Chapter 125: Treating all nations as private property, and the subjects as pawns, like meat on the chopping block! Arriving at the Wild Market!
Japan's Takeda Shingen and Oda Nobunaga sent people to the Ming Dynasty, hoping to get the Ming Dynasty's support. Prince Yu and Prince Jing each summoned the two parties.
Jiajing also became interested in how the Yan Party and the Qingliu would eventually deal with this matter. He looked around the Ming Dynasty and found that it was relatively stable. After the sky gradually brightened, he continued to observe.
Well, there seems to be no sun, moon, or stars in the sky above my natal Ming Dynasty, but the speed of time flow is the same as in the real Ming Dynasty.
It was the same whether it was dawn or not. Jiajing even magnified his own destiny and his consciousness was in the same place as the Ming Dynasty. He could actually see the sun when he looked up at the sky during the day, and the bright moon at night.
However, when you look further away and overlook the entire Ming Dynasty, all you can see above the sky is a rolling gray fog.
Jiajing couldn't figure out the reason for this, and just thought it was a special effect of his natal object. Maybe after it was completely bound to his natal object, there would be some different manifestations, or maybe not.
Prince Yu’s Mansion, off to the side of the main hall.
"Your Highness..." Concubine Li was helping Prince Yu get dressed, but her eyes were always fixed on Prince Yu's skin. She was a little absent-minded while speaking, and her hand couldn't help but touch it, her eyes full of strangeness.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Li staring at him infatuatedly, Prince Yu frowned and asked curiously.
Li was a concubine, but compared to his principal wife, he doted on her very much. At this moment, looking at the woman with whom he was honest day and night, looking at him with such a greedy look, he felt very strange.
"Your Majesty's skin is getting better and better." Li said, raising her watery eyes and staring at Prince Yu: "I don't know how Your Majesty maintains it. I also want to be better for Your Majesty..."
Upon hearing this, Prince Yu was stunned, and then he suddenly realized.
Only then did I notice my skin, which was indeed becoming firmer, smoother and more delicate, and my complexion was also much more rosy.
It suddenly occurred to me that as the spiritual energy in my body's acupoints continued to open up, my body would naturally become healthier.
Cultivating immortals is essentially about finding the way to immortality. Plus, he goes to the palace to practice every day and takes spiritual objects, so it’s naturally different.
Before, when he took the spiritual elixir, he only felt that the hidden diseases and pains in his body were eliminated, but they were not so obvious.
As the practice began, it happened imperceptibly and I didn't pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, these subtle changes were discovered by the person next to me.
As for Xu Jie and others, they only took elixirs to eliminate lesions and internal diseases, and the spiritual objects they had were limited. Apart from their bodies becoming stronger, such as the lighter age spots on Xu Jie's face, there were no obvious changes.
Even if outsiders saw it, they would just think that the elder took good care of himself and didn't think much about it, but he was actually a real cultivator.
Although he had not yet reached the first level of Qi training, with the opening of the acupoints and the streamlining of the meridians, blood and flesh, the changes were becoming more and more obvious.
Thinking of this, Prince Yu looked at the mirror in front of him, touched his face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he looked at Concubine Li, and did not answer her, but just said: "I will give you some good medicine in a few days."
Prince Yu did not tell anyone else in the mansion about his cultivation of immortality.
Xu Jie and others were tacitly approved by his father, and he was willing to tell these people about cultivating immortals because they were useful.
As for the people in the palace, even the one sleeping next to him, he had never thought of sharing with them.
However, Li was deeply favored by him, so she could ask Eunuch Lu for a pill to remove the disease and help her regulate her body.
Well, I heard that Eunuch Lu has recently started to make pills and medicines according to the 'Alchemy Book' given by his father.
You can also ask for some appropriately.
Some spiritual wine and spiritual fruit. Thinking of this, Prince Yu turned his head to Li's ear and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he whispered softly into Li's ear, "Later, ask me to get a copy of the Spring Book and learn some spring activities. If you perform well, I will reward you..."
"Ah!" Prince Yu's sudden action made Li's body soften, her legs tremble, her pretty face suddenly blushed, and her watery eyes looked at Prince Yu as if they were about to melt, and she cried out softly.
