Chapter 1315: First Appearance (4k)

Chaoge City.

After Ji Fa's troops laid siege to the city last time, almost all of the upper-class nobles of the Shang Dynasty fled.

From Emperor Xin's perspective, he was a failure both as a king and as a human being, but without powerful nobles, he brought new vitality to the Shang Dynasty.

The resources are fixed, but the distribution is not fixed. The redistribution has brought great benefits to ordinary people at this time.

Without powerful nobles, the Shang Dynasty fell into chaos.

There are only two ways to rule a country: rule by man and rule by law.

In this era of knowledge monopoly, it is obviously unreliable for a peasant who can't even read to implement rule by man.

Wang Ming had no choice but to set up the Jixia Training Class overnight and quickly train a group of officials who understood the law and management methods.

Along with the emergence of the Legalist classics such as "Han Feizi" in the Jixia Training Class, Wang Ming's vision was instantly opened up.

In the following time, there are always great sages who appear out of nowhere.

As a result, a great ideological explosion occurred in the city of Chaoge.

Legalists, Confucians, Military Strategists, Logicians, Mohists...

Various schools of thought also emerged in this process.

There are too many talented people in Chaoge City, and the Jixia Academy has too many students to use.

How could the students who have learned the art of slaying dragons be willing to remain unknown and unable to show their talents and realize their ambitions?

A large number of students left Chaoge and joined other princes.

At first everyone was a little nervous, afraid that Wang Ming would stop them, but later they gradually realized that Wang Ming didn't care at all about whether they stayed or left.

then,

The world became even more chaotic.

How could the princes of the old era see through the new routines and new ideas at a glance?

Various ideas took root among the vassal states and blossomed into different flowers.

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Unknown Cave
The retreat of Wang Ming’s subjective consciousness.

Sitting cross-legged on a chair made of earth and stone.

Wang Ming looked at the "Book of Changes" in his hand, which was emitting a rich golden light of merit.

"It's been five years! My hard work over the past five years has not been in vain!"

Most of the changes in the world are caused by him, and his purpose is to gain merit.

For the sake of merit, Wang Ming could only send out a clone to bring the thoughts from the "Hundred Schools of Thought" that he read on Blue Star to this world.

Allowing successful students from the Jixia Academy to leave the Shang Dynasty did not mean that Wang Ming was selfless.

Instead,

The court of the Shang Dynasty could not accommodate so many ideas at once.

Many ideas contradict each other and cannot be used together.

If one wants to gain the power of merit from the ideological classics of the various schools of thought, it is not enough to just write them down, one also needs to put them into practice.

So Wang Ming let them go.

As for whether doing so will affect oneself?

This is something that is absolutely not going to happen.

The thoughts of various schools of thought were ahead of their time, but the Shang Dynasty under the rule of Wang Ming was completely different from other mortal kingdoms.

This is not the traditional historical world, but a mythological world.

As long as the princes do not have an army of immortals, no matter how powerful the various schools of thought are in governing the country, it will be useless.

What's more, those students only learned the thoughts of the various schools of thought, but they were not the founders of the various schools of thought.

They went to other vassal states, but it was not easy to make them rich and powerful. If the students were too useless, Wang Ming would have to send his clones to assist secretly.

"Last time I wanted to calculate whether it was feasible to practice the 'Three Corpses Slashing Method' with the innate magic weapon of the same origin, but unfortunately I didn't have enough merit. Today I should be able to get the result."

After five years of negotiations.

He finally accumulated a large amount of merit power, which allowed him to once again calculate his own skills and future path.

"Innate magic weapons of the same origin are quite rare, and there are only a few options to choose from. It shouldn't take much luck." Wang Ming thought.

Three innate spiritual treasures of the same origin, combined together, must have been a chaos treasure.

The Chaos Treasures that Wang Ming knew about were the Three Treasures of the Creation of the World created by the Great God Pangu: [Pangu Axe], [Chaos Green Lotus], and [Creation Jade Butterfly].

The first set is split from the [Thirty-sixth Grade Chaos Green Lotus]: [Qingping Sword], [Panlong Bianguai], [Sanbao Yuruyi]

Red flowers, white lotus roots and green lotus leaves, the Three Pure Ones are originally one family.

These three innate spiritual treasures have been taken away by the Supreme Sage, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu to be beheaded, so there is no role for Wang Ming to play.

The second set was formed after the [Jade Butterfly of Creation] shattered into pieces when the sky was created. The largest piece was in the hands of Hongjun Daozu. Wang Ming speculated that [The List of the Gods] and [The Book of Life and Death] might have been transformed from the fragments.

