Chapter 333: Entering Shushan and Fighting against the Demonic Qing

"Your Majesty has devoted all his energy to conquering the world with hegemonic principles and governing the world with kingly principles. Only in this way can the people thrive and the world be governed."

"The Holy Son of Heaven is in power, and it is a blessing for the people of China!"

"At the beginning of the founding of our Great Wei Dynasty, the population is nearly 80 million. Twenty years later, the people will surely be as many as 100 million. This is truly a prosperous era never heard of in ancient times!"

"Liangshan Lake has been transformed into a paradise, blessed by heaven and earth. This is the virtue of the emperor!"

For a time, all officials sang praises, and most of them were sincere.

What is a prosperous age?

When the people have enough to eat and are not cold, there are few natural disasters, there are no strong enemies outside and no rebellion inside, that is a prosperous age.

As for the 80 million population, since the tax reform of "equalizing the land tax, returning the fire consumption to the public, and officials and gentry serving as the same people and paying taxes as the same people", those hidden population have been exposed in broad daylight.

In such a prosperous era, the luck and popularity of the place are naturally at their peak.

The Wei Dynasty succeeded the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty was not poor at all.

Using work as a substitute for relief, they built temples all over the country to worship the Taoist Lord of All Laws and collect incense. The Great Wei Dynasty already had the appearance of a divine dynasty.

But in this prosperous era, huge waves rolled up in the Bohai Sea, and rolled back towards the coasts of Shandong and Hebei like an earthquake.

"Ow..."

A thunderous roar came from the coast of Cangzhou, with a rumbling echo.

This sound is not transmitted through air, but is an invisible and powerful force.

The Iron Lion Zhenhaihou was also canonized by the imperial court and a temple was built for it. Cao Jie fulfilled his promise and sculpted a golden body for it.

The power of this roar was far greater than the one that forced Princess Tianshou to retreat.

Sure enough, the tsunami retreated after this roar.

Mighty and mighty!

Then the dragon girl Xiaoqing controlled the water veins and completely eliminated this natural disaster.

But the real crisis has just begun!
"Another time tunnel appeared."

However, the passage between the two worlds that appeared this time was not in Liangshan, but outside Bohai, in the sea.

What is even more depressing is that cracks have appeared everywhere.

The two worlds are about to come into full contact.

"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. With my brother's current position, how can he take risks easily?"

Wu Yong advised: "Now that my brother has many brave generals under his command, it is not too late to send one or two brothers to scout out the situation first, and then make plans."

"Yes! We are willing to go through fire and water for my brother."

"We have been practicing for several years, and we are no longer the same as before. Brother, you can rest assured."

"Forget it, brother Li Jun, brother Zhang Shun, your souls have already reached the form of true dragons, and can carry the incense of the country's destiny and protect you as you pass through the chaotic space-time channel. You should go and investigate first, but don't conflict with the natives of that world. Gather the information and return quickly."

"I will follow my brother's orders!"

Just waiting anxiously.

A dragon soul came back from the tunnel and brought important information.

Cao Jie determined the origin of this world just by hearing the names of one or two sects.

"Brother, in that world, the righteous, unorthodox, and evil paths are all in conflict, and the righteous path is ruled by Shushan..."

"The exit of this passage is at the bottom of the East China Sea. There is a Purple Cloud Palace next to it. Brother Zhang Shun has already entered the palace to make some friends. It is the Taoist lineage of Tianyi Jinmu, with countless treasures. Moreover, the most important sea eye in the East China Sea is suppressed under the Purple Cloud Palace.

The three palace masters of the Purple Cloud Palace are all quite powerful and have magic weapons to protect them, but they like to make friends with all kinds of unorthodox people. The demons traveling to the East China Sea are becoming more and more rampant, and they often invade foreign countries in the sea. We can replace such people who do not cultivate merits and virtues."

Cao Jie nodded. They were just three immortals who were maids of Tianyi Golden Mother. Because of their fate with Golden Mother, they were able to temporarily live in Ziyun Palace for five hundred years. However, because of their bad moral character, they were destined to suffer calamity in the future.

