factions were grateful to this young general.
However, the various factions in this battle also suffered a lot of casualties, and everyone knew that Qin Xiao was closely related to Tianzhai. Qin Xiao stepped forward this time. Although the factions benefited, the one who benefited the most was definitely Tianzhai.
The Dragon Scale Forbidden Army set a trap, and its real purpose must be to destroy Dongji Tianzhai.
The various factions fought to the death with the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army, no doubt to protect themselves, but in fact, from a certain perspective, it actually allowed Dongji Tianzhai to escape disaster.
For the Jianghu factions, nothing can be done without benefit.
Since they helped Tianzhai defeat the Dragon Scale Forbidden Army this time, no one was willing to work in vain.
Originally, the heads of the various factions wanted to discuss with Qin Xiao, but there was no trace of Qin Xiao during the whole day. The factions searched all over the Tianshi Palace, but not only could they not find Qin Xiao, but even the first disciple of Tianzhai, Suzaku, was missing.
whereabouts.
Everyone was surprised. Some people wondered whether Qin Xiao and Zhuque had already left the island.
However, there were still soldiers stationed on the beach, and everyone thought that Qin Xiao could not suddenly leave the island without clearing up the aftermath, and that some emergency must have occurred.
But by the evening, Qin Xiao was still nowhere to be seen, and many sects began to feel anxious.
Master Guangyuan of Jinshan Temple sent people to summon the heads of various sects to meet in the middle hall. However, it was only after dark that dozens of heads came over one after another. By the time the heads of various sects gathered in the middle hall, it was almost midnight.
There are two rows of seats on the left and right sides of the main hall, and the heads of various sects sit separately.
Gongyang Hefen, the headmaster of Jinshan Temple Guangyuan and the Sun-Moon Alliance, sat in the middle of the two sides, facing each other.
Although Gong Yanghe was severely injured by Qin Xiao, the strength of the Sun Moon Alliance is still there, and it is still an existence that other factions dare not provoke.
"Since there is no trace of General Qin, we can't wait any longer." Gongyang He took the lead and said, "What do you mean now? Are you going to disperse and leave the island to go home, or do you have other ideas?"
He spoke frankly, but his eyes were fixed on Jinshan Temple Guangyuan.
"What's the opinion of Headmaster Gongyang?" Guangyuan knew what the other party was thinking and remained motionless as he asked, "Are you going to lead your disciples to leave?"
Gongyang He shook his head and said: "The Sun-Moon Alliance suffered many casualties in resisting the Forbidden Army. Without us, Dongji Tianzhai would have been killed by the Forbidden Army. We are the saviors of Dongji Tianzhai. Our losses
, Tianzhai should also make some compensation."
His words hit the minds of almost everyone present, and they all nodded.
"What Master Gongyang said makes sense." Someone immediately said, "If we hadn't stepped forward, there would have been no survivors in Dongji Tianzhai. They should be grateful to us."
"It's useless to talk nonsense." Someone said loudly: "We have worked hard to get here. Many people were killed and injured for Tianzhai, and they have to come up with real things to make up for it."
There was a lot of noise in the hall, everyone claiming the favor of Dongji Tianzhai from various factions. It seemed that everyone had forgotten that they had just taken advantage of the situation and came to seize the martial arts book in the library.
Abbot Guangyuan waited for everyone to calm down before saying: "It's not impossible to let Tianzhai make some compensation. But we have to figure out how to compensate."
"It's very simple, whoever has more people, exerts more effort and suffers heavy losses, will get more compensation." Gongyang He said solemnly: "Fighting with the Forbidden Army, our Sun-Moon Alliance has a lot of people and a lot of casualties, so
Naturally, our Sun-Moon Alliance will receive more compensation." He glanced at everyone and said, "After we found the library, the Sun-Moon Alliance was the first to go in and select."
Sun Shentong, the helper of the Yellow River Gang, immediately said: "Master Gongyang, our Yellow River Gang's manpower is not under your Sun Moon Alliance, and the casualties are more heavy than yours, should we go to the library first?"
Gongyang He sneered and said: "You Huanghe Gang does have a lot of people, but who are they? They're just a bunch of drunkards."
"What did you say?" Sun Shentong stood up abruptly, with fire in his eyes.
After the Yellow River Gang and the Sun-Moon Alliance landed on the island, a fight broke out. The Yellow River Gang suffered heavy casualties, but it was actually thanks to the Sun-Moon Alliance.
"What? I said it wrong?" Gongyang He said disdainfully: "If you are not convinced, you and I will each choose five people, and now we will see who can survive to the end in front of the other factions."
Although Sun Shentong was angry, he felt weak in his heart.
In terms of strength, the Yellow River Gang is of course far from being comparable to the Sun and Moon Alliance, but retreating now would be shameless and they are in a dilemma. Fortunately, Abbot Guangyuan has already said: "We have joined forces to fight against the enemy before, and we have turned our hostility into friendship.
Don’t start any more strife.”
"I'm reasonable." Gongyang said loudly: "After finding the library, I only need to select ten martial arts books from it, and I will not take any more. In addition, I will take part of the medicinal materials on the island. As for the dead and injured brothers,
If you are considerate, Tianzhai can give you tens of thousands of taels of silver."
