The water prison is located halfway up Wushan Mountain. This place is a bottomless sinkhole. For hundreds of thousands of years, it has accommodated countless water flows. It is impossible to enter the sinkhole without special skills.
This place is twelve miles away from the territory. Tang Ping doesn't want to go there now. He wants to wait until the territory reaches the other side to see the situation.
After that, Tang Ping continued to practice.
Now the cultivation progress is more than half-way, and there is still about a hundred years left until the breakthrough to the late stage of spiritual manifestation.
In the past, Tang Ping might have been anxious because of his slow advancement in cultivation, but now he seems much more calm.
In the past, the only person with the highest realm was myself. If I couldn't stand it, life would be difficult in the future, and my foundation would even be destroyed.
That's not necessarily the case now. The two sisters are holding on from the front, so there's no need for me to be impatient.
Anyway, my cultivation level is rising steadily. This is my own path, a unique path.
"Shinto is about cooperation. Talents must be cultivated personally, but we should also be open to outsiders who admire Shinto."
Tang Ping thought so.
A new generation replaces the old ones. The new ones may not necessarily become talented, but they also need to be continuously cultivated in order to continue. Do not neglect the absorption of fresh blood from the outside.
Tang Ping returned to Bailongdong Mansion to practice, and the sacrifices on the Wushan side were distributed to the tribes of the Three Kingdoms. The beliefs were spread as much as possible to avoid being discovered by others.
In the following years, Tang Ping devoted himself to practice.
Being in Bailong Cave, I sit and watch the tide rise and fall, and the flowers bloom and fall day and night.
On this day, a ball of flame flew here, revealing a red-haired man.
This is Fengxiao, the eighth prince of the Fire Nation.
"Meet the God Lord!"
"What's the matter with you?" Tang Ping was puzzled.
"My father is about to retire and go to worship the volcano for retreat. In about three months, he will pass on the throne to his eldest son."
Whoever is stronger in the Fire Worship Kingdom will be the king. As for the stronger, it refers to cultivation and flames.
The eldest son Hui Nanming Lihuo, this fire is extremely powerful in killing and is the most powerful among all the fires in the Fire Worshiping Kingdom.
"You have a good level of cultivation now. Your brothers are all of the same level. Are you confident that you can defeat them?"
"Of course." Feng Xiao is very confident in this. He has been practicing for many years and has a divine status. He doesn't even have this ability, so he might as well just go to the ground.
"But..." At this point, Feng Xiao looked troubled, "The Fire Worship King is an extremely selfish person. Even if he wins this time, I'm afraid he won't be able to ascend the throne smoothly."
"Why?"
"For the flame of the firstborn is the same as that of the Fire-Worshiping King."
Moreover, Feng Xiao's life experience is not very good. His mother clan was a defeated prisoner. His mother was sent to the Fire Worship King to play with. Feng Xiao's birth was an accident. If his mother had not been pregnant, he would have been rewarded. subordinates.
Therefore, Feng Xiao's status is not high, and it can even be said that he is disliked by the Fire Worship King. Therefore, if he wins the battle, the Fire Worship King will definitely regret it. Even if he does not regret it, he will leave most of his property to his brother, and then there may be nothing left. of the throne.
"You can convince people with your virtues. If you take Zhang Wulang with you, Zhang Wulang has profound virtues, understands them with reason, and moves them with emotion. Your father will be moved to tears, and your brother is also humble and friendly."
Tang Ping smiled mysteriously.
With the development of Shinto to this point, the Fire Worshiping Kingdom has become insignificant, and the Fire Worshiping King's cultivation level is also Fengxia.
Zhang Wulang and Zhu Man can just go to one of them to solve the problem, and they don't even need the goddess of Xiangshui to take action.
Feng Xiao's eyes lit up, he bowed down and said, "Thank you, Lord God, for your guidance."
"By the way, that Nanming Lihuo, please send some over another day."
The Fire Worshipers have dozens or hundreds of types of flames, enough to last until death.
"yes."
Feng Xiao took Tang Ping's token and used magic to escape into the underworld.
As soon as I arrived in the underworld, I found that everything in front of me was completely new.
Although it is still generally cold and gray, it is just a little less violent and crazy.
This is how the underworld has always felt, but now it feels quiet and peaceful.
Especially the Yellow Spring in the center of the earth.
A steady stream of ghosts entered the spring water to be washed, and then came out relaxed and refreshed.
"There is such a divine thing."
Feng Xiao didn't care to take a closer look, and then flew to the palace under the banyan tree. The ghosts and gods communicated to Zhang Wulang, and Zhang Wulang came out.
"Brother Feng Xian, long time no see."
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Your Majesty, you're too polite." Feng Xiao was flattered. The ghost in front of him was no ordinary ghost.
This person appears in the history books of Chu State at basically every point in time.
Then Feng Xiao told Zhang Wulang one by one about Tang Ping's arrangements.
"Since it is arranged by the Lord Shen, I will go with you."
Zhang Wulang went straight to the Fire Worshiping Kingdom without much preparation.
