Chapter 311 – Drinking Alone Under the Moon
Xue Mu was in Heron State, and he was also constantly receiving news through the Star Luo Formation to grasp the situation in Yi State.
“Pan Kouzhi woke up, dragging his injured body to quell the civil unrest in the blink of an eye, but he’s also a man of his generation.” Xue Qingqiu sighed, “The Mind Sect was all that virtuous before, why did they never let me forcefully seize the tripod and leave? It’s even more difficult to do so now.”
“I know that all the sects have secret methods to control the tripods, which have intense power and are not desirable to take by force. That’s why Pan Kouzhi had to cause chaos in the Blameless Temple in the first place and seize the tripod with the help of a war puppet.”
“But I carried it.”
“When it matters, what about Xia Wenxuan Shadowwing and these people giving you a shot in the back? Not to mention that there is also the righteous path on the side. Whoever seizes the tripod first at this time will instead become a target and take the bullet for the Thought Sect.” Xue Mu sighed, “Besides, we don’t have a strong foundation and are in a critical period of growth and development. Even if you were able to take the tripod by force, it wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing to be surrounded by wolves afterward.”
“Alright, I know you want to be steady, after all, we shouldn’t be in a situation where we are at the tip of the storm today.” Xue Qingqiu laughed, “Now that Pan Kouzhi has awakened, is this the twist you were waiting for?”
“Yes. If the internal turmoil in the Mind Sect subsides, the other parties will start thinking about cooperating, and won’t let the Mind Sect breathe through this. I estimate that someone will take the lead in the next day or two, most likely Ji Qingyuan’s people …… maybe Eunuch Li will step in?”
“If Ji Qingyuan wants to take the lead, the talks won’t work. The Mind Sect also has just one tripod, and everyone wants it, so how can we cooperate? As for the land of Yizhou, it is not in people’s eyes.”
“That’s another matter, how to exchange terms is Ji Qingyuan’s headache.” Xue Mu laughed, “At times like this, whoever is in the most hurry suffers. If it’s really Eunuch Li, then our chances of winning are much higher than others.”
“That’s the reasoning.” Xue Qingqiu smiled and talked about other topics, “The Dream Lan second album has been released, and the response has been very enthusiastic, to the point where a song of Qianxue’s ‘Sword and Sword Like a Dream’ was sandwiched in there, and it has also reddened the Spirit State. Qianxue and the Acacia Sect are preparing to conduct the first song meeting, hoping to open up the situation.”
It seemed to have changed from the swords and sorcery of jianghu scheming to the wind and flowers of zither singing, but in reality, both of them were clear that the importance of the two was not comparable to each other. A clan needs to be based on its foundation, and while scheming externally, consolidating itself is the key.
Xue Mu then said, “Test the waters in Spirit State, and then attack the capital. The capital is the place where humanity meets, and there are a lot of self-appointed elegant princes and ministers, and a lot of foppish dudes. Although the local government has little presence, it is very much following the wind of the capital. As long as we open up the situation in the capital, the wind will easily spread throughout the world.”
“Understood. By the way, Xiahou Di has long recognized Xiao Ai, but did not say anything, and now let Xiao Ai concentrate on being in charge of the press station.”
“So Xiahou Di to me really not bad, should have something to report.”
“Why bother explaining this.” Xue Qingqiu lost her smile and once again changed the topic, “The ‘Discourse on Martial Arts Facts’ and your ‘Journey to the West’ are spreading like crazy, it’s only been a few days now, and they’ve all spread to Lingzhou. You’re preaching for the Blameless Temple like this, are there any consequences?”
“There is. Do you really think that ‘Journey to the West’ is purely to open the eyes of the Buddhist sect? It’s plausible but not true when you look into it.” Xue Mu smiled, “When the time comes to casually put on a few vests and write a few analyses in various dailies, the Buddhist Sect is afraid that it will be blackened and bleeding.”
Xue Qingqiu was overjoyed, “I knew you weren’t that kind. On that day you hurry up and leave Heron State, or Yuan Zhong will peel your skin.”
“Soon.” Xue Mu sighed, “In a few days, the Peak of Righteousness and Demon will begin, Xiaochan has been missing her shadow lately, I don’t know where she went to further her training.”
The competition for the tripod in Yizhou was a matter for the sect bigwigs. The initiative of the Heron State’s Top of the Orthodox Devil was a competition of the younger generation. The two were not in conflict.
