Chapter 567: Reincarnation in the Fantasy World
Ninety-nine and eighty-one days later.
In the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, Yuan Ming sat cross-legged in the tree, concentrating his mind and making the final preparations before the breakthrough.
After this period of hard training, he has practiced the "Three Souls and Nine Refinings" to the extreme, and now he can clearly sense the bottleneck of the Sleeping Witch Realm.
Not far away, Xiying held Guoguo in her arms, gently stroking the fur on its back with one hand, looking at Yuan Ming who was about to break through, and finally admonished: "If you find something wrong, I will force you to dispel the inner demon."
The inner demon tribulation will not affect others, so Xiying does not need to leave too far.
Yuan Ming gave Xiying a reassuring look, then closed his eyes silently and began to try the final breakthrough in his state of mind.
He mobilized all the soul power in his sea of consciousness, operating in a strange and weird way, and his consciousness gradually became drowsy.
Yuan Ming did not stop all this and soon fell into a deep sleep.
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Dajin, Qujiang, Xiangguo Mansion.
It was late at night, but Yuan Ming was still sitting at the desk processing documents.
As the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, Yuan Ming has never considered indulging in pleasure, but has devoted all his attention to government affairs.
For the people of the world to live a good life, what does it matter if he has to endure a few more hours?
"Da, da, da"
Outside the house, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded, and the guards guarding the door moved. After confirming the identity of the visitor, they let him in.
"Prime Minister Yuan, there is a verbal order from His Majesty." The visitor was Zhang Gonggong, Liu Tianming's personal eunuch.
Yuan Ming raised his head and looked nervous: "Eunuch Zhang, what big thing happened in the palace?"
Eunuch Zhang shook his head, took out a memorial from his sleeves, and put it on Yuan Ming's desk.
Yuan Ming saw the familiar handwriting on the cover of the memorial, and his face suddenly darkened: "This is the memorial I submitted today. Why did His Majesty ask you, Eunuch Zhang, to return it?"
"Prime Minister Yuan, His Majesty said that your intention in this memorial is good, but the large-scale promotion of spiritual root testing will offend too many people, and Changchun Temple will not agree." Eunuch Zhang sighed.
"Why is this? There are tens of thousands of people in my Great Jin, and I don't know how many of them have spiritual roots, but they have no channels to set foot on the immortal path. If the court comes forward and organizes spiritual root testing for them, won't the major sects get more disciples? This matter is a hundred benefits without any harm, how can it offend people?" Yuan Ming frowned.
"Alas, Prime Minister Yuan, think about it, although there are more than 10 million people in Dajin, only one person has spiritual roots, and the majority of them have four or three spiritual roots, such as you... cough cough, in short, Changchun Temple does not want these people, and they can only be taken by other sects. Therefore, unified testing of spiritual roots is of no benefit to Changchun Temple. What's more, Changchun Temple - and even the entire Dajin, there are countless large and small immortal cultivation families, and there are also children with poor qualifications in their families. Even if they provide them with disciple quotas, there are not enough places, so how can there be space for ordinary people with spiritual roots?" Eunuch Zhang shook his head.
"Absurd, this good thing that benefits the country and the people cannot be implemented because of the opposition of these immortal cultivation families? Is Dajin the Dajin of the people of the world, or theirs?" Yuan Ming said angrily.
"Prime Minister Yuan, be careful with your words." Eunuch Zhang was shocked, looked around in panic, and reminded in a low voice.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming took a deep breath and calmed down: "Since it cannot be implemented, His Majesty should just reject this memorial. Why did he ask you to deliver it specially?"
"Your Majesty means that just in case, it is better for you, Prime Minister Yuan, to burn the memorial yourself, so that people in Changchun Temple will not hear about it and secretly harm you." Eunuch Zhang lowered his voice again and said.
Yuan Ming stared at the memorial, pondered for a long time, and finally took out the brazier himself and threw the memorial into it.
Eunuch Zhang witnessed the memorial burn to ashes, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "Forgive me for being blunt, Prime Minister Yuan, please submit fewer memorials in the future, so as not to make things difficult for your Majesty. Although he is the emperor, he still has the pressure of Changchun Temple on him. There are some things that he cannot help himself."
Yuan Ming had a blank expression and muttered to himself: "Although Tianming is the emperor, he is still imprisoned by invisible chains and is not free."
Eunuch Zhang nodded and was about to turn around and leave. When he walked to the door, he said something strange: "Prime Minister Yuan, to be honest, this Da Jin is actually the Da Jin of Changchun Temple. How can mortals like us compete with these immortals?"
Yuan Ming did not answer. After Eunuch Zhang left, he flipped through the memorials on the desk again, but he was unable to read a single word.
Decades later, Liu Tianming was promoted to the foundation-building stage, and passed the throne to his eldest son, and entered Changchun Temple to practice hard. Yuan Ming took the opportunity to completely take charge of the government, and united with the major sects except Changchun Temple, and once again petitioned to open the immortality exam to select civilian immortality talents.
For a time, the court and the public were shocked, but no one stepped forward to stop it. Just when everyone thought that the matter was settled, the Jindan elder of Changchun Temple came to Qujiang in person, and the national master Yuhu captured Yuan Ming and put him in the sky prison. Only one day later, he was convicted of treason and executed in the street.
It is said that before his death, Yuan Ming had no joy or sadness. He asked the national master Yuhu in the street why he was unwilling to bring down the immortal fate for the people of the world. Yuhu did not answer, but hurriedly ordered the beheading man to execute him.
