Journey to the head

"I know Qin Shi also wants to win over the Immortal Master, but what he can give, I will only give more. At least this Immortal Weapon, he can't get it at all, and he can't take it out!"

Lu Qian smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Your Majesty really has such courage. Isn't that immortal weapon something that can suppress the fate of the Great Xia nation?"

He stretched out his hand and brushed, and the stone table and stone bench in the courtyard became as bright as new. He invited Li Sheng to sit down and talk, and then asked again.

"Amaterasu came here for this too. Your Majesty convened the National Defense Ceremony to protect the Immortal Weapon. How can you hand it over to me so easily now?"

Li Sheng was a little excited: "What do you mean by suppressing the national destiny? It's just a propaganda to rally the people. If it really could protect our Great Xia, how could we be in such a predicament with internal and external troubles now!"

"Emperors of all dynasties have worshipped immortal artifacts until now, and temples have been built in various places, but no immortals have been seen to bless them. In fact, those immortal sects also know the true and false of immortal artifacts. Otherwise, how could the immortal artifacts have been kept in the temples after the decline of our Great Xia in the past few hundred years?"

"This time, the Amaterasu Palace used the excuse of snatching the immortal weapon as an excuse to test me. If I am unable to deal with it, I am afraid that the full-scale attack of the Japanese slaves will come. I organized a national defense ceremony, saying that it is to protect the immortal weapon, but in fact it is to defend the country!"

After finishing speaking in one breath, Li Sheng calmed down and said respectfully: "Master Lu, Wu Qing mentioned that Master Lu asked about the immortal weapon many times, and later you asked several times at the banquet. I think only this thing can satisfy your heart. As long as you agree to assist me, I will immediately present the immortal weapon to you!"

Lu Qian looked at him, tapping the table lightly with his fingers.

"Your Majesty, you made several mistakes."

Li Sheng's expression changed slightly.

"First, you speak too fast. You make this immortal weapon sound so useless, and all the immortal sects look down on it. How can it impress me? If you want to lure me with this thing, you must praise it as extraordinary. At the very least, you should pretend to be reluctant to give it up."

Li Sheng pursed his lips.

"Second, you may not know my methods. I didn't know much about the palace before, so I was a little hesitant. But now that my spiritual sense has passed through, the palace is as transparent as if it were transparent, and no one can stop me. In other words, if I take the immortal weapon by force, you can't do anything at all."

Li Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "The body of the immortal weapon is stored in the ancestral temple formation. Only I have the means to retrieve it—"

"Hahaha, that's worthy of being called a great battle formation? Besides, why can't I hold you hostage?" Lu Qian asked with great interest, "Just relying on the dozen rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs you ambushed outside this yard?"

"By the way, I admire your ability to develop some loyal warriors, including a Qigong cultivator, in this situation."

Li Sheng's face turned even paler. He stood up suddenly and stared into Lu Qian's eyes.

"Master Lu, you won't do that."

"Oh?" Lu Qian raised his eyebrows.

"If you wanted to seize the immortal weapon, you would have done it from the beginning. You saved Wu Qing and never used force to oppress others. You were very kind even to mortals. You must be an upright cultivator."

After a pause, he spoke slowly.

"Master Lu, you have your own persistence. You must want to make a deal with me."

Lu Qian narrowed his eyes.

In an instant, an aura like the deep sea rose into the sky!

The ambushers outside the courtyard fainted directly, and at that moment, Li Sheng felt the real fear.

Like Mount Tai pressing down, the vast ocean sweeping over, the Nine Netherworlds Hell opened its doors.

Even though the breath was released and then retracted, Li Sheng had already collapsed on the stone bench, his face ashen and unable to breathe.

Lu Qian injected a stream of spiritual energy into him, causing him to gasp in fear, and then he spoke slowly.

"That's what I'm talking about, the third point where you made a mistake."

“Never show off that you have guessed what is in someone’s heart in front of someone who is much better than you.”

"For the weak, doing this will make them submit better. But for the strong, you are just provoking them and seeking your own death."

Lu Qian looked at Li Sheng, who was sweating profusely, and smiled slightly.

"You are a young boy, you still have a lot to learn."

Li Sheng guessed correctly that Lu Qian would not seize the magic weapon by force.

He has passed the great tribulation of the Nascent Soul, completely discerned his true heart, realized his true nature, and found his true self. He always behaves in accordance with the "Way of the King of All" and knows what to do and what not to do, fully displaying his true self.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would have obtained the immortal weapon through trading.

What's more, he still needed Li Sheng and the Daxia officials to introduce him to the origin of the magic weapon and the structure of the entire world, so that he wouldn't have to figure it out on his own.

After hearing these words, Li Sheng struggled to sit up, then suddenly fell down.

"Thank you, Master Lu, for teaching me!"

"I... my boy Li Sheng, would like to worship you as my imperial teacher!"

"Your understanding is good. But as for the imperial teacher... let's put it aside for now." Lu Qian smiled meaningfully, "Now, Your Majesty, please summon all the historians and all the priests. I grew up in the mountains and didn't know anything about the world. Now I am out of the mountains and I am confused. I want to ask everyone, what is the world like?"

