"I don't think the priest has ever reacted so quickly. Shen Jixian motioned for Mu Xingqiu and Shen Hao to sit on the futon opposite, so that he didn't have to raise his head to speak, "I thought they would delay it again and again, and give you an accurate reply after a month or two or even a year or two." ”

Shen Jixian's gaze did not stare at Mu Xingqiu, but fell on Shen Hao, "Dao Tong feels that it should not be a bad thing to let a low-level Taoist priest be free for a while. The Taoist unity is declining from generation to generation, perhaps because it is peaceful and too quiet, since the Nian Xin Department was cut off, there have been no Taoist priests who dare to do anything, but now a large number of them have suddenly emerged, which is a good thing. Do you like to be free?"

"Uh, I...... It's okay. Shen Hao was a little nervous in front of the first seat, and then he despised his cowardice, so he said loudly: "I want to quit Pang Mountain, but the purpose of my joining the Demon Slaying Society is not to be free, it is to kill demons and eliminate demons, and I want to ...... Finding the missing people in Yelin Town. ”

"It's good to have a target close at hand, the Dao Commander can't even tell when the demons will be killed, five years, ten years, one thousand years? I really hope I don't have to live to see this war. ”

Shen Jixian had a smile on his face, and there was a hint of ridicule in his words, but the two people opposite were not smiling.

Mu Xingqiu said: "Our goal is not close at all, the soul changer of the Longbin Society has disappeared, taking away all the secrets, unless the high Taoist priest is willing to tell us the truth." ”

"What truth?" Shen Jixian spread his hands and put them on his lap, "Have you forgotten that the Dao Tong has never interfered in mortal affairs. But I do have a 'truth' to tell you. ”

Shen Jixian's gaze turned to Mu Xingqiu, and the smile on his face disappeared, "The soul changers have just planned a coup d'état, why did they suddenly disappear? Because they are afraid of you, not of your illusions, but of exposing the most important secret of the Longbin Society because of you." You know there are seven of them, and sooner or later they can guess who it is, and it's too dangerous for them. It's good now. You can say whatever you want, say it to anyone, and they won't respond, and most people will just listen to your words as if they were anecdotes. They just need to wait slowly, wait for you to leave the imperial capital and start a war with the demon clan that will end at an unknown time, mortals will forget all the words you have said, and they will come back, and a cleverly arranged soul exchange can get back a qiē. ”

"During this period, the Daotong will suffer a little loss. No one knows whether the person in charge who came to power unexpectedly understood all the agreements reached between Daotong and the Yongbin Society, and whether they were willing to scrupulously abide by them. The Dao Tong can wait for the soul changer to return, but the Dao Tong is unwilling to suffer the loss caused by the unknown. Therefore, you can set up an army of Taoist priests, and each Taoist family is willing to lend you the magic weapons and consumables that have accumulated over the years, whether it is borrowed, not given, not one-tenth, but one-twentieth. But there is one condition for Taoism. ”

"For the next three years, the Longbin Society does not need to offer any supplies to the Dao Sect, you can ask for them at will. How much you can get depends on what you're capable of. After three years, you have to return all the materials, not only the part that the Dao Tong lent, but also the part that the Longbin Society should normally offer to the Dao Sect. There are quite a few things, and I will give you a list with detailed records. ”

Mu Xingqiu didn't speak, but Shen Hao opened his mouth wide in surprise. This is too different from the majestic and arrogant Dao Tong in his impression, "That means that in the next three years, the Longbin Society will fall into chaos, and we will be responsible for it." Do you want to compensate Dao Tong for the loss of Qiē?"

"That's right, this is the 'truth' that the Dao system gives you, everything has a price, you want to do something big, you can, but you have to work hard yourself, you can't ask us to give selfless help under the banner of getting rid of the shackles of high Taoist priests. No, no, it's a deal, and the Dao Tong must not afford to lose. In addition, the Dao Tong still adheres to the principle of non-interference and neutrality, and treats the Demon Slayer Society and the Dragon Bin Society equally, if you have the ability to find out all seven soul changers, even if you kill them all, the Dao Tong will not ask. On the other hand, if you are bitten back, don't expect the Daoist to come forward or avenge you - I guess this is unlikely, the soul changers don't want to cause trouble now, they just want you to leave the imperial capital as soon as possible and go as far as possible. ”

Shen Hao's mouth opened wider and wider, and he turned his head to look at Mu Xingqiu suddenly, hoping that he could say something.

"What about those who quit the Dao system, and are they still allowed to return to the Dao system?" asked Mu Xingqiu.

"This matter is basically according to what you said, every three years, the Dao Tong will be released once, those who are willing to come back, we welcome it, those who are not willing to come back, just wait another three years to make a decision, one of the total qiē is voluntary, there is only one point, everyone has only one chance, and the people who return to the Dao Tong can no longer leave, even if someone is expelled, the Demon Slayer will not be allowed to accept it. ”

"Okay, I agree, I guess, we should sign an agreement too, right?"

"Of course, in the next few days, I will draw up an agreement with you, and after the priests have read it, they can sign it. ”

Mu Xingqiu agreed to all of Dao Tong's demands so lightly, Shen Hao was very surprised, and said in a low voice: "Wait, let's not talk about anything else, the war is a bottomless pit and the consumption is huge, what will we take to return those materials after three years?"

