I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 659 Two Worlds
In the thirty-three heavens, witnessed by countless sentient beings.

The Yujing Mountain, like a mirage, was completely shrouded by a dark moon. The dark moon was silent, cold and quiet, as if it could freeze everything. However, even so, one could vaguely see several figures like the sun fighting each other in the dark moon.

Their powers are intertwined and none of them is at their strongest, so they are obscured by the light of the dark moon and fall into silence.

The Queen of Heaven, Zhou Yulong and Mo Jian, three sub-saints, worked together to make Mingyue fall from the sky and land under the Thirty-three Heavens. However, just when Mingyue was about to be completely suppressed and sealed by the Thirty-three Heavens.

Zhou Yulong suddenly made a move. She threw the three babies in her hands into the illusory inverted Yujing Mountain, giving the inverted Yujing Mountain a sense of materiality. It was not completely separated from the real world, forming a semi-sealed connection state.

When the Queen Mother and Mo Jian saw this scene, they knew that this was an arrangement made by Zhou Yulong for Zhou Tieyi's future return, but they did not stop it, because Zhou Tieyi had done enough for all living beings in the world, and it was reasonable for him to have the opportunity to return.

Besides, it is a certainty that Zhou Tiege, the City God Emperor, will become a saint in the future. At that time, even if they keep the seal, Zhou Tiege will find ways to open it, so it is better to do him a favor.

As for whether the other gods will be able to escape after Zhou Tieyi escapes, that is something to be considered in the future and there is no need to consider it now.

When the dark moon sank and completed the initial seal, many gods in the thirty-three heavens seized this last chance to fly outwards. Rays of light burst out from the thirty-three heavens, some fell into the Great Summer Land, and some returned to outside the Great Summer Land.

The gods who fell into the land of Great Xia were turned into demons and evil gods, and they spread throughout the entire forty-nine states. This was a trouble that the pilgrims had to solve along the way.

As for the gods who fled outside the Great Xia land, they knew that the God was only sealed and there was still a chance to be unsealed, so they gathered their tribes and prepared to besiege the Great Xia people.

But the Thirty-three Heavens had already been built. With the help of Zhou Tieyi's oracle, the Queen of Heaven had gained some of the Thirty-three Heavens' authority. She looked at Zhou Yulong beside her and asked, "Why don't we use the Thirty-three Heavens to seal off the inner and outer world as before? Waiting for a way to break the impasse in the future?"

Zhou Yulong thought seriously for a while.

Although the human race now has three sub-saints, the sub-saints can only protect themselves at most. If a war breaks out with the hundreds of races from the outside world at this time, even if they win in the end, it will be a miserable victory.

It would indeed be better to do as the Queen Mother suggested and seal off the inner and outer world with the Thirty-three Heavens first. Then he would just need to wait for the Buddhist teachings to be transferred to the south and his eldest son to successfully ascend to the throne, and then he could solve the problems of the hundreds of races in the outside world.

During this period, the thirty-three days are the moat and wall of the human race. Even if foreign races come to attack from all directions, the human race can easily resist ten times the number of troops.

She nodded in agreement, "Good."

The Queen of Heaven said, "According to the order of the Heavenly Lord, the human race's heaven and earth will not communicate with the other races for the time being!"

This was an oral order that Zhou Tieyi had issued in the Lotus World before, so the first-rank officials of the Zhou Party would naturally not object. The other schools of thought and the lords of the sky established by the Great Xia court also agreed with this proposal.

I saw the thirty-three layers of sky that were higher than all living beings, extending from the ice field in the north to the thunder pool in the south, from the sea of ​​blood in the east to the vast ocean in the west. It was like a huge cover descending from the sky, covering the human world.

In this way, even without the desperate situation caused by the fall of the ancient gods, the hundreds of races would not be able to easily reach the sky.

In the third year of Taihe, Tianzun suppressed all gods under the thirty-three heavens. Emperor Aizong of Xia died, and Zhao ascended the throne according to Tianzun's will. He changed the country's name to "Zhou" and ruled together with various schools of thought.

Eight years passed by unknowingly.

In a beautiful mountain, a cowherd was driving an old cow out of boredom. Suddenly, a voice inquiring came from afar, "Excuse me, young donor, is this Liangjie Mountain?"

