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Chapter 617 The Future: After the First Epoch
Chapter 617 The Future: After a Century
These creatures just born from the womb are only three feet in size. Their bodies, which are no different from those of the human race, are swimming in the energy tide, and they are constantly growing and rising with the nourishment of innate energy and longevity blood.One after another runes flowed on their smooth body surface, as dexterous but mysterious as a fish.
This is their innate imprint, which represents the imprint of life.And after merging Zhao Gangjun's longevity blood, these creatures all have a trace of his blood, and with this ancestral power, they will have unlimited potential in the future.
Hearing the laughter of these creatures, Zhao Gangjun, who was standing on the top of the World Tree, also had a smile on his face: "Old Gui, do you think you want to teach them the method of cultivation now, or later?"
"Then it depends on who the master chooses to host this universe..." Old Gui didn't know that Zhao Gangjun had chosen Jupiter Flower to host the universe, so after hearing this question, he asked a rhetorical question first, and then asked Zhao Gangjun if he had chosen to host the universe. With thoughtful eyes, he continued to elaborate:
"Teaching the practice method is equivalent to enlightenment. Although it is just a trivial matter, if the bearer of this universe teaches these creatures to read and practice, then he can not only use this opportunity to evolve the enlightenment tree , and even make all living beings regard him as their spirit, thus imprinting an indelible mark of faith in their minds!"
It has seen Longyu do this before, but it did not educate itself, but let a living being do it instead of itself, so it also left many disadvantages, the most important point is that the spread of beliefs is not in place, Many creatures in the world are in a state of confusion about Longyu's avenue.
Just like Jinguang Heaven and Earth, it is obviously the heaven and earth evolved from Longyu, but all living beings believe in freedom.
This is also why Zhao Gangjun was able to pry the foundation of Longyu so easily, and even plundered many worlds from under its nose with his backhand. In addition to its unstable foundation, it is also because the birth time of the universe controlled by Longyu is too short!If it is as long as tens or hundreds of epochs like other universes, even if Zhao Gangjun has the heart of the universe, it will be extremely difficult to plunder.
One thing is, if Zhao Gangjun is just the controller of the universe like Longyu, then Lao Gui will definitely persuade him to do it himself so as not to leave hidden dangers.But Zhao Gangjun, who has the heart of the universe, is destined to become the master of the three thousand universes, and all the avenues derived from the heart of the universe must be handed over to other creatures to carry, so there is no need to care about these at all.
"So master, these things can only be done by the controller of the universe to make the foundation of the universe more stable." The old turtle was very curious about who Zhao Gangjun would choose to carry this mother universe, his apprentices?Or the creatures of the new earth?One must know that Fang Mu Zhou was the birthplace of Zhao Gangjun!
Will the lucky little guy be able to get this honor?
Under the curious eyes of the old turtle, Zhao Gangjun pointed to the place where the heart of the universe was, and smiled sassyly: "The bearer is my newly recruited disciple, the Jupiter flower of the wood clan."
"Oh?"
"Surprised? But only she is the most suitable to carry this mother universe. But just now, I saw the future. After a hundred epochs, this universe will have a catastrophe. When the gods fall, the practice system will also collapse. At that time, a brand-new race will be born in the universe, and the practice will also focus on martial arts, supplemented by Tao, and the physical body of warriors can crush the galaxy..."
Listening to Zhao Gangjun's profound expression, Lao Gui couldn't distinguish his mood at the moment, so after being silent for a while, he asked in amazement and doubt: "Since you have calculated all this, then you should have Do you have a way to deal with it? After all, this is your disciple!"
The old turtle was shocked. Although Zhao Gangjun controlled the heart of the universe, he never imagined that he could deduce things a hundred centuries later. What a terrifying power this is?One hundred centuries, not one or ten centuries, even those saints who have controlled the universe for a long time, probably don't have this ability, right?
And since it has been calculated so clearly, why does the master still appear so indifferent?Does he not care at all?You must know that the destruction of hundreds of clans will give birth to new races, which may shake the foundation of the entire universe!
At that time, his disciples may all perish because of this!
