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Chapter 812 Twenty Years

After the Xin Dynasty and the Zhenyang Mountain Allied Forces blocked the offensive of the Dachuan Dynasty, the Xin Dynasty took advantage of the victory to counterattack and tried to take back Shangjing City, but several attempts failed. The Zhenyang Mountain Allied Forces did not agree to support from the south, and the "power pills" needed for the siege were exhausted, so the war in the north entered a long military confrontation.

This confrontation lasted for twenty years. The new soldiers had all become old men, and several generals had been replaced. The Dachuan Dynasty went through several baptisms and completely ruled Shangjing City.

The two northern towns declared independence in the second year of the confrontation between the Xin Dynasty and the Dachuan Dynasty. They accepted all the benefits from both sides without making any promises.

Compared to the chaos in the north, the south has remained peaceful in the past twenty years except for some tension on the border with the north. The originally desolate Jinhuai City has become prosperous again in these years.

In addition, with the increasingly relaxed political structure of the Southern Dynasties, many literati and scholars from the north also moved south one after another, which enabled the southern humanities and culture to develop rapidly. Various doctrines emerged in the south like mushrooms after a rain, and the court also held an open-minded attitude towards this.

Compared with the development in humanities, the development of military equipment in the Southern Dynasties was obviously lagging behind. This was mainly because the spirit of enjoyment prevailed inside and outside the court, and there was a lack of enterprising spirit to move north.

The reason why the humanitarian doctrine in the south has been able to develop so rapidly is that in the past twenty years, the inbound monks have almost disappeared from the secular world, and the gates of the Taoist palaces are usually closed.

It was as if we had gone back to the hundred years before the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, when the cultivators were so absorbed in mystical cultivation that the secular world almost forgot the existence of cultivators.

It was also in this cultural context that some temples were overthrown and many Taoist classics were forgotten, and when they were taken out again they were completely unrecognizable.

All of this was the result of Leng Kezhen's secret manipulation. He took advantage of Wang Ping's order to close the mountain gate, first weakened the influence of the cultivation world on the secular world, then subtly tampered with some documents recording Huishan Zhenjun, and then spread the new documents through popular academies in various places.

He has been making this move for twenty years and is only now seeing initial results. However, there is still a long way to go before the name of Xiaoshan Zhenjun completely replaces Huishan Zhenjun, because the perception of the cultivation community is difficult to change.

But this road is very complicated, and Leng Kezhen doesn't dare to try it casually, because if he takes a wrong turn, he will be in an irretrievable situation.

Fortunately, in the southern cultivation world, all cultivators with a cultivation level above the entry level are now in seclusion and practicing due to Wang Ping's previous instructions, and the occasional Dharma meetings are only open to cultivators in the cultivation world. This gives Leng Kezhen room to maneuver, because it allows him to hold the power to speak between the secular world and the cultivation world.

He planned to spend ten years slowly overthrowing the temples of Huishan Zhenjun in various places, and this step of the plan required the people to do it. He could only guide them secretly, and then worship the title of "Xiaoshan Zhenjun" in some small sects.

"From the feedback from various places, our promotion of the name 'Xiao Shan Zhen Jun' in some small sects is going very smoothly. It's going so smoothly that I can hardly believe it."

After Leng Kezhen received feedback from various places, he immediately found Qingjiang to discuss.

Currently, Qingjiang is in charge of the internal rules and regulations of Qianmu Temple, and Leng Kezhen is in charge of external affairs. The two people's offices are arranged together, which is the original Internal Affairs Bureau. The Internal Affairs Bureau is not located in the front hall, but in an inconspicuous corner among the mountains in the north. There is also a separate defense magic circle here.

Qingjiang took the secret letters from Leng Kezhen, read them one by one, thought for a moment and said, "This is a good thing, isn't it?"

Leng Kezhen frowned and said, "It's going too smoothly."

Qing Jiang took a few breaths in silence and said in a low voice: "We are just the ones doing this openly. I don't know how many people are plotting in secret. You have to know that this is Qianmu Temple and Taiyan Sect."

Leng Kezhen reacted immediately after hearing this, but left Qingjiang's office without saying anything.

Outside the Qingjiang office, there were dozens of Qigong practitioners sorting out documents, and there was a constant stream of disciples coming and going at the door, including some incoming cultivators and second-level cultivators.

If the problems within Qianmu Temple are not investigated, it seems to be harmonious. However, once investigated, it is found that the problems are huge. The main problems are concentrated on several large families that initially developed with Qianmu Temple, such as the Yang family and the Zhao family who served as the chief stewards for Wang Ping at the beginning. Now they are absolutely giants in the southern cultivation world, not to mention Liu Shuang's Liu family and Wang Ping's own Wang family.

