Chapter 158: Big Purchase, Get Spiritual Veins! Yan Shifan Reforms, Kong Family in Danger!
In the world of cultivating immortals, inside the inheritance pavilion.
The hot, colorless and transparent spiritual energy surrounded Jiajing.
Jiajing's face was calm, his eyes were closed, his breathing was long and even, and the rich fire-attributed spiritual energy around him was sticky and floating, filling the entire inner room. The spiritual energy fluctuated with his breathing.
From the storage bag on his waist, streams of transparent and sticky spiritual energy as thick as his index finger entered his body from all directions.
"Hua, Hua, Hua." In the meridians of his body, the second level of the Emperor Sutra was running, and the spiritual energy was surging like magma. He didn't know how many times the technique was run, but Jiajing just felt that something seemed to hit his consciousness hard in the dark.
He only heard a "dong" sound, and his whole body trembled violently, and then he felt his mind become clear.
The sticky fire-attributed spiritual energy from the outside world that filled the entire inner room suddenly seemed to be diluted and cut apart at this moment, becoming agile, flowing, and then violent.
"Pah, pah, pah!" The spiritual energy stirred his robes, making rustling sounds. Jiajing's body seemed to have turned into a bottomless black hole, madly absorbing the spiritual energy from the outside world.
Soon, the spiritual energy storm condensed into a vortex, and a faint red color enveloped Jiajing, forming a spiritual energy light cocoon that was one person tall.
After a while, the light cocoon began to shrink, and the spiritual energy storm that filled the inner room also lost its power. After a while, it completely dissipated into nothingness, and Jiajing's body gradually calmed down.
"Huh!" When everything calmed down, Jiajing exhaled lightly, slowly opened his tightly closed eyes, and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth, "Three years, the late stage of foundation building, it's done!"
In the 44th year of Jiajing, he entered the world of immortal cultivation and went into seclusion. Three years have passed since then, and his cultivation has finally broken through from the early stage of foundation building to the late stage of foundation building.
According to the General Notes on Cultivation, most cultivators with ordinary natal elements and few resources to refine their natal objects will spend half their lives in the Qi Refining Stage and will only be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage when they are in their sixties or seventies.
Of course, this is the case for most cultivators who have limited resources and rely on polishing their natal objects to feed back their natal objects, and their natal objects to feed back themselves. They are also the vast majority of low-level cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.
More often than not, they waste their entire lives in the Qi training stage, and then are unable to break through to the foundation-building stage, and eventually die after their lifespan is exhausted.
After building the foundation, the speed of cultivation will become more difficult, and the natal object needs to be constantly polished, which consumes a huge amount of resources, not only spiritual source, but also many rare materials.
Even so, the time spent on breaking through from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building is extremely long.
Generally speaking, several decades are normal. A hundred years to break through to the middle stage of foundation building, two hundred years to break through to the late stage are for those with good talent, and a hundred years to break through to the golden elixir are for geniuses.
As for Jiajing, he broke through to the late stage of foundation building in just three years. This kind of talent cannot be explained by common sense.
Only the heirs to the chieftains of the major clans in the Central Plains and a very small number of extraordinary geniuses can achieve this.
For a genius of this level, as long as he does not die after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, it is basically a foregone conclusion that he will ascend to the upper realm.
Therefore, Jiajing was very satisfied with his cultivation speed. In fact, because his cultivation speed was so fast, he had some concerns and decided to hide some of his cultivation!
Why did he hide his cultivation? The reason was simple. The current Daming Immortal Sect could not provide him with any protection.
The sect leader Dugu Ying has not returned since he went to Central Plains with the Wuqing Fairy from Wuqing Mountain to lift the curse of the Purple Horse Beast. The person with the highest cultivation level in the entire sect is the left protector Dugu Xiong.
And his cultivation is only at the late stage of foundation building, although three years have passed. With the help of the enlightenment bodhi seed and a large amount of resources, he may be able to break through to the golden elixir, but what's the use?
He was targeting the entire Daming Immortal Sect. To be exact, the person targeting him was Li Changqing.
The territory controlled by the Baima Academy is boundless, and the Li family is the head of the three clans in the academy. There is no way to deal with such a background and power.
Not to mention the Jindan stage, even if you break through to the Yuanying stage, what use will it be in front of such a behemoth?
Therefore, Jiajing needs to hide his shortcomings appropriately!
If he behaved too evilly, there was no guarantee that Li Changqing would not directly ask him to go to the Li family in the academy.
In the Daming Immortal Sect, he is free and can move materials from the immortal world to Daming anytime and anywhere. But if he really joins the Li family and behaves too evilly, he will lose his freedom.
Every move could be monitored, which was not what Jiajing wanted to see.
