Chapter 227: The Immortal Plan, the long arrow flies, and ten years pass in a hurry
"……Father."
On the plateau, where the Xu family's natal fields were located, Xu Fan looked at Xu Jie reluctantly, his eyes red.
Especially when looking at his father’s silver hair, he felt more and more guilty.
The Xu family’s current situation is entirely due to their own incompetence.
Looking at his old father's appearance, as a filial son, how could he not feel regret and self-blame?
Even though he is now 52 years old, he is still a child in front of his father.
Moreover, now that they have embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, their life levels are constantly transforming, so they can no longer restrict themselves by the age standards of mortals.
"Don't be sad, my son." Xu Jie showed a comforting smile on his weathered face, and stepped forward to pat Xu Fan on the shoulder. "I am very happy to see you grow up to this point."
"At least, the Xu family suffered a great disaster, but now it seems that the result is good. As for the clan members..." When talking about those clan members, Xu Jie's eyes showed a trace of guilt, but he still said: "As long as we are still here, the family will surely grow stronger one day!"
Hearing Xu Jie's words, Xu Fan took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and said seriously: "Yes, I will not let my father down. With this 'Spiritual Industrial Era', the emperor will definitely remember my father's kindness, and I will definitely help my father return to the cabinet!"
Seeing Xu Fan's hard work, Xu Jie did not say that he would definitely be re-employed in the future. Perhaps, with this pressure, he would have motivation.
At this time, the year-end bonuses had been distributed, and Jiajing had already left with Lu Fang and others. As for the natal plateau, it was given to everyone to reminisce about the past or check their own natal fields.
These people can leave at any time if they want to.
At this time, not only Xu Jie and his son were reminiscing about the past, but Zhao Zhenji, Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong also visited Huang Jin again.
But this time, there was another figure beside Huang Jin, and this figure was none other than Huang Jin's backer, Qingfeng.
"Your subordinates, I am honored to meet Master Qingfeng Xuanling Shouzhen Huiwu." The three of them greeted Qingfeng very formally.
Qingfeng glanced at Huang Jin who was winking at her, and forced herself to suppress the boredom and laziness in her heart. She straightened her back and started practicing the Taoist skills she had practiced. At this moment, her temperament became more and more otherworldly and elegant, like a banished immortal.
As early as when he tacitly approved Zhang Juzheng and the other two to develop Nanjing City, Jiajing knew that Huang Jin could not hold the place alone, and there must be someone with sufficient status and weight behind him.
This person is naturally Qingfeng, the Ming Dynasty's imperial teacher who is more favored than the prince in the eyes of the world.
Obviously, the Taoist sect alone was not enough, so Jiajing also asked Chen Hong to participate, as Chen Hong happened to have Buddhist supporters.
Therefore, that day Jiajing asked Lu Fang to pick out two excellent Buddhist and Taoist skills from the skills library and give them to Qingfeng and Chanshuang respectively.
(Note: See Chapter 209 for details.)
After practicing the Taoist advanced skills in the world of immortal cultivation, Qingfeng's temperament naturally becomes more outstanding and elegant.
If placed in the world of cultivating immortals, she would not be inferior to the so-called fairies and saints of those sects.
"Three ministers." Qingfeng was still very considerate of Huang Jin's request for her to support the event.
After all, since the day she entered the palace, Huang Jin has been serving her tirelessly. Although the two are not relatives, they have become both teachers and friends after all these years of getting along.
Besides, the emperor's intention was behind this, so Qingfeng had no choice but to accept it. Well, in her words, it meant being lenient towards others.
She has a clear idea of her own position.
Although the emperor favors her very much, she cannot take advantage of the favor and become arrogant. As a person, one must know the limits and know when to advance and retreat. Anyway, I am a cloud floating here, and the emperor can do whatever he wants with me.
"Master, we are here for two reasons," Zhao Zhenji smiled and said, "One is to express our gratitude."
"It is precisely because of the support of the National Master over the years that the immortal cultivation families in Nanjing City have been able to develop to this point."
"The imperial court's spiritual seeds, cultivation resources, talents..." However, before Zhao Zhenji could finish his words, Qingfeng shook his head slightly and said, "Minister Zhao, please be careful with your words. I have never supported anything."
Qingfeng shook his head slightly and looked at Zhao Zhenji. A strange look appeared in his bright eyes.
That look seemed to be saying, this Zhao Zhenji must be a fool. Is he saying that in public?
