Chapter 213 Chaos in Nanjing, getting back on track, re-entering the world of immortal cultivation, breaking through the Jindan stage
Night, Nanjing City.
The night is as dark as ink, but it is not the beginning of silence.
Ever since the Xianming Era arrived and the imperial court lifted the curfew, the city of Nanjing, which served as the capital, has become more prosperous than the capital.
Looking from a distance, the moon hangs in the sky, casting silver light lightly.
Looking down from the sky, the entire Nanjing city is crisscrossed with streets and alleys, dotted with stars and full of lights.
Thousands of lights and stars shine together, embellishing the entire ancient city. The pavilions and towers are filled with the sound of people.
In taverns and teahouses, there are pleasant music, and scholars and writers are writing with their brushes and splashing ink. On both sides of the Qinhuai River and on flower boats, singing girls are singing softly, and the songs are full of sorrow and sadness, as well as lofty ambitions, floating in the warm night breeze.
"Swoosh..." A sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and a dazzling stream of light rushed into the night sky. Then there was a "bang" and a huge and dazzling flower exploded in the night sky.
Under the night sky, bright red fireballs rose into the sky. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that they were Kongming lanterns released by the people. The lights spread out, covering the sky above the entire Nanjing city with a layer of red gauze.
In the deep streets, vendors hawk their wares and acrobatics are fascinating. The whole ancient city is like a moving painting, and every stroke is the most brilliant color of fireworks in the world, which is fascinating. Once you step into it, you will never forget the ever-bright scene of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty.
At the residence of the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture.
"Bang!" Another firework exploded.
The bright light shone in from the window, illuminating the indifferent profile of the woman leaning against the window.
"Master, are you leaving?" Dong Jia asked with red eyes as he looked at the woman in black with a stern expression in front of him.
"Yeah." Xu Zhi withdrew her gaze from the distance, but there was not much sadness on her face, or maybe she was not a sad person.
"Lord Xu has been demoted to Yingzhou Prefecture. The Xu family members of Songjiang Prefecture are not allowed to enter the officialdom or embark on the path of immortality for three hundred years. Anyone who is found to have cultivation will have their cultivation abolished."
"Now, the spiritual energy in Nanjing City is abundant, and various forces from the court have gathered together. Your 10,000 registered immortal seedlings will inevitably attract attention from all parties, so I must go."
Hearing Xu Zhi's words, Dong Jia's bright eyes flashed with reluctance, but he still said: "Then where are you going next, Master? Are you going to find Elder Xu?" After saying that, Dong Jia seemed to have thought of something, and quickly shook his head and said:
"Master can't go to see Elder Xu!"
"I heard from my father that when the cabinet changed drastically that day, Xu Jie betrayed everyone, including Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, and Zhao Zhenji, and even his own family."
“If Master goes to find him, he will definitely hand him over to the imperial court… Then where should we go? The whole world belongs to the king…” Dong Jia lowered his head, turning around anxiously.
"Don't worry about me," Xu Zhi interrupted Dong Jia at this time, "I came to you this time because I need your help."
"Master, please speak!" Dong Jia immediately raised his head, "As long as I can help you, I will do anything!"
The girl's eyes sparkled brightly, as if being able to help her master was a matter of supreme honor for her.
Xu Zhi has never been a person who cares about face, and he would not feel anything wrong even if he asked his disciples for help.
"Nanjing City now has spiritual veins and abundant spiritual energy, which is suitable for independent cultivators to survive, but I need a legal identity."
"Your father is the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture. If he comes forward and re-assigns me a new identity, it shouldn't be a problem," Xu Zhi said, pausing slightly before saying, "The emperor has laid out a spiritual vein with Nanjing as the center, and the surrounding counties and towns also have spiritual vein branches connected to it."
"Therefore, I will not leave Yingtian Prefecture..." Before Xu Zhi finished speaking, Dong Jia immediately followed up and said, "Then can I go see Master?"
