God Weird Fairy

Chapter 425: The Market is Bustling and the Court is Discussing

At the hour of Mao, the morning mist had just cleared and smoke was already rising from the morning markets in various neighborhoods outside the capital.

Mi Laosan hurried to the teahouse and bought some Hu cakes. Suddenly he saw seven or eight diners gathered together. Without even having time to eat the cakes or sip the tea, he hurried over.

But in the center of the crowd, there was a man who called himself Zhang Laonie. He lowered his voice, dipped his finger in tea, and drew on the table, talking babble, saying that his cousin was working as a patrol inspector in the Wu'an Division. He first talked about Nan Yi's pleading for the people and breaking into the palace to die for his advice, and then talked about Dong Lingtian, the owner of the Mai Tower, who came to the rescue, blocked the door as a boundary, and fought alone against hundreds of officials in front of the palace.

Someone asked, was that giant of light a hundred feet tall the "Big Bang of Apocalypse"?
Zhang Laonye pretended to be displeased and said, "Don't say nonsense under the emperor's feet."

At this time, Zhang Laoye saw the waiter who had been sent out by him earlier coming back, so he pointed his lips to signal everyone to look at the waiter and said, "Today, I have a new story to tell you a story."

When everyone looked back, they saw the tea shop waiter climbing up the ladder and hanging a cloth canopy under the eaves.

The waiter let go, and the cloth banner with the ink stains not yet dry, with the eight big characters "Wu Po Xukong, Dugu Qiubai" written on it, immediately unfolded half of it.

Zhang Laoye cleared his throat, slipped out half a copy of the latest edition of Ming Pao from his sleeve, and then snapped the newspaper open.

Everyone looked closely and saw a ink-drenched illustration on the front page of the newspaper: a bearded swordsman was standing in the air with his hands behind his back, and thousands of sword energies outside his body transformed into the shape of a dragon, piercing through the sky, as if forcibly splitting a door in the sky.

"As we all know, in The Legend of the Two Dragons of Dali, the leader of the Five Supremes is the founder of Quanzhen, known as the 'Central Divine Power'. And Yang Kang inherited the sword art of Dugu Qiubai in the Sword Tomb, and there is also an inscription saying that the great hero Dugu has fought all over the world and has never met an opponent."

"There have always been different opinions about who is stronger and who is weaker between the two, and there is no definitive answer. However, today's new edition of Ming Pao contains a book called "The True Martial Arts Heroic Couple", which is the prequel to the founder of Quanzhen, and it finally has a definitive answer."

"It turns out that this hero Dugu became famous very early and is a rare martial arts genius in the world. Even the founder of Quanzhen was lucky enough to see the hero Dugu breaking through the void and ascending in broad daylight by chance after the failure of the rebel army he organized."

"At that time, the hero Dugu manifested a hundred-foot Dharma image, standing tall between heaven and earth, shining brightly. He raised his hand and swung his sword, and thousands of sword lights gathered into the shape of a dragon, piercing through the clouds, shattering the void, and opening the gate to heaven."

"I saw the hero Dugu laugh three times, leaving behind the words 'The way of martial arts, stealing yin and yang, seizing destiny; the ultimate martial arts, breaking the sky, shaking the universe', and then he turned into a beam of light, sank into the sky gate that was cut open, and flew away, disappearing."

Having said this, Zhang Laoye struck the wake-up stick at the right time, shocking everyone in the teahouse and making them stare in amazement, exclaiming that this was unbelievable.

What they saw last night was still vivid in their minds, and the diners immediately started discussing whether Li Huang's transformation into a giant of light was the process of breaking the void.

Suddenly, a clear nursery rhyme rang out on the long street. Two little kids holding sugar paintings chased each other. The golden sugar threads reflected a strange light under the morning sun.

The older ones sang as they ran: "Light falls from the sky, rays appear on the earth, the world is clear and bright with the new emperor -" The immature ending of the song was swept across the long street by the south wind, startling many birds.

At this time, in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Imperial Palace, Nan Yi was talking to the court officials, "As the saying goes, it is better to open up than to block. Instead of trying to fool the people and cleanse their memories, it is better to guide public opinion and let the people make their own explanations."