I am in cahoots with you. I am now hated by everyone in the "Ming Dynasty Immortal Cultivation World", the court's evil master.
Don't you see where you are here? This is the emperor's natal plateau. Why are you plotting loudly here?
Aren't we discussing the crimes of a bad imperial tutor like me right under the Emperor's nose? I'm over seventy years old, how can I be so stupid?
Before Zhao Zhenji could finish his words, he saw the imperial teacher looking as if he was drawing a line between them, and he was stunned.
Well, behind the two factories and one guard that are hated by the "Ming Dynasty Immortal Cultivation World" today are the two Buddhist and Taoist demon masters, but the three of them who have pushed the current situation forward know the truth very well.
All of this was done with the emperor's tacit approval.
It was also because of this that he did not shy away from the fact that this was his natal plateau, but he did not expect that the national teacher would take it seriously.
For a moment, Zhao Zhenji, Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong all felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"That was my fault." She was so cautious, so it was good. I should cooperate with her. "The second thing is to report to the Imperial Master on the achievements of the 'Immortal Law Department' over the years..."
The Xianfa Division was established by Zhang Juzheng and two other people who applied to the imperial court for the purpose of conducting transactions between the imperial court and the immortal cultivation families.
Of course, this transaction was openly only allowed to be participated in by the 10,000 registered immortal seedlings and their families in Nanjing City, who were engaged in various industries.
But behind the scenes, the "scales" are actually very large.
After all, in the perception of the "Ming Dynasty Immortal Cultivation World", the reason why this "Immortal Law Bureau" was approved was entirely because it was backed by two factories and one guard, that is, the two Buddhist and Taoist magic masters.
In these years, the two factories and one guard have enriched themselves, embezzled and accepted bribes, and it is precisely because of this that their "immortal world" has been able to breathe.
Therefore, the "Department of Immortal Laws" also secretly trades with the "Immortal Cultivation World".
"I'm afraid you came to me to tell me more than just this, right?" Qingfeng asked again after listening to the reports from the three people.
She really didn't want to deal with these officials.
It's true that these people always talk in a roundabout way, which is very unpleasant. Although she can understand it, it's so boring. If you have something to say, can you please say it quickly? I have to go back to practice after I finish speaking.
This girl knows everything. Seeing the bored look in Qingfeng's eyes, Zhao Zhenji nodded and said:
"We hope that the imperial court can send another batch of spiritual resources to the Immortal Law Department for development. In addition, we hope to give a portion of the mining of the Earth Crystal vein to the Immortal Law Department..."
"The three ministers are devoted to the country of the Immortal Dynasty," Qingfeng, who knew everything, nodded without hesitation and said the last polite words, "This is a great act, I will explain the reason to the emperor."
"Your Majesty is a wise man. I think he will not refuse as long as it is for the development of the Xian Dynasty." Qingfeng suppressed the boredom in his heart, and after saying this, he gave Huang Jin a look.
Seeing this, Huang Jin, who knew Qingfeng very well, knew that she would be in trouble today, and immediately said to Zhao Zhenji:
"Three ministers, today we have been rewarded with our cultivation. We have just made a breakthrough and need to consolidate our realm. It is getting late. You should all go back and take charge of the situation."
"Eunuch Huang is right." After getting what he wanted, Zhao Zhenji didn't want to stay and talk nonsense anymore. He bowed slightly and said, "In this case, the three of us will take our leave."
After saying that, the three of them looked at each other, and with an idea in their mind, they turned around and disappeared on the plateau.
Those who needed to reminisce about the past were reminiscing about the past, those who needed to talk about business were talking about business, those who needed to look at their own natal fields and observe their natal fields were observing their natal fields, and after a short while, everyone gradually withdrew from the natal plateau.
Yanfu.
At this moment, the mansion was filled with joy.
Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Hu Zongxian and Yan Shaoting all had happy expressions on their faces at this moment.
Yan Song, in particular, never showed his emotions on his face. The smile on his calm old face had never stopped since he left the plateau and returned to reality.
Ever since he was bestowed with the natal object by Jiajing, he has been feeding spiritual resources to his black spiritual tiger day and night.
It can be said that since the day they obtained their natal object, almost all of the Yan family’s spiritual resources have been used on the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren.
The resources consumed by Yan Song alone reached almost 70% of the entire family's resources, and Yan Shifan had no objection to this.
He even said before that he would rather break through a few years later and use less spiritual resources, but he would do his best to help his father break through the foundation.
