Chapter 8: On the List

As the night deepened, the three stopped talking and sat by the campfire, taking turns to close their eyes and rest.

The next morning, the group continued their journey to Xiping Prefecture.

A few days of journey passed in a flash, and Xiping Prefecture was in sight.

Qi Xuansu didn't want to go into the city with Qingluan Guard, so he said goodbye to Di Ba Tianyang and Sui Fan. Di Ba Tianyang and his friends also had official business to attend to, so they didn't try to keep them, but thanked Qi Xuansu for his help again.

After Qi Xuansu entered the city of Xiping Prefecture alone, he randomly found a restaurant. As soon as he entered the lobby, he saw several pieces of paper posted in a conspicuous place, with densely packed names on them.

I think this is the three lists that Di Ba Tianyang mentioned.

Strictly speaking, the layout of the gold list is the most regular. After all, there are only ten people, so the line spacing and character spacing are very particular, one person per line, and it is clear at a glance. But when it comes to the bronze list of more than 300 people, it is not so particular. Not only are the characters smaller, but the character spacing and line spacing are also close together. At first glance, it is so dense that it makes people dizzy.

In addition, many people on the gold list have no names, just a certain title. For example, the "Tianting" ancestor ranked first on the gold list is Jin Gong Zushi. As for his surname, it is not indicated. I don’t know whether Qingping will have some concerns or it is unknown to outsiders.

It has been more than a month since the release of this list. The heat has passed, so few people are still watching. But when it was first released, it was a grand event in the martial arts world, and there were three layers of people inside and outside every day.

At that time, Qi Xuansu was in Yunjin Mountain, but no one in Yunjin Mountain talked about this matter. They were concerned about the upcoming Laba porridge and the Quanzhen Dao’s visit to Yunjin Mountain. It can be seen that there is a huge difference between the inside and outside of the Taoist sect. These major events in the minds of the martial arts world are really nothing to the people in the Taoist sect.

In other words, even if Qi Xuansu became the first person on the Ruyi List, as long as his Taoist rank did not improve, he would still be Zhang Yuelu's subordinate and had to obey Zhang Yuelu's orders.

Qi Xuansu walked to the three lists and looked through them carefully.

He didn't recognize any of the names on the gold list, because it excluded people from the three religions and the court, and most of them were the leaders of secret societies.

Next was the silver list, which also excluded people from the three religions and the court. In addition to the masters of secret societies, some ordinary societies gradually appeared. The difference between ordinary societies and secret societies is that ordinary societies are recognized by the Taoist sect and the court and are legal, while secret societies are not recognized by the Taoist sect and the court and are illegal.

Generally speaking, ordinary people in the rivers and lakes would not use such tongue-twisting names as "ordinary societies" and "secret societies". They directly called "ordinary societies" a certain gang or a certain association, and called "secret societies" a certain religion. This is why the Purple Light Society is also called the Purple Light Religion. It is worth mentioning that Qingping Society, Qibaofang and "Inn" are secret associations in the definition of Taoism, but they are classified as ordinary associations in the world.

However, whether it is Taoism or ordinary people in the world, Ziguang Sect, Zhiming Sect and Lingshan Witch Sect are regarded as evil cults and demon cults, and ordinary people in the world dare not provoke these three.

Qi Xuansu roughly looked through the silver list, did not remember a few names, and then turned to the bronze list. For Qi Xuansu now, the pseudo-immortals on the Wuyou list and the heavenly people on the Taiping list are too far away from him, and he can't understand them even if he watches the excitement. The focus is still on the bronze list.

First of all, the first person on the bronze list is indeed from Taoism, Taiping Dao Li Changge.

The note is that he is in the stage of returning to the truth, a fifth-grade Taoist priest, has no position, and is a disciple of Qingwei Zhenren, inheriting the exiled immortal.

Qi Xuansu was shocked by this generation. The Li family's generation is "all spring and autumn, die at the age of 100, follow the law, and have a long life". Although Xuansheng and Donghuang did not use the model characters of generation, they were both people of the "Ru" generation. The great master of Quanzhen Taoism was of the "Chang" generation, but this Li Changge was also of the "Chang" generation, and his age was not much different from Zhang Yuelu, which was quite rare even in a big family.

Qi Xuansu remembered that Zhang Yuelu talked about the generation of the Li family when they were chatting.

