Chapter 108. A Century of Fragments (Part 2) - The War of Rumors.

After the Human Alliance's hearts and minds were initially settled, rumors suddenly spread out of the country.

One of the rumors goes something like this: Xu Qingfan, who sacrificed himself to save all the other Grandmasters of the Human Alliance, saved the Righteous Alliance many times, has a noble personality, extremely high wisdom and unlimited strength, this time he entered the "Xuanjing Treasure House" At that time, he sketched an extremely clever plan.

Probably using what he created, the person who represents justice and humanity is here to promote the power of the "Seven Xia Ling Islands". Taking advantage of the time when both the Zhong family and the Shura clan had no one in charge, they launched a sneak attack on both sides. Then the two forces were brought together, eventually causing a melee between the two sides. In the end, the Zhong family must be destroyed, and the Shura clan suffered heavy casualties. At this point, one of the two major threats to mankind was eliminated, and the other suffered heavy losses.

Although the "Seven Xia Ling Islands" suffered heavy losses in order to complete these things, Xu Qingfan and everyone in the "Seven Xia Ling Islands" did not hesitate for the sake of humanity and justice.

However, just when Xu Qingfan's plan was close to being realized, the despicable, shameless, selfish... Zhang Xusheng's men took the opportunity to sneak attack on the Shura people. If they were doing it for human beings, then forget it, but they It was because he wanted to steal the Shura Clan's 'Shura Holy Pearl' for himself, which finally made the Shura Clan furious, that led to the war six years ago. Humanity suffered heavy losses for Zhang Xusheng's selfishness...

In this way, the rumors became more and more exaggerated as they traveled through time. In the end, Zhang Xusheng became an accomplice of the Shura clan, an insidious spy hidden in the righteous and great human alliance...

There was a reason why the rumors spread so widely, so quickly, so exaggeratedly, and beyond the expectations of Liu Ziqing and others who started the rumors.

First of all, there are many monks in the Human Alliance who have received favors from Xu Qingfan and are happy to accept and spread such rumors. Secondly, most of the monks in the Human Alliance are the disciples of the master who escaped from the 'Xuanjing Treasure House' this time, and they are also happy to accept it. and spread such rumors. In the end, the forces of Zhengdao were suppressed by Zhang Xusheng for too long, and their own strength was gradually swallowed up by Zhang Xusheng. They were more willing to accept and spread such rumors. They, who had always been sanctimonious, actually became this time The main force in spreading rumors.

As for the fact that Xu Qingfan once became a demon, it was revealed that

The most important thing is that this rumor is consistent with the facts. It is half true and false, making it difficult to distinguish. It just explains the previous war between the Zhong family and the Shura clan, and also when the Shura clan attacked, many Shura clan members singled out members of the "An" organization. Attacking things.

Although the rumors stop at Zhi. But wisdom is a very small minority in this world. Even in the world of immortality. The ratio of "intelligence" to land is not optimistic either. There is also a saying that three people make a tiger...

then. The reputation of Xu Qingfan and Xia Ling Qidao was established. However, Zhang Xusheng gradually lost his popularity under the impact of a rumor. Even these monks who have taken refuge with him over the years.

Just be greedy if you are greedy. Is there anyone in this world who is not greedy? Besides, the "Shura Holy Pearl" is also a treasure. If I were you, I might be greedy too. But why did you bring the Shura people here? This war. Because you are greedy. How many of our masters, brothers, brothers and apprentices have died? Most importantly. Finally the war ended. I don’t see you contributing the "Shura Holy Pearl" and sharing it equally...

It's so unjust.

then. In the Human Alliance. Those members of the "An" organization who followed Zhang Xu Holy Land felt that the way people looked at them was wrong for a long time. From time to time, people with self-reliance jumped out to challenge them... or a fight or a duel... It seemed that they had become the source of evil in this world.

Even when Zhang Xusheng gathers with other masters again. He also discovered that there seemed to be something wrong between the masters and himself. Even the hypocritical smile of the past is gone. Cold nose and cold eyes.

