Turbid World: Martial Arts Master of the Republic of China Era, I Cultivate Immortality!

"The witches were actually female officials from the Ming Dynasty in this world. They went to the Western Qin Dynasty in the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign in order to find the source of the plague..."

"...In the sixteenth year of Chongji, the 'Great Ming' of this world, also known as the Great Zhao, actually had the power to send people to foreign countries...and they only took half a month to reach what is now 'Rome' from within the territory of the Great Zhao..."

The Western Qin refers to the later Roman Empire!

One question after another surfaced in Zhao Zheng's mind, making him feel somewhat incredulous and confused.

However, upon further reflection, he realized that in later generations, the Five Barbarian Invasions could be changed into "Chinese Invasions of the Five Barbarians" in some books, and certain events could be romanticized to the point of being laughable, so he felt relieved.

Well, he didn't find it unbelievable or chaotic!

"However, I never expected that the Ming Dynasty of this world would actually establish a garrison in the capital of the Western Qin..." Zhao Zheng sighed inwardly.

The garrison system of the Great Zhao Dynasty was no different from that of the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the predecessor of the dynasty. This system was a combination of the Sui and Tang Dynasty's military system and the Yuan Dynasty's military household system (Tuntian system).

The core idea of ​​the garrison system was to combine soldiers and farmers, allow military households to inherit their positions, and combine garrisoning with defense. The goal was to support a million soldiers without costing the people a single grain of rice.

The History of Ming, in its section on military affairs, states that "from the capital to the prefectures and counties, garrisons were established, externally under the command of the Regional Military Commission, and internally under the command of the Five Military Commissions."

Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng realized a serious problem: since the Great Ming Dynasty in this world, which was the Great Zhao Dynasty before the Great Chen Dynasty, was already powerful enough to set up garrison camps in a barbarian land like the Western Great Qin.

So, how exactly did the Great Zhao Dynasty come to an end?

A question arose in Zhao Zheng's mind, causing him to look again at the diary written by Luo Siyao on a parchment scroll.

The book continues, "The garrison should be written as 'witch'..."

"...Today is October 30th, and some uncultured, stinking barbarian actually called me 'witch,' even though I explained that I am a female official in charge of medicine, a sixth-rank official in the Great Zhao Dynasty... Forget it, I won't explain anymore. A barbarian is a barbarian, hmph!"

"...On the second day of the eleventh month, our medical staff finally arrived at the garrison in Western Qin... The situation is rather bad; there's also a plague outbreak in the garrison... It's strange, the plague symptoms in the garrison camp are exactly the same as those in our Great Zhao territory. Logically, this shouldn't be the case..."

"...On the ninth day of the eleventh month, the plague in the garrison finally stopped...but so many people died, I'm so sad...If only I had mastered the Xuan Du Taiyin Rejuvenation Manual to the seventh level...then they wouldn't have had to die..."

"...November 12th...I'm so tired, I want to sleep...If the Imperial Physician doesn't give me a big reward this time, I'll...go back and complain to his wife...Sigh, my little white cat has also gotten sick. I told it not to eat mice, but it insisted. By the way, my little white cat is a black cat, ٩(ᐛ)۶٩(ᐛ)۶٩(ᐛ)۶٩(ᐛ)۶hahahahaha..."

"...I...I don't quite understand why. I didn't intentionally eavesdrop on the conversation between the Imperial Judge and the Commander...but...they said the plague outbreak in the camp was...caused by barbarians...I don't understand why they would do that...we're helping them too...and...they are citizens of a tributary state of our Great Zhao Dynasty...I don't understand, I don't understand..."

"...I still don't understand...the rest of the content...No, I, Luo Siyao, have decided to use the Concealing Mystery Technique to completely cover up the contents of this special record I've written...to prevent any situations I don't want to see...Written by Luo Siyao."

The contents of the parchment scroll ended there. Just as Zhao Zheng was lost in thought, a gentle female voice suddenly rang out.

"Your constitution seems quite unique?"

"who!"

Zhao Zheng raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. All he could see in the ritual room were the ritual implements and himself.

Just as he was wondering where the gentle female voice came from, it rang out again, though it was weaker than before.

"Hidden Profound Refinement, Heaven and Earth Open to a New Beginning... Profound Principles Circulate, Spiritual Energy Flows... Disappearing the Light and Obscuring the Numbers... The Three Lights Conceal Their Radiance... Heavenly Courts Cannot Record, Earthly Officials Have No Gate... Silently Nourishing True Essence... All Transformations Subside, One Qi Remains Supreme. Profound Skill Circulated Silently..."

As the gentle female voice chanted the indistinct mantra, an indescribable pressure and dazzling divine light emanated from the parchment scroll.

