More than half a month later.
Xu Chong came out of the Earth-level training hall, first replenished Lin Kuang's phantom body, and then went down the mountain to ask for a meeting outside a tomb.
This is Fang Lezhong’s residence.
As a clan elder, Fang Lezhong has his own separate residence and does not have to live in the same underground palace with the six clan members.
Soon, the tomb opened with a creaking sound, and Fang Lezhong flashed out.
"My uncle, Xianzong's aptitude is dull, and it took him more than two years to succeed in cultivating the Dao."
Xu Chong looked 'guilty'.
"Don't worry about it."
Fang Lezhong waved his hand, "The path to cultivating the Dao is extremely dangerous, so it's better to prepare for it a little longer. As long as you can succeed in cultivating the Dao, it's better than anything else... Are you ready to start practicing magical powers this time?"
"To be honest, uncle."
Xu Chong looked depressed and said slowly: "In fact, Xianzong has tried to practice supernatural powers, but there has been no progress."
"Um?!"
Fang Lezhong's expression changed, "Could it be that it's fake?"
“It should be true.”
Xu Chong shook his head and said, "Occasionally, I get a flash of inspiration, but it's a pity that it's always fleeting and I can't grasp the details."
"Is that so..."
Fang Lezhong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and took a deep look at the pavilion on the mountainside, "Did he ever tell you how long it took him to cultivate his magical powers?"
"Three years."
Xu Chong reported a number that was not exaggerated, "But it is impossible to tell whether it is true or not."
Three years?
Fang Lezhong thought for a moment and said, "Three years is three years. It will take less than a month to change to a ground-level training hall... You came to see me, but is there anything you need?"
"During the last clan meeting, the elder of the first branch of the clan said that the library had records about supernatural powers..."
Xu Chong showed a somewhat apprehensive expression, "Xianzong wants to see if he can get some inspiration from it."
"You want to go into the library?"
Fang Lezhong frowned slightly.
He really wanted to say that there was no method in the library that could help Xu Chong cultivate his supernatural powers.
Xu Chong didn't know this and still looked at Fang Lezhong hopefully.
“…”
Fang Lezhong was hesitating when the word "two years" suddenly flashed through his mind.
After thinking about it, he decided not to discourage Fang Xianzong's enthusiasm and said, "The library is controlled by the eldest son's family and has always been strictly controlled. In theory, they will not let you in... But your situation is special, so you can give it a try."
The library is extremely secretive, and is related to the foundation and origin of the Fang family, as well as some ancient secrets. Apart from the patriarch, only the elders of each family can enter, and there has never been an exception.
If it were usual, even if there were something like supernatural powers as a bargaining chip, I'm afraid the eldest branch would not agree.
But things are different now.
The cave is about to collapse, and Fang Xianzong has undoubtedly become more important to the Fang family... At this critical moment, it is best not to have any disappointment.
Thinking of this, Fang Lezhong immediately said: "Wait here for a while, I will go to the head room to ask."
After saying this, he left without waiting for Xu Chong's response.
Xu Chong watched Fang Lezhong disappear into a tomb, his eyes flickering.
If I could enter the library and take a look, it would be time to change the identity of 'Fang Xianzong'.
When the time comes, Fang Xianzong will die, and then Lin Kuang will die...
The Fang family is probably even more determined to acquire Ji Qingzhi's Baicao Garden.
But before that, we must find a way to protect Li Xiangxue.
Xu Chong was thinking about this, and about an incense stick later, Fang Lezhong and Fang Manyxia came together.
"You can enter the library, but you need to swear by your Dao Seed that you will never reveal any of the contents to anyone other than yourself."
Fang Manxia said lightly.
For some reason, Xu Chong felt that Fang Manxia was in a strange mood.
It's like some taboo has been touched.
However, if it’s just an oath...I, Fang Xianzong, have never been afraid of anyone.
Xu Chong pointed to the sky, his expression solemn: "I, Fang Xianzong, swear here that for the rest of my life, if I, Fang Xianzong, dare to reveal any content of the library in any way, my Tao seed will collapse and my body and soul will be destroyed!"
The collapse of the Dao Seed is just talk. Even if one breaks the oath, the Dao Seed will not collapse. At most, it will be covered in dust. However, everyone who swears by the Dao Seed will include the word collapse to show their determination... To put it bluntly, it is just a polite remark.
