Chapter 175: The torrential spiritual rain blesses all things. The imperial court has been lying to us! Is it still a secret for cultivating immortals? "It seems like it's really Lord Yan!" "You read it right. There are also Lord Xu, Lord Zhang, Lord Gao, and Lord Zhao... The young man next to the young Lord seems to be his son, Yan Shaoting..." Seeing the cabinet members running wildly in the heavy rain and disappearing into the rain in the blink of an eye, heading straight for the Huagai Palace, all the officials were stunned and exclaimed in disbelief. What did they see? If they guessed correctly, this year is the 49th year of Jiajing, and Lord Yan is 90 years old this year, right? At the age of ninety, he can still walk briskly in the heavy rain? There were rumors before that Lord Yan was seriously ill. Sometimes, he would not come to any important court meetings unless they were important. When he went to and from court, he was supported by Hu Zongxian and Yan Shifan. He looked very old and his time was near. But who could tell them what they had just seen? The end of their life is approaching, but they are still walking fast. What are these healthy people like? Are they useless? Who could tell them what had happened in the imperial court? What was that huge, strange, snot-like waterspout in the direction of the Huagai Palace? And where did these eunuchs who suddenly appeared like ghosts come from? At this moment, all the officials who were unaware of the situation, including the Six Ministries, the Dali Temple, the Censorate, and the high-ranking officials of the Imperial Observatory, were confused at this moment. They felt that their understanding of the court was almost zero. Is the court before them, the Ming Dynasty before them, and the cabinet elders before them still the Ming Dynasty they are familiar with? In the crowd, only Li Zhiyuan was breathing rapidly, and his heart was pounding at this moment. The court they saw before them was naturally not the same court as before, and the elders in the cabinet were no longer the mortals they used to be. The current Ming Dynasty is an immortal cultivation dynasty! And all the elders in the current cabinet are the legendary "immortals"! Lord Yan is about to die? Haha, this is bullshit. I am afraid that even though you mortals have been buried in the ground and your bones have turned into ashes, Lord Yan is still alive and well. "No," thinking of this, Li Zhiyuan clenched his fists tightly, his fat face tense, and secretly made up his mind, "This time, the Daming Immortal Palace will be my best chance to enter the core circle and embark on the path of cultivating immortals. I must not miss it!"
The Imperial Palace, inside the Huagai Hall. "Swish, swish, swish!" More than a dozen figures rushed directly into the ruins regardless of the violent energy fluctuations around them, came to the core area of the hall, and saw the huge sinkhole. These dozen figures were none other than Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Yan Shaoting, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji, Lü Fang, Lu Bing, Qingfeng, Prince Jing and Prince Yu. The violent spiritual energy swept into a hurricane, blowing everyone's robes so hard that they could hardly open their eyes. "Hiss!" When Lu Fang saw the terrifying tornado that went straight into the clouds in the hall, and the sticky spiritual source around it that almost formed a small pond, he couldn't help but gasp. As he took a breath, thick and rich spiritual energy poured into his mouth, causing the 'Qi Drawing Technique' in his body to run wildly. The same was true for the other people standing on the edge of the tiankeng at this moment. Everyone subconsciously greedily breathed in the rich spiritual energy here. However, no matter what, those present were at the pinnacle of power in the Ming Dynasty. Although the instincts of their bodies and martial arts made them breathe faster, they did not lose their composure in the end. "Lingyuan!" Lu Fang said solemnly. Lingyuan? The others were naturally familiar with this word. Among the people present, besides Lu Fang, the ones who had consumed the most Lingyuan were Prince Yu and Prince Jing. As for Yan Song and others, although they had never directly obtained spiritual source for cultivation, they had more or less obtained some diluted spiritual source from Lu Fang and the two kings, so they naturally knew of the existence of this thing. At this moment, looking at the transparent water flow in front of them that had solidified into a viscous state, they finally witnessed the true appearance of the spiritual source. At the same time, they also understood why the emperor had said before that he wanted to lay spiritual veins in the capital and warned everyone not to dig privately. It turned out that this was the reason! "Is this the spiritual source? It is several times, even dozens of times, more concentrated than the spiritual energy contained in spiritual resources!" Yan Shifan swallowed his saliva, staring greedily at the tornado rising into the sky in front of him. Of course, the reason why there was greed in his eyes was just out of instinct. If he really set his sights on seizing the spiritual vein, his logic told him that not only would the emperor not forgive him, but his father would probably be the first one to not forgive him. The Yan family had a long life in the future. Yan Shaoting also practiced Taoism and had a good talent. At least when there was an adequate supply of spiritual resources, he entered the Qi training level earlier than they did in the beginning. For the prosperity of his immortal cultivation family, Yan Shifan knew in his heart that if he really offended someone, or even brought disaster to the family, his father would probably abandon him. Of course, at this time, it was not only Yan Shifan who was greedy, but also Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and others.
