The world of Taoism

Chapter 433 Twelve Hours
.Meng Jingyu hesitated for a moment.Say something shocking.

"Maybe it has something to do with seniors."

"What?" Zhou Xuan was surprised, how could the matter of the Wanwu Sect a hundred years ago be involved in him?
"To be precise, it has something to do with me." On the other side, Qiu Hao came out.

Meng Jingyu had returned to Yuchan Mountain two months ago.

It also brought a shocking news.

The destruction of the Wanwu Sect, the great northern religion, really happened overnight. This is not an adjective, but a real thing that happened.

"After the time of Zi Zi, the power of all cultivators in the world began to decline, until the time of Shen, most of the cultivators became mortals..."

What makes cultivators stronger than ordinary people lies in unpredictable spells.

A cultivator can even be compared to an army by relying on spells.

Once the spell is lost, there is no difference between a cultivator and an ordinary mortal.

So after these practitioners had no strength, the emperor only sent an army to easily solve them.

"You still remember Jing Tiansi?" Qiu Hao asked.

"of course."

This is the official institution of the imperial court to subdue demons and eliminate demons.

Speaking of which, Zhou Xuan is still working there, and Qiu Hao is still one of his senior management.

"Back then, the emperor recruited strange people from all over the world and rewarded them generously. They promised them famous mountains and great rivers, and the title of national fortune. Since then, the way of cultivation has flourished, and famous schools have sprung up one after another."

The past dynasties generally suppressed these cultivators who threatened the rule, and basically their status was similar to that of ordinary demons and ghosts.

It was not until now that it was on the stage, and recruited apprentices openly.However, there are also conditions. Each sect sends some people to work for the court.

That's why Jing Tiansi came here. Many sect leaders or high-level officials are in high positions, and Qiu Hao is one of them, including his master Mao Jiu.

Due to the establishment of the new organization, the demons and ghosts disappeared, and the whole world was almost occupied by human beings.

Other sporadic demons and ghosts only hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and occasionally come out to fight the autumn wind, and they have no impact on the entire human society.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit is a dead dog.

After the problem of demons and ghosts was resolved, Jing Tiansi became a serious problem instead.

This agency is directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, but unlike eunuchs or other secret service agencies, the power comes from the emperor.

No matter how powerful the eunuchs are, how long the spies have spread, and how many people there are, the power comes from the emperor.

As long as the emperor issued an imperial decree, these majestic eunuchs and spies.Established power will crumble overnight.

But Jing Tiansi is different, their power comes from their own strength.

Some high-level officials, even the emperor, have to be treated politely.

And most of these people's positions are towards the common people and their own schools.

This idea that the people are more important than the emperor makes the next few emperors restless.

Subsequent emperors attempted to weaken this institution, both openly and covertly.

But this is not easy, many of these famous sects are deeply rooted in the local area, and the imperial decree of the emperor is no more useful than them.

Although the power of the Human Emperor is also very strong, the central axis of imperial power radiates in all directions, and as long as he gives an order, he can suppress the magic power.

But it is impossible to be an enemy of the world, and the power of the central axis of imperial power is related to the royal luck.

Once it is used too much, the country will be in turmoil and natural disasters will come.

"Then how did it work out in the end?"

When Zhou Xuan first entered, this institution had been in decline for many years, and there were only two or three big cats and kittens left, and even some places could not even recruit people, and could only deal with some simple problems.

"It's still the power of the emperor."

Human Sovereign is the king of the world, born with the blessing of heaven.

God commands the Three Realms, and the Human Sovereign is the king of the world. At that time, the Human Sovereign can still practice, and some Human Sovereigns can even challenge the rule of God.

Later, the Zhou Dynasty acted on behalf of the Heaven, and the Human Emperor could not practice until he proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven.

Even so, the Human Sovereign possesses divine power that ordinary people cannot match, for he is the Son of Heaven after all.

No matter how powerful a cultivator is, once he gets to the Human Emperor's side, he will be suppressed.

With one order, he will be caught with his hands like a mortal.

However, this effect is only limited to the scope of the imperial palace. Once he leaves the imperial palace, the power of Bailongyufu will disappear.

This is also the reason why very few emperors in the past dynasties pretended to go out. Once Yizhang was away, they would lose the power of heaven.

So the Emperor's power can only radiate around, not the whole world.

