Chapter 539: Declining Cultivation Base

In Changlin Kingdom, the palace was brightly lit, and the emperor of Changlin Kingdom welcomed Zhang Quan and his party with the most grand etiquette.

First, hundreds of officials lined up in front of the palace to greet them. Almost all the officials were mobilized by the emperor of Changlin Kingdom.

This etiquette is basically the etiquette for welcoming the emperor. In fact, even the emperor rarely uses it, it is too cumbersome. Generally, this will only be done if the royal driver personally conquers and wins a big victory.

Zhang Quan and his party were stunned—the Chang Lin Guo's performance was too...too...surprising.

Then, use the court dances and imperial banquets that the emperor can only enjoy during the festivals. The princess came out to pour wine. Looking at that posture, as long as Zhang Quan opens his mouth, there will definitely be a few princesses in his pocket.

However, this kind of treatment is not without reason, and Zhang Quan also knows it. But this is what Zhang Quan cares about the most.

At the banquet, all the officials spoke freely, mainly asking Zhang Quan about various ways of governing the country related to industry and commerce.

Zhang Quan dealt with all kinds of questions with ease, not only answered, but also explained clearly. Zhang Quan is determined to be a "selfless sage", although the essence is to steal Li Xian's wisdom.

"Taxation can be done in this way. On the bright side, the agricultural tax can be abolished, so as to promote the enthusiasm of the people, and it can also cancel the unreasonable local taxation and arbitrary tax collection in one fell swoop.

But in fact, it is possible to appropriately increase commodity prices and appropriately raise taxes on agricultural and sideline product transactions. In doing so, the enthusiasm of the people has increased, and it can also stimulate the development of the market and activate the entire country. "

"The common people produce stably, the merchants make a profit, and the country gains the hearts of the people.

In particular, the people do not need to pay taxes, they will use all their strength to make a fortune, which invisibly increases the wealth of the country.

Once the hearts of the people are gained, the country can recruit more people to join the army and build the country.

In addition, the people can be liberated from the land without having to bear taxes and labor. The people will inevitably invest in the development of industry and commerce, thereby creating more wealth for the country. The country then uses its wealth to recruit soldiers and defend the country.

If the country is integrated from top to bottom, and we share weal and woe, the people will definitely support the country. "

"Of course, such a system also has loopholes, so it is necessary to formulate clear laws and implement them firmly.

But be careful, this law does not serve your majesty's personal desires, but your majesty governs these laws to plan the whole country, including the interests of nobles and common people, including the interests of officials and businessmen (don't touch vested interests). "

"Individual people often don't pay too much attention to the development of the country, but they will pay attention to the interests they can see."

"For masters, they pay more attention to practice. When the country is rich, it can provide a luxurious life, natural treasures, panacea, magic weapon materials, and even luck compensation.

As long as the country is strong, these will be available. If a virtuous circle is formed..."

Zhang Quan talked like a river, and the officials of Changlin Kingdom around him kept asking, even some tricky questions. The banquet continued under such circumstances, the maids shuttled back and forth, the meals were changed one after another, and the singing and dancing performances of the court were even more like a merry-go-round rotation.

A beautiful scene of a saint preaching.

Gradually, Zhang Quan talked about issues such as war, industry, capital and economy.

When Zhang Quan preached that war is the embodiment of the country's comprehensive strength, and when the applause was like waves, the surroundings suddenly changed. Countless birds and beasts panicked, horses neighed and panicked, mice, earth snakes, insects, etc. came out one after another. It got out of the ground and ran wildly, as if there were some terrifying devils underground.

The scene was suddenly chaotic.

The emperor of Changlin Kingdom was furious, "All the guards, cleaned up all these bugs and mice! Where did so many things come from! Come, go and investigate what happened around!

There is also the national teacher, go to the divination and see what's going on! "

The scene was in a hurry, the maids screamed hoarsely among the army of rats, snakes, and insects, and the guards were busy killing these innocent little animals.

Zhang Quan stared blankly at the scene in front of him, and a familiar scene came to mind.

This kind of scene happened before... when Kingdom Shang tried to explode the "Thunder Thunder" for the first time. It's just that the scope of that incident was very small. At that time, Zhang Quan's family was still in Wufeng City, and the chaos was not very serious.

'Could it be Li Xian who made it? If yes, what happened this time? ’ Zhang Quan was horrified, but he didn’t dare to speak out—now is the time to promote himself, how can we promote Li Xian!

From this moment until the sunrise of the next day, the commotion of birds, beasts and insects in Changlin Kingdom subsided.

After dawn, Changlin Kingdom also received news from several surrounding countries that the commotion last night turned out to be on a large scale. Moreover, the first disturbances occurred in several countries in the southwest—that is to say, the source of the disturbances came from the southwest.

When Zhang Quan heard the news, he hesitated again: it was the southwest, and that was the interior of Yingzhou; if it was the business of Shang Kingdom, it should be the southeast.

Also, after a night of divination by the national teacher of Changlin Kingdom, the hexagram obtained was: a false alarm, the disaster has already happened elsewhere, and this is just the aftermath.

The aftermath... The aftermath is so terrifying! After hearing this, the emperor of Changlin Kingdom began to feel restless. What kind of disaster could cause such a scene? Could this be a harbinger of greater disaster?

Not to mention the emperor of Changlin, even the emperors of the surrounding countries felt uneasy, and everyone unexpectedly sent envoys to investigate. If such an important matter is not clarified, no one can feel at ease.

After dawn, Zhang Quan and his party set out on the road again. This time, Chang Linguo gave Zhang Quan the false title of "Prime Minister and Governor", while Xiang Bowen and Zhang Yuan received the false title of "Political Governor". There are countless other material rewards, including spiritual materials, elixir and so on.

