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Chapter 413: Pure Yang Master Lü Dongbin

"Meow!" The nine-lived cat demon yawned. While being held and petted by Richard, she did not feel the strong sense of oppression.

After seeing Hu Sanniang's look, he shook his head proudly, and even jumped out of Richard's arms, wanting to run to Hu Sanniang to show off. However, as soon as he left Richard, he was pressed by a powerful force and couldn't breathe, and fell directly to the ground.

"Little guy, be good this time." Looking at the cat demon lying limply on the ground, Richard smiled slightly and shook his head, then lifted her up by the scruff of her neck.

"Meow!"

"What was that? I was scared to death!" said the little cat demon with lingering fear.

"Don't be too curious in the future, it will really kill you." Richard tapped her forehead.

Then he gave her some power so that she would not be targeted by the Shenzhou barrier.

After passing through the Shenzhou barrier, the ship continued sailing. Richard deliberately cast an illusion on the ship to make people think it was a normal merchant ship.

Soon the ship docked, and Richard brought Hu Sanniang and the cat demon to the land of China.

The two of them also changed into Chinese-style clothing. Richard's outfit was like that of a rich young man, while Hu Sanniang changed into men's clothing. Coupled with Richard's suggestion skills, the people around him thought it was normal for Richard and his companions to come.

After arriving here, Richard quickly realized that they had come to Haizhou this time, which is Lianyungang in later generations.

Lianyungang was very prosperous at that time. As a seaport city, there were all kinds of merchant ships passing through here every day, and all kinds of goods were piled up like mountains. The developed trade also made the economy here prosperous.

Richard found the best inn, then found the innkeeper and used suggestion to ask him for information.

"What year is it now?" Richard asked.

"This year is the fifth year of Xian De." The shopkeeper responded: "This year, the saint has just defeated the Southern Tang, and the ruler of Jiangnan has changed his country's name. The world will soon be at peace."

"Now that emperor?"

"Your Majesty is the late emperor's adopted son, the wise and mighty Guo Rong."

Soon Richard got a lot of information from him. The time was at the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in 958 AD, and the emperor was Guo Rong. In the past two years, he had conquered the Southern Tang three times and defeated it miserably. He had to cede Jiangbei and give up the country name, only calling himself the Lord of Jiangnan.

This should be the time when Guo Rong was most vigorous. He had just ascended the throne for five years. He defeated the Khitan in the north, pacified the Later Shu in the west, and conquered the Southern Tang in the south, winning battle after battle. He also reduced taxes internally. It can be said that the Zhou Kingdom was at its peak during this period.

Many people even thought that he had a chance to sweep across the world, end the century-long war, and restore peace to the world. When Guo Rong ascended the throne, he also set a goal: to pacify the world in ten years, to support the people in ten years, and to bring peace in ten years. He set a goal of bringing peace to the world in thirty years.

But history played a huge joke on him. Guo Rong, known as the wisest ruler of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, died of illness on the way to conquer the Khitan in the sixth year of his reign.

Anyone who knows a little about history knows what happened next. Zhao Kuangyin launched a military coup at Chenqiao, put on the yellow robe, and established the Northern Song Dynasty.

When Richard thought about the Song Dynasty coming next, and then thought about the bad things that happened in the Song Dynasty, such as the drifting of the donkey cart, the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty, the Jingkang Incident, and the things that happened in the Southern Song Dynasty, his face turned ugly.

"Master, did he make you angry?" Hu Sanniang beside him asked softly.

"No." Richard shook his head and collected his thoughts.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period can be said to be the most chaotic era in ancient China. It was a time when military men were extremely domineering and would dare to rebel if they were dissatisfied. Various military governors took turns to take the stage, and rebellion became commonplace.

After a hundred years of war, the people were living in misery, and even many military men were unwilling to live in such a precarious situation. The people of the world wanted to be stable, but they could not be as cowardly as the Northern Song Dynasty.

It would have been fine if Zhao Kuangyin could have pacified the four rebellions and unified the country, but he died before he had been emperor for a few years. His younger brother Zhao Kuangyi took over and was completely incompetent. He could not recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the north, the Hehuang area in the northwest, did not open up the Western Regions, and even lost Jiaozhi in the south. There were a series of troubles afterwards.

If I hadn't come, it would have been fine if history had developed like this. But now that I'm here, if history still develops like this, then wouldn't my trip have been in vain?

