The Twentieth Cycle –

Chu Qianqiu found that the "Ten Kings Sutra of Hell" was not as he imagined, every time he killed someone, he could burst out of the exercises.

It will only randomly bring some fragments of memory, and the memories of the imperial physician are sometimes just scenes of alchemy, recording the joy of refining some pills and the joy of curing diseases and saving people.

However, after devouring Emperor Xiaozong's martial ministers, he got some new memory fragments.

"Father, this meteorite outside the sky has such a miraculous effect, why don't we send some masters to the deep space to obtain the minerals of the starry sky?"

When Emperor Xiaozong was still the crown prince, he asked Emperor Xuanzong like this.

"Because the fairy world is too far away."

"Too far away?"

"Both the True Martial Sect and the Maha Temple have done experiments to explore the Moon Palace." Emperor Xuanzong pondered for a moment and told the secret of a piece of history.

"Exploring the Moon Palace?" Emperor Xiaozong was muttering at the time, looking at the moon outside the window, leisurely.

"The True Martial Sect thinks that the immortal realm exists, but they have lost their sense of the immortal realm."

"And the stars in the sky can still emit starlight and practice martial arts."

"Therefore, they think that they can fly directly into space and go to the depths of the Moon Palace."

"Wouldn't that be too offensive to the immortals?" Emperor Xiaozong took a deep breath, he didn't expect that the two great martial arts holy places would do such a thing.

"After the Zhenwumen made a plan, they set off first, and the three Daomen masters who cultivated [Nine Turns Xuangong] and were not afraid of wind, thunder, water and fire ascended directly to the heavens in the Qingxu Immortal Realm and flew to the Moon Palace with the elixir."

"And then?"

"Then the Maha Temple was not to be outdone, and also sent three eminent monks, following closely behind, to explore the Moon Palace."

"Although Buddhism is not interested in the Moon Palace, it also does not want to let the old opponent seize the opportunity, so the true immortals of the Daomen and the Arhats of the Buddhism Gate flew over the Moon Palace one after the other."

"And then it stayed on it forever." Emperor Xuanzong said with some sighs.

"Is there a heavenly demon or an evil demon on it?" Emperor Xiaozong was taken aback.

"No, nothing."

"There is only desolate land, not to mention the Moon Palace, the Guanghan Fairy, not even a rabbit." Emperor Xuanzong said in the same disappointment.

"It took these six masters months to arrive at the Moon Palace, but they didn't find any signs of life."

"What's even more surprising is that above the Moon Palace, all the martial arts masters are unable to recover their true qi, unable to recover their divine souls, and are losing them rapidly."

"They suspect that the Moon Palace is a huge formation, a forbidden place for true qi and divine souls."

"Strangely, however, they did not encounter any danger, no enemies, no demons, no evil spirits, only lonely and desolate areas."

"It's even more disappointing than having a Heavenly Demon."

"In the end, these six masters united and cooperated, and gave the only remaining true qi and divine soul to the most powerful Donghua Zhenren, and they were able to return."

"Donghua Zhenren sent the final message for the two holy lands, there is no immortal realm here, no matter how high you fly."

"The other stars are more distant and dark, unreachable."

Xuanzong slowly explained this dusty history, and the two holy places jointly concealed this history, unwilling to let the world know that the deep space was beyond the reach of manpower.

"Did the True Martial Sect and the Maha Temple just give up?" Hyojong asked with a frown.

"Maybe they're still doing it, but they're not exploring it with much fanfare anymore."

"Even the astrological measurements have stopped."

"Although those starlights can still produce true qi properties, making them believe that the stars are inhabited by immortals, or gods."

"But they couldn't get there."

"The Daomen produced great disillusionment, but the Buddhism put forward the Three Realms Theory, which believed that the real Buddha Kingdom and the Immortal Realm were not in the earthly world, and that they could not be reached directly by flying."

"They need to find a way to get where they want to go."

"That place is called the Ruins."

"Later, Daomen and Buddhism gave up the exploration of deep space and began to go to the land of ruins."

"It's just that the information of that place is the most closely guarded information of the two holy places, and even I don't know anything."

"Besides, what does this have to do with me, the Holy Land loves to toss, then let them toss."