There is no need to go into detail about the subsequent story. Feng Xiao defeated his two brothers at the Worshiping Fire Mountain, and the countless social fires, coupled with the blessing of the altar, became even more powerful.
On that day, thousands of people were clamoring at Baishan Mountain, and no matter how many competitors exhausted their strength and spells, nothing could be done.
The two brothers retreated.
Sure enough, the Fire Worshiping King broke the rules and insisted on handing the throne to his eldest son.
Fortunately, Zhang Wulang appeared in time, and with Xiao's reason and emotion, he finally woke up the Fire Worshiping King, finally returned his position to Feng Xiao, and voluntarily entered the Fire Worshiping Mountain to practice.
The fact that the former king entered into volcano worship is actually the same as the custom of "abandoning the old" in ancient tribes. When the king is old and useless, and his strength declines, he will abdicate and enter into volcano worship practice.
If you break through, you will reach a higher level and continue to lead the tribe to the top. If not, you will naturally become the nourishment for worshiping the volcano and contribute to future generations.
Feng Xiao came to the throne and sent envoys to Jingdu to meet him, which meant that he formally joined the Chu state's alliance and pledged allegiance to the Chu people. From then on, Chu culture had an additional ally.
The four kingdoms of Xiaoxiang, Chu, Jade, Fire Worship, and Chu were established.
The biggest obstacle to the southward journey was the allegiance of the Fire Nation, which meant that the door to the south was wide open, and the deeper Baiyue Land was open to the door.
At the same time, the Chu State shifted its focus to the south. There were too many fierce people in the north, and there were experts in any city. There were not many people in the south, and there was land everywhere. Although the environment was harsh, it was always beneficial to open up slowly. .
Xiqi.
Wei River.
The north is the river and the south is the river.
The river was not flowing fast at this time. A white-headed old man was sitting by the river, busy fishing.
This person seems to be integrated with the sky and the earth. The clouds in the sky rotate around him, and the white clouds faintly gather into a flying bear.
Ji Chang led his entourage to visit Qingchao.
"Is there really an expert in this place?" Nangong Shi asked in confusion.
This place is so remote, if you look better, you can still see the smoke rising from Rongjun City not far away.
Nangong Shi is most familiar with this. Generally, where there is a beacon fire, there must be Xirong. This group of people is very united. Once the beacon fire rises, there will be warriors from all directions to support them.
In these years, the Zhou people were deeply troubled. In the past, the Shang Kingdom led troops to invade, and later, the Rong people plundered the border. Both sides were strong. No place was worse than this.
Ji Chang dreamed of a flying bear a few days and nights ago. He understood that this was a sign that a genius had taken refuge, so he told the minister Nangong Shi about the information in the dream. Nangong Shi made some inferences, came to a conclusion, and brought Ji Chang to this place.
"There is a strange man here. It is said that he fishes with a straight hook."
"Fishing with a straight hook?" Ji Chang was a little surprised and asked, "Can you catch it?"
"Never caught a fish."
"What does this mean?"
"Someone also asked like this. This person said that he would rather take the straight, not the crooked, and not set up for brocade. He only fishes for kings and marquises."
Ji Chang put his hands on his hands and laughed, saying: "Haha, interesting, he is indeed a genius. It seems that we are the fish. Let's go, we are hooked."
Ji Chang stepped forward to talk to this person and learned that his name was Jiang Shang. Jiang Shang had already known that Ji Chang was coming and did not show any surprise.
The next day, Ji Chang prepared a generous gift and asked Jiang Shang to come out.
Ji Chang said: "My ancestor Taigong once said: 'There will definitely be a saint coming to Zhou, and Zhou will prosper because of it.' When we meet today, we know for sure that the saint is you. Our Taigong has been looking forward to you for a long time."
From then on, Jiang Shang also had the title of Taigongwang.
Jiang Shang was deeply moved, and the two returned to the court in the same car. Ji Chang decreed that Jiang Shang be granted the title of Grand Master.
Jiang Shang lived up to expectations. He asked Ji Chang for advice and said, "Even if we have destiny, we cannot succeed without the help of outsiders."
"How to get people all over the world to help?"
"Countries have been deeply harmed by King Shang, and they long for peace in their hearts. We don't need to show off our power, but just cultivate benevolence."
Jiang Shang's strategy is virtue. Virtue may seem elusive, but it is of great help to reputation, and conduct is action. Reputation alone is not enough, but action is also required.
The route of blind expansion will not work, and the path of Dayi merchants will not work even more. The real Dayi merchants are there. If you imitate others, can you surpass yourself?
"Except for all dangerous and fertile places, other places can be generously entrusted to others, and internal policies can be formulated to love the people, do things that benefit the people, train soldiers and horses, and recuperate."
"Restrict other countries with patriarchal etiquette and abolish bloody and cruel human sacrifices."
Ji Chang wrote them down one by one.
"Unite all the princes who are dissatisfied with the merchants in Dayi and make friends with others. How to win people's trust? Benevolent and virtuous."