Believe me, rumors are more exaggerated than the nonsensical dramas on TV. Not long ago, someone discovered a girl's growth hanging on Chongzi's clothes for some reason...and then...the rumors arose...it was unbearable...that sentence The question "I heard you went to see a young lady" made me sad for a long time.

When Zhang Xusheng finally heard this rumor, he suddenly laughed.

Because he felt that the possibility that Xu Qingfan was still alive was very high.

Regarding the harm caused by rumors, Zhang Xusheng's approach is simple: fight rumors with rumors.

First, he exaggerated the rumors. He personally sent his men to spread the rumors spread by Liu Ziqing hundreds of times. For example, Zhang Xusheng himself is a member of the Shura tribe, or Zhang Xusheng is originally from an older tribe, and deliberately deepens the damage to Shura and humans, so that his race can dominate the world, or Zhang Xusheng has his eye on a certain Shura tribe. Women, fall in love, judge clans for love, etc...

Then the opposite rumors spread. It was probably the righteous and noble Zhang Xusheng who led Shura to fight with the Zhong family, and it was the despicable and sanctimonious Xu Qingfan who took the opportunity to send someone to steal the "Holy Pearl of Shura" and so on.

It has to be said that when the rumors created by Zhang Xusheng and Xu Qingfan are combined, they are infinitely close to the truth.

When the rumors are exaggerated, most people will see that they are wrong. After all, the appearance of the Shura women is too different from that of humans. Then they become pregnant and think that someone has slandered them. Gradually, many people begin not to believe it. This is very important to Zhang Xusheng. It is good news. Although many people still think Zhang Xusheng is evil and selfish at first impression, it is much better than when the rumors started.

The bad news is that there are a few particularly stupid people who are responsible for the exaggerated claims created by Zhang Xusheng.

The words were believed without a doubt. There were many infatuated people who regarded Zhang Xusheng as a demon, a Shura, or a question, especially those mortals who regarded cultivation as immortality. This rumor was particularly popular.

Then, another rumor appeared.

This rumor was seen by many people. As the Shura tribe had only 25 people left in a short period of time and needed to recuperate, the intensity of hunting humans in various parts of Shenzhou was reduced a lot, and humans also consumed a lot of resources in that war and urgently needed to replenish them.

So human cultivators began to risk their lives and wandered between Yongzhou and various spiritual stone mines in Shenzhou to collect spiritual stones. Some of them who came back swore that when they were unlucky enough to encounter the Shura tribe and were about to be killed, a group of strange cultivators suddenly appeared and killed the Shura master cleanly and neatly, saving them.

They claim to be cultivators from the Seven Islands of Xialing, and the people they are called enemies, and their cultivation is at least in the Out-of-Body Stage...

Thus, the reputation of "Seven Islands of Xialing" and Xu Qingfan rose again in the Human Alliance.

After all, noble and powerful represent different meanings. After Xu Qingfan's sacrifice, there is still a strong existence in the Seven Islands of Xialing.

And this powerful existence is just a disciple of Xu Qingfan.

It is said that there are many masters at the Grandmaster level in the Seven Islands of Xialing, such as Xu Qingfan's eldest disciple Ting'er, Wang Zegang, and Liu Ziqing...

It is said that the Seven Islands of Xialing have rich spiritual energy and abundant resources. As long as you are willing to work hard, you can get a piece of advanced skills and at least reach the Jindan Stage...

It is said that the Seven Islands of Xialing have a beautiful environment and no war...

For a while, the news that Zizhen Immortal and Zhang Xusheng tried their best to find out began to spread everywhere in the Human Alliance for some reason.

Power makes people awe, beauty makes people imagine, and nobleness makes people respect, but if these three are combined, the only feeling it gives people is yearning.

Then, about ten years after the war with the Shura Clan, the Seven Islands of Xialing suddenly sent people to the Human Alliance.

For the first time, the forces of the Seven Islands of Xialing entered the Human Alliance blatantly, and the great masters of the Human Alliance owed Xu Qingfan a favor, but it was inconvenient to stop them.

They were recruiting people for the Seven Islands of Xialing.

Ying Yun gathered, that was the situation at that time.

