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Chapter 192: Gao Jian's Analysis, the Downfall of the Zuo Family

Rat Mountain.

In Shu Jian’s cave.

Of course, this is not Shu Jian’s real cave. In fact, Shu Jian’s cave is a very small hole, only as big as Gao Jian’s hand.

But he still has his own underground cave, mainly for privacy and safety.

Now, in this cave, on a temporarily carved stone bed.

Gao Jian was lying on the bed.

"So, what's going on?" Shu Jian crossed his arms and stared at Gao Jian.

"What else can happen? I still dare to live in Cangzhou City? I will definitely be killed by the Zuo family. I came to Shushan to avoid the limelight. Don't you welcome me?" Gao Jian was lying on the stone bed, feeling itchy all over.

The warrior's body is very solid, and he has no shortage of food. With full nutrition, his body is full of energy and active, and his wounds heal quickly. So now his whole body is itchy and painful, which is really uncomfortable.

"This is not a question of whether we welcome you or not. How could you lie under the torture of the Eight Realms? Do you know that you scared me? Are you lying to me too?" Shu Jian's face was full of displeasure.

"Well, how should I put it... Elder Shu, if I tell you that even if the earth immortal takes action personally, my will and soul will not have any problems, do you believe it?" Gao Jian lowered his head and said to the golden bear in front of him.

Earthly Immortal.

That is the pinnacle of practitioners.

Once all the three gates and nine orifices are opened, the road to immortality has been paved. If you go further, you will become an "immortal" and no longer a "human".

At that time, it doesn’t matter whether you are a dragon, a monster, a human, or something else.

Because you are already an "immortal", the influence of your innate race on you is minimal. After all, your three gates and nine orifices are complete, and your body is complete in the inner world, without any flaws. Even if you are a monster, you will now stand on the same starting line with other primates.

After becoming an immortal, if one still stays in this world, he is called an 'earth immortal'.

That is the legendary 'Thirteen Realms'.

After the three gates and nine orifices are opened, and he becomes the grandmaster of the three gates, there is still an immortal who wants to move forward one step further.

To be honest, when Shu Jian said these two words... he was a little trembling.

Resisting the Earthly Immortals? Are you kidding me?
Has Gao Jian ever seen a terrestrial immortal? You know, a terrestrial immortal is the top existence in the Divine Dynasty, the pillar of the Divine Dynasty. Even the Emperor of the Divine Dynasty must treat him with courtesy and give him a seat when he goes to the palace.

Yes, Gao Jian did block the influence of the Eight Realms shamans on his soul, but the difference between the Eight Realms and the Earthly Immortals is like the difference between mortals and the Eight Realms.

A world of difference.

Therefore, Shu Jian replied: "I don't believe it, but... you did block the suppression of the Eight Realms. You have some trump cards, kid. I thought Li Zuofang was your backer, but it turns out that Li Zuofang is not worthy of your reliance."

"Haha, if you don't believe it, just forget it. I've never seen a terrestrial immortal. I'm just saying it casually." Gao Jian laughed and didn't dwell on it.

Let’s talk about it when we have a chance to meet the immortal.

Thinking of this, he examined the rusty knife hidden in his chest.

Blade, eight inches!

Cool!
He killed the three from the Zuo family, and then used the last two inches of the rusty knife to fool a person in the eighth realm in public, and even got a place in the Imperial Academy.

It's a complete unsolved case and a complete accident.

There is no proof!

And he wasn't dead!
Thinking of this, Gao Jian's pain and itchiness all over his body seemed to disappear.

The wound feels so good that it doesn’t hurt anymore.

Shu Jian, on the other hand, heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what Gao Jian said, then jumped and stepped on Gao Jian's head: "Damn, you scared me! I thought you could really stop the Earth Immortal! Turns out you were just bragging!"

"Get off my head! Stop grabbing my hair!"

"Huh, who told you to brag? So, have you achieved your goal now? It's time to go to the Imperial College to study?" The golden bear jumped onto the stone bed and asked.

Gao Jian did not answer, but looked outside the cave.

Outside the cave, there was a man standing.

That's Jingjiang Jun.

Entrusted by Gao Jian and also to fulfill his own promise, he rushed over from the East China Sea to provide Gao Jian with a crucial help.

Shu Jian fell silent, because he knew that Jingjiang Jun must have something to say.

This dragon is more powerful than Shu Jian.

However, Shu Jian did not hate the other party. This dragon was actually quite normal, as long as it did not involve the little dragon named Dansha.

"Good idea." Jingjiang Jun walked in.

He was tall, wearing a black and gold robe with a black background and golden scales embroidered on it. He looked luxurious but not dazzling. His body made the robe bulge out, and when he walked in, he gave off a very oppressive feeling.

