The gods of the gods

Chapter 24
Time flies. Since the Ming Dynasty reformed business, the changes in the Ming Dynasty can be described as changing with each passing day. The people are rich and the national power is growing stronger and stronger.After 20 years of reforms in commerce, Emperor Zhengde began to build roads, using yellow sand, stones and other materials to synthesize cement, and overhauled plank roads. Closely connected together, information access is extremely fast.

After that, Zhengde began to build roads in the countries of the Western Regions, and even opened up roads to India, Greece and many other ancient countries, so that more countries could know the existence of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time attracted countless Western countries to come here and experience it. The so-called Great Tomorrow Dynasty.

After 30 years of reform, today's Great Ming Dynasty can be said to be in full swing, with a population of nearly [-] million. The people are well-fed and have no worries about food and clothing.As for Emperor Zhengde, who made the Ming Dynasty prosperous and developed, he has gradually retreated behind the scenes, accompanying the queen and several concubines all day long. assist him.

As for why he didn't abdicate directly, and let the crown prince ascend the throne directly, it was to let him familiarize himself with the government of the Ming Dynasty first, so as not to be in a hurry to ascend the throne directly.After all, there is someone who can point out his shortcomings in handling the government affairs. After a few years, when he can handle the government affairs smoothly, Zhengde will naturally pass on to him.

After handing over the government affairs to the crown prince and many princes, Zhengde spent the whole day leisurely. When he had nothing to do, he took his queen and a few concubines flying around with swords, and had a good experience of the immortal day.

Yes, that's right, it's Edgeworth Flying.

This is the ability that Zhengde can only display after he has cultivated the Heaven-Mending Divine Art to the third level a few years ago and condensed the Heaven-Mending Golden Elixir.It has to be said that the method of refining qi is indeed much stronger at the beginning than the method of martial arts.

Martial arts practice can break through the innate energy and leave the body, while the breakthrough master can shatter boulders and cut down trees with just a few gestures.As for the breakthrough master, he is almost the overlord of the land, and it is not uncommon to break mountains and rivers. It is also possible to destroy a hill with a full blow.

As for the method of practicing qi, it is not much different from martial arts practice when breaking through the first-level qi-refinement state, but after breaking through the second-level foundation-building state, it begins to diverge from martial arts. After reaching the foundation-building state, you can Casting many spells, summoning flames, ice, vines,,,, etc. to help in combat, compared with martial arts practice, the fighting power is much stronger.

Especially after breaking through the third-order Jindan realm, you can use the power of the magic weapon to fly with the sword. Although this will consume mana, it is much worse than a practitioner who breaks through the fourth-order and can directly fly in the sky. The master's martial arts can only leave the ground for a short time, and it will be too much stronger.

Not to mention anything else, a third-tier Jindan cultivator controls a flying sword in the sky and manipulates a magical weapon to attack you. You can only be beaten passively. It is not impossible to be worn to death after a long period of consumption.

Of course, qi refining practice has the benefits of qi refining practice, and martial arts practice also has the benefits of martial arts practice.Qi refining practice surpasses martial arts practice in terms of attack power, but it also has a huge weakness, that is, the physical body is not strong enough.Martial arts practice is not as good as a qi practitioner in long-range attacks, but it is completely reversed in close combat. Once a qi practitioner is approached by a warrior, they are likely to give your neck to you before you make a move. Unscrewed.

Zhengde was very happy that he had successfully broken through to the third level of the Sky-Bending Divine Art. In just over ten years, he had successfully cultivated the Heaven-Bending Divine Art to the third level. He could fly with a sword and travel thousands of miles a day. There is not a small gap from the peak of the third floor, but it still makes him very happy.This means that after he returns to the Great Void Realm in the future, he can re-cultivate to the third floor in the shortest time. Compared with starting from the beginning and groping and cultivating a little bit, it is much better, and it can also save him a lot. time.