"If you don't want me to die, you'd better forget my existence." However, what she got in response was coldness and alienation.
"...Master!" Dong Jia wanted to say something, but when he met the unyielding gaze of his master Xu Zhi, he closed his mouth again.
"Take me to see your master." Xu Zhi said.
"Yes!"
……
"Whoosh!"
A black figure rushed across the roof, and immediately another figure followed closely behind.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" In the direction of the Qinhuai River bank in the distance, several pink fireworks rose into the sky. The huge bright light illuminated the dim area here, and only a figure flashed by in the alley below.
"Hmph!" The figure in charge of the pursuit snorted, and with a flick of his hand, the chain shot out like a poisonous dragon.
The young man who was running desperately in the alley heard the sound of breaking air behind him. His pupils suddenly shrank, and then his face tightened. Without time to think, he leaned sideways and pressed against the wall to avoid the attack.
"boom!"
"Crash!"
Just by listening to the sound of the ground, it is not difficult to tell that if you are hit, you will inevitably lose the ability to move instantly.
However, what he didn't expect was that the moment the chain fell to the ground, it seemed to have its own consciousness, like a poisonous snake, it bounced back from bottom and came towards him in the face!
This time he has no way to avoid it!
The young man subconsciously raised his arms to block the chain from wrapping around his neck.
"Crash!"
The moment the powerful chain wrapped around his arm, the young man couldn't help but groan, but he didn't have time to think about it because the chain had already wrapped around his body.
"Trample!" At this moment, a slight sound suddenly came from the alley, and a woman in a black corset with her hands behind her back was seen, tapping the ground lightly with her toes and slowly falling down.
“Ha!” Seeing the woman, the young man, whose hands were now bound by iron chains, chuckled nonchalantly, “You’re so persistent, but unfortunately I’m not interested in an executioner like you.”
"Xu Cheng, a genius that the Xu Jie family has focused on training," the woman paid no attention to the young man's teasing, took out a scroll from her arms and opened it, "A cultivator at the third level of the acquired immortal martial arts, and a cultivator at the second level of Qi training..." When she mentioned the second level of Qi training, the woman's straight eyebrows were frivolous, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"I am Meng Yulou, the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. I was ordered to arrest the criminals of the Xu family, but I encountered fierce resistance..."
Meng Yulou's voice was gentle, but her expression was arrogant and her words were cold, which made people sigh inwardly, thinking that she should be a girl as gentle as water, but she had such a beautiful appearance but it was wasted.
"Genius, you are about to fall."
"Fell at the best time in Nanjing..."
"You seem to have me in your hands?" Seeing her like this, Xu Cheng's expression relaxed, but he still looked nonchalant.
"It seems that you don't realize the gap between us," Meng Yulou said as he walked forward, "I am from the first batch of Immortal Warriors of the Ming Dynasty. I am at the first level of the Xiantian realm of martial arts and the third level of Qi training in the Immortal realm."
"You are from the Xu family, so you should know that for the Xianwu Guards of the Xiantian Realm, killing a cultivator without talismans or magic weapons is as easy as killing a chicken or a dog."
"It seems like I'm really dead..." Xu Cheng sighed and nodded, but his expression showed no fear at all.
"Click, click, click." The chains wrapped around Xu Cheng began to tighten gradually.
"Oh, oh, oh..." Xu Cheng's face turned pale and his breathing became difficult, but he said: "The first batch of Ming Dynasty Immortal Guards, good, great, but... what a pity!"
"Compared to the real Jin, Jinyiwei, you...are as pure as a...ho, ho, like a rabbit!"
Hearing Xu Cheng's ridicule, Meng Yulou's face turned cold. She raised her hand and spiritual energy floated, and the chain continued to tighten. However, she was suddenly startled and a sound of breaking air was heard behind her!