After learning that Guo Rong was still in office, Richard had already made up his mind to save his life this time, so that he could have time to pacify the four directions and unify the country. As for what happened later, could it be worse than the Jingkang Incident?

Thinking of this, Richard immediately took Hu Sanniang away.

Now there is still one year before Guo Rong's death, Richard is not in a hurry. After buying a carriage, he plans to rush all the way to Kaifeng. This time he does not plan to fly over, but wants to see for himself what the people are like.

The road from Haizhou to Kaifeng usually goes all the way north through Xuzhou and Suiyang and finally to Kaifeng.

Richard walked along the trade route. After a hundred years of turmoil, the population was not large, and there were many people working in the fields. Richard found that although these people looked pale, they were in good spirits. After a brief inquiry, it turned out that the court had reduced taxes and redistributed land to people in various places.

The country was in turmoil, and many fields were barren. After Guo Rong put down the war, he immediately recruited refugees and escaped households to redistribute land to them. At the same time, the government was also organizing people to build water conservancy projects. It can be seen that as long as there is stability for a year or two, the people here will soon become wealthy.

As Richard watched, he found that although many of the Zhou Dynasty's systems were not perfect, the lives of the people in various places were obviously much better than before.

Because of the re-dredging of the canal, trade has become prosperous. Although the world is still broken, Richard also sees vitality. If Guo Rong can really do what he said, the world will probably usher in a prosperous era again soon.

The further north the canal goes, the more prosperous it becomes. The Grand Canal built by Yang Guang led to the demise of the Sui Dynasty, but it benefited later generations. Kaifeng Bianliang was the hub of the canal, and a large amount of goods gathered here.

It became the most prosperous city in the world.

When Richard arrived here, the Bian River was bustling with boats and cars, with a busy flow of people, rows of shops, stalls on both sides of the street, and crowds of people coming and going constantly.

"Master, the beauty of the Celestial Empire is truly incomparable to that of Japan." Hu Sanniang couldn't help but admire as she looked at the prosperous city in front of her.

The city before us is the most populous and prosperous city in the world at this time.

Richard brought Hu Sanniang into the city. Kaifeng City was built on the basis of a Tang Dynasty city. Later, Zhu Wen rebuilt it here. After the construction in the Later Jin and Later Han dynasties, Kaifeng had expanded a lot.

But even so, the area of ​​the city is still somewhat narrow.

As for the current Zhou Dynasty palace, it was originally developed from the Xuanwu Army Jiedushi Yamen of the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that the area is far smaller than that of the Han, Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties. At this time, the world was not settled, and Guo Rong did not build a large-scale project and still lived here. After Richard wandered around the city, he found that he did not find any monsters or ghosts here. Compared with the mixed population of Japanese people, ghosts and monsters, this place is very normal.

In the Daxiangguo Temple not far away, Richard sensed some extraordinary energy. In addition to the Buddhist temples, the other Taoist temples were also remarkable. However, compared with the prosperity of Buddhism, these Taoist temples looked very desolate.

Richard did not take the initiative to approach these Taoist temples. After all, he was accompanied by a fox demon and a cat demon.

As for the palace, Richard also felt a force enveloping it, a force that could greatly weaken the power of spells. And the closer the distance, the stronger the force.

Richard speculated that if they entered the palace, even a legendary cultivator would be suppressed by this force and become an ordinary person.

Looking up towards the imperial palace, I saw golden auspicious clouds covering the palace, with a golden dragon hovering above it. However, if you look closely, you will find that this dragon has only two claws, and its luck is not too solid, but rather superficial.

This dragon symbolizes the luck of the Zhou Dynasty. At this time, the golden dragon has just transformed from a Jiao dragon. As if it sensed someone peeking, the luck dragon tumbled up and wanted to pounce. Richard quickly gathered his thoughts. Hu Sanniang and the cat demon next to him were already trembling with fear.

Richard restrained his strength, and the Dragon of Luck turned around, but did not find any target. After a while, it returned to normal.

At the same time, in a Taoist temple on the outskirts of Kaifeng, a Taoist who was meditating suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the palace, muttering, "The palace's luck golden dragon is angry. Who is so bold as to covet the luck golden dragon?"

"Is someone planning something again?" The Taoist immediately stood up and walked out.

