Chapter 261 Zhu Youjian warns Nurhaci
The old man in his sixties in front of him is none other than Aisin-Gioro Nurhaci, the Jurchen leader who unified the Jurchen tribes in the 95th year of Jiajing.
In fact, regarding "Aisin-Gioro", strictly speaking, it is not the surname of his clan. This is mainly related to the culture of the Jurchen tribe, where "Aisin" means "gold".
"Jiaoluo" means "distant branch".
Therefore, the surname "Aisin-Gioro" is actually composed of two parts. "Gioro" is the surname and "Aisin" is the clan name. The relationship between the two is similar to the relationship between a certain surname and a certain family among the Han nationality. Now Nurhaci has unified the Jurchens.
Later, Aisin-Gioro also became a complete surname.
The Jurchen tribe can actually be regarded as a small country, but now the Ming Dynasty dominates the world.
The surrounding countries, such as the Karahuit tribe in northern Mongolia, have already been unified because of Yisiha Hara, who is loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Yisiha Hala's family could be considered royal, but unfortunately he was always a Shunyi King conferred by the Ming Dynasty, so he could not establish a country.
As for the Jurchens, Nurhaci rose to power and unified the three major tribes of Jianzhou Jurchens, Haixi Jurchens and Donghai Jurchens.
After that, he established the "Manjin" family.
And within the "Manjin" family, there are many different clans and some forces, making it a prominent family.
(Note: In 1616, Nurhaci established a regime. For the sake of the plot, this book fictionalizes the "Manjin" family.)
Of course, according to his and his people's ambitions, they actually wanted to establish a country of their own.
But unfortunately, the current Ming Dynasty is too powerful, and the Jurchen tribes are also under the jurisdiction of the Nurgan Regional Command.
If they dared to establish a country in Nurgandusi, it would be tantamount to stepping heavily on the face of the Ming Dynasty.
Given the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, if they dare to do so, they can expect their entire clan to be exterminated.
So after establishing a unified family, Nurhaci simply surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became a part of it.
It has to be said that he is a man who knows how to judge the situation. Relying on the era of spiritual industry and his hard work, he got in touch with Prince Yu's Mansion and successfully became a disciple of Prince Yu's Mansion.
Afterwards, in order to commend Nurhaci for unifying the Jurchen tribe, the location of the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe where he originally lived was changed to Manchuria.
Nurhaci, who established the "Manjin" family, officially defined his family as Manchu and called himself Manchu.
At the same time, in order to distinguish the orthodoxy of his family, he changed "Aisin-Gioro" to the family's direct surname.
Not only that, in order to stabilize the various tribes within the clan, since he belonged to the Jianzhou Jurchens after all, he established the "Eight Tribes of Manchu and Jin".
(Note: The prototype is the Eight Banners system, which was fictionalized as the "Eight Clans of Manchuria and Jin" for the sake of the plot.)
For a time, he made the whole family look well-organized and became the number one family in Nurgandusi.
Since pledging allegiance to the Prince's Palace, Nurhaci and his family have been madly absorbing Han culture and constantly strengthening their foundation in order to integrate into the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible.
They pay great attention to some details of life, speech and behavior, etc., just like the Japanese people in the past, and have a humble attitude.
The self-proclaimed "slave" is the name used by servants within the eight clans to address their masters.
This name originally originated from the master-slave relationship within the Jurchen tribe and is a symbol of loyalty and dependence on the master.
Therefore, after Nurhaci pledged allegiance to Prince Yu's Mansion, he regarded Prince Yu's lineage as his own master.
Unfortunately, with the growth of Prince Yu's Mansion's power, even though his family has become the number one family in Nurgandusi, it is still not taken seriously.
At the beginning, his performance only earned him a word of appreciation from Zhu Yijun's son, Zhu Changluo, and that was all.
Afterwards, Zhu Changluo let his son, Zhu Youxiao, take charge. Unfortunately, Zhu Youxiao was not interested in power and was only obsessed with immortal craftsmanship. Zhu Changluo's other children were all in the capital.
In the end, he could only become a disciple of Zhu Youjian, who was practicing in Donglin Academy in Nanjing.
Although Zhu Youjian was only nine years old, he was a rare genius from the lineage of Prince Yu.
His talent in cultivating immortals is second only to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao is only proficient in refining equipment, but Zhu Youjian is different. He is outstanding in all aspects.
Because of this, Zhu Youjian was more valued in Prince Yu's Mansion.
