The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

The night battle between the pagodas of White Horse Temple ended with "Tian Monk" and "Xie Tiao" fighting until their true energy was exhausted and they were unwilling to lose both sides. This showed Zhao Qing's advantage in martial arts guidance and micro-management. However, it was just It is the beginning of the world of reincarnation.

Knowing clearly that before breaking into the realm of heaven and man, even masters at the Grand Master level can still be surrounded and killed by thousands of elite soldiers and a few ordinary Grandmasters, both sides began to form their own powerful forces after the war. Instead of trying to start a second solo fight.

For the "Heavenly Monk" controlled by Fu Cailin and indirectly guided and commanded by Zhao Qing, his basic base is naturally the Taoist sect he originally came from, the newly joined Buddhist sect, and the believers of these two families; and for Cang Cui , Shi Zhixuan's incarnation of "Xie Tiao" is the prototype of the two sects of the Demon Sect and the Six Paths.

With the help of the reputation of Buddhism and Taoism which is much better than that of Demon Sect in the court, and the fairly good mass base, the "Heavenly Monks" who know the direction of the original historical development use various vertical and horizontal means and secret control methods to gain a large number of people. Collaborators, the overall power is rapidly expanding in the court and among the people;
In just a dozen years, Confucianism was suppressed and became the mainstream of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In other words, the original Confucianism was almost hollowed out and turned into a skin used by its own school to cover up, and the evils of the Demon Sect were promoted in the name of the court and righteousness. , organized numerous crackdowns against the latter.

However, although after the whitewash failed and several battles, "Xie Tiao" had been cut off from the source of new members of his power in the Han Dynasty area and could no longer stay for the time being, he soon made the decision to lead the Demon Sect to other places. Due to the decision of local development, they moved to Mobei, Xiyu and other places.

In the first reincarnation, "Xie Tiao" taught a total of eight disciples of Grand Master and above, developing hundreds of thousands of Hu and Han people into loyal believers of the Demon Sect, and has far more than this number. The larger controlled population can be said to far exceed the level in the original history of the Demon Sect;
Unfortunately, the enemy he faced was the New Han who gradually occupied the Eurasian continent and North Africa after acquiring a large amount of advanced technology. Their strength far exceeded the former. Even though "Xie Tiao" coerced the exile forces and kept fleeing, he still could not hide from the enemy. The pace of pursuit.

A hundred years later, "Xie Tiao", who suffered a great loss due to resisting the siege, and "Heavenly Monk", who was overly diligent in government affairs many years after accepting the Zen position, died one after another, each having a certain impact on the two major forces.

On the Demon Sect side, because Xie Tiao had established a strict organizational system through all kinds of hardships, he first let his adopted son Xie Bo temporarily take over the position of the evil emperor to keep the situation stable, and then in a short period of time through the method of spiritual empathy Found the reincarnation of Xie Tiao;

However, in the New Han Dynasty, the hidden dangers inevitably left behind due to excessive expansion broke out immediately after the death of Tianseng. The Kushan, Parthian, and Roman rebellions continued, and the domestic veterans were no longer loyal to the old officials. Lord, in an instant, he changed from an invincible giant to a crisis-ridden patient.

The reason why a considerable number of people are unwilling to welcome back the reincarnation of the "Heavenly Monk" and do not want him to continue to serve as the supreme ruler of the empire after his return is because of Fu Cailin's limited level of governance.

Even if Zhao Qing can micro-manage and give him countless guidance information, his brain cannot hold too much unfamiliar knowledge at once and cannot fully understand it, just like the limited running memory. It is impossible to use an overly large program, and naturally it is impossible to achieve the most perfect situation.

In this virtual world of reincarnation, Zhao Qing cannot rely on the mind-reading method to understand the likes, dislikes, loyalty, and traitors of various people like the outside world. The level of guidance has also been weakened a lot, and he is no longer essentially the same as others. The gap is so small that it is difficult to have a particularly magical effect.

One side had a poor basic base at the beginning, and the other side had low political literacy. It was not as proficient in various strategies as Shi Zhixuan. The data was considered balanced and did not favor any one side. It was a basically fair fight.

It was under this circumstance that the second life of both parties officially began.

When the "Heavenly Monk" finally returned to the throne after all kinds of hardships and began to suppress the rebellion, the Demon Sect where "Xie Tiao" was located also got a chance to breathe. By joining forces with the former's enemies, its strength rapidly expanded like a snowball. It rose up and developed into a very important country in the world, almost on the same level as the New Han Dynasty.

However, due to the vast territory and deep roots of the New Han Dynasty, although both sides have always attached great importance to the cultivation of talents, and the level of centralization and cohesion of the Demon Sect seemed to be superior, after the former's domestic and foreign rebellions were quelled, overall, the In terms of the speed of strength development, it is still obviously left behind.