Seeing his concubine in such a seductive manner, Prince Yu's eyelids twitched, but when he thought about the masters still waiting outside, he could only cough dryly, reach around behind Li, grab her hard, and pat her.
"Slave," Li snorted softly, and said sweetly and softly, "I understand..." She lost her voice at the end.
"Study hard!" After saying that, he swung his sleeves and headed for the main hall. Behind him came Li's shy and sweet voice. "Thank you, Your Majesty... I'll be waiting for you..."
Hearing the voice behind him, Prince Yu subconsciously quickened his pace.
out of the hall.
Xu Jie and others have already started waiting.
"Your Highness!" After everyone bowed, Prince Yu raised his hand to signal, and then they thanked him and took their seats one by one.
"Tell me, how should we deal with this envoy sent by Takeda Shingen?" Prince Yu looked at everyone.
"Agree to their request!" Zhang Juzheng said bluntly, "In the name of the court!"
"Oh?" Hearing that it was in the name of the court instead of his own name, Prince Yu looked at Zhang Juzheng in confusion, waiting for his next words.
"It is an indisputable fact that the two dragons of the Ming Dynasty are fighting each other and the two factions are fighting each other," Zhang Juzheng said, "But, whether it is Takeda Shingen or Oda Nobunaga, what they want is the support of the Ming Dynasty!"
"And there is also a benefit to doing this, which is to make Takeda Shingen let down his guard."
"In this way, he will be extremely happy if the Ming Dynasty sends troops to garrison there in the future. They may even use the Ming Dynasty to deal with the troops sent by His Royal Highness Prince Jing, and even help them deal with other daimyo."
"In this way, we can work together with the Yan Party and achieve our goals step by step."
"Oh," Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and said with a calm smile on his elegant face, "Give them what they want to see. Give them what they think is just teasing children..."
"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Gao Gong couldn't help but burst into laughter. At the same time, he pinched his beard and said, "Taiyue, bad!"
When the others heard this, they also shook their heads and laughed.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall was relaxed. Indeed, for Zhang Juzheng and others, dealing with these big names did not require any effort at all.
Only Kinoshita Tokichirō didn't know. I wonder what he would feel if he knew that Zhang Juzheng had completely predicted his prediction.
But this cannot be blamed on Kinoshita Tokichirō. In the eyes of Zhang Juzheng and others, his strategies were indeed childish.
It seems that he has deep strategies and scheming, but what we see is just the surface political structure of the Ming Dynasty.
The surface of the Ming Dynasty today is like an ocean, which is terrifyingly deep. Everyone knows that the two kings are fighting each other, and the Qingliu and Yan Party are fighting to the death. If you are not careful and stand on the wrong side, you will die an ugly death.
This is already unfathomable to most officials.
But no one knows that beneath the surface, there is a dark sea, a dark sea that is deeper and more terrifying.
What the two kings are seeking is the position of Crown Prince of the Eternal Life Immortal Dynasty!
What Qingliu and Yan Dang are planning is endless resources for thousands of years. They hide in the deepest part, fighting and fighting each other.
At the same time, they also stared at the nations and regarded them as their private property, and regarded the people and land of the nations as things in their hands and meat on the chopping board.
For the sake of their own interests, they can give up and make peace at any time.
Who can fight against such a huge monster? As the Ming Dynasty becomes stronger and stronger, their size will only become larger.
……
night.
On the top floor of the Heritage Pavilion, in the inner room.
Jiajing looked at the half-cut flesh of the 'Suanni Ox' placed in front of him, and something moved in his heart. He spread out his hands and a small knife appeared.
After a slight hesitation, he pressed the tip of the knife against the depression in the middle of half the flesh and stirred up some blood.
Under the bright candlelight, the blood on the tip of the knife was extremely transparent and dazzling like a red gem. Faintly, there were bright flashes of blood, and a faint fragrance filled the mouth and nose.
With a sudden thought, Jiajing put the tip of the knife into his mouth and took a sip.
A pure energy, different from the spiritual source, went straight into the throat and rushed into the stomach the moment it entered the body. The next moment, Jiajing felt that the spiritual energy in his body seemed to be catalyzed by something.
