Luoshen Sect is very low-key in Luozhou, even more low-key than Dajue Temple. There is a powerful person in the sect who is in the realm of supernatural powers, and that is the sect leader Zhao Xian found out that the Luoshen Sect's inheritance was three thousand years long, or even longer, which was similar to the Yan family's inheritance in Yanzhou, and could be compared with the Tianwu Sect and Dajue Temple.
Although the first leader of Luoshen Sect did not become an immortal, he reached the Heavenly Tribulation Realm. He later disappeared and there has been no news of him to date.
Ever since the departure of the first sect leader, the Luoshen Sect began to decline gradually. It was not until the rise of the Zhenwu Taoist Sect that the Luoshen Sect became completely powerless. The reason why it has been able to be passed down to this day without being destroyed is because of the care of the Dajue Temple.
Zhao Yanfei had the same thoughts as Fang Tiansu. He only wanted to manage his own sect and was unwilling to get involved in the affairs of the court. However, he could not resist Chen Xian's persuasion, and finally Zhao Yanfei nodded and agreed, willing to be loyal to the court.
Fengtian Realm.
Chen Xian also went there, mainly to inquire about the affairs of the Tianwu Sect.
Lu Tianxun said that the Tianwu Sect had closed its mountain and it was estimated that they would not interfere in the right and wrong of the martial arts world for the next hundred years. Chen Xian did not say anything about this.
The aristocratic families were handed over to the Lu family for management, while the sects were handed over to the Fenglei Sect.
When Yang Ben, the leader of Fenglei Sect, saw Chen Xian again, he was also filled with emotion.
The first time he met Chen Xian was not long after Chen Xian came to Fengtian City. The Marquis' Mansion was being built, and he went to the Marquis' Mansion to visit Chen Xian.
At that time, Chen Xian also had a discussion with Yang Ben.
When they met again this time, Yang Ben had reached the peak of his cultivation, and although he had not yet broken through to the realm of supernatural powers, at his current speed of cultivation, he would be able to achieve that realm in at most twenty years.
“Don’t worry, King Bingjian, let me handle the Fengtian Realm sect.” Yang Ben nodded and said.
Originally it was not his Fenglei Sect's turn to have the final say in Fengtian Realm, but the old leader of Tianwu Sect had died, and Tianwu Sect had closed its doors, so his Fenglei Sect had to take the lead.
After leaving Fenglei Gate, Chen Xian thought about it and decided to go to Fengtian Academy.
Fengtian Academy is a Confucian academy. Although Confucianism has declined in this era, the dean of Fengtian Academy is a powerful emperor who has entered the Taoism through Confucianism.
"Chen Xian, meet Emperor Wen."
In front of Fengtian Academy, Chen Xian, Wang Yan and others dismounted.
Emperor Wen did not show up, but Mr. Ji, a great scholar from the academy, came out. He was a middle-aged man in his fifties, whose real age was difficult to tell. He had a beard and a towel, and was very polite.
"I am Ji Pingyang, the eldest disciple of Emperor Wen. King Bingjian, please follow me." Mr. Ji bowed to Chen Xian.
Chen Xian returned the greeting and asked Wang Yan and others to wait outside. He went to Fengtian Bookstore alone with Ji Pingyang.
roof.
Wen Zhong has already made tea.
Chen Xian looked at Wen Zhong, the only powerful Confucian emperor in the world today.
"Please take a seat, King."
Chen Xian sat opposite Wen Zhong and said with a smile, "I have long admired the great reputation of Emperor Wen, but I have never had the chance to meet him. It is my honor to meet him today."
Wen Zhong smiled and shook his head: "You are too kind, King of Side by Side. I am just a scholar. How can I have such a great reputation?"
Chen Xian said: "I heard from Mr. Lu that you are his junior fellow apprentice, so you are a senior in front of me."
Wen Zhong said: "Indeed, my brother, but I am only good at reading books and cannot be of great use."