Many people were frightened by the war ten years ago, and the beauty, nobility and strength of the Seven Islands of Xialing were exactly what they yearned for. Some wanted to survive in the Seven Islands of Xialing, some admired and yearned for the Seven Islands of Xialing and Xu Qingfan, some wanted to find a place to practice in peace and show their strength to fight again in the future, and some wanted to go to the Seven Islands of Xialing to find out the truth. With various thoughts, a large number of cultivators and mortals joined the Seven Islands of Xialing.

Especially those mortals, who have no power, no magical power, and no strength to fight for humanity like the cultivators, all they want is a place to live in peace.

Seeing this scene, Zizhen Immortal was anxious. If this continued, the Human Alliance would collapse, so they might as well move to the Seven Islands of Xialing.

However, Zhang Xusheng also saw through the looming shadow of Xu Qingfan hidden behind the scenes, and even guessed Xu Qingfan's future thoughts. He was fighting for the right to speak in the Human Alliance after returning to the Human Alliance in the future! !

So, Zizhen Immortal and Zhang Xusheng, who had always been at odds with each other, joined hands for the first time in front of the Seven Islands of Xialing.

For Zizhen, this was to maintain the strength and integrity of the Human Alliance. For Zhang Xusheng, this was his test of Xu Qingfan and to make this game more interesting.

However, the Human Alliance is an alliance after all, not a sect. Zizhen Immortal and Zhang Xusheng could not force people to stay.

So, Zizhen Immortal began his own propaganda, which was roughly that the Human Alliance had protected you for so many years, how could you just leave like this? Besides, the reason why the Human Alliance was not destroyed by the Shura Clan was because the Human Alliance was always united. Now that it was divided, the Human Alliance was no longer the opponent of the Shura Clan. How could the eggs be intact when the nest was destroyed? You are now hiding in the Seven Islands of Xialing. When the Shura Clan breaks through the Human Alliance and reaches the Seven Islands of Xialing, where will you hide?

However, Zhang Xusheng arranged for people to spread rumors again, which was roughly that the behavior of the Seven Islands of Xialing greatly weakened the Human Alliance. Since they have the strength, why have they never confronted the Shura Clan head-on, but instead hid far away in the East China Sea? They are cowardly, timid, bully the weak and fear the strong, and have no vision. There is absolutely no future for following them. For the sake of humanity and justice, a good man should fight bloody battles in front, and should not hide behind and steal chickens and dogs.

The war between rumors suddenly made Zhang Xusheng feel very interesting.

In this way, although the action of mortals joining the Seven Xialing Islands still had no effect, the trend of monks joining the Seven Xialing Islands was greatly slowed down. Even many monks who had decided to go to the Seven Xialing Islands changed their minds. Most of those who insisted on going to the Seven Xialing Islands were cowards, and such people were not needed by the Seven Xialing Islands.

At this time, three things changed the whole situation.

The first thing was that Wang Yuhan, the head of Jiuhua, decided to temporarily join the Seven Xialing Islands with all the young monks in the realm before the Jindan stage, led by five young Jindan stage elders. The rest of the Jindan stage elders and the Supreme Guardian Jin Qinghan remained in the Human Alliance. Then, a large number of very important sects such as Kuxiu Valley, Wu

Chanyun Temple, and the sect made decisions one after another.

Such a move made Immortal Zizhen angry, but also a little moved. After all, he did not want the qualified and talented young disciples of Qingxu Sect to die on the battlefield before they had reached their full level of cultivation.

The second thing was a secret conversation between Mr. Liu and Immortal Zizhen. After the secret conversation, Immortal Zizhen reached a series of agreements with the Seven Islands of Xia Ling. Immortal Zizhen no longer prevents people from the Human Alliance from seeking refuge or sheltering in Xia Ling. Seven Islands, but Xia Ling Seven Islands must support the Human Alliance with a batch of resources. Also, Xia Ling Seven Islands cannot actively encourage human monks above the pill formation stage to join. Zizhen Immortal can also persuade them to stay, and they can only leave or stay. Let them decide. We must resolutely prevent the Golden Core Stage monks from joining Xialing Seven Islands. All monks who are above the elixir formation stage and have no further conditions for cultivation must stay in the Human Alliance.