He was cautious and used to being suspicious. If his cultivation qualifications were exposed, there was no guarantee that the Li family would not use some control method to keep him firmly under their control. At that time, his life and death would all be in the hands of others. What was the point of cultivating immortals?
Others who cultivate immortality seek longevity and freedom, and to roam freely between heaven and earth. But besides these, I also want to be the only one, to lead the Ming Dynasty to dominate the world, and even to invade the world of immortal cultivation one day!
That’s right, it’s about entering the world of cultivating immortals!
Ever since he discovered that his natal spirit and natal objects could follow him through the world of immortal cultivation, Jiajing's ambition could no longer be suppressed. Every time his ambition popped up, he suppressed it forcefully, reminding himself not to be impulsive and to wait patiently.
There is no emperor who is not greedy, but the emperor's greed is to conquer cities, expand territory, and maintain eternal prosperity.
Jiajing viewed the entire earth as a resource reserve for the early development of the Ming Dynasty. The entire galaxy where the earth is located will be the cornerstone for the Ming Dynasty to enhance its strength and develop into a behemoth.
The ultimate goal of all this is to one day invade the world of immortal cultivation with an unrivaled large army of immortal cultivators.
He single-handedly built the Ming Dynasty into the prototype of a greedy monster. It has already become that monster. All that is left is to devour, grow, and become stronger step by step. First, eat the earth, then the solar system, then the Milky Way, and then the entire Milky Way...
Then, when the size of the Ming Dynasty grows to a certain extent, he will launch an invasion!
The world of cultivating immortals is too vast and has too many resources!
If these resources cannot belong to the Ming Dynasty, then there will be no meaning of existence!
However, reason told him that he must not be impatient, he must not be impatient, he must take it slow, as a little impatience can ruin a big plan.
We must start from the very beginning, the most basic foundation, when the new Ming Dynasty was born, to determine its shape and consolidate it.
The Ming Dynasty is currently in the third stage. After the fourth stage begins, this greedy "little thing" will capture cities, eat up the earth, grow slowly, and sail into the sea of stars.
"Hu!" He took a deep breath and exhaled, suppressing the greed in his heart. After calming down his emotions, Jiajing practiced a technique called 'Hidden Realm Technique' from the Emperor's Scripture in his mind.
After a while, the aura of the late foundation building stage around him suddenly dropped to the early foundation building stage.
This 'Hidden Realm Technique' is performed in conjunction with the Emperor's Seal. If this technique is performed during the Foundation Establishment Stage, it cannot be seen through by anyone below the Nascent Soul Stage.
Of course, even a Nascent Soul might not be able to see through it. It all depends on how powerful the Emperor's Seal is.
The Imperial Seal is linked to the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty is strong, the Imperial Seal will be strong. If the Ming Dynasty unifies the entire world, then the entire world will be under the control of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to the power of a star.
At that time, even the so-called Nascent Soul ancestors could not see through it, and even those above the Nascent Soul might not be able to see through it.
But for now, it is enough below the Nascent Soul stage.
In the southeastern region, the strongest is the Nascent Soul stage. Li Changqing’s pet cat was at this level last time.
Thinking of this, Jiajing stood up, removed all the restrictions and magic arrays, and left the Inheritance Pavilion.
In the 44th year of Jiajing, when he entered the inheritance pavilion, he went out once. Now the number of disciples of the Daming Immortal Sect has expanded to more than one hundred, and the cultivation of the twelve little guys has also greatly increased.
For example, those with better talents, such as the fat boy Dugu Donglai, have broken through to the fifth level of Qi training, which is the middle stage of Qi training, while Li Yu and Xu Shan have also broken through to the fourth level of Qi training.
In addition, the cultivation of children like Dugu Ao and Dugu Hongye has mostly broken through to the fourth level of Qi training.
The three children that Jiajing was more optimistic about, Xu Shixing, Fengsheng and Liu Wei, had all already cultivated to the third level of Qi training.
Although these three were all born in the original "Black Wind Village", they were not direct descendants of the Dugu family after all, so the spiritual source supplies they received were relatively less.
After them came Dugu Ao, Dugu Hongye and their playmates; the descendants of the second elder of the Dugu family, Dugu Qiu, Dugu Dong and Dugu Xia, all of whom had reached the fourth level of Qi training.
The three little guys, Xu Shixing, Feng Sheng and Liu Wei, have the support of Jiajing. He gave them a lot of resources before he went into seclusion. In addition to the resources that the sect should have, they also got a lot more, which means they are basically on par with other people in terms of resources.
The advantage of this is that the three little guys who were originally trained by him as his confidants have become more respectful and close to him as a teacher, and even regard Jiajing as their master.