Even the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun admired his young grandson very much, otherwise Zhu Youjian would not have been meditating in Donglin Academy.
Because now everyone knows that Donglin Academy was an extremely special existence in the Ming Dynasty.
It can even be called another high-level immortal palace. Not only that, Donglin Academy also represents the most prosperous faction in the court, the Donglin Party!
It can be seen how highly Zhu Youjian is valued in Prince Yu’s Mansion!
At this moment, hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Nurhaci, with his head down, slightly froze his expression.
Slave? That is the most loyal name used by the Manchus, the lower class to address the higher class, because only slaves can show loyalty.
But why did this young master suddenly stop me from addressing him like that? I never saw him correct me before.
Nurhaci, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but feel a sudden panic in his heart and his body began to tremble slightly.
In fact, a hero like him would naturally not act like this when facing a nine-year-old child, but the Zhu Youjian in front of him was completely different. He was a descendant of a royal family and was personally trained by the Donglin Academy.
Many of his little thoughts could not be hidden from the nine-year-old boy in front of him, because he tried to test him, but was seen through.
For example, when he first tested the nine-year-old boy, he proposed that he wanted all the family members to practice Taoism.
Unfortunately, Zhu Youjian rejected it without hesitation!
Not only that, he was severely reprimanded by Zhu Youjian at the time. The reason was simple: anyone who wanted to practice the imperial magic had to get permission from the imperial court.
But is this really the case? How many immortal cultivators have emerged in the Ming Dynasty today? And how many independent cultivators are there?
As a result, Zhu Youjian was too lazy to even think of a better reason and just dismissed himself with a perfunctory attitude.
He naturally knew that Zhu Youjian could be called a genius and would not be so domineering and mean, so he could only be a warning to him!
Afterwards, his family was investigated by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. After they found no immortal cultivators other than him, everything came to an end.
He knew that if the Manjin family dared to step into the ranks of immortal cultivation families without permission, they would be liquidated.
Fortunately, it is still early and it is just a test. After all, it has only been four years since he unified the Jurchens and founded his family. He can just take it slow.
Ever since he was beaten that time, he completely stopped looking down on the nine-year-old boy in front of him.
No matter what, being able to claim the title of a genius in the royal family is not something he can easily fool around with.
However, today, Zhu Youjian's attack again made him panic again. He didn't know what happened. Why did this young master become dissatisfied with him today?
Nurhaci couldn't figure it out and didn't know why.
But at this time he knew that he must not explain, whatever the young master said was the truth, and he had to confess his guilt first!
"Slave, slave, I know my crime!" To be honest, Nurhaci really found it difficult to say the words slave.
Because in the Ming Dynasty, those who called themselves slaves were eunuchs.
He considered himself a heroic leader and an undisputed iron-blooded man.
Now they have to imitate the eunuchs and call themselves slaves. It has to be said that this is a humiliation to themselves.
But at the same time, he also knew that the more this happened, the more it showed that something had gone wrong. He had always been careful in what he said and did, so it was impossible for him to be wrong. So the one who might have gone wrong was his own family.
Thinking of this, Nurhaci couldn't help but curse those troublesome people in his tribe.
In the entire family, he is the only one who is practicing immortality, and the others have not been allowed to come into contact with immortal arts.
No one in his family realized that this was most likely a sign of the court's dissatisfaction with his family.
Besides, the entire Manjin family was established only four years ago. With such a shallow foundation, it has become the number one family in Nurgandusi, and its numbers are so huge. What does it rely on?
Isn't it because he has worked diligently and risked his life for the palace over the years, taking every step to achieve this?
It turned out that this bunch of good-for-nothings not only failed to help, but also caused trouble for him behind his back!
Being so insignificant, no matter how big the family is, they are just mortals after all and are just a group of ants in front of immortal cultivators.
In this huge city of Nanjing, any third-rate immortal cultivation family is not comparable to them.
Thinking of this, Nurhaci felt panic and helplessness in his heart, and at the same time he felt tired.
He is already over sixty years old this year, but his cultivation level is only at the third level of Qi training.
Well, the reason why he was able to embark on the path of cultivating immortals was entirely due to the wild growth of the Ming Dynasty's immortal path before.
Because there were immortal cultivators who needed ginseng as a medicine, he came to the Jurchen tribe and was able to come into contact with immortal techniques.
It was a pity that at that time, Nurgan Dusi had no access to any spiritual resources. He had some skills but was unable to practice them, let alone spiritual resources.
