I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 168: Five Emperors’ Bows, Peach and Plum Sprouts, “Tong Gu Ji Lue” (II)
The next day, he woke up from the bed holding his dragon-patterned wooden steel gun.

Zhou Tieyi touched the gun and muttered, "Because of you, I haven't even touched my sister's body these days."

After the Yulong Society came back eleven days ago, Miaoyu pulled Baimei aside to discuss how to control the frequency of Zhou Tieyi's doing that thing.

Of course Bai Mei followed suit. When she learned from Zhou Tiege that Zhou Tieyi had been practicing shooting recently and it was best for him to sleep with his weapon in his arms, Bai Mei was determined not to sleep in Zhou Tieyi's bed at night. She let Zhou Tieyi sleep with his gun in his arms, and said that she would go to bed with him when the gun's spirituality was well nurtured.

A dim dragon shadow was swimming on the azure blue body of the dragon-patterned wooden steel spear. The last time Zhou Tieyi used the spear to leave the words "I face the criticism of thousands of people with a cold brow, and I am willing to be a cow for children" on the stone pillar of Taixue College, the spiritual energy of the spear body may have been nourished by the luck of Taixue College, and it became spiritual for once.

Just this one time is equivalent to feeding it with the country's destiny.

Thinking of the national destiny, Zhou Tieyi sighed silently, the national destiny is really not enough.

He obtained two jade pendants of national destiny, one of which had been used to draw the Spring Thunder Talisman, and gave the prince's jade pendant to his elder brother, who extracted the national destiny and the Qi of the Five Emperors from it, preparing to refine a secret treasure to suppress the chessboard.

I can find an opportunity to get a jade pendant from the fourth prince Li Jing, but after getting this jade pendant of national destiny, I really don’t know whether to use it to draw talismans, keep it as a means, or use it to feed the dragon-patterned wooden steel gun.

Well, if I ruled the world, I probably wouldn’t worry about this.

Zhou Tieyi took a sip of tea, then washed up with the help of Baimei. Originally, he could have done it by himself, but Baimei insisted on serving him. This kind of thing might be really important in Baimei's view, so Zhou Tieyi did not talk about the great principle that all people are created equal. Anyway, as long as he was nice enough to Sister Baimei, it would be fine.

Enjoy power, take on responsibilities, no matter how many there are, you can’t control them.

While washing up, Zhou Tieyi planned what he would do today.

In the morning, there will be unshakable military formation training. In these ten days, we will try to lay a solid foundation for the fifty guards so that they can successfully break through to the seventh level of martial arts.

I will go to my mother's place at noon to see what to do with the peach and plum tree after it sprouts. In the afternoon, I will go to Changsun's house as agreed to prepare the preliminary work for the Moshi case. I will come back in the evening and practice with my brother in my dreams, striving to master the [Sky Blue Spear] and [Thunder Rocket] as soon as possible. Finally, I will take some free time to deal with the prayers in the wild world.

"Perfect, another fulfilling day, no less blessed than I was in my previous life."

Zhou Tieyi complained in his heart.

Inside the parade ground, the guards had already lined up in battle formation.

After practicing yesterday, they received more obvious feedback. The Qi and blood power of the Martial Arts God, which had been stagnant for several months, began to grow again, so everyone is now full of energy.

Zhou Tieyi didn't waste any words. Wearing a training suit, he walked to the center of the training ground and revealed his martial arts true body. As the central hub, he took on the energy and blood of everyone, and used [Martial Arts] to adjust everyone's energy and blood to a frequency, allowing the spirits of more than fifty people to become one, gathering three acres of blood and energy clouds, stirring and absorbing the ancestral energy of heaven and earth.

Because of the initial coordination, Zhou Tieyi can focus more on understanding the military formation during today's practice.

Gathering the blood and energy of the soldiers under your command and adding strength to yourself is only the most basic application of the military formation.

Now that Ada and the other four have the Blood God's Son's relationship, they can cooperate with him without any problem. He can try the second method of using the military formation, drawing strength from the soldiers under his command and allowing the generals to temporarily exert power beyond their own strength.

When the [Tiger Roar Fist] was practiced to its extreme, this time Zhou Tieyi did not retract his fist, but used the authority of [Blood God Son] and [Martial Arts], combined with the Five Elements Formation, to absorb the power of Ada and the other four.

Ada and the other four immediately felt that their strength was being mobilized by Zhou Tieyi, not only the power of qi and blood, but also their own martial arts spirit.

