Chapter 337: Changes in the World
Five years later.
On the top floor of the pagoda at Shenxiao Peak, four secret treasures were suspended in front of Qin Mo - Qianluo Umbrella, Hechen Pill, Qingxin Pendant and Leiling Diamond.
"It's finally done."
After successively refining treasures such as the Nine Heavens Mysterious Sha Tower, the Immortal Binding Rope, the Dragon Scale Inner Armor, and the Double Dragon Scissors, Qin Mo's weapon refining skills also improved rapidly.
It only took a total of five years to obtain the four secret treasures for overcoming the tribulation, which was two or three years less than he expected.
A thought came to my mind.
The four secret treasures for overcoming tribulations were all put into Qin Mo's storage ring.
With them, plus the Nine Heavens Mysterious Tower, Canglan Armor, Red Flame Fairy Sword, Double Dragon Scissors and other treasures, as well as Qin Mo's years of worldly experience, if he still cannot successfully overcome the tribulation, then he would be a real loser.
Qin Mo still has this confidence.
In this life, he is not an average person, but a demon-like existence.
After leaving the Jiutian Xuansha Tower, Qin Mo's spiritual sense swept across the entire Shenxiao Mountain and found that among the four disciples, only Lu Xueqi was meditating in the cave, and the other three were not in the mountain.
In addition, Qin Mo also discovered several new faces.
Compared to fifteen years ago, Shenxiao Mountain has also undergone great changes. Except for the main peak, Shenxiao Peak, where construction is not convenient due to Qin Mo's retreat, pavilions and towers have been built on the other peaks.
The mountain gates were also erected.
At the foot of Shenxiao Mountain, there is a secular town.
Spiritual fields and medicinal gardens were reclaimed in the mountains, and animal gardens were built. Taoist children and servants were busy taking care of each place, which added a lot of popularity.
Alchemy rooms and equipment refining rooms connected to the earth fire were also built.
At first glance,
Shenxiao Mountain has gradually taken shape as a sect for cultivating immortals.
Qin Mo's spiritual consciousness passed over Shenxiao Mountain and continued to scan the entire Qinling Mountains. He found that there were many changes. Although no one had established a sect in Qinling Mountains, there were quite a few people who set up private caves.
I guess he was also concerned about Qin Mo's presence.
I dare not.
However, the Guanzhong Plain north of the Qinling Mountains did not have the crisscrossing fields and villages that Qin Mo had imagined; it was still an uncultivated wilderness.
Only Blackwater City stood up.
It’s all because the lesson learned from the previous beast tide was too painful for the human race in the ancient times. Even though the demon race has been in decline, they are still cautious.
The people from various dimensional continents are unwilling to move to the primitive continent to live.
The truly active group is still the player monk group, and this group has a bit of the flavor of free and easy wandering, and does not much need worldly support.
The primitive continent really has a bit of primitive flavor.
…
Small bamboo peak.
Lu Xueqi, who had just broken through to the Void Refining Stage three years ago and was consolidating her cultivation, suddenly felt a powerful divine sense sweeping over her. She thought, "Is it Master?"
Without thinking, Lu Xueqi ended her meditation, flew on her sword, and headed for Shenxiao Peak.
It will be here in a flash.
Just after landing on the top of Shenxiao Peak, I saw Master standing under the pagoda, with his hands behind his back. I took two quick steps, clasped my fists and said, "Congratulations, Master, for breaking through the Mirror and coming out of retreat."
"You're not bad either." Qin Mo smiled slightly.
In terms of the strength of her mind in practicing Taoism, Lu Xueqi should be the most resolute of the five disciples. After abandoning her romantic feelings, she devoted herself to the pursuit of immortality.
In a blessed place like Shenxiao Mountain, with the support of elixirs and spirit stones provided by Qin Mo, and the blessing of fundamental methods like "Shenxiao Zhenfa", his cultivation level will naturally improve by leaps and bounds.
"Where are your senior brothers?" Qin Mo asked.
"Something unusual happened in the East China Sea last month. Legend has it that some immortal palace was born. At the request of his younger brothers and sisters, the eldest brother took them to the East China Sea for training." Lu Xueqi said.
"East Sea Immortal Palace?"
