Chen Changsheng said: "I never thought of putting Nanxi Zhai in danger."
"Your Majesty, I know about you. If it was three years ago, I believe you would never have done this, but as I said before, time can change many things."
Huairen said with emotion: "Three years later, you will be different. If so many people hadn't died that night in Xueling, if the King of Linghai hadn't gone to Songshan Military Mansion, if you hadn't gone to Wenshui City, if You are not standing by my side at this time, I may believe you, but not now."
"The whole continent knows what you want to do."
"From the Songshan Military Mansion to Wenshui City, you just wanted to win over the Daoist Lord and the imperial court's reinforcements outside Kyoto, and you even managed to change the attitude of the Tang family, so how could you let the Holy Maiden Peak go? Woolen cloth?"
"Have you ever thought about why everyone knows what you want to do, but Dao Zun didn't stop you? Because he doesn't need to care, because when you tried to cut off his arms, his eyes were already counting It landed here years ago, on the Saintess Peak, which was supposed to be your strongest foreign aid."
Chen Changsheng listened quietly without speaking.
"Student rebellion, it won't work in a hundred years, even if you persist until the end, the human race world is divided, and the demons take advantage of the chaos to go south. At that time, how will you face the displaced and miserable believers, how will you face the bones beside the road, and how will you face the dead?" To the successive popes of the state religion? Give it up. I talked to Dao Zun in Kyoto, and he promised me that as long as you are willing to give up the position of pope, you can practice in Nanxizhai or Lishan as you like, and you will be safe."
Huairen looked at him with the pitiful eyes of a senior looking at a junior, wanting to hear the answer he was expecting.
Chen Changsheng said calmly, "I cannot agree to this request."
Huairen looked a little disappointed, and said, "Why do you have to be right with your teacher?"
From the moment he walked down from the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books three years ago with the Holy Empress of Tianhai on his back, this was the question that many people wanted to know.
People like the King of Linghai, Taoist Siyuan, Congzhou Military Mansion and even Lishan Sword Sect all had reasons to be wary or even hostile to the imperial court and Shang Xingzhou, but he didn't.
No matter from the perspective of history, or from the standpoint of ordinary people or officials, Shang Xingzhou didn't have much to criticize.
Before and after the change in Tianshu Mausoleum, he used very powerful methods, but anyone who wants to achieve great things will do so.
He did use Zhou Tong, but when Zhou Tong died, he issued an imperial decree, listing more than ten crimes committed by Zhou Tong.
If there is bound to be a war between their master and apprentice, Chen Changsheng can't say that he is on the side of justice no matter what.
Back then, he told the Pope, his uncle, that the teacher would not let him live, so he had to oppose him.
Now with the passage of time, many things have changed, but he knows this one thing has not.
The battle in Xueling that night, and the ruins of the lake garden are the clearest evidence.
If this is the only reason, then he is not qualified and should not drag the entire state religion, including Songshan Military Mansion, Congzhou Military Mansion, Tang Family, Lishan Sword Sect, Saint Maiden Peak, and even the entire mainland into this inevitable and tragic war , just like Huairen said, even if he is the pope, he is the most powerful person in the mainland.
Of course Chen Changsheng didn't want to see such a scene.
But he knew that if he didn't want such a scene to happen, he had to be prepared for it to happen.
Concession and compromise cannot achieve real peace, that is surrender, the truth that has been reached after so many years of war between humans and demons, and now it seems that many people have forgotten it.
He is now the pope, so he has to bear corresponding responsibilities for the state religion and even the entire human world.
"If everyone thinks of me that way, then everyone is wrong."
On the distant field, the lines drawn by Tongjiang were getting darker and darker. Chen Changsheng looked there and said calmly, "I didn't do these things to gain supreme power, nor did I want to do it for my own safety. Kill him, even though he wants me to die so many times, I still don't think about killing him. Not because he is my master, but because I know, as you said, if I want to kill him, Then the whole continent will fall into chaos, and the reason why I do these things is to ensure that the state religion has the ability to counter the imperial court."
Huai Ren said: "If that's the case, why do you still want the state religion to compete against the imperial court?"
Chen Changsheng said: "My uncle told me back then that kind people should be more vigilant... Be vigilant and have the corresponding ability, otherwise it will become a joke."
Huairen understood what he meant and sighed.
"The Holy Maiden Peak is far away in the south of the sky, but the Li Palace is in the capital, which is very close to the Imperial Palace. We must take this responsibility, just like when the Empress Tianhai was in power. If there is no uncle, no one knows how much the tyranny will overturn. How many innocent lives have been lost on the roof of the house."
Chen Changsheng said: "The current imperial court needs a force that can check and balance it. The current master needs someone who can threaten him, otherwise the imperial court will mess up, and master will become a monster. Master uncle chose me to be a The Pope, because he knows that only I can lead the state church to play this role well."
Huai Ren said: "But what you are doing now is more than vigilant, it is more like preparing to start a war."
"Songshan Military Mansion and the Tang Family are still just on guard, or warning."
Chen Changsheng said: "If the imperial court and Master have made mistakes, if they cannot correct themselves, the Church and I will correct them for them."
Huairen said, "Your so-called correction means killing and seizing power?"
Chen Changsheng said: "The murder is because people like Ning Shiwei, Zhu Ye, and Tianhai Zhanyi deserve to die. The second master of the Tang family colluded with the demons and deserves to die. The reason for seizing power is because the state religion needs these powers. More importantly, , the imperial court and Master have proved that the people they selected are not qualified to hold these powers."
Huairen looked into his eyes and asked: "Then what if the court continues to make mistakes? What if Daoist persists in these methods?"
Chen Changsheng was silent for a short period of time, and said, "Then I have no choice but to find a way to overthrow his court."
Huai Ren sighed softly, and said, "In the end, I returned to this cruel old road."
Chen Changsheng said: "Different journeys may lead to the same destination, but the reasons for embarking on the journey are different."
Huai Ren said: "If the end is still the same, does the cause matter?"
"There's a big difference between killing in self-defense and killing and robbing, and that's important, and I have to believe I'm right."
Chen Changsheng said something he hadn't said for three years: "Because what I cultivate is according to my heart."
The sunset has already set behind the mountains, and the stars have not yet fully revealed their true colors. The southern mountains have ushered in the darkest moment.
The flowers and trees by the cliff swayed gently in the wind, as if a little surprised why the field became so quiet.
I don't know how long it took, Huairen said softly: "This is the way you cultivated, and your war must drag in the Holy Maiden Peak, which has been quiet for many years?"
Chen Changsheng said: "I think this should be a matter for You Rong to decide with the disciples of Nanxi Zhai."
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