However, the words "for the rest of my life", "anything", "both body and soul will be destroyed", still made Fang Manxia's face lighten up a little, and she nodded with satisfaction.
"Also, I have to remind you."
Fang Lezhong suddenly spoke up, his tone serious: "No matter what you see in the library, you must not practice it yourself, otherwise... the Tao seed may really collapse!"
Xu Chong's pupils suddenly shrank.
Will practicing it with one's own body cause the Tao to collapse?
What is in the library?
"Let's go. The library is a Taoist artifact and can only be entered by one person at a time. I'll open it for you."
Fang Manxia said something and took the first step.
Xu Chong followed Fang Manxia closely and soon came to an inconspicuous corner.
There is no grave mound, no tombstone.
Fang Manxia threw out the blood talisman, and it landed on a point that was no different or special from the surrounding points.
Silently, a passage appeared on the ground.
"What you need is in the deepest part of the library."
Fang Manxia glanced at Xu Chong and said, "You only have three days. You must come out after three days."
"Thank you, elder."
Xu Chong bowed with gratitude and walked down.
The corridor is very long. Unlike other tombs, the light here comes from the night pearls on the walls on both sides.
It took Xu Chong a cup of tea to reach the bottom.
This is a huge underground cave.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it the abyss.
A building with a plaque of "Book Collection Pavilion" hanging on it, which is actually a pavilion-style building, is tied with four extremely thick chains and suspended in the air above a bottomless abyss.
"There's no bridge. Should I jump over it?"
Xu Chong tried to take two steps on the narrow platform extending from the corridor.
And just when he stood at the edge of the abyss, the library seemed to suddenly come alive, exuding a solemn and dignified atmosphere.
Before Xu Chong could react, a ray of light projected from the plaque of the library and enveloped him.
This ray of light was not aggressive and lasted only for a breath before being retracted.
"A little bit of my aura has been taken away..."
Xu Chong thought of this for no reason and felt a chill in his heart.
Fortunately, he was using Fang Xianzong's false appearance, which made his aura also that of Fang Xianzong.
Otherwise, the identity of the intruder might be exposed.
Just as he was thinking about it, the door of the library creaked open, and a golden light filled the air, blocking the view from outside.
Xu Chong did not hesitate and flew in directly.
The scene changes, and a magnificent hall appears before our eyes.
Two rows of bookshelves stood on the left and right, and on the bookshelves were all palm-sized jade slips...
Yes, jade slip.
There is no way to turn the pages, and there are no jade slips with inscriptions.
However, Xu Chong's attention was not on the bookshelf.
A red carpet stretched out from under his feet and ended in front of a nearby stone platform.
Several golden words were floating on the stone platform.
——Tianxuan Chronicle.
Xu Chong's pupils shrank slightly, and with a somewhat complicated mood, he crossed the space in one step and came to the stone platform.
There was also a jade slip lying on the stone platform, and the large golden characters were projected from it, but I couldn't see them just now because of the angle.
"Jade slip, another jade slip, is it really as I guessed?"
Xu Chong closed his eyes and placed his hand on the jade slip.
At the moment his fingers touched the jade slip, an extremely huge stream of information poured into his mind in an extremely brutal manner.
If his soul had not reached the seventh level of Yang God, he would have been injured and unconscious for two or three days and would not have been able to escape.
"When the world was created..."
"Yin Yang Temple..."
"Ten Thousand Paths Contending..."
“…”
It took a full five hours to sort out this huge amount of information, which was finally fully accepted by Xu Chong.
When he opened his eyes again, he was filled with shock.
"This world...what the hell is this???"
According to the records in the jade slips, this world once had a name - Tianxuan Realm.
When the Tianxuan Realm was first opened, there was land stretching for millions of miles and vast oceans stretching for endless distances.
All living things awaken their spiritual wisdom and embark on the path of cultivation with the help of spiritual energy.
Yes, all living things, not just humans.
At that time, flowers, birds, insects, fish, beasts, and even a piece of stone could awaken their spiritual wisdom through long-term nourishment of spiritual energy and embark on the path of cultivation.
