Chapter 413: The First Rank of Mohist School, Ming Gui!

In the Baizhi Mountain mine, the largest abandoned mine where the earth dragon appeared, the inkstone vein that Zhou Tieyi dug out had long been mined out, and now it is deserted.

At the top of the cave that was like a dome, an illusory bright moon rose. On both sides of the moon, Zhou Tieyi, Miaoyu, and Hu Wenlang stood in the air. In Miaoyu's hand, there was something like an iron lantern. On the inner wall of the lantern, there was a layer of cloud-like pattern. Any practitioner with a little knowledge could perceive the changes in the cloud pattern. It was the "Cloud Talisman" method that was banned from spreading in Daxia.

Miaoyu held the lantern and scooped water from the bright moon in front of her as if she were drawing water. The next moment, even without a candle, the center of the lantern lit up with a bright light, just like the clear moonlight.

"Success."

Zhou Tieyi smiled as if he was relieved. If he wanted to use the 'Phoenix Pattern' in the talisman method to gather the light of the bright moon, he must have a 'Phoenix Head', which means he must have a specific object to pray to, just like praying to a god, and make a corresponding response.

However, the cloud talisman has no head, which means that this talisman method can directly collect the source of power. It is most suitable for use on the moon phase system, which is a source of power gathered from the dreams of all living beings. At that time, even if Zhou Tieyi does not respond actively, as long as the moon phase system is stable in one position, others can also collect it regularly with tools.

Zhou Tieyi smiled easily, and Hu Wenlang also said with some emotion, "Such a 'Moon Phase' is enough to cover the entire prefecture."

He was also a participant in the entire moon phase system, so he naturally knew the weaknesses of the moon phase system itself. For example, the moon phase system could easily cover a large city with a concentrated population, such as the Six-Ring Mechanical City. However, in a mountainous area like Shantong Prefecture with a dispersed population and covering hundreds of miles of land, the moon phase transformed by the Third-Rank Divine Kingdom could not shine completely, and could only illuminate most of the mineral veins through a fixed route.

However, it is impossible to give up the remaining mineral veins, so it is necessary to use the method of talismans to collect moonlight, form lanterns, and distribute them to small mineral veins so that they can also benefit. In the future, the moon phase system will grow and become stronger, and will be able to illuminate more places, and even be like a bright moon, covering the world. At that time, there will be no need for such trouble.

The moon phase system illuminating the world is not a fantasy. The eight divine kingdoms that created the moon phase system are complete in themselves, but they were refined into "virtual" by Gongshujia using the method of imaginary numbers, and then the rules of the bright moon were imprinted by Zhou Tieyi.

Now this kingdom of God is supported by the power of the earth veins and filled with the power of people's faith. It is the kind of kingdom of God that will continue to grow. Later on, as long as eight Mingyue systems can each grow to the second level, it will be enough to illuminate the three provinces of Taihang Mountain and even wider areas.

This also requires the population of Taihang Mountains to grow and provide more and more stable power of faith. The two complement each other.

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In the hollowed-out mountain of the Six-Ring Mechanical City, there is a huge, empty corridor that connects the entire Six-Ring Mechanical City in all directions, like a nonexistent tree.

At the center of the imaginary tree, on the ancient golden wheel, the third-rank Gongshu family members sat cross-legged, ready to open the imaginary bridge at any time to connect to the Shantong Mansion hundreds of miles away for support.

In the center of the golden wheel, Gongshu Ting frowned slightly. With his current level of cultivation, the connection between heaven and man has become almost instinctive. Especially under the premise that the Mingyue system continues to grow and develop, he has already vaguely touched the threshold of the first rank. At this moment, it is as if he has divine help. He can sense that danger is coming, so he calmly ordered, "Open the bridge of imaginary numbers, and notify the Mo family, Xuandu Mountain, and Nalanda Temple to prepare for support."

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Inside the Baizhi Mountain mine, the Mingyue system began to operate slowly, jumping and shuttling through dreams one after another, speeding through the mountains and hills, and arriving at mines. In the dreams of the miners who were taking a nap, a moon shadow would pass by like a stream of light, soothing their minds and calming the accumulated tension and anxiety.

As the core of the dream-entering method, Hu Wenlang began to connect dreams one by one. This time, the scope covered was much larger than the Machinery City, but as long as there was enough time, it would not be a problem to spend a few years or even more than ten years to connect the dreams of the entire Taihang Mountain Provincial Road. This itself was a kind of practice for him.

However, during this connection, Hu Wenlang not only did not feel any difficulty, but instead felt an unprecedented sense of ease. It started with 100,000 people and then rapidly advanced towards 1 million people.