I am like a weapon, a weapon wielded by the commander!
Zhou Tieyi had a different feeling at this time. When he was training military formations with Ada and the other four, he knew that he could call upon the innate abilities of Ada and the other four, namely [Bi'an Roar], [Expert Knowledge], [Bloodthirstiness], [Carrying the Monument], and [Heart Fire].

When using military formations, you can use one or two levels of magical powers of the five talents.

Moreover, as the degree of cooperation between himself and Ada and the other four people becomes higher and higher, there will be more magical powers that can be applied. Now that he has mobilized the talents of Ada and the other four, he may be able to create a combat skill that is no less powerful than the [Sky Blue Spear] and [Thunder Rocket], and it can also be coordinated with these two skills.

With an idea in mind, Zhou Tieyi naturally wanted to try it.

A statue of the Green Emperor and a statue of the Red Emperor were in his dantian, suppressing and mobilizing his qi and blood.

[Controlling the Five Elements] Under divine authority, the five elements of ancestral qi transformed into five colors, like a long rainbow falling in front of the martial arts body in the real world.

The Red Emperor statue cooperated with the [Heart Fire] magical power to forge the long rainbow in front of it, making it strive to evolve into the shape of a longbow. Then, the powerful mental power and self-correction brought by [Bo Wen] cooperated with the Green Emperor statue to gradually adjust the shape of the entire longbow, making the longbow more concrete and no longer illusory.

When he did this, Zhou Tieyi was already exhausted, but his expression became more and more excited, because he could clearly feel that he was on the right path!
The Five Emperors originally represent control and balance, which is the best power as a 'bow'. If one uses the true meaning of the Five Emperors and the talents of the Five Sons of the Dragon to condense the bow, and then shoots it with [Thunder Rocket], the strength of one's [Thunder Rocket] will be increased by at least five times, and the future is limitless!
At the same time, it can make up for the lack of ultra-long-range attack means, otherwise he would not have so many national destiny talismans to consume.

A [Bi'an Roar] sounded, helping Zhou Tieyi calm his mind, and the earth-element transformation also gave the entire five-colored longbow a heavy material texture.

However, when Zhou Tieyi wanted to add the [Bloodthirsty] and [Carrying the Monument] talents, his own understanding of the White Emperor and the Black Emperor was not enough. The big difference would only disrupt the entire balance of the Five Elements and make the [Five Emperors Bow] martial arts lose its most core value.

The two-meter-tall martial arts true body slowly let go, allowing the five qi condensed into a long bow shape in his hand to dissipate.

Although he was exhausted, Zhou Tieyi did not hurt himself because he did not force it. He had things to do in the afternoon, so he could not do anything rash. If he wanted to create his own fighting skills, he could ask his brother in the evening. His nine-sided thunder drum seemed to be a fighting skill he created himself.

It was something worth being happy about that I had this idea now. After all, practicing a combat skill was not something that could be accomplished overnight. What's more, I wanted to use the talents of the Five Emperors and the Five Sons of the Dragon to evolve a powerful combat skill of my own.

"Ah Da, continue training with them. Try to get them to the point where they can 'grow spirits' within ten days."

Zhou Tieyi gave the order in public, which established Ada's prestige as the chief of the personal guards. With the help of his younger brother, there would be no chaos in his own personal guard camp.

"Yes."

Ah Da looked excited and said with a fist clasped.

The young master had gone to great lengths to enhance his own talents, and even entered his dreams to help him break through the obstacles of the [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm]. Wasn't that because he needed me? And now was the time to demonstrate my own value.

Today, Zhou Tieyi is able to completely control his own qi and blood, so after practicing martial arts, even if he does not wash, he will not be covered in sweat and stink. On the contrary, because the quality of his qi and blood is extremely high, and it contains many true meanings such as the Five Emperors, to those who practice evil methods, it is as tempting as a third-grade elixir.

When they arrived at Shouyi Courtyard, Zhou's mother carried a bamboo basket and brought Zhou Tieyi to the three-story bronze building. In the huge dew-receiving plate and the golden water of Tianyi, a tender green sprout stretched out its body, which made people feel particularly festive.

Zhou Tieyi rubbed his hands and looked at his mother, "How are we going to plant these peaches and plums next?"

Zhou's mother looked at her son and asked with a smile, "You don't know how to plant, why do you want to sprout? I thought my son knew everything."

Zhou Tieyi smiled awkwardly, understanding that his mother was subtly reminding him not to be arrogant.

After all, he was stirring up trouble outside. Although everything seemed to be going well now, he might fall flat on his face if he was not careful. Even if he could survive, he might not be able to get up for ten or even dozens of years.

"How can I do that? Don't I have to rely on my mother?"

Zhou's mother snorted with a smile, "It's good to know that you are lacking something."