Without time to think, she rolled forward quickly. At that moment, she found a ten-inch iron nail stuck in the ground where she was standing!
A ray of moonlight fell, making the iron nails feel cold.
Seeing this scene, Meng Yulou's pretty and conceited face suddenly turned cold.
"Clatter!" At this moment, the sound of chains was heard. Meng Yulou was shocked to see that Xu Cheng, who was tied up by her with chains, was rescued.
Not only that, the chain that originally belonged to her now seemed to have its own consciousness. It slowly floated forward and fell into the hands of a figure in a black cloak.
"I thought the imperial court's 'Immortal Weapon Pavilion' had already forged a magical weapon, but I didn't expect it to be just some small tricks..."
As he spoke, the man pulled out a few shiny steel wires from the chain that were thinner than a hair and so thin that they would be invisible without the moonlight.
"The Immortal Martial Guard is indeed the treasure of the imperial court. This kind of fine steel wire cannot be produced with the previous level of the Ministry of Industry. Even the weapons depot of the Divine Machine Camp cannot produce it. It can only be produced by the Heavy Industry Institute."
The spiritual energy floated on the palm of the person who came, and attached to the steel wire. Then, under the moonlight, a bundle of silver wires danced like a dragon.
"Heh," seeing that his trick had been seen through, Meng Yulou suddenly sneered, stood up from the ground, looked at the person who came and said coldly, "So what?"
"The Heavy Industry Institute is under the charge of Xu Butang. This thing is the latest product of the magic craftsmanship forged by the 'Heavy Industry Institute'!" When talking about "Xu Butang", Meng Yulou deliberately lowered his voice.
"If my guess is correct, you are the greatest genius of the Xu family, Xu Zhi!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhi did not refute, but raised his hand to take off his cloak, looked at Meng Yulou, and said:
"Do you know why Xu Cheng said that compared to the real Jinyiwei, you are as pure as a rabbit?" Without waiting for Meng Yulou to answer, Xu Zhi said, "When the real Jinyiwei are carrying out their missions, they will kill anyone, whether they are killable or not!"
"I won't leave the enemy any chance to escape, and I won't talk nonsense..." As he spoke, Xu Zhi waved his hand, and the steel wire with spiritual energy instantly turned into a straight steel needle and was thrown out.
This fluctuation of Qi and blood, the second level of innateness? !
When Meng Yulou noticed the blood and energy fluctuations that erupted when Xu Zhi swung the wire, her face froze. She had never expected that there was someone in the Xu family who could be compared with the top geniuses in the Xianwu Guards.
Just as she said just now, a cultivator without talismans and magic weapons has no resistance against a cultivator at the innate level who practices immortal martial arts.
Even though she is at the third level of Qi training and Xu Zhi is only at the second level, if both of them use their spiritual energy at the same time and use immortal martial arts to fight, although she can last longer, she will be killed instantly due to the difference in realm!
Because the innate state itself absorbs spiritual energy and transforms it into innate true essence. As for the innate true essence, in the final analysis it is nothing more than weakened spiritual energy, transforming it into the true essence that is most easily accepted by the human body.
After all, when Lu Fang and others were still mortals, when they took spiritual energy for cultivation for the first time, they only dared to take it with the tip of their tongue. If they took a bite, it was not impossible that their bodies would explode directly.
The same is true for practicing immortal martial arts. The characteristics of the practice allow practitioners to absorb spiritual energy, but their bodies are still mortal. The biggest difference is that the martial artist's true qi or true essence are all stored in the dantian. Without cultivating acupoints, the spiritual energy cannot be used to nourish the whole body, so that the body can be nourished by spiritual energy.
No matter how strong your body is, it is still fragile inside and the strength of the spiritual energy will destroy your body in an instant.
But if a person practices both immortal martial arts and immortal martial arts at the same time, coupled with the special nature of immortal martial arts, then a martial artist in the innate realm can instantly stop his true energy and instead mobilize the spiritual energy in his acupoints, converting it into spiritual power to fight.