It was as if the bright sun shone on Zhao Zheng!

In a daze, Zhao Zheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, seemed to see a woman in palace attire whose figure and face were indistinct suddenly appear, raise her fair hand and gently touch his brow.

The fingers were cold.

They come and go without a trace.

click -

The scene froze, and spiritual energy gathered there. Zhao Zheng saw five colors—green, yellow, red, black, and white—representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, illuminating before his eyes.

The five colors appeared, transforming into a chaotic-colored Dao seed that flew into his Niwan Palace, or rather, into the ancestral aperture between his eyebrows. Immediately afterwards, this Dao seed split into five and fell directly into his five internal organs and divine palaces.

As soon as the divine palace descended, Zhao Zheng saw the four symbols and the Qilin in his dantian move together, transforming into five colors—green, yellow, red, black, and white—that flew into his five internal organs and transformed into the Five Elements Extinction Dao True Light.

The liver (wood) draws the Azure Dragon, a withered tree that devours life; the Azure Qi erodes life and steals energy. The lungs (metal) summon the White Tiger, death metal dissipates its charm; the white light cracks the mechanism and collapses the spirit.

The heart's fire ignites the Vermilion Bird, the sun burns the heavens, crimson flames melt the void and shatter the universe. The kidney's water surges, the Black Tortoise seals the world's dead waters, the mysterious flow freezes heaven and earth.

The Xuanhuang spleen earth resides in the center, fully demonstrating the two principles of earth, while the Wuji earth Qilin stabilizes the central point, governs the four symbols, and coordinates the five elements.

As the Five Elements were being manipulated, Zhao Zheng saw the Five Qi within his body reverse and the Five Elements rotate. The inexhaustible Qi was turned upside down and transformed into the Daoist essence of mutual restraint among the Five Elements. It condensed in his dantian into a ball of chaotic five-colored divine light, which swallowed and exhaled the light of the return of all laws to stillness.

[Supernatural Power: Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light (10%)]

This is what Zhao Zheng saw on the Life in All Its Forms panel after his consciousness was restored. At the same time, he also saw that the progress of his innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo had increased to 10%.

"Rosiform?"

Zhao Zheng looked at the sheepskin scroll in his hand, which had lost its luster and seemed to have become an ordinary dead object, and followed his gaze.

Another line of small print appeared on the sheepskin scroll.

Continuing from the previous post.

"...Hmm, what if one day, the biography I wrote accidentally falls into the hands of an outsider...I've got it...I can reverse the cultivation of my Hidden Mystery Technique...As long as the other party isn't a citizen of the Great Zhao, then ٩(ᐛ)۶٩(ᐛ)۶٩(ᐛ)۶hehehe..."

"...If that's the case, then I, the Imperial Pharmacist, will give them a surprise... After all, my Hidden Profound Number Concealment Technique, after being refined in reverse, is derived from the Five Qi Supreme Mystic Scripture of the Three Lights Treasure Scripture... Even if the other party is mediocre, under the illumination of the transformative divine power left by the Five Qi Supreme Mystic Scripture, I will transform them into a genius..."

"...However, I still don't really want this biography to fall into the hands of outsiders... Sigh... Never mind, I shouldn't think about it anymore... I should continue experimenting with the medicinal properties of the herbs from Western Qin... Dr. Luo, please write!"

"...Thank you."

After a moment of silence, Zhao Zheng spoke, and no more words appeared on the sheepskin scroll. Instead, it twisted and turned into a single sheet of paper.

A crumpled piece of paper, covered in creases, tears, and blood.

Zhao Zheng remained silent for a long time, then carefully smoothed it out with his hand, got up and carefully placed it in the hidden compartment of the ritual room.

"What if the Five Qi Supreme Mystic Scripture's Transformation and Rebirth Divine Power assists someone who is already a genius?" Zhao Zheng asked before closing the hidden compartment.

Unfortunately, the parchment scroll that had turned into paper never spoke again, nor did it reveal the dense small characters once more.

Zhao Zheng closed the hidden compartment expressionlessly, his gaze fixed on the panel displaying the myriad aspects of life that only he could see.

[Cultivation Method: The Supreme Scripture of the Five Qi (Incomplete)]

[Introduction: This method is derived from the Three Lights Treasure Scripture created by the fifth-rank Shangshi (a high-ranking official) of the Shangshi Bureau, one of the six bureaus and one department of the Great Zhao Dynasty. It is one of the essential methods for female officials in charge of medicine to learn...]

"I think I've become a super genius..."

Looking at the five energies in his hand, which emitted five colors—green, yellow, red, black, and white—and spreading them out, Zhao Zheng thought of another hour.

The Great Zhao of this world is so powerful.

So how exactly was he killed?