Chapter 737

After all, you can't really judge Yin Zhong by his looks, bearing, or age, can you?

If word got out, not only would Li Si seize on it to make trouble, but once Yin Zhong found out, he could very well overturn the entire Daoist school.

"In short, it just won't do…"

"Your Majesty…"

Li Si smiled. Having dealt with the Hundred Schools of Thought for so long, he had found Chi Songzi to be the most rigid and unadaptable of them all.

Seeing him rendered speechless by the rebuttal, Li Si turned to Hearing Ying Zheng and asked.

Hearing Ying Zheng was feeling rather overwhelmed at this point as well.

A time-limited Heavenly Dao Golden List-level expert was indeed not quite perfect.

But he had also met Master Xiaomeng, and knew she was truly a ravishing beauty.

How could such a person be matched with Yin Zhong?

Yet this seemed to be the only option?

"Perhaps we could try seeking out the Zhaoqinglong Society!"

Chi Songzi, seeing Hearing Ying Zheng's hesitation, grew extremely anxious, fearing that if Hearing Ying Zheng agreed to Li Si, the Daoist school would have no room left to maneuver.

Without a second thought, he spoke up directly.

542 Seek help from the Zhaoqinglong Society?

With Chi Songzi's single suggestion of perhaps seeking out the Zhaoqinglong Society, the entire great hall fell silent at once.

Every civil and military official looked at Chi Songzi with the same expression one would give an idiot.

Hearing Ying Zheng's face also gradually darkened. After a long pause, he asked,

"Chi Songzi, is this you betraying Us, betraying the Great Qin?"

What exactly a Dao companion entailed, none of those present who were not of the Daoist school knew.

But judging from the literal meaning of those two characters, it was nearly equivalent to a romantic couple.

If they went to seek out the Zhaoqinglong Society, didn't that mean all the effort the Daoist school had put in was simply to produce an expert for the Zhaoqinglong Society?

Wouldn't such an act be a betrayal of the Great Qin?

Did a Daoist school like that even need to exist?

Chi Songzi was startled, immediately prostrated himself on the ground, and said,

"Your Majesty, this old Daoist is not betraying the realm, merely seeking a solution.

A Dao companion is not like what you all imagine, a romantic couple among mortals."

In truth, Chi Songzi was risking his old life to say this all for the sake of Master Xiaomeng's happiness.

With Yin Zhong's appearance, if Master Xiaomeng were given to him, Chi Songzi would likely be Dai Qisi with rage.

In contrast, the Zhaoqinglong Society—setting aside everything else—just the Great Dragon Head Ximen Wudi alone was youthful in appearance and unmatched under heaven.

"The Zhaoqinglong Society is incomparably mysterious, and the Great Dragon Head Ximen Wudi is the foremost taboo.

It seems there is nothing under heaven that can stump them, and nothing under heaven that Ximen Wudi does not know.

This old Daoist was thinking, perhaps the Zhaoqinglong Society might have a better solution.

This time, this old Daoist heard that the Zhaoqinglong Society actually stepped forward and helped the Great Tang defend Yanmen Pass.

Clearly, as long as the price can be paid, the Zhaoqinglong Society will always provide a solution."

The great battle at Yanmen Pass lasted seven days, and news of it had long since spread throughout the realm.

However, the part about the Zhaoqinglong Society defending the city actually referred to Pei Xingjian impersonating an altar master of the Zhaoqinglong Society.

The Zhaoqinglong Society did not come forward to deny it, so the various powers across the realm gradually took it as a given that it was the Zhaoqinglong Society's doing.

Within the Black Ice Terrace, Chi Songzi happened to have a friend who had shared this news as gossip.

Hence Chi Songzi was so certain at this moment that seeking out the Zhaoqinglong Society might work.

"Right! What Daoist Chi Songzi says may well be one of the solutions."

Hearing Fusu stepped forward at this point as well. By nature he was magnanimous and kind, and naturally did not wish to see the Qin Ting fall out with the Daoist school,

"Since the Zhaoqinglong Society was willing to defend a city for the Great Tang, helping Master Xiaomeng resolve this hidden danger should not be difficult either.

