Under the biting cold wind, the sixth year of Shenwu passed quietly, and the time came to the seventh year of Shenwu unknowingly.
At the beginning of the new year, just after the Lantern Festival, the wind and snow blowing all the time between heaven and earth finally stopped.
Although the earth was still white, the ice and snow falling on it gradually became thinner and began to melt.
The cold winter began to retreat quietly without realizing it.
In Baling City, the originally sparse and empty streets gradually gained popularity.
Business travelers began to pour into the city, and basically all the street shops in the city were open. Residents in the city began to come out to look for work, and children in small groups were playing and chasing each other in the ice and snow.
Countless hustle and bustles gathered together, causing the city's popularity to gradually recover.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Yuan asked the court to send envoys to various counties to ask them to calculate the damage and impact of the snow disaster.
The damage caused by this sudden blizzard to Baling City has been calculated.
One thousand, three hundred and two households in the city were affected by the disaster, and the houses were damaged to varying degrees. Among them, 107 families froze to death after their houses collapsed and had no time to escape. A total of 473 people died.
For these victims, Lu Yuan has asked the city officials to provide relief as appropriate.
Of course, the so-called relief does not mean directly giving them money and food, or helping them rebuild their houses. Chu State is not that rich, and it is also unfair.
According to the relief method Lu Yuan discussed with the ministers, he would arrange some government jobs for the victims, and then let them earn enough money through work, and then rely on the money to tide over the difficulties on their own.
This is the so-called relief-for-work program.
Don't underestimate this.
You must know that for some jobs offered by the government, the wages are often above the average of normal market prices, which can be considered a pretty good job.
It’s not that easy to find a good job just after the Chinese New Year when the snow and ice are still there.
These tasks provided by the government are enough to help the victims who suffered serious losses due to the snow disaster to tide over this difficulty.
Now that the victims have a livelihood, they don't have to worry. In order to survive, they take desperate risks and become a factor of local instability.
As long as this is ensured, the impact of this snow disaster will quickly subside.
It is precisely for this reason that when the blizzard stopped, Lu Yuan sent orders to various places to carry out disaster statistics and relief work.
As the capital of the country, Baling faced a snowstorm this time and the damage was so serious.
The conditions in other prefectures and counties are far inferior to those in Baling, so the damage suffered can be imagined.
However, it will take at least a month for various places to confirm the situation and then come up with statistical reports.
Therefore, after giving the order, Lu Yuan did not pay much attention to it.
All kinds of arrangements have been made, and the ministers in the court and local officials are also capable talents selected from the best of Chu State.
Given the current ascendant atmosphere in Chu State, those officials can certainly expect efficiency in their work in order to get promoted and make a fortune.
With their help, he, the King of Chu, doesn't need to worry too much.
Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity at the beginning of the year when there were not many things going on, Lu Yuan called Sun Siwen, who had just spent the New Year with his family, and planned to help him refine his spiritual energy and refine his body and soul.
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Harem, in Bifang Garden.
As a garden in the palace, most of the delicate flowers have withered at this time. Only some specially trained cold-resistant flowers are still blooming at this time.
There is a small pavilion in the garden. Bamboo curtains are hung over the pavilion to block the cold wind.
Only the side leading to the envoy road was open at this time, but it was just out of the wind direction, so there was no need to worry about the cold wind blowing in.
In the pavilion, the stove was burning at this time, and the red firelight swayed, bringing warmth to this small space.
On the soft mat next to them, Lu Yuan and Sun Siwen sat opposite each other, both looking calm at this time.
"Brother Sun, I will transfer the spiritual energy later to cleanse your body. Then you take this opportunity to meditate on the artistic conception of the red sun, and use the spiritual energy to strengthen the artistic conception and refine the soul."
After looking at the beautiful flowers outside for a while, and feeling that the calmness of his friend next to him had stabilized and slowly reached its peak, Lu Yuan explained.
"Brother Lu, don't worry, I'm ready."
Sun Siwen looked solemn and knew that this matter was important, so he did not neglect it at all.
"Okay, let's get started."
Lu Yuan nodded, then reached out and flicked a piece of emerald green jade, floating between the two of them.