Everyone sneered in their hearts, but they were afraid of the strength of the Sun-Moon Alliance and did not dare to directly contradict him.
Most people looked at Abbot Guangyuan and hoped that Jinshan Temple could check and balance the Sun-Moon Alliance and prevent the Sun-Moon Alliance from misbehaving.
Abbot Guangyuan, however, remained calm and composed, chanted the Buddha's name, glanced at everyone and said, "What do you think of Master Gongyang's request?"
Everyone was angry, thinking that Jinshan Temple clearly did not want to directly conflict with the Sun-Moon Alliance.
If the conditions of the Sun-Moon Alliance are met, Jinshan Temple, which is stronger than the Sun-Moon Alliance, will only get more.
"The request of the Sun-Moon Alliance is so whimsical." Suddenly a voice was heard. Everyone looked around and saw a few people coming from the side door of the hall. The first one was Qin Xiao. Behind him, except for Zhuque, Shang Fu
Several Tianzhai disciples also followed. Seeing Qin Xiao appear, Gongyang He's originally proud look disappeared instantly.
Sun Shentong and other sect leaders did not dare to confront the Sun and Moon Alliance without the support of Qin Xiao. At this time, seeing Qin Xiao appear, they were all happy. They stood up and saluted and called "Alliance Leader". For a while, "Alliance Leader" was heard in the hall.
Continuously.
Qin Xiao signaled everyone to calm down. Someone had already given up their seats to Qin Xiao and Zhuque.
After Qin Xiao sat down, he looked at Gongyang He and said with a smile: "The conditions proposed by Headmaster Gongyang are simply ridiculous. May I ask Headmaster Gongyang, what is the basis for these conditions? And where do they come from?
Confident?”
The corners of Gongyang He's eyes twitched slightly, and he said calmly: "General Qin, you should know that in order to resist the imperial army, our Sun and Moon Alliance made a lot of efforts and suffered heavy losses. Isn't it a matter of course to ask for some compensation from Dongji Tianzhai?"
He did not call him "alliance leader" but called Qin Xiao a general. Naturally, he did not recognize Qin Xiao as the recognized leader of the alliance, at least not the leader of the Sun-Moon Alliance.
"If the Forbidden Army attacks Penglai Island, and the Sun-Moon Alliance gets the news and puts their righteousness first, and Master Gongyang leads his people to come to support, and there are heavy casualties, then I will definitely persuade Fairy Suzaku to try my best to repay compensation." Qin Xiao stared at Gongyang.
He's eyes sneered: "But you know better than anyone why the Sun-Moon Alliance is here. The Imperial Army set a trap to deal with not only Dongji Tianzhai, but all the factions who landed on the island also became their targets.
Under such circumstances, when everyone joins forces to fight against the enemy, in the final analysis, it is only for themselves."
Qin Xiao didn't beat around the bush and made his words clear directly, which made everyone present feel embarrassed.
"If you are not greedy for profit and come to Penglai Island for personal gain, there will be no losses." Qin Xiao said: "So if the various sects really have losses, they cannot blame others. They can only blame themselves for being greedy for profit, or their lack of strength.
"
Qin Xiao's words are rough but not rough. Although what he says doesn't sound right, everyone knows that it is true.
"As far as I know, the Sun and Moon Alliance is a mixed bag, and they don't actually have any unique skills." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "And Tao Zun really doesn't like the evil arts of your sect, so the library on Penglai Island
, you don’t have any martial arts records from your sect, this should be correct, right?”
Qin Xiao said in public that the martial arts of the Sun Moon League were "evil and strange arts". Gongyang Hefei was almost furious, but he didn't dare to get angry.
He knew that although Qin Xiao was young, he was a decisive person in doing things.
This time the Imperial Army was set on fire and his attacks were ruthless. This shows that Qin Xiao is not merciful towards his opponents.
If he argued or even became hostile with Qin Xiao in public, perhaps everyone in the Sun Moon Alliance would not be able to leave Penglai Island alive.
"Sister Suzaku is a cultivator with a kind heart." Qin Xiao said: "She agreed to provide wound medicine to the wounded in the Sun Moon Alliance, and even gave them some medicinal materials to replenish their vitality, but that was all. Other than that,
, Master Gongyang can’t take away any flowers or trees from the island, I wonder if Master Gongyang is convinced?”
Gongyang He suddenly stood up, stared at Qin Xiao, and clenched his hands into fists.
Qin Xiao's expression also became stern, his eyes showed a cold light, and he stared at Gongyang He's eyes and said word by word: "Master Gongyang, do you want to ask this general for advice?"
Gongyang He took a deep breath, snorted coldly, and walked away.
Qin Xiao's expression softened as he watched Gongyang He leave.
He knew that he was killing the monkey and honoring the chicken.
The strength of the Sun Moon Alliance is stronger than other sects, and it directly beat Gongyang He's request to death. If even the Sun Moon Alliance's request cannot be met, then other sects will stop trying to take advantage, and Qin Xiao will no longer need to fight with other sects.
Tear your face apart.
Abbot Guangyuan of Jinshan Temple moved his lips but stopped talking.
"Master Guangyuan, your temple's [Ju Ming Sutra] is in the Tianzhai library." Qin Xiao looked at Guangyuan and said: "Your temple came to Penglai Island, but for this scripture?"