Chapter 1152
This time, Lu Bing replied that the people of the three imperial palaces were all focusing on opening up, which was a normal practice and not surprising at all. Even if they put the power back, it would be an abnormal move.
After all, the struggle for power among these people has never been a matter of one day or one night. The struggle between them can prevail over each other, and one side can suppress the other, but if you really want to determine the winner, it is not that simple.
For the many Taoists hiding behind the Heavenly Court, they do not want the Jade Emperor, the Emperor of the Heavenly Court, to rule the world, command the heavens, and hold all the power to threaten their existence, so they support the rise of the other few Yuzun and divide the power of the Jade Emperor.
Then for these true immortals, they are also unwilling to see the Yuzun they support to seize the power of the Jade Emperor, or even replace the Jade Emperor, and then become a threat to their existence.
What the many True Immortal Daojuns need is balance, to make the Heaven Court useful to them, to bring benefits to themselves, rather than to create an invincible existence, which in turn becomes a constraint on them, or even commands their existence and threatens their interests.
It is precisely because of this realization that the Jade Emperor is not unable to cope with the situation even when facing the three Yu Zuns joining forces, although the situation is a bit embarrassing.
After all, for the Jade Emperor, if the situation is really bad and irreversible, he can completely choose the final desperate move, directly give up the power in his hands, and use it to achieve one of the Yu Zuns, so that he can replace himself or even become a more powerful existence.
As long as they sit in the position of the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court, their natural interests cannot overlap with those of the many True Immortal Daojuns, and there must be conflicts between the two sides.
And the final desperate move of giving up everything to create a stronger Heavenly Emperor will inevitably stimulate the threat of this Heavenly Emperor to the True Immortal Daojun and trigger their war.
This will never change because of the origins of these Yuzun, unless they are willing to be a puppet, but since they can reach this point and become Yuzun, how can they be willing to be a puppet, so conflict is inevitable.
For Zhu Houcong, who has lost everything, both sides are his enemies. At that time, it doesn’t matter who wins or loses. For him, it is considered that the other party has paid the price.
It is precisely because of seeing through this that many Yuzun are somewhat cautious, because he understands that unless he can overwhelm all Daojuns, he will not be able to obtain all the power.
Therefore, these Yuzun are also somewhat bored. Although they are still eroding the power of the Jade Emperor, they no longer regard these as the main things, and begin to put more power on opening up new worlds and strengthening themselves.
As for this point, although these Yuzun have diverted their attention, the Jade Emperor cannot give up. After all, for him, his path is in the heaven.
From those newly developed worlds, some good fortunes can be obtained to make up for oneself, but compared with the withdrawal of power from the Heavenly Court, the two are simply incomparable.
Therefore, the Jade Emperor is still paying attention to the movements of the several imperial masters, constantly planning and seeking opportunities to regain more power for himself.
However, these imperial masters are not easy to deal with. They can come to this day. Although they no longer plot against the Jade Emperor, how can they not know the importance of the power in their hands? They must be on guard and do not give the Jade Emperor any chance.
The Jade Emperor heard that there was no unusual movement in the imperial palaces of the several parties, and he remained silent and did not comment on this answer.
However, at this time, he saw Lu Bing pondering for a moment, and continued to speak: "These emperors have not made any unusual movements, but the Nanji Imperial Palace has been more active recently."
When saying this, Lu Bing was actually a little hesitant, whether to say this matter or not.
The South Pole Imperial Palace, in this world, refers to only one existence, that is, the incarnation of the immortal Dao Lord Pei Xuanjing, the imperial palace where the South Pole Immortal Emperor is located.
Of course, the control of the South Pole Imperial Palace is in the hands of the current Thunder God, Thunder Lord Pang Hong, and it is not really controlled by the Immortal Emperor.
If it is really the Immortal Emperor, then for Lu Bing, he dare not even think of monitoring the other party.
And even now, he monitors only the ordinary cultivators under the South Pole Imperial Palace, and dares not spy on the Thunder Lord who is also a True Immortal.