Richard did not try to provoke the Golden Dragon of Fortune again, but came to Fanlou, the most prosperous restaurant in the city, asked for a room on the top floor, ordered a table of dishes, and sat there, looking at the scenery while observing the situation in the city.

Fanlou is one of the tallest buildings in Kaifeng. Standing here, you can even see part of the imperial palace.

Richard did not immediately go to Guo Rong, after all, there are too many masters in this land of China. Who knows if someone is watching here, after all, what Richard is going to do next is not a small matter.

What if someone finds out and ruins his business?

So Richard is very cautious now.

In this era, there are still many powerful people in China. Apart from others, Lu Dongbin should not have ascended yet, Chen Tuan is also there, and there are even some other hidden bigwigs.

It has been a long time since anyone has done something like Fulongting. After all, although Fulongting has high returns, it also involves a lot of involvement. If it succeeds, one can even achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven, but if it fails, one will die.

Few cultivators would do this unless it is absolutely necessary. But although few cultivators support Long Ting, many cultivators will pay attention to it to prevent some evil spirits from having any improper thoughts.

Or if the emperor really encountered difficulties, they would also go with the flow and lend a hand, thus establishing a good relationship. This would also be beneficial to those monks.

Richard waited in Fanlou for a long time, and suddenly saw an old Taoist appear in his eyes. Although the old Taoist looked ordinary, Richard could sense the energy contained in other bodies.

A powerful sword intent appeared before his eyes, and it seemed that in the next second, this sword intent would pierce through the sky and go straight into the sky.

At this moment, the Taoist seemed to have noticed something, and looked up at Richard, with a sharp sword intent bursting out of his eyes. The divine force field around Richard moved slightly, and then blocked it.

The system tower spirit in his ear kept sending him warnings. It could be said that the Taoist in front of him was one of the most powerful figures he had met since he traveled through the multiverse.

"Taoist, why don't you come up and have a chat?" Richard's voice rang out.

"That's exactly what I meant!" the Taoist said loudly, and walked directly towards Fanlou. After a while, the Taoist arrived upstairs.

"Excuse me, Taoist priest, are you Lu Yan, the Pure Yang Master?" Richard asked.

During this period, he could not think of anyone else with such powerful sword skills except Chunyang Zhenren Lu Dongbin.

"It's me." Lu Dongbin said, while he was also looking at Richard. Although the man in front of him looked very young, his strength was amazing, and this strength was different from what he had encountered before.

At the same time, he could feel that this power was majestic and righteous, and it actually gave him a sense of the power of the sun.

"Please take a seat, sir." Richard said with a smile.

After Lu Dongbin took his seat, he looked Richard up and down, and asked after a moment.

"I see that your body is flawless, your skin is as white as ice, your bones are as white as ice, you have already become an immortal, your primordial spirit is condensed, you are favored by heaven and earth, you have already become a god."

"I wonder which immortal mountain you are cultivating in. Why have I never seen it?"

"Hahaha, Immortal, you are overpraising me." Richard said with a smile, "Immortal has achieved Pure Yang, his body is flawless, and his sword energy is so strong that it is rare in the world. He is already a true immortal on earth, and it will only take a little effort for him to ascend to heaven."

"As for the fact that I used to live in the cave, you naturally haven't seen it."

When Lu Dongbin heard about the cave world, he nodded. At this time, there were also many cave worlds in China, and some immortals who did not want to ascend lived in them. It was not surprising that there was one that he did not know.

"Daoyou, are you here to find the real dragon in the world?" Lu Dongbin asked.

"I am somewhat tempted." Richard said.

After hearing this, Lü Dongbin said with some emotion: "Daoyou is already a god, and the human world is very important to Fulong Court. If you are not careful, hundreds of years of cultivation will be wasted. Why bother to come here again?"

"The world has been in chaos for more than a hundred years, and the people are suffering and displaced. If we practice only to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven, then what is the point of practicing Taoism?" Richard said seriously.

"This world is in chaos. If righteous men die, talented people are in trouble, and despicable people occupy high positions, what good will it bring to our Chinese civilization? I am not talented enough, but I am willing to create a new world to set things right."

Hearing Richard's voice, Lu Dongbin was also shocked. In the past hundred years of chaos, he had seen too many shameless people occupying high positions, righteous people dying miserably, and the entire Chinese civilization falling into dust. Now, there were actually people who wanted to give up the position of immortal that they had already obtained and rebuild the world. This made him admire them.

(End of this chapter)