Therefore, he waited until he reached the territory of Daming and opened up the spiritual veins before he began to cultivate immortality. Perhaps because his fate was good enough, his cultivation speed was incredibly fast.
In just thirty years, he actually broke through to the third level of Qi training.
It was also during this period that he relied on his cultivation of immortals, as well as doing business with immortal cultivation families using a large amount of gold, silver, and medicinal materials to obtain a lot of talismans and many weapons sold by the "Immortal Law Bureau".
This allowed him to be one step ahead of all the Jurchen tribes and be the first to complete the unification of the Jurchens.
Afterwards, he realized that such a big commotion could not be concealed from the court, so he took the initiative to surrender to the court.
Then, he was able to become a disciple of Prince Yu's family.
Unfortunately, everything happened too fast, and of course, he started practicing Taoism too late, so he was the only one in the family who practiced Taoism.
The upper limit of lifespan for a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is 150 years. He is now over 60 years old, and he cannot guarantee that he can break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage before his lifespan runs out.
If his family had not yet embarked on the path to immortality and someone had not appeared to take up the banner before his death, he would die with regrets.
Well, fortunately, there are still more than a hundred years left. Maybe I can give it a try. Even if I can’t, I can still pave the way for the family.
But right now, the most important thing is to find out what happened and get past Zhu Youjian.
"Tap, tap, tap." In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, Zhu Youjian, who exuded nobility, sat comfortably on the huge chair, tapping the armrest lightly with his slender fingers.
Outside the window, the exciting spiritual energy of the fighting arena, accompanied by the majestic drum beats and grand music, can be faintly felt in the exciting private room.
"Are you aware of your guilt?" At this moment, when the atmosphere was becoming oppressive, Zhu Youjian suddenly chuckled and said, "So you know where you went wrong, right?"
Although Zhu Youjian was smiling, Nurhaci could hear a hint of coldness in his words.
In an instant, cold sweat flowed down Nurhaci's forehead.
Generally speaking, when subordinates say they know they are guilty, regardless of whether they are aware of the crime or not, if their superiors are willing to be tolerant, they will most likely tacitly let it go and just give them a slight reprimand.
But if you don't intend to get over it easily, then it will be similar to what Zhu Youjian is saying now.
How to answer this?
Knowing your crime, does this mean you committed the crime knowingly?
Not knowing the guilt? You said you knew the guilt? Are you fooling me?
At times like this, those in higher positions have too many reasons to punish you.
Of course, at this time, Nurhaci was more nervous about what had happened behind the scenes that could make Zhu Youjian treat him like this, and what kind of trouble had his own people caused!
"Boom, boom, boom." At this moment, a burst of dense drum sounds suddenly came from outside.
At the same time, the noise outside the arena suddenly stopped, and the lights in the arena suddenly dimmed.
At this time, the only light on the outside of the fighting arena was the brightly lit ring. At this time, the audience seats outside were also full of people.
"Come and take a look." Zhu Youjian turned his gaze to the arena below.
Hearing this, Nurhaci was stunned, and suddenly a hint of enlightenment appeared in his heart.
His intuition told him that Zhu Youjian's sudden beating today was most likely related to this underground fighting arena.
Nurhaci was naturally well aware of what the underground fighting arena was, and the high-level forces of the imperial court in Nanjing were complicated and intricate.
The underground fighting arena in Jiuwazi Town has been open for so long and has such a prosperous business, so there is no need to talk about its background.
However, no matter what background one has, in front of the surname Zhu, it is vulnerable. For example, the third floor of this underground fighting arena, the private rooms are never open to the public, and only the rich and powerful can enjoy them.
But Zhu Youjian could use it at will.
He originally thought that Zhu Youjian appeared here today entirely because the young master suddenly wanted to watch the game.
But after what happened just now, his intuition told him that the underground fighting arena was most likely the reason why he was beaten just now.
"Could it be that someone in the family is involved with the underground fighting arena?" Nurhaci's eyes turned ugly.
Those who participate in the underground fighting arena business are all from immortal cultivation families or immortal cultivators. If someone in the family is related to the underground fighting arena, it means that someone is doing the immortal cultivation business behind his back.
A mortal family that has just risen for four years and has taken refuge in Prince Yu's Mansion, secretly started selling supplies for cultivating immortals before being allowed to come into contact with immortals?
In fact, the current "Manjin" family is not without the opportunity to be granted immortal magic and allowed to become an immortal cultivation family.