"Hey, Jingjiang-kun, thank you so much this time." Gao Jian reluctantly got up and wanted to sit up and talk to the other party.

Seeing this, Shu Jian immediately went over, supported Gao Jian's back with his little paws, and lifted him up.

I have to say, Shu Jian... is so cute.

Although he always calls himself an old man, likes to grab Gao Jian's hair, and is so elusive that you can't see his shadow, Shu Shu is actually a very good person and doesn't care that much about face and the difference in cultivation. "I didn't do anything, don't thank me." Jingjiang Jun shook his head and looked at Gao Jian with some sighs: "Is all this in your plan?"

"No, in fact most of it was improvisation. I just planned a rough structure. In fact, I didn't foresee the appearance of the Xi Beast at the beginning, and I didn't know about the underground volcano and so on, let alone what the Zuo family's trump card was, so... 50% depends on luck." Gao Jian smiled and didn't hesitate to say that he didn't have a complete plan.

"Nothing in the world is perfect. If you are 50% sure, you can do it. If you really want to make everything perfect and all the conditions are met, how many opportunities will you miss? The flow of water depends on rotation, just like the riverbed. The riverbed is formed by water, not when the riverbed is ready, the water starts to flow."

"If you wait until everything is ready, you will be close to death. You have done a pretty good job, just like what you did with cinnabar." Jingjiang Jun said this with a sigh on his face.

Gao Jian is also a bit strange.

At the beginning, when this real dragon appeared in front of him, it was quite violent. It injured a real dragon of the Yuan family on the spot, and even rushed to Cangzhou extremely violently and destroyed the Baishanjiang Dragon Palace.

At that time, he was covered in wounds from head to toe and looked extremely ferocious.

But now when Jingjiang Jun appeared here, he had a "dark" aura and was not as scary as before.

Gao Jian nodded. In fact, he was quite satisfied with his performance, otherwise the blade of the rusty knife would not have been extended to eight inches.

Eight inches, how cool!

Seeing Gao Jian nod, Jingjiang Jun continued, "So, what else do you want to do? The three sons of the Zuo family are dead, and the internal struggle will never stop. As for finding a new carrier of the blood sacrifice system, this will not be done in a few years. I am afraid that the next 20 to 30 years will be a downturn for the Zuo family. They will shrink their power, lick their wounds, and rely on their own foundation to get through this period. What are you going to do?"

After listening to Jingjiang Jun's analysis, Gao Jian said, "It won't take that long."

"Why?" Jingjiang Jun was puzzled.

Gao Jian explained: "The reason why the Zuo family fell into civil strife is actually because the ancestor Zuo Lang is in seclusion. When Zuo Lang's seclusion is over, with a backbone, all the civil strife will end. By then, everyone will work together. With the Zuo family's foundation, it won't take long for them to recover quickly."

“In my estimation, it will take the Zuo family five years at most, or two years at least, to recover. This depends on when Zuo Lang comes out of retreat. After Zuo Lang comes out of retreat, the Zuo family’s decline will be temporarily stopped. With a two-level grandmaster in charge, the Zuo family will be as stable as a rock. It will be a natural thing for them to repair their wounds and recover from their losses.”

Hearing this, Jingjiang Jun and Shu Jian both nodded.

What Gao Jian said made sense. Jingjiang Jun just didn’t know that Zuo Lang was in seclusion. Now that he knew this, he could naturally come to this conclusion very clearly.

"So, what are you going to do? You have done so much, but the other party can recover in two or three years. You must be very unwilling. I don't think you are content. You probably don't go against the Zuo family for the sake of profit. What are you going to do next?" Jingjiang Jun asked.

"The Zuo family will be destroyed." Gao Jian said, "In two years, the Zuo family can't hold out that long."

"Two years pass in the blink of an eye. What can you guarantee?" Jingjiang Jun was obviously a little incredulous.

“Judging from the Zuo family’s current frivolous atmosphere, to put it bluntly, the two grandmasters are not pillars, but tiger skins.” Gao Jian looked up and said so.

Without waiting for Shu Jian and Jingjiang Jun to respond, he continued, "The Zuo family today is rich and vain, the so-called 'sheep in sheep's clothing'. They are actually weak inside. If it weren't for Zuo Lang's pressure, the Zuo family would have collapsed long ago."

Yes, that is Gao Jian’s opinion.

"The Zuo family has become so powerful that it has introduced vanity and corruption, which has already laid the foundation for disaster. They also have no reverence for the Divine Dynasty."

Gao Jian tried to sit up straight, looked at Jingjiang Jun and Shu Jian, and said to them seriously: "In my opinion, there are nine most serious shortcomings of the Zuo family."

