Sword from Songshan

Chapter 49: Just a Plot to Sow Dissension
Four or five months later, the rumors had not died down. Nunneries in various places were anxious, sending pigeons to Hengshan Sect. Some nunneries were so close that the abbots came to Hengshan in person.

Whether it's a letter or a visit, everyone hopes to punish Master Dingyi, give an explanation to the martial arts world, and put an end to this matter!
As a master, Master Dingyi was indeed to blame for what happened to her disciple. She had already apologized to Master Dingxian, the head of the sect, at that time.

But just doing this obviously cannot satisfy the world.

"Rumors stop at the wise, and what does this have to do with Ding Yi?"

As a senior sister, Master Dingxian tried her best to protect Master Dingyi.

We wrote back to the nunneries in various places to appease them, hoping that everyone would hold out during this period until the rumors died down, and then everything would return to normal. However, the nunneries in various places remained firm in their attitude.

Master Dingyi sensed that someone was behind this, but she couldn't find out for the time being. Besides, the situation had already been formed, and even if the mastermind was caught, it would be of no avail.

All Master Ding Xian could do was to delay as much as possible, hoping to delay until the rumors died down.

We persisted in this way for more than a month, and it was already the summer solstice.

Unexpectedly, the nunneries in various places had not received satisfactory responses for a long time, and actually threatened to cut off the supply of money and food to the Hengshan Sect!

Without the support of the monasteries in various places, the Hengshan Sect would not even have food to eat, let alone anything else.

After weighing the pros and cons, Master Ding Xian had no choice but to put the overall situation first!

"Junior sister, I'm sorry to have wronged you this time."

In the quiet room of Wu Se Nunnery on Hengshan Mountain, Master Ding Xian looked at Master Ding Yi with a guilty look on her face.

Although she wanted to protect her junior sister, as the head of the sect, she needed to consider the entire Hengshan Sect.

No one expected that things would come to this point.

There is no other way at the moment but to severely punish Master Dingyi.

Her position as the abbess of Baiyun Temple was abolished, and she was punished to face the wall in the Hanging Temple for a year!
After all, it was only the apprentice who made a mistake, and the severe punishment received by Master Dingyi as a master should be enough to silence the gossips.

Of course, this was just Master Dingxian's strategy of retreating in order to advance.

When the storm was over, she immediately restored Master Dingyi's position as the head of Baiyun Temple. In her opinion, with Master Dingyi's seniority in Hengshan Sect, it didn't matter whether she had the title of head of the temple or not.

In other words, I had to reflect on my mistakes for a year, which was really unfair.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Senior Sister."

Master Dingyi nodded, she naturally understood the truth.

But after all, it was an unexpected disaster, how could I feel good about it?

He suppressed his grievance and said nothing more, then turned and walked out of the quiet room.

"Master!"

In the yard outside, the four major disciples including Yihe, Yiqing, Yizhen and Yizhi, along with Yilin and other disciples of Baiyun Temple, were waiting.

When they saw Master Dingyi coming out, they quickly surrounded her.

"You guys go back to Baiyun Temple."

Glancing at her disciples, Master Dingyi showed a moved expression and continued.

"I am going to the Hanging Temple to face the wall now. From now on, the head sister will take over as the abbess of Baiyun Temple."

"Why do you depose the master?"

As the eldest disciple, Yihe's temperament was most similar to that of Nun Dingyi. He did not shy away from Nun Dingxian and shouted loudly on the spot.

"I don't care who is the head of the sect or not, I only recognize my master as the abbot!"

"Not bad!"

The other disciples were excited and echoed the sentiment.

Speaking of which, although Master Dingjing is the eldest sister of the Sanding Sect of Hengshan, she has a quiet personality and rarely accepts disciples.

As the head of the sect, Master Dingxian was very busy and did not have much energy to teach her disciples.

More than half of the Hengshan School's second-generation disciples were taught personally by Master Dingyi.

Hearing that their master had suffered such injustice and was even dismissed from his position as abbess, how could anyone tolerate this!

"Senior sister! Junior sisters! Don't speak nonsense!"

Only Yiqing, the second disciple, hurriedly advised everyone.

"Right now, rumors are spreading everywhere, and nunneries everywhere are forcing us to do so. This is just a temporary solution."

"Yiqing!"

Upon hearing this, Yihe became furious.

"Why, in order to curry favor with the Sect Leader, you even gave up your Master?"

"Senior Sister! What are you talking about!"

"I'm not telling the truth!"