In Nurhaci's opinion, the reason why they have not been allowed yet is most likely because it is too early.
After all, the "Manjin" family took refuge with Prince Yu's Mansion, so they were naturally very cautious in selecting a subordinate immortal cultivation family.
It can be said that as long as you wait patiently, it is not impossible to be reused, but if the family does not live up to expectations at this time...
When he thought of this, Nurhaci felt like his lungs were about to explode.
"Wow!" Below, the stage suddenly went out, the whole venue fell into darkness, and then a huge shadow appeared.
This was an old man wearing a white Taoist robe, with white hair and beard. At this moment, under the projection of the shadow stone, the figure of this old man looked like a giant overlooking the whole scene.
And the moment he appeared, the whole audience burst into warm applause, like the roar of a tsunami.
"Welcome to the underground fighting arena!"
The old man opened his arms in a gesture of hugging, and naturally there was another round of lively noise and shouting.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Rhythmic drum sounds rang out.
The piercing suona, the mournful erhu, and the dense sounds of the pipa completely ignited the atmosphere on the scene.
"My fellow Taoists, are you ready to revel with me and enjoy the bloody feast brought by the first duel?" The old man stretched out his arms, clenched his fists and roared with all his might.
"Wow!"
As he shouted, the whole audience roared.
"Blood splatters on the Taoist robe, staining the path to immortality. The sword cuts off the common people and asks for immortality. There is no immortal path that is not stained with blood." Old Zhu waved his hand and roared: "Space illusion array, start!"
"Next, let's welcome the first duel. Fellow Taoists from Nanjing No. 2 Middle School and Nanjing No. 3 Middle School, duel!"
"boom!"
With the old man's passionate voice, coupled with the increasingly powerful and desolate drum music, the atmosphere on the scene became more and more heated.
The underground fighting arena is made of special materials, the main material of which is "empty stone", the ground is hard earth crystal, and the lower layer is a stone wall for taking pictures.
Among them, "Void Stone" is the main material used to make storage bags, storage rings, and teleportation arrays. It itself has some spatial properties. Therefore, when the cultivator steps onto the arena, he will find that the arena that originally looked small and could only accommodate ten people will instantly become as big as a square, which is enough for him to do whatever he wants.
Of course, the purpose of the underground fighting arena is to fully mobilize the emotions of both parties in the duel, so it is naturally not that simple.
There is a defensive formation on the ring to protect the duelists from harming the audience. In addition, it is connected to the spiritual energy pipeline to ensure that both parties have enough spiritual energy to recover quickly!
The purpose is naturally to allow both sides to fight to the end, and to make the battle more bloody, tragic and exciting.
Then there are some things to stir up the atmosphere, such as the illusion array created with the help of the photo-retaining stone. The moment entering the arena, both combatants will immediately enter a secret space composed of an illusion array.
The purpose of the photo stone is to project the image so that audiences from all sides can also immerse themselves in the experience.
"The duel between No. 2 and No. 3 will be played in the best-of-three format," the old man began to explain the rules of the duel to everyone. "In a fight, except for life and death, and disability, until one side admits defeat or is judged to have lost, the other side will be considered the winner!"
Everyone was a little disappointed to hear that the first fight was not a life-and-death contest, but they were not surprised.
Although underground fighting arenas are not as rigid as those permitted by the government, they still accept some normal dueling jobs.
Well, it’s just for food, not shabby!
As for the fact that the fight was between a group of students, it didn't matter. What's wrong with students? Those who could step onto the fighting field were all immortal cultivators!
As long as you are a cultivator, fighting will never be boring.
"The first match is between Class 2, Grade 3 of Second Middle School, Tang Rui! and Class 2, Grade 1 of Third Middle School, Qian Yang!"
As the old man's voice fell, everyone could see that the original square arena had disappeared, replaced by an ancient battlefield filled with yellow sand, broken halberds, and broken swords.
Everyone was sitting in the audience, looking down. It seemed as if the space in the middle was shattered, revealing a corner of another world. They were all looking forward to it excitedly.
This feeling is equivalent to giving everyone a "God's perspective" to look down on another world.
Well, it's just like fighting crickets.
It is precisely because of this mentality of looking down on the world that one can be indifferent to life.
In the eyes of all the audience, the more brutal the fight between the two people, or even a group of people, in the "world below", the better.
What they want to see is the destruction of life, blood and violence that can stimulate their nerves!