The originally calm spiritual energy was like a piece of meat put into an oil pan, which exploded in an instant. The spiritual energy around Jiajing surged, making his robe rustle, and then calmed down again.
Not only that, Jiajing also found that the qi and blood in his body became more vigorous, and the spiritual energy in his body became unusually active. He even had a vague illusion that it was being purified and became pure.
“No wonder Dugu Ying said that after refining this half of flesh and blood, the effect is no worse than that of several thousand taels of spiritual energy.” Thinking of this, Jiajing shook his head again and thought to himself, “He is still conservative.”
"Just some dried blood can stimulate the spiritual energy in my body, and the spiritual energy becomes extremely active. If several thousand taels of spiritual energy are completely absorbed and refined, the spiritual energy in my body will probably be purified. I'm afraid that my cultivation level will even break through directly."
“Within a year or so, I might be able to break through to the foundation-building stage!” Thinking of this, Jiajing's heart skipped a beat.
Thinking of this, Jiajing no longer hesitated. He directly cut off a small piece of flesh with a knife, and then put it directly into his mouth and began to chew and swallow.
It didn't have the bloody, disgusting rusty taste of raw meat, but instead felt like eating some kind of fruit. When chewing it, it didn't feel raw or hard to swallow.
As he swallowed a mouthful of flesh and blood, a wave of spiritual energy stronger than before suddenly exploded in his body, and the spiritual energy even surged out directly from his body through his skin.
Jiajing did not care about anything else and started to practice the 'Basic Qi Induction Technique' with his eyes closed on the spot.
Streams of pure spiritual energy flowed through his body, and began to rotate in circles around the practice route of the 'Qi Inducing Technique'.
Cultivation takes no time.
Above the sky, the bright moon disappears, the stars dim, the red sun rises in the sky, and then sets, the sun rises and the moon sets.
Half a month passed quickly.
During the past half month, Jiajing has been practicing by taking the flesh and blood of half of the 'Suan Niu'.
Not only that, after gradually adapting to the abnormally active spiritual energy brought by the ancient beast's flesh and blood, Jiajing began to assist with spiritual energy.
Well, the effect can be said to be like riding a flying shuttle, so fast that even when Jiajing closed his eyes and meditated, he still had a smile on his face.
Nothing else to say, just one word: "Awesome"!
"Wow!" The spiritual energy surged up, and Jiajing's clothes fluttered, and the gauze curtains and papers in the inner room fluttered.
"Huh," Jiajing exhaled lightly and slowly opened his eyes. There was a faint blood-red aura brushing across the surface of his eyeballs. This was the effect of taking 'Suan Niu' for a long time. "In another month and a half, my realm might fluctuate once."
That's right, after breaking through the sixth level of Qi training three months ago, after only taking the flesh and blood of the 'Suan Niu' for half a month, his realm has actually loosened slightly.
In another half a month, there will be a fluctuation.
Seeing that there was still a lot of flesh and blood left in front of him, Jiajing picked up the knife and was about to cut off another piece of meat, but his hand suddenly stopped moving because Liu Quan's voice rang out outside the inheritance pavilion.
"Sir!" There was also a roaring sound when the shuttle started.
"It seems that I have to stop practicing for a while." With a slight sigh of regret, Jiajing raised his hand and put most of the remaining flesh and blood of the 'Suanni Bull' into the storage bag.
"Thumps, thumps." After a while, Liu Quan's quick footsteps could be heard at the stairs. "Sir!"
After changing into a green robe, Jiajing slowly came out of the inner room and walked towards the reception room in the middle.
"Sir, I hope I don't disturb you?"
Liu Quan was startled when he saw Jiajing coming out of the inner room. Thinking that Jiajing had just obtained half of the flesh and blood of an ancient beast, he must have been practicing in the past half month, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"Are you in trouble in the wild market?" Jiajing shook his head slightly to signal Liu Quan not to worry about it, then sat down on the couch by the window, picked up the teacup on the small table and poured himself a cup.
"Nothing can be hidden from you, sir." Seeing this, Liu Quan smiled bitterly, then sat down on the couch opposite him, drank a sip of spiritual tea, and then said, "The person in charge of the academy wants to see you, sir."