But there is one exception.

That is the power of sages and great men can radiate the whole world.

The so-called sages refer to those who have great talents and virtues and will influence the entire civilization.

Such a person is generally rare in a thousand years.

A great man is rare in a hundred years and has a special mission, usually to end the troubled times or rejuvenate the dynasty.

Within one month of the sage's birth, all supernatural powers in the world will disappear, and all demons and ghosts will also lose their power.

The moment the sage's knowledge matures, within a hundred years, demons and ghosts will not be able to be born, and their power will be suppressed to an extremely low level.

Within a day after the great man came into the world, all the supernatural powers would disappear, and the great man created his achievements until he died, and the demons and ghosts could not be born, and the existing power of the demons and ghosts would also be suppressed.

"That is to say, within those 12 hours, all the masters in the world lost their strength?"

"That's right, we were put together by the emperor back then. Qin Tianjian calculated that on that day Ziwei star came into the world, and Ziwei star corresponds to the fate of great men and sages."

Meng Jingyu spoke eloquently.

"At that time, some high-ranking people in the royal family deceived the secrets at the cost of their lives, and then the emperor found an excuse to call the heads and high-level officials over." Qiu Hao recalled what happened back then.

That night was full of carnage.

There are less than a hundred leaders and high-level leaders of the various sects. After losing their power, they are like mortals and let others slaughter them.

Qiuhao's master was also there, but he was lucky at the time, so he kept an eye out in advance and ran out through someone he knew.

But other people's luck was not so good, most of the heads died in that massacre.

The one who suffered the most heavy losses was the All Things Sect.

The Wanwu Sect is the largest sect in the north, with tens of thousands of disciples, and its headquarters is in Guanzhong, which is Chang'an City.

Such a behemoth is right next to him, how can this not make the emperor feel jealous.

This sect was the first to bear the brunt, and other sects also suffered heavy losses.

After this incident, most of the major sects have perished, and the remaining sects have basically escaped into the deep mountains and old forests, ignoring world affairs.

Mao Jiu was also seriously injured because of this, and later entered the Netherworld, was beaten forcibly and exhausted his vitality, and died shortly after returning.

As a result, the Jintan Huayang League was dissolved.

"So that's the case, but who is that Ziwei star? The current emperor? Or the former emperor?" Zhou Xuan said.

The emperor who planned this matter at the beginning was the grandpa of the current Holy Majesty.

This person was born with a very high level of understanding, coupled with his admiration for the Dao, he was also called the Emperor of the Tao and the Emperor of the God.

Unexpectedly, it was the emperor who caused the most damage to the practitioners.

It was also this guy who planted the root of today's demon rampage.

If it was in its heyday, the monsters and ghosts would not be able to stir up any disturbances at all.

The current bane is that it was bought that day.

"It's a prince born to a concubine. This person has Ziwei star fate, so he should be the master of Daqi's Zhongxing." Speaking of this, Meng Jingyu changed the subject, "It's a pity that this prince died when he was born. In the midst of sect battles."

The various sects are not without gains, at least they have cut off the future master of ZTE.

This is a very painful lesson.

After this battle, Daqi's national fortunes took a turn for the worse, until today there is a risk of crumbling.

"There is such a story." Zhou Xuan was amazed.

Unexpectedly, the emperor of the world would have such a means.

No wonder practitioners dare not easily get involved in imperial power struggles. Being in the center of the world, it is easy to go wrong.

Zhou Xuan didn't feel strange about the emperor's behavior of digging his own grave.

There are many such stupid emperors in history. In order to maintain their rule, they often do some things that will harm the ages.

A creature like the emperor is the biggest obstacle to social progress.

Including those who are top-notch in writing and martial arts, such as Qin Huang and Han Wu, have also left future generations with thousands of years of trouble.

The former left behind Shang Yang's five arts of controlling the people, while the latter left behind the scourge of dominating Confucianism.

"Then what do you plan to do next? To take revenge or what?" Zhou Xuan said.

He has no sense of belonging to this world and this dynasty.

Similarly, he has no intention of fighting for world hegemony.

He did so much just to make his life better. During this period of time, he no longer interfered with the affairs of Yangzhou.

Those chores are basically handed over to other people. Yesterday, I was thinking about waiting for a while to let myself be a Yangzhou shepherd.

These so-called names and titles are just illusions, and only one's own cultivation is real.