Every elder of the Great Ming Immortal Sect is qualified to accept disciples, and these three people are the candidates chosen by Jiajing.
However, Jiajing did not make any promises to the three little guys in advance. Instead, he told them that if they could break through the foundation-building stage within sixty years, he would accept them as his personal disciples. Otherwise, there would be no master-disciple relationship between them.
Ever since Jiajing handed over the "birth reflection magic tool" given by Li Changqing to Liu Quan, the births of these little guys have been seen.
Although I can’t say that Xu Shixing, Feng Sheng and Liu Wei’s destiny is very good, it is not bad either.
Xu Shixing's natal star is a bell, and its spiritual energy attribute is gold. Feng Sheng's natal star is a sword, and its spiritual energy attribute is water, not gold, which is a pity.
If the spiritual energy is of the metal element, one can develop in the direction of sword cultivation. After all, according to the common sense of the world of immortal cultivation, all practitioners whose life force is sword will eventually take the path of sword cultivation.
For practitioners whose natal element is sword, their spiritual attribute is generally gold, and they focus on killing!
However, this fate is very consistent with Feng Sheng. This kid always looks thin and weak, a little malnourished, wearing white linen clothes, like a little scholar.
The water-attributed aura was consistent with his performance.
Finally, there is the youngest, Liu Wei, who has now grown into a ten-year-old girl. Her biggest feature is her pair of single eyelids, which makes her less cute and more recognizable.
This little girl's natal animal is a red bird, and her spiritual energy is also of fire attribute. In Jiajing's opinion, he could find her a "Red Bird" as her natal animal in the future, and her cultivation would definitely be very fast.
However, the cultivation levels of these three little guys are all at the third level of Qi training, so it is still too early to start looking for their natal objects, so there is no need to rush.
"Greetings, sir," Xu Shixing, Feng Sheng and Liu Wei said respectfully outside the Heritage Pavilion, "Congratulations, sir, on coming out of seclusion."
Ever since they got a lot of special resources from Jiajing, the three little guys have been together often, and they have a subtle sense of forming a small group.
In fact, as they grow older, the twelve little guys, such as the fat boy Dugu Donglai and Li Yu who are from the same family as Dugu Ying, have understood some truths under the education of the head of the family Dugu Ba, such as family and sect, as well as factions within a sect.
So the three of them are a small group.
Then there was the Great Elder, the second branch of the family to which Dugu Shi belonged, Dugu Ao, Dugu Hongye and their three playmates, another small group.
Then there is the third branch where the second elder Dugu Ji belongs. The three little guys Dugu Qiu, Dugu Dong and Dugu Xia form another group.
The twelve children of the sect's top leaders were divided into four small groups. These small groups will gradually grow stronger, and eventually, as time goes by, become a branch of the sect that cannot be ignored.
Jiajing naturally saw all this very clearly, because he was the one who taught Liu Quan step by step about the division of sects and families, and how to arrange them, and Liu Quan was also subject to these other arrangements.
The most talented one and the child of the family patriarch, Dugu Donglai can be said to be the nephew of the head of the family, Dugu Ying.
This is the direct lineage that Liu Quan arranged for the leader Dugu Ying.
In the future, if Dugu Ying has children, these people will be his subordinates.
"Yes, they have all broken through to the third level of Qi training," Jiajing's consciousness swept over the three little guys, and finally looked at the oldest one, Xu Shixing, who had now grown into a good boy, and said:
"I estimate that in just over a month, I will be able to break through to the fourth level of Qi training!"
"Nothing can be hidden from you, sir." Xu Shixing was the oldest of the twelve children, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked very honest. He was wearing a dark green linen shirt, which made him look even more stable.
In his every move, he looks just like an adult.
"Tell me about it," Jiajing waved his hand and sat down on the steps in front of the Heritage Pavilion amiably. "During the years that I have been in seclusion, has anything major happened in the sect?"
"Sir, nothing major happened..." said Xu Shixing, the oldest.
"The Sect Master still hasn't returned. Besides, the Great Elder is getting busier and busier, constantly running around the Sect, Sifang City, Wild Market, and South Corner Region. Besides, there's that group of evil cultivators."
"A year ago, there was another evil cultivator who did evil, and the wild market was in chaos, but it was finally resolved by a black cat in the Nascent Soul stage. The most important thing is that I heard that they found..." As he spoke, Xu Shixing suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Life transaction!"
Evil cultivators hunt for one's life, and a life transaction appears in the wild market? Upon hearing this, Jiajing's eyes flickered with a thoughtful look.
"But these are all legends in the wild market and Sifang City, in the inns and restaurants. The specific situation is unclear."