This plan can be abandoned directly, as the largest piece is in the hands of Hongjun Daozu. The [Investiture of the Gods] is bound to the Heavenly Court, and the [Book of Life and Death] is bound to the Underworld. There is absolutely no hope of getting them all together.

The third set was split from the [Axe of Creation - Pangu Axe]: [Donghuang Bell], [Pangu Banner], and [Tai Chi Diagram].

"This plan is difficult to obtain. We must snatch it from Yuanshi Tianzun and the sage Laozi. Finally, we need to find the long-lost [Donghuang Bell]. If we want to get it all, we can only wait until we go to the "Honghuang World" in the future and snatch it before the Three Pure Ones become saints." Wang Ming pondered.

Although the [Donghuang Bell], [Pangu Banner] and [Tai Chi Diagram] are difficult to obtain, this is the most clear route to practice the [Method of Killing the Three Corpses].

Wang Ming had no choice but to start the deduction.

The bamboo slips on which the Book of Changes was written floated in front of his eyes, emitting ripples, and began to deduce the exercises based on Wang Ming's thoughts.

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Xiqi.

Inside the magnificent royal city.

Ji Fa was kneeling on the wooden floor. On the ebony desk in front of him was a pile of bamboo slips.

Recently, he has rarely reviewed memorials and has been reading books instead.

At this moment, the attendant outside the door said, "Your Majesty! The Prime Minister and others are here."

Ji Fa didn't take his eyes off the bamboo slips and nodded, "Call them in!"

Soon Jiang Ziya entered the palace with several ministers. After bowing to Ji Fa, he went straight to the point and stated the purpose of his visit.

"Your Majesty! After a year of experimentation, we all agree that the best way to govern a country among the various schools of thought that came out of Chaoge is to [rule the country according to law].

Confucianism's method of fooling the people is not suitable for the current environment." Ji Fa looked up at Jiang Ziya and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, father. I also agree with [rule of law]. Other ideas are not suitable for the current situation."

Duke of Zhou Ji Dan, who followed Jiang Ziya into the palace, said, "I don't know what King Zhou was thinking. He trained so many disciples of the Jixia Academy, but didn't use them much, allowing them to scatter around the world and help the enemy."

"The students of Jixia Academy and the princes are fighting fiercely. We all know that no matter how strong your country is, after the war begins, the real winner is still the army and... the fighting power of the immortals.

King Zhou used the territories of the princes of the world as a place to experiment with the various schools of thought." Ji Fa said.

Jiang Ziya nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Based on my understanding of King Zhou, he may have such thoughts."

Ji Fa said with a worried look on his face: "The Jixia students may seem to be a big threat, but in fact, they have little impact on Xiqi. What really scares me is the immortal tribe of Chaoge.

I don’t know why, but the Immortal Department of the Shang Dynasty is so attractive to independent cultivators. Once you join the Immortal Department, there will be no rebellion.

Moreover, King Zhou made them do all kinds of menial jobs, but they had no complaints at all. It was amazing! ! "

Jiang Ziya echoed, "Indeed! I have taken out the Yuxu Immortal Technique as a benefit to attract independent cultivators to join, but still no one is willing to come to Xiqi from Yin Shang."

When they talked about this matter, everyone's mood immediately became depressed.

Fairy!

Among a group of people pursuing immortality, how many would truly be willing to die for the survival of Xiqi or the Shang Dynasty?

But after Wang Ming created a method to accelerate the cultivation of immortals by increasing the dynasty's luck, those immortals who joined the Shang Dynasty are now extremely loyal to the Shang Dynasty.

To an immortal, the enemy who stands in his way is greater than heaven.

The fortunes of the Shang Dynasty were bestowed upon the independent cultivators who already had no hope for the future. Anyone who now wants to destroy it would become their mortal enemy.

Xiqi's recruitment does not have much appeal to the immortals.

The Yuxu Immortal Technique that Jiang Ziya took out was very precious, but Shen Gongbao, the top traitor, was even more generous.

He took out the [Yuxu Immortal Technique] and [Shangqing Immortal Technique] in one breath.

Duke of Zhou Ji Dan noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately changed the subject: "Isn't this the bamboo slips reporting government affairs? Why are you reading it so seriously, my brother? It's been so many days, and you haven't put it down yet."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ziya suppressed his thoughts and looked at the bamboo slips in Jifa's hand and the pile of bamboo slips on the desk.

King Wu Jifa sighed, took out the first volume on the table, showed the title of the book on the cover to Jiang Ziya and others.

At the same time, he waved his hand to ask everyone except Jiang Ziya and Ji Dan to leave the palace.

