Three days later.
The Jade Cauldron Palace rose from the ground, shrunk in an instant, and turned into a stream of light, which was absorbed into the sea of consciousness by Zhou Wenlie.
Sixteen great tribulation-transcending monks, Gu Shuo, the Four Gods and the Dahuang team took a flying boat and flew towards the direction of the Tianmeng.
On the flying boat.
In the main hall.
Everyone sat down and began to discuss the opening of the Jade Cauldron Palace and the issue of quotas.
First of all, the opening of Jade Cauldron Palace caused controversy.
"I think this Jade Cauldron Palace should belong entirely to the Heavenly Alliance. Only those monks who have entered the Heavenly Alliance are eligible to enter the Jade Cauldron Palace. Of course, they need to pay Heavenly Alliance points. And to enter once, a lot of Heavenly Alliance points are needed."
"I don't agree!" Gu Shuo immediately retorted: "I have made a meritorious service. I killed three demon clans to overcome the tribulation. Only then can I successfully obtain the Jade Cauldron Palace from the demon clan, so my sect must have a quota. Every year. Not less.”
Bai Zhanchuan immediately said: "The credit is not yours alone. Without us to overcome the tribulation, can you drive away the demon clan?"
Gu Shuo: "I killed three demon clans to overcome the tribulation, what about you?"
"you……"
"Oh, I didn't kill him, so what qualifications do you have to say anything?"
Zhou Wenlie said: "This Jade Cauldron Palace originally belonged to me. In any case, I dedicated it to the Tianmeng. Therefore, I do not agree that the Jade Cauldron Palace only belongs to the Tianmeng. Our Zhou family must have a quota, every year , not less.”
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Ye Qing said: "The human race is under a lot of pressure now. It may only be forty years before the ancestor of the Great Wilderness recovers from his injury. If you can improve the strength of the human race, try to improve it. I think the Jade Cauldron Palace can be opened to the entire Tianxuan. But the quota Not many, we have to give opportunities to monks with good qualifications, talents and understanding. Without that kind of qualifications, talents and understanding, it is a waste of the resources of the Jade Cauldron Palace."
Mo Guyan nodded and said: "I agree. First, the monks of the Tianmeng are all selected from thousands of people. Their qualifications, talents and understanding are all excellent. They can enter the Jade Cauldron Palace at any time, but they need expensive heavenly equipment. Alliance point. The second is to open the Jade Cauldron Palace to the entire Tianxuan. We first need to determine a time point. Should it be opened every year, or once every ten years, or once every hundred years? The third is the distribution It’s a question of quotas.”
Shi Kaitian nodded and said: "Let's first determine the opening time. I think it will be opened once every ten years. How about it?"
"agree!"
"agree!"
"..."
Seeing that everyone agreed, Shi Kaitian spoke again: "The next thing is the quota issue. Let's divide it into three levels first. Sects and families with tribulation monks are considered first-rate, and sects and families with gods are considered second-rate. , sects or families with out-of-body experiences are counted as third-rate. Then we will discuss how many places to give to each level."
Gu Shuo frowned and said, "What about the unqualified ones? What about casual cultivators? There may not be cultivators with excellent qualifications, talents and understanding among them."
Shi Kaitian thought for a while and said: "Think of them as the fourth class. Finally, we are discussing how to select the best monks from the fourth class to enter the Jade Cauldron Palace. Now let's determine the quota first."
Gu Shuo kept silent. As long as it was fair, he would not say much. Listen to yourself first and then speak.
Seeing that everyone was silent and their eyes were focused on him, Shi Kaitian pondered for a long time before speaking:
"This is what I think. Each first-rate sect and family will be given ten places, second-rate sects and families will be given five places, and third-rate families and sects will be given two places. What do you think?"
Everyone nodded, hearing that there were very few places. But actually a lot.
There are definitely very few first-rate sects and families, but there are many second-rate sects and families with transformed gods. There are even more third-rate sects and families with out-of-body experiences. In the current Northland, Qingyun Sect, Qingyi Sect, Liuyun Sect and Wuji Sect all have out-of-body monks. You can imagine how many third-rate sects and families with out-of-body cultivators there are in the entire Tianxuan Continent, and every sect has If a sect or family wants to give two quotas, how many people are there?
Therefore, everyone has no opinion on this quota allocation. However, Gu Shuo had an opinion and said:
"If Qingyun Sect is to be regarded as a first-class sect, I want ten places."
"Why?" Bai Zhanchuan was the first to object: "You are just a transformed god..."
"I killed three Tribulations!"
"Then you are also an avatar."
"I killed three Tribulations, but you didn't kill any of them. If you don't accept it, the two of us will have a fight."
