Chapter 167: Jia Quan is attacked 【Moonlight】Sword out!
Chapter 167 Jia Quan is attacked, the [Moonlight] sword comes out!
The saying goes back to seclusion in prosperous times and goes down the mountain in troubled times. This is not an empty talk. At least for the past thousand years, the three major ancestral houses of Taoism have indeed done this.
Even the Lingbao Sect of Zaoge Mountain, which was the least powerful among the three major ancestral houses of Taoism, was destroyed by multiple forces in the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty more than a hundred years ago.
It was just Bi Lu Lanlu, a latecomer with firm beliefs from generation to generation, who rebuilt the great Zaoge Mountain Daomen on top of the ruins!
With such character and such a sect, even Jia Lian couldn't help but respect him.
When the first ray of golden sunlight in the morning passed over the Golden Dome Hall of Geling, Jia Lian's second soul urged the [Blue Dragon Jade] to fall at the foot of Zaoge Mountain.
"Jia Lian, an outer disciple of the Lingbao sect of Zaoge Mountain, came to our sect to pay homage to the mountain. I would also like to ask Brother Zhike to show up to see him~~"
The deep voice coming from [Green Dragon's Jade] resounded through the sky, and the lingering sound lingered.
Soon, behind the gate of Zaoge Mountain, a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing mysterious clothes and holding Buddha dust appeared at the corner of the long stairs built along the mountain.
This Taoist priest has an ordinary face, but if you don't look at his pair of exquisite eyes, he is simply the kind of person who is unnoticeable in the crowd.
The spiritual sense of Jia Lian's second soul had long "seen" that this man was meditating on a terrace behind the corner of the steps. Judging from his cultivation, he had already reached the stage of perfecting the spirit and was cultivating Taoist tools.
The Taoist artifact that the Taoist was cultivating with "God" was obviously the short-handled Buddha dust in his hand. Judging from its material and the faint energy fluctuations on it, Jia Lian could tell that it should be a piece that was close to being successfully cultivated.
Middle grade Taoist utensil.
Judging from the face of Taoist Zhike, he should be in his early forties. At this age, he has completed the cultivation of a middle-grade Taoist weapon, and his qualifications are at best above average.
He is much better than Keqing, but compared with Qianqian, he is completely inferior. With his qualifications, and the fact that the Taoist tools he cultivated are only at the mid-level level, this Taoist priest has entered the third level of god refining in this life.
I'm afraid the hope is slim.
In fact, compared to people all over the world who practice the way of cultivating gods, this person is actually quite lucky.
You must know that the highest-status worshiper in the Rongguo Mansion, Zhang Taoist, known as the Great Illusion Immortal, was just lucky enough to cultivate a middle-grade Taoist weapon after he turned fifty.
The person in front of me will obviously have higher achievements than the Great Illusion Immortal in the future. Even so, in the Lingbao Sect, this person is just a knowledgeable person who is responsible for guarding the mountain gate at the foot of the mountain.
Of course, it is indeed the most leisure time for a god-refining person to start cultivating Taoist tools after they have completed their god-refining process and found suitable spiritual materials.
Taoists at this stage of practice are used to guard the mountain gate, which is exactly what they are used for.
When the man walked out of the corner of the steps on the mountain road, the first thing he saw was a meter-long blue dragon that was transformed into a green dragon shield outside the [Blue Dragon Jade]. He was caught off guard and his eyes widened.
"Dragon???"
The Taoist blurted out an exclamation under the shock of his mind, but then he immediately reacted. After carefully looking at the "Qinglong" for a few times, the complexity in his heart did not diminish at all.
"It turns out to be a top-grade Taoist weapon..."
The Taoist thought of all the hardships he had gone through in the past to find the 700-year-old lightning-struck wood and the silk of the spiritual insect ice silkworm. He looked at the [Blue Dragon Jade] suspended outside the mountain gate, and the sour feeling in his heart made him freeze in place.
Of course he recognized it. The Taoist artifact in front of him should be the best among the best!
I remember that when he came down from the mountain, he had such extravagant hopes. He was born in one of the three major ancestral families of Taoism. However, he had already perfected the spirit in just twenty years. When he came down from the mountain to look for spiritual materials, he also thought that
Extraordinary, just...
"I've seen this senior brother. I'm Jia Lian, the outer disciple taught by elder Zi Ning. I haven't asked my senior brother for his title yet."
"Oh~ I have met this junior brother in Dingyuan."
"Senior brother Dingyuan, because I have difficulty moving at this time, I have no choice but to return to the mountain gate with my Taoist weapon to pay my respects. I also ask my senior brother to pass the message on my behalf."