The cowherd boy looked at the person who was asking the question. Although the other person was wearing a coarse grey monk's robe, his lips were red, his teeth were white, and his face was as beautiful as a peach. He was even more beautiful than someone who walked out of a painting. He nodded and said, "Master, this is Liangjie Mountain. May I ask what can I do for you?"

The cowherd boy asked in surprise, although there were people living in Liangjie Mountain, as far as he could remember, there were very few outsiders coming in, it was like a desolate wilderness.

The monk put his hands together. Even though he was facing a six-year-old child, he was still pious and respectful. "I came from the East China Sea and wanted to go to the Western Buddhist Kingdom to seek the true scriptures. On the way, the Bodhisattva pointed out that there was a stone monkey under the mountain between the two worlds. It has great skills and can protect me through thousands of difficulties and obstacles."

The child rolled his eyes and said, "You are the boastful monkey!"

The monk was puzzled, "Boasting monkey?"

The child laughed and said, "Isn't he a boastful monkey? He said that he had conquered the Lingxiao Palace and dragged down the Jade Emperor, but he was pinned under that mountain and couldn't get up. Isn't that just boasting?"

The monk felt that the cowherd boy had something else in mind, but before he could ask any more questions, the cowherd boy guided him and said, "Follow this path to the end, there is a monument erected by the Master, and you will find the monkey after you pass the monument."

"Master?" the monk asked curiously. Everything in Liangjie Mountain was a secret to the outside world, but he knew that the master here was definitely not an ordinary person. "May I ask the master's name of your precious land? May I go to pay a visit to him?"

The child also had confusion in his eyes. "The Master doesn't seem to have a surname. Everyone in the village calls him Master. At most, a few families call him a stinky teacher. After you see the monkeys, you can see the entrance to the village."

The monk once again thanked the cowherd boy solemnly. He followed the road the cowherd boy told him to take and walked for about half an hour. As expected, he arrived at a valley with rugged rocks. There was a monument in front of the valley.

The words "two worlds" were written in powerful strokes on the stele.

As soon as the monk arrived at the valley, he heard an excited voice in the distance, "Are you a monk from the East China Sea?"

The monk looked in the direction of the sound and saw a monkey lying among the rocks in the valley.

When the Zhou Dynasty was founded, the Queen Mother of Heaven changed the country's name to Tianwu.

In the spring of the eighth year of Tianwu, a monk from the East China Sea rescued a stone monkey in Liangjie Mountain, and together they went to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures.

Another eighteen years passed.

Today is the day when Liangjieshan Academy recruits students.

Ever since a section of the valley in front of Liangjie Mountain collapsed eighteen years ago, the road has become much wider and people from outside can get in with some effort. Therefore, every time this time comes, there is a constant stream of people coming into the village from outside.

Most of them are dressed in gorgeous clothes and bring a lot of new things and stories that are not available in the village.

The children in the village were extremely envious and they wanted to follow the people outside to go out and see the world.

But outsiders often sighed that they dared not help others make this decision. Being born in the village is a blessing. One more day of staying is a day of enjoying the blessing. If one day they don’t want to enjoy the blessing anymore, they can leave by themselves. Therefore, these nobles from outside try their best to keep their children in the village to study, but they will only stay for a very short time before leaving.

Of course, the children did not believe what the nobles said. They just thought that the nobles were enjoying themselves outside and were unwilling to take them with them.

Taohua Lane, in a small courtyard.

A young man pushed the door open eagerly, walked into the study, and said to the other young man, "Qiu Yu, my mother has agreed to let me go out with the nobleman outside!"

The boy named Qiu Yu put down the book and asked, "How did Auntie agree to this?"

The young man ran in a hurry, picked up Qiu Yu's teacup and took a sip, then said, "I don't know. The nobleman and my mother discussed in the room for a long time, and then my mother came to me and asked me if I couldn't concentrate on my studies and wanted to go out and see the world. Naturally, I nodded and agreed, and then my mother agreed, but she whispered something I couldn't understand..."

"What flower?" Qiu Yu asked curiously.

"My mother thought about it and said, if we count the days, the monkey has been out for eighteen years, so it's time."

"Monkey?" Qiu Yu asked, "Is it the monkey that was trapped by the mountain at the entrance of the village?"

"Didn't the adults in the village talk about the monkey being crushed by the mountain? They said there used to be a mountain at the entrance of our village, and that mountain was made up of three layers of heaven falling to the ground, together crushing a monkey. But you can't believe a word they said. If a mountain could crush a monkey, the monkey would have died long ago. In the end, it was saved by a monk who went to seek Buddhist scriptures."