After saying that, she opened the lid of the bamboo basket, which contained two things, one was a clay jar and the other was a white jade chessboard.

The moment he saw the white jade chessboard, Zhou Tieyi understood what his mother meant and asked quickly, "Mom, do you want to plant this peach and plum tree seedling inside the chessboard?"

In fact, he originally wanted to plant it in the Zhou Mansion and use the luck of the Zhou Mansion to irrigate it. Zhou's mother nodded and said, "These peach and plum seedlings are planted in the chessboard, which can just help you sort out Che Wenyuan's noble spirit and spring thunder power, so that you can master the chessboard faster and add magical effects."

Peach and plum seedlings come from the Confucian peach and plum trees, so it is not difficult to understand that they can sort out the great and righteous energy. The power of spring thunder makes all things flourish. Whether it is science in the previous life or fantasy in this life, spring thunder can objectively promote plant growth.

Therefore, planting peach and plum seedlings on the chessboard is indeed a very good choice.

The only drawback is that he cannot absorb the growth of the Zhou family's fortune and needs to provide for his own growth.

Doesn’t the mother want to consume the family’s luck?
Zhou Tieyi was not surprised by this. Even between mother and son, some things cannot be said too clearly, especially since he was not the only child. It was normal for his mother to have her own thoughts.

Besides, Zhou Tieyi is capable and can only bring good luck to his family. If his luck is not enough, he knows to go out and fight for it instead of staying at home and being a bully and let his mother look down on him!
"This is a good idea."

Zhou Tieyi replied with a smile.

Seeing that her son had no objection, Zhou's mother opened the pottery jar, and an indescribable and incomparably profound Taoist power spread out. Although the surrounding environment did not change, Zhou Tieyi clearly felt that his understanding of the Tao had become easier.

Just like... just like when I ate that peach!
He leaned over to look at the pottery jar, and inside was dark, fertile soil. This must not be ordinary soil!

Zhou Tieyi's eyes rolled, thinking of his mother's experience, and asked, "Where did this soil come from the academy?"

Zhou's mother smiled and replied, "You little monkey, I dug this soil from the corpse of the Confucian saint. Use it to plant peach and plum trees, and you will get twice the result with half the effort!"

Zhou Tieyi blinked, not knowing what to comment for a moment.

His mother was indeed worthy of being the daughter of Taoism's fortune. Even though she had stayed in the Zhou Mansion for twenty years without going out, she had so many treasures on her body and they were of such high quality that he probably had never heard of many of them.

Besides, Mom, my love of money is passed down from you. You can even dig the dirt in front of other people's corpses. You are really...

Zhou Tieyi didn’t know how to describe it for a moment, but if he went to the academy next time, he would do the same!
Anyway, this land is not his Confucian one.

Seeing her son's puzzled expression and silence, Zhou's mother thought that he had misunderstood her, and quickly said, "I didn't touch the Confucian saint's body, but the soil around him has been influenced by his Taoism for many years, and has been nourished by the corpses of many gods, so it is indeed very useful, so I brought some out..."

Zhou's mother did not say how much her "little bit" was, and Zhou Tieyi tactfully did not ask.

Instead, he asked another question, "Did the Confucian sage really pass away?"

"Yes."

Mother Zhou said with certainty, "In the last years of the ancient times, the Nine Gods had to stop fighting and recuperate through sleep because of the injuries left by the previous war."

Zhou Tieyi nodded. It was mentioned in "Tonggu Jilue", but his mother should know more details.

Mother Zhou smiled and said, "In ancient times, the gods used our human race to fight each other. When the nine gods were asleep, five human rulers among the many gods and religions took the lead in launching an attack. These are the Five Emperors of the human race."

Uh……

Zhou Tieyi paused for a moment. No wonder "Tonggu Jilue" did not tell how the Five Emperors of the human race made their fortunes. It turned out that they were traitors. Although this was not glorious, it was in line with the actual situation at that time.

"After the Five Emperors established the Five Kingdoms, they naturally attracted the siege of the surrounding gods and cults. However, the Nine Gods had just fallen into a deep sleep to recuperate. In order to prevent each other from attacking, they made an oath at the beginning of their sleep to restrain each other. Their main bodies could only stay in the Heavenly Palace. They could not take action until the time came, and they could not sense the changes in the outside world. Instead, this gave us humans the first chance."

Mother Zhou sighed and continued, "The academy descended from the sky and brought a Taoist tradition other than the divine way, which gave the Five Emperors an opportunity. That's why they took the opportunity to start a rebellion and established the Five Nations of the Human Race. After that, our human race had the basic luck and the Taoist tradition to inherit... Do you know why the Taoist Master was the first to ascend the throne and the Confucian Sage was the last to ascend the throne?"