A few years later, there was a territorial dispute between Yu and Rui. Ji Chang made a clear decision and was praised as being worthy of destiny.
Jiang Shang went to Xirong again. In the Zhongshan area, he urged the tribes of Xirong to reconcile with the Western Zhou Dynasty. First of all, the Dragon Heads, who were also descendants of Houji like the Western Zhou Dynasty, were Daye, Xishan, Daze, and Chi.
There is also the Wu Xian Kingdom, which holds a green snake in its left hand and a red snake in its right hand; the Kai Ming Kingdom, which worships the beast of enlightenment and guards the Yellow River; and the highly developed Husband Kingdom.
Although these people are Xirong, they are also descendants of Yan and Huang Miao, and many of them are survivors of the Xia Dynasty.
Ji Chang's benevolence is in sharp contrast to the brutal Emperor Xin.
Suddenly, more and more princes turned to pay tribute to the Western Zhou Dynasty.
This move aroused Emperor Xin's fear, but he did not intensify the conflict. Instead, he praised Xibohou Jichang's behavior of rectifying the princes.
And the same is true for Ji Chang.
The small state of Zhou versus Dayi Shang was a battle with extremely unequal power. The Shang state had tens of thousands of foundations, and even the emperor's soul guarded Chaoge. Chaoge was like a city that could not be captured.
Before you have the power to destroy everything, you must never act rashly.
Undercurrents are surging on both sides, and the world structure has changed.
Di Xin speeds up the speed of absorbing the Emperor Soul and conquers all directions, so he must firmly control the power.
The biggest enemy is still Dongyi, and ten Xibohous are not as good as one Dongyi, followed by Beidi.
Only by stabilizing these two places can we control Xibohou at will.
Emperor Xin's martial arts was unparalleled, and he would personally go to every expedition. With cruel methods and the conferment of titles, the princes of the Eastern Road gradually became powerful. Many Yi countries were naturalized, and the living space of the Eastern Yi was compressed to the coast.
From a bright perspective, the development of Dashang could not be kept up with even Xibohou's flattery.
When everyone was fighting in full swing, Chu State seemed a bit monotonous.
Anyway, the position is remote enough that he is not qualified to sit in the meeting.
While doing business with the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was loyal to Emperor Xin. It's a pleasure to have both sides.
In Bailongdong Mansion, Tang Ping had nothing to do except practice and go shopping in a chariot.
Occasionally look at new things that appear, or enlighten a few creatures and give some resources at will. Or he could transform into an old man and tell stories.
All he had to do was wait.
Wait until the strength becomes stronger and the territory will expand.
One year, ten years, a hundred years and a thousand years. Anyway, just stay out of the mountain and become stronger just by waiting.
On this day, the talismans hanging on the walls of the cave shone with red light, which looked extremely dazzling in the dim environment.
Tang Ping took it off and took a look. It turned out to be a message from Danjing Qingyun Taoist. This was the entry talisman of Danjing and could convey relevant information.
"I almost forgot, there are people like you." Tang Ping muttered to himself, and then sensed what he said.
It probably meant that eight years later, the sect leader would reorganize the roster and positions, and Tang Ping would have to step aside no matter what. Qingyun asked Tang Ping how he had been practicing recently, how far he had reached in Qiongdan Theology, and if he had any new elixir prescriptions.
"Danfang?"
There are not many elixir recipes, but using different flames, a lot of elixirs of extremely high quality can be made.
Tang Ping currently has four kinds of fire in his body, She fire, Canghai fire, Fire Phoenix fire, and Yin fire.
These flames have different properties, and the elixirs produced are also different.
Tang Ping now knows which materials to use and what flames, which can not only improve efficiency, but also maximize the medicinal properties.
"Just give me some elixirs."
Tang Ping sent over the results of his research over the years. This was enough to prove that he was a genius.
"As for not being able to survive eight years later..."
Tang Ping figured it out and could go there, but if he didn't go in depth, the matters here hadn't been finished yet.
The Daxi tribe in the north and the Yong country in the west are threats, and the Yu people don't know when they will enter again.
After thinking about it, Tang Ping still felt that it would be better to be more stable.
Let’s resolve the issue of ugly women first.
A few years later, the territory finally expanded to Wushan Water Prison.
"finally reached."
At night, Tang Ping was suspended in the void.
Below is a dark sinkhole, a hundred feet wide and bottomless, with a puddle of black water at the bottom.
He discovered one thing. There was no space underground. It should be like the Jianxia Ghost Market, a small cave outside the independent world.
Tang Ping had a thought and fell into it.
There are various reliefs on the cave wall, most of which are dragons with teeth and claws and various types of water animals.
If you look closely, you can see that these things are still moving.
They are actually living creatures. They have been guarding here for thousands of years. It is a pity that they cannot see Tang Ping under the moon covering method.
Tang Ping fell into the water. The water was dark, with countless black particles, faintly visible bones, and even highly toxic.
I don’t know how long I fell.
Wow!
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, as if he had passed through a certain restriction, the water flow disappeared, and there were faint voices from all around.
(End of chapter)