As long as one is a human being, as long as one is a cultivator, when faced with so many spiritual sources, he will instinctively want to take them for himself. But they are not ordinary people after all. After years of ups and downs in officialdom, they still have some self-control. Of course, for Zhang Juzheng and others, there was something else that surprised them even more at this moment. That was that Zhao Zhenji actually had the behavior of practicing Qi at the first level, which really shocked them. Especially Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, their eyes were full of weirdness when they looked at Zhao Zhenji. They never imagined that Zhao Zhenji, who they originally thought was even more backward than them, had actually already become a cultivator in the early stage of Qi training without them realizing it. Moreover, judging from his aura, he was not even inferior to Lord Xu. It was obvious that he had started practicing a long time ago. If it weren't for this sudden incident, they would probably never know that Zhao Zhenji was hiding so deeply. These thoughts only flashed through Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong's minds, and they were too busy to ask too many questions at this moment. After all, there are more important things waiting for them to do right now. "Master, we have arrived at the Huagai Palace. What should we do next?" Lu Fang shouted loudly towards the bottom of the sinkhole. "Come down, follow me and lay the spiritual veins!" The moment Jiajing's irresistible voice rang out, more than a dozen streams of light suddenly burst out from under the sinkhole and rushed towards everyone. When these streams of light came before their eyes, everyone could see clearly that what was wrapped in them was actually a bright yellow talisman. "It's an underground escape talisman!" Lu Fang explained casually, and then jumped down into the sinkhole in front of him. Afterwards, Qingfeng followed closely, and Yan Song and others did not hesitate and jumped into the tiankeng. The Lingyuan tornado erupted, directly pushing open the ground by a hundred meters. No, no one knows exactly how many meters underground it is now. At this time, in the open space a hundred meters underground, Jiajing's spiritual consciousness exploded, and at the same time, his natal Ming had appeared. The imperial seal controlled the movement of the earth veins below, and sent up the spiritual source that stretched straight out from the ground. At the same time, his spiritual consciousness probed into the sealed scroll and transformed into two extremely thick chains, which were nailed firmly into the spiritual vein that was transparent, pure white, and seemed to be wrapped in a layer of jade shell. In Jiajing's perception, this spiritual vein was like a living tendon, full of toughness, as if it had its own consciousness. Pulled by the chains of spiritual consciousness, it still twisted its body restlessly, as if trying to break free from control and rush out of the scroll's sealed space. "Is this the strength of a seventh-grade spiritual vein?" Cold sweat oozed from Jiajing's forehead. Previously, he thought that with Dugu Xiong's cultivation in the late stage of foundation building, it was extremely easy for him to comb through the nine-grade spiritual veins. Even though he later integrated another ninth-grade spiritual vein, he still hadn't heard him say how difficult it was. He thought that with his current cultivation in the late stage of foundation building, plus the assistance of his natal Ming, it shouldn't be too difficult to contain a seven-grade spiritual vein. However, the facts told him that the seventh-grade spiritual vein was far more difficult to subdue than he had imagined. I thought that with the support of my natal Ming and the Emperor's Seal, there shouldn't be any major changes. However, the result was that at the moment the seal of the scroll was broken, the mere escaped spiritual energy almost made him unable to take care of himself. Although these spiritual sources are nothing to the spiritual veins, if such a huge amount of spiritual sources were to enter the ground in vain and then be absorbed by the earth, it would definitely be a huge loss. In just such a short period of time, the spiritual energy absorbed by the earth is enough to cultivate several cultivators in the early stages of Qi training. With no other options, he had to ask Lu Fang and others to come. He couldn't completely lay out the spiritual vein by himself, so he could only use the most clumsy method and let everyone press it! "Your Majesty!" Soon, Lu Fang and others came to an open space one hundred meters underground and saw the huge space that had been opened up underground. Even though everyone had been prepared in their hearts, they were still deeply shocked by the scene before them. A hundred meters underground, the overall space appears to be in the shape of the Chinese character "中". Above the head is a hundred-meter-long transparent and viscous spiritual source tornado. Under the ground is also a rotating spiritual source tornado, and the abyss is so deep that one cannot see into it.