"Of course I won't let it go, but this is also a good fortune of Jupiter flower. At that time, I will forge a treasure and give it to her, so that she can be reborn with this nirvana in the future, so that she can go further..." Zhao Gangjun's eyes showed a touch of depth , that kind of gaze seems to look through the years and rivers and touch the years after the century.
In Laogui's eyes, Zhao Gangjun at this moment is full of the power of time, and has a tendency to assimilate with time at any time.The incomparably confident and determined tone and expression deeply infected the old turtle, and made his undulating mind once again exclaim: "Master's cultivation has become more and more exquisite!" '
While admiring and admiring the old turtle, he was even more curious: "What kind of era is that? Where will we be at that time? Does the birth of a brand-new race mean that today's creatures will be destroyed? Even if your Zhou Bao suppresses her, I'm afraid this little girl will fall down!"
"Everything always belongs to the Tao. Since it is the Tao, there will be a day of exhaustion, but then don't worry, that little guy will take on everything. On that day, the gods will be resurrected again, and everything today will be restored again. Now, even more prosperous and prosperous, to achieve the real contention of all races! As for us? Just watch quietly..."
Zhao Gangjun's words sounded very clear, but after thinking about it carefully, Lao Gui felt that he was still deep in the sea of fog, and he still couldn't prove the answer!Who is that chosen little guy?Can he really carry such a difficult task?Lao Gui was full of curiosity and depression, but Lao Gui, who knew Zhao Gangjun's temperament well, didn't dare to ask in detail: "Then what kind of treasure do you plan to forge?"
"Accommodating all the skills in this world to deduce a brand new method of martial arts, and even adding some super technology and panacea to it..." Zhao Gangjun didn't want to reveal too much, so he wanted to continue asking when he saw the old turtle, so he said with a smile: " Since the enlightenment can be done by the master himself, the young master is also happy to be at ease, anyway, my disciple is already compatible with the Dao of sentient beings, and the rest of the world's creatures can be left to her to evolve on her own!"
"then you?"
"Go home, my precious daughter is about to be born! As for you? Old Gui, you can do more work if you can, so stay here and help my disciple, lest she get confused!"
"do not worry…"
"Well..." Zhao Gangjun nodded, and when he turned to leave, he also differentiated a divine sense that combined many information, and put it into the soul of Jupiter Flower, the heart of the universe, and then disappeared directly into the earth.As for the old turtle, he was standing on the top of the world tree, looking at the hazy figure in the heart of the universe, lost in thought. Today's earth, the changes can be said to be earth-shaking!Since the supersoul merged with the earth, in this short period of one and a half years, due to the constraints of Zhao Gangjun's laws, many races have gotten along well. Sharing it out makes the whole sky not only the practitioners who walk in the sky, but also many spaceships, mechs, battleships and even fortresses and islands. In this ultra-new era of combination of practice and technology, not only the territory has become Even more vast and vast, even the provinces and cities were cancelled, and then divided into four major areas: Chaoling District, Niuman District, Wansheng District, and Shengzun District.And the addresses of many sects are all gathered in Shengzun District, because this is the hometown of Zhao Gangjun.
With Nanshan Village as the center, all the territories with a radius of tens of thousands of miles are occupied by various sects, and even the villages around the Golden Farm were originally occupied by the previous sects, but ever since the creatures of Superspirit World learned that this place is After Shengzun's hometown, he immediately used various means to occupy these lands, and then established a new school address.
Surrounded by thousands of sects, Nanshan Village is like a piece of holy land enshrined by all living beings.Even if the people in the village are very low in practice, even those high-ranking gods of the Dao of Transformation have to be courteous when they meet them. It's not because these gods of the Dao of Transformation are afraid of them, but because of their piety to Zhao Gangjun.Because they all know that these villagers are all fellow villagers of the Holy One!Who among them knows who is the relative of the Holy One?
If you accidentally offend the relatives of the Holy One because of this, wouldn't it be self-defeating?Therefore, for the folks in Nanshan Village, every practitioner who settled here, no matter how strong or weak they are, dare not neglect them a little bit.Especially when facing Zhao Gangjun's group of daughter-in-laws, all sentient beings pay homage to them!