Chen Xian said: "Emperor Wen is too modest. Military power determines the world, while civil power brings peace to the world. The court always needs civil and military officials, just like the coexistence of yin and yang."
"How can a group of crude warriors govern a country? We have to ask the senior Emperor Wen for advice."
Wen Zhong laughed: "You are not a crude warrior, you are both civil and military." The "civil" he referred to was of course not talent, but Chen Xian's brain.
Chen Xian smiled and said, "Senior Wen, I came here this time to first visit you and secondly to ask you for advice on how to govern the country. Originally, Your Majesty should come here in person, but I am passing by here, so I will go there on behalf of Your Majesty."
Wen Zhong said: "King Bing Jian has a strategy in mind, why bother asking me?"
Chen Xian said: "I have my own thoughts in my mind, and I want to hear your opinions."
Wen Zhong asked, "Does King Bing Jian know how big this world is?"
Chen Xian shook his head. He really had no idea how big this world was. Mainly because he had not yet taken the time to understand the area of this world.
Wen Chong glanced at Ji Pingyang.
Ji Pingyang turned around and took a map and spread it on the table. Chen Xian stood up and stared at the map. The map was very large, with mountains and rivers drawn on it. Although it was very rough, it did outline the topography of this world.
Wen Zhong also stood up and said, "This map was drawn by the ancestor himself. This world is about 300,000 miles long and wide, while the Daning Dynasty is only over 100,000 miles long and wide. With Donghai City as the boundary, 100,000 miles to the east is all sea. Further east, the ancestor marked it as the void zone."
Chen Xian stared at the map and listened carefully.
"The northern boundary is the most remote city in Yanzhou, Tamu City. Going north for about 30,000 miles, it is called the Far North Snow Region. Going further north is also the Void Region."
Chen Xian raised his head and asked, "What does the Void Zone mean?"
Emperor Wen smiled and said, "The Void Zone is a place that humans cannot reach. You can think of it as the end of the world."
Chen Xian nodded.
Emperor Wen continued, "To the south, the Daning Dynasty now has an additional territory, which is the Fulong Territory currently governed by King Bingjian. With Zhenyao Pass as the boundary, there are 130,000 miles to the south where the monsters live. Further south is also the void zone..."
Chen Xian pointed to a mark at the southernmost end and said, "Why is there a Xuantianmen sign in this void area? What does it mean?"
Emperor Wen shook his head: "I am not too sure. Even those at the Emperor level cannot pass through the Void Zone, so I don't understand why the Grandmaster marked a Xuantian Gate in the Void Zone."
Chen Xian asked: "Does Mr. Lu know?"
Emperor Wen frowned and said, "I'm not sure."
Chen Xian said nothing more and stared at the map seriously.
Emperor Wen continued, "To the west, the border is the Western Frontier, 70,000 miles of wilderness, and to the west, it is also the void zone."
Chen Xian nodded secretly. He looked carefully and found that the map of this world was circular. He didn't know whether it was for convenience when Lu Fengtian drew it or something else. Take the Huang Clan as an example. In the west, it appeared as an elliptical shape, with a length of 60,000 to 70,000 miles from east to west, but a distance of 100,000 miles from north to south.
If the world is round like the Earth in the previous life, then those things should be connected, not a void zone.
"The map is this big. This is the Daning Dynasty. There are the Sea Clan, the Monster Clan, the Barbarian Clan, and the Wild Clan. As for the Demon Clan, you know, they are the three tombs in the world that are sealed. Once the seal is broken, there will be one more Demon Clan in the world."
"Don't underestimate the three demons. They can turn this world into a demon world."
"Phoenix Heaven Realm?"
Chen Xian's eyes flickered slightly, he looked up at Emperor Wen and said, "Fengtian Realm was named by Immortal Lu himself, right?"
Emperor Wen nodded: "This world has no name. It was named by the ancestors. But it doesn't matter whether it has a name or not. When communicating with others, I will never mention the name of this world."