"Part of it is repaid with demon pills, and the other part is shared by Tu Guo and Xijie Guo. ”

Tu is a neighbor of Xijie Kingdom, and it was also occupied by demon soldiers, and it was destroyed even more completely, not even a lonely city was kept, and a small number of royal family members fled to the imperial capital for refuge, they must be the same as Xijie Kingdom, willing to pay the price for regaining their homeland.

Whether the promises of the demon pill and the two vassal states alone can cover the heavy debts is an unknown number, Shen Hao didn't see the number, he couldn't calculate the result, and closed his mouth cautiously, still not quite agreeing in his heart.

Shen Jixian didn't express his opinion on this debt repayment plan, he lowered his head, he didn't seem to like his current identity very much, he preferred to be the head of the high-ranking Five Elements Sect rather than a calculating negotiator, "This is what you want, behind every freedom there is a responsibility, the Demon Slayer Society is independent, you have to find a way to survive by yourself, Dao Tong is willing to do this deal with you, you should feel lucky." ”

"I do feel lucky, and that's exactly what I want. Mu Xingqiu stood up, Shen Hao also got up, and the two were ready to leave, "Someone told me that it is a good thing that there is value in using each other." ”

Shen Jixian snorted perfunctorily, "Let's see how many low-level Taoist priests agree with your judgment and are willing to take responsibility for freedom." ”

As soon as he walked out of the room of the first seat, Shen Hao grabbed Mu Xingqiu's arm, "Do you know how heavy the debt that Dao Tong has put on you?"

"It's not particularly clear. Mu Xingqiu said with a smile, "But no matter how heavy it is, you have to carry it, Shen Shouzuo is right, since you are independent, you can't just ask for it without reciprocating, and the requirements of the Dao system are not high at all." ”

Mu Xingqiu's composure reassured Shen Hao a little, and it also gave him another guess: "Is it possible that the real purpose of the high-level Daoists is to force us to stand on our own feet, and wait until three years later, and then they will cancel the debt?"

"I don't know. Mu Xingqiu shook his head, "I must be prepared to repay the debt, because I don't believe that Dao Tong will break any agreement." ”

Shen Hao frowned, "What if we don't get there then?"

"It has to be returned. Mu Xingqiu said firmly that the Longbin Society was a ready-made example of the only option to abide by the agreement with the Daotong.

The two of them turned their heads to look at Zuo Liuying's room, this is also a Taoist priest, the thoughts in his heart have never been guessed, and what he wants to do has never been canceled for external reasons, and he can roughly infer the temper of the Dao Tong.

Shen Hao sighed, "It seems that you really want to pay it back." Alas, I am still independent for the Demon Slayer Society, just like when we left Yelin Town, we just left, fished and picked fruits when we were hungry, and slept by the campfire when we were sleepy, without anyone's help. ”

Mu Xingqiu smiled happily, it was a good memory, but in retrospect, even if there was no pursuit by the Xuanfu Army, the eleven teenagers would not be able to go far in the woodland, and a lot of time would be spent looking for food to fill their bellies, and sooner or later everyone would be bored.

In the front yard, Yang Qingyin came back, "The princess is fine, Xin Youtao and Xiao Qingtao stayed there to protect her, tell me what the hell is going on?"

The three of them entered the study, and Mu Xingqiu briefly said about the seven soul changers of the Longbin Society, "Xin Youtao got rid of the souls of others, Liang Shiji and Fu Meng died, and the old emperor and the chief talisman master were only left with the shells that couldn't speak, and they disappeared, right under my nose." I thought I had caught their seven inches, but I didn't expect them to be slippery loaches. ”

"People have lived for hundreds of years, tens of thousands of years as a whole, and you are only in your twenties, of course it is not easy to deal with them, and you are indeed too careless. Yang Qingyin was unceremoniously, and then raised his head and thought for a while, "If there is a limit to the number of soul changes, then they have paid a lot of price to hide from you, and the soul is changed to the little people, and then transferred to the big people after a few years, which is invisibly equivalent to wasting decades of life, alas, if it were me, I didn't expect them to be so decisive." I really don't understand, why didn't they just kill you? Anyway, you're not a Taoist priest. ”

"Because Liang Shiji fought with me twice and lost all of them, they are not sure that they will be able to kill me immediately, and if the movement is too big, it will reveal their secrets. ”

"Isn't it leaking now?"

"No one will believe me except you, they don't care about Taoist priests, but ordinary people. ”

Yang Qingyin thought for a while, "Then let's wait a few years, when the new emperor and new chief suddenly change their personalities, let's catch turtles in an urn." ”

Mu Xingqiu had already thought about this idea, but he believed that the next time the soul changers took power, it would not be so obvious anymore, and they were more likely to seize real power in a lower level like Qu Xungui.

"War produces power. Mu Xingqiu said, finding that the two partners looked puzzled, and explained: "The battle of Broken Flow City has put the princess in power, and the war we are going to fight will be larger in scale and will produce greater power, this is the fire that attracts the soul changer, and they will take the initiative to pounce." ”

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