"I fear you?"
Gu Shuo stood up, and so did Bai Zhanchuan.
"Sit down!" Shi Kaitian shouted with a dark face.
Gu Shuo sat down obediently, Shi Kaitian's face must be given. Bai Zhanchuan also sat down. He was not as strong as Shi Kaitian and did not dare to challenge him. I remember that when Huang Daozi was still there, he dared to break the rules, but he couldn't.
When Shi Kaitian saw the two people sitting down, his expression softened, and he pondered for a moment and said: "Those of us who are crossing the tribulation will vote with a show of hands. Those of us who agree to treat Qingyun Sect as a first-class sect will raise our hands."
Gu Shuo did not look at the tribulation monks and sat there with his eyes slightly lowered.
The tribulation monks raised their hands very happily. Except for Bai Zhanchuan who did not raise his hand, even Zhou Wenlie raised his hand.
On the one hand, they value Gu Shuo's potential and want to make friends with him. On the other hand, if you don’t agree with Gu Shuo’s attitude towards Bai Zhanchuan just now, I will challenge you. These people don't want to fight Gu Shuo. Even if you can beat Gu Shuo, but you can't kill him, you have to wait for him to break through the tribulation and come to trouble you again. Why bother?
They don't want to become a joke like Bai Zhankawa.
"Okay, then the Qingyun Sect will get ten places." Shi Kaitian said: "However, this quota is not permanent. To put it bluntly, Gu Shuo, if you die, the Qingyun Sect will have to be demoted."
"Understood!" Gu Shuo nodded happily.
Shi Kaitian nodded and continued: "Now let's talk about the fourth level. I want to divide the entire Tianxuan into five regions, east, west, south, north, and middle. A competition will be held every ten years. This competition does not include sects and sects of the third level or above. The family only targets third-rate and casual cultivators. And each region is only given one quota, so there are five quotas in the east, west, south, north, and middle."
Everyone nodded again, Gu Shuo hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded. Although there is only one quota in each region, it also gives a chance to those sects, families and casual cultivators who are not popular.
After discussing for more than an hour, all the details were finalized. Everyone dispersed and returned to their cabins, waiting for the flying boat to enter the Tianmeng.
Time passed day by day, and more than a month passed in the blink of an eye. The flying boat had entered the sea area, breaking through the clouds and opening up the fog in the direction of the sea of clouds, and flew away quickly.
Gu Shuo sat cross-legged in the cabin, comprehending the great avenue of heaven and earth.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, with a hint of shock in his eyes. Then with a flash of footsteps, he came to the hatch, opened the hatch, and rushed out. He saw monks rushing out of the hatches one after another, speaking to each other in panic.
"what happened?"
"You feel it?"
"You feel it too?"
"This is the way of heaven..."
"This aura..."
In just an instant, everyone stood on the deck, looking around and sensing their surroundings, their faces becoming more and more panicked.
Gu Shuo's expression also showed panic. He had never been so panicked before in this world. Because in his perception, the avenue of heaven and earth is weakening, and the surrounding spiritual energy is becoming thinner.
And it weakens and becomes thinner very quickly.
"Sect Master Shi, how could this happen?" The ancestor of the Lan family couldn't bear the panic in his heart and looked at Shi Kaitian in shock.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look towards Shi Kaitian, and Gu Shuo was no exception.
There was also panic in Shi Kaitian's eyes, and he shook his head and said: "I don't know. But everyone, calm down, we are all the highest people in Tianxuan, don't panic. With the current situation, you can imagine what the entire Tianxuan monks will do Panic, so we must calm down, tell us what you think, and deduce together why this happened?"
On the deck, everyone was silent. Everyone is forcing themselves to calm down, speculating on various possibilities in their minds. After a while, a monk suddenly said:
"I feel that the way of heaven has become weak enough to overcome the tribulation."
"The spiritual energy has also become thinner."
"The flying boat is slowing down."
"Place the spirit stone immediately to activate the flying boat."
"Pa bang bang..."
The figures on the flying boat flashed, and spiritual stones were placed on the flying boat. Originally, this flying boat relied on runes to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which could propel the flying boat to fly. Now that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has become weaker, the speed at which the runes absorb spiritual energy is slower, and the speed of the flying boat has also slowed down. If the spiritual energy of heaven and earth continues to weaken like this, the flying boat will fall from the sky. And once the spiritual energy is thinned to that extent, Gu Shuo and others will lose the energy to fly, and they may also fall into the flying boat.
The flying boat with the spirit stone in it resumed its flying speed, and everyone fell silent again. One by one, they began to explore and deduce the reasons for this situation.