Sun Siwen opposite looked at the familiar piece of jade with a slightly confused expression.
Of course, he was no stranger to this piece of jade given away by himself, because it was an ancestral heirloom of the Sun family.
Speaking of which, when Lu Yuan planned to let Sun Siwen practice martial arts and then handed him the jade piece, this scholar who had always only read books about sages suddenly realized that his great ancestor who went out to look for immortals was actually looking for immortals. Arrive at the Rishi of Rishi.
The piece of emerald green jade in front of me is the fairy fate left by my ancestors to the descendants.
It's just that he failed to take advantage of this immortal fate. Instead, he gave it to outsiders and made a mistake in paying for it as arranged by his ancestors.
But despite this, Sun Siwen had no regrets.
When the jade piece was in his hand, he could not discover the secret at all, and the jade piece did not reveal any special powers, allowing him to immediately become a flying fairy or something.
This is enough to prove that this jade piece has no destiny for him.
In this way, even if this jade piece has a great chance, to him, it is just an ordinary jade piece, and its value is only the thirty taels of silver when it was sold to Lu Yuan.
As for Brother Lu's ability to successfully open up the immortal connection after getting this jade piece, it actually proves that the other party is destined to this thing.
It is better for the treasure to fall into the hands of one's own friends than to fall into the hands of someone who has nothing to do with it, and it is not left out.
'Furthermore, Brother Lu also told me about the cause and effect of the immortality. The jade tablet only contains some life records of Gaozu, a Five Thunder Immortal Technique, and the fairy spirit energy needed to practice the immortal technique.
The remaining fairy spirit energy can at most allow a person to condense the spirit of the five elements on the way to immortality.
After cultivating to this point, you can only live for two hundred years.
Although I have lost this destiny, Brother Lu has helped me break through my innate destiny.
To become an innate master, you can also endure for one hundred and fifty years. Although it is not as good as the Immortal Way, it is almost the same.
Being able to trade a fairy fate that I couldn't get in exchange for the opportunity I have now is already a blessing and a blessing. '
Sun Siwen looked at the fairy jade piece for a while, and these thoughts flashed through his mind.
He was not dissatisfied with the fact that his family heirloom was taken away by Lu Yuan, but was actually quite happy.
He exchanged treasures that he could not use and might even lose in exchange for his friends to rise up all the way, build a country and become king, and take him to where he is now, becoming the prime minister of a country, and immediately breaking through his innate talent.
I don't think anyone will regret this choice.
"Brother Sun, it's begun!"
Just as Sun Siwen's thoughts were surging, Lu Yuan next to him shouted, and the jade piece in front of him suddenly lit up with green light, and a ball of colorful spiritual energy turned into a river, drawn out from the jade piece, and poured towards him. .
A cool feeling spread in Sun Siwen's body instantly with the influx of spiritual energy.
This shocked him for a moment, and he quickly put away his distracting thoughts, and then started to meditate on Chiyang according to the method that Lu Yuan had mentioned countless times before.
As he meditated on the artistic conception, the cool feeling flowing in his body began to slowly transform in an instant.
A trace of heat began to flow out of the blood in the meridians.
The flowing cool spiritual energy, as if being guided, quickly turned into boiling energy, and began to echo the artistic conception of Chiyang.
A high-hanging sun was shining brightly in Sun Siwen's meditation space.
At the same time, in the endless void, the Milky Way descended from the sky, and countless spiritual energy poured in crazily, turning into star points and rushing towards the great sun.
Faced with such an impact, not only was the sun not destroyed by the cause, but it became brighter and brighter, as if it had received a large amount of fuel, burning hotter and hotter.
at the same time.
Outside, the temperature inside the pavilion rose rapidly, and gradually turned into a heat wave, causing the air to become somewhat distorted.
The bamboo curtains and pavilion pillars nearby could not withstand the huge temperature and showed signs of scorch.
Looking at it, it seems that the temperature is rising, and the entire booth will be set on fire.
Lu Yuan was making secrets to help Sun Siwen transfer the spiritual energy, and when he saw the surrounding situation, he frowned slightly with some of his spiritual thoughts.
