Chapter 45: Immortals
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In the first fifty years, some people were old and frail, some people turned to Xiuxian and asked, some people discovered excellent juniors, and the first nine kings abdicated one after another to make way for Xian.
Sixty years later, the effect of the Lost Array had completely disappeared with the change of generations, but the foundation laid by the first Nine Kings was solid enough for the country to continue to function.
For a hundred years, several of the Nine Kings were corrupted by power and secretly fought for power. The seats of the Taoists, who had long transferred their decision-making powers, and the Yin-Yang families, who were keen on cultivating immortals, were abolished one after another, the Mohists were hit hard in the bloody political struggle, and the doctors lamented that the people's hearts were not ancient and then retreated bravely, and finally formed a new situation of "five kings co-governance", in which Confucianism occupied a dominant position for a long time.
In the past two hundred years, the internal strife of the five kings intensified, the politics became increasingly corrupt, land annexation became commonplace, rebellions broke out in various places, and the power of the two kings was severely damaged and withdrew from the historical stage in the process of counterinsurgency. During this period, the external invaders took advantage of the situation, and the patriarch of the Xiang clan invited the Xuanyuan Sword according to the legend to destroy the foreign enemy with one sword.
For three hundred years, the deliberative system existed in name only, and the three kings each occupied a territory to develop their power, because the three forces were roughly equal, and no major war broke out under mutual checks and balances.
For 400 years, successive natural disasters triggered a full-scale war, and after decades of fighting, the final fruits of victory were picked by the rebels. The new emperor claimed that before the change of dynasty, he did not waste the resources of the old dynasty, and invited the Xuanyuan Sword for the last time.
ββThe dynasty born because of Zhang Zifang fell behind the curtain under the witness of Gu Yuesheng.
"Xiaoyaozi, when was the last time we met?" Gu Yuesheng, who was tasked with returning the Xuanyuan Sword to the cultivation land, ignored the new emperor's obvious intentions to keep him, and flew into the sky to meet Xiaoyaozi, who had watched the final blow of the Xuanyuan Sword.
Xiaoyaozi stroked her carefully groomed beard and replied, "About forty years ago, Lord Lyle held a banquet to celebrate the sixth tail of the Firefox maid. β
"Speaking of which, I flew to the West to get you back from traveling the world." Gu Yuesheng lowered his head and looked down on the battlefield that was in disarray due to the power of the Xuanyuan Sword, "After the achievement of immortals, the perception of time is becoming more and more sluggish...... Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned around, the country had already ushered in its end. β
Xiaoyaozi comforted: "Its lifespan is not short. β
"It should be said that its lifespan has been too long, and since more than 200 years ago, it is no longer what 'Zhang Zifang' expected." He is not the Zhang Zifang who asked for the people's life, but the Gu Yuesheng who finally regained a little benevolence and occasionally hung a pot in the world to help the world.
"............" is also more out of the world than Xiaomeng because of the effect of the Lost Array, and Xiaoyaozi, who never takes the initiative to kill demons and demons, is probably the person in the world who can best understand the suffering of Gu Yue Sheng.
Others sing praises to themselves, not only do they have no relevant memories at all, but they also disagree with the past practices from the bottom of their hearts, and can only blame everything on the loss of the array, which is definitely not an interesting thing.
Gu Yuesheng continued, "Sometimes I wonder if what I did back then was the best choice...... Compared with changing the dynasty, satisfying Yingzheng's desire for immortality and forcing him to experience the suffering of the people may be able to cultivate an emperor through the ages. β
Since he was given such a heavy burden of conscription to the people, let him go to build the Great Wall himself, and whip him with a whip if his movements were a little slower.
Since the people were ordered to pay more corn and weeds for the army to eat, let him eat the food that the people at the bottom ate.
Since the criminal law is too harsh, let him enjoy the whole set of punishments himself.
Zhang Liang's immortal fate originated from the great wisdom on the dock to solve the confusion of Yu Period, and Lyle promised to fulfill one of his wishes, which he could have achieved at the beginning, after all, Lyle even agreed to the lost array.
However, Xiaoyaozi gave a negative evaluation very dryly: "Yingzheng's desire is endless, you should be very clear about this...... After immortality, his next step will be to pursue the cultivation of immortal body, which will only brew a disaster more serious than the construction of terracotta warriors and mirages. β
He doesn't think that everyone's desires are endless, he has met many chivalrous and righteous men in his past life, but Yingzheng is a type with particularly strong desires, and his desire is as easy to guess as the main plot of the protagonist of the Oriental Fantasy Text, the emperor of the world > immortal> invincible in the world> cultivating into a god > becoming a god emperor >Groundbreaking.
"Maybe that's right......" Gu Yuesheng retracted his gaze from the battlefield and sighed, "I probably just want to warn myself that things in the world are not so easy to see through at all, and I shouldn't just meddle in them." β
At the end of the day, he tied some of the blame for what happened in the country to himself.
"Either way, we're not people of our time anymore." But this time, Xiaoyaozi did not comfort.
ββ¦β¦ That's right, I can stay on Penglai Xiandao with peace of mind, anyway, the island is lively enough now. This topic ended here, Gu Yuesheng held the Xuanyuan Sword in a position that he felt more comfortable, "I'm going to put the Xuanyuan Sword back in place later, don't pass it for the time being." β
Xiaoyaozi nodded and said, "I'll go back to Shushan first, and then I'll go to Penglai Immortal Island to live for a while." β
The two few sword immortals in the world turned into two streamers and disappeared under the gaze of tens of thousands of soldiers.
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The co-rule of the nine kings has become history, but the old man has not completely disappeared.
Jing Tianming and Gao Yue led the remnants of the Mo family to find a remote valley to build a village, Jing Tianming used tricks to transform his home, and Gao Yue used illusions to prevent mortals from entering; Xiaoyue became the first 'immortal' recognized by the Emperor of Heaven, she was fortunate enough to enter the divine realm, but she also had to serve the heavenly court, far less chic than the wandering Xiaoyaozi, Gan Luo and Concubine Yan each found a cave in the blessed land, and created the Qionghua faction and the Kunlun faction, among which the Qionghua faction believed that the Eastern Emperor Bell was the thing that threatened the world, and believed in the Nine Heavens Xuannu who had fought with Lyle.
In the past four hundred years, the "immortals" have become a new ethnic group, and mortals call the place where the immortals live the "fairy world", and the place where the demons live becomes the "demon world", making up the saying of the [Six Realms].
"Wait, then according to mortals, is this a fairy world or a demon world?" Lyle, who heard this new word, couldn't help but ask.
Most of the residents of Penglai Village recruited demon maids for Lyle, and the exceptions are only five of them: Yu Period, Da Si Ming, Shao Si Ming, Gu Yue Sheng, and Yan Lu, among which Yu Period cannot be counted as a human being, and the body is a puppet
Yan Lu smiled and said: "Naturally, it is the fairy world, and it is the most desirable fairy world, they don't know where they heard the term 'demon fairy'. β
ββ¦β¦ I still think it's a bit of a problem to call the territory under the illusion or enchantment spell the 'fairy world', but that's pretty much what everyone means, right? Lyle shrugged his shoulders and chuckled, "So, how is the craze for cultivating immortals in the world?" β
"As a matter of course, the Shushan Immortal Sword Sect, the Qionghua Sect, and the Kunlun Sect have to set up a mountain checkpoint to select disciples." Yan Lu also made a special field trip.
"Not bad~ This kind of world is a little interesting~" The man who contributed to the birth of [Immortal] only acted for fun.