The miserable state of Jiuzhou, the state of Lu in Yuzhou, the capital of Yeting, and the Lingyan Pavilion!
A golden scroll hangs high in front of the tablet of the God, and a benevolent Zhanlu Sword hangs quietly beside the golden scroll. The two treasures are filled with golden light, and their dense aura is hidden but not revealed.
Layers of prohibitions flashed away in the void of Lingyan Pavilion. The densely packed avenue prohibitions with no dead ends, as the energy of the two treasures of the Golden List of Conferred Gods and the Rendao Zhanlu floated, a corner of them was slowly revealed.
Eight Conferring God Platforms guard the perimeter of Lingyan Pavilion, and a divine warrior god with incense and gold armor rises and falls in the Conferred Gods Platform, and the sounds of fighting are heard from time to time.
Since the establishment of the Conferring Gods Platform, the eight major Conferring Gods Golden Platforms have carried millions of divine soldiers. They are all heroic spirits who died on the battlefield after Xun Shaoyu raised his troops. Their loyal souls remain intact and have become the divine soldiers protecting the law on the Conferring Gods Platform.
After nearly twenty years of conquests in the north and south, the loyal souls of the entire Lu Kingdom were gathered on the eight major Conferring Gods Platforms, causing each of them to contain indescribable power.
Once it breaks out, not only the gods and demons who have proved immortality, but also the strong men who have forged the supreme Tao Fruit, the immortal Tao Fruit will be completely shattered under this vast divine power.
"Hush--"
An old man was dressed in coarse cloth and plain clothes, sitting cross-legged in front of the tablet of the God in the Lingyan Pavilion. His eyes were slightly closed, and every time he exhaled and inhaled, there seemed to be a trace of fresh air flowing between his eyes, ears, mouth, nose and seven orifices.
Vaguely, an image of an ancient thunder god with a dragon's head and a human body appeared on the old man's body, holding a drum, urn and hammer in his hand. Thunderclouds were ringing around him.
This thunder god statue can be said to be the place where the old man's life and life are intertwined. The terrifying thunder aura contained in it can flatten hundreds of miles of earth with just a trace, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it will cause earth-shattering earthquakes.
This is no longer a power that can be comprehended by the "Earth Wandering Immortal" level. The Thunder God's Dharma with such a magnificent appearance must be a Taoist deity or a martial arts god and demon.
After practicing hard all his life, Wen Yuanming finally took a crucial step on the road of cultivation with the help of Lu Guoyun, and he became an immortal and immortal body from then on.
And Wen Yuanming, who has taken this step, is himself the pillar supporting the sky of Lu State. Without the Golden List of Gods and the Zhanlu of Humanity, Wen Yuanming can dominate the land of Yuzhou by himself.
"Grandpa,"
The palace door of Lingyan Pavilion slowly opened, and the person who walked in was a handsome young man with luxurious clothes, red lips and white teeth. After stepping on the threshold of Lingyan Pavilion, Lingyan Pavilion was full of prohibitions, and he seemed like a breeze blowing in front of the young man.
generally.
This is the young man's bloodline, which has a little root aura of these thousands of prohibitions, so he can come and go freely among the dense prohibitions. Others are gods, gods, and demons, so they must be careful in Lingyan Pavilion.
"Grandson, please see your grandfather,"
This young man still had a bit of immaturity in his brows, and he bowed respectfully to the old man. Although his behavior and words and deeds were a bit green, he already had a touch of the general atmosphere.
"Well... I'm coming to see Azu tomorrow,"
Just when the palace door of Lingyan Pavilion opened, the old man sitting cross-legged in the center of Lingyan Pavilion slowly opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The old master heard that the third heavenly eye between Yuanming's eyebrows seemed to be intertwined with thunder. When he saw this young boy, he couldn't help showing a kind and kind look on his face, and asked softly: "Ming'er, I have something to do.
Come to Lingyan Pavilion to see me? Or maybe you are unsure about state affairs and want to ask me about my strategy?"
This young boy is none other than Xun Shaoyu, the only blood heir left in the Lu State. He is now the hegemon of Yuzhou and the new king of the Lu State, Xun Tianming.
Xun Tianming came to the throne two years ago. He respected Xun Shaoyu, whose whereabouts were unknown, as his "lord father". Lady Si Langhuan, the wife of Etai, listened to the government from behind the curtain, and important ministers from all sides assisted, making the huge Lu State more and more powerful. .
After all, as the pillar of the Lu Kingdom, the old master Wen Yuanming was not only a monarch and minister to the new king Xun Tianming, Xun Tianming's biological mother was also Wen Yuanming's granddaughter, and they had an unbroken blood connection.
If it had not been for the strong support of this old master, it would have been impossible for the Lu State to maintain its current status ten years after Xun Shaoyu gave up his position as king and traveled across the vast ocean.
It was precisely with the dedicated assistance of a group of veterans headed by Wen Yuanming that the Lu State was able to grow and develop step by step and securely become the overlord of Yuzhou, surrounded by a pack of wolves.