"See me?" Jiajing's eyes showed a hint of surprise. He didn't expect that the other party would want to see him.
"To be honest, I don't want to expose you, Mr.," Liu Quan sighed and said, "It turns out that the people in charge of the academy have begun to pay attention to you, Mr.!"
"I think, from the negotiation with Yellow Wind Valley to the establishment of Wild City today, there are a lot of troubles behind it. We were able to handle them very well, and those who are interested will pay attention to it."
As he spoke, Jiajing could clearly see the embarrassment on Liu Quan's face, and he couldn't help but cast a glance at him. He didn't ask, just looked at him, and he believed that Liu Quan would tell him.
Sure enough, under Jiajing's gaze, even though the gaze was very calm and did not involve any further questions, Liu Quan still felt a slight pressure.
Although he had already established his foundation, he always paid attention to the gaze of his master.
Of course, Liu Quan could actually figure out why he was like this. It was because he developed a sense of dependence on Jiajing for his calmness and confidence in handling the affairs of the sect.
This kind of dependence was not because he was worried that Jiajing would ignore him, but because he cared a lot about how the other person viewed him.
"The other party said that he knew exactly who the high-level officials were in the predecessor of my Daming Xianzong, namely the 'Black Wind Village'. So when I went to meet him, he directly asked..." After saying that, Liu Quan did not continue, but nodded to Jiajing.
The meaning is very clear, Liu Quan is not important enough.
For the people in the academy, Liu Quan, the great elder of the Great Ming Immortal Sect, is probably not important enough in terms of status or cultivation. The other party wants to talk to Jiajing, the man behind the scenes who controls everything.
Jiajing didn't say anything, but he gently raised and lowered his index finger three times, then nodded and said, "Has the date been set? When will we meet? Where?"
"It's settled!" Liu Quan was immediately delighted when he heard Jiajing's words, and then said, "See you in the market tomorrow."
"Since the people from the academy want to see me, I will go. Facing the invitation of the people from the academy, we have no reason to refuse," Jiajing said, looking at Liu Quan, "tell me about it."
"Okay!" Liu Quan naturally understood what Jiajing asked him to say, and immediately began to introduce some basic information about the people sent by the academy to take charge of Yeshi.
"This man's surname is Li, and his given name is Changqing. He doesn't look very old, probably around 27 or 28 years old." Liu Quan said as he recalled.
"He looks handsome, similar to most of the academy's disciples. He has a gentle and elegant temperament, just like a scholar. This should be related to the skills they practice. His personality is approachable."
"I can't tell his cultivation level," Liu Quan smacked his lips and said after a moment of hesitation, "He is definitely above me. He may be at the Golden Core Stage. It's normal for the disciples of the Academy to be stronger."
When the Jindan cultivator heard about the cultivation level of this academy disciple who was in charge of the wild market, Jiajing secretly took him seriously.
All the rules of this world are made by the academy. Although there will not be any large-scale chaos or killing and bloodshed under the rules of the academy, this is ultimately a world where the strong have their own power, and one must be very careful when dealing with these people.
Jiajing was confident that he could operate within these rules with ease, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was like a fish in water.
But when he is facing a group of people who make the rules, or rather, represent the rules, he cannot help but take it seriously.
"There is a bookstore in a remote area of Yeshi..." Liu Quan finished speaking, raised his hand to take the teacup, and when he brought it to his mouth, he said, "Zixian, Zixian Bookstore, the name of the store."
"That's about it. I really didn't find out anything else, but I asked indirectly about his relationship with the person in charge of the White Horse Tower. It seems that he is not ordinary."
"I'm afraid he's a relative, and that person's surname is also Li!"
Hearing this, Jiajing did not show any surprise on his face.
The wild market had just been established, and many families in Sifang City had sent people to start renting shops. The big clans in the Central Plains had probably also received the news, and they would certainly send people from their own clans.
This is the difference between a wild market and a regular city for cultivating immortals.
The great city of immortal cultivation would not allow the sectarian forces directly under the old and powerful clans to be stationed there. At most, they would allow the collateral branches of the families within the territory to open up branches. This could be considered as a reward from the academy for their participation in the development of the land.
