Disciple, please come down the mountain soon. Your senior sister can’t wait any longer.

"Li Henian?"

When Pei Qingwu heard the name Pei Qinghai said, even though he had just experienced a similar thing, he still couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock, and even couldn't help but swear.

"Are you so crazy?"

"He is the deputy chief deacon of the Jinyang region of the Wumeng. Provoking him will indeed allow Pei Runnian to expel us from the family smoothly."

"But with Li Henian's influence, after we leave the family, he can block all our ways out with just one word."

"Even if that master helps us out, Li Henian is the deputy chief deacon of Jinyang District, and Hedong is under his jurisdiction."

"Li Henian holds a crucial vote in the nomination of candidates for the Hedong District Deacon. Even that Lord may not be able to bypass him and nominate the two of us!"

"If we really kill his son and drag him into this mess, we won't be the ones to take advantage of the situation. We will be the ones to be caught!"

Pei Qingwu roared fiercely in a low voice, his eyes as big as copper bells as he stared at Pei Qinghai.

Pei Qinghai had naturally anticipated Pei Qingwu's reaction and let him roar without rushing to explain.

Before explaining Li Henian's background, it is necessary to explain the organizational structure of the Wumeng, what the so-called chief deacon is, and the deacons.

Although the Wumeng is a loose organization composed of major martial arts forces, it has formed an effective organizational structure after so many years of existence.

The structure of the Wumeng is mainly divided into two parts: those directly under the headquarters and those dispatched abroad.

The Wumeng's influence is spread all over the country. In order to facilitate the management and coordination of the Wumeng's forces in various regions, the Wumeng divided the country into various regions, and each region is under the jurisdiction of various regions.

The Martial Alliance has dispatched personnel to serve in the regions and sub-regions to exercise the alliance's rights, responsibilities and obligations.

The person in charge assigned by the Wumeng to the sub-district is the deacon.

Often, four or five surrounding districts will unite to form a large region, and the person in charge of the large region will be the chief deacon.

The chief deacon and deacons are personnel sent out by the Martial Arts Alliance to represent the will of the Martial Arts Alliance, coordinate the relevant disputes among martial arts forces in various regions and divisions, and distribute and balance the interests of various martial arts forces.

As for the candidates for the chief deacon and deacons, some will be selected from the local martial arts forces, while others will be direct personnel dispatched by the Martial Alliance Headquarters. The specific situation will depend on the situation in each region and division.

But generally speaking, the roles of the chief deacon and the deacon are similar to those of local officials and frontier officials who were sent out of the capital in ancient feudal dynasties.

If there are provincial governors, then naturally there are also officials directly under the capital.

The relevant institutions directly under the Wumeng headquarters and the personnel working therein are similar to the officials in the capital who report directly to the emperor.

Different from the institutions and divisions directly under the Wumeng headquarters, the Wumeng calls the directly affiliated institutions halls, such as Baihua Hall, Miaoshou Hall, Xing Hall, Fengwen Hall, and so on.

Someone once counted that there are as many as twenty or thirty public or undisclosed halls in the Martial Alliance. As for whether there are more hidden halls, probably no one knows except the leader of the Martial Alliance.

The person in charge of each hall is called the hall master, and the people under him are called walkers.

Han Qinhu, the walking member of the Martial Arts Alliance who had met Chu Longtu and provided information about the Martial Arts Alliance conference to be held after Yiyue, was a subordinate of Fengwen Hall, a branch of the Martial Arts Alliance.

Among the many halls of the Martial Alliance, Fengwen Hall is the most responsible for infiltration and gathering information. Its name is derived from "Fengwen's report". It is their duty to find Chu Longtu to inform the Martial Alliance of the matters concerning the conference.

The various elixirs, secret manuals, and weapons that the martial arts forces that joined the Martial Alliance exchanged from the Martial Alliance were also produced by the various halls directly under the Martial Alliance. The various halls of the Martial Alliance produced various urgently needed martial arts resources and opened them up for exchange with the various martial arts forces that joined through the deacons.

The Martial Arts Alliance, which controls so many key martial arts resources, can naturally adjust and balance the interests of the major forces within the alliance through elixirs, secret books, weapons, intelligence and other things. At the same time, it can also use these precious martial arts resources to reap the wealth of large and small martial arts forces within the alliance, strengthen the strength of the Martial Arts Alliance headquarters, and spread the influence of the Martial Arts Alliance.

Districts, regions, deacons, archdeacons…

Hall, hall master, walking...

All these together make up the huge Martial Alliance.

To put it in more detail, the halls directly under the Wumeng are similar to the Imperial Guards, directly under the Wumeng headquarters, and all deployments are subject to the will of the Wumeng headquarters.

The chief deacons, deacons and others of the regions and sub-regions are the local troops guarding the local areas. They are of course in high positions and have great power. Some regions even have more influence in their regions than the Wumeng headquarters. However, they are naturally more distant than the halls of the Wumeng headquarters.

Of course, the structure of the Martial Alliance cannot be so simple. There are some other subdivided organizations that I will not go into here, but generally speaking it is the same.

Now that we understand the internal structure of the Wumeng, let’s talk about Li Henian mentioned by Pei Qinghai just now.

Li Henian, deputy chief deacon of the Jinyang region of the Wumeng.

The Jinyang region has six divisions under its jurisdiction, including the Hedong division. Among the divisions within the Wumeng, its sphere of influence is neither large nor small, and is in the lower-middle range.

The deputy chief deacon is a position below the chief deacon, assisting the chief deacon in managing all ordinary deacons in the region. His influence on the affairs of the martial alliance in the region is second only to that of the chief deacon.

Some senior deputy chief deacons can even sideline the chief deacon of the region and force the chief deacon to bow his head!

After understanding this, and looking at Pei Qingwu's reaction just now, you can understand why he was so shocked and angry.

Li Henian was born in the Li family, the largest martial arts family in Longcheng, the core city of Jinyang District, and is the head of the Li family of this generation.

And relying on the Li family's deep roots and great influence in Longcheng, he has been serving as the deputy chief deacon of the Jinyang region of the Wumeng since he took over as the head of the Li family fifteen years ago.

If it weren't for the fact that Jinyang District is closer to the Martial Alliance headquarters and the Chief Deacon was airdropped directly from the Martial Alliance headquarters, then it is very likely that Li Henian would not be the deputy chief deacon now, but the real chief deacon of Jinyang District, a real big shot who can make the final decision on the affairs of the Martial Alliance in Jinyang District!

Even though there is a chief deacon parachuted from the Martial Alliance, Li Henian still has a heavy say in the affairs of the Martial Alliance in the Jinyang area.

Without saying anything else, among the six divisions under the jurisdiction of Jinyang District, the Wumeng Deacons in three of them were promoted by Li Henian himself. This shows how deep Li Henian’s roots are in Jinyang District and how great his influence is!