In this life, Cang Gu used the "Soul Splitting and Reshaping Technique" for the first time, using demon seeds as a medium to copy and complete the three souls of heaven, earth and man that were scattered after the death of Xie Tiao's first life. From the original one Evil Emperor to three, the high-end combat power has increased significantly, gradually showing the momentum to catch up;
After all, a person of Xie Tiao's level is one of a kind in a billion. His talent, learning and wisdom are like a gift from heaven. He can revitalize the Demon Sect with his own efforts. He is far from being comparable to talents who are trained according to the rules in the general sense. Suddenly, he is With two more, the gap between the two sides can be narrowed.

As the situation in the world of reincarnation becomes more and more complex and changeable, since this is a spiritual illusion established with the help of the War Temple information center and time is accelerated millions of times, it is impossible for Zhao Qing and Cang Chu to grasp all the changes. , it’s more about laying out the overall situation in advance and letting the “chess pieces” develop on their own.

"Cang Xu's secret method of splitting souls and copying new individuals can be compared to the semi-preservative copying process of DNA. I don't know if he did it intentionally or not. It is actually a wonderful way to imitate the natural life copying process."

"This secret method separates the three core souls of heaven, earth and man from each other among the three souls and seven souls, and then uses specialized demon species to act as tools such as 'DNA polymerase', combined with the rules of life and death between heaven and earth to naturally produce new souls. , gradually completing the single soul to the state of three souls."

"Next, the three integrated souls are implanted into the newborn embryo, and continue to give birth to the corpse dog, fuya, sparrow yin, swallowing thief, non-poison, filth removal, and smelly lung seven souls, and finally form a complete human life.”

"Under the semi-preserved copy of the three souls of Fei Guang, Shuang Ling, and You Jing, the three souls and seven souls of the new 'copy' may have slight variations due to the difference in the quality of the energy of life and death, but overall It’s basically the same as the original clone.”

"This process is similar to the variation caused by semi-conservative replication of DNA and can be ignored. The three 'replicas' finally obtained are much closer than identical twins. In fact, it is not much different from ordinary reincarnation. , it just became more numerous.”

Sensing the strange changes that took place in Shi Zhixuan, Zhao Qing finally understood the reason why the "Tianmo" took the initiative to invite him to start a spiritual battle, and he thought thoughtfully:
"Such a creative secret of the soul has broken my previous fixed views on demons, and completely subverted my understanding of 'I am still me' after reincarnation, even though I have seen it dozens of times in just a few days. , but still amazing..."

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Although it is located in a dark lake area thousands of feet underground, due to the subsidence and change of yin and yang energy, a strange phenomenon of ebb and flow naturally occurs here. Each rise and fall is re-enacted after an interval of three hours.

When the tide first rises, the deep lake is filled with rolling waves.They rushed from the darkness in the distance, and their roaring sound stirred up between the lake caves, with echoes curling like thunder.

The water level of the lake rose rapidly, creating layers of light green ripples, jumping on the surface of the lake, like the heartbeat of the earth, rhythmic and rhythmic, echoing in this ancient underground world.However, as time goes by, the tide begins to recede slowly, and the lake gradually shrinks. The large stone turtle submerged in the water during high tide also reveals its true appearance again, lifelike. In the sound of running water, you can vaguely sense the Xunfang water channel here. s position.

No matter how the surrounding environment changes, Zhao Qing and Cang Chu seem to be transcending the mortal world. They sit cross-legged on both sides of the big stone turtle, as if they have merged into the world. No matter how the world's distractions cannot intrude on them, they simultaneously perform the spiritual world. Reincarnation again and again.

Another hundred years have passed and we have entered the third generation. Due to the splendor of the Demon Sect's talent pool and the low bottom line for squeezing the potential of the population, although NEXCOM still maintains a technological lead, it was initially invincible on a global scale. China's unipolar hegemony has been severely challenged.

In the early years of the Fourth World, the Demon Gate dispatched seven fleets directly commanded by the splinter body from its base in the Americas, which severely damaged the New Han Dynasty's ocean trade routes, triggering a world war between the two countries that spread across the globe and lasted for five to sixty years. The armistice agreement has just been signed, forming a bipolar cold war pattern.

From then on, although Zhao Qing commanded Fu Cailin to develop a brilliant martial arts civilization, and implemented the policy of unified martial arts training for all people, supplemented by an endless stream of related technologies, the New Han Dynasty entered the "Zhenqi" era of combining science and technology with martial arts. punk” era;
However, the rulers of the Demon Sect are incredibly capable and secretly send out a large number of spies to steal research and development results. Due to their high degree of centralization, they force the promotion of new technologies faster and are not at a disadvantage in the slightest. Instead, they create a situation in which imitators catch up from behind. .

In this process, Cang Gu seemed to have turned into an absolutely rational machine that would not make any mistakes. She developed the demonic path to the extreme of cutting off love and seeking benefits at the expense of others, treating everything in the world of reincarnation as a series of virtual events. data;

At the right moment, she decisively resorted to brainwashing control, forced sacrifice, treachery and other tactics, and relied on the flexible "bottom line" to gradually suppress Zhao Qing, who still insisted on loyalty, allowing her to experience the extremely aggrieved feeling Shi Zhixuan felt at the beginning, and her heart For the first time, I felt frustrated.