Xun Tianming, as the young master, was silent for a moment and said: "Grandpa, I am assisted by ministers in state affairs, and my grandson is not lacking in strategies. Our country of Lu was once in great chaos, but now it is in great order."
"The destiny of the country is stable, everything is in order, and my grandson has no doubts about national affairs!"
Xun Tianming, who was only nine years old, shook his head and said: "My grandson has tried to read the history of the country. He knows how difficult it was for your father to raise an army from Nancai, and he also knows how difficult and dangerous it is for your father to start a business. However, he often has doubts about something and cannot resolve his doubts for a long time."
Hearing this, Wen Yuanming smiled softly and said: "What doubts Ming'er has is difficult to explain. Although it is obvious that Azu has experienced more ups and downs than Ming'er, maybe he can solve Ming'er's doubts."
"My grandson is busy with my grandfather,"
Xun Tianming bowed and sat on the ground. After glancing at the two treasures enshrined in Lingyan Pavilion, he then turned his attention to Wen Yuanming, his young face full of seriousness.
After ten years of national development in the Spring and Autumn Period, these two treasures have become increasingly sacred and obscured. Except for a trace of golden light that dances from time to time, they are just like two ordinary objects.
Although the two treasures are important weapons of the country, even Xun Tianming, as the new king of Lu State, cannot play with them all the time. The most important thing is to prevent the mysterious power emitted by the two treasures from injuring the young master Xun Tianming.
However, Xun Tianming had been frequenting Lingyan Pavilion since he was a child. He had long been familiar with these two fourth-grade treasures that shocked Yuzhou, so naturally he no longer had any curiosity.
Xun Tianming looked serious and said: "My grandson has read the history of the country, the history of the Yin Dynasty, and the history of other countries. He will always be able to see a born god-man. He can defeat ten thousand armies with one force, and one person can destroy a city and a country."
"It's just that the martial arts saint suppresses a country, the gods, gods and demons suppress a state, and the Emperor Yin is supreme and respected by all nine states. But my grandson doesn't know how the strength of the force has anything to do with the strength of the country, and how it has anything to do with the well-being of the people? "
"My grandson has read all the histories and knows that a big country has millions of armored men and thousands of chariots, and its country is rich and its people are strong, so it is a great country. However, a small country has only a hundred thousand soldiers and only a thousand chariots, so its country is small and its people are weak. distinguish."
As he spoke, Xun Tianming frowned tightly and said: "However, the small Chinese princes among the princes can obtain the famous weapons of a great country because they have gods and men to control the world. But the great princes and powerful country have no martial arts. The sage was in charge of the dynasty, but he was repeatedly blackmailed by people from small countries."
"In this Jiuzhou world, big countries, small countries, strong countries, weak countries, are they not divided by the number of people, rich and poor, but by the strength of the world's military force?"
Hearing Yuanming's pale beard and hair automatically fluttered in the wind, he smiled and said: "Ming'er wants to ask, which one is more important, national power and people's livelihood, or national power and force?"
"Yes, my grandson just wants to ask whether there is a difference between national power and military force. My grandson learns strategies to govern the country and bring peace to the people, and he also learns martial arts to strengthen his body. Both of them have their weight. My grandson wants to know.
What’s the emphasis?”
Xun Tianming looked directly at Wen Yuanming. Whether one's personal force is strong or not has little benefit to the people of the country. The people of the country will not have enough to eat and not keep warm.
The strength of a person's force is only the standard for measuring a country's national destiny. Without a true strongman to suppress the national destiny, no matter how prosperous and powerful a country is, it is just a bunch of 'meat pigs', waiting to be slaughtered at any time.
"National power and military force," Wen Yuanming stroked his beard and smiled, saying: "If Ming'er can think of this issue, it can be said that he has entered into the three flavors of the way to be a king, which no one has thought of before."
"This is very good. When reading history, you must read it with your own questions. Using copper as a mirror can correct your clothes and clothes, using history as a mirror can help you understand gains and losses. Everything in the world is similar."
"Tomorrow, you should know where the Xun family of Lu State came from. The Xun family started as a charioteer in front of the emperor. After several generations of hard work, they were granted the title of prince by the emperor."
"After that, the ancestors of the Xun family worked hard to open up the barbaric land of Yuzhou. After Xuanzi, Jianzi, and Xiangzi worked hard for several generations, they were able to become nobles, uncles, and marquises. Finally, at the time of Wuhou, Wuhou used his
His illustrious martial arts skills laid the foundation for Yuzhou’s hegemony in one fell swoop, and this was the path to the prosperity of the Xun clan and Lu state.”
Xun Tianming bowed his hands to the gods enshrined in Lingyan Pavilion and said: "My grandson knows that it is not easy for our ancestors to start a business, so he does not dare to slack off for a day. He is always wary and sleepless at night because of this."
Wen Yuanming shook his head and said: "I said so much to Ming'er, not to let Ming'er know that it is not easy for our ancestors to start a business, but to tell Ming'er a truth. Without force, there is no national power. With strong force, it will inevitably
It means a strong country, a big country.”
