I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 581 Destiny
On the Luo River, several huge steamships were also sailing down the river. Compared with the small steamship that Mei Juncang and other three were riding, these three ships were the latest type of steamships and were now on sea trials. In the cab of the leading steamship, Li Jing and Hu Wenlang looked out at the magnificent scene of the river.

Li Jing proudly said to Hu Wenlang, "Although steamships have not yet gained a clear advantage over ordinary ships when going downstream, when going upstream, even ten sailing ships cannot match this steamship."

Hu Wenlang listened to Li Jing talking about his contribution to the steamship with a smile. Ever since Li Jing came to invite him that night, the two of them joined forces and went down the Luo River under the pretext of testing a new type of steamship.

Of course, testing a new type of steamship was fake, and entering into the long history of forbidden massacres was real.

Li Jing looked around and saw that the servants had tactfully left the cabin, and a trusted person was outside blocking the cabin door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping. After making sure that no one was there, Li Jing asked, "Sir, can you tell me how to get in now?"

Li Jing certainly knew about the danger of entering the Rentu Sect, but he also knew that only by entering it and obtaining those rare treasures would he be qualified to compete for ownership of the world. Otherwise, he would only have the fate of a shipbuilder.

Hu Wenlang waved his hand, "No hurry."

Li Jing frowned. At this point, Hu Wenlang was still unwilling to give him the lowdown?
Hu Wenlang explained, "Your Highness has misunderstood my meaning. We don't have the Three Religions' forbidden items in our hands if we want to enter the forbidden area of ​​Ren Tu, so it is definitely impossible for us to do it with just the two of us."

"Sir, please explain clearly."

Li Jing bowed and asked.

He must figure out all the secrets inside. After all, he is the one who goes in, so he cannot be careless.

Hu Wenlang did not hide it from Li Jing and asked, "Your Highness, do you know the significance of the Wenwu Hejin Ferry?"

Li Jing thought about it seriously. He was very surprised when he heard Hu Wenlang say that the butcher Jiang Taiyi was in a repetitive cycle of life and death. This was completely contrary to common sense.

But after thinking about it these two days, especially reading Zhou Tieyi's "On Contradiction", it has further confirmed that the holy way is so elusive.

Li Jing pondered and answered, "Historians cannot completely erase Jiang Taiyi's existence from history, so they want to reinforce the long river of history that seals him. Then the forbidden area of ​​this long river of history itself should also be contradictory. So they set up two entrances to the forbidden area, one real and one fake?"

Hu Wenlang raised his finger and pointed at himself, "Your Highness, do you still remember what our novelists are capable of?"

Li Jing exhaled softly and said, "It's so real."

"Right." Hu Wenlang laughed, "There is no distinction between true and false in the Holy Way. Even if it is false, it can naturally become true. But to make the false become true, some helpers are needed."

"Which helpers?"

Hu Wenlang replied, "Isn't it obvious? To enter that period of history, we naturally need people from that time. Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have three sealed objects as a basis. We only need three people from the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism who experienced the Battle of Heluo."

Li Jing frowned again. Hu Wenlang said it simply, but it was difficult to do it.

Those who were able to survive the war were at least third-rank figures. Over the past three hundred years, most of them have either passed away or become second-rank or first-rank figures. One can almost count them on one hand. It is not easy to convince them, and it will take one or two days.

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier, sir? Or have you already convinced them?"

Hu Wenlang smiled and said, "Buddhism says that fate brings us together. Your Highness must believe that the people who had a grudge against Ren Tu in the past had more than you thought. We don't need to convince them, we just need to meet them."

Li Jing suddenly felt something and looked towards the river in the distance. He saw a one-man fishing boat on the turbulent river. On the fishing boat, a man in a bamboo hat was fishing. Suddenly he pulled hard, and the fishing rod was thrown high up. The fishing line appeared golden in the sunset. The river surface rolled even more. Thousands of tons of river water, enough to overturn the steamship he was on, were thrown high into the air, but the small boat seemed to be fixed on the river surface and remained motionless despite the turbulent waves.

And the thousands of tons of river water that were stirred up did not fall directly, but instead rushed towards the sky with a swift and fierce wind. In just two or three breaths, the river water turned into a hundred-foot-high cloud layer with thunder and lightning, blocking the sunset on the river surface and the setting sun in the distance.

Roaring sounds continued to be heard from the thick, low clouds. It was only then that Li Jing realized what the fisherman had caught!
It was a nimble, mighty yellow real dragon with five claws, all of which shone with divine light. The dragon's roar turned into rolling thunder, and its body circled, bringing about wind and rain, changing the entire sky on both sides of the river.