Qiu Yu smiled. It was true that some people in the village were talking nonsense. Many of them said that they were either famous generals or scholars, who could call the wind and rain and turn beans into soldiers. However, in the village, they sometimes couldn't figure out how to light a fire and had to borrow other people's fire starters.

If they were really as powerful as they boasted, how come they couldn't even light a fire? Moreover, in the more than ten years that Qiu Yu had lived in the village, he had never seen anyone in the village display any so-called magical powers. Even the master, who was the most respected by the villagers, had been teased by these troublemakers many times.

Even these young people complained privately that the village should be renamed "Boasting Village" because all the older generation in the village are good at bragging.

"Where will the nobleman outside take you?"

Qiu Yu asked curiously.

The young man said proudly, "I told that nobleman that I didn't like studying, and he asked me if I wanted to learn martial arts and go to war in the future. Of course I wanted to, so the nobleman said he would take me to join the army, and I would have meat for every meal in the future!"

Speaking of meat, the boy couldn't help swallowing.

Although their village had no shortage of food, meat was not so abundant.

The village is almost surrounded by mountains, but there are no wild animals to hunt. The village raises livestock, but it is difficult to raise them. Every household is very good to these livestock, especially some annoying old scholars who would rather eat vegetarian food every day than kill the animals at home for meat. Therefore, except during festivals, there is rarely meat in the village.

"By the way, Qiuyu, why don't you tell your mom that we can go out together so you can have someone to keep you company!"

Qiu Yu said embarrassedly, "My mother won't agree."

The young man said hurriedly, "My mother didn't agree at first. Just tell her what she said. Just say that the monkey has been out for 18 years. People of that generation believe in this anyway."

The two were whispering in the study room when Qiuyu's mother's voice came from the room outside, "Is the Qi family kid here? Qiuyu is studying and hasn't finished his homework yet. Go play with him later."

Qi Renchan glanced at Meng Qiuyu and said, "Just try it. If you get beaten, it's my fault!"

Then he shouted to the outside, "Got it, auntie. I'll go outside and wait for Qiuyu."

After Qi Renchan left, Meng's mother entered the study room and muttered with a frown, "Have you finished the homework the teacher gave you? Don't just play around like that silly boy all day. He has an impatient personality and can't concentrate on studying with the teacher. Even if you were born in the village, you won't have the luck to enjoy life like this."

When Meng Qiuyu heard what his mother said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Most of the families in the village are single-parent families. The mother stays in the village to take care of the children's studies, and the father is usually outside the village. Sometimes he may not see the father for a year. Every time he comes back, he hears that the mountain road is very dangerous and some people even died on the road.

Meng Qiuyu hesitated for a moment and asked in a roundabout way, "Is it really that good to study with the teacher?"

He admitted that the teacher's lectures were indeed humorous, but they were only humorous and far from the world described by the nobles outside the village.

Mother Meng said solemnly, "Studying with the Master is the greatest blessing in the world."

When she saw her son's expression, she understood that an eighteen-year-old boy is at the age when he wants to venture out into the world.

She whispered, "Have you heard from people outside recently that it's a wonderful place where people can practice and fly?"

Meng Qiuyu shook his head and then nodded.

Meng Mu first cursed, "People outside are becoming more and more ignorant of the rules!"

In the past, people who sent children to school in the village had an unwritten rule, which was to mention the outside world as little as possible so that the children could study with peace of mind.

However, as more and more people came in, not everyone could let their children study smoothly in the academy, so they came up with evil ideas and specifically told the children here about the prosperous world outside and then lured them out.

At first everyone was afraid of the Master, but then the Master ignored them, and they became more and more unscrupulous.

Meng's mother said to her son, "Just remember one thing. If life outside is so good, why do they still go to the village to study every year?"

Meng Qiuyu laughed dumbly and said, "Of course I understand this truth. There must be something special about our village, but it's just that we kids can't find it. Or... we are the only ones who are special when we go out?"

Meng Qiuyu observed the changes in his mother's expression. His mother remained calm and said, "I'm glad you understand."

Meng Qiuyu asked, "Mom, when should I go out and become the special one? I heard Aunt Qi say, 'Monkey has been out for eighteen years, it's time,' what does this mean?"

Meng Mu's face changed slightly, she thought for a while, and sighed, "It's time for a saint to appear in the world."

(End of this chapter)