Tao and Heaven

Chapter 72 Everyone in the world rebels
"The Three Pure Ones won?"

Wen Renwu was lying wounded beside the alchemy furnace. He could hardly believe the news.

Not to mention that Master Yun Miao fought against dozens of people alone, could the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect defeat the entire cultivation world?

Emperor Daojun was helping him apply medicine, and said without sadness or joy: "The Three Pure Ones Taoist Sect is unrivaled in the world. Whether it is Yunmiao, Huayang, or some old guys, they are already at the peak of the fourth realm."

"And they only have the upper hand temporarily, and more people will come later. If those great powers do not fight with Dao Sect and directly enter the land of immortality, how many of them can they stop?"

This is the confidence he has in his deal with Emperor Dao Zong. Emperor Dao Zong believes in the weight of the name Qing Cang.

Generally, people who have been there once would not want to go there a second time. Wen Renwu was able to fight with a junior, which was a sign of his ability. If he ran into a top three genius, he would be killed. You cannot insult the True Lord outside, and it is not uncommon to beat the master to death here.

They are all powerful people who have achieved success and fame, and have been dominating the outside world for thousands of years. Most of them cherish their lives very much. Moreover, if they cannot reach the realm they could not reach before, the result will be the same if they try again. The benefits are not proportional to the risks.

But Qingcang can bring out a lot of old guys, they are all left over from the war back then.

"But the person who came was Yun Miao. It was obvious that he had made a breakthrough and was even better than Hua Yang. This was also a sudden change."

Emperor Daojun looked thoughtful.

It seemed as if the elixir of immortality was about to be made, and the boundless cause and effect pressed down on him, with constant accidents and strange changes occurring frequently.

The same is true for Yu Hua who is looking for the elixir of immortality. Nothing can go as she wishes, let alone as Dao Zong wishes.

Wen Renwu was surprised and asked, "Is it possible to break through to the peak of the fourth realm?"

"It's not about realm, it's just closer to 'immortal'. Huayang is not as predictable as Yunmiao. Yunmiao has perfected the eighth level of the ninth level of the Dao foundation, while Huayang is one level short. One Dao foundation is one level higher than the heaven, and perfection is even higher than the heaven. From now on, the gap cannot be made up."

Emperor Daojun glanced at the alchemy furnace, and his eyes, like a deep spring, showed a rare burning sensation.

"I am the same as Yun Miao, but we are both missing a level of perfection. If we don't make up for it in this lifetime, I'm afraid we will never be able to become immortals."

Wen Renwu showed a bitter look on his face. He had only reached the third level of perfection, and his Tao foundation was only at the eighth level.

The difficulty of Tao foundation is like ascending to heaven, and the perfection of Tao foundation is like pushing a boulder on the way to heaven. He himself is already a military genius of his generation, and he also possessed the Dharma image like Gu Wen, but in the end he stopped at the eighth level of Tao foundation and perfected the third level.

Emperor Daojun took out a golden elixir, the spiritual charm was restrained and the elixir cloud was like a dragon.

"This pill can help you complete your Dao foundation once again, but this may be the last time you take it. Taking more than that will be ineffective."

Wen Renwu took the pill and didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

How unwilling I am to stop on this great road!
At this time, a guard outside the hall walked in quickly and handed over a document with chicken feathers hanging on it.

It is also called the chicken feather document. If there is an urgent matter, bird feathers will be inserted into it to indicate that it is being delivered quickly.

Emperor Daojun opened it and threw it to Wen Renwu who was standing beside him. The latter glanced at it and his mouth twitched.

"It is truly audacious that they still have the mind to rob the official ship in such a situation."

Now, the other party has been wanted by Daqian, with a reward of up to ten thousand taels. A Taoist soldier has been promised to various sects, and some old monsters who have grudges against Qingcang will also come to the door.

Daqian is hunting him down with all its might, and people from all walks of life are chasing him. If he reveals his position, he will be courting death.

Emperor Daojun shook his head and said, "He is very smart. The safest place in the world is only the powerful one. Everything else is false. Hiding from the world is to save life, and running rampant in the world is to be invincible."

"Then let's end it all in one battle." Wen Renwu stood up, dragging his broken body, and said murderously: "If he leads ten thousand elite soldiers to attack me, I will destroy him even if it costs me my life."