The middle area where they were located was a huge open space, even comparable to the square outside the Fengtian Temple. However, what attracted their attention the most at this moment was the scroll spread out in the center, with all kinds of incomprehensible runes painted on it. At this time, the surging spiritual source escaped from the cracks in the scroll, and in the cracks, they vaguely saw two transparent chains extending out. The other end of the chain is at the center of the emperor's eyebrows, and the emperor seems to be controlling something in the scroll. There is no need to guess at this moment, they all know that the thing in the scroll must be the legendary spiritual vein. Of course, the reason why they can see the chains transformed from spiritual consciousness is mainly because the spiritual source is attached to the spiritual consciousness, which allows them to capture the spiritual consciousness with their naked eyes. "No need to be polite, I won't say any more nonsense," Jiajing began to assign tasks to everyone with a serious look on his face, "Lü Fang, Lu Bing, besides me, you two have the highest level of cultivation here!" Lu Fang and Lu Bing are now at the second level of Qi training. Although Prince Yu, Prince Jing and others also followed the two in their cultivation, they were still at the first level of Qi training and had not yet broken through to the second level. As for Yan Song and others, it is still too early for them to make a breakthrough. "Next, I will extract a part of the spiritual vein from the scroll, and then start laying the spiritual vein according to the route drawn in advance!" Jiajing said, and the natal part of the entire capital city appeared, and everyone's eyes were also fixed on the huge "∞" pattern. At this moment, Yan Song and others also saw their respective mansions from the route laid by the spiritual veins. "You two lead everyone and work together to hold the spiritual vein firmly," Jiajing said, pausing slightly, and then said very carefully: "It is equivalent to letting out a rope. I will hold the rope in front, and you hold the rope behind tightly. Don't let it get out of control... Do you understand?" "Yes, I will definitely grasp the spiritual vein!" Lu Fang said seriously, and everyone was shocked when they heard this. "Okay!" Nodding, Jiajing stopped talking nonsense, and the second level of the "Emperor Sutra" in his body was running to the extreme. A heat appeared, and everyone immediately knew the emperor's spiritual attributes. "Hah!" Jiajing let out a deep shout, and at the same time he leaped forward, and a flying sword appeared under his feet. The chains transformed from divine consciousness rustled, pulling the spiritual veins in the scroll and heading directly towards the laid-out route. The entire route is arranged in an "∞" shape diagonally from the southwest corner and the southeast corner. Because there are two reverse spirit gathering arrays in the southwest corner and the southeast corner respectively, Jiajing divides the entire route into four sections based on the two corners, and each section is half an arc. And on each arc, there are four reverse spirit gathering arrays, that is to say, including the four at the two corners, there are a total of twenty. But at this moment, Jiajing only felt relieved. Fortunately, for the sake of safety, I set up four reverse spirit gathering arrays at each arc. In this way, each reverse spirit gathering array is equivalent to a "clip". You only need to place and lock the spirit vein according to the position of each "clip" and it will not "run away". If, for the sake of convenience, only one or two or three reverse spirit gathering arrays are arranged on each arc, then this "clip" may not be able to hold back the violent seventh-grade spirit vein. Fortunately, he did not slack off to save trouble, that's good! "Boom!" The moment the spiritual vein was drawn out, an even more violent spiritual source rushed out, straight into everyone's faces. Yan Shifan opened his mouth wide and swallowed a large mouthful of spiritual energy at the first moment. Then, the 'Qi Drawing Technique' in his body began to operate frantically like ignited gunpowder. The violent spiritual energy rushed into his body, almost making Yan Shifan unable to breathe. He felt a pain as if his meridians were being torn apart. Of course, the situation of the others was not much better than his, but Lv Fang and Lu Bing, who were responsible for restraining the spirit vein, did not give the others much time to react. "Hold on!" Lv Fang, who had the strongest cultivation, was the first to see the transparent spirit vein wrapped in a jade shell rushing out from the crack of the scroll, and was the first to rush up and hold it tightly with both hands.