Moreover, from this matter at Yanmen Pass, your son can see that we need not necessarily make an enemy of the Zhaoqinglong Society.

Since for now they cannot be overcome by force, yet they are willing to help others for a price.

Why not take advantage of this and cooperate with the Zhaoqinglong Society to strengthen ourselves?

After all, whether it be the Great Yuan, the Great Tang, Yunzhou, You Dongying, and so on, none of them are willing to form a Chedijie Alliance.

Rather than continuing to fight them like this, it would be better to use the Zhaoqinglong Society against them.

After all, Father Emperor once said: there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!"

They had originally been discussing how to heal Master Xiaomeng's hidden injuries.

But as Hearing Fusu spoke, he went straight on to grand national policy.

Hearing Ying Zheng, who had been frowning deeply, broke into a broad smile once more.

Looking at Hearing Fusu, his heart was full of Monk Huanxi,

"Our Wu Wuer has finally grown up, and finally understands that saying—there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!

Very good, very good!"

His dragon heart greatly delighted, and the assembled ministers naturally immediately offered their flattery.

Only the Eighteenth Prince Hu Hai, who oversaw the Net of Luo, outwardly offered flattery while inwardly complaining nonstop.

This elder brother somehow had an awakening, and right before everyone actually Yuchi Jingde the Emperor's praise.

"Looking at it this way, we must arrange for someone to go and make contact with the Zhaoqinglong Society.

If they are willing, then Hearing Fusu, you will personally lead a team, and together with Master Xiaomeng, make a trip to Qinglong Peak."

As for the Qinglong Summit, countless people in the world yearn for it.

Ying Zheng is no exception!

In truth, quite a number of people in the world have already ascended the Qinglong Summit.

It's just that most of them are members of the Qinglong Society, so naturally they wouldn't go around talking about it.

Then there's that small remainder — for instance, Fazhi, who suddenly aided Bai Qi. After he handed the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon over to Bai Qi,

he said nothing at all and simply drifted away.

Therefore, vast as the world is, the Qinglong Summit remains utterly mysterious in the hearts of ordinary people.

"Your son accepts the command."

Fusu was overjoyed as well, his shoulders trembling slightly.

Even Ying Zheng yearned for the Qinglong Summit, so naturally he could not be exempt from the common feeling.

If he could seize this chance to catch a glimpse of the Qinglong Summit, it would simply be wonderful.

"Li Si, Zhang Han, Hu Hai — the preliminary liaison with the Qinglong Society is entrusted to the three of you.

Whoever first makes contact and gets the Qinglong Society to agree to resolve Xiaomeng's problem shall be credited with the foremost merit."

In the end, still uncertain whether the Qinglong Society would be so easy to get along with,

Ying Zheng ultimately had Li Si, the Black Ice Terrace, and the Net of Luo act together to contact the Qinglong Society.

Hu Hai was overjoyed. Although he could not ascend the Qinglong Summit, being able to liaise with the Qinglong Society was still not bad.

At once the three of them, Hu Hai among them, stepped out of rank to accept the command, whereupon Li Si added,

"Your Majesty! In order to truly secure cooperation with the Qinglong Society, I wonder if we should make a move against Long Xiang Seng?"

"Oh?"

Ying Zheng was briefly taken aback, then immediately understood.

This Long Xiang Seng, though dazzlingly brilliant, had reached where he stands today with a body born with an absolute meridian that made him unable to cultivate martial arts.

Indeed, he is a talent.

It's just that this man is a talent of the Great Yuan, not of the Great Qin!

Added to that, previously, taking advantage of Ximen Wudi's departure from this realm to head to the Sword Realm,

the three great imperial courts secretly targeted the Qinglong Society.

Great Qin mainly struck within the territory of the Great Han, where traces were hard to track.

Great Tang mainly operated within the Great Sui.

Yet Great Yuan's target was, oddly enough, the Great Ming.

The Qinglong Society's peripheral forces — the Huashan Sect, the Wu Dangpai, and even the Great Ming court — had all been schemed against by the Great Yuan.