"Because not long after, the 'inspection team' formed by the Beast Taming Sect, our Daming Immortal Sect, and the Yellow Wind Valley announced to the public that there had never been any life transactions in the Wild City. They only destroyed the nests of evil cultivators who hunted for life and discovered a lot of life..."
Hearing this, Jiajing naturally didn't believe it.
Since the life transaction can be successful, it means that this group of evil practitioners have a more mature "technology" and can allow others to merge their lives without any side effects, so the profit will be even greater.
Many wealthy monks have average destiny, so they may not want to change to a better destiny.
Although polishing your natal object can still benefit your natal self, who would mind if both your natal self and your natal object are the best?
If this group of evil cultivators can come up with the perfect innate fusion technology at this time, there will be many wealthy cultivators willing to exchange their innate nature!
Although it is difficult to hunt for others who match you or even have the same attributes as you, if the number is large enough, it is not difficult to find a suitable one.
It is recorded in ancient books that there is adaptation and fusion of one's destiny, there will be rejection, and even that with the improvement of one's cultivation, various problems will arise, such as inner demons, and severe direct backlash.
These are all used to fool people. In the ancient times, the methods of evil cultivators were crude, and such situations did exist. However, in the vast world of cultivating immortals, geniuses emerge in endlessly, and there will always be someone who can perfect the method of integrating their own destiny.
By now, the method of integrating the natal spirit has probably become extremely mature, just like some techniques of possessing another's body, which have long been perfected.
In addition, from the last communication with Li Changqing, I learned that the appearance of this group of evil cultivators in the Central Plains was a product of the infighting among the three factions of the academy.
In this way, it is self-evident who is behind this group of evil cultivators. They are the top leaders of the academy! With the energy and heritage of the academy, is it difficult to perfect the method of fusion of life?
The business of natal destiny trading, which is not tolerated by the secular world, is obviously a highly profitable industry just like the spiritual vein business!
In the world of cultivating immortals, there are too many wealthy sects and families.
In order to let the next generation have a perfect destiny and the best destiny object, as long as there is a perfect method, using the method of destiny fusion, it seems that it is not impossible to replace the destiny.
"It seems that Li Changqing is also involved in this business? Or, the three factions are fighting each other, targeting each other, and exposing each other..." Thinking of this, Jiajing shook his head slightly and suppressed it.
These have nothing to do with him, as long as it doesn't affect him.
His main goal is to develop the Ming Dynasty and transfer huge resources from the world of immortal cultivation.
The previous help to the sect was all for the better development of the sect. Now the Daming Immortal Sect has determined to stand on the side of Li Changqing's Li family and wait until the sects such as the Yellow Wind Valley and the Beast Taming Sect are cleared out.
In this entire southeast corner, there is only the Ming Dynasty.
By that time, he and Li Changqing would have to continue the "fight". But before that, Jiajing needed to have the power to protect himself, and his cultivation must at least reach the Golden Core Stage.
"Okay, I'll go to Sifang City, you guys go practice." After listening to Xu Shixing's story, Jiajing stood up and took out his flying shuttle and threw it into the air.
"Farewell, sir." Xu Shixing and others bowed to Jiajing as he took a step forward and boarded the shuttle.
The shuttle roared and carried Jiajing towards Sifang City. About half a day later, Jiajing arrived at Sifang City and began to make large purchases.
I bought a lot of talismans, pills, natal talismans, and some basic books on alchemy, refining, and formations.
In addition, there were also ninth-grade storage bags and so on, and quite a few were purchased.
After three years, the Ming Dynasty must have completed the second stage of land reform. The next step would be vigorous development, and Jiajing would naturally not be stingy with some rewards.
Among them, they also bought a lot of basic equipment refining techniques for cultivating spiritual fields and manufacturing equipment mechanisms. If Daming wants to develop into an immortal dynasty, it is indispensable to refine large-scale equipment like this.
Jiajing continued his shopping spree until the evening, spending nearly 300,000 spiritual sources. After learning from the Dugu family that Liu Quan was in Yeshi, Jiajing drove the shuttle straight to Yeshi.
The reason for looking for Liu Quan is naturally for the spiritual vein!
The last time I left was in the 42nd year of the Jiajing reign, and now it is the 47th year of the Jiajing reign, a full five years.
Li Changqing had a clear goal, he wanted to do everything as quickly as possible, to lure the Huangfeng Valley, Qingyuan Immortal Sect, and Xiaoshushan Immortal Sect into the trap, and then wipe them out in one fell swoop. Presumably, the spiritual vein business had already started in the past five years.
Besides, from what he had heard about the fate transaction, it was clear that there were more shady businesses in this wild market than he had imagined. Among them, there might be people from the Li family who were making money.
