On the eighth day of the second month of the fifth year of Daoguang, many officials and... Taoists had gathered outside the Yingxian Gate of Bagua City, the capital of the Jin Empire! The official reception pavilion and colorful painted archway were also built ten miles outside the city in accordance with regulations. This set of rules was brought all the way from Shengjing and Beijing. According to the old rules, when an imperial minister returns to the capital or an envoy from a higher state (the Ming Dynasty or Rakshasa) arrives, he must be greeted with a grand ceremony. However, as the finances of the Jin Empire became increasingly scarce, these welcome and send-off etiquette gradually relaxed.
But I don’t know who is coming today? That stingy fat Daoguang was actually willing to put on such a big show. From dawn on, officers and soldiers from the guard camp wearing New Army uniforms came to maintain order carrying old-fashioned front-loading rifles. After some time, dozens of cavalrymen wearing Eight Banners cotton armor came, carrying colorful flags to act as a spectacle. The sun was gradually rising, and high-ranking officials wearing flower feathers or masters in Taoist robes and whiskers kept coming over.
Many bannermen and common people living in Bagua City were attracted by this lively scene and gathered together to watch the excitement. They looked at each other and chatted with each other.
"Look, look! Mu Zhongtang is here! Who is that nvguan next to him? She looks like a fairy. Isn't she really a fairy from heaven?"
"Looking at her clothes and appearance, she must be a fairy from the Nalan family. She should come from Yingxian Temple on Tianshan Mountain, right?"
"The fairy from Yingxian Temple is still a bloodline of the Nalan family. She seems to be an orchid girl. She looks really good... I don't know who can be her double monk? It can't be Mu In the middle hall, right?”
"How is that possible? It's enough for a fairy like this to enter the palace and serve the emperor. Where can Mu Zhongtang take his turn?"
"Perhaps Mu Zhongtang has accomplished something great...The emperor made the decision and gave him a double monk?"
"What a great achievement that is!"
These words really sound like they are in the world of cultivating immortals. I really don’t know how King Zhuge Wuzhong taught Nalan Mingzhu, a good disciple, back then?
"Look, isn't that the embassy's four-wheeled carriage? The embassy carriages of the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty are here together... Is this to welcome the distinguished guests of the great powers?"
"The embassy carriages from the two countries have arrived together. What is the status of this distinguished guest? No wonder he can alert the fairies of the Nalan family."
"But what does this have to do with fairies? Could it be..."
Some well-trained banner men also tried their best to gain friendship with the Eight Banners soldiers riding tall horses, and asked in a low voice: "Which country's distinguished guest are you welcoming?"
The soldiers of the Eight Banners also looked mysterious and mysterious: "It's incredible! This time we are picking up He Zhongtang, the Rakshasa Grand Duke Natalie and the immortals of the Zhuge family...the Rakshasa Daughter The Grand Duke still wants to be the Empress of the Ming Dynasty!"
"A Rakshasa girl becomes the Empress of the Ming Dynasty? Is there such a thing?"
"It's unmistakable. This was probably calculated by the great immortal of the Zhuge family!"
The banner men in Dongwen were all devout Taoists. When they heard the great immortal from the Zhuge family, their eyes widened with anticipation: "That's really eye-opening!"
Just as these banner men are looking forward to the great immortal of the Zhuge family, there is Nalandili, the fairy of the Nalan family. The Nalan family began to "cultivate immortality" after Nalan Pearl traveled west... In fact, there is nothing else to do in the Kingdom of Jin without "cultivating immortality". The Rakshasa in the west and the Ming Dynasty in the east are not Jin. The Empire can handle it. India in the south was relatively weak at the time, but not many people came with Kangxi back then. In the decades-long tug-of-war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Manchuria also suffered huge population losses. In the end, it was only through joining forces with Junggar Mongolia that they were able to take over Central Asia. Since the two families are joining forces, of course there will be some internal fighting.