Tens of billions of living beings worship the people and things in this land, and this land has also changed because of Zhao Gangjun, making the entire Qingshui County the most prosperous place in this world!It has become a place where many sects are scrambling to settle in.
As soon as Zhao Gangjun entered the barrier of heaven and earth, he immediately noticed everything. Looking at this peaceful and prosperous world, he was very satisfied. He also praised Ye Chenyu through sound transmission, and then disappeared back to Peach Blossom Valley.Everything here is still the same, the difference is that the energy permeating the void has become more vast, and even the land has cultivated a trace of divinity.
Seeing that the flat peach tree that he had planted by himself back then was already full of fruits, and the palm-sized peaches were not only surrounded by a layer of pink light, but even exuded a mouth-watering fragrance, Zhao Gangjun couldn't help but rise. Feeling a bit of appetite, he picked a flat peach from the tree with a swipe of his right hand, opened his mouth and bit it, feeling the majestic energy in the juice and the sweet smell, Zhao Gangjun narrowed his eyes comfortably:
"As expected of the fruit grown by the master, the taste is beyond words!"
The energy contained in the flat peach is extremely huge, equivalent to the number of a practitioner in the golden body state. If it is an ordinary practitioner, even a god of transformation, eating a flat peach will have unimaginable benefits, but for Zhao Gangjun It's like eating an ordinary peach, except for the taste, the energy is too insignificant!
"I haven't been back for two years, and when I came back, I fell in love with myself in the peach forest. You are the only number one in this world!"
Hearing the teasing sound coming from behind, Zhao Gangjun's rough face suddenly showed a touch of tenderness, he turned to look at Tang Baobao's lovely face, hugged her in his arms in a blink of an eye, and raised his nose with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, Gently sniffing the faint orchid fragrance on her body and that soft body, said softly with a guilty tone:
"Do you blame me in your heart?"
Hearing this, Tang Baobao shook his head, his face buried between his chest lifted, his big eyes glowed with watery tenderness: "I never complained at all, because we all know that the reason why you are so busy is Guard us! And you did it, right? The birth and death of today and the world are all within a year of you, so we can only make you proud, and how can we complain about you!"
Even Tang Baobao, who is the reincarnation of Emperor Xuanshui, did not expect Zhao Gangjun to achieve today's achievements, and it was something he did not even dare to think about.Control the evolution of the universe!What a great deed.Which creature in the three thousand heavens and earth can do it?No, especially every time I travel, seeing the scene of all beings bowing and giving in, makes Tang Baobao and the others proud of Zhao Gangjun!
This is not greedy for vanity, but a kind of supreme glory, because they know in their hearts that whether it is the changes in this land or the respect of all living beings to them, everything comes from Zhao Gangjun.Because of his strength, he and others can have such treatment!So in Tang Baobao's view, although Zhao Gangjun spends little time with his family, he does it for this family!
"So don't blame yourself, whether it's me, her sisters, or your parents, they didn't blame you at all!"
The big eyes full of affection, added to the tender words like water, made Zhao Gangjun's silent heart of the universe thump, fearing that it would affect Juxinghua, Zhao Gangjun quickly calmed down, took a deep breath, and his face was full. Gently kissed her on the forehead: "Thank you baby. By the way, where are Daoxiang and the others?"
"The due date is tomorrow, so Shaofang is accompanying her upstairs. As for her sisters, they have all gone to the farm. After the fusion of the two worlds, Nanshan Village has become a holy place in the hearts of all living beings. The spiritual fruits produced by our farm And other spiritual objects have also become the objects of pursuit of many practitioners, so it is a bit busy."
Listening to Tang Baobao's slightly sighing and proud words, Zhao Gangjun smiled and pulled her right hand: "Accompany me to see Daoxiang, and then go to the farm to see them, and I'm announcing a good thing to you along the way!"
"What's the matter?" Tang Baobao blinked his big eyes and looked at him curiously.
"A thing that you have always dreamed of..." While speaking, Zhao Gangjun pulled her along the hot spring path, stepped into the glass door of the villa, and walked up the stairs with a smile under Baobao Tang's confused look.However, as the footsteps approached the open bedroom door, Zhao Gangjun's indifferent mind became a little nervous.
