The three masters all agreed, and the others naturally had no objections. Even Yu Jun, the arrogant elder of the "Huashan Sect", did not speak out against it.
Master Yuanguang glanced at Master Baojing who was sitting aside, and then at Tang Zilin who was standing in front of the table, and said, "Since everyone agrees to form an alliance, who will be in charge? Do you have any suggestions?"
Everyone in this hall, including Nangong Qi and Hua Bushi, are all unique figures in their respective sects. When it comes to the ability to plan and handle affairs, they are actually not lacking. But if they want to command the people on the island, The more than two hundred masters from the fifty-five sects must have extremely high prestige, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the crowd. Therefore, among the crowd, only Master Yuanguang, Master Baojing and Tang Zilin can take on the role.
Master Baojing pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Yuanguang Dao, you and I are both monks. It is very inconvenient to lead the heroes of various sects. In my humble opinion, it is better to let the Tang Sect Master be the leader of our alliance. Man, what do you think, Master?"
"Shaolin" is the top sect in the world, and "Wudang Sect" is an authentic Taoist sect supported by the imperial court. Compared with "Shaolin", it is not far behind. When it comes to the prestige of sects, in fact, Shaolin and Wudang are even better than "Shu". "Zhongtangmen" is slightly better.
However, Master Baojing chose Tang Zilin as the person in charge because he had his own considerations. The so-called "it is not convenient for a monk to lead a group of powerful people" is just a superficial rhetoric.
The reason for this is, first of all, among the three-party alliance that was originally separated from the "seven sects", the "Shaolin" line and the "Wudang" line are equally powerful, and there have always been many disagreements between these two sects, whether it is Yuan Guang Whichever master or Master Baojing becomes the person in charge, the other sect will not be convinced.
The second is that the "Tang Sect in Central Sichuan" alliance is mostly from sects in the three realms of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou in southwest China. These sects are located in remote areas, and most of their masters are erratic and tough, and they will not easily obey orders. people.
In this way, if Master Yuanguang or Master Baojing becomes the leader, he will definitely be resisted by more than half of the sects of the other two alliances, and it will be difficult to work together. Even if it does not appear on the surface for a while, once a critical situation is encountered , when the interests of various factions are involved, civil strife is inevitable. On the contrary, if Tang Zilin takes charge, the southwest factions will be happy, and the other two alliances will not be too disgusted.
This is the so-called "gold mean" principle, and only Tang Zilin is the most suitable person to be in charge.
And this truth is not only understood by Master Baojing, but Master Yuanguang and everyone in the hall also understand it very well.
In normal times, even if Master Baojing and Master Yuanguang knew about this, for the sake of the interests of their own sects, they would rather separate and resist, and would never let the position of chief fall into the hands of others. However, the current situation is dangerous, and in order to protect everyone We must work together to save our lives, and we can only put aside our sectarian opinions for the time being.
This is the reason why Master Baojing recommended Tang Zilin.
Master Yuanguang said: "That's good, that's good. What the Taoist priest said makes sense. Tang Tanyue is indeed the best choice to be in charge here."
Seeing that Master Yuanguang and Master Baojing recommended him, Tang Zilin glanced around at the other people in the hall before saying: "Forget it, since you all trust me, Tang will reluctantly take on the responsibility, and I will wait for you." Before we get out of trouble on this island, I just hope that everyone can obey Tang’s instructions.”
Master Baojing said: "Master Tang, please rest assured. On this island, we all have to put the overall situation first. If anyone disobeys Master Tang's orders, I will not spare him in the first place!"
Master Yuanguang Heshi said: "Amitabha, this poor monk can also assure Tang Tanyue that people from all the Shaolin sects will definitely look up to Tanyue."
The leaders of the two sects have expressed their attitude. Nangong Qi's alliance of six sects is weak, and of course they will not have any objections. Tang Zilin, the temporary leader of the alliance, is now secure.
It is a very glorious thing to be the leader of the alliance of fifty-five famous Bai Dao sects in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, in the past hundred years, there has never been an alliance between these many Bai Dao sects in the world. Although this leader may not be
It is unprecedented, at least it can be regarded as unprecedented.
It's a pity that the leader's power is limited to this isolated island. Once everyone escapes, the alliance will cease to exist.
As Tang Zilin became the temporary leader of the alliance, he still had to find a way to get everyone out of trouble. This was an extremely difficult task, so not only was this position of leader not satisfying, it also made Tang Zilin unable to do anything.
He sat down on the chair next to the table and looked around everyone, but saw that everyone in the hall was also frowning. Although these people were all experienced people in the lake, they were trapped on this isolated island and could not escape.
I don't even know if my life can be saved. In such a dangerous situation, no one can be happy.
However, when Tang Zilin's eyes finally glanced at Hua Bushi, who was sitting in the corner, he saw the young master's calm expression, and even a smile on his lips, as if he was not worried about what he was facing.