"Sect Master Shi!" Gu Shuo suddenly said: "Isn't it not suitable for us to go to Tianmeng now?"
Everyone on the deck was stunned for a moment, and then felt awe-inspiring in their hearts.
yes!
If they go to the Tianmeng, by then the Heavenly Dao and the spiritual energy are thinned to a certain extent, and they lose the ability to fly, they will be trapped in the Tianmeng, never able to get out, and isolated from the Tianxuan Continent. Shi Kaitian immediately ordered:
"Turn around and go to Tiancheng."
The flying boat turned around in the air and flew towards Tiancheng.
It was silent again on the flying boat, and everyone was exploring and sensing. Yu Liangshan said thoughtfully:
"Everyone, do you have a feeling that the Heavenly Dao and spiritual energy do not seem to be dissipating, but are converging in one direction?"
"Tsunami!" Chixiao Taoist suddenly said: "Before a tsunami occurs, the sea water will shrink."
Everyone's expressions changed. This is common sense. Before a tsunami occurs, the sea water will shrink sharply toward the depths of the sea. But combined with the current situation...
Shi Kaitian looked downward: "Dao Yun and spiritual energy are shrinking downward. Let's go down."
The flying boat dived towards the ground and landed on the ground. Everyone jumped off the flying boat and stood on the ground with their feet. They immediately felt that Daoyun and spiritual energy were shrinking crazily deep into the ground. One by one, they spread their spiritual consciousness and explored the depths of the ground.
However, the sharp contraction of Tao Yun and spiritual energy crushed their consciousness, making it impossible to penetrate at all.
Gu Shuo frowned in thought, with a glimmer of excitement in his eyes. The Dahuang team standing next to Gu Shuo instinctively focused their eyes on Gu Shuo. Although there were sixteen great tribulation monks around them, they instinctively regarded Gu Shuo as their backbone. Seeing the excitement shining in Gu Shuo's eyes, Zhong Qinghua asked expectantly:
"Captain, did you think of something?"
After hearing what Zhong Qinghua said, everyone's eyes instantly focused on Gu Shuo. Gu Shuo glanced at the crowd and said:
"Seniors, have you ever thought about it? You should know what the realm like the great ancestor is called, right?"
"Yeah!" Shi Kaitian said: "I learned from the demon clan that it is called the Mahayana period."
"Historically speaking, is there any realm beyond the Mahayana stage of the demon clan?"
"Don't know, but never heard of it."
"Did the demon clan's Mahayana stagers die in the end, or did they go somewhere else?"
"died."
"Is it possible? The Mahayana stage is already the top level in our world. Once you reach this level, if you practice to perfection, where will you go next? Seniors, have you ever thought about it?"
Shi Kaitian smiled: "We have all thought about this and discussed it. We speculate that there should be a higher-level world above our world, such as the world where gods live."
Gu Shuo's heart beat violently: "Why do you have such an idea?"
"Because in history, our predecessors and we have also explored some undiscovered secret ruins. After our analysis, these secret ruins are most likely not from our world, so we speculate that they are probably from the fairy world. It fell."
It seems that it is not just him who has this speculation, but others as well. Gu Shuo's spirit was lifted:
"Seniors, I thought the same thing. Then I thought, why has our world never been broken by the Void? It just ascended... so to speak, just in a swish, we went to the world of gods."
"Tsk!" Ye Qing rubbed Yahuazi and said, "Shattering the void and ascending, these two words are good. They became concrete at once."
"That's right!" Gu Shuo chuckled and said, "I've been wondering why this hasn't happened in our world. Our human race is just that, because it has only been around for a short time and there are no ready-made techniques and inheritances. We need to create it ourselves. But the demon clan is different from us. Their history is much longer than ours, and there are monks in the Mahayana period. Why are there no ascendants?
Later, I felt that there was only one reason, that is, the Heavenly Dao and the spiritual energy were not enough. But there are two possibilities if the way of heaven and spiritual energy are not enough. One possibility is that our world has reached a period of decline. Like dusk, the world is about to be destroyed, and the way of heaven is naturally insufficient. Another possibility is that our world has not yet reached maturity, and the way of heaven is naturally insufficient. No matter which one it is, it shackles us and prevents us from comprehending the higher level of heaven. Naturally, we cannot cultivate to the perfection of the Mahayana period, just like the current situation of the demon clan.
Such a large demon clan has only two Mahayana periods now, and it has never been heard that the demon clan finally ascended in the Mahayana period. On the contrary, there are records that they all died in the end. This proves that the way of heaven in our world is currently not enough to support monks to realize that level. "
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Book title: "Datang: Beginning with Becoming Teacher Wei Zheng"
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