"Sister! The situation is very unusual now. I'm afraid someone is secretly fanning the flames. We should unite now. If we start a fight, we will be laughed at by outsiders!" "Bullshit!"

Yihe didn't care about all this and just spat and cursed.

"you……"

Yiqing's eyes instantly turned red after being scolded by her senior sister for no reason.

Seeing this, some of the junior sisters who were usually on good terms with Yiqing couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

In particular, the disciples of Master Dingxian and Master Dingjing also stood behind Yiqing.

For a moment, the situation in Wu Se Nunnery was tense!
On the Shengguan Peak of Songshan Mountain.

"Senior brother."

Zhao Guangjin handed the letter to Lu Nanxing and continued.

"Just today, Hengshan Sect abolished Master Dingyi's position as the head of Baiyun Temple on the grounds of poor teaching, and punished her to face the wall for a year!"

"it is good."

"In addition, our spy also sent a message saying that because of this matter, there was a big quarrel among the second-generation disciples. Unfortunately, it was stopped by Ding Xian and Ding Yi in the end, and no fight took place."

"very good."

"Brother, you are very smart. Naturally, everything is going smoothly. However..."

Zhao Guangjin flattered him for a while, then paused for a moment before speaking.

"I'm worried that this move is just a delaying tactic by Hengshan Sect to show the world."

"Indeed."

"Then what should we do next!"

Zhao Guangjin was encouraged by Lu Nanxing's recognition and looked anxious.

"We have spent so much effort to get to this point today. If we are fooled by Hengshan Sect, all our efforts will be wasted!"

"Why worry? Since the seeds have been planted, they will grow into big trees sooner or later."

Lu Nanxing smiled and said slowly.

Zhao Guangjin didn't understand, what seeds? But since Lu Nanxing said so, he must be sure.

After all, from the very beginning, they had been carrying out Lu Nanxing's instructions, and the development of things was exactly as Lu Nanxing expected!
Zhao Guangjin said nothing more and left.

"Hengshan Sect."

Lu Nanxing looked towards the north with a slight smile on his face.

That day, the strategy he proposed to Zuo Lengchan was nothing more than a plot to sow discord.

The three sisters of Hengshan are as close as a rock and it is not easy to drive a wedge between them. That is why in the original novel, the Songshan sect adopted the brutal method of killing them all.

But everyone has weaknesses, and the same goes for all sects.

The weakness of the Hengshan School is that there are too many women!

Three women make a drama, let alone hundreds.

Monks have pure six senses, but as long as one is a human being, one cannot escape the worldly nature. The cheating nun is a ready-made example.

Especially since the Hengshan School is a martial arts sect, it is different from ordinary Buddhist temples. Many of its disciples have a competitive, brave and aggressive spirit.

The Hengshan Sanding sect only had three members, so it was easy for them to unite. But how could the Hengshan sect, with hundreds of disciples, still be united?
Although he had only been in Hengshan for one day, Lu Nanxing had already realized that, similar to the Songshan Sect, the Hengshan Sect was actually also secretly divided into factions.

The simplest and most intuitive one is that the disciples of Dingjing, Dingxian and Dingyi each formed a faction. Going a step further, although all the disciples in Baiyun Temple were disciples of Master Dingyi, there were also multiple small groups.

This shows that the Hengshan School disciples are not actually invulnerable.

It’s just that they are usually bound by three rules, so they won’t have any conflicts and it seems that they are still close friends.

But as long as there is an outbreak point at the right time, the undercurrents in the dark can be brought to the surface!
Lu Nanxing spent a lot of effort. First, he arranged for the young nun's affair to be exposed. Then he incited public opinion for several months. Finally, he borrowed the power of nunneries in various places, which led to Master Dingyi being severely punished.

Such an unexpected disaster indeed caused dissatisfaction among Master Dingyi's disciples.

Now that the contradiction has emerged, just as Lu Nanxing said, the seeds have been planted and will grow into big trees sooner or later.

Of course, he also needs to water and fertilize during this process to continue to add fuel to the fire.

As for the Hengshan Sanda, what does it matter even if they remain as united as before?

Little did they know that the nine sons were fighting for the throne. Did they really want to fight to the death? In fact, it was the people below who pushed them forward step by step.

When the situation has already taken shape, even as a leader, you can only go with the flow.

Under the pull of the disciples, the Hengshan Sanda will definitely split!

“Great things can happen!”

As long as the three factions are separated, the Songshan Sect can take action. No matter which faction they support, they can eventually bring the Hengshan Sect under their command!
(End of this chapter)