"If we look back to ancient times, the sages in the world were the first among all living things. They observed the opening and closing of yin and yang to name things, knew the gateway to survival and destruction, planned the beginning and end of all things, understood the principles of human hearts, saw the signs of change, and guarded the gateway. Therefore, the sages in the world..."

Ji Fa said: "Do you still remember that before we in Xiqi started our rebellion against Shang, I had a teacher?"

Jiang Ziya and Ji Dan looked at each other at the same time and said in surprise: "Guiguzi, Guigu? This book was written by Guigu?"

Wu Wang Jifa nodded and said, "Most likely."

Jiang Ziya fell into silence with a gloomy face. After Guiguzi disappeared in the [Soul-Falling Formation], Jiang Ziya forgot about this person and thought that he was not enough to be his opponent.

After many years,

I don't want to mention this person again.

Ji Dan asked: "Brother Wang, could it be that this is just a homonym?"

Ji Fa shook his head and said, "No! Back then, I followed my father's order to become Gui Gu's apprentice.

The Grand Master was reserved with me and had no intention of killing me in Xiqi, but when he taught me his studies, he did teach me some of the contents of Guiguzi. "

Jiang Ziya said: "Now that Guigu is dead, there is no point in talking about this anymore."

Ji Fa sighed and said, "Father! It's not that simple.

Back then, under the city of Chaoge, when I collided with the human force field of the tyrant King Zhou, I felt a familiar smell. "

Jiang Ziya was surprised and asked, "The tyrant King Zhou also used the "Emperor's Greatest Scripture"?"

Duke of Zhou Ji Dan said: "What does this Guigu mean? After passing on the skills to my brother, he went to teach the skills to my mortal enemy King Zhou of Xiqi."

King Wu Jifa pulled out a scroll of bamboo slips and showed it to everyone: "I didn't understand what he was thinking until I saw this information."

Jiang Ziya and his companions saw in the intelligence that the school of diplomacy that appeared in Chaoge City covered knowledge of military tactics, Taoism, state governance and so on.

However, each subject will be divided into two and taught to two people respectively. If you want to inherit it completely, you must defeat your fellow brothers.

Jiang Ziya said, "Your Majesty, are you saying that Guigu split the Imperial Supreme World Sutra into two volumes and gave them to Your Majesty and King Zhou respectively, in order to let you fight and decide who will be the strongest and inherit the complete martial arts?"

Wu Wang Jifa nodded, subconsciously stroking the white hair on her shoulders and said, "Most likely.

My "Emperor's Sutra" is very powerful. When combined with the [Emperor's Armor], I can easily fight against the Golden Immortal.

But each use consumes life.

King Zhou is older than I am, but according to the intelligence I have received, he does not show any signs of aging.

I speculate that King Zhou's volume of "The Greatest Scripture of the World" has the effect of maintaining health."

Zhou Gongdan was surprised and said, "King Zhou has the "Emperor's Great World Sutra" that is not afraid of the loss of lifespan, so what is the use of these immortals we recruited?"

"Pong!"

Ji Fa angrily slammed his fist on the table: "Gui Gu, that damn old man, is too biased. He passed the good stuff to the incompetent King Zhou and was unwilling to teach me. He deserves to die."

Ji Dan and Jiang Ziya remained silent.

After Ji Fa calmed down, he continued, "According to intelligence, the people of the Zongheng family are all a group of ambitious lunatics who are willing to disrupt the world and plunge all living beings into war for the sake of their own ambitions."

Duke Zhou subconsciously glanced at Ji Fa, then quickly looked away and said, "My brother is planning to..."

Ji Fa looked at Ji Dan and said, "That's right! I plan to raise an army in the autumn and attack the Shang Dynasty again."

Jiang Ziya looked embarrassed and asked, "Isn't this too hasty?

Wasn't our original plan to first annex the forces of other princes, bring about a great momentum, and then lead troops to threaten Chaoge?"

Ji Dan also advised: "My brother, our chances of winning if we attack Chaoge now are not great!

Both the prince's brother and King Zhou possess the [Humanitarian Force Field], and the immortals will not be able to play a decisive role at that time.

The difference between the quality of our army and that of the Shang soldiers cannot be ignored."

Ji Fa shook his head and said, "My brother, you still don't understand!"

Ji Dan was puzzled: “…”

Ji Fa looked up at the sky and sighed, "King Zhou used [Humanitarian Standpoint] without consuming his lifespan, and the immortals of the Shang Dynasty had no shame in going to the fields to farm.

I cannot outlast King Zhou, and Xiqi cannot outlast the Shang Dynasty even more.

If we fight now, we can still have a fighting chance. If we continue to drag it out, our chances will be even slimmer."

(End of this chapter)