Qin Mo didn't care too much. With Han Fei's support, there would be no problem. He turned to ask, "In the past fifteen years, how many disciples have you brothers and sisters accepted?"
"Three."
"Only three in total?"
Qin Mo was shocked. The threshold for accepting disciples was higher than his.
It was really because of Qin Mo's example.
Han Fei and his companions would never dare to accept disciples easily. They would examine them again and again, striving for perfection.
"Call them all here, I'll take a look."
After all, they are the third-generation disciples of Qin Mo's lineage, so they have to meet each other.
"yes!"
Lu Xueqi bowed, turned around and left Shenxiao Peak. About a quarter of an hour later, she returned to Shen, followed by three people, all dressed as Taoists, two men and one woman.
They all look a little familiar...
Especially that woman, isn't she Li Bingyun who has been with Qin Mo for a long time? ! Since the dissolution of the Daqin Studio, the two have rarely contacted each other.
Unexpectedly,
He was unexpectedly accepted into Shenxiao Mountain by Li Bingyun.
The remaining two men were also extraordinary people. One was Xu Fu, the number one immortal cultivation consultant of Qin Shihuang in history, who was a disciple of Han Fei.
another,
Han Xin was almost spotted by Qin Mo, and by chance, he became a disciple of Yan Chixia.
As for Li Bingyun,
He was accepted as a disciple by Diao Chan.
As early as the Three Kingdoms subcontinent, Li Bingyun, as Qin Mo's assistant, had a chance encounter with Diao Chan, and later in Blackwater City, they always kept in touch.
With Li Bingyun's deliberate flattery, Diao Chan reluctantly accepted Li Bingyun as her disciple.
Only Lu Xueqi is devoted to cultivation and has not accepted a single disciple yet.
Destined to be alone...
Qin Mo only gave some advice to Xu Fu and the other two, but did not give them any treasures.
That's what their master should do.
It is impossible for Qin Mo to be a babysitter for his disciples and worry about them. That would be just idleness. He does not have the leisure time for that.
After giving a few instructions, Qin Mo flew away from Shenxiao Mountain on his sword.
…
Blackwater City, City Lord’s Mansion.
In the simply decorated study, Blackwater City Lord Zhou Shihong was processing official documents.
Fifteen years later, Zhou Shihong, a Wu Qu star with average qualifications, with the help of his dual identities as the Minister of Works of the Great Yue Dynasty and the Lord of Heishui City, finally made further progress and successfully broke through to the Spirit Transformation Stage.
He is also the second powerful person in Tianshu who has reached the Spirit Transformation Stage.
Zhou Shihong, who was busy, suddenly felt a palpitation and looked up subconsciously.
Then you will see,
Qin Mo suddenly appeared in the study room, which was originally empty.
"You are finally out of isolation."
Zhou Shihong put down the pen in his hand and stood up excitedly, "Didn't you say you would be in seclusion for ten years? It's been fifteen years already. I thought something had happened."
Even with his cultivation level at the Spirit Transformation Stage, he could not hide his shock.
Qin Mo felt a little embarrassed. He had forgotten to tell Zhou Shihong about the weapon refining. He said guiltily, "I was delayed because I was refining a few treasures for transcending tribulation."
"Secret treasure for overcoming tribulation?" Zhou Shihong was no longer a novice in cultivating immortals. He asked curiously, "You have just broken through to the Mahayana stage. There is no need to be so anxious, right?"
Many monks stay in the Mahayana stage for one or two hundred years.
What's the hurry?
Qin Mo didn't know how to explain it. According to the time limit set for him by Heaven, there were only fifteen years left before the heavenly calamity came.
How can I not be anxious!
"Tell me, what news has there been in the past fifteen years?" Qin Mo deliberately changed the subject.
If you want to understand the various changes in "Honghuang" and Blue Star in the past fifteen years, there is no better person to ask than Zhou Shihong, the actual leader of Tianshu.
"It's already been prepared for you."
Zhou Shihong smiled and took out a jade slip and handed it to Qin Mo.
"Did you expect me to come out?"
Qin Mo took the jade slip and was a little surprised.
