early morning.
The sun rises in the east.
Above the East China Sea, a huge land-like fairy island loomed in the morning light.
The ancient trees on Fairy Island are towering to the sky, and the silver waterfalls are flying.
Yellow cranes line up, green luan flutters its wings.
There are auspicious beasts hidden in the mountains, and unicorns are lying on the cliffs.
The haze condenses with auspicious mist, and the sun and moon emit auspicious light.
The green pines and cypresses are evergreen, the strange grasses and jade flowers never fade, the peaches and fairy fruits are like golden elixirs, and the green poplars and willows are like jade threads.
The magnificent and luxurious Qianyuan Palace also flows with immortal energy under the sun, blooming with immeasurable divine brilliance.
Yu Yuan lay on the leisure chair, closing his eyes and shaking gently.
The gentle breeze carries the faint fragrance of flowers, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
He slept soundly last night, but he had too many dreams and needed to digest them.
Lying down like this now can be regarded as giving yourself a holiday.
After returning from the future, he changed his previous lazy appearance and transformed into a model worker.
Every day during the day, he dealt with the affairs of the sect, took Zhao Gongming, Qiu Shouxian and others around, even personally investigated and collected evidence, and severely punished those disciples who violated the sect's rules.
After nightfall, he still wanted to comprehend the Great Dao.
It's just that his enlightenment on the great road was done in his sleep.
The Great Dream Heart Sutra that Saint Zhunti had forcibly carved into his mind has now become his most important way to understand the Tao and cultivate his soul.
Basically, he has to fall asleep deeply every night, separate into thousands of souls and enter the dreamland, each of them comprehends different avenues, and then reverses the luck at dawn to give his soul a small "self-destruction" shock .
It can not only efficiently understand the laws of the great road, but also enhance the strength of the soul.
Kill two birds with one stone!
The only drawback is that after waking up, you will be confused for a while to digest the gains of the night.
At such times, Yu Yuan often chooses to lie down on the couch in front of the door, motionless.
Fortunately, since he used the thunder method that day, there have been very few immortals who dare to visit Qianyuan Palace, and they are all familiar ones such as Qiu Shou Immortal and Lingya Immortal.
Although after the promulgation of the new canon, many Jiejiao Immortals were suppressed by his thunderous methods, there were still many disciples who continued to do evil in secret with a sense of luck.
For this kind of situation, Yu Yuan always deals with it one by one.
No tolerance!
When more than a dozen disciples who violated the religious rules were kicked out, a hurricane immediately set off among the disciples.
Including many Jiejiao disciples, the gods and gods throughout the East China Sea clapped their hands and applauded.
However, there are also some immortals who are attacking Yu Yuan secretly.
He was labeled as "using public assets for personal use", "taking advantage of others for personal gain", "enriching his own pockets" and so on.
However, now that the gates of Biyou Palace are closed, Tongtian Cult Leader has gone to the outer chaos to look for Zixiao Palace. Yu Yuan is now the largest in the entire Jie Cult, and those who are interested can only slander in secret, and do not dare to stand on the stage. Come up.
Yu Yuan paid no attention to these voices behind his back.
At this time, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, with his sons, dragons, grandsons, shrimp soldiers, crab generals and other East China Sea clans, went to the Penglai Holy Land and presented in public far more tributes than in previous years. He also said that the Dragon clan would always belong to Jie Jiao's sect and serve Jie Jiao. Mu guards the East China Sea.
Naturally, Yu Yuan also stood up and pretended to refuse, allowing the Dragon Clan to take back part of the tribute.
There was a tug and pull between the two sides, and the part that had been exploited by Jie Jiao's disciples in previous years was lost. However, the tribute that belonged to Jie Jiao was not reduced but increased.
In the end, both Yu Yuan and Old Dragon King achieved their goals.
And those Jie Jiao Immortals who took the Dragon Clan's tribute as something in their pockets secretly scolded them countless times, but they had no choice but to be angry to death.
Generally speaking, Jiaojiao is in a period of rapid change.
Yu Yuan relied on his own efforts. In the absence of Tongtian Cult Leader, Yu Yuan relied on his identity as deputy cult leader and his own powerful strength to forcefully subdue all the Jie Cult disciples, so that they did not dare to be as domineering as before.
This is obviously a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.
Once Yu Yuan loses power, these suppressed Jie Jiao Immortals will immediately take advantage of the situation to fight back, add insult to injury and kill him.
But Yu Yuan didn't care about this.
He even dares to scream at saints, so why is he afraid of this?
"Um?"
Yu Yuan, who was closing his eyes to rest, suddenly felt something in his heart. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked into the distance, startling Ao Yi who was counting the immortal materials.
At this time, a silvery white spiritual light flew from a distance at high speed, landed in front of Yu Yuan and stopped moving.
"What is this?"