However, sometimes there is no need to monitor the True Immortal. After all, even for the untouchable True Immortal, they can't do it all by themselves all the time, and these things need to rely on others to execute.
And he found some of the strong men in the South Pole Imperial Palace and even some of the Shenxiao lineage in his subordinates' reports that they are busy preparing something during this period.
The Shenzhou world is developing in full swing now. The strong men from the Shenxiao Sect who are worthy of Lu Bing's attention all have a high status in the Shenxiao Sect or the Antarctic Imperial Palace.
And such beings, with the rapid development of the Shenzhou world today, can naturally take advantage of the situation and rise up, gaining many opportunities and fortunes. According to common sense, it is normal to be busy.
Then the reason why these people were noticed by Lu Bing was that he found that they were heading in the same direction recently. You know, even if the Shenxiao Sect discovered a big world, it might not be enough to support so many strong men to enter.
That's why it attracted Lu Bing's attention.
However, although they have lost the support of the Antarctic Imperial Palace, and the other party cannot be called their ally, they are still in a good relationship. At least the other party will not become the enemy of their Jade Emperor lineage.
This time, the people of the Antarctic Imperial Palace are obviously planning something. If they intervene, they will cause dissatisfaction with the Antarctic Imperial Palace and perhaps bring themselves enemies.
You must know that the current situation of the Jade Emperor lineage is not good. Under such circumstances, it is really not appropriate to continue to provoke the Antarctic Imperial Palace.
"Antarctic Imperial Palace!" Jade Emperor heard a complicated look in his eyes.
His attitude towards the Antarctic Imperial Palace is also very complicated. He does not deny the help of his teacher to him, but sitting in this position, he is most afraid of his Master Pei.
There are so many powerful people in the world, and there are countless True Immortal Daojuns, but even with those old-fashioned True Immortal Daojuns, there are only a few people who can make him, the Jade Emperor, afraid, and there is no doubt that Master Pei is the most powerful one.
During these ten thousand years, with the resources and fortunes he had obtained, he had pushed his own strength to an unimaginable level, which was no worse than some old-fashioned true immortals, and even those Taoists were not inferior.
However, the Jade Emperor, who had reached such a level of cultivation, could not even raise the slightest challenge to the Taoist of Immortality Pei Xuanjing.
Or it was not just him, even all the powerful people now, as time went by, it was increasingly difficult for them to challenge the Taoist of Immortality.
At least the Jade Emperor knew that in the past ten thousand years, except for the Sword Emperor of the Sword Sect and the Taoist of Xuantian of the Xuantian Sect, these two could challenge Master Pei every once in a while, and the rest of the powerful people did not even have the qualifications to challenge.
So now, when dealing with Master Pei, the Jade Emperor is very cautious and dare not overstep the line to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
You must know that the Jade Emperor is not a fool. He knows that although he has some friendship with Master Pei, he is only a nominal disciple in the final analysis.
As the saying goes, a distant relationship cannot separate a close one. Compared with Pang Hong’s direct disciple, I, a nominal disciple, am still inferior.
And no matter how I took care of them in the past, these people under the Jade Emperor are still different from the disciples of Master Pei’s Shenxiao Sect and the Taoist Academy.
If the two sides had some tacit understanding and friendship before, then when I tried to erode the power of the South Pole Imperial Palace and was strongly counterattacked by the Shenxiao Sect, and Master Pei did not show up, I could know Master Pei’s attitude.
For this, the Jade Emperor did not have any dissatisfaction, but felt that it was justified. After all, the two sides had different positions. Helping me was a favor, and not helping me was my duty.
Standing in this position, unless I completely gave up my power and was willing to follow Master Pei like Pang Hong, I would never be able to reach the peak.
For the Jade Emperor, his life experience has determined that he will never put all his hopes on others, even if this person has been of great help to his growth and has allowed him to reach today step by step, it is absolutely impossible.
However, not being attached to the other party does not mean that you have to completely break with the other party and become an enemy or opponent.