"How can I have that ability?" Zhou Shihong smiled bitterly, "I don't know when you will come out of retreat, but I only update the information in the jade slip every six months."
This is really thoughtful.
It is hard to tell when Zhou Shihong 's attitude towards Qin Mo changed.
Before,
The two can be said to be strategic partners.
As the official chief officer in charge of monks' affairs, Zhou Shihong's status is, in a sense, even slightly higher than Qin Mo's.
With the occurrence of a series of changes afterwards, Zhou Shihong gradually changed his own positioning, and somewhat regarded Qin Mo as the real helmsman of Tianshu.
Changes in the relationship between the two parties,
It’s just a matter of breaking through the last layer of window paper.
Qin Mo's expression remained unchanged as he took the jade slip and scanned it with his spiritual sense. He instantly read the information stored in the jade slip and gained a more intuitive understanding of the changes in the past fifteen years.
"Honghuang" has the smallest changes.
Everything in the Dai Viet Dynasty remained the same, running smoothly and consistently, and there was no big news.
The changes in the prehistoric continent did not exceed Qin Mo's predictions before he went into seclusion. It was just that due to the competition between Tianshu and the Wanxian League, the plunder of immortal cultivation resources inevitably increased.
The three Emei sects all seemed a little insignificant under the pressure.
The biggest change happened on Blue Star.
In China, sects of all sizes sprang up like mushrooms after a rain. The era of sects inevitably arrived, and all of them joined the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
It is also one of the main reasons that led to the intensified confrontation between the two organizations.
Outside of China, the three paths of magic, Buddhism and monsters are also rampant and developing vigorously. Africa, South America and Australia have completely become the territory of the monsters.
Europe and the United States have become a paradise for the magic practitioners.
The South Asian subcontinent even gave birth to a pure Buddhist country.
The original world structure, geopolitical structure, and civilization conflicts of Blue Planet were smashed to pieces by the Demon Lord, the Demon Saint, and the Buddha, which was equivalent to a thorough reshuffle.
The global economy, technology, globalization, etc. are also inevitably impacted.
The original technological genes of Blue Star are facing unprecedented challenges and are being eroded and transformed by the immortal civilization at an incredible speed.
I'm afraid it won't take a hundred years.
The entire blue planet will be transformed beyond recognition.
Coupled with the quietly expanding space cracks, the monsters and demons that shuttled in from countless unknown worlds further exacerbated the turmoil on the blue planet.
In addition to China,
The average person wakes up every day facing great fear.
The worst thing is that in recent years, after consolidating their own sphere of influence, the demon cultivators and monsters have begun to turn their attention to China and the two mysterious teleportation arrays.
In the information age of Blue Star, it is impossible to keep the secret of the teleportation array.
It was leaked a long time ago!
The demon clan is fine, but those newly rising rookies and demon descendants have shown an extremely strong interest in "Honghuang" and dream of getting a piece of the pie.
At the beginning,
These people also hoped to sneak into China as tourists and then take the opportunity to break into the teleportation array, but they were ruthlessly attacked by Tianshu and Wanxian League who were guarding the teleportation array.
To the demon cultivators,
The Chinese monks will never show mercy.
After that,
There are some demon monks who are good at playing with souls. They sneaked into "Honghuang" by secretly controlling and parasitizing the Chinese people.
They actually succeeded in doing so.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the four major sects took decisive action, especially the Taoist Qingping, the head of the Huanhua Sword Sect who hated evil. With one sword, he illuminated the nine provinces and killed all the evil cultivators lurking in China.
It really shocked quite a few people.
Because of that battle, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance gained a lot of favor not only in the Chinese immortal cultivation world, but also in the eyes of ordinary people, and its influence became even greater.
All in all, the entire Blue Planet is in chaos.
Qin Mo was calm. In his opinion, this was just the pain of civilization switching, a process that Blue Star had to go through. There was nothing new about it.
"Oh, there's one more thing." Zhou Shihong's voice suddenly became low, "Three years ago, your parents passed away one after another."
Qin Mo: “…”
Life and death are unpredictable, and eventually, he will have to face such a day.
"Both your uncle and aunt died of old age, so you don't have to be too sad." Zhou Shihong comforted.
Qin Mo was silent.