At first Hu Wenlang thought that this was the accumulation and burst of luck of the Mingyue system itself. After all, before this connection, the Mingyue system had already carried the dreams of millions of people. This time, the method of taking the moon with the cloud talisman was promoted on this basis, which could be regarded as perfecting the entire Taoist tradition. The burst of luck made the whole thing simpler and more reasonable. After all, when luck comes, both heaven and earth are of one mind.

But after a dozen breaths, Hu Wenlang clearly sensed that something was wrong, because it was too easy!

It was as if there was another force that pushed the entire Mingyue system to connect with the dreams of many miners in Taihang Mountains.

"The Grand Illusionary Realm has taken action..."

Before Hu Wenlang finished his words, a layer of mirage erupted directly with him as the center. He was dreaming about the bright moon, so as a node, his position was the connection between dreams and reality, and the power of dreams could naturally penetrate in quickly.

The vast white dream not only makes the five senses lost, but also begins to erode the boundary between life and death, allowing everything in the world of the living to connect with the underworld through dreams.

In front of Zhou Tieyi, a portal that reached from heaven to earth descended. The portal was based on two huge white marble pillars with various patterns carved on them. Suddenly, the patterns began to change, and the expressions of a large number of miners and the geographical environment of Taihang Mountains began to emerge on the two pillars. What was even more terrifying was that at the base of the stone pillar, the grey pedestal that symbolized death and decay also reflected a picture of Taihang Mountains, but this scene did not correspond to the world of the living, but to the underworld!

The five thousand miles of Taihang Mountains stretched endlessly. On the dark mountaintops, suddenly, a pair of dead eyes looked toward the living world with a look of longing. In the desolate soil of the netherworld, a pile of dry bones, wearing tattered clothes, holding rotten shovels, looked up at the sky with empty eyes, opened their mouths, and shouted silently, "We also want to shine in the moonlight."

Their voices were like waves. When you first heard them, there was only the rustling sound of the tide, but when they surged towards the front, they had already turned into a huge storm, causing huge waves in the dream world, and through the dream world, affecting the miners in reality!

Under the shining light of the Moon System, the miners in the real world began to feel dead and withered. This was also a manifestation of the moon phase!
In the Mohist Palace, the Mohist leader Tian Fu suddenly put down the book in his hand, stood up and looked in the direction of Shantong Palace.

He finally understood why Shinto had to wait for the critical moment when Zhou Tieyi completed the moon phase system before taking action.

The moon phase system is used by tens of millions of miners in Taihang Mountains.

But they all overlooked one point, that is, there are more miners buried under the Taihang Mountains!
Over the past three hundred years, due to the emergence of the use of inkstone, countless miners have been buried in the mountains. Their deaths are as unknown as weeds, and naturally there would be no officials of Daxia to keep specific statistics.

Most of their corpses were wrapped in straw mats and buried in the mountains. Naturally, no practitioner would care whether all of these corpses returned to heaven or earth. Shintoism took advantage of this!
During the three hundred years of inkstone mining, the lineage of the Emperor of Life and Death in the Shinto sect secretly collected the corpses of miners in the Taihang Mountains. These corpses were full of resentment, and they were carefully buried in the netherworld corresponding to the Taihang Mountains. They originally wanted to give a huge surprise to the first-class people of Daxia at the ceremony of the return of the Taihang Mountain Goddess.

Now with Zhou Tieyi's moon phase system, this surprise has been magnified several times. Through the moon phase system and dreams, the boundary between life and death can be connected, allowing the resentment of the dead to affect the living. What's more, most of the miners in Taihang Mountains now are descendants of the miners back then, so this influence is naturally more rapid.

Of course there must be some arrangements involved, otherwise the Mingyue system would not have fallen so quickly just by influence.

Father Tian turned and looked at his disciple Mo Jian.

In the entire Mingyue system, there are very few people who have direct contact with him. Apart from himself, Gongshu Ting, Zhou Tieyi, and Hu Wenlang, only his disciples and core figures of the Gongshu family can have indirect contact through the Mocheng geomantic system and the Gongshu family's imaginary ghost market system.

And his disciple Mo Jian, as a second-rank disciple of the Mohist school, is deeply trusted by him and has the ability to secretly leave a backup plan in the Mingyue system!

He raised his glasses and said in an exclamatory tone, "You have made a breakthrough to the first level. Why didn't you tell me, your teacher, about such a big thing?"