If possible, the Jade Emperor believes that no strong person in the world would be willing to be an enemy or opponent with the Taoist Lord Changsheng, and there is no doubt about this.
When he heard Lu Bing talking about the recent special actions of the Antarctic Imperial Palace, he actually didn't know what to do.
His opinion was the same as Lu Bing's. Since everyone in the Antarctic Imperial Palace took action, it must mean that the Antarctic Imperial Palace had a big action, which might involve Master Pei.
After all, for the entire Antarctic Imperial Palace, there are not many strong people who are qualified to mobilize such manpower. Even if it is not Master Pei, it is his senior brother who took action, otherwise no one else would have such qualifications.
"Continue to pay close attention. If there is any abnormality, report to me at any time." The Jade Emperor instructed Lu Bing.
In fact, from a rational point of view, he should not interfere in the affairs of the Antarctic Imperial Palace. After all, if both parties are too involved, it will also arouse the disgust of the Antarctic Imperial Palace.
But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't help but let Lu Bing pay attention to this matter. After all, no matter from which aspect, the plan of the South Pole Imperial Palace was definitely not small. If he could get some opportunities from it, it would be a great benefit.
And not to mention other things, just this matter may involve the matter of the Immortal Taoist Pei Xuanjing. Not to mention him, even if it was placed on any powerful person, they would not ignore this matter and miss this opportunity.
Lu Bing said yes when he heard it. His Majesty's answer was actually expected by him. In fact, he had sent people to pay close attention to this matter.
While they were paying attention to the affairs of the South Pole Imperial Palace, they didn't know that their actions had actually fallen into the calculation invisibly.
"Has the bait been hooked?" Yu Zhenzi smiled and looked at Pang Hong.
"Lu Bing has reported this matter to the Jade Emperor. According to the feedback from the other party, the other party's attention has been attracted." Pang Hong put down the jade slip in his hand and nodded.
The importance of intelligence is self-evident for any force. The Jade Emperor can let his trusted figures set up intelligence agencies and pay attention to the dynamics of all parties, so it goes without saying for the Shenxiao Sect.
He Lu Bing can observe and summarize some actions and anomalies of the Antarctic Imperial Palace by paying attention to the movements of the gods belonging to the Antarctic Imperial Palace, and he will even place hidden pieces in various forces.
If at the beginning, what Lu Bing did could still be secretive and unknown. But after such a long time, how can the various forces still not know their actions.
Things like hidden pieces may be hidden very deeply without knowing, but once suspicion arises in the heart, as long as you are willing to slowly investigate, you will definitely be able to find out who the traitor is.
Don't think that the hidden pieces are so powerful. You must know that this is the cultivation world, with all kinds of magical secrets to detect and monitor. Even the most powerful hidden pieces cannot withstand such investigation.
And they can place hidden pieces for others, and others can also send people to infiltrate them, and even use their hidden pieces to fish and complete some luring plans.
This time, Pang Hong and his team did this. Lu Bing thought that all his knowledge of the Antarctic Imperial Palace was from his own investigation.
Indeed, this is part of it, but the real reason for the other part is that Pang Hong and his team deliberately leaked these traces to let Lu Bing find out.
You know, since they knew that they were making a big plan, how could Pang Hong, with his character, carefully check for loopholes and fill in the gaps, and how could he leave such a big loophole.
From the fact that Pang Hong has been in charge of the Shenxiao Sect and even the Nanji Imperial Palace for ten thousand years, there has never been a big mistake, which shows how rigorous Pang Hong is.
And don't forget that Pang Hong is also a strong man who came out of the Ming Empire. Others can't know what the Jinyiwei of the Ming Empire relied on to exist, can he not know?
So even if this organization has changed its appearance under the command of the Jade Emperor, when Pang Hong saw that the leaders were Lu Bing and Huang Jin, he didn't even have to think about what it was for.
So he was naturally on guard against the Jinyiwei and the East Factory. How could he be easily detected by the other party when planning such an important thing. (End of this chapter)