Gong Bai was from the Luo Kingdom. When he was fifty-three years old, he became the God of God by chance.
Of course, this "coincidence" process is not so gentle.
Snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways, and different people have their own ways.
The common people rely on mountains and rivers to feed themselves. He is in Luo Kingdom, so of course he feeds on the water tribe.
The Luo Kingdom, known as the "Land of Water", is the country that best embodies the contradiction between the human race and the water race, and is also the country that the water race is most hostile to.
Every time the Yellow River Meeting is held, the old dragon in the Changhe Dragon Palace will dress up in gorgeous clothes and sit on the river viewing platform to watch the ceremony.
The Qingjiang Aquatic Tribe of Zhuang State fully surrendered to Zhuang Ting, the Lanhe Water Tribe of Yong State always fought for Yong Ting, and the Weihe River Aquatic Tribe was a powerful force in the Qin army... This is generally true all over the world.
The covenant between the human race and the water race had been signed in medieval times. It continues to this day, and the two sides are close, friends rather than enemies.
Under the general situation of the harmonious coexistence of the human race and the water race that has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years, or the complete surrender of the water race to the human race, everything that happened here in the Luo Kingdom cannot be called a "contradiction."
The conflict is at least a mutual relationship, and Luo Guo's side should be said to be a unilateral bullying of the Shui Tribe.
Everyone in the Luo Kingdom knows how to swim, and everyone knows how to operate a boat.
The monks in the Luo Kingdom are also generally proficient in the art of water movement - rather than being proficient in the art of water movement, it is more appropriate to say that they are proficient in "the art of dealing with the water tribe".
In Luo Country, selling water tribe slaves is almost a semi-open business. And this is expressly prohibited in many places.
It can even be said that the slave business is a business prohibited by law——
There was a time when it wasn't uncommon either.
The enslavement of one group of people by another has existed throughout human history.
Before the former sage Bingwu, one of the Eight Ministers of the Human Emperor, known as "Bingzu", stepped forward, "extraordinary monks" and "ordinary people" were almost regarded as species in two worlds.
At that time, many people who were born with open pulses regarded themselves as human beings and others as apes.
Later, there was Qi and blood, and military skills... It was the power of countless ordinary people gathered together that brought the extremely dark ancient era to an end.
Of course, until now, there are still many people who are stronger than others, smarter than others, and richer than others, but they do not treat others as human beings. But this can no longer become the mainstream view. It does not conform to the moral concepts of the world and violates the laws of various countries... Any person with insight can therefore stand up and seek justice. Just like Jiang Wang's execution of Ge Heng in Qingyang Town, this was a matter of great justice.
In this world, there were countries that openly traded human slaves, and they quickly rose up relying on the huge profits from human trafficking.
Later, Han Shentu, Wu Bingji, Gongsun Buhai, and the three true kings of Sanxing Palace joined forces to destroy his country, and this trend was suppressed.
For example, in the fighting arenas that were popular in the Northern Territory, slaves were widely used to fight to the death in the beginning.
Nowadays, except for those on death row, most fighters voluntarily sign contracts with the fighting arena and receive corresponding remuneration. Slaves are not allowed to exist.
The only situation where human slaves still exist is when countries fight against each other and they are prisoners of war after the war between nations.
There has always been a group of people who have firmly opposed the war, adhering to the concept that "it is unjust for all countries to fight each other, and this is the beginning of the collapse of etiquette and music." One of the most important reasons is that the experiences of prisoners of war make people feel like they are still in ancient times. (See "Strange Stories from the Four Seas")
Of course, foreign races such as the Monster Clan, Sea Clan, and Shura Clan are not protected by the law, nor are they subject to the moral constraints within the human race.
Therefore, in the Canglang Arena, you can still see death battles involving demon clans.
Let’s talk about Luo Country.
The Luo Kingdom was just a small country, adjacent to Zhuang and Yong. The blank area formed between the three kingdoms was where the city of Buhu later stood.
Among the three countries surrounding the Unredeemed City, Luo Country has always been the last one. Historically, there were people who attached to Yongling Village, and there were people who joined the village to attack Yongzhuang. The east wind and the west wind always brought down the people.
It stands to reason that the Luo Kingdom does not have the strength to violate taboos semi-openly and become enemies of the water tribe in the world.
There are of course complex reasons behind this, but the most important reason is that the current aquatic species is no longer a whole.
The Changhe Dragon Lord claims to rule the water tribes in the world, but in fact he can only control his Dragon Palace.
The Weihe River water tribe belongs to Qin, the Qingjiang water tribe belongs to Zhuang... and even wherever the long river passes, every section has a state. There is absolutely no room for Changhe Dragon Palace to interfere.