Emperor Daojun nodded slightly: "Go ahead, I will help you block the goddess for a while then."

"As ordered."

Wen Renwu walked out of the hall, but before he stepped out of the gate, another messenger guard walked into the palace quickly and heard a voice: "Report! Your Majesty, Zechuan County fell in the war, and the Minister of War, Ren Du General Manager Yuan Xiangchun, died in the battle."

The hall was silent, and Emperor Daojun sighed, "The world is unpredictable, and the will of heaven is hard to predict. Go and put down the rebellion."

Wen Renwu said unwillingly, "Gu Wen is able to fight against me and constantly condense his magical powers in battle. He must not be allowed to stay, Your Majesty."

There are many different ways to condense the magical power of Dharma. It is not surprising that the Dharma of Killing can be condensed in fighting, but Gu Wen comprehended it too quickly.

"If Zechuan is not peaceful, the whole world will rebel."

Emperor Daojun knew the importance of the matter. Although Gu Wen was talented, he was just talented.

No one can predict the future achievements, but the whole world will rebel against rebellion. One is the threat of the future, and the other is the guillotine that will chop off your head.

"Yes."

Wen Renwu bowed and accepted the order, then left the palace, joined the Imperial Guards and took over the military power, and once again recruited civilians.

Then there was another round of wailing in Bianjing, with countless men being dragged out of their homes, and some even being caught by officials on the street. The wealthy families were not having a good time either, as officials came to increase taxes again, and even the families of the literati were not spared.

By piecing together all the troops, an army of 150,000 people was raised. Most of them were civilians responsible for the later baggage transportation. The real main force was the 10,000 brave soldiers who returned from the border.
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Above Qianjiang River.

As soon as Gu Wen boarded the boat, he was discovered by the escorting runners from the Imperial Household Department. A dozen runners with knives surrounded him. Each of them wore chain mail and judging by their physiques, they were probably from the Imperial Guards.

In ancient times, armor and no armor were two different concepts. These dozen people could make a robbery gang of hundreds of people afraid to act rashly, or even hundreds of people. Not all the bandits were Liangshan heroes, most of them were refugees with poor clothes and dung forks, and basically they would all run away if a dozen of them died.

After all, the Taifusi was responsible for collecting spiritual objects for the emperor, so it was understandable that it had excellent personnel and equipment. Otherwise, what if it was robbed?
Gu Wen condensed water into a gun and said, "I only seek wealth, not life."

Now that I am penniless, I am a poor Taoist priest. Only when I have money can I be called a Taoist master.

The surrounding yamen runners all widened their eyes when they saw this magical power, then looked at each other in bewilderment, and then put down their weapons.

A eunuch with small eyes came out from the corner and shouted, "Don't be fooled by this mere demon, his tricks. These are the tributes that the Holy Lord wants. If you lose them, you will all lose your heads!"

Bang!
The water gun flew out, piercing through the eunuch's body and stuck straight on the mast. The eunuch's eyes widened, blood gushed out of his mouth, and he screamed for a while before he lost his voice.

quiet!
Gu Wen was kind to others and said to the yamen runners around him: "According to Daqian law, fighting hard and failing can be considered a merit."

If you fail to protect the imperial goods, you will be beheaded. If this rule is followed, almost every official who escorts goods should be killed. Because the loss of the ancient transportation environment is inevitable, and the social stability of Daqian is also inevitable.

Daqian is now rotten, but its foundation was considered enlightened and peaceful among feudal dynasties, without cruel officials and harsh laws.

The yamen runners understood and put down their weapons. Then the leader stepped forward and said, "What does the Immortal Master want?"

"Tribute medicine."

"Master, please follow me."

Gu Wen followed the other party into the somewhat dim cabin. The narrow place was filled with cargo. Before he could bend down to check, an iron knife was swung at him from behind.

The knife's light was cold and deadly, and it was chopped towards the neck. It would not be an exaggeration for a flesh and blood body to have its head chopped off by the iron knife.

Gu Wen had no intention of testing the power of the body protection method. He turned around and smashed one man's skull with one punch, and cut off another man's head with a knife. Seeing this, two of the yamen runners who were blocking the back rushed forward with fierce looks on their faces, but basically none of them could survive a single move from Gu Wen.

The head fell to the ground and rolled left and right as the ship swayed.