"Here, although the Qigong martial arts is not an extraordinary way, it is quite magical and has long been known to the people. If we say that the ultimate of martial arts is to break the void, it will surely make the people yearn for it. When the people are familiar with the strange phenomena of martial arts, they may not be too suspicious of some strange things."

Upon hearing Nan Yi's words, many officials secretly despised him in their hearts.

Of course, what Nan Yi said is not entirely unreasonable.

In the absence of a direct explanation, appropriately guiding the people's associations, allowing them to imagine on their own and make self-righteous excuses, can also stabilize the situation to a certain extent.

However, Nan Yi's idea of ​​guiding people's associations is clearly an act of self-promotion and hype for his own reputation.

Although this strategy is effective, his thick skin makes it difficult for people to regard him as a young scholar, but rather a veteran who has been immersed in officialdom for a long time. It can only be said that Nan Yi is devoted to cultivation in this life, and although he has no intention of entering the officialdom, he served at the grassroots level for many years in his previous life, and his thinking habits inevitably leave traces.

Everyone continued to discuss the follow-up matters.

Under the circumstance that it was indeed impossible to modify the people's memory in time, and with Su Guang's advance notice and arrangements, all officials had no choice but to adopt Nan Yi's suggestion and tacitly approve the Qigong martial arts and the theory of "breaking the void", spreading them outside the capital in the form of rumors and conducting pilot observations.

But at this time, Wu Changan, the director of the Wu'an Division, could not help but ask: "Nan Yi, the assistant governor, has been promoting the true qi martial arts so much that almost everyone knows about it. Do we, the Wu'an Division, also need to practice martial arts in order to make the true qi martial arts so famous and worthy of its name?"

His remarks were not deliberately directed at Nan Yi.

The main reason was that the Qigong martial arts were popular among the people, and had already eaten into the scattered spiritual energy of the Nine Great Li. If the memory of the people was not cleansed in the future, the monks of the Wu'an Division would lose a portion of their cultivation resources, and they would inevitably feel dissatisfied.

When Wu Changan asked the question, it was more like he was expressing his dissatisfaction and asking for benefits rather than targeting Nan Yi.

Nan Yi knew this, but he smiled and said, "You fellow Taoists, why do you really need to practice martial arts? You just need to have an excuse and use the name of martial arts training to guide public opinion."

Wu Changan's face darkened, and he was about to scold Nan Yi for pretending to be ignorant when he knew the truth - it was because he used the name of practicing martial arts as an excuse that they lost their share of the dissipated spirituality.

Nan Yi then said, "In my opinion, guiding public opinion is just a small matter, and it can be observed as a pilot. The most urgent task is to use Qi as the basis. I would like to ask all colleagues to develop secret recipes, jointly explore new ways, and make coordinated use of the Qi reserves of the people."

When all the officials heard this, they were silent for a moment.

To develop secret recipes and open up new paths together, to put it simply, is to develop new technologies and new products based on true qi, to innovate all industries, and even to innovate armaments.

But, why is this so?

Why should I work for Nanyi?

If we really act as Nan Yi said, it would be tantamount to opening up the era of true Qi and leading the trend of the times with true Qi.

By then, Nan Yi, as the master of Qi martial arts, will become the biggest winner of the Qi era even if he does nothing.

The officials were naturally unwilling to accept this and wanted to ask one question: Why? Just based on the title of Dali State Master who had not yet been officially appointed?
Nan Yi said earnestly, "Indeed, if we can jointly create a new path based on true qi, it will be of great benefit to me."

"But you all must understand that even if this is not the case, just relying on the Qi martial arts from Dali and even the four martial arts countries, the corresponding accumulation of Taoism is enough to enable me to successfully build a foundation."

"In other words, whether or not we can create a new path based on true qi is just icing on the cake for me. Although it can enrich my foundation, it is not a critical matter."

"But there is one thing I wonder if you have ever thought about."

"Why did the late emperor rush to the north to attack the Kan Dynasty when he was alive?"

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(End of this chapter)