"The so-called theory that the country is rich and the people are strong, and the people are strong and the country is rich, is just a top-down strategy to fool the people and fool the people. Without the deterrence of strong force, no matter how vast the territory is, no matter how many military vehicles and armors, it is just a piece of land that can be slaughtered by others.
Just 'carrion'."
"Therefore, the so-called national strength needs to be backed up by force. A big country without the support of force is just a pile of sand castles on the beach. Any impact will shatter the sand castle into pieces."
Xun Tianming nodded with understanding and said to himself: "Therefore, the princes of the nine states in the world use force to establish a country and use force to stabilize the country. If my grandson wants to rule a big country, he must first have strong force!"
Wen Yuanming perhaps felt the disappointment in Xun Tianming's heart, and sighed: "Hey... although the princes of the nine states defended Emperor Yin and respected him as the most respected one among the ninety-nine, how could Emperor Yin convince everyone if he did not have peerless military power?
A prince and overlord surrenders?"
It has been ten years since Xun Shaoyu abdicated his position as king. During these ten years, the reason why Lu State has remained as strong as ever is that in addition to the few great soldiers who are the foundation of the country, there is also Wen Yuanming.
The merit of the Taoist heavenly beings intimidating a state.
"Force, national power,"
Xun Tianming walked out of Lingyan Pavilion with a vague understanding. Wen Yuanming's words had extraordinary significance to Xun Tianming, who was like a flower in the greenhouse, and revealed a cruel reality to Xun Tianming.
As the young master of the Lu Kingdom, Xun Tianming is not like Xun Shaoyu. He has experienced cruel strife and gradually ascended to the position of king. Xun Tianming can become the king only because he is Xun Shaoyu's only blood heir.
There is no second suitable candidate to compete with him.
Therefore, Xun Tianming did not have Xun Shaoyu's tenacity at all, nor did he have Xun Shaoyu's innate ruthlessness to achieve his goals by any means necessary.
These are the qualities that Xun Tianming lacks most as a monarch. An excellent monarch cannot be like a humble gentleman. A truly powerful monarch should be like a wolf and a tiger, with the ambition to devour the world.
People who are as weak as sheep, or people who are weak-minded, no matter how much they love the people as their own children, they will not be able to avoid being a coward and a mediocre king, and their name will be nailed to the pillar of shame in the long river of history.
In this regard, Wen Yuanming and all the ministers of the Lu State knew very well that if Xun Shaoyu was still the king of the Lu State and personally took charge of the Lu State's power with Xun Shaoyu's cold temperament and ruthless skills, the national power of the Lu State would be at least as high as
Can go up two or three more steps.
Zheng——
Just when Wen Yuanming was feeling emotional, the Rendao Zhanlu Sword that had been enshrined in Lingyan Pavilion for ten years suddenly emitted a strong sword sound, and the sound of the sword penetrated directly into Wen Yuanming's mind.
This fourth-grade peerless magic weapon seemed to be pulled by some kind of pull. Perhaps it felt the arrival of the 'master'. A trace of the sword, Guangzi Rendao Zhanlu Sword, floated on it, and the sword body trembled constantly.
If it weren't for the numerous prohibitions in Lingyan Pavilion, the space in Lingyan Pavilion would have been sealed off at the moment Rendao Zhanlu's sword sounded. I'm afraid that the sound of the sword would have spread throughout the capital of Lu State.
"Um?"
Wen Yuanming's brows jumped, and he looked at the thousands of prohibitions that appeared in Lingyan Pavilion, as well as the benevolent Zhanlu Sword hanging in front of the tablet of the God Lord, and the third third eye opened and closed uncertainly.
"Rendao Zhanlu rang for no reason, could it be... that Marquis Wu is back?"
The first time he saw Rendao Zhanlu Jianming, Wen Yuanming had a guess that surprised and delighted him. Although this guess was somewhat absurd, Wen Yuanming still subconsciously believed that this was the most likely possibility.
Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!
The Rendao Zhanlu Sword seemed to feel the great suppression of the sword sound under countless prohibitions. The Rendao Zhanlu Sword buzzed endlessly, and a trace of sword light spread with pure destructiveness.
This extremely destructive sword light emerged from the Zhanlu Sword of Rendao, and the three-inch void around him collapsed layer by layer, like a deep and inexplicable black hole, swallowing up everything around it.
Seeing the destructive sword light swinging from Rendao Zhanlu's sword, Wen Yuanming's expression suddenly changed and he said: "Not good."
It should be noted that the extreme of benevolence is the extreme of destruction, and the extreme of destruction is where benevolence lies. This is the so-called extreme of things, otherwise this Zhanlu Sword of benevolence would not become a fourth-grade peerless magic weapon.
With this terrifying sword light from the benevolent Zhanlu Sword, once it breaks out, not to mention Lingyan Pavilion, the entire Lu Kingdom may be razed to the ground.
And this was the result of Wen Yuanming, a Taoist heavenly man, exerting all his strength to suppress it, but the Rendao Zhanlu Sword was unable to exert its full sword power.