And humans...or should I say the human race, because they are born with intelligence and have a stronger reproductive capacity than most races, they quickly took over the dominant position.
However, in the early days, the entire Tianxuan Realm was crossing the river by feeling the stones. There were neither etiquette nor any system, and the various races were constantly fighting each other.
It was not until the human race established the Yin-Yang Temple and conquered all races and forces that the Tianxuan Realm finally had a unified system.
The system is very crude, basically all races must respect humans, and any individual who dares to offend with any words, deeds or even thoughts will pay the price of genocide.
In this way, the situation of thousands of races in the Tianxuan Realm was broken, and the number of intelligent races began to decline rapidly.
In just a thousand years, only seven intelligent races remained in the Tianxuan Realm.
The other six races, including the demon race, which were subject to the human race, were completely exterminated in the next thousand years under the unrelenting rule of the Yin-Yang Temple.
Later, the cultivation system was completely perfected, and the Yin-Yang Temple took this time as the starting point and formulated a calendar, calling this year the first year of the Xuanli calendar.
As for the cultivation system...
Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul... Mahayana!
That’s right, in ancient times, the cultivation system of this world was that of cultivation!
Except for the absence of the term "transcendence of tribulation", it is basically copied verbatim!
This made Xu Chong feel like he was in a state of time and space confusion.
Did I travel through time to the world in the book myself, or was there a traveler like me who led the evolution of this world?
Okay, let’s not worry about this issue for now.
There is another, more important issue.
Is there a fairyland here?
No wonder Xu Chong had such doubts.
After all, according to the novel, as long as a cultivator in the Mahayana stage is willing, he can ascend to the fairyland at any time, be ranked among the immortals, and live as long as the heaven and the earth.
Damn it, after Emperor Yongtai is defeated, will that Emperor Wenchang suddenly come down from the fairyland to stand up for his own people?
In the previous chapter, he was invincible, but in the next chapter, enemies came from the sky?
With this doubt, Xu Chong continued to browse the information in his mind.
It was not until around the thousandth year of the Xuanli period that the records became slightly more detailed, no longer being rough chronicles of major events, but beginning to take on the appearance of historical books.
The first thing that caught Xu Chong's attention was the world stone that was discovered during the exploration of the world during the Mahayana period.
'There are words on the stone, which means you can learn supernatural powers'.
Maybe it was because the time was too long ago, or maybe it was due to internal disputes among the human race at that time, there are only two kinds of magical powers whose names were accurately recorded.
One is ever-changing, the other is the devil in one's heart.
Needless to say, it is ever-changing and can transform people into all kinds of things, both living and non-living.
The reason it was recorded was that the person who obtained the ever-changing changes was the Palace Master of Yin Yang Temple.
And the devil in the heart of Tao...
When the supernatural power is cultivated, a demon seed is constructed. A word, a look, or an action can all become the composition of the demon seed.
Using the magic seed in front of people will allow the magic seed to take root in people's hearts. If it is not stimulated, it will have no effect on people. But once it is stimulated, it can infinitely magnify a certain desire in people's hearts.
In fact, even in ancient times, this kind of supernatural power was hated and despised by everyone.
The reason why the Tianxuan Chronicle has such a detailed record of the planting of demons in the Dao Heart is because a human named "Fu" used his magical powers to plant demon seeds in millions of humans... which aroused carnal desires.
It's just outrageous.
Since there were no Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame at that time, the member named "Fu" was only verbally reprimanded and was not actually punished.
But the problem lies in this verbal admonition.
Because, the 'Negative' not only thinks they have done nothing wrong, on the contrary they think it is a good thing... and can increase the number of the tribe.
Doing good things and still getting reprimanded? Why not do bad things?
It was this rebellious mentality that made Negative do the same thing and use his magical powers to attack again.
This time, it was evil thoughts that were aroused.
Millions of people died as a result.
Although this loss was not large, and could even be said to be negligible, considering the population size at the time, the impact it brought was extremely bad.
This was the first mass slaughter in human history.
So, 'die for sin, and be liberated from evil'.
This statement is both plausible and ambiguous.
"The first half of the sentence is easy to understand. It should mean that 'Fu' was executed for the crime of killing his tribe members, but what does 'Ni Mo Jie' mean?"