And after cultivating the Heaven-replenishing Divine Art to the third level, Zhengde began to shift his focus from Qi-refinement practice to Martial Dao practice.In the past ten years, although he has not intentionally practiced martial arts, the cultivation of the Heaven-Bending Divine Art is mainly based on Qi training, supplemented by martial arts. He has made great achievements in the Heaven-Bending Divine Art. He also successfully broke through to the late stage of the great master, and his true energy is comparable to the ancient three links that were taught to him back then.

However, after his martial arts practice reached the late stage of a great master, Zhengde could feel that his martial arts practice could no longer make any progress, as if there was an invisible wall stuck on his way forward, no matter how hard he tried, he could practice It is also difficult to make the slightest progress.

Regarding this, Zhengde understood a little bit in his heart that his true qi was based on the power transmitted to him by the ancient three links, not from his own hard work.In particular, the two thresholds of opening up the treasure of essence and blood and breaking through the guru rely on a huge amount of true energy. At this point, it is almost impossible to go further.

"Right now, there are only two or three ways to make a breakthrough in martial arts. The first is to use more true energy to enter the body and force a breakthrough with powerful force. But with my current state, I'm afraid Only by absorbing ten masters of the late stage of the great masters can you help me go further! There are many great masters in the entire rivers and lakes, but there are very few masters in the late stage of the great masters, this method will not work."

"As for the second method, it is enlightenment. It is rumored that once a practitioner has some insight into the world, he can enter a certain mysterious state. In that state, one day of practice can be worth a thousand days of hard work. If he can achieve enlightenment, Mo It is not impossible to break through to the peak of a great master, even if it is to break through to the fourth level. It's just that epiphany is a chance, and it is too illusory."

"If that's the case, then we can only use the third method, which is to destroy and then build." Zhengde said to himself slightly.

The meaning of breaking and then building is of course very simple, that is to abolish one's own martial arts, and the Jingshen Shenzang will automatically shut down and return to the state of not practicing martial arts.If you practice again in this way, you can carefully explore the mysteries of each realm and consolidate your foundation.At the same time, because of the previous practice experience, a lot of practice time can be reduced, and you can return to the peak of practice.

After Zhengde made this decision, he informed Xia Yuyan and the others, making them quite worried.After all, true qi is the foundation of a practitioner. Once the true qi is depleted, life expectancy will be greatly reduced. Many old monks just sit down and melt away after passing on the true qi to others.Although Zhengde is only in his 40s now, and still has the foundation of qi refining practice, his body will inevitably be weak for a period of time.

"Your Majesty, since martial arts cultivation is not going to work, you can completely concentrate on practicing the way of qi training. Isn't it the same to make a breakthrough with the way of qi training? Why bother to abolish martial arts and start practicing again?" Concubine De could not help dissuading softly.

Zhengde couldn't help but wryly smiled, "I don't know my concubine! My method of refining qi is only at the third level, that is to say, unless I create the next level of practice, it is impossible to break through to the fourth level. But to create the next level of cultivation method, without a large number of similar classics for me to study, how can I create it, so I can only start with the spiritual treasure."

A few people suddenly understood that martial arts practice is prevalent in this world, but qi refining practice seems to be absent, that is to say, Emperor Zhengde couldn't find a lot of third-level practice methods to perfect fourth-level practice, so he only I can start from the aspect of martial arts practice.

Everyone was silent for a while, and after a long while, Zhengde said, "You don't have to do this. If there is no possibility of breakthrough in Qi training, then you can practice martial arts. With my aptitude, it is easy to break through the great master, but It is the Supreme Grand Master that I really want to face."

"Forget it, since the emperor has already made a decision, the concubine will naturally not violate it." Empress Xia sighed slightly in her heart before she spoke.

"However, Your Majesty, it's a pity that your skills are directly abolished like this. Why don't you pass it on to a few younger sisters! Especially Yuxian is already the pinnacle of the master. Your Majesty, you might be able to pass on your skills to her." How about helping sister Yuxian directly break through to Grandmaster?" Empress Xia said.

(End of this chapter)