The issues of corruption here are only minor problems. Most of the problems are concentrated on the inhumane things that the legitimate sons and grandsons of some families do for their cultivation. Taken together, they are even worse than those of the evil practitioners of the Taiyin Sect.

Even after Wang Ping initially announced the closure of the mountain gate, there were still some disciples with family backgrounds who ignored the advice and continued to do as they pleased, and all of these disciples were dealt with by Qingjiang without exception.

After reading Qingjiang's investigation report, Liu Shuang went to the mountaintop temple to apologize immediately, but she did not see Wang Ping because Wang Ping was in seclusion again and didn't care about worldly affairs.

After twenty years of rectification, the atmosphere inside and outside Qianmu Temple is now relatively clear. Qingjiang's main goal now is supervision rather than investigating and punishing a certain cultivator. At the same time, he also has to assist Leng Kezhen in the matters in his hands.

When Leng Kezhen walked out of the door of Qingjiang's office area, all the disciples along the way stopped to salute him, but he didn't pay any attention to them. He was thinking about what Qingjiang had just said.

But he could only think about these words and could not discuss them with others. After a while, he felt a little annoyed. In the end, he could only use his cultivation to suppress this annoyance.

By the time Leng Kezhen adjusted his mood, he had already returned to his office area. The terrain here was higher than that of Qingjiang. His office was a wooden building built against the cliff. Connected to the wooden building were terraced attics. There were no steps leading to these attics. From a distance, it looked like they were suspended above the cliffs.

Leng Kezhen did not walk into the wooden building, but stood in front of the rooftop fence in front of the wooden building, looking at the beautiful mountains and rivers in front and listening to the sound of the breeze blowing.

A moment later, footsteps were heard from behind him.

"Master, there is urgent information from Hushan Country." A young Qigong practitioner appeared behind Leng Kezhen. He was wearing a blue Taoist robe and looked as delicate as a scholar.

"What's the matter?" Leng Kezhen had no interest in the information about Hushan Kingdom.

"It is said that in Hushan Country, several third-level cultivators suddenly attempted to reach the fourth level. One of them has already failed. The spiritual turmoil caused by his failure has affected an area of ​​hundreds of miles, and there are even signs of a threat to Haizhou Road." The young man reported quickly and presented a secret letter.

Leng Kezhen then turned around, took the secret letter handed over by his apprentice, read it carefully again, and saw that the letter was signed a day ago. After thinking about it, he turned into a stream of light and flew towards the front hall.

Liu Shuang soon got this information.

"We have finally stabilized the situation. Why is Yuqing Sect joining in the fun at this time?" Liu Shuang was a little annoyed. After saying this, he called an incoming disciple and ordered, "Go check the monitoring array. Has it detected any special energy fluctuations from Hushan Country?"

After the inbound disciples left, Liu Shuang took out the communication token, intending to contact Xuan Ling directly to inquire about the situation, but another communication token on her desk sent a message first. It was the communication token for the three-chair meeting!

Liu Shuang looked at the communication token on the table and said to Leng Kezhen: "If your information is accurate, it is reporting about the Hushan Kingdom."

As she spoke, she picked up the communication token and read the contents. As expected, it was because of the problem of Hushan Country. Then she looked at Leng Kezhen and said, "An hour ago, another unlucky guy failed to be promoted, causing the golden elixir universe in his body to affect the rules of the real world, causing a large area of ​​spiritual chaos."

Liu Shuang handed the communication token to Leng Kezhen and said, "There will be an impromptu three-seat meeting in an hour. You should know the situation of Hushan Country better than I do. You will represent Qianmuguan to participate in this three-seat meeting. Remember, if it is not our business, just listen and don't express your opinions."

Leng Kezhen took the communication token carefully.

...

At the same time, in the backyard of a simple farmhouse outside the city of Jinhuai Prefecture, Wang Ping, who was practicing meditation there, also woke up from his morning lessons.

"The movement in the south is more obvious."

Yu Lian's voice came from the side. She was lying on a branch of a pear tree in the yard, basking in the sun.

Wang Ping stood up and walked under the sunlight, looked up at the sky, and summoned the "Dongtian Mirror" to connect to the puppet of Hushan Kingdom to observe in a more intuitive way.

Upon seeing this, Yu Lian immediately flew down from the sky and landed on Wang Ping's shoulder, connecting her consciousness to Wang Ping's soul.

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Deep in the forest north of Haicheng in Hushan Kingdom, the world was covered by a powerful energy storm. The chaotic spirituality caused the world of inspiration and the real world to almost border each other. Countless spiritual creatures were reveling in the chaotic energy storm, trying to break through the constraints and descend into the real world.

