538 The Situation (2/2)
”Really?” Zhou Bao listened without expression, but thought, ”I've got to talk to the people of Immortal Palace privately. And Child-endowing Buddha seems to be the leader of Snow Mountain Great Wheel Temple. His position in Bigwheel Temple has been greatly enhanced since he showed his ability in using Lotus Flower on the Tongue. The main criteria of Human Emperor-selecting Ceremony seems to be based on verbal skills. He is so eloquent that he is the best fit for it!”
”In addition to personal achievement, the power from one's supporters is also important. We, the practitioners, in the end, have to rely on strength. Without strength, everything is hopeless. Moreover, the candidate for the Human Emperor has to manage the world and practice the Way of the Emperor of the 3,000 Great Ways. He will not be able to take care of everything by himself. So he must have a competent assistant. It is important to have a good army, no need to have a large one. Therefore, participants should only bring the strongest person for the Human Emperor-selecting Ceremony. Problems will crop up if there are too many people. At the end of the day, the contest between supporters is the real battle.”
”Like Senior Grand Tutor Hong of the Li dynasty!”
”You're really well-informed! You're right, Senior Grand Tutor Hong is one of them. In addition, there is Atu Sage of the Peacock Dynasty and King Liuli of the Wu Dynasty. These three people are your biggest rivals!”
”Then, what can you do to help?”
”I can assure you that my influence can give you unreserved support, and besides that, I can woo a number of people in Divine Wind Palace. And Li VII of School of Five Virtues seems to think highly of you. The five Eldest Master of School of Five Virtues are not united. Li VII has always been ambitious!”
”I'm afraid it will not be enough to have Li VII's support only!”
”Li VII has a good relationship with Chen's ancestral temple. If he's willing to do his best, he will surely be able to win over a lot of supporters from Chen's ancestral temple!”
”Oh, even with your influence, Li VII and part of Chen's ancestral temple's strength, it's still not enough, far from it. Apart from the others, Emperor Yang of the Li dynasty also has the support of Senior Grand Tutor Hong. The Hong Family is second only to your Yu Family in Divine Wind Palace and Senior Grand Tutor Hong is the Family Head, whom everyone in the Hong Family has to obey. With this, his strength is far more than what you just said of the three!”
What Zhou Bao said was the truth. Of all the influences in Divine Wind Palace, the most powerful was the Yu Family. And in the Yu Family, the most powerful person, holding most of the family's resources and power was not Yu Nancheng, but Yu Taixu and Yu Taicang, who were at the Lord of Heaven Realm. After the death of Yu Taicang, Yu Nancheng took advantage of his influence. Would Yu Taixu be so stupid as not to do anything? In fact, Yu Taixu was the one who benefitted the most from Yu Taicang's death. He now controlled more than 70 percent of the power of the Yu family, becoming the most dominant person, while Yu Nancheng's power was at most one-twentieth the power of the Yu family. Li VII's influence in the School of Five Virtues was not strong. Chen's ancestral temple would not agree to support Yan Yuntian purely because of Li VII. In the end, Yan Yuntian will still be at a great disadvantage.
”My voice in the Yu Family is indeed strong. However, you know, the biggest opponent of Divine Wind Palace is not you, but the Li dynasty. The Hong Family wants to strengthen their power by means of the Li dynasty, which our Yu Family would not allow anyway. Thus, even if the Yu Family doesn't support us, it won't support Emperor Yang of Li dynasty.”
”Then who on earth will your Yu Family support?”
”Not you definitely!”
”Why?”
”Because the foundation of the Jin is in Central Mainland Region, which is the weakest part in the Four Eastern Regions of Divine Wind Palace. They will never take a man from Central Mainland Region as a candidate for the Human Emperor!”
”And you want to take this opportunity to build up your strength!”
”Each one will do what needs to be done!” Without concealing his thoughts, Yu Nantian looked at the two men in front of him, ”I'll give you my support, my full support, but I can't guarantee that it will help you too much. The most important thing is your performance at the Human Emperor-selecting Ceremony. I guess, King Wuyang can do it alone!”
”Why?”
”You will know when you see Emperor Yang. Senior Grand Tutor Hong will never allow him to make a fool of himself!” Yu Nancheng smiled, ”Senior Grand Tutor Hong is a cruel man. In order to overthrow our Yu Family, he even agreed to assist such a character. You know, the Li dynasty has ruled the secular world of Penglai Region for tens of thousands of years, known as Divine Dynasty. But no matter how strong the dynasty is, it declined after tens of thousands of years. 60 years ago, it was in a crisis. Heroes appeared continually and the Li dynasty was almost replaced. In the end, Senior Grand Tutor Hong suppressed them all and established his supreme authority, even turning Emperor Yang into his puppet. Now, he wants his puppet to fight for the Human Emperor's position. He-he, what a big plan! He's so arrogant!”