"This...I see. Junior brother, please come with me first."
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Not to mention the commotion caused by the arrival of [Blue Dragon Jade] at Zaoge Mountain in the Taoist ancestral court, the army from Shandong Province heading to Shandong Province to suppress the tax-resistance riots encountered a big change.
Several teams of imperial officials, previously led by the personal guards of the Rongguo Mansion, completed the most difficult task of clearing the father's land extremely beautifully.
However, after the legendary strongmen of the Rongguo Mansion Guards withdrew, despite the emperor's strict orders for the garrison in various places to cooperate with the subsequent work of determining shop taxes for various industries, they encountered great resistance.
You know, although the largest workload of tax reform is to clear Zhang Tianmu, for the court, the biggest benefit from the New Deal is the tax reform of luxury goods shops, pawn shops, and mining profiteering industries!
But it happened here that there was a fork. There was a coal mine in Antai, western Shandong. The mine owner's surname was Qi, and the Qi family was the backbone of Antai.
Over the years, they, together with three other families, have used various means to control the garrison of Antai City. Even the county captain in charge of the military force of a county has the surname Qi.
Naturally, these local tyrants and evil gentry, who have been domineering and tyrannizing in small counties all their lives, will not be willing to give up the fat in their bowls.
Previously, the team to clear Zhang Tian Mu came from southern Shandong and had already established a bloody reputation. Naturally, the major families in Antai City did not dare to cause trouble.
At that time, they also forcibly suppressed the plans of the children of their respective families until the previous group of officials completed the work of clearing their land and withdrew.
Emperor Baode and his ministers may have been a little carried away because of the successful completion of the land clearing.
As a result, the second batch of officials who were newly sent to implement the New Deal encountered difficulties. In the early stage, they did not encounter any obstacles when clarifying the various shops in Antai County, and the process was extremely smooth.
But when these officials began to touch various assets outside the county seat, the Qi family seized the opportunity to incite the miners in the coal mine to launch a riot. They beat all these officials half to death and stripped them naked and drove them out of Antai City.
Boundary!
In this era, those who work as absentees, especially those who work in the mines to dig coal, are ruthless people with their heads in their waistbands.
The Qi family told the miners that a large number of corrupt officials had come to the court and they wanted to increase taxes on coal mines. The Qi family could bear half of the increased tax, but the miners themselves had to bear the other half.
However, the original salary of the miners can only barely support their families, and they will be charged heavy taxes in the future. Doesn't that really mean that we are not allowed to survive?
What else is there to say?
It’s the other way around!
This was because Qingzhang Tianmu's team had killed a lot of people in Lunan before, and the Qi family was unwilling to take the lead, so the rioting miners did not let the rioting miners kill these officials.
No one would die even if they stripped off their clothes and ran out of the city in the middle of summer. This would allow the Qi family to express their attitude to the outside world without causing a big fuss and making the Qi family stand out.
It was easy to incite miners to riot, but it was much more difficult to stop the miners who had already begun to riot. In the end, six officials and clerks in the team responsible for determining taxation in Antai City were seriously injured.
By the time a group of them arrived at another county town after being naked for three days, four people had already died from their injuries!
I don’t know if they had made an appointment earlier, but riots against the new tax laws broke out in many scenes in western Shandong and northern Hebei at the same time. Suddenly, the entire Shandong Province and most of Hebei Province began to become unstable.
image.
Is this good enough?
When Jia Lian's people are here, you guys are very honest and responsible. If it were my people, you, a group of traitors without a king or a father, would you dare to rebel?
Doesn’t this mean that I am far inferior to Jia Lian?
As Jia Lian's strength was revealed, Emperor Baode also began to become more suspicious of Jia Lian.
For an emperor, how could he not have trouble sleeping and eating when a minister actually held a far more powerful force than himself?
If there hadn't been a Supreme Emperor standing in front of him, and if there hadn't been one or two legendary ancestors in the royal family, Emperor Baode suspected that he might have gone crazy.
When he suddenly received such a report, one can imagine the anger in his heart.
Emperor Baode could already imagine how Jia Lian would be described in history books with the emergence of this figure!
And this situation will become more serious the more achievements Jia Lian achieves.
In fact, the actual situation is that he has to rely on Jia Lian's charity to secure his throne. For an emperor, this is simply seven feet... a great shame and humiliation!
Therefore, Emperor Baode became so angry that he sent three edicts to mobilize troops to the Shandong Camp and the General Military Mansion of Datong, as if to suppress the rebellion.
Later, the Supreme Emperor checked for the deficiencies and rectified the leaks, and urgently issued a decree to summon Jia Lian to the palace. After long discussions, Jia Lian sent Jia Quan.