Emperor Xuanzong suddenly changed his words, picked up the wine beside him and drank a glass of it.

"As long as you don't come to talk to me and say anything to love the people, then it's Amitabha."

Emperor Xiaozong had no choice but to nod yes.

"Got it."

"It's just that in that deep space, there may not be no wealth, and it should also belong to the royal family."

"Then wait for you to take the position, you will call the shots." Emperor Xuanzong said lightly.

……

"Why is the construction of the observatory so slow?"

"It must be completed within the year, and those who fail to complete it, the next and lower cadres, etc., will be executed."

Emperor Xiaozong looked at the progress of the project, was very dissatisfied, and asked to speed up the progress, but the courtiers persuaded one after another

"Your Majesty, in the former Jinpeng Dynasty, those who served and persecuted, and those who died were stiffened, fourteen or fifteen."

"Every month, the dead are carried to Yuzhou in the east, and Lingzhou in the north, and the cars are looking at each other." (Note 1)

"There was a matter of Taizu."

When Emperor Xiaozong heard this, he stopped his anger and said a little stupidly

"Fourteen or fifteen years, naturally not, eleven or twelve, not impossible."

The mortality rate of conscription is close to fifty percent, that is really not good, Emperor Xiaozong also felt a little scared, remembered the lesson of the Jinpeng Dynasty back then, and then said with some pain.

"Then I will give me some more money, and I will give me some time."

"Remember, there are 20,000 stargazing platforms, and not one is missing."

"Your Majesty is merciful!"

The courtiers breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Chu Qianqiu frowned, he never thought that this True Martial Sect and Maha Temple had actually explored the Moon Palace, this martial arts holy land was even more powerful than he imagined, no wonder it could influence the general trend of the world.

And the evaluation of this dog emperor in the history books is okay, that is because he compares with Emperor Li of the previous dynasty and Emperor Xuanzong, and under their background, he seems to be more benevolent.

Everything is set off by peers.

"Chu Aiqing, spare me."

"I've told you a secret."

The remaining consciousness of Emperor Xiaozong seemed to want to ask for mercy, and even took out some secrets to say.

"What's the secret?"

"You have to let me go."

"Dog Emperor, you don't have the conditions to negotiate now."

"Say it, I'll give you a good time."

"Lest the eighteen hells serve."

Chu Qianqiu sneered and began to cast a spiritual illusion, which frightened the remaining consciousness and exclaimed.

"I say, I say it."

"There is a ...... under the palace"

Before the clone could finish speaking, the doppelganger's consciousness suddenly collapsed and turned into pure starlight, making Chu Qianqiu's brows furrowed.

What's underneath the palace?

Is there a treasure?

Or is it the nature of the monsters?

"Forget it, I'll figure it out before I cultivate first."

Chu Qianqiu didn't have any worries, after all, Huangquan's special properties allowed him to baptize the souls of the deceased, and let him know so many secrets and exercises, which was already a lot of money.

Now is the time for digestion.

After eating two copies of the spiritual origin of the martial arts master in succession, Chu Qianqiu's martial arts condensed and advanced by leaps and bounds.

At first, it was a simple palace lamp, which later became a four-cornered, hexagonal, and eventually nine-cornered palace lamp.

The stars of the Southern Dipper in the sky once again shone brightly.

Chu Qianqiu bathed in the starlight, and finally finished portraying the supernatural powers.

From this moment on, he completed the stage of gathering, a martial arts master who was able to use his supernatural powers independently.

"Don't worry, we can come a few more times."

system, reboot for me.

Note 1: Modified from the Book of Sui, the original text is as follows

The Eastern Capital envoys urged the persecution, and those who died were stiffened, the fourteenth and fifth five-year years. Carry the dead every month, east to Chenghao, north to Heyang, the car looks at each other on the road.

It is about Yang Guang's glorious achievements in building the eastern capital, and the mortality rate of forced labor was controlled between 40% and 50%.

Of course, there may be exaggeration in the history books, and they don't count them carefully, but there is nothing wrong with the large number of deaths caused by forced labor.

The most terrible thing about ancient dynasties was not taxes, but conscription.

(End of chapter)