Dilemma, I couldn't help but feel moved in my heart.
Earlier in the Tingtao Pavilion, Hua Bushi first exposed Lu Qiuhong's plot of using a sandalwood box, and then detoxified the smoke poison that Tang Zilin had inhaled, while looking for Lei Zhentian's use of "thunderbolt fire bombs" to blow up the wall.
He also came up with the strategy. Although this "Evil Dog Master" did not know martial arts, Tang Zilin already knew that he was very resourceful.
That's why Tang Zilin brought him in when the leaders of all parties gathered to discuss matters. But now the leisurely demeanor of Master Hua suddenly made Tang Zilin feel unfathomable.
Could it be that he has already thought of an escape plan?
Tang Zilin coughed lightly and said, "If we want to escape from this island, we can only have a chance by working together. Master Hua, do you have a good plan in mind?"
When Tang Zilin asked this question, everyone in the room focused their attention on this young master.
After escaping from Tingtao Pavilion earlier, Hua Bushi immediately asked Meng Huan and Zhu Hong to check around. The news that there were no wells in the "Wanyi Manor" and that all drinking water had been destroyed made Hua Bushi better than Tang.
Zi Lin knew about it earlier, and he immediately realized that this was a trap and kill strategy set up by Lu Qiuhong.
Horses are not fed on this island, and the plants he saw when he first landed were mostly shrubs and a few low trees. Hua Bushi is well versed in all kinds of botany and knows that those plants are saltwater plants. According to these
Judging from the indications, there is probably no fresh water source on this island.
Of course, Hua Bushi had thought of ways to burn smoke for help and build boats to escape, but as Tang Zilin said, although these methods were good, they would not work at all in just a few days.
For a moment, he felt that there was no good solution and he was depressed, so he called everyone from the "Evil Dog Sect" to discuss it together. What made the young master overjoyed was that Peng San, who was good at ocean navigation, immediately said
Got an idea.
Hua Bushi thought that Peng San's idea was quite feasible, but it would require a lot of manpower and would require everyone from all the sects on the island to work together. Just as Hua Bushi was thinking about how to achieve this, Tang Zilin
But he sent someone to ask him to attend the meeting of the leaders of the parties.
At the meeting, everyone formed a temporary alliance, and Tang Zilin became the person in charge. This just met the necessary conditions for Peng San's escape strategy. It was because of Hua Bushi that he deliberately showed his unusual leisurely demeanor, and as expected, he immediately
Tang Zilin noticed it and asked him about his strategy.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Young Master Hua smiled slightly and said, "My young master's plan is actually very simple. If we have a boat, we can escape by boat."
Before Tang Zilin could answer, Weng Yibai had already scolded: "If you can escape with a boat, why do you need to talk about it! The owner of the island has already taken away all the boats on the dock.
It’s too late, so where can you get a boat?”
Hua Bushi said leisurely: "Although all the ships on the pier have sailed away, there is still one ship on this island. Haven't you seen it?"
Tang Zilin's expression changed and he said: "Master Hua is talking about the 'treasure ship' on the hill at the gate of the manor?"
Hua Bushi said: "Sure enough, Tang Sect Master is smart. This young master is talking about that boat."
Tang Zilin frowned and said: "Everyone has already seen the 'treasure ship', but it is several miles away from the manor to the coast. The 'treasure ship' is so huge that it is impossible for us to move it
It's carried to the sea."
When Zheng He, the "Three-Bao Eunuch", made seven voyages to the Western Ocean, the "Treasure Ship" was the flagship of his "Invincible Fleet" and the largest ship in the world.
The "treasure ship" on the mountain outside "Wanyi Manor" is forty feet long and nearly twenty feet wide. The height of the deck is more than eight feet. Even the rudder blade at the stern is two feet high.
In terms of weight, the rudder blade alone weighs several thousand kilograms, and the entire "treasure ship" weighs at least a thousand tons.
Although there are now more than 200 experts from various factions on the island, it is difficult to move the "treasure ship" with just these people. If you want to transport it to the sea several miles away, it is even more difficult to transport it to the sea several miles away.
It's completely impossible.
That's why Lu Qiuhong left the "treasure ship" very generously, without worrying that the heroes would use it to escape.
Hua Bushi said calmly: "With our own strength, we cannot move that huge ship, but with the help of the sea, we will not lose our chance."
Tang Zilin said: "Where does the help from the sea that Master Hua mentioned come from?"
Hua Bushi said: "When I say the help of the sea, I am referring to the storms and tides on the sea."
A smile appeared on his lips and he said: "My young master came to this island with Mr. Peng, who is best at ocean navigation. He said that by the evening of tomorrow at the latest, a huge storm will hit, and by then the tide will rise.
It will flood outside this manor. We only need to repair the huge ship in these two days and push it into the sea. Then we can sail away and get out of trouble."