In this way, the combat effectiveness will naturally increase instantly!
It is also because of this that warriors in the innate realm, especially those who practice both immortal and martial arts, can instantly kill immortal cultivators without talismans. Of course, this is also the case if they are Qi-cultivating cultivators who have talismans and magic tools.
Any fireball spell can make an innate warrior suffer a regret, and even fellow immortal warriors will treat it with caution.
If one's cultivation reaches the foundation-building stage, then one will be truly reborn. Even if one cultivates the immortal martial arts to the last three levels and enters the realm of Taoism through martial arts, one cannot get close to a cultivator in the foundation-building stage.
Divine consciousness alone can suppress a mortal instantly!
"Tsk!" When Meng Yulou was hiding, she realized that Xu Zhi had no intention of killing her, but only of saving her.
Watching Xu Zhi and Xu Cheng disappear from the box, Meng Yulou looked at the softened steel wire on the wall beside him, silent.
"Swoosh!" At this time, another figure fell down. This was a burly young man. Seeing Meng Yulou here, he couldn't help but step forward and asked curiously: "Sister Meng, did Xu Cheng run away?"
As he spoke, the young man scratched his head and said, "It shouldn't be like this. With Sister Meng's cultivation and strength, it should be easy to catch him."
"This Xu Cheng will be useful to the prince..." Meng Yulou raised her hand, and the spiritual energy on her fingertips fell on the soft and smooth steel wire. In an instant, the steel wire turned into a straight steel needle and fell into her hand.
"Swish, swish, swish!" The steel needle rotated in her hand, drew a few beautiful arcs and then disappeared.
"Take notes," Meng Yulou said casually, and the burly young man beside him immediately took out a pen and paper from his arms, "Write down, Xu Cheng, a member of the Xu family, is at the second level of Qi training, and has the third level of acquired immortal martial arts. The fugitive Xu Zhi is at the second level of innate immortal martial arts, and has the second level of Qi training."
"Second level of Xiantian?" Hearing Meng Yulou's words, the sturdy young man said in surprise: "Sister Meng, a genius of this level can be absorbed into the Jinyiwei. Do we really have to hand him over to the prince of Jing?"
"Since King Jing and the Commander have cooperated, we just need to follow their orders. After these two escape, they will definitely develop a hidden immortal cultivation force among the people."
"Now, the great city of Nanjing has been revitalized, and the spiritual vein branches have been dispersed and dredged to various places in Yingtian Prefecture. The spiritual energy can be said to cover the entire Yingtian Prefecture."
"There are too many people watching this place, both in the government and in the public. The list of 30,000 immortal arts cannot satisfy the appetite of the government and the public at all."
"Sister Meng, I don't understand. Isn't it said that the Jinyiwei is directly under the emperor? Wouldn't it be taboo for the commander to cooperate with King Jing?" The burly young man asked hesitantly.
"You are getting smarter," Meng Yulou smiled at the burly young man, walked forward with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked:
"Eunuch Lu can place his godson in the care of two princes, so why can't the commander-in-chief do the same? Our commander-in-chief is the same as Eunuch Lu, and is the emperor's confidant. In the great struggle, he can get some benefits for himself and his family... The emperor is kind, how could he treat him badly?"
"This is the emperor's reward to the commander. You will understand these principles in the future..."
"Now the two kings in the court are plotting in the army. Prince Yu has won the support of almost all the royal family members in the Immortal Palace. Even the children of the common people who were previously won over by Prince Jing have begun to move closer to Prince Yu."
"Compared to the immortal seedlings in the Immortal Mansion, Nanjing City, a great city for cultivating immortals, is also a place of contention that cannot be ignored."