As the old rival and old friend of the Li family for many years, the Zhang family knew a lot about the Li family, which was in line with the saying "the one who knows you best is your enemy". According to Zhang Yuelu, although Xuansheng is of the "Ru" generation, the "Ru" generation itself has a large age gap. The oldest person of the "Ru" generation can almost be Xuansheng's grandfather in terms of age, and the youngest person of the "Ru" generation is even more than ten years younger than Xuansheng. So the grandchildren of these two groups of "Ru" generations, although they are of the same generation, must have a huge age gap. This Li Changge must be the son of an old ancestor of the Li family.

In this way, Li Tianzhen is two generations younger than this person, and Li Minghuang is three generations younger than this person. However, Qingwei Zhenren is a rare monk in Taiping Dao. Although the world still regards him as a core member of the Li family, according to the rules, he is no longer a member of the Li family. It's like the royal princess in the past became a monk to avoid marriage, and the world still regards and calls her a princess, but after all, she is a monk, so she can not marry, abandon her real name and use a Taoist name. Therefore, Qingwei Zhenren can ignore the Li family's seniority and only consider the Taoist seniority, and accept him as a disciple.

In terms of Taoist seniority, Li Changge should be the disciple-grandson of the Quanzhen Taoist Master, that is, the same generation as Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu.

But Qi Xuansu was very curious, why he had never heard of Li Changge's name, talking about the outstanding younger generations of the Li family, it was Li Tianzhen, and Li Changge seemed to have appeared out of thin air, is there any hidden story?

Or is this actually a pillar of talent carefully cultivated by the Li family, a future leader, and Li Tianzhen is just a cover-up, but this time he was exposed by the Qingping Society?

Qi Xuansu didn't think too much and continued to look at the second person.

Still a Taoist person.

Quanzhen Taoist Yao Pei, who has cultivated in the stage of returning to the true state, is a fifth-grade Taoist priest and has no position. He studied under Donghua Zhenren and inherited the banished immortal.

Qi Xuansu somewhat understood that most of these proud sons of heaven who were born in the three core direct lineages would not be exposed to secular affairs prematurely, but would focus on their cultivation and strive to become heavenly beings as soon as possible. Once you are promoted to a heavenly being, there is no restriction of years of suspension, and you can easily get some credit. You can naturally be promoted to the third rank of Youyi Taoist Priest. With a huge network of backers, it is logical to be promoted to the second rank of Taiyi Taoist Priest in a few years.

From this point of view, it can be seen that it is not easy for Zhang Yuelu. No wonder Qiniang said that Zhang Yuelu mainly relies on his own ability. While other banished immortals are turning a deaf ear to what is happening outside the window, Zhang Yuelu has been doing things, first at Beichen Hall, and then at Tiangang Hall. , and even experienced a near-death incident in the Jiangnan case. It makes sense that he is more famous than these two people but lags behind them in cultivation.

Neither the third person nor the fourth person was from the Taoist sect. The third person was from the Daxuan sect, and the fourth person was from the Buddhist sect. Qi Xuansu had also never heard of them, which made him doubt whether he was too ignorant. The Confucian sect is indeed no longer the orthodox foundation it once was, with no one in the top five. Last time Xie Qiuniang was able to fight Zhang Yuelu in a deadlock, it was also because Zhang Yuelu had defeated two returning masters in a row before.

The fifth person is Zhang Yuelu, a Zhengdao whom Qi Xuansu is familiar with. He has cultivated in the stage of returning to his true form. He studied under Master Cihang and inherited the banished immortal. The fourth-grade Taoist priest and the deputy head of Tiangang Hall are particularly conspicuous.

Not doing anything has the advantage of not doing anything. You can concentrate on improving your cultivation without any distractions. There are also benefits to doing work, and rank and position are just one of them. The key is that the resume is very beautiful. In the future competition, as long as Zhang Yuelu's realm cultivation does not fall too far, he will beat the two of them with his resume.

At that time, Zhang Yuelu had something to say, what were you doing when I participated in solving the Jiangnan case, what were you doing when I wiped out secret societies in the Western Regions, Yongzhou and other places, what did I do for Dao Sect, What have you done for Dao Sect? This is Zhang Yuelu's advantage.

In addition, Qi Xuansu also specially found the name of Monk Yanxiu, and ranked nineteenth, which is not too low. There is a big gap between Qi Xuansu and him, and revenge is far away.

Because Xie Qiuniang was not her real name, Qi Xuansu was not found.

There are also two people, Wan Xiuwu and Yue Liuli, who have also made it to the bronze list this time, but they are much worse than Zhang Yuelu and are already outside the top 100.

Finally, Qi Xuansu really found his name, ranking 352nd, just shy of the top ten.