If Mount Emei in Shu can replace it, why can't our Great Wei?

Ziyun Palace, something in the bag.

"There is the Ancestor Xiankong on Wuding Island in the North Sea. He is an extraordinary person. His Wuding Island is surrounded by three thousand weak waters, which is difficult for even birds to fly across. He can also refine the Ten Thousand Years Dipsacus Bone-setting and Muscle-growing Spirit Jade Paste, a magical healing item. Many overseas cultivators have benefited from him... But Wuding Island is a bit far away. After all, it is in the North Sea, so we can ignore it for now."

"There is a Copper Coconut Island to the west of the South China Sea. The owner of the island is called Tianchi Shangren, who practices the Yuanci magical power. There is a Yuanci Mountain on the island, which is very powerful."

As Li Jun told the story, Cao Jie also sorted out all his memories of "Shushan".

In "The Legend of Swordsman of Shu Mountain", the Emei Sect is the main righteous gang.

It tells the story of the Emei disciples' experiences in learning skills and slaying demons and monsters, especially the three heroes and two clouds, the seven dwarfs and the four great disciples of the Emei sect.

Although these disciples are young, they constantly have adventures while practicing outside, and they obtain many rare treasures, and their skills become more and more powerful.

Among them, Li Yingqiong is the most important junior character. The story describes in detail how she went from an ordinary woman to obtaining the Purple Ying Sword from Changmei Zhenren through countless coincidences, recaptured the Divine Eagle Fo Nu and the Orangutan Yuan Xing, ate many rare red fruits, and obtained the Taiqing Shenyan Rate Douhuo left by the predecessors and the Dingzhu from the White-browed monk, and finally acquired the sixty years of skill from her previous life's best friend, the Saint Girl, and eventually became the most outstanding figure among the younger generations of the Emei Sect.

Therefore, even those senior masters were amazed at her adventure.

However, everything Emei does, whether it is the senior masters or the younger disciples, is extremely domineering.

Those who follow Emei will prosper, and those who go against Emei will perish. Anyone who does not lick her boots will be destroyed, no matter if you are a demon or an immortal from overseas, and you will not be able to be reborn.

Everything flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and growing on the ground, all the treasures from heaven and earth, belong to Emei.

What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine.

This is Emei’s code of conduct!

Moreover, Emei also has the confidence to be domineering.

In the world of cultivating immortals, the strong prey on the weak. If you want to ascend to become an immortal, you have to fight and compete.

"Shushan?!"

"This world cannot be attacked by force, it can only be conquered by wits!"

"I……"

"Brother, why not let your clone go for a walk?" Wu Yong advised in time.

Cao Jie thought about it and thought that there were many old monsters in Shushan, so it would be appropriate to use the clone to make the plan first, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let the clone make the plan first."

More than a month later, Captain Zuo's body arrived on the mainland under the escort of Li Jun and Zhang Shun.

There are also Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Gongsun Sheng and others who, under the magical powers of Luo Zhenren and Elder Zhizhen, travel between the two worlds and guard secretly.

During this catastrophe at the end of the Ming Dynasty, most places were left with nine out of ten houses empty, and there was often no human habitation for hundreds of miles. The entire country was filled with gloom and darkness, like a ghost market.

When the Qing Dynasty was established, the world was in turmoil.

However, Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River has been a prosperous place since ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Mu wrote in a poem: "I have a dream of Yangzhou every ten years, and I have earned the reputation of being fickle in the brothels."

The ancients said that the greatest joy in life is to "have a fortune of one hundred thousand taels and ride a crane to Yangzhou."

Since Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal, Yangzhou has been located in the middle of the Grand Canal, and has been a must-go place for grain transport from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was also the place where salt merchants gathered, and it was the richest city in the world.

In the early years of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Mingyufang on the shore of Yangzhou's Slender West Lake was a gathering place for famous prostitutes.