Soon all the runners on the boat died, and several of them jumped off the boat and ran away. Gu Wen did not bother to get off the boat and sink them into the river one by one.

There were only three boatmen left on the boat. When they saw Gu Wen coming back again, they all knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy. Gu Wen had to comfort them for a long time before the three boatmen could barely communicate and help him find the tribute.

While the boatman was carrying the goods, Gu Wen touched the jade pendant in his arms, and the extended magic power was instantly ejected. He couldn't help but said with some pain: "I spent so much effort on it, but you don't give it to me?"

After escaping from danger, the first thing Gu Wen thought of was the jade pendant, which was said to contain a Taoist weapon. His Xuanzhong spear broke before he could even warm it up, and Wen Renwu wanted to capture him alive, so his attacks were basically aimed at the Xuanzhong spear.

This weapon was obviously not so easy to refine, so Gu Wen had to find a way to get some Emperor's juice. He also inquired about the Emperor's juice, and his target was Tianquan Mountain Water, one of the tributes of the Dog Emperor.

The source is located in Luoshui County, which is between Nanshui County and Qianjing County, in the central part of Daqian, where handicrafts and commerce are extremely developed.

"Master, here's what you want."

The boatmen unloaded boxes of cargo and opened them one by one, including silver, herbs, silk, and porcelain.

Gu Wen grabbed a handful of silver and threw it to them, saying, "This is a reward for you. Each of you should have more than ten taels. You won't be able to hold more than that."

The three boatmen hesitated for a moment. Wouldn't it be collusion if they took it?
The thought only lasted for a moment, and others who wanted to join in the corruption did not have the opportunity to do so. The imperial court conscripted them for labor service but did not pay them!
Then, without exception, the three of them put the silver into their pockets. Their fear of Gu Wen was immediately washed away by the silver, and they even felt a little more admiration for him.

One of them stepped forward and asked, "May I ask your name, benefactor?"

"When did I become your benefactor?" Gu Wen said with a smile.

The boatman was young and strong, and had a lot of courage. He said, "I am the only male in my family, and now I have been conscripted for labor service. I don't know when I can return home. If you hadn't killed them, my mother would have starved to death."

"I'll give you another ten taels."

Gu Wen thought it was interesting, so he threw another ten taels to the other party and replied, "My last name is Gu, with a single character Wen. The old emperor said he would pass the throne to me, so I came here today to collect some interest."

"..."

The boatman couldn't hold it any longer.

He wanted to learn from the people in the martial arts world to call himself a hero, but this man asked to be the emperor, and he didn't know how to respond.

"Okay, let's dock the boat and you guys can get off."

The boat approached the shore slightly and the three boatmen jumped off the boat.

Gu Wen turned around and looked through boxes of tribute. He was not worried about the impact that the escape of a few innocent people would have on him.

Reporting to the authorities would risk being blamed, and given the speed of information transmission in ancient times, he would have already fled by the time the imperial army arrived. This is why there were bandits in ancient times, but in modern times, they can hardly escape from the province.

Compared to this, quickly improving your strength is the most fundamental thing, and what your destiny requires can only be obtained by robbing.

There was a box of elixirs, all sorts of which he didn't recognize. Gu Wen stuffed them directly into his mouth, holding the chicken feather warrant that he had searched from the eunuch in his hand.

"A thousand miles in a hurry, this place is not close to Zechuan?"

Gu Wen took it out and looked at it, and was stunned.

[Linchuan County rebelled, the county governor was killed by the rebels, and the entire army was defeated. ]

With Bianjing as the center, next to it is Zechuan, and further out is Linchuan. I heard before that due to the problems in Zechuan County, Linchuan medicinal fruits can only come through Nanshui and Luoshui counties.

In other words, this intelligence, which was sent urgently from a remote area thousands of miles away, was intercepted by him.

But Daqian was completely unaware that even Linchuan had fallen.

　About the setting of power realm.

　　The normal Tao foundation is one, while the perfect one is two (double). The remaining magical powers and spells are equal to the equipment, which can make up for a certain gap.

　　Regarding the protagonist's Taoist foundation, it may be a problem with my description, but since so many people are dissatisfied, I changed it to a perfect triple Taoist foundation.

　　The comparison of combat power is just a comparison of numbers

　　To become an immortal, one must first have a solid foundation in Taoism.

　　The outside world only talks about the four realms
　　
　
(End of this chapter)