Chaoge City.
Since Emperor Xin went to incense three years ago, he saw the beauty of Nuwa and thought about it day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep. He regarded the three palaces and the six courtyards as dust and was unhappy all day long.
Later, Fei Zhong, the admonishing official, was good at guessing people's hearts and boldly proposed that he should pass the decree to the chiefs of the four princes, and order each town to select a hundred beauties to fill the harem.
Emperor Xin was overjoyed when he heard this.
He also wanted to understand that the Nuwa Empress was a saint and there was no way he would have the chance to have a romantic relationship with her. Why not settle for the next best thing and select some visible and tangible beauties to serve in the palace?
So he issued a decree in front of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, allowing the princes of the world to select hundreds of beauties from the common people to fill the harem.
As soon as this decree came out, everyone in the court was shocked.
Eight hundred towns to control the princes, eight hundred towns to control the princes, each town selects a hundred beauties,
A backlash ensued.
Prime Minister Shang Rong, Wang Shubigan and other important ministers all sent memorials to dissuade him.
Although Emperor Xin was very unhappy, he could not withstand the earnest persuasion of his ministers, and finally had to withdraw his will.
However, he still couldn't get what he wanted this time, which made him feel like he was scratching his liver and heart.
On this day, the chiefs of the four major princes led eight hundred princes to the court to worship the merchants and perform a great sacrifice.
The leaders of these four princes are Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu, Nanbohou E Chongyu, Xibohou Jichang, and Beibeihou Chonghou Hu.
These four are all first-class figures, divided into four directions: east, west, north, south and south of the great merchants. They guard the border for Wang Mu, just like the officials of the feudal border.
But when it comes to Chaoge, whether they are dragons or tigers, they all have to lie down or coil up.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.
Su Hu, the Hou of Yizhou, whose status was second only to the four major princes, held a grudge against Fei Zhong and You Hun, the two most favored people in the dynasty, because they did not give gifts. They went to the palace to see Emperor Xin and deliberately mentioned Su Hu in front of him. There was a girl named Su Daji, who was born with the beauty of the country and the talent of beauty. If she could be selected to enter the palace and serve the king, she would be worth ten thousand people!
Emperor Xin was overjoyed and quickly sent an envoy to see Su Hu, asking him to send his daughter Su Daji to the palace to serve around him.
Su Hu had a strong temper. Instead of agreeing, he rebuked Emperor Xin of Shang Dynasty in front of the envoy for doing this as an unethical act!
Emperor Xin was furious and wanted to take Su Hu to task.
After Su Hu calmed down after scolding him, he summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided to fight against Chao Ge!
Before leaving, he imitated the Emperor Xin Temple and wrote a poem, and wrote a poem outside the Meridian Gate with a splash of ink:
If the king breaks the rules of his ministers, he will defeat the five permanent members.
Yizhou Su Hu will never go to Shang!
After writing the anti-poem, Su Hu felt comfortable all over. He threw away his pen, mounted his horse, and led a group of generals out of Chaoge to Yizhou...
The news of Su Hu's rebellion against merchants spread, and even though Di Xin immediately dispatched troops and generals to fight against it, the entire merchant empire was still in chaos in the shortest possible time.
…
Linhuan Pass in the early morning is shrouded in the hazy water vapor on the river, giving people a mysterious feeling.
"Retreat!"
"Senior brother! Dashang has withdrawn his troops!"
Wen Zhong's joyful voice broke the quiet morning. He quickly walked into the small and clean courtyard behind the City Lord's Mansion, eager to share the good news with Yu Yuan.
"Yesterday, Huang Feihu suddenly led his army back to Chaoge. Even the tents were still too many to be demolished..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Yu Yuan walking out of the main room and waved his hand at him, "Don't make any noise, don't make any noise... I already know about this matter."
Wen Zhong asked curiously: "Senior brother, do you know why he withdrew his troops?"
Yu Yuan said calmly: "Because Hou Suhu of Yizhou has rebelled, and Yuan Futong of Beihai is also ready to make a move, Dashang urgently needs Huang Feihu to lead his army back to take charge."
Wen Zhong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this.
"This way, we will have enough time to develop!"
Yu Yuan nodded slightly and reminded seriously: "Although Dashang has retreated, it will come back at any time, so you must not relax!
Especially when it comes to the daily training of soldiers, don’t let your guard down even a little bit! "
"Senior brother, don't worry."
Wen Zhong nodded solemnly, "I have asked Ji Li and Yu Qing to take charge of this matter."
