Myths Begin From Boys' Gong

"Your Excellency has unparalleled magical powers and is invincible in martial arts. We are no match for you. Please give us a chance to live."

At this time, it is useless to be tough on the surface, and it is also useless to lack strength. One can only see if he can overcome hardness with softness and use a low profile to buy a way out. After all, judging from Meng Zhao's words and deeds, he seems to be far from being a murderer.

Yes, even though Meng Zhao crushed the old monk Yiheng to death and was determined to kill the old Taoist priest Xuanwei, the two great masters were killed by Meng Zhao like little chickens.

But in fact, with the peerless martial arts displayed by Meng Zhao, it is far from being a murder. If it were a murder, he would have killed them all long ago. Why wait until now?

Meng Zhao waved his hands, not having the time to answer these people. He walked to the old Taoist's body, stretched out his finger and pointed. A ball of flame suddenly rose up, continuously roasting and burning the old Taoist's body. In a moment, it turned into ashes.

However, there was a flash of light, and a rustling sound was heard, and a battle flag rose up in the blazing flames.

The flagpole is about 10 feet long and is azure blue all over. The flag of the battle is aqua blue with ripples. Although it looks like a battle flag, to the perception of everyone present, it is not a flag at all, but a vast ocean.

There were also waves of moist tidal air and the sound of sea waves, and it seemed that the spiritual light was about to revive.

This was not initiated by the old Taoist Xuanwei before his death, but the power of Meng Zhao's flames was too extraordinary, and water and fire were incompatible, which stimulated the spontaneous protective ability of the battle flag's original power.

Meng Zhao stretched out his hand and grabbed it. A tremendous force burst out and instantly grabbed the ownerless battle flag into his hand. At the same time, a spiritual charm also fell into Meng Zhao's mind.

The origin of this battle flag is quite interesting. It is a treasure passed down within the navy during the Imperial Song Dynasty. In its heyday, it had the power of a heavenly-grade divine weapon. Moreover, if it was blessed by a naval battle formation, it would have limitless power in rivers, lakes and seas. Therefore, it is called the Infinite Flag.

Once the infinite flag is unfurled, you can manipulate the waves and control the sea waves. When the waves are stopped, the vast blue waves will calm down in an instant. When the waves are rising, the power of the boundless sea can swallow up the sky and destroy the earth.

Of course, today's Wuliang Flag has lost the essence of the operation of the flag during the Song Dynasty, and it also has no support from the navy formation. Its power has declined significantly, so it can only be regarded as a secondary divine weapon, and its power is still quite good.

More importantly, this infinite flag contains the spirit of a ten-thousand-year-old spirit turtle. Using it to practice water-based magic can be twice the result with half the effort. Even powerful celestial beings can use this infinite flag to communicate with each other and comprehend the great Dao.

Compared to the Buddha's Heart Bead, the Infinite Flag is only slightly weaker. Of course, if we talk about its effect on Meng Zhao, the 800-zhang space opened up by the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of the hand within the Buddha's Heart Bead cannot be ignored by those who aspire to climb the martial arts path. Therefore, the importance of the Buddha's Heart Bead is still higher than that of the Infinite Flag.

After putting the Infinite Flag into the Buddha's Heart Bead, Meng Zhao was in a very good mood. It had only been a short time since he set foot in this ancient alien space battlefield, but he had already gained something one after another. This was indeed not comparable to following a routine approach.

Of course, this is also related to his great luck and potential fortune.

Moreover, this is just the beginning. Most of the gains come from warriors who are also from the land of China. He has not yet opened up enough real ancient alien space battlefields.

Meng Zhao waved his hand, and the remaining few people turned pale, but they did not dare to disobey Meng Zhao's wishes. They did not dare to breathe, and carefully moved to a place not far in front of Meng Zhao, with hunched backs and not daring to raise their heads. No one could have imagined that these people were all masters of martial arts who were powerful in the land of Shenzhou.

What's even more strange is that Meng Zhao has a young face and looks like a young boy of about 17 or 18 years old, while these old guys are all quite old, and it seems like the young people are disrespectful to the elderly.

However, even if Meng Zhao really wanted to respect the elderly at this moment, I am afraid that these old guys would not dare to act rashly after seeing Meng Zhao's unpredictable mood and his terrifying strength of killing grand masters like slaughtering pigs and dogs.

"Tell me about your respective backgrounds, how much do you know about this battlefield, and whether there are any acquaintances. Can you contact them?"