"Crackling!" Although the spiritual vein looked like it was wrapped in a hard jade shell, when the hand actually grabbed it, it instantly sank, just like human skin. Seeing this, the others did not dare to hesitate and rushed towards the extremely thick spiritual vein and held on to it tightly. "Hold on tight!" Lu Fang held the spirit vein tightly, feeling the terrifying energy wrapped in the jade shell in his arms. He was horrified. If the spirit vein exploded, no one would survive. "Follow the master's movements, and don't let the spiritual vein flow out of control!" Lu Fang shouted while turning his head and pulling the spiritual vein hard. "Okay!" Yan Song and the others responded in unison with serious expressions, and then slowly exerted force to allow the spiritual vein to be pulled out by Jiajing while preventing it from gushing out from the scroll in a large area. At this moment, the spiritual vein in everyone's hands was like an extremely long and resilient rope. Jiajing was holding the end of the rope, and the people behind him were letting go of the rope bit by bit. The king and his ministers worked together and carefully began to lay the spiritual veins. The chain transformed from Jiajing's spiritual consciousness pulled the spiritual vein and came to the first arc-shaped "buckle". With a fierce look in his eyes and the internal energy running, he pressed down hard! "Boom!" As the first small section of the spirit vein was pressed down, the reverse spirit gathering array felt the spiritual energy being poured into the eye of the array and began to move, and then a dazzling light emerged. Mysterious golden symbols appeared out of thin air and instantly wrapped around the beginning of the spirit vein, imprisoning it on the ground. Seeing this scene, Jiajing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, his spiritual consciousness transformed into two chains that came to two-quarters of the arc-shaped spiritual vein, and then pulled and laid it step by step. "Boom!" The second "buckle" of this arc-shaped formation was activated the moment the spiritual vein was pulled over. During this process, Jiajing always maintained a high level of concentration, fearing that something unexpected would happen and lead to failure. One hundred meters underground, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was magnified. Lu Fang and others stared at the huge "∞" spiritual vein route above. When they saw that two-quarters of the first arc had been laid, there was joy in their eyes. "Boom!" However, at this moment, the spiritual vein in the scroll suddenly began to become violent. It seemed to sense some kind of restraint and began to twist its body wildly. "Hold on tight!" This sudden change made Lu Fang and the others change their expressions, and then they all practiced their skills to hold the spiritual veins tightly in their arms to prevent them from having any influence on Jiajing in front of them. At this moment, Jiajing naturally had no time to care about everyone else. He was still highly concentrated, and his spiritual consciousness was supporting the spiritual vein and grinding it bit by bit, pressing towards the third "buckle" of the first arc route. Time passed minute by minute. There was no sunlight underground, only the light from the spiritual veins, and it was impossible to calculate the time. In the outside world, a spiritual tornado rushed into the sky, causing heavy rain. Soon, dark clouds started from the capital and began to spread rapidly to the entire Shuntian Prefecture, and then to the entire northern Zhili. The spiritual source rushed into the sky, and when the clouds came into contact with the spiritual source, some kind of catalytic reaction occurred. Not only that, the climate of the entire earth began to change because of the clouds above the capital. The clouds that were fused with the spiritual source were like cotton that was ignited by a fire. They came into contact with other clouds at a speed ten or even dozens of times faster than before, under the influence of the wind. The clouds that originally contained rich spiritual energy above the capital were also being rapidly diluted and decomposed into the sky above the entire northern Zhili. As more and more spiritual energy rushed into the sky, the clouds began to collide, and then spiritual rain began to fall from the sky. For a time, throughout the entire northern Zhili region, starting from the capital city and other counties, rains of varying sizes began to fall. Of course, these are not the main points. The main point is that when the spiritual rain falls, countless lives in the entire northern Zhili area benefit from it. For example, in the capital city, the spiritual rain is rich and the spiritual energy is spreading. More living things will benefit from this, and the changes will be even greater! At this time, Hu Zongxian, Wang Chonggu, Yu Dayou, and the commander of the Shenjiying were stationed in various parts of the capital. Hu Zongxian and the other two were still okay, but the commander of the Shenjiying and the soldiers of the Wucheng Bingmasi all stared at themselves with wide eyes in disbelief. "My injury is actually healed?!" A middle-aged soldier untied the bandage on his hand, looked at the scabbed wound, exclaimed, and looked at the rain in the sky in disbelief.