If his disciple was really one of the masterminds behind the scenes, then he would definitely not be able to hide his cultivation level of only the second rank. So there was only one possibility, that is, his disciple had quietly broken through to the first rank, and on the original Mohist path, he had reached a first rank that belonged to him alone, and had taken another path, so he was able to hide it from him, a Mohist master!

Mo Jian remained humble and polite in response to his teacher's question, "Because I wasn't sure that my path was the right one, I was hesitant."

Father Tian nodded slightly, "Then what makes you sure that your path is correct?"

"Zhou Hou."

Mo Jian answered with great certainty. He took off his tortoise-shell glasses. Like Tian's father, Mo Jian's facial features were extremely handsome and his eyes were clear and transparent, as if he had endless energy and brilliance bursting out at every moment.

"When Zhou Hou came to Mo City, he debated with the teacher that night. I knew that Zhou Hou won and our Mohist philosophy would not work, so I made up my mind and took this step."

Father Tian's expression froze slightly. He looked at the disciple in front of him whose aura was constantly breaking through and sublimating, and asked, "What is your path?"

Behind Mo Jian, a huge mountain of Yin Qi gathered. Bones were used to build pavilions and towers. Human skins were used to cover the windows. Turbid Yellow Spring water surrounded them. On both sides, hideous evil ghosts and yakshas held shackles and steel forks. They forked the souls of the robbers one by one and pressed them into the Yellow Spring water. They let them struggle and melt away, making a sneer. Karma fire spread from farther away, forming a fire pit. Above the fire pit was a bridge made of copper coins. One by one, unscrupulous merchants were driven to walk barefoot across the copper coin fire bridge...

There are nine levels of hell in total! It's really chilling!

But Mo Jian's expression became more humble and compassionate. He looked at all kinds of evil deeds and saw them as good results.

"Ming ghost."

Mo Jian replied.

"Everyone in the world is greedy, and their hearts are like the abyss. Our previous ideas were too naive. We wanted to persuade people with love, but in addition to love, fear can also work. It is impossible to build a world of equality and love for everyone in the human world, so we should build such a world in the netherworld, so that people in the human world will not dare to be greedy, plunder, or kill, and will have a fear of the netherworld after death. This is called Minggui."

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In Baizhi Mountain, at the newly expanded martial arts academy, young boys are shaking their fists in the cold morning wind, with the hot steam rising like mist above their heads.

As an outstanding "graduate", Li Jianhu has started to help his teacher train his new junior fellow students during the past few days back home. Although he has Zhou Tieyi's support, the entire Shantong Prefecture is now like a horse-powered machine. New iron factories are constantly being established with the support of local nobles, because the orders from Mocheng, Jigongcheng, Tangzhoufu, Pingjindu, the five northern provinces and Tianjing are almost endless.

Whether it is a steam airship, a ship or a railway, a large amount of steel is needed. Developed together with the steel is also coal, which was previously looked down upon by practitioners. After the Mohist disciples built a new coking coal plant, subsequent coking coal plants also grew rapidly. Everyone knows that this is a profitable and long-term stable source of income, so the aristocratic families of Shantong Prefecture naturally participated enthusiastically.

At the same time, Zhou Tieyi, Confucianism, and the Ning Wang Mansion also set an example for the noble families in Shantong Prefecture in the "Lake Heart Academy Case" in Tangzhou Prefecture, that is, the noble families who follow Zhou Tieyi will not be purged, but the noble families who do not listen to Zhou Tieyi will definitely not have a good ending, even with the protection of Confucianism.

In the past, no one could establish a relationship with Zhou Tieyi, but now, as long as they open a factory and invest in technology, they can establish a connection with the big tree of the Zhou family. Who would not want to do that?
The only thing that made the aristocratic families unhappy was the ironworks. Part of the profits from the coalworks would be used to open a new workers' school in the local area. This workers' school is now temporarily supervised by the Huweiwuguan and the Lulin Academy, the leader of Confucianism in Shantongfu. No one dared to cheat on this matter. Even if you count the investment, it may take five to ten years to successfully recover the money and get stable returns.

Moreover, after the implementation of the workers' shareholding model in Pingjindu, Zhou Tieyi had intended to promote it in the factory in Shantongfu, but the pressure this time was even greater than he had imagined, and he encountered various forms of resistance. Zhou Tieyi was not panicked, as he would deal with it all together later anyway, so he slowly negotiated with the representatives of various families.

Just as Li Jianhu was giving instructions, there was a sudden earthquake. Everyone was terrified and a small white animal in the distance ran towards Li Jianhu.

"noob?"

Li Jianhu picked up the little animal.

(End of this chapter)