Ao Yi poked his head over curiously and saw a sound-transmitting jade slip and a fiery red dart floating in the silver-white aura.
"Fire Thunder Dart!"
Yu Yuan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
These were the two spiritual treasures he had exchanged for the Fusang sacred tree from Bai Li Tianjun, one for each of him and Huo Ling'er.
He took the Mixed Gold Hammer, while Huo Ling'er took the Fire Thunder Dart.
Although it is not a powerful treasure, Huo Ling'er likes it very much and regards it as more important than Tai'a's double sword!
Now that the fire and thunder dart was no longer in her hands, but appeared in front of him with a jade slip that conveyed sound, there was a high probability that something had happened to her!
He grabbed the sound transmission jade slip in his hand, and at the same time used his spiritual mind to sweep it away.
The next moment, an indifferent female voice sounded from the jade slip, sounding without any emotion.
"Your senior sister Huo Ling'er is now in my hands. You have to release Pilu Immortal within three days, and ask the children next to you to drive him to the Imperial Capital Mountain in the north of Luzhou in Beijulu!
If not, you will never want to see your senior sister again! "
Yu Yuan's expression changed.
Something happened to my senior sister!
But fortunately, the person who kidnapped her only wanted to exchange her for Piluxian, and did not attack her out of some kind of revenge!
At that moment, he quickly took out the bronze mirror from the middle palace and contacted Wen Zhong and Bai Ling respectively.
Fortunately, both of them were safe and sound.
Yu Yuan exchanged news with them and just learned that Huo Ling'er and Fairy Yunhua had set off from Linhuan Pass a month ago.
He also asked Bai Litianjun to investigate whether any strange faces had appeared in the East China Sea recently.
News soon came.
Someone saw a Luan Chariot that they had never seen before, but it was pulled by a Qing Luan.
Qingluan pulls the cart?
A flash of suspicion flashed in Yu Yuan's eyes.
As far as he knew, few people in the Three Realms could have Qingluan as a mount, let alone pull a cart.
Who is this person?
Why should we save the Immortal Vairocana?
…
Chao Ge.
The capital of great merchants.
This majestic city is the largest city in the entire Nanfangbu Continent. It is located in the Yellow River Basin and is a symbol of the national power of the Great Shang Dynasty.
A tall city wall stands in the city. There are arrow towers and sentry towers built on the city walls, which looks extremely tight.
The city wall is surrounded by a moat dozens of miles wide, making the entire city inviolable. There are tall stone pillars on both sides of the river bank. The side of these stone pillars facing the water is carved with various patterns, forming a unique landscape.
There is a constant flow of merchants coming and going in the city.
In the streets and alleys, people can be seen busy running around everywhere.
There are also all kinds of delicious food and teahouses.
At this moment, over Chaoge, an auspicious cloud the size of a hundred acres was floating quietly in the sky. It was motionless under the harsh northwest wind, which attracted many passers-by in Chaoge City to marvel.
What they didn't know was that above the auspicious clouds, there was a crowd of people at the moment.
Some wore Taoist robes and looked immortal; some wore official uniforms and looked elegant and easy-going; some wore battle armor and looked heroic.
These people are all ministers of Dashang and disciples of Jiejiao.
That's right, they are the Jiejiao disciples who use the luck of humanity to practice.
Within the entire Jiejiao sect, they also belong to a special and relatively independent lineage.
The overall strength of this lineage is not very strong, but because it has lived in the world for a long time, has extensive contacts, and maintains good relations with all parties, it can burst out a lot of energy at critical moments.
On weekdays, they are scattered around Dashang, and they only come together when major events occur.
At this moment, everyone is gathered here because today is the coronation ceremony of the new king Emperor Xin.
In the past few decades, Dashang has gone through ups and downs.
Earlier, when Emperor Xin's grandfather, King Wen Ding of Shang, was in power, the country had abundant strength and peace in the world. All eight hundred princes bowed their heads, and the barbarians from all directions did not dare to fight against him.
Especially in the face of the increasingly powerful Zhou clan, through the emperor's scheming, the Zhou clan chief Ji Li was conferred the title of Bohou, married to him, and ordered him to lead the two hundred western princes to conquer the Western Rongdi, and became the leader of the Great Shang Dynasty. A sharp sword.
After waiting for Rong Di to be pacified, Wen Ding coaxed Zhou Boji Li to Chaoge, directly made up a crime and imprisoned him, thus defeating the rise of the Zhou clan in the West.
It's just that after Wen Ding killed Ji Li, he also drove Hexi away not long after.
He never imagined until his death that it was not Ji Li who truly led the Zhou clan to prosperity, but his son, the new Xibohou—Ji Chang!
Decades later.
