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Chapter 20 Arrival, Historical Context

When it was noon, Wang Chao once again withdrew his supernatural powers and found a slightly shady place to rest.

Firstly, the time that the dynasty could use its supernatural powers had reached its limit.

Yes, the pressure and backlash brought about by the projection of supernatural powers and the communication with the rules of heaven and earth will be borne by the cloud character seal.

However, this does not mean that it can be used without restrictions.

As time goes by, the pressure and backlash from the rules of heaven and earth will gradually increase, eventually reaching the upper limit of the talisman's capacity, causing it to eventually collapse and disintegrate.

It may even have a certain impact on the supernatural entity itself, causing fluctuations in the rules and symbols, and instability in their combination.

Secondly, everyone had been walking all morning and was exhausted and hungry, so it was time to cook a meal.

After lunch, Wang Chao and the others did not set off immediately. Instead, they waited until late afternoon, around 2 or 3 p.m., to avoid the hottest time of the day, before setting off again and stopping in the evening.

It wasn't until the second watch of the night that Wang Chao finally lay down to rest.

Even he was a little tired after walking all day.

Close your eyes and let your mind enter the space of consciousness.

A radiant, magical orb was gently glowing before him.

After a moment of contemplation, the dynasty had an idea.

The sphere of divine light in front of him rose rapidly, reaching the edge of the spiritual power and consciousness space, radiating a faint glow.

It was as if a radiant star had suddenly appeared in the sky, a star of divine power.

Looking at that divine star, Wang Chao couldn't help but smile.

Then, the dynasty turned its attention to the remaining spiritual power, and a thought suddenly occurred to it.

"crash"

The spiritual power above their heads began to rapidly converge towards the dynasty, while a single thought of their mind entered into it.

This thought contains various understandings and concepts about rainfall, water vapor transformation, and so on.

In this severe drought, if possible, we should naturally try to develop the supernatural power of rainmaking as soon as possible.

The supernatural power that the dynasty is now developing is the rain-praying technique among the seventy-two earthly arts.

Ultimately, however, all the spiritual power was exhausted, and the dynasty failed to evolve it successfully.

After sensing it, Wang Chao roughly estimated that it had only been filled with one-third of the spiritual power, and was still two-thirds short of the full potential of the supernatural power.

Unconsciously, Wang Chao looked toward the side of the consciousness space, at the dozens of remnants of souls.

Isn't spiritual power derived from the power of the soul?
In fact, the soul is the condensation and evolution of spiritual power.

Naturally, the remnants of the soul can be broken down and refined into basic spiritual power.

Even if the dynasty does nothing, those remnants of souls continue to dissipate and transform into spiritual power.

Now, a large amount of primordial spiritual power has gathered around those remnants of souls.

In the blink of an eye, a vast expanse of spiritual power was controlled by the dynasty and flew over.

Upon approaching and being enveloped by the soul force field, the remnants of consciousness contained within those primordial spiritual powers were stripped away and, according to their respective attributes, merged into the divine power and eerie energy below.

Meanwhile, the pure spiritual power that had been stripped of its lingering consciousness and remnants rose slowly upwards.

However, as soon as they floated up, they were already controlled by the dynasty and incorporated into the rudimentary form of the rain-praying supernatural power.

As time passed, all the original spirituality separated and merged into the rainmaking power, replenishing about one-tenth of its strength.

Immediately afterwards, the dynasty summoned a remnant soul.

Take a closer look.

The remnant soul was dull and lifeless, dressed in the uniform of a guard from the Wu family. The area below the waist had disappeared, and there was a knife wound on its chest from which "blood" was gushing out.

And once the blood left the remnant soul, it immediately transformed into streams of spiritual power.

The dull and lifeless remnant soul gradually became illusory and transparent.

Okay, it's definitely an enemy, so let's dismantle it.

Wang Chao waved his hand and pressed down, unleashing an invisible, immense force.

"boom!"

That illusory, transparent remnant soul was instantly smashed into pieces, turning into fragments of the soul.

Next, a soul force field enveloped the area, and powerful shockwaves swept back and forth continuously, gradually pulverizing it into dust and transforming it into the most basic spiritual power.

Subsequently, the lingering consciousness was stripped away, and streams of spiritual power merged into the Rain Prayer Divine Power, which gradually grew and became complete.

However, those fragments of souls are not so easily crushed into dust and transformed into primordial spiritual power.

By dawn, almost a whole night had passed, and the dynasty still hadn't completely ground it up, nor had the rain-praying magic been fully developed and completed.