Chen Xian nodded secretly. Emperor Wen asked Chen Xian to sit at the tea table, put a cup of tea in front of him, and said, "Just now, the King of Side by Side asked me to talk about the best strategy for governing the country. In fact, after looking at the map, the King of Side by Side should have an idea in his mind."
"If the new emperor only wants to govern the territory of the current Great Ning Dynasty, he only needs to continue Ning Taizu's governance strategy, promote military power, promote agriculture, and recuperate."
"If the new emperor is not satisfied with the status quo and wants to pacify the four directions, then he should start with the demon tribe."
"The Western Wilderness Clan attacked Daning for the Axe of Creation, and wanted to rescue the great demon from the Black Abyss. However, the Wilderness Clan has a small population, with a total population of only over 300 million. Even fewer people can practice, and the army they have formed is also small. It is very difficult for them to attack from the Western Frontier."
"As for the northern barbarian tribes, their numbers are larger than the wild tribes, but there are also many conflicts between the tribes. We only need to station troops in the north to prevent harassment."
"As for the sea tribe in the east, they live in the underwater world. It is not easy for them to attack the Daning Dynasty because the sea tribe members have been on land for a long time and are not used to it. Even those with good cultivation will lose their strength if they stay on land for a long time."
"So the Sea Clan only needs to resist. Three to five hundred thousand troops are enough."
Emperor Wen drank a cup of tea and said, "The monsters are different. They are no less brutal than the demons. Most importantly, they reproduce quickly and have strong combat capabilities. If humans want to resist them, they usually send out elite forces."
"I heard that you were a soldier in the Demon Suppression Pass before, so you should understand the cruelty in front of the Demon Suppression Pass. The human race and the demon race have been fighting for more than three thousand years, and the demon race has not been destroyed yet."
Chen Xian frowned slightly: "Why didn't Immortal Lu destroy the demon race back then?"
Emperor Wen smiled and said, "You asked a very good question. When our ancestor ascended to heaven, why didn't he destroy the demon race? I have also asked this question to my teacher before."
"The teacher said this is called the law of survival."
"Law of survival?" Chen Xian frowned slightly.
Emperor Wen said: "Humans are born weak. If they want to survive in this world, they need pressure. If the pressure is eliminated, humans will become lazy. For example, many people may not choose to practice hard, and there will be no strongest people."
"In addition, there may be a Warring States period, where the human race will split and fight against each other. With the pressure from foreign races, the human race will think about uniting, becoming stronger, and resisting foreign races."
"But humans don't want to see alien races become too strong. When one generation of humans can't stop the demon race, the demon race may gradually grow stronger. At this time, a stronger human race will need to stand up and lead the human race to suppress the demon race."
"But we can't kill them all. If we kill them all, not only will the human race lose its ambition to make progress, but it will also be torn apart."
"This is what the teacher calls the law of survival. The ancestor probably understood this principle back then and did not destroy the demon race, but only weakened its power."
"After the rise of the Zhenwu Dao Sect, Immortal Li also did not destroy the demon race, but only weakened the demon race's power, including those Tianjie Realm powerhouses who traveled around the world. They also had the strength to destroy the demon race, but they did not do so. Their purpose should be the law of survival."
Chen Xian understood what Emperor Wen meant, but it was not certain whether keeping the demon race alive was for the so-called law of survival. However, the law of survival mentioned by Emperor Wen did make sense from a big picture perspective.
It reminded him of a sentence from the Tao Te Ching in his previous life: Heaven and earth are not benevolent and treat all things as straw dogs.
The universe is too vast to favor any one race, so the birth and death of some races will not be noticed by the universe. When one race dies, another will be born. It will form a circular chain and continue to survive in this world.
If the demon race is destroyed, there may appear half-demon race, demon demon race, ghost demon race, sea demon race, wood demon race, etc. There may even be a race that is beyond the scope of cognition.
The so-called law of survival is nothing more than seeking a balance, just like the coexistence of yin and yang.