The theme of the internal struggle is the "battle between immortals and Buddhas"... Galdan himself is the "Buddha", and it would be over if Kangxi wanted to worship Buddha, so he could only cultivate immortality. And Nalan Mingzhu, who returned from learning from King Zhuge Wuzhong, naturally became the number one "immortal" under Kangxi.
This battle between immortals and Buddhas may seem boring, but in fact it is a struggle to determine belief - whether Central Asia is a Taoist world, a paradise for Buddhism, or the home of the Tianfang Sect depends on this battle between immortals and Buddhas. The result was.
And the Nalan family is backed by the Zhuge family who can do calculations, and has the blessing of the royal family of the Jin Empire. Coupled with the powerful methods of the two generations of "immortals" Nalan Mingzhu and Nalan Rongruo, they will naturally win this fight. .
By 1826, although the "immortals" had not yet taken over the entire Central Asia, the Wuji Valley, the center of the Jin Empire's rule, and the Kazakh grassland area in the north of the Jin Empire had long been the "immortal world."
Zhuge Weidao, who entered the Jin Empire on a horse-drawn sleigh, had his eyes opened along the way. For the first time, he knew that Taoism could actually have fun!
The nomadic tribes he met on the grassland were all worshiping the founder of the Sanqing Dynasty. In each tribe, there were several Taoist priests and aunts who had practiced immortality on the Tianshan Mountains to lead everyone to "cultivate immortality"... If he found out If they find good candidates for "cultivating immortality", they will also be recommended to go to the Taoist temple in Wuji Valley to further their studies. If they perform well in the Taoist temple in Wuji Valley, they can even go to Tianshan Mountain to practice!
And after cultivating immortality, you can still serve as an official in the court!
In short, in this Golden Empire, if there are no serious Eight Banners disciples (cannot be mixed Eight Banners), then work hard to "cultivate immortality", maybe you can really change your destiny.
The Taoist method of cultivating immortality in the Jin Empire is also quite interesting. It does not involve cultivating inner and outer elixirs, nor does it take drugs to upgrade, but there are two ways. One is to practice divination, fortune-telling, and physics. If you practice mathematics, physics, and chemistry well, you will not be afraid of divination and fortune-telling; The second is dual cultivation - combining men and women, isn't it tiring to cultivate immortality?
The former is the way for "monks" to advance. If ordinary people want to get ahead in the Golden Empire, they have to take the "Imperial Examination for Immortal Cultivation". Mainly study divination and fortune-telling, Xian Bagu articles and knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry - the Zhuge family highly respects mathematics, physics and chemistry, which is obviously very important, so the "immortals" of the Jin Empire also have to learn it. The best among these immortals are those who can calculate with their fingers and come up with formulas and equations from their mouths.
The latter is used to cultivate "monk bloodline". According to the research of two "great immortals", Nalan Mingzhu and Nalan Rongruo, whether this divination, fortune telling and immortality cultivation, mathematics and physics are good or not has a lot to do with "bloodline". Otherwise, why would the Zhuge family have so many "great immortals"? Woolen cloth?
This shows that King Wu Zhong had "true immortal blood" and passed it on to his descendants, which is why the descendants are so powerful.
However, the "immortals" of the Jin Empire did not have the blood of Zhuge, so they could only choose "monks" with "excellent bones" to practice the art of dual cultivation. And the standard for having good bones is, of course, being beautiful...
"True Immortal Bloodline..."
Zhuge Weidao, who was walking side by side with He Shen and Zhongtang on the official road to the west of Bagua City, had just finished listening to He Zhongtang's explanation of the Taoist theory of immortality in the Jin Empire, and he also heard for the first time that he had "true immortal blood" He seems to be deep in thought about the matter - it seems that he does have some true immortal blood!
A soul that traveled through time and space, isn't it the so-called true immortal bloodline?
Didn't King Wuzhong's "immortal magic" come from his soul that traveled through time?