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "This is not difficult for me. I heard from the Lord of Daming Palace that my Taoist practice is of the third rank, so I need the least help from others and the least luck, so the Taoist Master will be the first to ascend the throne."

Hearing the words "Palace Master of Daming Palace", Zhou's mother snorted coldly, "You should have less contact with him. He is not as simple as you think."

Zhou Tieyi looked slightly curious. Everyone knew that the Lord of Daming Palace was no simple person. It was also well known that Zhou's mother hated the Lord of Daming Palace. But from his mother's mouth, it seemed that she had deeper reasons.

"Why isn't it simple?"

Mother Zhou frowned and said, "I can't explain it either. Anyway, I was annoyed just looking at him at the beginning, even though he was very good to me."

Well, this reason is enough for a Taoist fish dragon.

The reason why my mother is not good at calculating is because she has had a very smooth life. Many times, she can choose the best solution with her eyes closed. In this case, who would bother to calculate?

Zhou's mother also mentioned the Lord of Daming Palace. She knew her son's little thoughts and knew that he would never stop uniting with the Lord of Daming Palace because of her words.

"My Taoist sect follows the example of heaven and earth, and we seek heaven and earth. Although we also need the luck of heaven, earth, and man, we use the least in total, so the Taoist Master will be the first to ascend the throne."

"The second one is Buddha. He seeks the path of human self-awareness. Daozun is a transcendent being, and Buddha is a self-aware being, so he ascended the throne second."

"With the Five Emperors and the Dao Master, the Buddha stabilized the situation, and the five human nations were no longer in danger. On the contrary, they were even able to counterattack the territory of the Nine Ancient Gods. The fortune of humanity soared, so there was an opportunity for the Confucian Sage to ascend to the throne."

So this is the logic. Zhou Tieyi nodded, indicating that he understood, and then continued to ask, "What about the Five Emperors and the Three Saints? What was their fate?"

This is something that is not mentioned in the "Tonggu Jilue".

Mother Zhou thought of the ancient sages, sighed, and said, "Although the Five Emperors did not succeed in ascending the throne, they owned a country and had the blessing of the imperial soldiers, which made them very close to the holy realm. Therefore, they played a great role in the 'Battle of Heaven'. They were worthy of their honorific title of the ancient emperors of the human race. They fell one by one in the battle with the Nine Gods, and at the same time, they also cooperated with the layout of the Dao Zun and took away five of them."

"The Buddha is respectable. He is powerful, but he suppressed the Great Illusionary Lord and the Blood Sea Lord successively. So even though he has achieved the holy realm, he was eventually too seriously injured and passed away in Nirvana."

"The Confucian Sage suppressed the strongest of the Nine Gods, the Heavenly Emperor. Although he became a saint the latest, among the three saints, his strength should be greater than that of the Buddha. I cannot judge how he compares to the Taoist Master. I only know that he suppressed the Heavenly Emperor. The Confucian Sage was also seriously injured at the time. Logically, he should have recovered from his injuries through a long sleep, but his death was due to other reasons."

"what reason?"

This concerns the biggest secret in the world, and even with Zhou Tieyi's state of mind, he is very curious.

"He was afraid that Shinto would revive and cause internal strife among the human race, so the Confucian Sage used himself to suppress the human race in the entire Central Plains for five hundred years, making it impossible for the people of the entire Central Plains to practice Shinto and stabilize the territory and situation that the human race had fought for. That's why he fell."

After hearing this reason, Zhou Tieyi remained silent for a long time.

If he were a Confucian sage, the easiest way would be to live longer and then kill anyone who practiced Shintoism. However, the Confucian sage chose another path, and he deserves to be called a sage.

"What about the last of the Nine Gods and the Dao Lord?"

"Tonggu Jilue" records that the Three Saints and Five Emperors suppressed the Nine Gods in eight places, but one god was missing.

Zhou's mother also showed a confused look on her face, and finally said, "I have never heard of this, especially the last god. Although there are many records about the Nine Gods, there is no record about Him at all. The records about Him are all vaguely revealed through the other eight gods that there was another god who ascended to the Realm of Sun and Moon. I guess His authority is extremely special and difficult to detect unless you enter the Holy Realm."

This reason is also what most people can think of. Zhou's mother continued to talk to herself, "As for Dao Zun, if I were him, I would either go to see the outside world, or fight with this last god in a place we cannot perceive. That is why there is the current situation in the world, and that is why there is the saying of suppressing the nine gods in eight places."

(End of this chapter)