Under the pressure of the four innate immortals, the heroes willingly signed the first covenant.
After completing the first one, Di Fan nodded with satisfaction and pointed the ruler at the second one.
"The content of the second covenant is to establish a base."
Emperor Fan spoke calmly, pointing out the Jiangshan situation: "There is no doubt about this. Mencius said: If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world. With this information, our lives will be better. As a hero, how can I watch the people around us suffer from poverty?
The ancestors who were able to establish each of these sects must have been men of great courage and virtue. When the sects become wealthy, they can establish bases around them to provide aid to the surrounding people. Is there any objection to this?"
[The base is the base for the future uprising! I still don't believe it. They even bring up the names of your ancestors. How can you upright heroes not agree?]
Sure enough, all the heroes echoed the agreement one after another. Ma Yu, Tian Ming and others from Quanzhen Sect who knew the real purpose of this covenant would not be so foolish as to leak it. They all agreed to the second covenant on behalf of their own sects.
"As it should be. Master Chongyang said that Taoism should take the lead in the world. Quanzhen has no obligation to do good deeds!"
"Buddha has mercy on us. Shaolin will obey the orders of the alliance and establish a base to help the poor!"
"The Haisha Gang has no objection!"
"The Kongtong Sect supports the leader's proposal!"
Di Fan looked around and found no one protesting. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is a great act of kindness. All sects must abide by the covenant, contribute money and manpower, and establish bases in various villages and towns to resist bandits and protect the people.
No matter who it is, if you find any behavior of oppressing the people or engaging in corruption, don't blame the Wulin Alliance for taking ruthless action and not giving face to the leaders."
When he said the last sentence, Di Fan's voice suddenly became cold, and there was a murderous intent in his words!
The heroes looked at each other in bewilderment. How could it have suddenly become so murderous, just now so peaceful and lively? Those with lower cultivation bases trembled with fear, not daring to face Di Fan directly.
"This law must not be violated by anyone, no matter the sect. It is an ironclad order! Anyone who violates it will be punished as a whole sect, with no mercy!"
At this point, Xiao Longnu also spoke on behalf of the innate masters. The heroes looked at each other, then at the four masters on the stage. No one refuted, and they all looked at them coldly! Even Master Yideng of the Buddhist sect was no exception! They shuddered and stood up together: "We, we will obey the order of the leader!"
(Yideng: Are you kidding? The Dali royal family also has a share of the funds for these bases! Let's see who dares to be greedy!)
Di Fan looked at his junior sister with some surprise. He had never expected that after just the second sentence, his junior sister, who seemed aloof in front of outsiders, would show a supportive attitude.
[Junior sister, awesome! I need to scare them like this!]
[Although the law of collective responsibility is somewhat harsh, it is also the best rule in wartime! The uprising is too complex to tolerate even the slightest failure! And there is no room for mercy!]
The paper for the second covenant was distributed, and everyone signed, sealed, and pressed their fingerprints on behalf of their respective sects... After a series of processes, everyone sat down again and waited for the third covenant.
"The third covenant isn't really a covenant."
Pointing at the third item on the blackboard, Di Fan sighed, "Does anyone know the plight of the people living on the border?"
"this……"
The representatives of the Central Plains sects all had puzzled expressions. They had only been to Xiangyang at most and had never even left the border, let alone the grasslands.
At this time, Ma Yu, who was in charge of acting as a shill, spoke.
"I know a thing or two..." Ma Yu sighed and said, "I once traveled outside the borders. When the Jin Dynasty was in power, the people of the Central Plains lived in hardship, but as long as they could sacrifice their dignity and control their temper, they could still save their lives and linger... But since the Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongols, the people of the Central Plains have lived a life worse than pigs and dogs!"
"Yes," Huang Yaoshi couldn't help but speak up. "The Mongols divided the people in the occupied cities into four classes. The first class were the Mongols, the second class were the Semites, and the third and fourth classes were the Han Chinese from the Central Plains. Their status was lower than that of the Mongols' pets, not to mention the pigs and dogs they ate!"
"Especially at the border," Guo Jing also spoke up. "All Han people abducted by the raiders are treated like two-legged sheep! Infants are often eaten. If military rations run low, young people, the elderly, and women are all used as rations!"
Lu Youjiao of the Beggar Gang, representatives of the Haisha Sect, and even local gentry, also confirmed the words of Ma Yu, Huang Yaoshi, Guo Jing and others.
Even some civilians who came to testify and fled from the border told their own experiences!
The more the heroes listened, the more indignant they became! Before, they simply admired Guo Jing for being able to guard the border for over a decade without any change, and some even considered him hypocritical... But now, upon hearing about the Mongolian brutality, everyone revealed an expression of anger!
"How dare the Mongols bully the people of the Central Plains!"
When he heard this, Yang Guo angrily slammed the table, stood up and roared!
As soon as this first roar was uttered, countless curses followed!
Because the insults are too harsh, I will not list them one by one here. Anyway, they are all insults to ancestors and some sensitive organs of relatives and women.
When everyone was filled with righteous indignation and their anger reached its peak... Ma Yu of Quanzhen Sect spoke as planned!
"Mr. Di mentioned this matter. Could it be that he has some thoughts about the border?"
Although the sound was not too loud, the transmission of internal force suppressed the roars of the crowd and made the scene quiet, and everyone turned their eyes to Di Fan.
"Yes, I do have ideas about the border!"
Di Fan gnashed his teeth and said, "Since the time of the First Emperor, the Central Plains has endured countless hardships for thousands of years. Especially during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, the people of the Central Plains were reduced to mere sheep... Are we now going to repeat the same mistakes? Are we, the knights, going to watch helplessly as the people are reduced to food?
I can't tolerate it, and I believe that no chivalrous man with a sense of justice can tolerate it!
Therefore, I propose that the Alliance Leader take the lead, and with the help of Mingjiao Master Zhong and other Xiantian Zhenren, we propose a third covenant. This is also a suggestion, not a mandatory one..."
"Mr. Di, what exactly is this covenant? Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me directly!"
Wu San Tong below couldn't help but ask loudly.
"I will gather masters of internal energy from various sects and form a Wulin Army! We will send troops from Xiangyang to drive the Mongols out of Huanglongfu and recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun back into our hands!"
Di Fan deliberately omitted words like the Song Dynasty and the royal family. When some sharp-minded masters heard this, their eyes flickered, as if they had guessed what the Wulin Alliance wanted to do!
The Sect Leader, who hadn't guessed it, was also stunned by Di Fan's bold idea, not knowing how to react...
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