(End of this chapter)
These creatures just born from the womb are only three feet in size. Their bodies, which are no different from those of the human race, are swimming in the energy tide, and they are constantly growing and rising with the nourishment of innate energy and longevity blood.One after another runes flowed on their smooth body surface, as dexterous but mysterious as a fish.
This is their innate imprint, which represents the imprint of life.And after merging Zhao Gangjun's longevity blood, these creatures all have a trace of his blood, and with this ancestral power, they will have unlimited potential in the future.
Hearing the laughter of these creatures, Zhao Gangjun, who was standing on the top of the World Tree, also had a smile on his face: "Old Gui, do you think you want to teach them the method of cultivation now, or later?"
"Then it depends on who the master chooses to host this universe..." Old Gui didn't know that Zhao Gangjun had chosen Jupiter Flower to host the universe, so after hearing this question, he asked a rhetorical question first, and then asked Zhao Gangjun if he had chosen to host the universe. With thoughtful eyes, he continued to elaborate:
"Teaching the practice method is equivalent to enlightenment. Although it is just a trivial matter, if the bearer of this universe teaches these creatures to read and practice, then he can not only use this opportunity to evolve the enlightenment tree , and even make all living beings regard him as their spirit, thus imprinting an indelible mark of faith in their minds!"
It has seen Longyu do this before, but it did not educate itself, but let a living being do it instead of itself, so it also left many disadvantages, the most important point is that the spread of beliefs is not in place, Many creatures in the world are in a state of confusion about Longyu's avenue.
Just like Jinguang Heaven and Earth, it is obviously the heaven and earth evolved from Longyu, but all living beings believe in freedom.
This is also why Zhao Gangjun was able to pry the foundation of Longyu so easily, and even plundered many worlds from under its nose with his backhand. In addition to its unstable foundation, it is also because the birth time of the universe controlled by Longyu is too short!If it is as long as tens or hundreds of epochs like other universes, even if Zhao Gangjun has the heart of the universe, it will be extremely difficult to plunder.
One thing is, if Zhao Gangjun is just the controller of the universe like Longyu, then Lao Gui will definitely persuade him to do it himself so as not to leave hidden dangers.But Zhao Gangjun, who has the heart of the universe, is destined to become the master of the three thousand universes, and all the avenues derived from the heart of the universe must be handed over to other creatures to carry, so there is no need to care about these at all.
"So master, these things can only be done by the controller of the universe to make the foundation of the universe more stable." The old turtle was very curious about who Zhao Gangjun would choose to carry this mother universe, his apprentices?Or the creatures of the new earth?One must know that Fang Mu Zhou was the birthplace of Zhao Gangjun!
Will the lucky little guy be able to get this honor?
Under the curious eyes of the old turtle, Zhao Gangjun pointed to the place where the heart of the universe was, and smiled sassyly: "The bearer is my newly recruited disciple, the Jupiter flower of the wood clan."
"Oh?"
"Surprised? But only she is the most suitable to carry this mother universe. But just now, I saw the future. After a hundred epochs, this universe will have a catastrophe. When the gods fall, the practice system will also collapse. At that time, a brand-new race will be born in the universe, and the practice will also focus on martial arts, supplemented by Tao, and the physical body of warriors can crush the galaxy..."
Listening to Zhao Gangjun's profound expression, Lao Gui couldn't distinguish his mood at the moment, so after being silent for a while, he asked in amazement and doubt: "Since you have calculated all this, then you should have Do you have a way to deal with it? After all, this is your disciple!"
The old turtle was shocked. Although Zhao Gangjun controlled the heart of the universe, he never imagined that he could deduce things a hundred centuries later. What a terrifying power this is?One hundred centuries, not one or ten centuries, even those saints who have controlled the universe for a long time, probably don't have this ability, right?
And since it has been calculated so clearly, why does the master still appear so indifferent?Does he not care at all?You must know that the destruction of hundreds of clans will give birth to new races, which may shake the foundation of the entire universe!
At that time, his disciples may all perish because of this!