It has to be said that although Zhao Qing was prepared for his ability to compete in political battles with people from the Demon Sect who had extremely low moral bottom line, he still suffered a big loss. It took him a long time to barely establish a political power in Xinhan. The network that countered the enemy's various strategies stopped the decline that had been going on for more than a hundred years.

Of course, what really surprised her was Cang Can's adaptation to the new environment. He didn't look like an old antique from the Western Han Dynasty at all. Instead, he had an outrageous ability to accept, allowing him to accurately deal with the wave of new technologies he had accumulated. , a counterattack broke out.

Several lifetimes later, Zhao Qing, who had been unable to find any flaws in her opponent for a long time, was already prepared for failure. But just when the situation was about to collapse, she finally found the secret between Cang Cu and the Demon Sect. Major flaws exposed:
Since the fifth and sixth lifetimes, Xie Tiao's split souls have grown to hundreds. Although they are identical in talent, cultivation, and combat power, they also use a method similar to the parliamentary system on the surface to jointly make decisions on national affairs. , and they are all the highest-ranking rulers of the Demon Sect;
However, in the final analysis, they are not the same person. Each one has his own thoughts and is unwilling to completely become a part of the collective. He hates the behavior of being controlled by others, especially being sent to perform sacrificial tasks, which is even more frustrating. They couldn't stand the instructions given by Cang Can.

On the contrary, Fu Cailin's reincarnation can be said to completely obey Zhao Qing's orders. This is because he knows that he is not good at managing large forces, and he can get some guidance on swordsmanship in his free time. His mentality is much more relaxed and there is no need to Thoughts of resistance.

When Zhao Qing tried to design a series of baits to make Xie Tiao's clones start fighting among themselves, Cang Cui, who had always been expressionless, suddenly let out a long sigh and said that the two of them were sitting here. First words after a few days:

"Even if there is complete equality in talents, resources, and status, such a group is still not the most perfect... Alas, my spiritual power to maintain them is about to be exhausted, and I can't hold on any longer. It's better to admit defeat early. .”

As soon as she finished speaking, Cang Cui stretched out her fingers and flicked Shi Zhixuan a few times at Shi Zhixuan, who was lying on the steps in a comatose state, waking him up from the reincarnation of his mind, and took the initiative to end this special "idea" duel.

You actually gave up like that?Zhao Qing's thoughts moved slightly, and he sensed that although Cang Xu's remaining mental power was much less than his own, which had nearly doubled due to cultivating the body spirit, it was still enough to continue to support the spiritual evolution for at least the next day.

Just being aware of a flaw, copying the internal strife and being unable to maintain consistency with the outside world, why did they just ignore the good situation of the Demon Sect and admit defeat so quickly?

As if he had seen through her inner thoughts, the demon Cang Xu smiled slightly, no longer as cold as before, and explained calmly: "Miss Zhao Qing, except for the method of 'soul splitting and reshaping', what I have done, In fact, it can also be regarded as another side of you. Be careful when the demonic thoughts in your heart develop to the extreme."

"Speaking of which, you have been relying on your extraordinary talents to manage the entire country in an orderly manner. It seems that you can always keep things on the right path. In addition, you have a clear bottom line. It can be said that it is the 'Government of the Holy King' ' model."

"However, in this duel when your talent is limited by the carrier, you are forced to use inefficient methods to interfere in political affairs. You have the ability but cannot display it. Do you feel a sense of restraint that you have never felt before? Woolen cloth?"

Your talent is limited, but you can't show your ability?Zhao Qing had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and he realized that his previous judgment that Cang Xu was going to have a "battle of ideas" with him was probably a misunderstanding. He actually had no idea of ​​modifying Anguo's policies.

On the contrary, the content derived from Cangzhu is actually to find and fill in the gaps for himself, to use extreme methods to test out the problems that may be hidden, so that he can try to improve them, coupled with the previous metaphors, to reveal a bit of " Warn yourself if you experience the trend of “expansion”.

Although talent and understanding are an integral part of an individual, they still belong to the category of external things compared to the most fundamental and pure "true self". Therefore, one needs to maintain a normal mind at all times and not rely too much on one's heart.

"When did the distance between me and ordinary people become so far away?" Zhao Qing looked at his past in his heart, couldn't help but wake up, and sighed with a sense of loss.

There is a saying in "The Doctrine of the Mean": "The Tao is not far away from people, and people who follow the Tao but are far away from others cannot be the Tao." "Zhuangzi Zhibeiyou" says that "the Tao is drowned in shit", and Xinxue believes that "the people's daily needs are road".

Ignore the existence of these "Tao", lose the original sincerity, analyze things in extreme detail, treat "Tao, morality, reason, and law" as a string of data, and "sit and forget" the insights "Regarding "True Suchness" as a task that needs to be solved is really an endless obstacle blocking the road!

... (end of this chapter)