After Jia Lian left the palace, the Supreme Emperor had a long secret conversation with Emperor Baode...
The Supreme Emperor was helpless in his heart. He himself had been through this before. Of course he could understand Emperor Baode's mentality at this time, but...
I can only hope that Jia Lian will complete the opening of the sea as soon as possible and go out as soon as possible!
As for whether Jia Lian could complete the plan to open the sea, the Emperor no longer had any doubts after learning that the Jia family's Qing soldiers were true to the strength of the five legendary soldiers in the team.
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However, even Jia Lian did not expect that the tax riots in Lu and Hebei provinces were actually a trap!
Jia Lian, who was originally paying attention to the Second Soul at Zaoge Mountain, suddenly received an urgent message from Jia Quan through the system.
At this time, Jia Quan was actually being besieged by three strong men of the same level. Those three legendary strong men had no scruples about the casualties of civilians.
At this time, Antai City had been reduced to ruins. Jia Quanzheng was fighting and retreating, leading three crazy legendary strong men to remote places to avoid hurting innocent people as much as possible.
It was already an hour later when Jia Lian drove [Moonlight] and brought Ahu and Jin Ling'er to Antai City in western Shandong.
Looking at the ruined county town below, Jia Lian couldn't help but turn pale. He originally thought that he had tried his best to underestimate the limits of those people, but he didn't expect that he still overestimated.
For a little profit that was obtained through unfair means, these people did not hesitate to massacre the city!
Sure enough, the only lesson humans can learn from history is that they don’t learn anything from history!
Looking at the wailing injured in the ruins below, as well as the people howling to save their loved ones under the ruins.
All Jia Lian could do was to let Jin Ling'er leave a wide-area healing light spell, and then they once again followed the traces left by Jia Quan and advanced rapidly into the barren mountains.
[Moonlight] continued to scatter into a ball of moon-white sword light that enveloped Jia Lian's body, turning into a rainbow that flew across the sky at high speed.
Ahu and Jin Ling'er also turned into a rainbow light and followed him around.
Not long after, there was a huge noise like a loud thunder in the distant mountains and forests, and Jia Lian's spirits were lifted.
Looking up, he saw Jia Quan, who had transformed into a giant blue iceberg not far away, and was being surrounded by three figures wearing energy coats of different colors in the center and being bombarded continuously.
It seems that because the extraordinary energy particles in this world are at least one energy level lower than those in the "game world", the legendary powerhouses are not used to completely expanding their fields and using the fighting method of incarnations of the brilliant sun.
Fortunately, Jia Quan, whose domain law energy was extremely profound, was able to hold on for more than an hour. When Jia Lian and others arrived at the scene, he only suffered a few minor injuries.
It means that most of the energy of the law has been consumed. If it were based on the energy level of the Red Mansion World, Jia Quan would probably have to spend more than half a year in cultivation to recover.
Fortunately, Jia Lian has a system that can quickly replenish Jia Quan's lost law energy by spending a little soul power afterwards.
Jia Lian didn't have time to think too much. He looked at a legendary warrior who was shining with yellow and orange star energy. He stretched out his index finger and flicked it on the hilt of the [Moonlight] sword that had just transformed. The next moment,
[Moon White] once again transformed into a long moon white sword thread and suddenly disappeared with a flicker.
The next moment, a long moon-white filament suddenly appeared on the legendary warrior wearing a yellow-orange star energy coat.
[Moonlight] At this time, it was like a real silk thread, gently and erratically going around the neck of this legendary warrior.
At this moment, the legendary martial artist suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and felt a death crisis approaching on a whim.
Before he had time to think, the legendary martial artist almost squeezed out the potential of his whole body at this moment. The energy coat wrapped around him flashed twice, and then there was a "boom", as if tons of TNT exploded.
Deep in this jungle.
Jia Quan quickly took the opportunity to escape and came to Jia Lian in a defensive posture.
The long sword wire transformed by [Moonlight] also flashed at Jia Lian's side again, but the creepy and vicious sword intent still firmly locked the three legendary warriors on the opposite side.
The legendary warrior who was almost beheaded by [Moonlight] before was also guarded by two companions with lingering fear.
His condition at this time was far from being good. In desperation just now, he desperately self-destructed the energy coat that condensed the energy of the field, although it blocked [Moonlight]'s ultimate move.
But it also caused him to suffer a lot of internal injuries, and he lost his biggest life-saving support in a short period of time.
As time passed, the smoke and dust from the self-destruction of the energy coat gradually faded away, and the expressions of the three legendary warriors became more solemn.
I'm afraid it will be hard to get over what happened today...