Li Sheng murmured in his heart, how could a great cultivator like you act like someone who is ignorant of the ways of the world?
But of course he agreed and summoned all the people Lu Qian needed.

Late at night, the lights in the side hall were on brightly, and the historians from the Hanlin Academy, editors from the National History Museum, university scholars, attendants, writers and even the censors were all sitting in the hall.

There were four other Qi-cultivating monks, who were the only remaining priests of Da Xia after its repeated defeats and losses.

"Before we officially start, let's get rid of the termites first." Lu Qian walked in front of the four priests, and his silent footsteps struck their hearts like thunder.

"Who are you secretly sending the message to in front of His Majesty?" The two priests' faces changed drastically, but before they could stand up, there was a flash of lightning, and the two men fell down.

Lu Qian threw the communication talismans in the sleeves of the two men to the ground. In front of his spiritual sense, this small action was clearly visible.

Li Sheng's face looked very ugly. He didn't expect that half of the offerings would support Qin Shi.

The historians had already recorded the rustling sound on paper.

"On a certain date, the great repairman Lu Qianlei killed two people and presented them to the emperor..."

"Well, let's get started." Lu Qian sat down. "I have many questions. I would like to ask you to answer them."

……

In this world, the ocean is vast and several continents are distributed in the ocean.

However, the continent where Daxia is located is the largest, and it considers itself to be the center of the world. The level of civilization on other lands is not as high as the cultural circle centered on Daxia, and there are not many monks, so it is considered a barren land.

South of Daxia is a vast mountainous area where monsters run rampant and humans have disappeared. To the north, west and east are neighboring countries, which used to be vassal states of Daxia and paid tribute every year, but now they have frequently invaded and swallowed up much of Daxia's territory.

There are hundreds of millions of people in Daxia. The population of the surrounding countries combined is almost half of Daxia.

Lu Qian didn't pay much attention to these, but the following records made Lu Qian become completely serious.

The history of this world can be traced back tens of thousands of years, and the fire of civilization in this world was passed down by immortals!

According to various records, when the world was first created, it was in ignorance, demons were rampant, and humans struggled to survive in a tribal system.

Then an immortal came from the sky!

He spread the Taoism, passed down the methods of cultivation, taught writing, language and various skills, and mankind entered a period of rapid development. The immortal soon left, leaving behind only one immortal artifact - a statue of the immortal, for the people to admire and worship, which is said to protect the world.

Daxia, originally the Daxia Immortal Dynasty, was a cultivation dynasty established by combining cultivator civilization with the secular world.

Da Xia ruled the world and coexisted peacefully with the three major immortal sects, cooperating with each other and passing down to this day. Although it has experienced several ups and downs and is now in complete decline, it still has a very comprehensive understanding of this world.

Lu Qian listened carefully to the history of this world. From the descriptions of the appearance and abilities of some monks in the legends, he could judge that tens of thousands of years ago, after the immortals preached the scriptures, the figures of Yuanshen monks appeared among the natives of this world.

There are even descriptions of monks crossing the void in search of ascension but failing.

That is, Lianxu?
Afterwards, the overall strength continued to decline, and now even the golden elixir has not been seen for hundreds of years.

The general view of the monks is that the world is in chaos, the spiritual energy is declining, the Dharma Ending Age is coming, and there is no way to achieve the Golden Elixir level!

In fact, it is difficult to advance to Golden Core even after the Foundation Establishment stage. Perhaps in another one or two hundred years, there will be no way beyond the Foundation Establishment stage.

Six hundred years ago, the last Golden Immortal of the Great Xia royal family started a turmoil, which caused a disaster. The direct bloodline of the Great Xia royal family was lost, and the skills were lost. The current Li Sheng is actually a branch of the royal family that was welcomed back.

After hearing this, Lu Qian sorted out his thoughts and came up with a series of new guesses and inferences.

Tens of thousands of years ago, when this world was still in its infancy, it was captured by the Yuanchen Realm and used as the source of its spiritual veins to extract power.

At this time, a powerful man came to this world along the spiritual vein, and for some unknown purpose, he spread the culture and cultivation methods.

Therefore, the language, civilization and culture, as well as the division of cultivation modes and realms in this world are basically the same as those in the Yuanchen world.

The spread of the powerful allowed the power of cultivation in this world to begin to develop, but because it was extracted by the Yuanchen Realm, the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth actually declined all the way. The peak was when the powerful had just left, and the cultivators who followed were worse than the previous generation.

In other words, this world is not naturally of low quality, but has been drained away and fallen here after tens of thousands of years.

Put back into the Yuanchen Realm, the spiritual vein of Mianlong Mountain should have been of a high grade at first, but after fluctuating up and down for tens of thousands of years, it finally dropped to the high grade three. From now on, it will probably begin to age and eventually destroy.

It has now been confirmed that all spirit veins may experience an "upgrade" phenomenon due to the expansion of the spirit vein channels, which will lead to an improvement in the quality of spiritual energy. However, as the root firewood world is drained, the overall trend will definitely be shrinkage, aging and even destruction.