Although Yuan Ming died, his deeds and ambitions were widely spread under the promotion of those who cared.
Several decades later, many independent cultivators emerged from the people of Dajin, and the major sects also secretly united to jointly launch a wave of resistance against Changchun Temple.
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Southern Xinjiang.
The former Biluo Cave had been completely destroyed by the Dawn Alliance, and Yuan Ming, Ling Songhua's last disciple, got the news early and avoided the crucial battle with his fellow disciples in the Fire Refining Hall.
After the war, Yuan Ming bid farewell to Li Zhui and his master Ling Songhua and embarked on a journey to regain his memory alone.
After several twists and turns, he was promoted to the foundation-building stage by chance. After returning to the Central Plains, he went through several years before returning to Qujiang and meeting his biological parents.
However, even though he lived with his parents day and night, he still did not regain the memories he had lost that year. After several years, he left Qujiang again and returned to Southern Xinjiang, where he found Li Zhui and Ling Songhua again, told them about his experiences during this period, and made a request.
"Senior Li, Master, I dare to rebuild Sanxing Mountain. I wonder if you two can come forward to serve as elders. You don't have to worry about everything, just put your names on the list." Yuan Ming bowed.
Li Zhui was silent, and Ling Songhua asked directly: "Since you have found your parents in the Central Plains and have a brother in Changchun Temple, why do you want to return to the South Border to start a new business? Wouldn't it be more pleasant to stay in the Central Plains than to suffer here?"
"My disciple is not talented. Even if I accept Liu Tianming's favor and stay in Changchun Temple, I will not achieve anything in my life. Moreover, my disciple was born as a beast slave and knows the pain of the casual cultivators and mortals in the South Border and the North Region. Even if the Biluo Cave has been destroyed, how much better can the other four sects be than the Biluo Cave? My disciple came back just to give the cultivators in the South Border and the North Region another choice, and to bring civilization and education to the mortals here." Yuan Ming explained.
Li Zhui sighed: "What you want to do is difficult. Even with our support, it is not an easy thing to gain a foothold in the North Region."
"As long as the disciple does his best, even if he fails, he can have a clear conscience." Yuan Ming insisted.
Li Zhui and Ling Songhua were silent for a long time, and finally agreed to Yuan Ming's request.
A few years later, after Yuan Ming's unremitting efforts, he finally reached an agreement with the other four sects. Sanxing Mountain was rebuilt, and Yuan Ming served as the head of the sect. A group of disciples from the Fire Refining Hall returned to contribute to the sect.
After Yuan Ming established the sect through his relationship in the Central Plains, he quickly won over the Qingyan Association. With the help of their name, it took several years of hard work to finally gain a foothold in the southern border and northern region.
Afterwards, he widely recruited disciples and set up schools in various wild tribes under his rule. In addition to educating, he also discovered many seeds of cultivation.
Gradually, the power of Sanxing Mountain became huge under the leadership of Yuan Ming, but it also attracted the covetousness of the Qingyan Association. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Yuan Ming was promoted to the Jindan stage and defeated the president of the Qingyan Association in public. He used both kindness and force, and finally annexed the Qingyan Association.
In the following decades, Yuan Ming practiced and secretly used his means. Finally, when he was 120 years old, he broke through the late stage of Jindan, completely convinced the other three sects, and the southern border and northern region were almost unified.
Yuan Ming's concept of cultivating immortals was also thoroughly promoted, benefiting every corner of the southern border and northern region.
Thirty years later, at the banquet for Yuan Ming's 150th birthday, all the major Jindan elders from the southern border and northern region gathered to congratulate him. Sanxing Mountain was decorated with lights and people were bustling.
"Where is Yuan Ming?" Suddenly, a huge pressure from the Yuanying level suddenly descended from the sky, and everyone on Sanxing Mountain was silent, not daring to speak again.
However, Yuan Ming flew into the sky under the pressure and bowed to the visitor: "I am Yuan Ming. I didn't know that the senior was visiting. I was sorry for not welcoming you. Please forgive me."
"I am the supreme elder of the Guxian Sect in the southern region of the southern border. Yuan Ming, do you know your crime?" The visitor introduced himself, and then he looked like he was going to ask for punishment.
"Can you please tell me what crime I have committed?" Yuan Ming raised his head.
The Grand Elder of Guxian Sect looked at Yuan Ming, suddenly laughed twice, and whispered: "You are only 150 years old now. You are so young, but you can step half a foot into the Nascent Soul stage. You are a talent. It's a pity that the Southern Border and the Northern Region cannot be unified, and there should not be another Nascent Soul. However, I can give you a chance. Join my Guxian Sect, and all the past will be wiped out, and no one will bother you again."
"... Then what will happen to my disciples, as well as the Southern Border and the Northern Region?" Yuan Ming suddenly asked.
"What was it like before, it should be the same after." The Grand Elder of Guxian Sect said lightly with a hint of meaning.
Yuan Ming was silent, then shook his head firmly: "Thank you for your kindness, senior, but I'm sorry I can't obey your order."
Hearing this, the Guxian Sect's Grand Elder's eyes flashed with coldness: "Hmph, you are stubborn, since you want to die, then I will grant your wish!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Ming sighed: "I had expected what you Nanyu were thinking, but I didn't expect this day to come so soon. It's a pity that I'm only one step away from the Nascent Soul. Oh, forget it, since I've already made a backup plan, what's there to be reluctant about?"