Ji Li and Yu Qing are the two most outstanding students among the many students Wen Zhong has taught in Linhuan Pass over the years.
They are all natives of Linhuan Pass. They are not very young, but they are extremely talented. They have followed Wen Zhong to practice Taoism for more than ten years, and they are almost touching the threshold of the immortal way.
"rise--"
In Linhuan Pass City, on the school ground of a certain camp, a young general stood up with his waist bent, and with a little effort of his arms, he lifted a huge boulder that was 100 meters square.
He held the boulder without blushing or gasping for breath. It wasn't until he had walked hundreds of steps that he lowered the boulder.
"boom!"
The boulder fell to the ground and made a huge sound, as if the ground was shaking.
Not far away, a group of Linhuan Pass soldiers wearing brand-new standard armor were stunned. It took a long time before they started making a loud noise:
"Well done, little general!"
"This boulder probably weighs no less than 100,000 kilograms, but it seems to be weightless in the hands of the young general!"
"No, our little General Geely has been studying with the city lord since he was a child. He not only has knowledge, but also has great magical powers!"
"Yes, yes!"
"The little general might become an immortal like the city lord in the future!"
…
Geely patted the dust on his hands, looked at the noisy soldiers and said with a smile: "You guys should stop flattering and train hard. If you lose in the next competition, the training tasks will be doubled!"
"ah?"
"Are you going to practice more?"
"What's extra training? It's double training!"
The soldiers grumbled, but their faces were filled with relaxed smiles.
After the last battle to defend the city, Linhuan Pass lost nearly half of its troops. It can be said that they paid a huge price. The soldiers were only able to defend the city with heavy casualties.
But after that, Wen Zhong urgently recruited a group of soldiers.
After a period of training, this army has reached a terrifying number of fifty thousand.
You must know that the entire Linhuan Pass, together with the surrounding villages and its human people, only has a population of 500,000.
In other words, one out of every ten people in Linhuan Pass became a soldier.
This ratio is not too high.
After all, not all the people under the rule of Linhuan Pass were young and strong laborers, there were also many old and weak women and children who could not go to the battlefield.
However, in order to protect their homeland, they all actively signed up to join the army.
After Wen Zhong discussed with Yu Yuan, he also pioneered the implementation of the recruitment system.
If you serve as a soldier, you can receive military pay!
In this era where the king controls the princes, the princes control the nobles, and the nobles control the slaves, the equal recruitment system for everyone can be said to be an unprecedented initiative.
Serve as a soldier and lead the army's pay!
The military pay includes but is not limited to one hundred stones of grain, one livestock, one piece of cloth, and elixir specially for the soldiers!
Because most of these soldiers were born slaves before joining the army. Although they were able to endure hardships and stand hard work, their bodies had long been drained by the high-intensity work under the conditions of hunger and cold.
If you train more intensively at this time, you will only get twice the result with half the effort, and the efficiency is too low.
Therefore, after Wen Zhong recruited an army, he first started to refine the body-building pills on a large scale.
This elixir can slowly improve and strengthen their physical bodies, increasing their potential.
After more than a month of recuperation, these soldiers have all taken on a new look. They stand neatly on the school field, looking like a big army.
These herbs for alchemy are naturally inseparable from Yu Yuan's sponsorship.
Although Linhuan Pass has been turning into a blessed land, it is still far from being able to grow spiritual grass.
However, Yu Yuan possesses countless miraculous medicines, materials, and treasures, and it is more than enough to train all of this army into heavenly soldiers and generals.
There was a reason why he valued these soldiers so much.
Recently, he had a new understanding of the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
Throughout the beginning of the world, all those who have attained enlightenment and become saints are people with great merit.
Relatively speaking, meritorious deeds are a shortcut to becoming a saint.
Many great powers realize this.
For example, the leader of the Styx Church in the Netherworld Blood Sea has accumulated a lot of merit by creating the Asura clan, establishing the Asura Sect, and other means.
However, he didn't have the ticket to Hongmeng Ziqi, so he still couldn't get it.
Yu Yuan had no worries in this regard.
He has Hongmeng Purple Qi in his body and is already qualified to become a saint. The next thing he has to do is to absorb a lot of merit and complete something that will be of great benefit to the world.
Just like the Nuwa empress created the human race to perfect the three talents, the Sanqing established the three religions to promote education, and the Tu empress transformed reincarnation to complete the authentic way...
Countless thoughts appeared in Yu Yuan's mind.
Become a saint!