"Of course I won't let it go, but this is also a good fortune of Jupiter flower. At that time, I will forge a treasure and give it to her, so that she can be reborn with this nirvana in the future, so that she can go further..." Zhao Gangjun's eyes showed a touch of depth , that kind of gaze seems to look through the years and rivers and touch the years after the century.
In Laogui's eyes, Zhao Gangjun at this moment is full of the power of time, and has a tendency to assimilate with time at any time.The incomparably confident and determined tone and expression deeply infected the old turtle, and made his undulating mind once again exclaim: "Master's cultivation has become more and more exquisite!" '
While admiring and admiring the old turtle, he was even more curious: "What kind of era is that? Where will we be at that time? Does the birth of a brand-new race mean that today's creatures will be destroyed? Even if your Zhou Bao suppresses her, I'm afraid this little girl will fall down!"
"Everything always belongs to the Tao. Since it is the Tao, there will be a day of exhaustion, but then don't worry, that little guy will take on everything. On that day, the gods will be resurrected again, and everything today will be restored again. Now, even more prosperous and prosperous, to achieve the real contention of all races! As for us? Just watch quietly..."
Zhao Gangjun's words sounded very clear, but after thinking about it carefully, Lao Gui felt that he was still deep in the sea of fog, and he still couldn't prove the answer!Who is that chosen little guy?Can he really carry such a difficult task?Lao Gui was full of curiosity and depression, but Lao Gui, who knew Zhao Gangjun's temperament well, didn't dare to ask in detail: "Then what kind of treasure do you plan to forge?"
"Accommodating all the skills in this world to deduce a brand new method of martial arts, and even adding some super technology and panacea to it..." Zhao Gangjun didn't want to reveal too much, so he wanted to continue asking when he saw the old turtle, so he said with a smile: " Since the enlightenment can be done by the master himself, the young master is also happy to be at ease, anyway, my disciple is already compatible with the Dao of sentient beings, and the rest of the world's creatures can be left to her to evolve on her own!"
"then you?"
"Go home, my precious daughter is about to be born! As for you? Old Gui, you can do more work if you can, so stay here and help my disciple, lest she get confused!"
"do not worry…"
"Well..." Zhao Gangjun nodded, and when he turned to leave, he also differentiated a divine sense that combined many information, and put it into the soul of Jupiter Flower, the heart of the universe, and then disappeared directly into the earth.As for the old turtle, he was standing on the top of the world tree, looking at the hazy figure in the heart of the universe, lost in thought. Today's earth, the changes can be said to be earth-shaking!Since the supersoul merged with the earth, in this short period of one and a half years, due to the constraints of Zhao Gangjun's laws, many races have gotten along well. Sharing it out makes the whole sky not only the practitioners who walk in the sky, but also many spaceships, mechs, battleships and even fortresses and islands. In this ultra-new era of combination of practice and technology, not only the territory has become Even more vast and vast, even the provinces and cities were cancelled, and then divided into four major areas: Chaoling District, Niuman District, Wansheng District, and Shengzun District.And the addresses of many sects are all gathered in Shengzun District, because this is the hometown of Zhao Gangjun.
With Nanshan Village as the center, all the territories with a radius of tens of thousands of miles are occupied by various sects, and even the villages around the Golden Farm were originally occupied by the previous sects, but ever since the creatures of Superspirit World learned that this place is After Shengzun's hometown, he immediately used various means to occupy these lands, and then established a new school address.
Surrounded by thousands of sects, Nanshan Village is like a piece of holy land enshrined by all living beings.Even if the people in the village are very low in practice, even those high-ranking gods of the Dao of Transformation have to be courteous when they meet them. It's not because these gods of the Dao of Transformation are afraid of them, but because of their piety to Zhao Gangjun.Because they all know that these villagers are all fellow villagers of the Holy One!Who among them knows who is the relative of the Holy One?
If you accidentally offend the relatives of the Holy One because of this, wouldn't it be self-defeating?Therefore, for the folks in Nanshan Village, every practitioner who settled here, no matter how strong or weak they are, dare not neglect them a little bit.Especially when facing Zhao Gangjun's group of daughter-in-laws, all sentient beings pay homage to them!
