The corners of Emperor Xianlong's mouth raised slightly: "Next, I will provide more people to the holy monks for the holy monks to inject evil spirits into for transformation. I hope to form my army of the living dead as soon as possible."

After a pause, Emperor Xianlong asked: "Why does the holy monk want to see me this time?"

"Your Majesty, it's like this. The atmosphere of scholars and Taoists in Chang'an City is too strong. The poor monk is worried that it will affect the layout of the poor monk's spellcasting."

Master Huiyan sighed and said: "The poor monk knows that this great formation in Chang'an City was created by Meng Shengshuo, so it is inevitable that it will be contaminated with the aura of Confucianism. But this aura is indeed in conflict with the aura of the poor monk. If not

If there is no reconciliation, even a poor monk will not come to His Majesty."

Emperor Xianlong was silent.

It seems that Master Huiyan wants to move the talisman array that protects Chang'an City.

This somewhat embarrassed Emperor Xianlong.

Emperor Xianlong can agree to all other conditions.

Only this one made it difficult for him to make a choice for a while.

The main reason is that the importance of this formation is too great. If the formation is damaged, Chang'an City and even the imperial palace will be in danger for a long time.

"Is there no other way?"

"No."

Master Huiyan said categorically.

He knew that at this time, he had to be determined. As long as he had the slightest hesitation, Emperor Xianlong would not agree to his request.

"What is the holy monk going to do to completely seal the formation?"

"That's not necessary. We just need to let the poor monks inject Buddhist teachings into several important nodes of the formation."

Master Huiyan put his hands together and said: "In this way, the breath of Confucianism will be weakened a lot. As for Taoism?"

Master Huiyan sighed and said: "It is impossible to expel all the Taoist priests and seal down all the Taoist temples in a short period of time. The poor monk thinks that they can give up part of the geomantic treasure land and rebuild the temple, so as to weaken the Taoism and strengthen the Buddhism."

breath."

"Can."

Emperor Xianlong thought for a while and felt that Master Huiyan's request was not too excessive, so he agreed.

"One more thing."

Master Huiyan said solemnly: "A poor monk needs to practice double cultivation with a clan girl to achieve the greatest breakthrough, to break through the existing transcendent realm and achieve the unity of heaven and man."

Double cultivation?

When he heard this word, Emperor Xianlong almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

He suspected that he had heard wrongly and confirmed again and again: "Is the holy monk serious?"

"Your Majesty, the poor monk does need dual cultivation to improve his strength. The master's daughter can increase the poor monk's luck to the greatest extent, so the improvement is the fastest."

In fact, Master Huiyan wanted to propose dual cultivation with the princess at first, but he thought about it and decided not to do so out of consideration for Emperor Xianlong's face.

He retreated and thought of the Grandmaster's daughter, but he didn't know that Emperor Xianlong was also in a dilemma.

"This is not good, after all, the Grand Master's daughter is the daughter of the kings. If I force myself, what will the kings think?"

"Why do you need to worry so much, Your Majesty? The whole world is not the land of the king, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. Even the kings are no exception. Your Majesty is just asking them to sacrifice their royal daughters and poor monks, and you are not asking for their lives.

They should be able to weigh in and clearly agree.”

"Let me think about it again."

Emperor Xianlong felt a headache and didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"Your Majesty, the poor monk can wait, but Chang'an cannot wait. If the poor monk cannot reach the realm of unity between heaven and man before the alien beasts and alien races arrive, it may not be possible to guarantee the safety of Your Majesty. Those living dead who have been injected with evil spirits

Although the legions are ferocious and have extremely high combat power, they can at most hold back ordinary alien beasts and compete with them. But when they encounter top-level dark wizards, they are just scum and have no power to resist. In the end, the final competition is still between them.

The strength of the top cultivators. Your Majesty, do you think the patrons Zhang and Yuan Tiangang are reliable? Can Zheng Jie alone be able to support the situation? The poor monk is willing to work for Your Majesty, but Your Majesty must also give the poor monk some support."

Master Huiyan has said this very clearly.

After he finished speaking, he just stared at Emperor Xianlong quietly, but he even made Emperor Xianlong look at him.

"I'll think about it again."

Emperor Xianlong took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He now needs to weigh the pros and cons and decide whether to agree to Master Huiyan's request.

After all, this is someone who will be spurned by his ancestors.

Emperor Xianlong was obviously very confused, because this was not the same as getting married.

Harmony is a compromise that the monarch has to make due to external pressure.

The marriage may bring decades or even hundreds of years of peace to the entire empire.

And if he now gives the clan daughter to Master Huiyan for dual cultivation, what does that mean?

The Great Zhou Empire has not yet reached the stage of life and death, right?

Although alien races and beasts from another world may pose a threat to the Zhou Empire, they are only threats.

Not only did the two sides not really start a war, they never even met formally.

Under such circumstances, if Emperor Xianlong gave up and agreed to Master Huiyan's request to send a clan girl for his dual cultivation, what would the clan think of him? What would the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty think of him? What would the common people of Li think of him?

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These are all issues that Emperor Xianlong must consider. He cannot just be happy for a while, but needs to consider many things.

More importantly, Emperor Xianlong not only had to pay attention to his life, but also to his posthumous reputation.

At least from the current point of view, this kind of thing is shameful to the world.

If Emperor Xianlong really did it, he would be prepared to be cast aside by the world.

Even if he can silence the historian through coercion and inducement, can he still silence the mouths of all living beings in the world?

Wouldn't it be too tragic if he was notorious as a fool because of this incident?

Emperor Xianlong found this somewhat unacceptable.

But do you just reject Master Huiyan like that?

Emperor Xianlong felt that this was a bit inappropriate.

After all, Master Huiyan expressed goodwill to Emperor Xianlong and the royal family from the first moment he arrived in Chang'an.

Of course Master Huiyan has his own purpose, which is normal.

Emperor Xianlong knew very well that Master Huiyan wanted to use his help to turn Buddhism into the most influential sect in the Central Plains, and even replace Taoism.

These are very normal.

Everyone does things for profit, even Emperor Xianlong.

In his view, the prerequisite for cooperation is that both parties can provide something of equal value.

This thing can be money, power, or female sex.

Emperor Xianlong firmly believed in this.

Tangled, Emperor Xianlong fell into an extremely tangled situation.

At a loss, Emperor Xianlong seemed a little at a loss for a while.

At this moment, he really didn't know what to do.

Master Huiyan’s ability to observe words and emotions is first-rate.

From the very beginning, he noticed the changes in Emperor Xianlong's mood.

He didn't push it at this time.

Because he knew very well that if he urged him at this time, Emperor Xianlong would probably fall into negative emotions.

If he fell into negative emotions, it was very likely that Emperor Xianlong would eventually reject Master Huiyan's request.

So his best choice now is not to urge him, but to let Emperor Xianlong think.

Emperor Xianlong really needs time to think now. Any change in his mood may directly lead him to make a different judgment.

Finally, Emperor Xianlong shook his head impatiently and said, "That's all, I'm having a hard time making a decision right now. I'll let you know when I think about it."

"That's good, that's good. It doesn't matter. Your Majesty, please feel free to think about it. I'll take my leave now."

After saying this, Master Huiyan turned and left.

In fact, he knew that Emperor Xianlong was already tempted, but he had many things to worry about.

Moreover, Emperor Xianlong also wanted to save face. He couldn't happily send the clan daughter to Master Huiyan at this time, right?

But everything was in his calculation, and he felt that Emperor Xianlong would eventually give in.

After Master Huiyan left, Emperor Xianlong walked alone in the Zichen Hall.

He was really too confused.
To be continued...