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#540 - Offensive and defensive alliance!

After dealing with Liang Yue's affairs, the following time was naturally for rewarding the other gifted individuals.

However, generally speaking, Yuan Datou's attitude towards the sects like Dragon Tiger Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Maoshan, Quanzhen Taoism, and Shaolin Temple was unlikely to reach the same level as it was with Liang Yue.

After all, they were already well-established, time-honored top sects, having stood tall for hundreds or thousands of years in this vast world of Chinese gifted individuals.

There was no need for him, a president whose unifying power and influence were even disputed, to change anything.

Common appeasement strategies like bestowing titles, tax exemptions, and offering gold and silver were merely icing on the cake for them.

It was not enough for those transcendent masters dwelling in the mountains to willingly serve him, Yuan.

This assistance and reward could, at best, be considered a tentative interaction between the two sides.

At this moment, everyone knew that Yuan Shikai had ambitions to become emperor, but no one could say how far he could go.

The various forces in the world of gifted individuals were also watching.

During this Sino-Japanese exchange conference, the major sects had dispatched their elites, not only adhering to the principle of shared honor and shared loss, and coming to serve the country.

They might also have sent knowledgeable disciples to calculate and evaluate Yuan Datou's fate at close range.

Therefore, after this exchange conference, or rather, after today's banquet, the major sects' attitudes towards this president should become clearer.

After all, he was just a little old man whose days were numbered, so why should you expect so much?

Therefore, imperceptibly, whether it was the Zhang brothers of Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Maoshan's Uncle Ying and his sister, or the Buddhist Sangbei monk, they all intentionally or unintentionally kept a distance from him during this banquet.

They ate what they should eat, drank what they should drink, took what they should take, and returned the courtesy without missing a beat.

They were courteous and impeccable.

However, there seemed to be a layer of glass between them from beginning to end, visible but impossible to get close to.

Yuan Datou's side naturally received this clear signal.

Therefore, at this moment, he would certainly not be foolish enough to expend extra resources to win over these elites of the major sects.

He simply gave some routine rewards and policy preferences before ignoring them.

Therefore, if one were to really talk about the gains from tonight's banquet, these elite figures in the world of gifted individuals might not be as good as those loose cultivators who had chosen to completely rely on the government in the previous selection competition.

Compared to Liang Yue, a speculator who was about to directly establish a sect by leveraging the government's channels and power, there was even less comparison.

… …

Soon, another half month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Huanhai finally completed her mission, explaining all the precautions and specific training methods of the Luminous Wave Fist to Hinata, and cooperated with Liang Yue to study the basic attributes of her own spiritual power for a while.

Then, she left China and boarded the official passenger ship back to Japan.

As a tool person, she was quite qualified.

Maoshan, Dragon Tiger Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Quanzhen Taoism, Qingcheng, and even Lingbao Sect and other sect inheritances, they might not take Yuan Datou, the president, and the Republican government behind him seriously.

But they would never choose to remain indifferent to the instructions personally passed down by their ancestors with divine thoughts!

That was an unforgivable crime for them, the later disciples!

Therefore, in this farewell gathering, Liang Yue and this group of people reached a consensus on the goal.

All parties decided to make preliminary verbal agreements and establish a basic framework for an alliance of offense and defense.

After they returned to their respective sects, reported this matter to their elders, and communicated the news to the various Taoist sects, they would discuss the details in detail.

After that, they bid farewell to each other and left in a hurry.

In comparison, the old, middle-aged, and young monks from Buddhism stayed behind and communicated with Liang Yue, a master who was about to establish a sect in the Central Plains, for a while longer.

The reason was nothing more than to get closer to him, their neighbor, in advance and enhance their understanding of each other.

The two sides formed a good relationship, that's all~

If you really want to talk about preparing to stand guard together and jointly resist the enemy, like these inheritances of their Taoist lineage, judging from the experience in the past, these bald donkeys are definitely not that active.

Faced with foreign invaders, the attitude they show in most cases is ambiguous, helping whoever wins, and once it really comes to war, they are also accustomed to closing the mountains and nurturing forests.

However, this is also understandable, after all, most of the Buddhas they usually worship and enshrine are not native gods of China, and they do not have any national sentiments.

Even if there are some, they mostly depend on the individual integrity and cultural influence of the local temples. It is not very hopeful to expect their Buddhas to issue instructions and join the Taoist sects to expel the Tartars.

Therefore, after slightly dealing with this future neighbor, Liang Yue ignored these three people.

The three Shaolin monks were still a bit discerning. The next day, they immediately packed their bags and bid farewell.

Since he had already boasted in front of many guests that he would help Liang Yue build a mountain gate residence worthy of him, Yuan Datou naturally had to take practical action.

For this reason, in the past half month, the two sides had interacted and communicated quite closely.

Although, in his contact with Liang Yue, this president mostly focused on various forms of wooing and hospitality, often dragging him to chat about trivial matters.

But as a promise that had already been made, some substantive progress was also clearly visible.

At the very least, the location of the mountain gate had been decided under the joint discussion of Liang Yue and Yuan Datou~

The location finally selected by the two was Mount Taibai!

As the highest peak of the Qinling Mountains, it is located west of Xi'an, adjacent to Mount Zhongnan.

Although it is slightly inferior to Mount Zhongnan, the number one blessed land in the world, in terms of fame, it is also listed as the eleventh cave heaven and blessed land of Taoism.

It is also rich in resources and exceptionally fertile. Many literati and poets have visited and left ink inscriptions since ancient times.

Most importantly, compared to the strong label of Mount Zhongnan, which is known as the ancestral court of Quanzhen, the forces in this area of Mount Taibai are relatively less powerful.

Even if Liang Yue takes the official government order to settle in, it should not encounter too much resistance.

Of course, even if there are some unknown powerful figures who are ready to jump out and cause trouble with him, at worst, the two sides will just fight it out.

In this world, after all, you still have to rely on strength to speak!