Alone yang cannot grow, alone yin cannot produce.
Without the monsters and demons, perhaps the human race’s path of cultivation would not have made any progress.
After Chen Xian figured it out, he stood up and said, "Can we allow Mr. Ji to serve as an official in the court?"
Wen Chong glanced at Ji Pingyang.
Ji Pingyang smiled and shook his head: "I have long seen through fame, wealth and power. I only wish to stay in the academy with the teacher to teach and educate people. But don't worry, King Bingjian, there will be students in the academy who will enter the court to seek fame, wealth and power."
Chen Xian nodded, and after bidding farewell to Wen Zhong, he went to the Lu family.
Lu Tianxun was in front of the ancestral hall and directly asked Lu Bai to bring Chen Xian over.
"Mr. Lu, I just went to Fengtian Academy and met Senior Wendi. He showed me the map of this world. I found that there is a Xuantian Gate in the void area in the southernmost part of the demon race. Mr. Lu, do you know what it means?"
Lu Tianxun's eyes flickered slightly and he waved at Lu Bai.
Lu Bai was speechless. What could he say without letting him hear it?
Lu Tianxun stared at Chen Xian and said, "The Void Zone requires the Heavenly Tribulation Realm to reach, and the Hanging Sky Gate is the door to the Immortal Realm."
Chen Xian was slightly stunned: "The gate to the fairyland?"
Lu Tianxun nodded: "Yes, once you reach the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, you can reach the Immortal Realm through the Xuantian Gate, but..."
Chen Xian asked: "But what?"
Lu Tianxun said: "Once you pass through that door, there is no turning back."
Chen Xian frowned slightly. After listening to Lu Tianxun's words, he felt that the "immortal world" was not that wonderful. Otherwise, who would be willing to come back after reaching the immortal world?
But since we can reach the fairyland, why can't we turn back?
What are the rules?
Lu Tianxun asked: "Do you know why the demons have been attacking the human race?"
Chen Xian said: "For the Axe of Creation."
Lu Tianxun nodded: "Yes, the demon clan took the Axe of Opening Heaven not to save the great demon in the Black Abyss, but to step into the Void Zone and open the Xuantian Gate."
Chen Xian asked: "Can the Sky-Opening Axe open the Xuantian Gate?"
Lu Tianxun shook his head: "I don't know. Anyway, I haven't heard of it. I don't know who the demon emperor Cang heard it from. He is determined to get the Axe of Creation and open the Xuantian Gate to go to the fairyland."
Chen Xian nodded secretly: "So, the three Heavenly Tribulation Realm masters from Tianwu Sect, Zhenwu Dao Sect, and Dajue Temple have all left Xuantian Gate?"
Lu Tianxun said: "That should be the case, otherwise why haven't we heard any news from them in all these years."
Chen Xian said: "Last time when I was in the ancestral hall offering incense to Immortal Lu, I heard a voice in my ear saying that he had suppressed the Black Abyss and defeated the demon race. Can you explain this to me, Senior?"
Lu Tianxun said, "Junior Brother Wen should have told you in the academy just now that there are a total of five powerful demon emperors in the demon race, including Emperor Cang. Last time, you used the power of the Heaven-shaking Bow to injure Emperor Cang, but his cultivation strength is not inferior to mine, and should be about the same as Ji Changfeng."
"You don't need the Heaven Shocking Bow. If you fight him, the outcome is unpredictable."
"Even if we don't fight the demons, they will still attack humans. Everything is about survival."
Chen Xian nodded secretly.
After leaving the Lu family, he led his men to Xiliang. On the way, he asked about the black lotus in his mind.
"Senior, do you know Xuantianmen?"
"know."
Black Lotus's vicissitudes of life voice entered Chen Xian's ears and said, "But don't think too much about it now. Think about it after you reach the Heavenly Tribulation Realm."
"By the way, don't forget to find a clone for me!"
Chen Xian's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded, "Don't worry, senior. I won't forget." (End of this chapter)