And if that powerful being did not have a treasure like the golden branch, he would basically be a Taoist, or even a true immortal!

Because the cultivators of the Lianxu realm can travel through the Yuanchen realm, or leave the Yuanchen realm and enter the turbulent flow of the void, but they cannot further penetrate into the Chaixin realm.

This is because, outside each world is a world wall or space wall, and outside the space wall is a layer of world elemental force.

The world's elemental force is immune to the creatures of this world, and their entry and exit are unimpeded, but it resists things from other worlds.

However, Zhenjun Lianxu generally does not have the ability to break through the Yuanli of the other world. He has to wait until he reaches the Hedao, when he can call upon the Yuanli of this world to consume the Yuanli of the other world. Only then can he break into the other world.

In other words, either there is a golden branch that can open the spiritual vein channel that has originally invaded the other world from the Yuanchen Realm, or you have to wait for Hedao to call upon the world's energy of the Yuanchen Realm and slowly grind into the other world.

Or, one could survive the heavenly tribulation, ascend to become an immortal, possess incredible and limitless power, and be unstoppable wherever he wants to go.

However, Lu Qian still hadn't figured out how to ascend from the small world to the Yuanchen world. Logically, the cultivators from the small world couldn't break the Yuanchen world's energy?
From the perspective of time, no matter what the flow rate was before, when the two worlds are connected, time begins to synchronize.

That powerful person came to this world tens of thousands of years ago. The Yuanchen Realm tens of thousands of years ago was when the True Immortals were stranded in the mortal world and even caused disasters of True Immortals. It was truly a time when all races were contending with each other, and masters were everywhere. It was impossible to judge whether the one who came here was a He Dao or a True Immortal.

You have to see the statue of the immortal weapon.

Along with time, the "origin" of the two worlds, or "world rules", also began to synchronize.

Generally speaking, the "ways" or "rules" of the two worlds are different.

Before entering the Hedao, all the techniques, talismans, treasures, spells, martial arts, etc. used by the cultivator are actually borrowing or invoking the rules of the world.

The magic spells learned in the Yuanchen Realm may become ineffective in another world because the rules of that world are different.

But when the Yuanchen Realm was forcibly connected to the Chaixin Small Realm, it not only plundered the spiritual energy, but also snatched the "Tao" of the small realm to make up for its own deficiencies, making its own three thousand great ways and eight hundred side doors more and more perfect.

Of course, because they are connected, the small world has since been assimilated by the "Tao" of the Yuanchen world.

This is also the reason why Lu Qian’s cultivation was not affected at all after coming to the small world, and his various methods were still unimpeded.

If you throw yourself into another world before achieving the state of He Dao, it is very likely that all your cultivation will be wasted.

After understanding the origin and development of this world and its current overall situation, Lu Qian asked another important question.

Among mortals, what percentage have spiritual roots?

The answer he got made Lu Qian sigh in his heart.

As expected, because the spiritual energy in this world is extremely thin, among the mortals nowadays, there is only one person with spiritual roots in a million.

Think about it, the Yuanchen Realm dominates all the other realms and has extraordinary spiritual energy, but those with spiritual roots are only one in ten thousand, so it is normal for this realm to be like this.

The Dharma Ending Age has arrived, and the immortal sects in this world are no longer enthusiastic about selecting spiritual seedlings.

No wonder, is there a big fish that slipped through the net?

Lu Qian looked at Li Sheng, and Li Sheng also looked over.

"Master Lu, do you have anything else you want to ask?"

It was already daylight, and the candles in the hall had burned out. Lu Qian shook his head and stood up.

"That's all I have to say. Take me to see the magical artifact."

Li Sheng nodded. The eunuch trotted along, preparing the guard of honor to lead the way, but Lu Qian smiled.

"Your Majesty, would you like to try flying?"

Li Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

A cup of tea later, Qin Shi, who had received the news, was still rushing over, but Lu Qian had already brought Li Sheng and landed directly outside the ancestral temple.

The young emperor clenched his fists, and for the first time, his young face, which had been bearing too much pressure, showed excitement and joy.

Lu Qian just moved his fingers, and the so-called formation was dispersed. Li Sheng led the way for him, and the two of them passed by the tablets of emperors of past dynasties, the portraits of civil officials and military generals who were worshipped in the ancestral temple, and walked into the back hall.

"Master Lu." Li Sheng pointed forward, "He's right inside. Please come in."

Lu Qian stood outside the door, investigating carefully with his spiritual sense, his face serious.

With his powerful spiritual sense, he had already noticed that there were several faint threads of telekinesis extending from somewhere and injected into this hall, or in other words, into the statue of the immortal weapon.

After standing for a moment, he finally pushed open the door.

The moment he saw the statue clearly, Lu Qian broke out in a cold sweat.

The golden branch was already in his hand, and the whole person turned into a beam of light and shot away!

Just because that is——

Compassionate and Propaganda Dharma Heavenly Monarch! (End of this chapter)