Then with a thought, his condensed Chiyang True Intent released its meaning, instantly suppressing the surrounding hot temperature and limiting it to within three feet of Sun Si's tattoo.
After doing this, he looked at Sun Siwen.
At this time, this friend's appearance seemed a bit strange.
The crimson light turned into countless threads, flowing continuously in the meridians and blood in his body, burning his body and releasing countless heat, making his whole body extremely red.
The clothes covering the other party had all turned into ashes at this time, and he was completely naked.
"My body is being refined, and I'm in control of it, so there won't be any problems in this regard."
At this time, the red light that turned into silk threads was transformed by the spiritual energy controlled by Lu Yuan with Chi Yang's true intention. With his understanding of Chi Yang's magical skills and his body that had undergone two major transformations, he guided Sun Siwen's It's natural for the body to undergo a small transformation.
But the transformation of the body is done by oneself, so there is no problem.
But the transformation of the soul can only be achieved by Sun Siwen himself, and outsiders cannot interfere.
The soul is the most fundamental thing in a person, even more important than the body. What matters is a pure and private thing that does not allow foreign objects to be contaminated.
Therefore, even if it is Lu Yuan, as long as he does not want to destroy Sun Siwen's foundation and leave the other party's soul half disabled, he cannot get involved in the other party's soul.
At the very least, with his current abilities, he couldn't get involved without damaging the opponent's soul.
Therefore, at this time, the only way to purify the soul with spiritual energy is through the summons of this friend.
"But with Brother Sun's state of mind and his tenacious will, it shouldn't be difficult to complete the transformation of his soul. So I just need to draw out the spiritual energy to help him complete the transformation of his body while waiting slowly."
With Lu Yuan thinking like this, he continued to draw more spiritual energy into Sun Siwen's body.
To complete the transformation of body and soul, a lot of spiritual energy needs to be consumed.
According to Lu Yuan's predictions and plans, one-third of the remaining aura of the jade piece at this time will be used for this transformation.
This much spiritual energy is almost equivalent to three hundred spiritual pills.
Such huge energy was what gave him the confidence to transform Sun Siwen.
However, absorbing these auras does not happen overnight, nor can the body and soul transform overnight.
During this period, a process is still required.
Time passed slowly.
The sky was getting dark, and with the wind and snow now stopping, the bright moon appeared in the night sky for the first time in a long time.
However, Lu Yuan, who was sitting in the court at this time, just did not have the time to enjoy the moon and have fun, but continued to assist Sun Siwen in his transformation.
The people in the palace had already received his orders. At this time, the entire area around Bifang Garden had long been sealed off. No one could enter or leave without orders.
With the palace's defense and the presence of Lan Cai'er, even if an innate master comes in, they can't even think of breaking into this place.
Therefore, Lu Yuan didn't have to worry about being disturbed by outsiders.
The moon rises and sets, the moon sets and rises...
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
In the small pavilion, the originally hot temperature gradually dropped, and Sun Siwen's body surface was also covered with a layer of unpleasant filth.
Underneath all this filth, a trace of skin was occasionally exposed, as white and smooth as a baby, exuding a subtle fragrance.
Sun Siwen's expression gradually relaxed at this time, and a strong feeling was brewing in him.
finally.
As if the accumulation reached its limit, a ball of red flame instantly appeared around Sun Si's tattoo.
The nearby void was being burned by the flames, and it actually became somewhat distorted.
The blockade that Lu Yuan originally suppressed with Chiyang's true intention was now burned out by the flames, causing the terrible temperature to leak out and ignite several bamboo curtains next to it.
However, neither of the two people in the court paid much attention to this.
Lu Yuan just waved his hand and extinguished the ignited flame with a huge flow of true energy.
At the same time, the blockade was strengthened, so that the leaked red flames continued to be restricted around Sun Siwen's body and could not spread further.
And as if he was aware of the changes in the outside world, Sun Siwen slowly began to gather the red flames that he unconsciously sent out, and slowly took them back into his body.
After all the red flames were collected, he finally opened his eyes, and a red light flashed in his eyes.