At this moment they are the "gods" who are high above.
As "gods", they will not have any mercy on the human world.
"Tell me, when people encounter natural disasters and pray to gods and heaven, what are the gods thinking?" Zhu Youjian supported his chin with his hand and looked down with interest.
"If it was before, what I wanted was to pray devoutly and ask for the help of the gods," Nurhaci smoothly changed his words and called himself "slave" and said:
"But now, I understand. If there really is a god overlooking the human world, then in his eyes, all mortals are just like the duelists in the ring now."
"It would be nice if you didn't know about the sufferings of the world, wars, natural disasters, plagues, the painful cries and prayers of the living beings on earth. If you knew, it would be a pleasure."
"In fact, the gods are betting on whether this person will live a worse life or even suffer a disaster..."
"Heh," Zhu Youjian chuckled and said without comment, "No god can be above our Ming Dynasty."
"No one can go against the will of the Zhu family."
"Yes." Nurhaci lowered his head.
He naturally knew that natural disasters, plagues, and wars could no longer pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty could avoid natural disasters. If it wanted to, it could even cause a raging sea disaster in a coastal country. Plague was even easier to deal with. As for war? The Ming Dynasty was invincible in the world!
If there really is a "god" overlooking the Ming Dynasty, then this "god" may also belong to the Ming Dynasty.
Perhaps, it could be the emperor who is in seclusion in the palace!
No one knew, after so many years, what level of cultivation the emperor had reached, late Jindan stage, or Yuanying stage? Or was it even higher?
I just heard that Lu Fang, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, has already broken through to the Golden Core stage, and Lu Bing, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Immortal Martial Guard, has also broken through to the Golden Core stage.
The cultivation of the elders in the cabinet had reached the middle stage of foundation building more than 30 years ago, and no one knew what level they had reached in recent years.
Nurhaci looked at the fight between two young men around eighteen years old on the stage below, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
The cultivation level of these two young men is both at the second level of Qi training. As long as they can reach the third level of Qi training within three years, they will be eligible to take part in the college entrance examination, which is what mortals call the imperial examination.
"boom!"
In the sky full of yellow sand, two figures as fast as lightning collided with each other almost instantly.
"Crunch!"
The two young men's fists collided, but they did not separate immediately. Instead, the surging spiritual energy fluctuations made the bones of the two men make noises that sounded so harsh.
In an instant, the fists of both men were covered in blood.
The audience outside the venue were extremely excited by this scene.
"Humph!"
Tang Rui from No. 2 Middle School was a short boy with dark skin and a strong body. He kicked high and low, and Qian Yang from No. 3 Middle School reacted quickly, kicking back as well. The two were knocked back.
During the process, a dull sound was heard again.
The surging spiritual energy spread far away, and the yellow sand in the sky also rose up in unison at this moment.
Well, this is done entirely to make the audience's visual experience more spectacular, otherwise a fight between two people at the second level of Qi training would never have this kind of effect.
Not only that, at this moment, the magic circle that stimulates human nature and mobilizes emotions was also transmitted to the ears of the two along with the drum music.
Invisible streams of light yellow powder flowed into the mouths and noses of the two people.
At this moment, the anger in the two men's hearts had accumulated to the extreme. There was no panic or fear, only the desire to knock each other down.
This is the difference between underground fighting arenas and formal fighting arenas.
Once the two duelists are on the ring, they have no choice. One of them must fall, and the process must be bloody and tragic.
"Fire God Spell·Fire God Sword!" Tang Rui stretched out his hand almost instantly, and a small red talisman appeared on his fingertips. As the spiritual energy from his fingertips was injected, the talisman instantly ignited.
"Wow!" Then, a flaming sword appeared in his hand, and the moment the sword was swung, it was wrapped in endless waves of fire and slashed towards Qian Yang!
There is a difference between talismans and amulets.
This point is not only recorded in Taoist scriptures, but also in the definition of the world of immortal cultivation today.
Different from the spells and talismans mentioned by Taoist priests in the mortal world, in the process of cultivating immortals, talismans are a castrated version of talismans created by the immortal cultivation world of the Ming Dynasty through talismans.
The most obvious difference is the demand for spiritual energy and the power. Well, the most important thing is that it is cheap.
After all, in the early days of the Ming Dynasty's immortal cultivation world, the cultivators were very poor and were very stingy in the use of spiritual energy.
But there were fights among the monks again, and then many castrated versions of talismans and magical instruments appeared.