Jichang, the Marquis of Xibo, actively developed agriculture and animal husbandry, attached great importance to agricultural and animal husbandry production, and cared about the sufferings of the people. He was courteous to virtuous people, diligent in political affairs, and recruited talents, which made the Xiqi Zhou people increasingly powerful.
At the same time, Dashang ushered in a king of moderation.
He is Emperor Xin's father, Emperor Yi.
When Emperor Yi came to the throne, the barbarians from all directions revolted, and the border wars resumed, which consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. The national fortunes declined gradually, and all the efforts of the previous generations of Shang kings were in vain.
In his later years, he became even more incompetent and indulged in pleasure. He held many extravagant events in wine ponds and meat forests, and frequently performed human sacrifices to worship ancestors, ghosts and gods, which attracted many complaints from the subjects of the great merchants.
Not long ago, the life of this Shang King finally came to an end.
His youngest son and legitimate son Di Xin sat on the throne without any controversy and became the new generation of Shang King!
For such a big event, all the Jie Jiao Immortals would naturally gather together.
Firstly, it was to exchange knowledge, and secondly, it was to observe the new king's abilities.
After the enthronement ceremony was over, the immortals also had their answers.
"Your Majesty is gifted with the ability to discern diseases, hear and see very quickly; his hands are at the mercy of ferocious beasts, and he is able to replace beams with pillars... Such people who are capable of both literary and military skills are undoubtedly the masters of ZTE!"
A middle-aged general who was two feet four feet tall said in a deep voice.
He has a face like a living crab, a beard like a copper wire, and carries a long sword on his back. He looks particularly wise and powerful.
There were three middle-aged generals who were equally tall and mighty next to them, and they all spoke at this moment.
"What my brother said is true. I believe that the great business fortune is indeed recovering."
"Your Majesty has both civil and military skills. When he conquered Dongyi a few years ago, your Majesty personally charged into the battle and swept across all directions. All the men in the army were convinced from the bottom of their hearts!"
The people who spoke were the four brothers of the Mo family, named Mo Li Qing, Mo Li Hong, Mo Li Hai, and Mo Li Shou respectively.
The four brothers are not only profound in Taoism, but also possess rare treasures, and have a high status among the immortals.
As soon as their brothers spoke, the other immortals nodded in agreement.
A thin, dark-faced Taoist in black robes said with a smile: "As long as the king is willing to work hard and with the help of fellow Taoists, the fortune of Da Shang will surely rise again!"
These words praised all the immortals present in the Jiejiao Sect.
Mo Liqing smiled and said: "My fellow Taoist, why don't you stay? I can recommend you to the king as an official in the court."
"It would be great if I could become an official in the court and use the luck of the Great Shang to practice like all the fellow Taoists..." When the black-robed Taoist said this, he changed the topic and sighed: "It's a pity that I, Shen Gongbao, am just a If you abandon the teachings and spread the word, you will lose the face of all fellow Taoists."
"Fellow Taoist, your words are serious."
Mo Liqing just said it casually, and when Shen Gongbao declined, he stopped trying to persuade him.
"That's it for today, fellow Taoists, our brothers will take the lead."
"Fellow Taoist, please stay!"
At this time, Shen Gongbao seemed to have thought of something and called out to the four brothers of the Mo Family. He hesitated and said, "Have you heard of Linhuan Pass?"
Mo Liqing raised his eyebrows, looked at him and asked, "Fellow Taoist, are you talking about the abandoned city gate in the southeast of Dashang, near the lower reaches of the Huai River?"
"That's right." Shen Gongbao nodded and said: "Pindao passed by this place before and found that Linhuanguan City was tall and the people were wealthy. It was not inferior to Chaoge City... Speaking of which, Pindao really thought he was in Chaoge. Well, I just went down and asked, and it turned out that the people here didn’t know there was a big merchant at all.”
"I wonder if there is a big businessman?"
Mo Liqing's thick and long brows immediately stood up.
He turned around and glanced at the crowd, and his eyes fell on Hong Jin, the deputy commander of Sanshan Pass, and asked curiously: "Sanshan Pass is located in the south. Have you heard about Linhuan Pass?"
"There are indeed some rumors..." Hong Jin replied: "Many people in my Sanshan Pass said that there is a rich place in the lower reaches of the Huai River. Once there, you can have enough food and clothing, and have no worries about food and clothing. They also said that the land there is fertile. The crops grown in the fields are several times that of other places... These rumors really incited many people to move there with their families."
"That's not a rumor." Shen Gongbao said seriously: "When Pindao came, he saw with his own eyes a large number of deserted villages. All the people in the village moved to Linhuan Pass with their families..."
"snort!"
Mo Liqing snorted coldly, "Tomorrow I will report to the king to investigate this matter thoroughly. If Linhuan Pass really has different intentions, he will never be leniently spared!"
Shen Gongbao's eyes flickered, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.
…
(End of chapter)