And the Luo Kingdom never provokes the Shui Tribe who are backed by people, and they always "hunt" in some wild lakes and waters. Of course, "poaching" behaviors have also occurred in Qingjiang, Lanhe and other places in history. After all, money moves people's hearts.
Gong Bai, who has a divine level of cultivation, is the salt transport envoy from the capital of Luo Kingdom.
As the yamen that controls the economic lifeline of Luo State, this company is called "Salt Transport". What is actually transported is almost an open secret.
In the small Luo Kingdom, Gong Bai's status can be considered to be lower than that of only one person, and is extremely noble. But looking at the world, he is the one who knows his own family affairs and can handle them clearly.
In recent years, Zhuang and Yong countries have been constantly moving, expanding and reforming. The Luo Kingdom is small and weak, showing weakness on both sides, but it has always been able to rest on its laurels.
Although the slave business can be regarded as a capitalless business, under the current situation, the upper limit is very low.
Buying and selling human beings is a taboo, it is the most profitable but the least dared to touch it.
He doesn't have the ability to rob the Demon Clan, the Sea Clan, the Shura Clan...
If we only focus on aquariums, the market will become increasingly unsustainable.
First, the number of aquariums "in the wild" is limited and becoming increasingly limited. Second, there is no possibility of openly trading slaves from the Water Tribe for at least three hundred years.
Semi-openness means that in many cases if others turn a blind eye, your business will not be successful. If others keep their eyes open, your business will not be successful.
Luo Guo certainly has the ability to survive, but that's all. It hit the ceiling early.
Luo Guo needs a new way out, and Gong Bai also needs a new way out.
After Taixu Illusion began to expand on a large scale, Gong Bai keenly saw the opportunity and enthusiastically devoted himself to it.
Especially the blessed land system, which allowed him to see perhaps the only possibility of contacting the blessed land in this life!
Although it is really possible that he does not have a hole, taking a few steps forward at the level of divine presence is also a different world.
The only problem is that he failed to catch up with the best time. When he needed to compete for qualifications in Fudi, he had no confidence in himself.
But he also has his ways.
Not long ago, an extremely bad "human elixir" scandal broke out in the Dan Kingdom. Zhang Xun, the genius of the Dan Kingdom, died in the incident, and Luo Zhongmin, the heavenly alchemist who led the human elixir incident, was publicly executed by Gongsun Buhu, the leader of the Xingren Palace. .
The leader and prime minister of the Dan Kingdom, as well as seventeen other senior officials of the Dan Kingdom, were all escorted to Tianxing Cliff after a public trial. A long sentence awaits them.
The huge Dan Kingdom fell apart overnight.
Of course, it was only the Dan Kingdom’s royal family and the Dan Kingdom’s court that collapsed.
There is a joint organization that sprang up on the ruins of Danting. It is called "Yuanshi Dan Alliance".
It unified all the major forces in the Dan Kingdom and controlled all the elixir channels.
From now on, the Dan Kingdom’s elixir output will basically be determined by the Yuanshi Dan Alliance.
It can be said that the Yuanshi Dan League is the highest governing body of Dandi today. Compared with a national government, it is more like a pure chamber of commerce.
The allies are also those from the original Dan Kingdom, and most of them are alchemists.
But the power behind each alchemist is not difficult to see.
These “supporters” appear to be a diverse group of people. Basically, they all rushed to the scene immediately after the Rendan incident. Heroes from all walks of life who uphold justice, punish evil and promote good.
Of course, the three parties of Qin, Jingchu, and Chu took the bulk, dividing the positions of one alliance leader and two deputy alliance leaders. The other participants, such as Song, Wei, Xumi Mountain, and Nandou Palace, also ate some sporadically, and many precious elixirs were scattered.
As the saying goes, when a whale falls, all things arise.
If the Dan Kingdom collapses, who are the only ones who can eat fat?
Even Gong Bai, who was far away in the Luo Kingdom, took advantage of the lax control of Dan Kingdom's elixirs during the period when the great powers were dividing the country, and spent a lot of money to buy elixirs at low prices.
This business made him a lot of money.
Among them were twenty pills of boiling blood green pills, which he specially prepared for the challenge of the blessed land.
The forbidden art of the Chu Dynasty, the blood-burning and soul-burning art, is famous as a life-threatening forbidden art. Boiling Blood Qingdan is made by imitating its principle.
Of course, taking this elixir will definitely cause irreversible damage to the body while temporarily boosting combat power.
But what kind of place is Taixu Illusion?
All simulations are ultimately “illusions”.
Gong Bai spent a lot of energy to recreate the Boiling Blood Green Pill into the Taixu Illusion Realm intact. After taking it, he gained the temporary power in the Taixu Illusion Realm without damaging the real body. Even the Boiling Blood Qingdan has not been consumed!