But for Zhang Quan and his team, the most important thing is precisely that 'false title'. The prime minister and governor are almost equivalent to the official position of the second rank in the Changlin Kingdom;

In other words, starting from the state of Changlin, Zhang Quan and his party began to "hang pictures"! This is a remarkable achievement.

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This is true for the Changlin Kingdom, which is more than 200,000 miles away, not to mention the Zhao Kingdom and other countries that are close at hand. The whole night, the birds, beasts, etc. were restless. Two nuclear bombs fell, half of Yingzhou was sleepless all night, and countless people panicked.

I don't know how many old monsters who have retreated have been alarmed. I don't know if it counts as stabbing a hornet's nest. If you place bombs indiscriminately in Xianyu, the consequences will be unpredictable.

After dawn, countless people gathered in Yang Country, and everyone quietly watched the scene in front of them.

Under the rising sun, the sky over Yang Guo was still a little gray, it was fine dust that had not completely landed. After a night of diffusion, the dust not only enveloped the country of Yang, but also enveloped the surrounding countries.

From time to time, there are colorful clouds rolling on the ground, which is the tide of spiritual energy. In this kind of aura tide, even the masters of the transformation stage can only walk on foot.

No one dared to enter the scope of the spiritual energy tide, but with the strength of the practitioners, they could still see the center of the explosion clearly from a distance.

Near the Lingxiao Mountains, the more than 30-kilometer-long mountain wall melted into a glass body, and the brilliance of glass shone on the mountain wall and the ground; and in the center of the explosion, there was still a small amount of magma churning, which had not completely cooled down.

It is close to the imperial capital of Yang Kingdom, that is, the center of Yang Kingdom. Because there are no mountains to block it, the area of ​​disaster has a diameter of more than 700 kilometers, and the area is a mess.

Within 20 kilometers of the center of the explosion, it was almost completely destroyed; about 150 kilometers away from the explosion was shattered, the fire continued to burn, and there were countless people struggling and crying in the wreckage of the building, and their resentment was overwhelming.

The impact on the outside has decreased sharply, but countless houses have collapsed, and fires are still burning in many places. Under the shroud of the aura tide, the magic became invalid, and the common people had no choice but to carry water to put out fires and save money. In fact, more people had fled overnight, and few dared to stay any longer.

In addition, almost all the wreckage surfaces are covered with thick dust, making it look like a broken world that has gone through vicissitudes.

"I really... I can't believe it!" Taoist Xuanzhen watched the tragic scene quietly. As soon as he finished speaking, Taoist Xuanzhen fell to the top of the mountain and began to sit cross-legged, his face seemed ugly.

Taoist Xuanxuan noticed it, but it seemed nothing at the moment, so he didn't pay too much attention. What pays more attention to is the tragedy in front of him.

Tens of millions of people were struggling on the verge of life and death within the range of the explosion. Many people fell down while walking, and could never get up again. Countless people have become real "hob meat", which is too horrible to look at.

And in such a scene, countless crimes are happening. Some people who had been oppressed by the masters began to retaliate, and would rather die than drag the former masters to be buried with them. But more people are doing evil, the darkest side of the human heart is staged on the land of Yang Guo.

Taoist Xuanxuan's face was very ugly, the situation in front of him was really... no words could describe it. Yang Guo, the country is really destroyed! Perhaps there are still tens of millions of people alive in this country, but these people can no longer see any hope! The high-level and spirit of the entire Yang Kingdom have been completely destroyed!

While thinking, Taoist Xuanxuan suddenly felt a sense of discomfort in his body, his soul began to blur, and his soul began to erratically disperse his aura.

what happened? Daoist Xuanxuan was shocked, and quickly landed on the top of the mountain, cross-legged to check.

In fact, before and after Taoist Xuanxuan did this, many people have already sat down cross-legged.

"No, my cultivation is going backwards! I can't find the reason!" Taoist Xuanzhen, who was the first to sit cross-legged, opened his eyes in horror.

"My cultivation is also regressing. It seems that there are countless invisible loopholes in the Yuanying and Yuanshen. The Yuanshen and Yuanying are shrinking!" An elder was terrified.

"mine too……"

"mine……"

One after another, Taoist Xuanxuan's face was as gloomy as ice. In the blink of an eye, there were 14 masters of the transformation stage who had problems; including myself, exactly 15 of them!

Taking a closer look, Taoist Xuanxuan suddenly raised his head, "We were all under the impact of that explosion yesterday!!!"

All the masters of the transformation stage opened their eyes and looked at Taoist Xuanxuan, as if waiting for an explanation.

"I can't think of any other possibility! Based on what fellow Taoists said just now, as well as my own feelings, I can clearly feel that this is an unprecedented strange symptom, and it is obviously not caused by a problem with cultivation.

It's more like... It's more like countless tiny flying swords piercing our Yuanshen and Yuanying with thousands of holes. "

Taoist Xuanzhen was puzzled, "Then something should have happened yesterday, why did it happen now?"

Why did it happen now? Why only now...

"No, get out of here!" Taoist Xuanxuan turned pale with shock, "There is still the residual energy of the explosion at work, which is continuously hurting our bodies and our cultivation! Get out!"

Everyone was terrified and ran away quickly. Just when the real yuan and the primordial spirit were in operation, the situation changed again. Stinging, unimaginable stinging pain came from Yuanshen and Yuanying, as if countless people were pricking them with needles. This kind of pain from Yuanshen and Yuanying is almost ten times or dozens of times the pain of the body!

Taoist Xuanzhen wailed, and curled up on the ground, sweating like running water!

"No! No! My cultivation!" Taoist Xuanzhen roared and howled. The practice of hard work for thousands of years was shattered in one day!