Meng Zhao was really curious, but he already had some vague guesses.

These guys are all very old, and they should be the older generation of strong men. In the Chinese martial arts world, it is likely that not many people know them.

If there are family, sect, or gang involvements, they should all exist as a foundation.

However, it is indeed a bit strange to see so many powerful people gathered together, including some grand masters.

“To answer your question, you are the master. We are all from the southern martial arts world. We are warriors from aristocratic families and have the foundation of major families. Among them, Yiheng and Xuanwei, who were killed by you, were from Buddhism and Taoism. They are very skilled in martial arts and far superior to us.

As for this battlefield, it is connected to a mysterious cave in the Duanyu Mountains to my south. It is said to be a battlefield during the Great Xia Dynasty. However, after exploration by various families and sects, it was discovered that this seemed to be a mixed space divided into two areas.

One area is indeed the battlefield of Daxia, and the other area is a battlefield in ancient times. The space between the two is constantly changing.

In the past few years, many people have entered here, and most of them have died here. Only a few lucky ones were able to leave here with the opportunity and achieve their own martial arts.

This is the first time for us to explore this place, and most of our knowledge of this space comes from people who have entered this place in the past."

After a pause, the man was obviously hesitant, but when he saw Meng Zhao's smiling eyes, he couldn't help but shudder and continued,

“Most of those who came to this battlefield this time are from my southern families, mainly the elderly, and many of them are people whose lifespans are about to run out.

If those people had not met with any accidents, there would indeed be people they are familiar with. The strongest one we know is at the level of a celestial being, born in a hidden sect, and is the descendant of the Qi-eating Sect in the Middle Ages. He has specialized in the practice of Qi Dao magic and has extraordinary supernatural powers.

Originally, we should all be under its wings and explore the space of this ancient battlefield.

However, for some reason, an accident happened this time. When the battlefield space was opened, space turbulence occurred, causing us to scatter everywhere and lose contact with the celestial being from the Qi-Eating Sect.

As for how to contact these people, there is none.”

This man's martial arts skills were not very good, and he was not outstanding among the remaining few people, but his attitude was very good. He answered whatever Meng Zhao asked. Although there was a moment of hesitation in the middle, the result was still good.

This is a manifestation of knowing the times. Meng Zhao will not be too demanding of people who know the times.

"Yes, your attitude is very good. I will not kill you for the time being. Let's talk about the situation in the south first. Wars are frequent. How is the rebel land?"

The people heard the reply that they would not be killed for the time being, they were a little happy, but also a little helpless. It was like the knife was still on their necks, but it would not fall. Their lives were not in danger, but not forever.

The only thing he could do now was to meet Meng Zhao's requirements as much as possible and answer whatever the other person said.

"The situation is very bad. The rebellion started with Gao Yingzhong and Luan Xiaojie, one calling himself the God King Mitian and the other calling himself the General Yutian.

The two started with an army of 100,000, all of whom were well-equipped with weapons and armor. After years of fighting, they trained two strong armies. One was called the Mitian Army and the other was called the Yutian Army, which were controlled by the two of them respectively. In addition, there were many people who attached themselves to the two of them and had ulterior motives. They were strong in both men and horses.

Over the years, these two people had no idea what kind of adventure and good fortune they had. Although they were originally martial arts masters in Xuzhou with superb skills, their cultivation speed had improved too much during their years of military career, and they had all entered the realm of grandmaster.

With the support of military formations and tactics, the army can even suppress powerful celestial beings.

If the imperial court had not had sufficient military resources and great generals, it would have been defeated long ago."

Meng Zhao frowned when he heard this, as it seemed very different from the information he knew.

"That's not right. As far as I know, although the imperial court has not been able to suppress the rebellion smoothly and has not been able to wipe out the rebellious army for several years, it still has the upper hand. In addition, the entire Great Yong Dynasty is the foundation, which continuously supplies blood to the rebellion army. Can those two rebels stop them?"

Meng Zhao was not without any information channels. It was said that the imperial army had almost wiped out the rebels, but they were able to resist because of unfavorable weather and the unity of the rebels.

No matter how you look at it, it should be the rebels who were caught off guard and their manpower was greatly consumed. But how come, in this person's words, it became the court that was unable to cope with the situation, while the rebels, with the help of the court, trained many powerful armies and had many vassals?

The man explained,

"Your Excellency may not know that I am from Xuzhou. My family is a martial arts family in Xuzhou and I have some connection with the rebels, so I know the inside story.