For example, in the world of immortal cultivation, the lowest level weapons of cultivators are ordinary weapons, which are only available to people who can draw qi into their bodies and ordinary people. To put it bluntly, they are some sharp weapons.
In the Ming Dynasty's world of immortal cultivation, another level was created in the middle - combat soldiers.
As the name implies, it is a weapon used in battle. It is a castrated magical weapon with no magic array, but it can be used in battle with spiritual energy. Compared with magical weapons, its materials are also pitifully small.
"Humph, a spell, I have one too!" As he spoke, Qian Yang shouted, "Defense Spell: Stone Shield!"
"Dang!" The long sword collided with the stone shield, and spiritual power surged.
Afterwards, the two sides fought again.
In the yellow sand, as time passed, the two men were already covered in blood, and the talisman had long since dissipated.
In the end, the fight between the two was extremely brutal and bloody due to the intervention of the ring.
The audience outside the venue also watched with great interest!
"It's time to decide the winner," Wang Chu said confidently as he swallowed a chilled grape in the private room on the second floor.
"Tang Rui is going to win!"
Hearing this, Li Baole was stunned and said, "Tang Rui and Qian Yang have the same cultivation level. Now both of them are at the end of their strength. How can you be so sure?"
However, as he spoke, his peripheral vision was always keeping an eye on the area below.
"Your... talisman has been used up, right?" Tang Rui, with a bruised face and nose, said incoherently to Qian Yang opposite him.
"You too, right?" Qian Yang spoke incoherently, blood dripping from his body. "Best of three, I'll play you in the first game. I don't ask for a win, a draw is enough."
"I just need to buy time for Liu Yu and the others to arrive. None of you will be able to defeat him..."
"You, you used despicable means to frame Liu Yu and others, but all this is destined to be in vain..."
In the underground fighting arena, everyone was confused when they saw Qian Yang and the other two starting a conversation. What they wanted to see was a fight!
However, they also knew that those who could come here were all here to settle personal grudges. Anyway, the real life-and-death battle would take place at midnight, and the battle before them was just an appetizer.
And it was just a boring duel among a group of students.
However, after listening to Qian Yang's words, they also discovered that there was obviously someone else who originally appeared in this grudge duel between the two sides.
It was obvious that the students from No. 2 Middle School did something tricky, which left No. 3 Middle School with no one to play, so they finally sent Qian Yang.
"Liu Yu and the others?" Of course, in addition to the bored spectators, those who were concerned about this duel included those who placed bets, as well as Li Baole and Wang Chu.
"Humph," Wang Chu sneered at his best friend's questioning look and said, "They won't come."
"Liu Yu and his men are involved in transporting stones and have been controlled by the government. This means that there are three people at the third level of Qi training in No. 2 Middle School!"
"And here at No. 3 Middle School, including Liu Yu, who is at the fourth level of Qi training, and the other two at the third level of Qi training, were all captured!"
"No. 2 Middle School will definitely win this duel!" Wang Chu said, looking at Li Baole and said, "How is it? You've won this time, remember to treat me to a meal later!"
"They won't come..." As expected, Tang Rui said something that made Qian Yang despair, "If they are involved in the spirit stone business and are caught, the lightest punishment will be beheading!"
"Spirit stone business?" At this moment, Nurhaci's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously looked at Zhu Youjian beside him.
Why let him watch the duel between these boring students? Could it be... Impossible!
At this moment, Nurhaci panicked.
Lingshi is a kind of industrial energy exported overseas by the Ming Dynasty, but it is forbidden for civilian monks to use it.
There is no way their family could get involved in the spirit stone trade business of the imperial court, as that was all for the benefit of the upper class families. The only possibility was the smuggling of spirit stones overseas.
You know, smuggling other goods and smuggling spirit stones are two completely different things.
The most important thing is that the spiritual stones now involve the students of the academy. What does this mean? The academy hides the stones!
The students of the academy are regarded as the seeds of immortality!
The future of the Ming Dynasty depends on these students. After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Ming Dynasty already has a brand new system for cultivating immortals.
In the future, in the Ming Dynasty, every person was an immortal cultivator, and every person graduated from an immortal cultivation academy.
If the spiritual stone business develops to the academy, and if the matter is confirmed to be true, how serious will the consequences be?
Nurhaci stared with his eyes wide open, as if he had already seen the scene of his family being destroyed and rivers of blood flowing!
"..."
(End of this chapter)