"So, since the prince of Jing was already interested in making friends with civilian forces, he naturally wanted to expand his friendship with other immortal cultivation families..." Meng Yulou said in a gloomy tone:
"Prince Jing and Prince Yu are only eleven years old this year, but they have the awareness of planning for the world. They are worthy of being children of the royal family..." After saying this, Meng Yulou shook his head and said, "Let them continue to follow Xu Zhi and the others. Immortal cultivators will not leave Yingtian Prefecture."
"Don't worry. In addition to the Spirit Falcon and the Spirit Crow, we have a lot of other things in the Immortal Martial Division. We can make sure these people are always under control."
Nowadays, the capital city of Nanjing is not only being watched by the dignitaries in the court, but also by Prince Yu and Prince Jing. However, the two princes are responsible for Nanjing, the great city of immortal cultivation, and they are none other than Prince Yu’s son Zhu Yijun and Prince Jing’s son Zhu Yijin.
In the following period, not only Yan Song, Prince Yu, Prince Jing, and local officials in Nanjing, but also other provincial governors turned their eyes and attention to Nanjing.
The excuses and reasons these people used to interfere in Nanjing were nothing more than sending people from all walks of life, from all walks of life, to develop in Nanjing City, either to settle down or to run businesses.
For a time, the population in Nanjing city increased dramatically.
In response to this, Zhao Zhenji, the Minister of Finance in Nanjing, waved his hand and accepted everything. Even though he knew what the provincial governors were planning, he didn't care at all.
What Zhao Zhenji wants is very simple, that is prosperity, prosperity, and prosperity. What he wants is the wild growth of immortal ways in Nanjing city!
Only in this way can their political achievements improve.
As for whether chaos would occur when various forces converge, they don't care. If things get out of hand, the Yan Party will take responsibility. Who made him want to set up the "Spirit Warehouse" in the first place?
If he had not suggested to the emperor to set up an additional "Spiritual Warehouse", how could the emperor be deceived by such a treacherous minister and grant the spiritual vein?
The mess left by the traitor Xu Jie has not been cleaned up yet, and the whereabouts of the 20,000 copies of the immortal arts have not been found out. And you, Yan Song, rashly set up a "Spirit Warehouse". Isn't that just causing trouble?
In short, the city of Nanjing today has become the center of the vortex of the Ming Dynasty, and the surrounding prefectures are also bustling with activity.
Jiajing did not care about the turbulent situation in Nanjing City at the moment, because after giving instructions to Lu Fang, he entered the world of cultivating immortals again.
Today's Ming Dynasty has entered the Immortal Dynasty, and the national policy "Immortal Heavy Industry" has been implemented. Nanjing, a major city for cultivating immortals, has been plagued by conflicts among various parties, which will inevitably lead to the barbaric growth of immortals.
Afterwards, one immortal cultivation family after another will emerge throughout Yingtian Prefecture, and the members of these immortal cultivation families will flow out and then spread throughout Yingtian Prefecture.
By the time the transformation of "Xianming Heavy Industry" is almost completed, the wildly growing immortal ways in Nanjing City will no longer be able to sustain it and will inevitably flow out to other provinces.
In this way, the Ming Dynasty can continue to develop the third, fourth, and fifth immortal cultivation cities until they spread across the country!
Everything was going as he had expected.
Of course, this is destined to be a long process, but Jiajing can wait. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he decided to enter the world of immortal cultivation, go into seclusion, and break through the Jindan stage.
At the end of the 47th year of Jiajing, he broke through the late stage of foundation building and returned to the Ming Dynasty. Now it is the 53rd year of Jiajing. Six years have passed. For the Ming Dynasty Immortal Sect over there, he has been in seclusion for six years.
During these six years, he kept a close eye on the sect's developments through his natal object, Daming, which he left in the sect.
It's about time to go back. The situation in the Great Wilderness is almost coming to an end.
At the beginning, he and Li Changqing had decided tacitly to use the "Beast Taming Sect" as bait to attract other surrounding sects to join, and then eliminate all the forces of the upper three veins and the middle three veins of the academy.