As you said, if the army that suppresses the rebellion has the support of the entire China, it is certainly not comparable to a mere rebel army.

But how do you know that the supplies from China were really given to the army suppressing the rebellion?

Furthermore, even if they were given an army to quell the rebellion, it was still unknown whether the army would have to fight the rebels to the death.

As far as I know, the anti-insurgency army is not a monolithic entity either. The internal disputes and power struggles are even more serious than those within the rebels.

Otherwise, how could the rebels be so arrogant now? "

Meng Zhao took a deep breath. It’s not that he had never thought about this possibility, but he just subconsciously ignored it.

Is the imperial court's suppression of the rebellion really so secretive that it can't even control the army that's suppressing the rebellion?

If the military is unstable, then the Dayong Dynasty will probably be on the decline and won't last much longer.

Meng Zhao was not daydreaming, but as the old saying goes, political power comes from the barrel of a gun, and the emperor is the one with strong soldiers and horses.

So, if even the army cannot be controlled, what is the difference between the so-called dynasty and the situation in the late Tang Dynasty, when warlords were fighting for power, local governors were in turmoil, and the central government was weak?

Oh, he himself is a great military leader, so it seems understandable that others would have rebellious thoughts.

"Moreover, there are external forces interfering in the rebel army and the anti-rebellion army. There are forces that are inferior to the Nine Surnames and Thirteen Families, but are still very powerful!"

What this person said makes some sense.

Meng Zhao suddenly thought of a fact that he had always ignored.

That is, he thought that the Beitang royal family and the Dayong Dynasty were only unable to survive locally and had lost control, but he ignored the fact that perhaps there were also many internal turmoil at the center.

Since Taizu Beitang Gong, the Beitang royal family has not been the only transcendent existence, but exists on an equal footing with other families and holy land forces, with only a difference in strength at most.

Not being unique, not being superior to other beings, one’s dignity will naturally be damaged, and naturally the so-called loyalty will be greatly reduced.

Yes, that's it.

Meng Zhao's eyes sparkled, and he suddenly understood why the Beitang royal family, in the last days of the Dharma Ending Age, fell into the end of the dynasty just over a hundred years after its founding.

The root of the problem lies in the fact that Beitang Gong came to power in an illegitimate way. He did not use hard power and lead a large army to defeat the local warlords and anti-kings one by one. Instead, he intimidated them with force and then formed an alliance, creating a situation that seemed unified but was actually divided.

The Beitang royal family's power, status, imperial prestige, and control over the local areas and the lower levels were all extremely low.

This is the source of the contradiction.

The Beitang royal family is very distressed. They think all the time about taking back the imperial power and dominating the world, instead of ruling the world together with those aristocratic holy places as they do now. They totally lack the domineering attitude of "All under heaven belongs to the king and all the people in the world are his subjects."

The royal families and emperors of all dynasties have always been thinking about taking back the imperial power, and Beitang Sheng is no exception.

His idea may be even more resolute, that is, since the foundation is already irreversible, no amount of repairs will hold up, so it is better to smash the plate and start over.

He is the biggest driving force behind the Beitang royal family and the Dayong Dynasty falling into a precarious situation.

In addition, there is an alliance of ambitious people composed of the remaining eight surnames and thirteen families, as well as many nobles, aristocratic families, and powerful people.

People are never satisfied and always want more. Similarly, aristocratic families, holy places, and powerful people often fall into an unsatisfied state of mind.

To get more, to climb higher, to become stronger.

It would be fine if the royal family was strong, but the key is that we are all using the same method. If you can do it, why can't I?

The problem is that the plate is so big, if you eat more, others will eat less. Naturally, they will think about taking away the one who has eaten the biggest portion so that the rest can be shared.

For example, the Li family of the Tang Dynasty, one of the nine surnames, is a typical example.

He is a descendant of the royal family. In terms of bloodline, he is considered to be the surviving relative of the great emperor. He is extremely powerful and is one of the nine surnames comparable to the Beitang royal family in this dynasty. Of course, he wants to try to impact the royal family and rebuild the Tang Dynasty.

This is the case with the Nine Surnames and Thirteen Families. Isn't it also the case with those forces that are inferior to the Nine Surnames and Thirteen Families and want to make progress and become powerful?

When Beitang Sheng intended to smash the plate, and countless ambitious people also hoped to do so.

It means the trend is huge and overwhelming.

The Great Yong Dynasty was doomed to be short-lived. (End of this chapter)