After all, when liquidation is done, it must be reported to the academy, and all liquidations must be done with clear accounts.
Just like the imperial court, if you really want to do something, the accounts must match, and the subsequent distribution of benefits must also be based on the clear accounts.
For example, if the imperial court cracked down on a local case of collusion between officials and businessmen and corrupt officials, the money would not be deposited into the national treasury, but would eventually flow out, for example, if there was a disaster somewhere, the Ministry of Revenue would allocate silver.
Then the money came out smoothly. As for where it went, it all depended on how greedy the people below were.
It is the same in the world of cultivating immortals.
Everything is kept clear, this is the dignity of the academy!
In five years, the scale of Yeshi has expanded again. As Liu Quan said before, the scope of Yeshi has extended a lot to both sides and up and down, and it has become the size of a small town.
"Sir, congratulations on your release!" In the Dugu family's inn, Liu Quan clasped his fists and said to Jiajing.
Five years is not a long time for a cultivator, so Liu Quan did not act as if he had not seen him for a long time.
Liu Quan was not surprised that in the five years of Jiajing, he still had not broken through from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building.
If he could break through from the initial stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building in just five years, that would be a surprise. What kind of monstrous talent must one have to be able to cultivate so quickly?
After some greetings between the two, Jiajing also learned from Liu Quan about the sect's detailed development and business operations over the past five years.
From Liu Quan, Jiajing heard an unexpected but reasonable piece of news. Li Changqing was indeed involved in the business of life transaction, and even more than that, there were many more dangerous things.
"Spirit stone?" Jiajing looked at the fingernail-sized, transparent crystal in his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He had seen this thing in the "General Records of the Star Domain". It was a special item that was produced in abundance in the Western Central Plains. It had a similar effect to the Spirit Source, both of which provided spiritual energy for cultivators.
Spiritual stone is produced from a kind of mineral vein. It is a special mineral that is condensed after the spiritual vein "dies" and absorbs the evil energy of the earth vein and its own spiritual energy.
Spiritual veins can also die. There are several explanations for the death of spiritual veins, such as drying up, being polluted, or turning to stone for unknown reasons. Spiritual stone veins are the latter.
Spirit stone is a poisonous thing. Although it can provide spiritual energy to cultivators after being used like spiritual source, the toxin will also enter the cultivator's body and stimulate the cultivator's soul.
This can cause the cultivator to become addicted, or even develop mental demons and various strange symptoms, leading him to embark on the path of evil or become an evil cultivator.
Countless independent cultivators, after absorbing spirit stones, became crazy and insane. The most important thing is that after absorbing spirit stones, they will reject the spiritual source, and then the poison becomes deeper and deeper, and the final end is to fall into the path of evil.
Generally, such cultivators are abandoned by the way of heaven, their souls are corroded, and their path to immortality is long gone.
Some cultivators, for the sake of spirit stones, can do many incredible things, selling children is a basic operation.
I'm willing to do anything for the spirit stones!
This thing is strictly prohibited in the academy. Once anyone is found selling spirit stones, if the amount exceeds one kilogram, they will be executed directly.
However, the profits from spirit stones are surprisingly large.
The main reason is that this thing is so easy to use, it absorbs quickly, has high spiritual energy purity, and strong explosive power. After it is compatible with one's own spiritual energy, the speed of the operation of the exercises will be faster. Although the toxin harms the soul, the cultivator becomes extremely agile the first time he uses the spirit stone.
The mind was clear and the comprehension was instantly elevated. I heard that there were some spirit stones of extremely high purity and excellent quality. Well, the quality of spirit stones is divided into four levels: low, medium, high and top quality.
A piece of top-grade spirit stone can directly allow a person to enter a state of enlightenment. All cultivators know how rare enlightenment is.
For example, if you are at the first level of Qi training and you absorb a piece of top-grade spirit stone, you may have an epiphany and break through to the late stage of Qi training!
Spirit stones are extremely useful to cultivators in the Jindan and Yuanying stages, which shows how precious and powerful they are.
"In some underground trading places in the wild market, do you know how much one zhu of low-grade spiritual stone sells for?" Liu Quan said in a hoarse voice, holding up three fingers and said, "Thirty taels of spiritual source!"
"One zhu, how much is one zhu? It's the size of a drop of water!" Liu Quan said, taking the fingernail-sized spiritual stone from Jiajing's hand and said, "This is it, it weighs one liang, and I'll sell it for three hundred liang of spiritual energy!"
"One liang weighs 24 baht. How shady is this business?" Liu Quan said, shaking his head. "And the price keeps going up."