Xu Chong frowned and thought.
It is obvious that what Emperor Yongtai has mastered is the devil in his heart. The eight words " Peace and justice, no suffering in heaven and earth" are his devil seeds.
Ji Qingzhi brought people to pretend to aid Yongzhou, but in fact they were secretly spreading the demon seeds.
Motivated by this slogan, millions of refugees began to take revenge on the relief teams.
Anti-demon Solution...
By reciting the eight words "Peace and justice, no suffering in the world" in reverse order, can Ji Qingzhi's magical powers be released?
It’s a magical power after all, it shouldn’t be that simple, right?
Xu Chong kept this thought in mind and continued to analyze the information in his mind.
'In the year 1324 of the Xuan calendar, heaven and earth came to an end.'
This year, the end of the world was discovered by humans.
No matter which edge of the land you start from, one hundred thousand miles is the end.
It's not the end of the sea, but the end that man can reach.
As long as it exceeds a hundred thousand miles, any existence at any level, whether above or below the sea surface, will be reduced to dust in an instant.
After learning countless bloody lessons, the area where humans can move was determined.
A land area spanning millions of miles, and a sea area of ​​100,000 miles surrounding the land.
It was from this period of time that internal conflicts among the human race began to brew.
You know, before this, the world seemed endless to humans and resources were unlimited.
The direct consequence of this widely accepted understanding among human beings is the continuous explosive population growth.
So when they discovered that the world had an end and resources were limited, the idea of ​​fighting among their own kind began to arise.
Until the year 1735 in the Xuanli calendar.
This year, the old master of Yin Yang Palace died of old age, and the new master did not have the strength to crush everything.
Many individuals with sufficient strength took advantage of this opportunity to become independent and establish their own territories with their followers.
The Fang family was a relatively powerful force that separated from the Yin-Yang Palace at that time - the Zi Ling Sect.
The great melee within the human race has thus begun.
The chaos lasted for more than a thousand years.
During this thousand years or so, the human race has seen a sharp decline in numbers, with only one in a hundred remaining compared to their peak.
At the same time, the Yin-Yang Palace had weakened to the extreme and existed in name only.
Until a person appeared out of nowhere.
This person is called Wang.
'Building the foundation at birth, ten years to reach the Nascent Soul stage, and another ten years to reach the Mahayana stage'.
In other words, Wang came to the end of his cultivation journey at the age of twenty.
In the 2755th year of the Xuan calendar, the Yin-Yang Temple, which had recovered its vitality, began a five-year campaign under the leadership of Wang.
During these five years, blood was spilled all over the land, dyeing 100,000 miles of sea red.
The land stretching for millions of miles was also fragmented in the process. Except for a small and fertile piece in the center, most of the rest sank into the ocean, and the few that did not sink formed islands.
Five years later, the world was united.
He shattered the sect system and completely abandoned the loose system of the Yin-Yang Temple, and named the human race Qing.
That’s right, Wang is the founding emperor of Daqing, Jiang Wang.
But in the beginning, there was no concept of a country.
Some human forces, including the Zi Ling Sect, escaped quickly and learned from Jiang Wang on the outer islands of Luwai, and also named their own group of humans in a similar way.
These human races, given different names, have existed for more than twenty years.
'In the 2788th year of the Xuan calendar, the world underwent a great change, the spiritual energy dried up, and ten years later, all the cultivation power of the human race was lost.'
During this year, the spiritual energy that permeated every corner of the Tianxuan Realm quickly became thin and exhausted.
Originally, every individual of the human race was capable of practicing cultivation, but their realm quickly fell, and after just ten short years, everyone became an ordinary person without any extraordinary powers.
Having lost their extraordinary powers, the only thing humans can rely on is collective strength.
The concept of home was born on the most populous land, followed shortly thereafter by the concept of country.
Jiang Wang founded a country and named it Qing.
At that time, the rest of the human race was extremely disdainful of this and still operated the sect system.
In their opinion, the disappearance of spiritual energy is only temporary and will soon reappear, and at that time their realm will also return.
But soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.
Because the spiritual energy did reappear, but the place where it reappeared was on land, in the capital of Daqing.
When Jiang Wang appeared on the sea on a monster-like ship, and when tens of thousands of soldiers jumped off and landed on the island, they were completely paralyzed.