This was simply a genius initiative, allowing him to win the qualification to challenge the blessed land in one fell swoop, and successfully won the Donghai Mountain blessed land - there were not many participants in the Taixu Illusion Realm before, especially those at the level of God's presence. Every bit of skill is precious, and many people are too poor to start a sword discussion platform. There is a man named Dugu Wudi, who has never recreated his sword into the Taixu Illusion Realm.
Carving the elixir consumes a lot of energy, far more than a famous sword. If you use it on the sword discussion stage, even if you win, it won't be worth the loss. So no one has ever thought of this.
According to the current rules of the blessed land challenge, if there are multiple people participating in the blessed land challenge at the same time, these people will need to compete in pairs, and the strongest one will be determined to be qualified to challenge the blessed land 72 Donghai Mountain.
During the same period, Gong Bai met eleven people who participated in the blessed land challenge, and twenty pills of boiling blood green pills were enough for him to chew until the end.
Therefore, he won various benefits from the blessed land of Donghai Mountain with insufficient strength.
It's a pity that there is another broken rule in the challenge of blessed land in Taixu Illusion - as the gatekeeper of the final blessed land, after winning the ownership of the blessed land for the first time, he must guard this blessed land one more time before he can be qualified to challenge upward.
Otherwise, he should have taken medicine and gone to Lushan today.
The blessed land of the 71st place is definitely better than the 72nd place.
But then again, after feeling the effect of the Blood-Blooding Green Pill, his confidence in himself has increased too much. In this month, I successively bought the Red Striped Diamond Pill, the Six-Colored Spiritual Body Pill, and the Evil Yang Tiger Soul Pill, and once again entered the illusion of Taixu.
After several tests, he determined that these pills would not conflict with each other.
These three elixirs can respectively strengthen his body, body, and soul in a short period of time.
The Boiling Blood Qingdan uses irreversible damage to bring about an all-round increase in combat power.
Therefore, when the "fully armed" Gong Bai met an extremely handsome man named Dugu Wudi, his mood was calm, even slightly sarcastic.
After swallowing the four pills of Red Stripe Diamond Pill, Six-Color Spiritual Body Pill, Evil Yang Tiger Soul Pill, and Boiling Blood Green Pill, his energy and spirit were all raised to peaks he had never experienced before. In this state, he , and even dared to challenge Xue Mingyi, the martial arts lord of Yong State!
Who dares to claim to be invincible?
Or even lonely?
"How many competitors did you win to win this challenge opportunity?" In order to better digest the power of the medicine, Gong Bai took the initiative to ask a question before the official battle started.
At this moment, he smelled that his breath was sweet, and every breath he took out was filled with strength... It was satisfying.
Jiang Wang was a little surprised, but only "somewhat". The opponent in front of him was in a slightly weird state. The power is huge and messy. Like a kettle that keeps whining, the lid is about to flip over at any time.
He was even worried that if he was too slow, the person in front of him would explode.
He replied casually: "Six or seven, I didn't pay much attention."
He had never experienced the threshold of a blessed land challenge before, and this was the first time he knew that he needed to defeat some competitors in order to win the opportunity to challenge the blessed land.
But this was not difficult for him, and the process was even a bit boring. Many people are not as good as Bai Yuxia from the Inner Palace Realm who can surprise him. Bai Yuxia can at least give him many collisions of inspiration in battle. However, these opponents only have the power of gods, and their tactics are too outdated and lack originality. It cannot be said to be weak, but for Marquis Wu An, who had been fed an appetite by Qi Guoshu Academy, it was really lackluster.
Therefore, during the qualifying round of the Fudi Challenge, he was only studying his own combat system and did not care too much about his opponents.
Gong Bai frowned, feeling that things were not simple.
Last month, including him, only twelve people competed for the qualifications to challenge the blessed land. This month, more than 64 people have participated in the competition, which shows that the number of participants in Taixu Illusion is indeed increasing day by day.
And if this Dugu Wudi can stand out among so many people, his strength may have to raise some expectations.
"That's it..." Gong Bai raised his hand to cover his mouth, yawned, and inserted three more boiling blood pills without leaving a trace.
His whole face turned red and hot blood began to surge.
After swallowing seven pills, my fate is up to me!
"ah!"
He didn't care about chatting anymore. He had so much power that he needed to vent it out. He opened his mouth suddenly, and a fire dragon roared out, burning through the air and charging straight at the opponent!
But he only saw a palm raised, and the fire dragon he sprayed out... was directly suppressed.
And in his ears, his own roar sounded - that "Ah!"
This sound cracked out and struck his ear suddenly with a sound-marked knife.
Fortunately, with the red-striped vajra elixir to protect my body, there was only pain but no injuries.
