Chapter 722: A Little Kindness, a Little Hatred

When you don't do much favor to others and they can pay it back, it's nothing and will deepen the friendship between the two sides.

But when you do too much favor to the other party, so much that the other party can't pay it back, and even if you give up everything you have, it's a great pressure for the person who received the favor.

Human relations need to be mutual, and mutual help can continuously deepen the relationship, but when one party keeps giving and the other party keeps asking for it and can't pay it back, it's difficult to eliminate the favor.

And this is the relationship between ordinary people. When such a situation occurs between cultivators, or between people who are getting stronger and stronger and have deeper interests, it will be even more deformed.

This is the case between the current Daming Divine Dynasty and Pei Xuanjing. Pei Xuanjing's existence has helped Daming Divine Dynasty too much. Even if the entire Daming Divine Dynasty is emptied now, it may not be able to repay the favor Pei Xuanjing gave.

This situation is very terrifying, especially for the emperor Zhu Houcong of Daming Divine Dynasty.

It was Pei Xuanjing who pushed him to ascend the throne and become the emperor of the Ming Empire. Later, he became Pei Xuanjing's registered disciple, and with the help of Pei Xuanjing's power, he completely controlled the court and sat firmly on the throne.

Pei Xuanjing also taught him the method of refining the spirit, allowing him to embark on the path of cultivation. Later, he pushed the Ming Empire to the Divine Dynasty, helped stabilize the situation of the Ming Divine Dynasty, and let the Ming Divine Dynasty grow step by step, and protected him and the Ming Divine Dynasty from wind and rain. What a favor.

Zhu Houcong knew about this situation, and many ministers and elders of the Ming Divine Dynasty also knew it, and Pei Xuanjing, one of the parties involved, also knew it.

But things have come to this point, even if Pei Xuanjing deliberately wanted to downplay the idea of ​​this matter, it was difficult to eliminate it for a while.

He knew that his existence had a great impact on the Ming Divine Dynasty, which made these people burdened and stressed, so he wanted to eliminate his influence.

But it was useless. He continued to become stronger, and then he would unconsciously cover all of this, which was something no one could change.

"This is a difficult situation to solve." Zhu Houcong sighed in his heart more than once.

Zhu Houcong is not a person who does not know how to repay a favor, but in addition to himself, he is also the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Even if Pei Xuanjing does nothing, this kind of unrepayable favor and pressure are always on him, making it difficult for him to relax.

So, he wants to break free from Pei Xuanjing's protection, repay Pei Xuanjing's favor, and eliminate these favors, but he can't do it. This is a dilemma.

"But this warning is meaningless." Zhu Houcong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "At least in my heart, I have never thought of falling out with Master Pei."

He is indeed under great pressure from Pei Xuanjing's favor, but he is not an ungrateful person. He thinks that the way to eliminate Pei Xuanjing's influence is to tear each other apart.

Therefore, even if he continues to become stronger, what he wants to do is to repay with his own strength, not like the speculation of the witch god leader, who thinks that he wants to tear his face with Master Pei.

Not to mention that he has received the favor of Pei Xuanjing, let's talk about the current situation between heaven and earth. Although the Ming Dynasty is powerful, the situation is not stable. Choosing to turn against Pei Xuanjing will not benefit the Ming Dynasty at all. On the contrary, losing Pei Xuanjing's protection and opposing Pei Xuanjing will make the situation of the Ming Dynasty worse, which is not in his interest.

"Sometimes, what your majesty thinks is one thing, but it also depends on how others see it." Wu Shijiu said meaningfully.

After spending decades with Zhu Houcong, he thought he understood the Lord of the Divine Dynasty. In Wu Shijiu's opinion, Zhu Houcong's attitude towards the national teacher Pei Xuanjing was actually very complicated.

Zhu Houcong was more like a child who had been cared for and cultivated by Pei Xuanjing. Now that the child has grown up and become stronger, he wants to break free from the shackles of his elders and is unwilling to be under the wings of his elders. He wants to prove to the other party that he is strong enough to be independent.

However, this is something that only those who know Zhu Houcong relatively well can know. To others, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong should be the only one who commands the world, but the existence of Pei Xuanjing and his influence have a great restriction on Zhu Houcong, which limits Zhu Houcong's rights. This is beyond doubt. In this case, it is reasonable for both parties to go their separate ways from close cooperation.

"." Zhu Houcong was silent when he heard Wu Shijiu say this. Obviously, he also thought of this.

What Zhu Houcong and Wu Shijiu, who were talking about Pei Xuanjing in the imperial city, did not know was that Pei Xuanjing had already descended into Tiandu Dedaoyuan at this moment.

Pei Xuanjing was not clear about what happened here, but the reason why he had lived in Shenxiao Mountain for so long in all these years was because he realized that he could not stay in Tiandu for a long time, and he was trying his best to eliminate his influence on the Ming Dynasty.

However, even if Pei Xuanjing consciously tried to reduce the influence, these things still existed inevitably, and not only did they not weaken, but they became stronger as their strength grew.

Pei Xuanjing was also at a loss for words about this situation, and in the end he could only let it develop on its own, but he still tried to reduce the need to go to Tiandu as much as possible.

This retreat was not short, and Pei Xuanjing, as the dean of the Taoist Academy, could not ignore the development of the Taoist Academy. Even though he trusted Qingyangzi, the vice dean, he still needed to ask about the affairs of the Taoist Academy after he came out of retreat.

"I have troubled you over the years. If it were not for you to preside over the affairs of the Taoist Academy, the Taoist Academy would not have developed so rapidly." Pei Xuanjing said to Qingyangzi with a smile.

The people under Pei Xuanjing's command can be roughly divided into two branches. One branch is the Shenxiao Sect where he came from, and the other branch is the Taoist Academy opened up by Pei Xuanjing.

The forces of these two branches were established by Pei Xuanjing himself, and all relied on Pei Xuanjing's rise and development. However, the forces of these two branches did not have much intersection. Except that they were both under Pei Xuanjing's command, the two sides did not interfere with each other.

For the disciples of the Shenxiao Sect, they were the ministers who followed Pei Xuanjing's rise. Similarly, Pei Xuanjing also came from the Shenxiao Sect, and then as the revival master of the Shenxiao Sect, he should naturally be respected by the disciples of the Shenxiao Sect.

In the eyes of the disciples of the Shenxiao Sect, the people of the Taoist Academy came from all kinds of backgrounds. Whether it was the main academy of the Taoist Academy or the many academy directors or teachers of other branches, they were not the direct descendants of Pei Xuanjing. They were more of a group of people gathered because of Pei Xuanjing's existence.