Even though Yeshi is a new place like the Great Wilderness, large sects are allowed to be stationed there, and the academy will not say anything.
To put it simply, the Wild Market is the territory run by the emerging sects themselves. Who is allowed to enter the territory and who is not allowed to enter is decided by the sect that has the "decision-making power" in the Wild Market.
Generally speaking, in order to revitalize the wild market, these sects will not be blocked from entering and exiting. The entry of major sects from the Central Plains will actually greatly help the activity of the wild market.
"Then let's go to the wild market tomorrow and meet the people from this academy." Jiajing said softly.
"Oh, right," Liu Quan just remembered the high-level talisman he bought for Jiajing, "Sir, this is the talisman you wanted to buy."
Seeing this, Jiajing raised his hand and took the three exquisite small talismans floating in the air, which were wrapped in spiritual energy, from Liu Quan's hand.
"We are going to send people to Yeshi," Liu Quan sighed again. "This time when we go to Yeshi, in addition to making an appointment with Li Changqing for a meeting, we also talked with the people from the Beast Taming Sect."
"We, the Yellow Wind Valley, and the Beast Taming Gate will all send people to the Wild City to form a day and night patrol team."
"Once you discover any suspicious traces of evil cultivators, you must report them immediately..."
Jiajing didn't say anything, but listened quietly.
As he spoke, Liu Quan suddenly leaned forward and whispered, "I heard from the 'Wind Bell Pavilion' in the Wild City that the evil cultivators are causing a big commotion in the Central Plains!"
Fengling Pavilion, Jiajing had heard Liu Quan mention it when he was visiting Sifang City. Even if it is placed at the level of Arcturus, it is a very large existence in the intelligence industry.
"The evil cultivators this time are not just a group of independent cultivators hunting for my life. I heard that they have unified skills and behavior styles. Once they are discovered and surrounded by the people in the academy, they will decisively self-destruct. Tsk!"
At this point, Liu Quan couldn't help but secretly shook his head, "They are indeed ruthless people... Some people speculate that this group of evil cultivators should be hunting for my life, and they want to do something, which is definitely not just pure cultivation."
"I heard that in the southwest region, near the westernmost 'Xiling City' in the Great Wilderness, traces of evil cultivators were discovered. A Jindan-stage cultivator was hunted down and his life was taken away. It has only been 120 years since the establishment of the twelve great cities in the Great Wilderness, and the teleportation array is only in the city."
"The academy has issued a wanted warrant. This group of evil cultivators definitely cannot use the teleportation array. If we calculate the time, if we use a shuttle, such as the 'Suzaku Binghuo Yimu Shuttle', and travel at full speed, we will probably reach the Sifang City area in two or three months."
"In fact, if a better shuttle is used, it will probably be faster. The news was from half a month ago, so it is not ruled out that it has already arrived."
"It's a troubled time..." Liu Quan said, shaking his head secretly, then shook his head and chuckled, saying: "But there's no need to be afraid. I heard that this group of evil cultivators specifically look for great cultivators with great potential."
"People like us who practice Qi and build foundations have no interest at all."
After hearing what Liu Quan said, Jiajing did not reply, but looked at the red sun gradually setting in the distance.
I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy.
Then he suppressed this uneasiness, perhaps because as an emperor, he had never thought about being assassinated or facing any danger from outside of himself, and the sudden changes in the world of immortal cultivation made him think too much.
……
The next day.
The sky was a little dark.
Dark clouds gathered above the sky, and there was a faint drizzle in the air.
Outside the inheritance pavilion, the shuttle roared, and then soared into the sky, breaking through the rolling dark clouds and flying above the clouds.
Compared to the dark sky and earth below the clouds, above the clouds, in the distant sky, the sun is high in the sky, the sunshine is abundant, and the sea of clouds is bright.
The Daming Immortal Sect is located in the southeast of the Great Wilderness, close to the easternmost area. On the left is a long river as bright as a ribbon, and on the east is an endless sea of forest, which is the Wuya Forest.
Heading east, about half a day later.
The shuttle flew down from the bright sea of clouds. The sky and earth alternated between light and darkness. Dark clouds rolled under the clouds, thunder flashed, and drizzle fell. Over the forest, mist floated, looking deep and quiet.