Although Yan Shifan was extremely greedy, he knew in his heart that the Yan family could stand firm in the Ming Dynasty, and even in the future, if he wanted to get more, it would all depend on his father Yan Song.
Yan Song would not be polite about this.
Sure enough, after receiving this "year-end bonus", combined with the second-grade political performance rating, he was able to break through to the ninth level of Qi training in one go.
Although he had just broken through the ninth level of Qi training, for Yan Song, one of his feet had already stepped into the threshold of the foundation-building period. He was 101 years old this year, and the upper limit of the Qi training period was 150 years old.
Even if you don't have a natal object, if you absorb spiritual energy and practice step by step, you will be able to break through to the foundation-building stage within thirty or forty years.
Not to mention, his natal object is the easiest to polish. He only needs to continuously feed it with spiritual objects to allow it to improve its cultivation.
He believed that the next time the emperor would repay his kindness with his cultivation would be the day he would break through to his foundation.
Once he breaks through to the foundation-building stage, his lifespan will be capped at three hundred years! Three hundred years, as Daming continues to develop, well, the Golden Core stage can no longer satisfy his appetite.
It can be said that once one foot steps into the threshold of foundation building, it is equivalent to embarking on a smooth road to cultivating immortals. How can one not be happy?
"Shifan," Yan Song suddenly said, "Send out invitations. Tomorrow I will celebrate my 100th birthday!"
Although he is already 101 years old this year, this year is a kind of rebirth for him.
He wants to share this joy with everyone!
Yan Song has always been low-key, but this time, he decided to be a little more high-profile. Even if the emperor knew about it, he would just laugh it off.
After serving diligently for so many years, he believed that he could still receive this favor from the emperor at any time.
"Yes!" Yan Shifan didn't think there was anything wrong with his father sending out invitations to celebrate his 100th birthday.
At this moment, even Hu Zongxian, who always had a serious face and was stern, smiled and was happy for his teacher.
As long as the teacher is alive and well, and as long as the Yan family continues to grow, he will have an extra way out no matter how the court situation changes in the future.
Soon, following Yan Shifan's instructions, the entire Yan Mansion began to be decorated with lights and colors, and the day of auspicious snow was filled with joy.
Of course, there were many people who were as happy as Yan Song on that day.
Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji, who were far away in Nanjing, also gathered together and invited the garrisons of Nanjing to gather together. Even Hai Rui, for once, put aside his seriousness, put on a smile, and drank with his good friend Wang Yongji at his house.
Well, it is worth mentioning that Wang Yongji’s cultivation has also reached the fifth level of Qi training, but the speed is obviously slow.
He obtained the immortal method earlier than Hu Zongxian and others. Although he did not have any spiritual veins to practice when he was with Hai Rui in Ningbo Prefecture, and Prince Yu did not give him many resources, this was obviously not an excuse.
He was only at the fifth level of Qi training, not even as good as some immortal seedlings in the Immortal Palace, but Wang Yongji himself was very satisfied.
In his words, he should walk slowly and steadily, and he is still young, so he will be able to break through the foundation sooner or later.
Although Hai Rui was dissatisfied with his friend's willingness to slow down his pace, he thought it was a good thing when he considered that his friend might be abandoned by Prince Yu and no longer tread on thin ice in the core circle of power in the Ming Dynasty.
As long as I am here, helping him build his foundation shouldn't be a problem.
In short, on this day at the end of the 60th year of Jiajing, auspicious snow fell in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and everywhere was filled with joy and happiness.
The common people were immersed in the joy of welcoming the New Year, and the provincial governors and prefectural officials were immersed in the excitement of receiving rewards.
The Cabinet, the six ministries, and every household were decorated with lights and colorful decorations.
As for other officials who did not receive rewards, after learning about the court's rewards today, they all worked hard and prepared to work hard to build the Ming Dynasty in the coming year to make their own political achievements remarkable.
After all, the Shandong Governor was a living role model, and all officials envied him.
Western Garden, Yuxi Palace, side hall.
Jiajing was standing on the Taotai, holding a yellowed ancient book in his hand. When he looked around, an ancient and long-standing atmosphere came to his face.
On the cover of this yellowed ancient book, there were five large silver-hooked and iron-painted characters reading "Shen Zang Huanmie Jing".
"Have you thought it through?" After reading this superior technique with his spiritual sense, Jiajing looked at Lu Fang in surprise:
"This is an ancient method of physical cultivation. Although the person who created this method firmly believes that physical cultivation and exploring the divine treasures are different from cultivating one's own destiny and participating in the great way."