Tens of billions of living beings worship the people and things in this land, and this land has also changed because of Zhao Gangjun, making the entire Qingshui County the most prosperous place in this world!It has become a place where many sects are scrambling to settle in.
As soon as Zhao Gangjun entered the barrier of heaven and earth, he immediately noticed everything. Looking at this peaceful and prosperous world, he was very satisfied. He also praised Ye Chenyu through sound transmission, and then disappeared back to Peach Blossom Valley.Everything here is still the same, the difference is that the energy permeating the void has become more vast, and even the land has cultivated a trace of divinity.
Seeing that the flat peach tree that he had planted by himself back then was already full of fruits, and the palm-sized peaches were not only surrounded by a layer of pink light, but even exuded a mouth-watering fragrance, Zhao Gangjun couldn't help but rise. Feeling a bit of appetite, he picked a flat peach from the tree with a swipe of his right hand, opened his mouth and bit it, feeling the majestic energy in the juice and the sweet smell, Zhao Gangjun narrowed his eyes comfortably:
"As expected of the fruit grown by the master, the taste is beyond words!"
The energy contained in the flat peach is extremely huge, equivalent to the number of a practitioner in the golden body state. If it is an ordinary practitioner, even a god of transformation, eating a flat peach will have unimaginable benefits, but for Zhao Gangjun It's like eating an ordinary peach, except for the taste, the energy is too insignificant!
"I haven't been back for two years, and when I came back, I fell in love with myself in the peach forest. You are the only number one in this world!"
Hearing the teasing sound coming from behind, Zhao Gangjun's rough face suddenly showed a touch of tenderness, he turned to look at Tang Baobao's lovely face, hugged her in his arms in a blink of an eye, and raised his nose with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, Gently sniffing the faint orchid fragrance on her body and that soft body, said softly with a guilty tone:
"Do you blame me in your heart?"
Hearing this, Tang Baobao shook his head, his face buried between his chest lifted, his big eyes glowed with watery tenderness: "I never complained at all, because we all know that the reason why you are so busy is Guard us! And you did it, right? The birth and death of today and the world are all within a year of you, so we can only make you proud, and how can we complain about you!"
Even Tang Baobao, who is the reincarnation of Emperor Xuanshui, did not expect Zhao Gangjun to achieve today's achievements, and it was something he did not even dare to think about.Control the evolution of the universe!What a great deed.Which creature in the three thousand heavens and earth can do it?No, especially every time I travel, seeing the scene of all beings bowing and giving in, makes Tang Baobao and the others proud of Zhao Gangjun!
This is not greedy for vanity, but a kind of supreme glory, because they know in their hearts that whether it is the changes in this land or the respect of all living beings to them, everything comes from Zhao Gangjun.Because of his strength, he and others can have such treatment!So in Tang Baobao's view, although Zhao Gangjun spends little time with his family, he does it for this family!
"So don't blame yourself, whether it's me, her sisters, or your parents, they didn't blame you at all!"
The big eyes full of affection, added to the tender words like water, made Zhao Gangjun's silent heart of the universe thump, fearing that it would affect Juxinghua, Zhao Gangjun quickly calmed down, took a deep breath, and his face was full. Gently kissed her on the forehead: "Thank you baby. By the way, where are Daoxiang and the others?"
"The due date is tomorrow, so Shaofang is accompanying her upstairs. As for her sisters, they have all gone to the farm. After the fusion of the two worlds, Nanshan Village has become a holy place in the hearts of all living beings. The spiritual fruits produced by our farm And other spiritual objects have also become the objects of pursuit of many practitioners, so it is a bit busy."
Listening to Tang Baobao's slightly sighing and proud words, Zhao Gangjun smiled and pulled her right hand: "Accompany me to see Daoxiang, and then go to the farm to see them, and I'm announcing a good thing to you along the way!"
"What's the matter?" Tang Baobao blinked his big eyes and looked at him curiously.
"A thing that you have always dreamed of..." While speaking, Zhao Gangjun pulled her along the hot spring path, stepped into the glass door of the villa, and walked up the stairs with a smile under Baobao Tang's confused look.However, as the footsteps approached the open bedroom door, Zhao Gangjun's indifferent mind became a little nervous.
(End of this chapter)
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