"And mine, I caught a cold yesterday, but I didn't expect it would get better after getting caught in the rain!" "And me, and me, I had a headache, and now it's miraculously cured!" “It’s all thanks to the rain!” "No, it's in the direction of the palace. Look over there, that huge dragon is sucking water. It must be a divine dragon that has descended to rain down holy water!" "That's right, it's holy water, holy water, holy water..." For a moment, the soldiers of the Five Cities Army and the Shenji Camp, as well as the constables who were transferred out to appease the people were all in an uproar. Many people even began to kneel on the ground in public, with their arms open and their faces raised, to welcome the baptism of "holy water". "My eye disease seems to have healed!" Some people, hearing the cheers of the soldiers on the street, ignored everything else and rushed out of their homes and started cheering. However, the soldiers who saw this scene did not move at all. At this moment, they had long forgotten the order given by the commander that civilians were not allowed to step out of their homes. At this moment, everyone was immersed in the baptism of holy water, so how could they care about anything else! Of course, at this moment, not to mention the soldiers, even the commanders of the Five Cities Army began to take off their armor, undress, and stand naked in the rain without caring about others to welcome the "holy water". Some people even knelt devoutly on the ground, staring into the depths of the sky, as if they wanted to see the arrival of a dragon or a legendary immortal as they had guessed in their hearts. "The court has been lying to us. There are fairies and gods in this world!" Suddenly, someone from an unknown street, a common citizen, or a soldier suddenly shouted in great joy. For a moment, everyone was stunned, and then there was an uproar! The discussion is getting louder and louder! Then, as the discussions became more and more widespread and louder, they began to radiate and spread throughout the capital. They had heard before that during the battle that destroyed Yinshan, immortals descended from the sky. After the Imperial Astronomical Observatory explained it, they just regarded it as an auspicious sign. After all, the national teacher had already predicted it. Afterwards, above the entire sky of the Ming Dynasty, there appeared a huge, immortal-like shadow overlooking the human world. They once again believed that there were immortals in this world, and began to kneel down and pray devoutly. However, the rumor was once again refuted by the Imperial Observatory. The fact is, apart from the shadow of an immortal appearing in the sky and overlooking the world, they did not receive any substantial benefits, so the matter was soon abandoned. However, this time, a strange phenomenon of "dragon sucking water" appeared deep in the palace, and then "holy water" fell from the sky, curing everyone's diseases. Doesn't this explain the problem? There really are immortals in this world! The doubts accumulated from the first two times finally broke out completely in the third time. Isn’t it said that there are no immortals or gods in this world? Before my eyes, there was the strange phenomenon of a "dragon sucking water" rising into the sky from the depths of the palace, and there was the "holy water" that suddenly fell, curing everyone's illness and eliminating disasters for everyone. These miracles... How to explain it?! The dragon sucking water appeared from the imperial palace. Could it be that the imperial court had already known about the existence of the "immortal"? It is certainly impossible to say that the people living in the capital are ignorant. At least they know that seeing is believing. What they saw and felt told them that this could not be explained by a simple vision. The capital city was in chaos. Hu Zongxian and the other two had already gathered together to discuss countermeasures. "We can't hide it anymore!" Yu Dayou said solemnly the moment he saw Hu Zongxian and Wang Chonggu: "Now the common people, the soldiers of the Five Cities Army, and the soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion are all moved by the spiritual rain, and they are kneeling down to pray to the gods!" "It's mainly because of this spiritual rain that many of the people's minor old illnesses and pains were cured in an instant," Wang Chonggu frowned, looked at Hu Zongxian, and said:
"Such a miraculous scene would be the same for anyone who encounters it, not to mention that the common people have always been in awe of immortals and gods..." "I know!" Without waiting for Wang Chonggu to finish his words, Hu Zongxian raised his hand to signal that there was no need to say more. At this time, Hu Zongxian's face was also full of sorrow. Especially when looking at the cheering people and soldiers under the city wall, his face looked extremely ugly. "Hu Ge," Yu Dayou cupped his hands and said, "You are Ge Lao Yan's student. You must have learned a lot from following him. Ge Lao Yan asked you to find the two of us to take charge of the security of the capital this time." "What should we do next? You decide!" Wang Chonggu on the side also took a deep breath and said, "Yes, although you and I are all cabinet scholars, we have to make decisions in an emergency. Hu Ge, you will give the orders next!" This is not to say that Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou deliberately put the blame on Hu Zongxian. The truth is that these two are both good at leading troops in battle, but compared to Hu Zongxian, an all-round talent, the current situation is more suitable for him to take charge of the overall situation. Hearing what the two said, Hu Zongxian did not speak, but looked at the city wall, the heavy rain, and the noisy capital. After frowning, he first looked at Wang Chonggu and said in a deep voice: "Wang Ge, you must immediately find the commander of the Shenji Camp and have him reorganize the soldiers of the Shenji Camp who have been dispersed by this 'holy water'. Also, find the commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division and maintain order!" Then he looked at Yu Dayou and said, "Yu Ge, go to Lu Bing's house immediately and find Jinyiwei Commander Lu Yi and ask him to transfer the Immortal Guards from outside the city to the capital immediately!" "Remember, if Lu Yi is not at home, you will enter the palace from the Meridian Gate. Judging from that direction, it must be the center of the palace. The one who is blocking the palace gate now must not be an ordinary eunuch." "Find Eunuch Chen Hong or Eunuch Huang Jin, and ask them to send people from the two factories!" "Yes!" Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou looked at each other, clasped their fists towards Hu Zongxian seriously, then turned around and walked away. Watching the two people's backs as they left, Hu Zongxian raised his eyes and looked towards the center of the palace. Looking at the strange tornado rising into the sky, a look of deep worry emerged in his eyes. "The Emperor said earlier that he wanted to lay a spiritual vein under the capital. I guess something unexpected happened during the process today. I hope that Elder Yan and his men can get the situation under control..." "If the spiritual rain that falls over such a wide area is really just to cure some pains and diseases of the soldiers and the people, then it would be fine. But I am afraid that the spiritual rain will turn into spiritual water and flow into the ground or even into the mountains, and some birds and beasts will swallow it." "Then there will be some strange beasts appearing in the capital, no, even in the entire Shuntian Prefecture, and even in the northern Zhili area. This will definitely cause a lot of turmoil." "But fortunately, the current Ming Dynasty has long been free from internal and external troubles. Even if there is any turmoil, it can be smoothed out." Thinking of this, Hu Zongxian couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, the emperor is wise and has solved the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty, making the Ming Dynasty stronger than ever before. If it were before the forty years of Jiajing, it would have been a real problem..." "However, the reform has not yet been completed, and the spiritual energy has already swept across the capital. Can the cultivation of immortals still be concealed?" "Still, hiding it?" A big question emerged in Hu Zongxian's mind. "..." (End of this chapter)