"But the 'General Notes on Cultivation' clearly states that there is no difference between the path of physical cultivation that reaches the Nascent Soul stage and the path of cultivation that reaches the Innate Realm stage, but the difficulty is greater."
"Moreover, this technique is completely a path to cultivate to the ninth level, to the Mahayana stage, and then to actively dissolve the immortals."
"That is to say, ordinary people can ascend to heaven after they have reached the Mahayana stage and have transcended the tribulation, but you must transform into a scattered immortal after reaching the Mahayana stage."
"Sanxian, also known as Jiujie Sanxian, has to go through every calamity, and each calamity is stronger and more unpredictable than the last."
"Once you fall under the heavenly calamity, you will die and disappear, and there will be no trace of your existence in the world."
"The most important thing is that the person who created this technique said that he himself did not choose to practice it. This was just a way to try it out."
Jiajing frowned and looked at Lu Fang, not understanding why he chose such a risky path of cultivating immortals?
"Master, I have already thought about it." Facing Jiajing's question, Lu Fang bowed calmly, and then said slowly: "I know the emperor's grand ambitions."
"I know that the Ming Dynasty will definitely invade the world of immortal cultivation in the future. It is precisely because I have seen the power of the world of immortal cultivation that I decided to practice this method."
After hearing what Lu Fang said, Jiajing suddenly understood something.
"I have heard from my master," Lu Fang began to explain, "In the world of immortal cultivation, the most powerful fighting force of the major sects and academies in the Central Plains is likely to be the legendary immortals. It is precisely because of these powerful immortals that those powerful sects and academies can rule over their area."
"If the Ming Dynasty wants to fight against such forces in the future, it must have a top fighting force that is equally matched with them."
"Therefore, the Ming Dynasty must have a Sanxian-level combat force!"
"Moreover, the combat power of the scattered immortals of our Great Ming cannot be less. At least the total number must be more than twice that of the entire world of immortal cultivation. Only in this way can our Great Ming conquer it!"
"As a servant of the royal family, I should share my master's worries. If a servant cannot think about his master, who else can I count on? Therefore, I must learn the "Shenzang Huanmie Sutra"!"
"I want to secretly train a group of powerful immortals for my master and the Ming Dynasty." After saying that, Lu Fang knelt on the ground, "Master, please fulfill my loyalty!"
After hearing Lu Fang's heartfelt words, it would be a lie for Jiajing to say that he was not moved at this moment.
At the same time, I also became more and more certain that my vision was correct!
Just ask, how could such a slave and such a loyal servant not be liked by the superior?
"Huh." After taking a deep breath, Jiajing stroked the yellowed ancient book in his hand and said, "Good servant."
"You didn't disappoint me," Jiajing said, restraining his emotions, and then looked at Lu Fang and said, "Since you have said this, I will naturally fulfill your loyalty!"
"At the same time, I also promise you," he said, raising his hand slightly and handing the technique "Shen Zang Huanmie Jing" to Lu Fang, saying, "No matter what, I will ensure that you can successfully pass the Nine Tribulations of the Scattered Immortal Tribulation!"
"Then I would like to thank my master." Lu Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, showed a smile on her face. She took the martial arts in front of her, and then kowtowed respectfully to her master, and said with a smile.
"Get up," Jiajing raised his hand and motioned for Lu Fang to stand up, then said, "Now that you have broken through to the foundation building stage, Yan Song and the others will probably be able to break through in another year or two."
"After these people break through the foundation building stage, you will no longer need to stay in the court and keep an eye on them. From now on, your focus should be on the transportation between the two worlds."
Moving between two worlds!
Hearing this, Lu Fang was also stunned.
Originally, his master asked him to be responsible for the breeding of the spiritual beasts of the two worlds, but later it was shelved because of Li Changqing.
In fact, the breeding of spiritual beasts is a form of material transportation, which is to let the fake spiritual beasts of the Ming Dynasty mate with the real spiritual beasts of the world of cultivation, give birth to offspring, and bring them back to the Ming Dynasty, so as to achieve the purpose of introducing spiritual beasts to the Ming Dynasty.
This time, the master brought up the old matter again, and although it was a bit unexpected, he was not surprised at all.
After all, the Ming Dynasty has now completed all the groundwork that needs to be laid, and the "Spiritual Industry Era" proposed by Xu Fan will begin in the 61st year of Jiajing, which is next year, or to be exact, in a few days.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has the capital to use a large amount of materials for cultivating immortals, it is natural that it will introduce a large number of products from the world of cultivating immortals.