After reaching this series of agreements, the first thing Zizhen Immortal did was to select the monks under the Qingxu Sect who were below the Dan Formation stage to have the potential to join Xia Ling Seven Islands, but they could leave at any time. Liu Ziqing, who was in charge of this matter, agreed without thinking about it at all.

After all, under such conditions, the strength of the Human Alliance has not declined significantly, but it has left a way out for humans and retained the potential of the world of immortality. After all, letting those monks who are practicing qi, spiritual tranquility and other realms fight with beings like Da Lantian and Asura is just increasing casualties.

The third thing is that Liu Ziqing and others began to clarify the rumors created by Zhang Xusheng's men during this period. It is probably that the Xia Ling Seven Islands are not cowardly in avoiding war. The reason why the Seven Islands gathered a large number of monks was just to give those talented monks an environment to further develop and fight again in the future, and to gather another force to compete with the Shura clan in the way of the Xia Ling Seven Islands, and also to be just in case. One, leaving a way out for mankind... In short, it is to re-establish the noble status of Xialing Seven Islands.

After these three things happened one after another in a short period of time, the number of monks who chose to join or take shelter under the Seven Islands of Xia Ling increased significantly. For a time, there were at least nearly 30,000 more monks under the Seven Islands of Xia Ling, although nearly 10,000 of them were The monks belong to various sects and can leave at any time. Although the highest strength of these monks is only at the early stage of real elixir, and there are only two of them above the real elixir stage, the strength and potential of Xialing Seven Islands have still increased in just a few years. More than ten times more.

At the same time, the number of mortals collected by Xialing Seven Islands is even greater, enough for millions, and there is still a steady stream of mortals coming with their families and their families. Thinking of how Wang Zegang and a large number of monks have worked hard to reclaim the sea and build islands during this period, Liu Ziqing couldn't help but shook his head. With so many people, Wang Zegang might not be able to fill up the sea for three hundred years. In desperation, Liu Ziqing could only go against Xu Qingfan's original intention and began to recruit mortals. Those with the potential to cultivate immortals would be given priority, and those with outstanding skills would be given priority. Priority is given to children and young people...

In this way, Liu Ziqing took 30,000 monks and the best of nearly three million mortals back to the Seven Xialing Islands. Because the number was so large, it took Liu Ziqing ten years to complete the arrangements.

On the Seven Islands of Xia Ling, Bai Qingfu was responsible for the arrangements, while Liu Ziqing returned to the Human Alliance again to monitor all developments in the Human Alliance.

In this way, Xu Qingfan's last two moves were successful again. The strength of Xialing Seven Islands was greatly increased, and Zhang Xusheng was isolated in the Human Alliance.

Zhang Xusheng didn't care about this defeat. After learning the result from his subordinates, he just smiled and said: "One cannot fight against the situation. This time, the Xia Ling Seven Islands have the upper hand. They The direction we chose to break through also left us unprepared, so it is normal for us to fail.”

Then he asked his men to retreat.

After his men retreated, Zhang Xusheng turned and looked to the east, his eyes penetrating time and space. At this moment, he seemed to be staring directly at Xu Qingfan, who was in retreat, with a penetrating gaze.

"You are indeed alive. You really didn't disappoint me... The game has just begun..."

In the east, hundreds of thousands of miles away, Xu Qingfan, who was still in seclusion on Yuheng Island, suddenly shook his body and seemed to sense something. In the next moment, he regained his composure and continued to meditate on the "Cosmic Secret Record".

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Unknowingly, a period of time has passed, and nearly eighty years have passed since the "Xuanjing Treasure House" was opened.

This year, many things happened. The Shura clan, which should have continued to recuperate, suddenly became active again, and seemed to have the ability to create new Shura clan members.

Soon after, Xu Qingfan finally came out of seclusion. No one knew the progress of Xu Qingfan's retreat this time.

After Xu Qingfan came out of seclusion, the first thing he did was to send someone to find a way to contact Feng Qingtian, who seemed to have disappeared for many years.

Then, not long after, a Tianzuoying monk came to the Human Alliance with news about Xu Qingfan and found Liu Ziqing...

The wind is blowing again! !

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