The southeastern corner of the Great Wilderness was completely brought into the hands of the Li family of the Academy.
After the southeastern area of the Great Wilderness has been completely cleared, if Liu Quan is still the "boss" of the Daming Immortal Sect, it will no longer be a big deal.
Jiajing's current cultivation level has already surpassed Liu Quan. When he breaks through to the Jindan stage, before the left protector Dugu Xiong breaks through to the Jindan stage and comes out of retreat, he will be the strongest person in the sect.
After all, the sect leader Dugu Ying is only at the Jindan stage.
"As per the old rules, if there is any change in the court, you can pray directly outside the Yuxi Palace and I will be informed." Jiajing said to Lu Fang.
"Yes, master, don't worry. I will take good care of the family." As Lu Fang spoke, there was an unstoppable look of worry on her face.
After all, he already knew that the master was not going to some fairyland, but a world of cultivating immortals.
Even though his master's cultivation was extremely high, he knew that facing the vast and infinite world of immortal cultivation that had been developed for who knows how many years, it was still not enough. Lu Fang couldn't help but worry.
"Don't worry. If there is any danger, I will return to Ming Dynasty as soon as possible." Jiajing could see the worry in Lv Fang's heart. His serious face relaxed slightly as he smiled and said to Lv Fang, "I hope I can break through the golden elixir and come back. Your cultivation has already broken through to the late stage of Qi training."
Lu Fang's current cultivation level is the fourth level of Qi training, and he is about to break through to the fifth level. It is estimated that it will happen by the end of this year or the beginning of this year.
The late stage of Qi training, which starts from the seventh level of Qi training.
Hearing the master's expectations of her, Lu Fang frowned and said seriously: "I will definitely not let the master down!"
After smiling and waving his hand, signaling Lu Fang to leave, Jiajing habitually opened the formation and restrictions that isolated him from the outside world.
Ever since the spiritual veins were laid in the capital, he had set up a large number of formations in Yuxi Palace and various parts of the Imperial Palace.
After all, there is a constant supply of spiritual energy, and his cultivation is sufficient to meet the conditions for setting up the formation, so he naturally won't suffer without any hardship.
"Buzz!" A space wave surged, and Jiajing's eyes slowly opened. The inheritance pavilion was still the same as when he left.
Six years have passed, and the top-grade forbidden talismans that were set up at the beginning are still effective. Because Jiajing did not arrange for the talismans to be cleaned when he left, a layer of dust has accumulated on the top floor of the inheritance pavilion.
In the corners, the patterns on the forbidden talismans were still flashing with light.
"Crash!" With an idea in his mind, Jiajing raised his hand and cast a cleaning talisman. In an instant, the entire top floor of the inheritance pavilion was completely renewed.
Afterwards, Jiajing raised his hand and cast out a few forbidden talismans, preparing to continue his retreat.
To break through to the Golden Elixir stage in the late stage of foundation building, normally, a dozen years is fast, several decades are normal, and a hundred years is not uncommon.
Moreover, he knew everything about the sect. Apart from the fact that it was becoming richer and richer, and a group of outer disciples had been added, as well as many people from the Dugu family embarking on the immortal path and joining the sect, no major changes had taken place.
So, Jiajing decided to break through the golden elixir before going out.
After breaking through the Jindan stage, he took over the heavy responsibility from Liu Quan. It happened that the Ming Dynasty also needed to develop at a high speed, and the resource channels between the two worlds had to be opened up. All these required him, the future Jindan stage cultivator, to do it personally.
Thinking of this, Jiajing swallowed another Bodhi seed for enlightenment and began his retreat to break through.
Well, where did the Bodhi seeds for enlightenment come from? Of course, they were from the last time Li Changqing was tricked.
Moreover, he has a lot of good things that can help him break through. There are several storage bags of flesh and blood of unknown ancient beasts alone.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