These four words are easy to say, but it is as difficult to do as a mortal can reach the sky in one step.
Moreover, after attaining enlightenment and becoming a saint, you may not be able to get what you want.
Empress Nuwa created the human race, but she later stayed away from the primitive world and lived in the chaos outside the sky.
The Houtu Empress transformed into reincarnation, but the helmsman of the reincarnation of life and death was not her, but the Suffering God and the Ten Palaces of Yamas.
And the Three Saint Emperors of Humanity also live in Fire Cloud Cave forever and cannot easily leave even half a step!
Even the great god Pangu did not directly attain enlightenment and become a saint after the creation of the world. Instead, he exhausted himself and transformed into the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, earth, etc.
It can be seen from this that the methods of enlightenment are different, and if you choose the wrong one, you may not be able to achieve the effect you want.
Which one is correct?
In other words, which one is more suitable for him?
This is a question that Yu Yuan has been thinking about.
He possesses the Hongmeng Purple Qi, which is equivalent to the qualification to become a saint with merits and virtues of heaven. If he can achieve sainthood through the method of merit, he will definitely be certified as a saint with merits and virtues of heaven.
Yu Yuan slowly opened his eyes while thinking.
To attain enlightenment and become a saint is nothing more than to be recognized by heaven.
Empress Nuwa, Empress Houtu, and Emperor Fuxi must all be like this.
In this case, there are no more than three ways to gain recognition from the world.
One is to create new species like Nuwa, adding vitality to the ancient world.
The second is to reincarnate into reincarnation like the Empress Houtu, adding order to the ancient world and making it run more smoothly.
The third is the method adopted by the Three Pure Ones, the Two Saints of the West, and the Three Emperors of Humanity, which is to promote education and guide the orderly development of living beings in the world.
In this first type, it is unlikely that he will innovate again.
Ancestor Styx has also proven with practical actions that it is not just a random creation of a race that will be recognized by Heaven.
And the second method does not apply to Yu Yuan.
Not to mention that there are no huge shortcomings in the prehistoric times. Even if he discovers such a shortcoming, he cannot sacrifice himself to fill it. In that case, even if he can achieve enlightenment and become a saint, he will easily lose himself.
Therefore, all Yu Yuan could choose was the third method.
Promote enlightenment!
This is not difficult for him.
In fact, he had already started planning this matter before he obtained the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
It's just that at the beginning, he did it to open up a new path for Jiejiao, but now it is so that he can achieve enlightenment and become a saint.
In his understanding, he needed to use Linhuan Pass as the cornerstone to spread all kinds of advanced knowledge so that the entire human race and even the entire prehistoric world could become prosperous, wealthy and powerful.
At that time, maybe he can be recognized by heaven and become a saint.
Of course, these are just his guesses.
He hasn't fully understood the Hongmeng Purple Qi yet, so he can't get a definite answer.
However, judging from the current situation, it is always right to work in this direction.
In addition, there is another thing that worries Yu Yuan.
That is, the leader of Tongtian Cult has been away for a long time, and no news has been sent back.
Although he is a saint and is supposed to be immortal, there is nothing to worry about. But the problem is that after communicating with Empress Nuwa, Yu Yuan has begun to suspect that there is something wrong with Zixiao Palace!
If his worries are true, it’s hard to say what the outcome of Master Tongtian’s trip will be!
…
Chaos is like a chicken, containing the universe.
Boundless gray mist filled it, blocking the sight of the creatures inside.
In this chaotic mist, Master Tongtian rode Kui Niu forward for an unknown length of time.
Except for leaving marks along the way, I spent the rest of my time on the road.
However, just as Yuanshi Tianzun thought, Master Tongtian's trip was ultimately in vain.
Zixiao Palace is the dojo of Taoist Hongjun. Only when he is willing to appear can others see him.
Even if he is as strong as the six saints, he can only find a few clues through his mysterious induction, but cannot really deduce the timing and location of the appearance of Zixiao Palace.
A aimless search like the Tongtian Cult Leader is destined to be in vain.
As expected, he couldn't sense the direction of Zixiao Palace after walking for a long time.
"Master, why are you avoiding me?"
Leader Tongtian couldn't help but sigh, his face full of desolation.
At this moment, a faint light suddenly flashed through the chaotic mist ahead.
At the same time, Master Tongtian suddenly felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.
His thoughts moved slightly, and he moved to the vicinity of the light in an instant.
At this moment, his pupils suddenly shrank, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.
What caught his eyes was a dilapidated Taoist palace!
(End of chapter)