"Li Changqing went to the Ming Dynasty's caravan to sell spirit stones?" Although Jiajing was asking, his tone left no room for doubt.
"Heh," Liu Quan chuckled and said, "Sir, Li Changqing said that we are different from other independent cultivators and sects. We have the academy behind us, so we can do our job without worry..."
Liu Quan said it easily, but Jiajing could tell that Liu Quan was scared, but there was no way back.
Behind him is the academy. Jiajing naturally understood what this sentence meant. It was equivalent to saying that behind him was the imperial court!
"Li Changqing..." Jiajing murmured softly.
"Not only that," Liu Quan's voice sounded again at this time, "Spiritual vein business, life transaction, the Li family does it all!"
"Sir," Liu Quan said, with a self-deprecating smile, "These five short years have been more exciting than my entire life!"
"I thought that what I had seen in the Central Plains was already the darkness of the world of cultivating immortals. Now I think that darkness is the sky above our heads. The sky is dark, so how can there be light?" As he said this, he pointed upwards.
Jiajing didn't say anything else. It was also the first time that he witnessed the darkness of the world of immortal cultivation.
Under a strict order that seems to maintain peace, it is so dark and cruel.
The apparent stability is nothing but a facade!
It’s just that some ordinary people will never be able to reach this level, but the Great Ming Immortal Sect was appreciated by the Li family of the Academy, so they saw it and stepped directly into this darkness.
"Only such a dark world needs the laws of the Ming Dynasty to save it!" Jiajing said softly in his heart.
He patted Liu Quan on the shoulder, signaling him not to worry too much, "The Li family is powerful, we don't have the power to choose."
"Now we can only continue to strengthen ourselves and protect ourselves from the thunderbolt disaster that may come at any time in the future!"
"Well, I understand." Liu Quan shook his head, put away the spiritual stone, looked at Jiajing and asked, "Sir, why did you come to Yeshi this time?"
"I need a spiritual vein!" Jiajing said bluntly.
Then, he briefly said that his destiny was special and he needed a spiritual vein. Liu Quan knew that Jiajing had an extraordinary destiny, so he was not surprised. When he heard that Jiajing wanted a spiritual vein, he did not hesitate.
After all, among the businesses that the Ming Dynasty caravan provided to Li Changqing was the spiritual vein business, so it was not difficult to get a spiritual vein.
"Sir, there is a seventh-grade spiritual vein sealed here," Liu Quan said, handing a scroll to Jiajing, and said, "I have not yet come into contact with a high-grade spiritual vein in the Ming Dynasty..."
"I understand. We are just taking things step by step and taking advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters and reap the benefits along the way." Jiajing stopped Liu Quan from explaining.
There is no need to guess where these spiritual veins came from. They must have been obtained from the wilderness during the war of development.
There must be higher quality spiritual veins among them, but Jiajing also understood the rules. Those high-quality ones were Li Changqing's business, so Liu Quan naturally had no authority to take them at will.
"Since our Ming Dynasty has also started to get involved in the spiritual vein business, then hasn't the sect's spiritual veins been integrated yet?" Jiajing asked curiously.
He remembered that his spiritual energy remained unchanged when he came out of retreat.
"We have to wait until the Left Protector comes out of retreat to sort out the spiritual veins. Now that Daming has integrated two ninth-grade spiritual veins, there is no need to rush..." Liu Quan waved his hand and explained.
After hearing what Liu Quan said, Jiajing nodded to show that he understood.
Afterwards, Jiajing exchanged greetings with Liu Quan again, and without staying, he said goodbye that night. After saying hello to Song Xinchai and Liu Yuan, he announced that he would go into seclusion again.
Liu Quan knew that he wanted to polish his natal object, so no one suspected that he was going into seclusion again right after coming out.
In the courtyard where Jiajing studied.
"It's time to go back..." Jiajing said softly, and once again placed high-level forbidden talismans around his body. After activating the formation, he slowly closed his eyes, and with a thought in his mind, he communicated with the Ming Dynasty.
"Buzz!" As the space waves began to surge, Jiajing's figure appeared in the temple on the Taoist platform.
With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he saw heavy snow falling under the gloomy sky, and a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the bodies of the people in the cabinet.
Naturally, everyone's cultivation level also fell into his eyes.
Compared with the little guys like Dugu Donglai, the cultivation of Lu Fang and others is much slower after all.
It’s not that their destiny is inferior to that of Dugu Donglai’s twelve children, but that the Ming Dynasty lacks spiritual energy.
Although there are spiritual fields bestowed, the concentration of spiritual energy that these spiritual fields can provide is limited. Moreover, if one only absorbs spiritual energy without a large amount of spiritual source, the spiritual resources such as spiritual rice, spiritual melons, and spiritual fruits grown in the spiritual fields are simply not enough to support cultivation.