But it's too late.
Of the hundreds of human tribes that had not been wiped out in twenty years, Jiang Wang killed them down to only three in just one year.
Zi Ling Sect, Dao Ji Sect, and Tian Yan Sect.
The reason they were able to survive was not because these three sects were so powerful, but because they were cautious enough and chose to settle on an island that was far away and was not found by Jiang Wang.
Then, they also established their own country...
It can't be called a country. With that small population, it can only be called a family.
The Ziling Sect founded the Fang State, the Daoji Sect founded the Lin State, and the Tianyan Sect founded the Zheng State.
Not long after, spiritual energy was born.
However, before they could be happy, they suddenly discovered that the previous way was no longer feasible!
Not to mention recovering his cultivation, even if he had to start practicing again from the beginning, as soon as he took the first step of drawing Qi into his body, the violent spiritual energy would immediately tear his body apart.
The three kingdoms had no choice but to send envoys to Daqing to ask Jiang Wang for help.
Jiang Wang didn't make it too difficult for them. He just asked them to cancel the country's name and change the country to home, and then he taught them how to practice.
Change the country into home?
Without a country, there is no spiritual energy. What’s the point of practicing?
The Three Kingdoms were naturally unwilling and just thought it was a joke.
However, Jiang Wang waved his hand and gave out three small gadgets.
Three caves.
Yes, the caves of the three ancient clans were awarded by the founding ancestor of Daqing...
After seeing the magic of the cave, the three countries immediately lost their temper, changed their country into their home, took the country's name as their surname, and submitted to the country.
Through this incident, Fang, Lin and Zheng realized that it was useless to be stubborn and that it was absolutely right to follow Jiang Wang.
Then began decades of dog-licking behavior.
Until Jiang Wang's later years, when he established the five-class household registration system and passed away, the three families still maintained "good exchanges" with Daqing.
How well does Jiang Wang take care of the three families?
Not only were three caves given as gifts, but three blood pools were also given, telling the three families that as long as they soaked in the blood pools, they would not be restricted by the household registration system.
The only thing the three families have to do is to send their clansmen to the royal family to replenish the blood pool after it dries up.
To be honest, Xu Chong couldn't understand why Jiang Wang was so kind and righteous.
Forget about the fraternity. We have killed so many of them, why do we still care about these few?
There must be some special arrangement.
However, this arrangement did not work later.
Because the three families rebelled.
Not many years after Jiang Wang's death, a young man accidentally obtained the Blood Pool of Heaven and Earth and established the Taiping Dao.
The court didn't care at first.
In the historical context of that time, there were countless similar unique beliefs among the people, and Taiping Dao was just one of them.
By the time the imperial court paid attention to it, the Taiping Dao had become too powerful to be eliminated.
The three families had always suspected that Jiang Wang had some conspiracy. Now, when they saw that the Heaven and Earth Blood Pool could be obtained through other means, they simply stood behind Taiping Dao and slowly broke off their ties with Daqing.
It was not until much later that the three families discovered that as long as they controlled the number of times the Heaven and Earth Blood Pool was used... it would replenish itself.
"No wonder Fang Manxia asked me not to reveal it to anyone. It turns out this is a dark history of the three major families' fickleness."
Xu Chong curled the corner of his mouth, turned and walked towards the two rows of bookshelves.
There is a lot of information left, but not much nutritional value.
It mainly involves the development and improvement of the new cultivation system, as well as the new external system that was born with the new cultivation system, and the history of the struggle between Taiping Dao and Daqing.
Just go through it briefly, there's no need to rush into analyzing it.
The bad news is that the entire Tianxuan Chronicle does not contain any content about the decline, feeding, and natural disasters of the cave heaven.
The good news is that there are no words like "ascension", "fairyland", "immortals" or the like in it.
Xu Chong felt a little relieved about this...well, he was also a little disappointed.
The goal of taking revenge seems to be not enough to ascend to the ranks of immortals.
"It's a pity for these cultivation techniques."
Xu Chong touched all the jade slips in the study and pushed the door open with regret.
Although the three-day period has not yet arrived, the day for Li Xiangxue to communicate with the Fang family has arrived.
We have to see what this kid's situation is first.