"hiss!"
He gasped.
But even this "hissing" sound can be divided into a sword of voice marks, and the sword cuts the lips and tongue!
His ears were filled with overwhelming thoughts, and his mouth was making a riot in heaven.
The sound pattern turned into a knife, a spear, a sword, and a halberd. The more they fought, the more they cracked, and the more they cut, the more they cut.
Gong Bai swallowed a muffled groan, forcibly extinguishing the sound. He opened his mouth and spat out the two broken teeth and voiceprint sword energy.
His face was flushed, veins popped up on his face, and his huge strength was like a raging flame, burning outside his body!
Under this strange method of killing the sravakas, he did not dare to fight for a long time. Determined to use the huge power of the elixir to destroy the tiny eggs in the mountains and overthrow the opponent in one fell swoop!
Under the influence of the six-color spiritual body pill, his speed was so fast that he could hardly control it.
The person was like a flash of light, just a flash of light, and passed by Dugu Wudi.
Fortunately, Dugu Wudi caught up immediately...
At this time, Gong Bai's mind was full of the power he wanted to vent, so he took a pair of water thorns, his body seemed to be spinning, and his seven orifices were sprayed with white frost.
But see the sword platform. The two streams of light chased each other and circled rapidly.
There is white frost crushed by the sword energy, like mist.
The two sides entered a stage of full contact, fighting each other within inches. In this state, Gong Bai can freely use the power of the elixir, and his every move is filled with the power of the elixir, without any fear of consumption.
But soon he felt uncomfortable.
The discomfort was not due to the negative feedback brought by the pill itself, but because every move he made seemed to be predicted! The opponent's swordsmanship doesn't look very good, but he has good combat knowledge and extremely agile skills. Every sword can hit him at the most difficult pass.
And that damn voice!
Every time there was a collision, he had to deliberately control the sound. But the opponent just kept humming and hahaing. The attacks caused by the sound are as dense as the tide, and they are getting stronger and stronger!
It was like he was squatting in a hut when an enemy broke in. It didn't matter whether he had his pants up or not. He was in a dilemma.
Simply ignite the Dao Yuan, burn the Qi and blood, and release the spiritual consciousness!
He felt like he was exploding!
Under the influence of the Evil Sun Tiger Soul Pill, his spiritual consciousness power is already very terrifying, and the battle involving spiritual consciousness is a very sophisticated skill even at the divine level.
Using this soul to crush the opponent, do you think there will be a chance?
This is a way to conquer ten things with one force, and take elixirs to relieve thousands of worries!
He felt that his power was rising, rising almost infinitely, and he vaguely touched a limit that he had never reached before.
But at the highest point of his momentum, a sword suddenly touched his forehead lightly.
Gong Bai suddenly felt a chill in the ever-expanding physical power, Dao Yuan power, divine soul power, and in the ever-expanding powerful delusion.
He felt like a burst air bag, constantly leaking air, puff puff... and quickly shriveled up.
This sword not only wiped the key point where his physical power expanded, but also cut off the key node where his soul power expanded... Such a terrifying sword! Why did such a character come to Taixu Illusion just now?
There is still a future, there is a future...
At the last moment when consciousness dissipated, Gong Bai was so relieved.
When he leaves next month, there is no telling if I will make a comeback.
Isn’t it true that everyone is alone and invincible?
The previous chapter mentioned that "the mysterious mirror alone reflects the gods, and the gods are clear", which comes from Cao Zhi's "Ode to the Academy".
Some book friends mentioned another version of "Xuanjing serves as a mirror, and the gods are clear", and its name is "Ode to Academic Officials".
There are indeed two versions on the Internet. The difference lies in "independence" and "zuo", "palace" and "official".
I personally think the former is more accurate, because Xuanjing already means Mingjing, and the word "jian" in "Dujian" is used as a verb, which can be interpreted as "to shine". Then the mysterious mirror alone reflects, which can be interpreted as the bright mirror alone shining.
In "zuojian", "jian" can only be a noun. A bright mirror serves as a mirror, but it cannot be explained.
Secondly, there were academic officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as doctors of the Five Classics, doctors offering wine, and so on. Their ranks were not considered high. As Cao Zhi, there is no need to go to Songxueguan, Songxuegong is more suitable.
Again, this article is an article by Cao Zhi praising Confucius. After the Han Dynasty, Confucius was already a sage and a teacher for all generations. It was not respectful enough to replace him with a "student official". It is a relatively reasonable way to start the topic of praising Confucius by praising the Xuegong.
To sum up, I chose the version of "Xuanjing Dujian".
This paragraph does not affect the reading of the main text, and it does not involve Chixin's worldview at all. It is placed here for discussion with readers.
Good afternoon everyone.
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