Looking from afar, one can see dark mountains rising and falling in the northeast of the forest. That is where the headquarters of the Beast Taming Sect is located.
At this time, Liu Quan's voice rang in Jiajing's ears.
"Sir, that's the Endless Mountains. The Beast Taming Gate is on the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain next to the Endless Mountains." Liu Quan held a piece of hay in his mouth, leaned against the shuttle fence, pointed to the distance, and said:
"Although the origin of this 'Beast Taming Sect' is unclear, it is probably not simple. Beast Taming originated from some immortal cultivation families in the southern part of the Central Plains. I heard that those families more or less have this ability."
"And the beast taming skills are also spread in that area. In the cultivation world of Arcturus, the beast taming skills that are currently spread all come from the great cultivation families in the southern border of the Central Plains. There is a saying that goes..."
Liu Quan grinned as he spoke, "The best place in the world to tame beasts is in Southern Xinjiang. The source of all beasts comes from the Immortal Clan!"
"The people of this 'Beast Taming Sect' are probably from a certain immortal cultivation family in the southern border of the Central Plains."
"Besides, these are not the characteristics of the 'Beast Taming Sect'..." As he said this, Liu Quan smacked his lips and said, "The biggest feature of Beast Taming is that the pet and the owner can share their cultivation!"
"Sharing cultivation?" Upon hearing this, Jiajing asked in confusion.
"Yes, for example, the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect are at the Qi Training Stage, but their pets are at the Foundation Establishment Stage."
"Then, this disciple can borrow the cultivation of his pet and use it to fight others without any side effects for a certain period of time. Tsk tsk!"
"Doesn't that mean that if a sect master finds a pet with Golden Core cultivation for a disciple in the Qi training stage, he can use the Golden Core cultivation to fight against others?" Even Jiajing was no longer calm.
"Hehe," Liu Quan laughed strangely.
Seeing the surprise on Mr. Zhu's face, he seemed very satisfied. Well, he finally saw this unexpected expression on Mr. Zhu's face, which felt good!
However, only things in this world of cultivating immortals could cause such emotional fluctuations in the gentleman's expression.
Mr. Mingming gave him the impression that he was from outside Arcturus, but he seemed to know nothing about cultivating immortals.
Sometimes he would wonder, could it be that the gentleman came from some dust-like 'death star' in that vast star field?
Only some people from the 'Death Star' would be so surprised about the matter of cultivating immortals.
But it is impossible for those people on the 'Death Star' to reach it. If those people on the 'Death Star' want to reach other immortal cultivation star fields, they can only rely on the academy's teleportation array.
But considering your talent for cultivation, your destiny must be extraordinary. If you were on those "death stars", through the teleportation array, it is impossible for you not to be discovered by the academy, let alone appear in the wilderness.
Well, in short, the gentleman’s origins are so mysterious!
But everyone has secrets, and Liu Quan doesn't like to dig into people's secrets.
"Mr.'s understanding is indeed correct," Liu Quan said quickly while thinking quickly, "But don't exaggerate too much. If the Qi training stage and the Golden Core stage share the same cultivation, they might burst."
"These beast masters also have to cooperate with unique cultivation methods. In addition, they have to bind themselves to the beasts in contracts of different levels. I heard that the highest contracts are often about living and dying together."
"The higher the level of the contract, the better the effect will be... I'm not sure about the details, but anyway, the beast control method is very complicated."
"Otherwise, the immortal cultivation families in Southern Border would have long been giants in the immortal cultivation world, and they wouldn't have stayed in the southern border of the Central Plains without leaving."
"At least, I have never heard of any major sect in the Central Plains that focuses on taming beasts. At most, there is a beast taming department within the sect."
Hearing Liu Quan say this, Jiajing nodded slightly.
Well, how could such a unique path of cultivation be without any taboos?
As the shuttle approached the wild market in the northeast, more and more traces of practitioners appeared around.
There are shuttles of different heights, large, medium, small, luxurious, and shabby.
There are also some monks riding on flying magic tools, or some flying pets, or some flying on swords.
From all directions, scattered white flight tracks were left in the air, swirling and converging around a group of buildings in an open lawn in the distance.
Wild Market, here we are!
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