After looking around and then at his friends who were staring at him, Sun Siwen showed a smile on his face and said loudly: "Brother Lu, your body and soul have transformed, and the red sun has become a red sun. Fortunately, I have lived up to your destiny."
"Hahaha!"
Lu Yuan looked at the other party up and down, burst out laughing, and said with joy in his heart: "I knew that Brother Sun would not let me down. In just three days, he refined his body and soul, and even initially condensed the true meaning of Chiyang. .
The true meaning is that it is undoubtedly difficult for Brother Sun to break through the innate.
After that, you only need to take the elixir to increase your internal strength to the limit of first-class martial arts, and at the same time cultivate and strengthen your true intention, and you will be born in an instant. "
Yes, with the help of Lu Yuan, after three days of transformation, Sun Siwen's body and soul were finally refined into an innate body and an innate soul, which had met the requirements for breaking through the innate.
Even the true meaning of martial arts used to control the outer body of martial arts has been condensed in advance.
It's just that I don't know if it was due to Lu Yuan's influence, but the true meaning of martial arts transformed by the other party was actually the same Red Sun True Fire as him.
But that doesn't matter.
Regardless of whether it is the Red Yang True Fire or not, this is already the prototype of the outer body of martial arts, a proper innate level of power.
At this time, Sun Siwen could exert part of the power of an innate master just by relying on this true meaning of martial arts.
Even when facing other innate masters, he still has some ability to protect himself and can fight with them a few times.
Of course, if you fail to break through the Xiantian, you will not be the opponent of the Xiantian Grandmaster.
Compared to other first-rate masters, Sun Siwen just had a few more tricks to deal with Xiantian.
If there was a real fight, it wouldn't take much effort for the Xiantian Grandmaster to kill him if he didn't look for an opportunity to escape in advance.
But even so, with this foundation, Sun Siwen only needs to take the spiritual pill, digest the spiritual energy in it, further strengthen his newly transformed body and soul, and then during this period, he can gradually use the true meaning of martial arts that he has just condensed. Complete.
The next step to break through Xiantian will be a matter of course, and there will be no more difficulties.
Originally, after accumulating enough first-class masters, Sun Siwen did not need to consider issues such as condensing the true meaning of martial arts, constructing the outer body of martial arts, etc. He had already completed this step by learning from Lu Yuan.
'And with this transformation, Brother Sun's cultivation level has also reached a first-class level in martial arts, and he has also opened up three meridians in one go.
This kind of cultivation level can be ranked in the middle level among first-class masters.
After this breakthrough, I only need to provide him with about a hundred more elixirs. After spending two years to increase his knowledge, I, Da Chu, will have another innate master. '
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan looked at Sun Siwen, his face even more joyful.
The other party's harvest from the transformation and breakthrough was greater than he imagined. It was really a surprise.
However, Sun Siwen has just made a breakthrough now, and it is the time when he needs to solidify his foundation.
Therefore, Lu Yuan asked about the other person's situation again, checked his body for him, and after confirming that there was no problem, he gave some tips for future cultivation.
Then he asked his friend to go back first and practiced quietly by himself.
This time, he helped Sun Siwen transform, successfully laid the foundation for his good friend's innateness, and also reserved a strong combat force for Chu State. All these good things made Lu Yuan feel good.
After three days of busy work, he was a little tired, so he headed into the palace and began to relieve his fatigue amidst the laughter of the concubines.
During this period, apart from regular daily practice and occasionally supervising the studies of his two sons, he paid no attention to anything else.
Until January passes and February arrives.
A piece of news from the north made Lu Yuan come back to his senses from those charming warblers and swallows.
The message was simple.
In early January of the seventh year of Shenwu, Liang Guo gathered 30,000 elites and raided the capital on a snowy night, destroying the city in one battle.
When the king came to the city, he could not escape and was surrounded by the palace. He burned himself to death.
Then hundreds of state officials came to the city, some were killed, some surrendered, some fled, and most of the remaining troops surrendered.
After that, Liang Jun attacked in the snow and swept all over the country. In more than ten days, he destroyed this big country in Qingzhou.
This battle of Liang Lai lasted for five years and finally ended with the victory of Liang Guo.