"A seventh-grade spiritual vein is enough to cover the entire capital city..." Thinking of this, Jiajing was not in a hurry to plant the spiritual vein directly. After all, the process of planting the spiritual vein on the 'Death Star' of Earth was very complicated.
It won’t be done in a short time.
For now, let’s listen to the cabinet’s summary of the government affairs over the past three years.
As his spiritual consciousness swept over him, Jiajing removed the ban.
"Dang!" He picked up the bronze cymbal beside him and swung it casually. The melodious buzzing sound of the bronze cymbal could be heard outside the hall.
Outside Yuxi Palace, in the snow, Yan Song and others heard the noise and were startled, realizing that the emperor had come out of seclusion.
"Lv Fang..." Sure enough, at this moment, Jiajing's calm voice sounded.
"I'm here!" Lu Fang's whole body was filled with spiritual energy. She raised her hand and cast a cleansing talisman on herself. She straightened her clothes, then stepped forward and pushed open the door of Yuxi Palace.
"Your servant Lu Fang congratulates the Supreme Daluo Celestial Immortal/Purple Extreme Immortal Saintly Wisdom and Spiritual Spirit/Tong Sanyuan/Zheng Ying Yuxu/General Manager Wu Lei Great Immortal/Xuan Du Realm/Emperor Wanshou, your Majesty, has come out of retreat, may your immortal body rest in peace!"
"I'm fine!" Seeing Lü Fang kneeling at the door and loudly congratulating him, Jiajing's serious expression gradually relaxed and he said, "Take a bath!"
Before, when Jiajing was preparing to break through to the late stage of foundation building, he had contacted Lu Fang through his natal chart. He was coming out of retreat today, so Lu Fang started preparing early.
"Yes, everything is ready..." Lu Fang said, and quickly got up and went out. Then he called Chen Hong, Huang Jin and others who were carrying hot water buckets, and said, "Hurry up, help the master take a bath!"
As early as they knew that the emperor was cultivating immortality and everyone was granted the status of immortal officials, the job of serving the emperor when he came out of seclusion to bathe was taken care of by Chen Hong, Huang Jin and Shi San.
How could other eunuchs have the chance to do this kind of job of serving their master?
As for Prince Yu, Prince Jing and everyone in the cabinet, they were waiting silently in the snow, while considering how to report their achievements in the past three years to the emperor.
After all, their political achievements are related to whether they will be granted immortal magic or even some rewards for cultivating immortals in the future.
Soon, Jiajing lay in the bathtub, restrained his cultivation, turned himself into a mortal rather than a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, and quietly enjoyed Lu Fang's massage.
"Master, the Imperial Master has also broken through to the first level of Qi training." Lu Fang said as he massaged the acupuncture points on Jiajing's head.
"Well, this girl has good talent. She must be a little slower in cultivation than Prince Yu and the others, right? She has already reached the first level of Qi training so quickly?"
"Haha," Lv Fang chuckled and said, "The Imperial Master is also taking advantage of the master's good fortune."
Hearing what Lu Fang said, Jiajing smiled and said nothing.
Soon, Jiajing finished washing up, took the clean white Taoist robe handed to him by Lu Fang and put it on. He stood up and walked to the throne in the hall, raised his hand and said, "Let them all come in."
Following Lu Fang's instructions, Prince Yu, Prince Jing, the cabinet and the Imperial Household Department filed in one after another.
First, they congratulated Jiajing on his release from the pass, and then they stood and sat down in their respective seats in turn.
"I haven't seen you for three years. Are you all doing well?"
First he broke through to the late stage of foundation building, then he made a large purchase in the world of immortal cultivation and obtained a seventh-grade spiritual vein. It can be said that Jiajing had a great harvest this time, so he was naturally in a good mood and would not be stingy with his smile to everyone.
After noticing that the emperor was in a good mood, everyone in the cabinet and the Imperial Household Department breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time secretly guessed to what extent the emperor's cultivation had improved.
Could it be that it has already become a golden elixir?
However, the level of cultivation involves a cultivator's privacy, and that of the emperor, so they naturally did not dare to inquire.
Although in the Ming Dynasty, no one is the emperor's opponent, and no one dares to disrespect the emperor, they still have to understand etiquette.
"We are all well, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." The ministers said in unison.
"Well," Jiajing nodded, "In that case, let's talk about the development of the Ming Dynasty in the past three years..."
Although Jiajing could keep an eye on the Ming Dynasty's every move through his natal chart, he still had to learn the specific details of internal affairs and business development from the cabinet.