"And I..." Zhuge Weidao thought to himself: "I also have a soul that came from time to time. This is the blood of true immortals! And two true immortals appeared in a Zhuge family... This Is it just a coincidence? Maybe it really has something to do with blood, maybe people from the Zhuge family are particularly easy to be time-traveled? Or is it some kind of providence?"
He was thoughtful here, and Heshen and Zhongtang, who were good at observing words and expressions, also saw the clues. This was really a "true immortal blood"! No wonder he has been cultivating all his life and became the number one fortune teller in the Golden Empire. His fortune telling is not very accurate. It is impossible to know that Sushun's surname is Aixinjueluo just by looking at this child... It turns out that the problem is blood!
Thinking of this, He Shen turned around and looked at Zhuge Weidao carefully - the more he looked at him, the more he looked like an immortal!
This bloodline... is reliable!
While both of them were thinking about it, fairy-like music suddenly sounded in front of them.
Zhuge Weidao was stunned for a moment, and then came out of his thoughts. He looked up and found that a rather spectacular castle had appeared on the horizon ahead of him, and he could vaguely see various colorful flags fluttering in the wind.
"Junior Brother Daozi, Bagua City has arrived!" He Shen's voice rang in Zhuge Weidao's ears, "It seems that the Emperor has welcomed Junior Brother as a distinguished guest!"
"For me?" Zhuge Weidao was stunned again, "Shouldn't it be for the Grand Duchess Natalie? She is the candidate for the Empress of the Ming Dynasty!"
He Shen stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "Junior brother, you are wrong. The leader of our Golden Empire worships the immortal way. Junior brother has the blood of Zhuge Immortal King and is extremely talented in the immortal way... I will definitely become a member of the Zhuge family in the future. A generation of immortal masters naturally attracts more attention from the emperor than an Empress of the Ming Dynasty who has no real power."
"This King Wuzhong is quite bad!" Zhuge Weidao said in his heart, "The Qing Dynasty was so bad that he turned it into a civilization of cultivating immortals!"
Seeing Zhuge Weidao not saying a word, He Shenyou approached him with a mysterious and evil smile on his face: "Junior Brother Daozi, Emperor Daoguang knew that you encountered a bottleneck and forgot something, so he prepared it for you. A furnace that can help break through bottlenecks is the best! Hehehe..."
"And the furnace..." Zhuge Weidao thought to himself: "This King Wu Zhong must have liked novels about cultivating immortals before he traveled through time, right? It seems that he and I are contemporaries!"
Thinking of this, he turned his head and said to He Shen with a serious face: "Senior Brother He, I understand Emperor Daoguang's kindness. I am not good at it."
Zhuge Weidao is really not interested in the furnace, because he hasn't taken Natalie into his mouth yet!
Along the way, Natalie was watched closely by Aunt Sasha. Moreover, everyone was busy on their way, and Zhuge Weidao really had no chance to make a move - the Ming Dynasty Embassy in Petersburg sent many people to accompany him, as well as He Shen's people. Zhuge said goodbye and said to deal with Natalie. , it’s inconvenient even to hug and hug, all I can do is flirt with each other, it’s really uncomfortable!
"What? You don't know how to do this?" He Shen was a little stunned, thinking: "Are you really bad at this, or are you just being polite? If you really don't know how to do this, then it won't be easy. Oh... Dual cultivators must be one man and one woman. Two men cannot do it, and they cannot cultivate 'Little Zhuge'!"
Zhuge Weidao said at this time: "Besides, I am quite tired after walking all the way. Now I just want to find a quiet place and rest for ten days and a half."
You need a clean place to start!
He Shen understood again, and immediately said with a sinister smile: "Okay, Fairy Nalan's Yingxian Pavilion in Bagua City is a pure place, and it is quiet in the middle of the noise, and it is also very close to the Ming Embassy. It is just right for Junior Brother Daozi Stay with Grand Duchess Natalie and rest."
Zhuge Weidao was overjoyed when he heard this. He smiled and said to He Shen, "Okay, then you'll have a lot of work."