But no matter how this real dragon, which was about to enter the second level, flew and circled, it still could not get rid of the fishing line in its mouth. The fisherman picked up a bamboo basket, opened the basket lid, and tightened the fishing line with his grip on the fishing rod. The real dragon was forcibly dragged out of the clouds hundreds of feet high, fell from the sky, and turned from huge to small, and was stuffed into the bamboo basket like a loach.

Without the blessing of the real dragon, the clouds no longer gathered together, but instead split apart in the middle, turning into two groups of clouds and rain, moving towards the two banks, leaving behind the fiery red sunset reflecting the still turbulent river surface.

The waves on the river calmed down again. Outside the boat, the servants asked nervously through the door, "Your Highness?"

Li Jing came back to her senses, glanced at Hu Wenlang, and whispered to the people outside, "Don't disturb him, I will go to visit him in person."

Hu Wenlang smiled and took out a piece of paper with the words "Notes on a Walnut Boat" written on it. The words flew up and turned into a small boat, only the size of a palm, but it could accommodate two people using the method of space.

The boat sailed in the dream, and in just a moment, it arrived at the dream of the fisherman who was fishing.

This is a magnificent and rugged dreamland, with endless mountains and rivers outlining the sea of ​​clouds and cliffs. Unlike ordinary things that disappear in the blink of an eye, it is solidified like a kingdom that exists forever.

There is a farmhouse on the cliff of the sea of ​​clouds. Outside the farmhouse there is a plaque with three words on it.

Visit the temple three times.

Hu Wenlang and Li Jing got off the boat. Li Jing looked at the plaque with "San Gu'an" on it and guessed who was inside. He carefully tidied up his appearance and bowed outside, saying, "The fourth prince of Daxia, Li Jing, and his advisers pay a visit to Mr. Zhuge."

In the battle at the library that day, it wasn't just the final verdicts on Zhou Tieyi and Ren Tu that were revealed. The books of countless heroes who were pronounced dead by historians were scattered around the world like a star rain.

Among them, the Marquis of Shenwu Zhuge Dan was resurrected first. Although this Marquis of Shenwu was not as good as the Champion Marquis Xiao Yuanshan in pure strength, his means were far superior to Xiao Yuanshan.

The first moment after his resurrection, he realized that there was a problem with the Great Xia national destiny that was integrated into his own body, so he pointed out the existence of Taoist Xuancheng who occupied Hongyang's divine body, allowing the power of Taoist Tianyi to reach the present from the past.

Under the infusion of holy power at that time, Taoist Xuancheng, as the successor, inherited the greatest holy power, but Zhuge Dan, as one of the twenty-four masters, also gained some power. While everyone's attention was focused on Zhou Tieyi and Taoist Xuancheng, Marquis Shenwu Zhuge Dan acted decisively and, with the help of the power of Taoist Tianyi, severed his connection with the destiny of the Great Xia nation and exited the game in style. That's why he is able to fish on the river today.

Li Jing waited for a while, but this time he did not visit her three times like Emperor Qi Lie did.

Zhuge Dan walked out of the courtyard and opened the door. This Shenwu Marquis had a handsome appearance, with long flowing beard on his temples and chin, and always had a humble and gentle smile. Shenwu Marquis Zhuge Dan looked at Li Jing and Hu Wenlang and chuckled, "Old friends meet, but things have changed."

Li Jing hesitated for a moment and looked at Hu Wenlang. When Marquis Shenwu said that they were meeting old friends, he definitely didn't mean him. That was to say, Hu Wenlang was of the same generation as Marquis Shenwu!
Li Jing immediately took note of this matter.

Hu Wenlang was silent for a while. He didn't expect that before he said anything, this Marquis Shenwu had already seen through his past life.

Of course, he was not surprised by this matter, for this man was known as 'wise enough to be like a demon, and able to calculate the world'.

When the five kingdoms were at war, the grudges between Emperor Wei Wu and Marquis Shenwu in his previous life were no less than that between Ren Tu and Ren Tu. It's just that no one expected that they would meet again today because of the revival of Ren Tu's Taoist tradition.

Hu Wenlang suddenly laughed and said, "There are no old friends, they are all new people."

Zhuge Dan did not point out this matter. He turned to look at Li Jing and said, "It is quite like Erzu's style."

Hearing Zhuge Dan's evaluation of him, Li Jing couldn't suppress his joy, but he still pretended, "How can the younger generation compare with our ancestors?"

Zhuge Dan laughed and tapped the feather fan in his hand. "That's right. Your ancestor likes to play dumb. He is humble in front of people but calculating behind their backs. That's why he tricked all of us in! Even if I beat him three times, if I lose once, I lose everything!"