Over the years, Jiajing has been busy, constantly using his natal object to mark coordinates in various places in the world of immortal cultivation.
Nowadays, even in the Central Plains and overseas islands, there are traces of the Ming Dynasty's natal objects.
As long as Jiajing is willing, he can transmit everything in the Ming Dynasty to the world of immortal cultivation at any time. He can also transmit everything that the Ming Dynasty's natal objects come into contact with in the world of immortal cultivation directly to the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, he has now broken through to the Golden Core Stage, which makes him the leader of a medium-sized sect in the world of cultivating immortals.
Therefore, Jiajing planned to let Lu Fang enter the world of immortal cultivation and be responsible for transporting everything needed to the Ming Dynasty.
A cultivator in the foundation-building stage is naturally nothing in front of a big shot, but he is also a common level of cultivator among the group of independent cultivators.
Therefore, it was very suitable for Lu Fang to enter the world of immortal cultivation, become a casual cultivator, linger in the marginal areas, and transport supplies for the Ming Dynasty.
Although it is possible to do it by using the natal object, just like how he tricked Li Changqing, the target and the movement are too big and too conspicuous.
Like the previous incident where an entire mountain suddenly appeared in the world of immortal cultivation, Jiajing did not intend to do such high-profile behavior again.
The reason for doing so before was entirely to lure Li Changqing into the trap, trying to use him to bring the Ming Dynasty's natal object to the academy, so as to make a backup plan for the Ming Dynasty's invasion of the world of immortal cultivation in the future.
Although he sensed that the mountain was still in Li Changqing's storage ring and was not brought back to the academy by him, it was just a casual move and Jiajing had plenty of patience.
It would be great if Li Changqing could arrange a backup plan and plant a mark in the academy. If things were impossible, Jiajing would not just wait and wait to die.
Along with the coordinates that he left behind in the world of cultivating immortals, one day these coordinates will be brought to the academy by the people of the academy.
Although the monks fly around, it is impossible for them to stay away from dust. As the saying goes, if you stand by the river, you will get your feet wet.
As long as one places enough natal objects in the world of cultivating immortals, there will always be disciples in the academy who accidentally step on some dust and sand.
Mountains and lands were turned into dust and sent into the world of immortal cultivation. This thing kept spreading and disseminating like air. We dare not say that it covered the entire Arcturus, but it was spread over a large area and it was easy to be transmitted to many places in the Central Plains.
For Jiajing, the ultimate purpose of leaving coordinates in the world of immortal cultivation was to facilitate the transportation of various materials needed by the Ming Dynasty and enable the Ming Dynasty to develop rapidly.
In today's Ming Dynasty, it is expected that within three to five years, the second batch of immortal cultivators will all break through to the foundation-building stage.
In addition, within ten years, 90% of the more than 12,000 immortal seedlings in the Daming Immortal Palace will surely break through to the foundation-building stage.
Breaking through to the foundation-building stage means that the cultivator has spiritual awareness. Cultivators with spiritual awareness can develop in the direction of cultivating the hundred arts of immortality, and the Great Ming Immortal Dynasty will continue to be enriched.
In this way, with the continuous supply of materials from the world of immortal cultivation, the development speed of the Ming Dynasty will only be faster!
If we say that everything the Ming Dynasty did before the sixtieth year of Jiajing was just to pave the way and lay the foundation, then the sixtieth year after Jiajing was the beginning of rapid development and the days of continuous harvest.
"Yes, I will live up to my master's expectations!" Lu Fang expressed her opinion immediately.
At the same time, I couldn't help but feel excited.
He understood that entering the world of cultivating immortals this time was not just about guarding a place alone and watching the spirit beasts breed.
This time when he enters the world of immortal cultivation, he needs to come into contact with the creatures in that world. He is a pioneer before the Ming Dynasty gets involved in the world of immortal cultivation, and he is responsible for exploring that vast world for the Ming Dynasty.
“Swish, swish, swish.”
The auspicious snow fell heavily, covering the Ming Dynasty.
The silver-white snow cannot hide the fact that the people of the Ming Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment.
The Immortal Dynasty is prosperous and has surplus every year.
The steadily developing Ming Dynasty is like an arrow shot out from a bowstring of a full moon with all its strength.
The long arrow flies, and ten years have passed in a hurry.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