The person who stood up and reported on the development and political achievements of the Ming Dynasty in the past three years was, of course, the chief minister of the cabinet, Yan Song.
"Reporting to the emperor, in the past three years, first of all, the national policy of stationing troops to promote agriculture has begun to be fully implemented, dividing the north and south into two regions, and then the military farming system has been restored, which has led to the full restoration of the guard system..."
Yan Song held a thick stack of memorials in his hand and read them in a leisurely tone, while Jiajing listened quietly.
From the three major national policies implemented at the beginning, changing rice to mulberry, stationing troops to promote agriculture, and concentrating land to reduce clan ties, to finance and military affairs, population... the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has more than doubled compared to three years ago.
Jiajing could naturally feel these things personally.
Daming is his natal object. The stronger Daming is, the more it will benefit his natal object, and the more his natal object will benefit him.
That was why he was able to cultivate so quickly. In just three years, he broke through from the early stage of foundation building to the late stage of foundation building.
Even so, the current Ming Dynasty is still just an ordinary mortal dynasty, that is, an ordinary prosperous level.
Strictly speaking, the level of prosperity has not even exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty at its peak. However, such national strength has helped him break through to the late stage of foundation building in three years, which is even higher than the Tang Dynasty at its peak.
Even after fully developing his cultivation, how fast would his cultivation speed be?
About half an hour later, Yan Song finally finished speaking.
Of course, he did not forget to give credit to other people in the cabinet.
"Good, good!" After hearing Yan Song's report, Jiajing smiled and clapped his hands.
In the Ming Dynasty today, the treasury is full, the military is strong, all foreign nations are subservient to it, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, with enough food and clothing.
In seven years, he had basically solved the six major crises that were originally set. Well, the reason why I say basically rather than completely is that he still couldn't solve the natural disaster.
In the words of later generations, this period of the Ming Dynasty was a Little Ice Age, with abnormal weather and constant natural disasters.
However, if he wants to fight against the operating rules of the entire world, his level of cultivation is still not enough, unless he can make the entire earth his own destiny. Then, in a sense, he will be the way of heaven.
Naturally, there would be no natural disasters, and even if there were, he could adjust them well and restore order.
However, there is no rush for these things and we need to take it slowly. At least before the third and fourth stages begin, the Ming Dynasty must leave a stage for vigorous development and strive to surpass the peak of the Tang Dynasty.
These involve all aspects and belong to micro-level reforms.
When thinking of reform, Jiajing thought of the Kong family and the outdated system of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty needed a reform.
This was an unprecedented reform that allowed the Ming Dynasty to completely bid farewell to its past corruption and was different from any other dynasty in history.
Among them, the first to bear the brunt of this reform were Confucianism, or the Confucian school represented by the Confucius family.
Of course, this does not mean that the Ming Dynasty no longer wants Confucianism. Of course not. Instead, it means that through reform, the Ming Dynasty will be updated and better!
"Your Majesty," At this moment, Yan Shifan took a big step forward and said, "I have something to report!"
Seeing Yan Shifan stand up, everyone fell silent and looked at him.
A gleam of light flashed in Xu Jie's eyes and he glanced at Yan Shifan. After Yan Song reported his political achievements and praised everyone, he sat down quietly, with his eyes drooping, and warmed himself by the fire in silence.
Well, although he is already a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, he still maintains that old and frail demeanor.
Gao Gong instinctively looked towards Yan Shifan. Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji's eyelids twitched. For some reason, they felt that what Yan Shifan was going to say next was not simple.
Yan Shifan naturally didn't know what everyone was thinking. He just took out a thick memorial from his sleeve and bowed, saying:
"Now, our Ming Dynasty is in a prosperous era, and our national strength is unprecedented. We have surpassed the prosperous times during the reigns of Emperor Taizu, Emperor Chengzu, Emperor Renzong, and Emperor Xuanzong!"
"But, the Ming Dynasty will develop into an immortal dynasty in the future, so we must determine the future shape when it is still a mortal dynasty. I think..." Yan Shifan said, looking at Jiajing who had already received the memorial and started reading it,
"The Ming Dynasty needs a reform to achieve the goal of 'innovation', to get rid of the old Confucian-led dynasty system and usher in a brand new Ming Dynasty!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji all felt their hearts skip a beat.
political reform!
Or does Yan Shifan want to reform? !
No, the Kong family! Gao Gong suddenly widened his eyes, remembering the words Yan Shifan said about the dynasty system headed by the old Confucian sect... He immediately understood that this was going to attack the Kong family!
The Kong family is in danger!
"..."
Everyone, it's the end of the month, and I'm still short of more than 100 monthly tickets. Please help me get 1,000 tickets so that I can win a prize next month. Please, please~~~
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