However, its spiritual power had already reached nearly two-thirds of its full potential. The dynasty estimated that with just one more remnant soul like this, the Rain Prayer Divine Power would be fully formed.

However, the dynasty was not in a hurry.

At least for now, they can still find some water.

They got up early and, taking advantage of the cool, pre-dawn air, filled their stomachs before setting off again.

In this way, the group arrived at the source of the Wei River, Bird and Mouse Mountain, without any major incidents.

It can only be said that in this day and age, the government doesn't really care about anything anymore.

The group of six or seven hundred people was surprisingly not discovered or questioned by any government officials.

Yes, the number has increased by more than a hundred again.

These are some disaster victims they encountered on the road. Some of them were willing to join them, so the dynasty took them in.

The only concern is that food will sustain us for even less time.

Looking at the rolling mountains in the distance and the dry riverbed of the Yu River in front of him, Wang Chao couldn't help but sigh.

He had thought there might still be some water here, but the situation disappointed him.

The source of the Wei River, which is said to have "three sources that nurtured birds and rats, and one river that brought prosperity to eight dynasties," seems to have not escaped the fate of drought.

Deep in the dense forest on the south side of Bird and Mouse Mountain, there are three springs arranged in the shape of the Chinese character "品" (pin): Yibian Spring, Yuyang Spring, and Tuyun Spring. Next to the springs are the Yuwang Temple, which commemorates Yu the Great's flood control efforts, and the Weihe River Dragon King Temple.

Of course, this was a place frequented by literati and poets, so Wang Chao and his group certainly couldn't go to that area. Instead, they followed the Yu River to the north and entered the mountains.

After spending some time finding a mountain peak deep in the forest that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Wang Chao and his men set up camp.

Most importantly, there is a spring on the back of this mountain, which they can use to fetch water for cooking.

However, the spring water seemed to flow weakly, as if it were about to dry up at any moment and stop flowing altogether.

However, they have nowhere else to go and can only stay here temporarily.

Even when Wang Chao visited the Yuwang Temple and Pinzi Spring as a tourist, he found that the spring water there was already scarce.

He didn't know if the Pinzi Spring at the source of the Wei River had ever dried up in his previous life's history.

But now, it seems to be drying up and drying up.

At that time, this place will also be unable to serve as their water source.

However, he did not come away empty-handed; he finally managed to find out the exact time of day from some of the people there.

This is the Ming Dynasty, and the current emperor is the Tianqi Emperor. It is currently the Dingmao year, the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, on the twelfth day of the seventh month.

The seventh year of Tianqi.

When Wang Chao heard this, he was slightly taken aback.

This is truly a crucial juncture.

It seems that the Tianqi Emperor will pass away in just over a month.

After a hasty ascension to the throne, Emperor Chongzhen, after more than three months of preparation, decisively dealt with Wei Zhongxian and his cronies, thus beginning the eighteen-year Chongzhen reign.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was extremely unlucky, suffering from years of severe drought, constant peasant uprisings within the country, and the Jurchens eyeing him covetously from without.

Then, the court officials became corrupt and took bribes without doing their jobs, while those who did do their jobs were all framed and killed by these same ministers and the emperor. In the end, Chongzhen himself ended up hanging himself from a tree in the southeast.

Wang Chao returned to the camp with a heavy heart. Looking at the village, which was already taking shape, his mind was filled with thoughts.

Thinking about the historical records of later generations, such as the Three Massacres of Jiading and the Ten Days of Yangzhou, the brows of the dynasty furrowed more and more tightly.

According to the original plan of the dynasty, it was to continuously refine its own soul, evolve supernatural powers, strengthen itself, and eventually transcend the ordinary and become a saint, and even break the shackles of this world and return to the world of the past.

As for gathering manpower, that was only for short-term safety. Once he got past the initial period of weakness, he could naturally roam freely without any worries.

But now, he feels he should do something.

Moreover, the evolution and enhancement of supernatural powers seem to require the spiritual power generated by gathering a crowd.

In any case, it seems he should gather a group of people and establish a force.

However, he was somewhat hesitant about the specific level of achievement required.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person.

Although he had once fantasized about grand ambitions and great achievements, when the time came, he hesitated and became indecisive.

In the end, Wang Chao simply gave up on further thinking and decided to train and cultivate Wang Dahu and the others first.

No matter what choices he makes in the future, they will always be his support and confidence, and his core team.

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