Li Jing looked a little embarrassed.

Hu Wenlang tried to smooth things over by saying, "I just saw you catch a nice fish. Why don't you cook it up and make some snacks so we can go in and chat."

Zhuge Dan glanced at Hu Wenlang, then led the two into the courtyard. As they entered the courtyard, he said, "This fish is not caught to eat. I still have a great use for it. You don't need to use it to entertain you today."

The yard is not big. Apart from a few acres of land, there is only a stone table and stone chair in the middle.

"What's the use?"

Hu Wenlang asked casually.

Zhuge Dan invited the two to sit down. He stretched out his hand and a teacup appeared in front of him. In the distance, a sea of ​​clouds was rolling and wisps of mist fell into the teapot.

As he brewed tea, he said, "Heluo has been home to two dragon veins since ancient times. It is a place of great popularity and luck, and a battleground for military strategists. How much do you know about the current Heluo Dragon Court?"

Although Daxia suppressed the entire world for three hundred years, Shinto was not completely powerless to resist.

Shinto has simply retreated to places where ordinary people rarely go.

The dreamland is one place, the Yuanmeng grassland is one place, the southwestern mountains are one place, and the riverbed water palace is naturally the same.

Even a place like Pingjindu could raise Baili, a fourth-grade water god, let alone the Heluo area.

Although Daxia has carried out several clean-up operations in the past three hundred years, the combat power of the human race at the bottom of the river is not as good as that of the dragon race. In addition, the river mouth has the support of the Blood Sea in the north and the Thunder Pool in the south.

The result of several major wars was the flooding of the two rivers and the displacement of millions of people.

But even if the Heluo Divine Court was wiped out several times in the middle, as long as the dragon energy and human popularity were there, there would be no shortage of third-grade and second-grade gods who dared to take the risk and establish a new divine court.

Therefore, the fact that there are many dragons in the water palace at the bottom of the river has long been an open secret among the top leaders of Daxia.

Li Jing knew more about this. He pondered for a moment and said, "Eighty years ago, the imperial court ordered the destruction of the 'Dongxiang Dragon Court'. The following ten years of drought and flooding caused the central plain to slow down for a full thirty years. Now, another forty years have passed. I ordered people to secretly investigate and found that a new Dragon Court has been established, and it is closely related to the Cao Gang."

Li Jing said this with a serious expression.

Under the guidance of Zhou Tieyi, he established a steamship investment factory. At that time, Zhou Tieyi reminded Li Jing that the problem he faced was not as simple as shipbuilding. He also had to deal with the entire Cao Gang, which depended on the food and clothing of millions of people. The water transport system behind the Cao Gang should not be underestimated.

But when Li Jing actually went down to investigate secretly, she found that there were not only canal transport officials behind the Cao Gang, they were actually involved with Shintoism!

In the past, this was a serious crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the clan!

Zhuge Dan, the Marquis of Shenwu, smiled and said, "Shinto is like weeds in the spring breeze. Every time you forcefully clear it, it will inevitably make it more difficult to clear it next time. You will even gradually find that people throughout the dynasty are constantly turning to Shinto. Therefore, in the early days of the dynasty, it was relatively easy to suppress Shinto, and even to completely eradicate it. But in the middle and late stages of the dynasty, from top to bottom, who is not involved in Shinto?"

Li Jing asked thoughtfully, "So the Lord secretly became one of the twenty-four masters of the Tianyi Dao lineage? Is it because the Lord felt that the method of the Lord of Tianyi Dao could indeed govern the country's Shinto?"

Zhuge Dan nodded and said, "Controlling the spirit is like controlling water. It is better to drain than to block. The method of the one in Taiyi Temple is not bad. It's a pity that I figured it out a little late. The Taoist Master Tianyi had already established the Taoist tradition, so I could only choose to support him."

Hu Wenlang interrupted, "You mentioned the current Heluo Dragon Court. Is it related to what we gathered here today?"

Zhuge Dan smiled and said, "The current Lord of Heluo Dragon Court is also an old friend. I will fish out his offspring, and he will come to visit us soon."

As soon as Zhuge Dan finished speaking, a voice came from outside the courtyard, "I saw you fishing on the river, so I came to visit you."

Zhuge Dan looked up with a somewhat surprised look, and then said to the two, "There is indeed an unexpected guest, but at this critical juncture, there must be a reason for the 'unexpected guest'. Why don't we go and receive him together?"

Hu Wenlang nodded and said, "Of course."

The three of them walked to the door, opened it, and outside stood a young man wearing golden armor and looking heroic.

(End of this chapter)