The area with turbulent energy is only a hundred miles away from Huai Mo's Taoist temple. The puppet connected by Wang Ping is exactly the inbound wood cultivator arranged beside Taoist Huai Mo. At this moment, the protective barrier of Huai Mo's Taoist temple has been opened. Dozens of disciples in the Taoist temple are guarding all sides of the barrier formation to prevent the turbulent energy from affecting the Taoist temple.

The puppet stood on the top of the highest mountain in the dojo. There was a viewing pavilion, from which one could observe the energy turbulence between heaven and earth more intuitively.

It seemed that there was only the roar of energy between heaven and earth outside the barrier of the dojo, and lightning and thunder filled the chaotic clouds. Dense arcs of electricity spread rapidly into the deep space like dragons and snakes. Many people collapsed when they saw this scene.

There is an illusory figure suspended in the dusty void. It is a soul surrounded by countless spiritual creatures. It has become distorted, and is constantly changing its form under the influence of the spiritual creatures. It exudes an aura of chaos and disorder. There seems to be a special space formed around it, which sometimes condenses into ripples like water waves, sometimes burns with flames, and sometimes is ravaged by uncontrolled gravity.

Every change in this space will affect the area within hundreds of miles around it. Under the influence of its power, the earth continues to crack, mountains and rivers collapse rapidly, and rivers flow backwards. There are also one or two spiritual creatures that appear when the rules of reality are in chaos, and the spiritual energy that sweeps through the chaos tries to influence more of the real world.

There are also magical things. In the middle of the energy storm, the rules of reality are distorted by an invisible force. A terrifying creature jumps back and forth in the distorted rules, and countless treasures are born out of thin air.

After the puppet observed for more than ten breaths, Taoist Huai Mo appeared beside him and said, "I know them. There are three spirits in them. They are simply fanciful, trying to ascend at the same time to increase the success rate. However, they have no way out. When I discussed Taoism with them a hundred years ago, I felt that their lifespans were about to run out."

"Can I take the soul of one of them? I suddenly become interested in the secret techniques of the Yuqing Sect!" The puppet spoke.

Upon hearing this, Taoist Huai Mo turned his head abruptly, clasped his fists and said, "So it's the Lord himself who's here."

Wang Ping still looked at the chaotic world ahead, waved his hand and asked, "Can you capture a soul?" He wanted a place in the third realm of Yuqing cultivator.

Taoist Huai Mo replied, "The unrest here has already alarmed the Three Councils, because every time the Yuqing cultivators' souls are in turmoil, countless natural treasures will be born. This is why they are so keen on this matter. The chaotic souls will turn into three-level true spirits after the chaos is suppressed here. The Yuqing Sect will definitely send people to monitor it."

"Difficulties?"

Wang Ping asked.

Taoist Huai Mo shook his head. "With my current status, I can get a quota, but I may need to pay some money."

Wang Ping nodded and said, "That's good. You can ask Liu Shuang for the money you need." After saying this, he asked, "How is your promotion going?"

Huai Mo did not answer immediately this time. Instead, he thought for more than ten breaths before saying, "I planned to be promoted after the battle for the Central Plains artifacts ended. Now I guess I have to postpone it for a while. You see, the attempts of these three people will undoubtedly break some things. Next, many people may try to be promoted, even the monks of Shangqing Sect will try."

"By then, many positions in the third realm will be vacant, which will cause many second-realm cultivators to try to advance. I just calculated that the Jade Purity Sect will not be stable in the next one or two hundred years."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping simply said, "Just keep it in mind."

After saying this, Wang Ping's consciousness left the puppet. Taoist Huai Mo looked at the changes in the puppet, then raised his head to look at the barrier formation above his Taoist temple.

In a small farm yard outside Jinhuai City.

Wang Ping put away the "Dongtian Mirror", sat back on the recliner next to him, and squinted his eyes towards the sunlight.

"Are you really going to try the secret method of Yuqing Sect?" Yu Lian asked this question, and before Wang Ping could answer, she continued, "Not only have you practiced the Earth Sutra of Diku Sect, but more than ten years ago you were practicing the Three Yang True Transmission, and recently you have been practicing the Hundred Water Secret Method. Now you want to practice the Yuqing Secret Method?"

Wang Ping smiled and said, "It's not me who is doing the repair, it's my puppet that is doing the repair."

Yu Lian tilted her head and said, "Is there any difference? Didn't we agree to rest during this period? Pure rest."

Wang Ping opened one eye, looked at Yu Lian and said, "I'm just taking a rest. This is like a game. It's my fun."

(End of this chapter)