It was late spring, the lights were on, and the courtyards of Mingyufang were filled with music and laughter, with guessing numbers, singing and drinking. It was a scene of peace and prosperity. Suddenly, five or six people from all over the square shouted in unison: "Business friends, girls, and friends who come to spend money, listen up: We are looking for someone named Jia Laoliu, who has nothing to do with others. No one is allowed to shout or move. If you don't obey our orders, don't blame us for being rude!"

After a burst of shouting, Mingyufang was silent for a moment, and then noises broke out in the courtyards everywhere, with women screaming and men yelling, making a mess.

A grand banquet was being held in the Lichun Courtyard. More than ten big salt merchants were sitting at three tables, and next to each of them was a young and beautiful prostitute. When they heard the shouts, everyone's face changed drastically.

"what's up?"

"who is it?"

"Is it the government investigating the case?"

Suddenly, there was a loud knock on the door like a drum. The turtle slave was so scared that he didn't know whether to open the door.

Cao Jie was not so impatient as the thief Cao who would ask "Are there any prostitutes in this city" every time he arrived at a place. His taste had become picky now and he only ate fresh and clean seafood.

This clone of his is extremely gifted in martial arts, having already reached the state of perfecting essence and nourishing qi into golden elixir, so his five senses are naturally sensitive.

When I accidentally heard a familiar name, I looked at the scene in front of me with curiosity.

At this moment, with a "bang", the door burst open and seventeen or eighteen big men rushed in.

These big men were dressed in short clothes, with white cloth wrapped around their heads, green belts tied around their waists, and in their hands were shining steel knives, or iron rulers or iron rods.

When everyone saw him, they recognized him as a salt smuggler.

While Cao Jie was thinking, a man in the east wing laughed loudly and said in a hoarse voice: "My last name is not Jia, but I don't like what you guys are saying about the Tiandihui. I am not a member of the Tiandihui, but I know that all my friends in the Tiandihui are heroes. Compared with them, you salt smugglers are not even worthy of carrying their shoes or wiping their butts."

Cao Jie raised an eyebrow.

Tiandihui?
The salt smugglers were so angry that they screamed and three men rushed into the east wing with steel knives in hand.

But then they heard a series of "Ouch" and "Ah!" sounds, and three people flew out one after another and fell to the ground.

A big man's steel knife hit his forehead, blood flowed, and he fainted immediately.

Then six more salt smugglers rushed into the room, but they heard shouts and the six were thrown out one by one. These people continued to shout and curse, but no one rushed into the room again.

Someone took a few steps forward and looked inside. In the dim light, he saw a bearded man sitting on the bed with a white cloth wrapped around his head and no scars on his face. It was indeed not Jia Laoliu.

"Your Excellency is very skilled. May I ask your name?"

The man in the room cursed, "Your father's surname and name are what your father's name and name are. Good boy, you even forgot your grandfather's name."

Among the prostitutes standing by, a middle-aged prostitute in her thirties suddenly laughed out loud.

A salt smuggler stepped forward and slapped the prostitute twice, making her cry and nose flow.

The salt smuggler cursed, "F*cking bitch, what's so funny?"

The prostitute was so frightened that she dared not say anything.

Suddenly, a boy of about twelve or thirteen came out from the lobby and yelled, "How dare you hit my mom! You dead turtle, rotten tortoise, you will be struck by lightning when you leave the house, and boils will form on the backs of your hands and palms immediately, rotting through your hands and tongue, and you will swallow the pus and blood, rotting your intestines."

"Xiaobao!" The prostitute hugged the little turtle slave named Xiaobao!

'Is this Shushan world also connected to the world of The Deer and the Cauldron?'

"Anti-Qing and Restore Ming! We can do something about it."

"My most powerful force right now is the luck of the Divine Dynasty. If I use this to establish a country, I can give those old monsters a good fight."

While Cao Jie was thinking, there was a commotion in Lichun Courtyard. The bearded man, who was obviously Mao Shiba, and Wei Xiaobao taught the salt smuggler a lesson and were also chased down.

They fled from Lichunyuan together and disappeared into the night.