There is no thousand-year dynasty, but there are thousands-year sects and ten thousand-year orthodoxy.

In Zhou Xuan's vision for the future, the power of the Celestial Master should be above the secular imperial power.

Just like a certain religion in the Middle Ages, the power of the king is granted by God, and one follows one's own rules.

Going deep into all aspects of society, no matter how the dynasty and regime change, they always act under their own rules.

Only in this way can we effectively prevent the old ghosts of the six days, demons and ghosts from making troubles.

The world has suffered from it for many years.

Be it cultivators or ghosts.

are essentially the same.

The power was abused, and the retribution fell on ordinary people.

Every moment, countless people died at the hands of practitioners and demons.

Although Zhou Xuan knew that this move would bring disadvantages, compared to today's turbid world, the advantages always outweigh the disadvantages.

Let's talk about the future.

"Forget it. It's been a long time since the incident. It's so easy to kill the emperor of the world, no less than going to heaven." Fang Qingxue said.

I don't know if the mother sword of all things has any effect on the central axis of imperial power.

The first checkpoint to break into the imperial city is to hold the big round mirror above.

The imperial city is the center of the world, and the power of the Dayuan Mirror is thousands of times that of other places, and practitioners will be greatly suppressed.

Once being shot by the Dayuan mirror, I am afraid that I will lose all my cultivation and end up in a dead end.

The further you go inside, the stronger the pressure you get.

At that time, even if the sword of the mother of all things is useful, Fang Qingxue will not be able to handle it by herself.

Only when the rebels break through the city of Chang'an in the future will it be time for revenge.

Fang Qingxue thought she could afford to wait.

From ancient times to the present, the lifespan of a dynasty is at most three to four hundred years.

She can live for at least 500 years now, and she can afford it for such a short time, so there is no need to be proud of it.

"That's fine, it's probably not more than ten years, just wait patiently."

Now the northwest has consumed most of the power of the imperial court, so it has not been eliminated.

As the war led to more refugee uprisings, it was the end of the dynasty at first glance.

During the following period of time, Fang Qingxue and others lived in Yuchan Mountain.

Zhou Xuan did not go out, and focused on cultivating under the bodhi tree.

The innate zhenqi continues to liquefy, and at the same time it continues to grow, and when it grows to a certain level, it starts to be compressed violently, making the newly absorbed innate qi liquefy instantly.

Now there is no mist true energy in Zhou Xuan's body, it is all highly compressed liquefied true energy.

"It's not enough." Zhou Xuan stood up and looked into the distance.

If true gas can be liquefied, can it be solidified in one step?

Congenital zhenqi forms a solid body, so isn't it similar to Neidan?

If this is the case, then it is not so simple to be true.

At least it won't just absorb the vitality of heaven and earth like it is now.

According to Ge Hong, the inner alchemy is the combination of form and spirit, and the combination of spirit and qi.A state where the spirit, energy and spirit are in one.

Once the inner alchemy is formed, it will be a legendary real person, a fairy, with a long lifespan.

Now Zhou Xuan has a faint feeling that the hope of breaking through to the fairyland is to form the inner alchemy.

The Inner Alchemy Realm is the fruit of dual cultivation of life and soul, which represents the transformation of both body and soul.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan continued to retreat under the bodhi tree, thinking about this breakthrough path.

Once the double cultivation of life and soul is really formed, then I don't need to cultivate the soul and body separately in the future.

Two things cannot be separated.

Practicing inner alchemy is cultivating soul and body.

As the saying goes, from the great to the simple, as long as you cultivate a golden elixir, you can improve your cultivation and enjoy longevity.

This is a golden pill swallowed into the stomach, and my fate is up to me.

Just when Zhou Xuan was realizing it,Big things happened on the other side too.

In the far northwest, two armies are fighting between the canyons.

The two armies add up to more than 10 people, so this is a big battle.

This battlefield is like a meat grinder, crazily devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides.

There were a large number of casualties at every moment, the ground was stained red with blood, and a thick bloody smell lingered throughout the battlefield, which smelled disgusting.

After fighting for several hours, both sides retreated, leaving only a field of corpses.

In Chang'an City, hundreds of miles away, the palace was already in chaos.

A man in a dragon robe sat casually on the dragon chair, as if he didn't care about the coming danger.

(End of this chapter)