Even Xia Wenxuan, who had personally traveled to Yizhou like this, had left his son to participate in the Top of the Orthodox Demon, which showed the level of importance attached to it. Xue Qingqiu was the same, and was very concerned about what Yue Xiaochan could achieve in this competition.
The interest of the righteous path was not as high as that of the Devil’s Sect, but with the arrow on the string, they were unwilling to weaken their own face. Haitian Pavilion Crazy Sand Sect originally sent their elders to Heron State, but now they have also mobilized the best of the younger generation from their sects to attend the meeting. Yulin Shilei Leng Qingshi is even stationed not to go, every day sharpening his sword.
Even Mu Jian Li, who said that sharpening the spear in the battlefield is of little significance, as the date of the competition draws nearer, she is also infected by the atmosphere, and she closes her doors every day to polish her sword qi, and gets used to her own body after the sword body dissolution nowadays.
Xue Mu could not intervene in this, his mind was used to work on the daily newspaper with Sheriff Zhou, while keeping an eye on the mining situation of the Star Forgotten Stone Mine.
Must admit that in terms of business and industry, Pu Xiang is indeed a rare talent in this world. Buying islands and mountains, recruiting people who can dive and work, constructing undersea mining modules, specific matters that Xue Mu simply didn’t know how to deal with, were done by him in a well-organized manner, and soon the first batch of ore was shipped out of the Echo Island and entrusted to the dart board to be sent to Spirit State.
Star Moon Sect’s ore, as long as the crossroads is not robbed, basically transportation safety is not a problem. This piece of matter that should be very tedious, visible to the naked eye into the right track.
At the same time, Pu Xiang actually had the energy to promote the hard pen, taking advantage of the wind of people’s early interest in the reporter’s mode of writing, and joining hands with the Hengxiang Dao’s Qian Duoduo, he managed to sell tens of thousands of Shidai pens in Lulu State, and ruthlessly raked in a fortune.
Xue Mu also can not help but admire, this goods into what Star Moon Yan Yang ah, press simply do not match the boundary, he should have gone to the vertical and horizontal Road is right. However, this goods and the vertical and horizontal road is a little different, vertical and horizontal road is partial to the side of the treacherous business road, Pu Xiang more practical, more like the righteousness of the various sects also have a similar to him to specialize in this talent, in order to operate benignly. Star Moon Sect has this person, is also to alleviate their own burden in many ways.
Ending his conversation with Xue Qingqiu and leaving the Star Luo Formation, Xue Mu prepared to go back to the house to read the manuscripts.
The daily newspaper was actually a decennial newspaper, and after Xue Mu and Sheriff Zhou repeatedly deliberated, they still thought that it would be more reasonable to put out an issue in a decennial, so this first local newspaper was named Lushu State Decennial, and then the windy tail end of the actual daily newspaper began to be published.
The news of the Lunar Weekly was released, and the people of Heron State were happy to see it, they had long been provoked by the Daily Facts to read the newspaper, and the Lunar Weekly was a way of meeting everyone’s expectations, and it also gave Star and Moon journalists a justifiable reason to continue to exist.
The mode of serialization of works also attracted many unattractive scribes to submit articles. After all, it was the first local daily newspaper, and could not be ignored, so Xue Mu was the editor-in-chief of the first issue, responsible for reviewing the articles and judging which submissions could be adopted.
Now it is about to be finalized and will be printed tomorrow ……
Things are many and varied, Xue Mu pinched his head somewhat dizzily, and suddenly froze when he passed by the courtyard and went back to the house.
A moon like a hook, hanging diagonally in the sky, a woman sitting on the side of the roof with her knees, leisurely looking at the stars in the sky, with one hand carrying a wine pot to drink casually, charming charm, leisurely attitude, but contains obvious loneliness.
Zhuo Qingqing.
Xue Mu stopped and looked at the way she was drinking alone against the moon, and in his heart floated up the phrase “my husband” simulated in the Evil Fury.
That was her strongest memory.
Originally intended to return to the sea and talk to her, but things come and go, but also ignored, I do not know myself all day in Mu Jian Li Zhu Chen Yao’s tenderness, how does she think?
On the face she did not complain, but also with Pu Xiang Long Xiaozhao once again out to sea, do their best to do the mining thing …… Pu Xiang’s actions smoothly, Zhuo Qingqing’s assistance to account for a great deal of credit.
But I don’t know when no one, she so to the moon alone drink has been a few times?
The star of the moon, the cicadas chirping, the evening wind, the lonely figure of Guanghan heavily printed in the heart of Xue Mu, the formation of the heart of the picture scroll.