Shu Jian and Jingjiang Jun both held their breath and began to listen to his analysis.

Gao Jian began his speech: "First, they are arrogant and rely on their power, and don't know what life and death is. Look at what happened after the Imperial College selection. When faced with the decisions of the chief examiner and the chief judge of the Ministry of Astronomy, they still openly questioned them, and didn't feel that they were in a weak position. This is called lax governance."

"Secondly, Zuo An and Zuo Qing fought with each other, changing their orders from day to day, not using blood sacrifices, not using laws, this is called changing laws frequently."

"Third, the three sons of the Zuo family, when they were out, punished the land god Bai Lingqing without restraint. It was obvious that the land god had done nothing wrong, but they still gave him rewards and punishments based on their own preferences, without even bothering to find excuses. This is a reflection of the big picture from the small details, and it shows what the Zuo family is like on a daily basis. This is called rewarding and punishing without rules."

"Fourth, the Zuo family arbitrarily controls the gods. With one hiding technique, they can hide hundreds of gods on their bodies. However, these gods must have their own territories and temples. They were just forcibly requisitioned and used as their 'foundation', which caused unforeseen disturbances in the local areas where these gods and temples were located, and even exhausted the strength of the people and gods, making it difficult for them to survive. This is called excessive expenses."

"Fifth, the Zuo family trades in gods. As long as they pay money and food, they can make people into gods after death. There were even two assassins who tried to kill me. They were not afraid of being killed as dead men, just because they could become gods after death. This is called selling officials too much."

"Sixth, the Zuo family manipulated the weather and promoted blood sacrifices, leaving farmers without roots and homes. The production of various spiritual materials dropped sharply, and taxes and people's livelihood were affected. This is called disturbing the people."

"Seventh, the Zuo family's offerings to various gods, the acceptance of various bribes, and even the many profit conveyor belts formed by the blood sacrifice itself, have accumulated a lot of wealth, including that of the Baishanjiang tribe, but have not circulated. This is called extravagant customs."

"Eighth, now that there are so many problems, the Zuo family has to retreat again and again in the struggle between the noble families. It is obvious that in the next two years, the Zuo family will shrink back and be cautious in doing things. This is called low morale."

"Ninth, from the discussion at the state society yesterday, it can be seen that other noble families have been talking about the Zuo family. They even dared to ridicule them at a critical decision time. This is a sign that the Zuo family has lost power. This is called empty talk."

"These nine are the basis for my judgment that the Zuo family is 'a sheep with a tiger's skin'. As the saying goes, the three most important factors are: the family members are difficult to control, the family fortune is difficult to inherit, and the military is difficult to revive. The first two of the Zuo family's problems are difficult to suppress, and the only way to suppress the 'military' problem is to rely on the military power and reputation of the ancestor Zuo Lang."

"But, Zuo An and Zuo Qing, these two people are not trustworthy. As the saying goes, you can't work with a suspicious person, and you can't settle down with a person who is lucky. A suspicious person's heart is scattered, and his downfall is due to disturbance; a lucky person's heart is deserted, and his downfall is due to negligence. It is because of suspicion that people who flatter and curry favor with others gather around them; it is because of luck that they are so."

"Zuo An is suspicious, Zuo Qing is lucky, and these two have no benevolence or kindness. They are usually driven by Zuo Lang, and they are like jackals and snakes when they are driven. With Zuo Lang's pressure, they are safe."

“But if it were now, the dog would lose its master and would surely turn into a wolf, baring its claws and teeth, drinking blood and eating meat, and being lustful. It would sink into the abyss and pile up its corpses. By then, no one in the Zuo family would be able to save it!”

Gao Jian spoke eloquently, expressing his views on the Zuo family's current situation clearly in an organized manner with solid evidence, analyzing the current situation of the Zuo family point by point.

"Now, Zuo Qing has taken office and is in charge of the family affairs, but there is no master at home. He does not care about comforting the people and building a foundation. Instead, he abuses his people and misuses his gods in foreign affairs. Zuo Lang still has two years to solve the problem."

"I think that if the Zuo family tries harder, they won't be able to survive for more than these two years."

Jingjiang Jun nodded: "What you said makes sense, but how are you going to use your strength? I'm afraid the Zuo family won't let you continue to attack them so easily, right?"

"That's easy, the New Year's Eve Festival." Gao Jian laughed, "There is still more than a month before the New Year's Eve Festival. At that time, the Zuo family will be destroyed."

"If something happens on New Year's Eve, how many casualties will there be in the Divine Dynasty? I don't agree!" Shu Jian immediately objected.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen on New Year's Eve. The one that got in trouble is the Zuo family." Gao Jian showed a mysterious smile and then touched his head.

Then he said, "Right? Minister Li."

(End of this chapter)