Just as he was following Wei Xiaobao to watch a live-action version of "The Deer and the Cauldron", his powerful spiritual perception made him look towards the night sky in the west. All of a sudden, two rays of light, one blue and one yellow, danced in the sky like divine dragons, which was a very beautiful sight.

After entangled in the night sky, the two rays of light fell from the sky and landed in the west.

How could Cao Jie not know what this is!
This is a flying sword!
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The year before last, Pingxi King Wu Sangui led the Qing army into Burma, and Burmese King Mangbai sent Emperor Yongli to the Qing army. In April last year, Emperor Yongli and Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan were murdered by Wu Sangui in Kunming, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed.

The Southern Ming Dynasty had only been destroyed for one year.

Just a few years ago, Zheng Chenggong attacked Jiangning Prefecture, and although he was defeated, it was also evident that the Qing Dynasty had not yet firmly established its rule.

Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian, the three feudatories have their own troops and are powerful. Oboi is the only powerful person in the court. Kangxi is young and has not yet taken power, so anything can happen.

As for contacting the Tiandihui, Cao Jie did not think that the Tiandihui could shoulder the responsibility of restoring the country.

I'm just very interested in the character Chen Jinnan.

If you have never met Chen Jinnan, it would be in vain to call yourself a hero.

This person is really bold and magnanimous.

Perhaps he can shoulder the heavy responsibility and help the Great Wei establish a foundation in this world.

As long as we gain the faith of all people, we will be able to compete with Shushan and Emei.

Moreover, there are many treasures in this world, such as the golden jade pillars of Ziyun Palace, the treasures of Lianshan in Yueer Island, the golden boat of Guangchengzi in Yuanjiang, the treasures of Lingcui Peak in Ningbi Cliff, the ancient treasures in front of Qiaoling, the treasure house of Baixitan in Minshan Mountain, the treasures of the Saint Lady in Huanbo Pool, the treasure house of Daxiong in Kongtong Mountain, and the treasures of Ai Zhenzi in Jinshixia.

Many treasures have been planned, but the treasures of the Holy Mausoleum can be planned by Chen Jinnan.

Of course, Cao Jie also had a second plan, which was to wait for the Wuhua father and son and the Qiongqi corpse demon to steal the treasure, and then rob it.

But by that time, there were many people who wanted to snatch it.

With Emei's tyranny, there is no way such a treasure could be ignored.

Moreover, what Cao Jie wanted was not just the treasure left by Emperor Xuanyuan, but the influence of this treasure on the fortune of Jiuzhou.

Now that the Central Plains are in decline, it would be a good thing if the precious treasures, the Jiuyi Ding and the Haotian Treasure Mirror, were truly spiritual and were given to a great hero with a broad mind.

The Tiandihui's branch in Hangzhou had a single light.

A seemingly weak scholar faces the long night alone, with a sad face, as if he has unspeakable worries.

Outside the window, drizzle fell, hitting the parasol tree, which was particularly sad.

Emperor Yongli died, and Koxinga also left. The Manchu thieves gradually took control of the great country in the Central Plains. When will we be able to see a glimmer of hope in the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty?

"who!"

Suddenly, the scholar shouted softly, took a step, flew out of the window, and grabbed something with one claw, showing his extraordinary attainments in martial arts.

The scholar rushed into the rain quickly and saw a girl in white standing under the rain.

Facing his "Blood Coagulation Claw", the girl slowly stretched out her pure white jade palm, and then the rain poured down from the green tiles. The rain fell on her hand, not even wetting her sleeves. She retracted her hand, and there was already a ball of rain in her palm.

She slowly closed her palms and clenched them. At that moment, a watery light flashed between her fingers, filling the entire roof.

The scholar's claws seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and in an instant, he lost control of his body.

"Master Chen, my master wants to see you. I'm sorry for being so presumptuous!"

Grabbing the scholar in one hand, Bai Suzhen and Chen Jinnan turned into a stream of water light and disappeared into the night sky.

(End of this chapter)