Chapter 267 Nascent Soul Stage! "have a look." Hearing Hu Zongxian's words, Yan Song smiled slightly, raised his hand and motioned Hu Zongxian to look at the memorial. Hearing this, Hu Zongxian did not delay and quickly opened it to read. An hour later, Hu Zongxian took a deep breath and closed the memorial. He was impressed by its contents. "Sir, I think this method is feasible," Hu Zongxian bowed to Yan Song and said: "If this national policy can be successfully implemented, the climate formed by Lingshi in the current Ming Dynasty can be reduced. Although it cannot be completely eradicated, it can be trapped to death." "What we need to do next is to rely on local government offices and Jinyiwei to control and eradicate it bit by bit." After saying that, Hu Zongxian continued: "When do you plan to implement this national policy?" "This is a matter of great importance to national policy," Yan Song picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of the fragrant herbal tea, and then said in a gentle and unhurried tone, "If the emperor can come out of seclusion before the end of the year, I will present the memorial." "If not, then wait a little longer. Things always need to be reviewed by the Emperor. It will be safer." "Your Excellency is very thoughtful and I am grateful for your teachings." Hu Zongxian bowed.
…… The world of cultivating immortals. Southern Continent, Central Plains, Yanzhou, Beigang Town. At this time, in Tomorrow Building, Lu Fang looked at the letter on the jade tablet in his hand, with surprise in his eyes. "The perfect life transplant that the master personally performed actually resulted in a succession..." In fact, as early as the 60th year of Jiajing, after Li Ming's life was transplanted, Jiajing continued to stay in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. More than a dozen people were selected to undergo natal transplantation. The family situations of these dozen people were similar to Li Ming's, and Jiajing's arrangements for them were the same as Li Ming's, which was to only give them the resources to cultivate to the foundation-building stage. The purpose of doing this is, of course, to prevent the collapse of the power tower system that he has maintained with great difficulty. To put it bluntly, the natal transplantation of these dozen people is just an experiment. The purpose is to improve the natal transplantation time and time again, and at the same time observe whether the natal transplantation in the natal plateau is really perfect and without any flaws. In subsequent observations, Jiajing was able to confirm that Li Ming and others did not show any body rejection reaction. This shows that in the natal plateau, the natal transplant can be done perfectly. Jiajing handed the matter of natal transplantation over to Lu Fang, who was fully responsible for it. Over the years, Lu Fang also found many trusted eunuchs under Shi San in the palace. Then, it was Lu Bing who carried out the natal transplantation on the first batch of people from the Xianwu Division. Not only that, some reliable people in the military, Taoism, and Buddhism also underwent natal transplantation. The army naturally consists of people from the Five Military Commanderies and the garrisons under the jurisdiction of various military governors. As for the Taoist and Buddhist sects, Qingfeng and Chanshuang will select their trusted disciples and devote themselves to the transplantation of their own destiny. For this secretly cultivated force, the treatment and training materials are naturally not comparable to those of Li Ming and others. After Lu Fang took over the matter of natal transplantation, he began to complete the files for each person who had undergone a natal transplant. In order to ensure that these people whose lives were transplanted, who could be said to have unlimited potential in the future, would not have any disloyal ideas and could always be under the control of the court, Lu Fang placed spies around each person to monitor their every move.
And the person who is responsible for monitoring the natal transplant basically means that he is bound to this person for the rest of his life. If this person has no ulterior motives, then the person in charge of monitoring him will naturally rise with the tide and live a better life. If he can become a pillar of the court in the future, the benefits are self-evident. As for the identities of those responsible for surveillance, they all came from the first batch of Immortal Guards. Among these people, there were both men and women, and Liu was one of them. Her cultivation had even reached the middle stage of foundation building and the third level of innateness. If she hadn't wasted all these years in the Li family, her cultivation would probably have already broken through to the late stage of foundation building. Her practice of immortal martial arts had also already reached the realm of entering the Tao through martial arts. Originally, the existence of these people was for surveillance, or to keep those with potential under control. But what even Lu Fang didn't realize was that there would be an unexpected gain decades later. The innate talent can actually be inherited. Although he currently cannot think of the significance of this, for the innate talent transplant, this is a new discovery and must be reported. In fact, over the years, every once in a while, he would use the imperial seal to select suitable people in the Ming Dynasty to transplant his life force. Moreover, on the other side of the Natal Plateau, there is a group of eunuchs affiliated with the Imperial Household Department who possess extremely high talent for refining tools. They are constantly forging and refining perfect molds for transplanting natal tools. Well, using the industrial terminology used in these years in the era of spiritual industry, that thing is called a "machine tool". For example, many of today’s spiritual industrial products, such as shuttles and fairy tracks, require something similar to a mold if they want to be mass-produced. The so-called "machine tools" are the key molds used to manufacture and process various mechanical parts in Lingqi industrial production. This word was not originally coined by the Ming Dynasty, but was derived from overseas countries with the emergence of spiritual energy factories. Later, with the trade of spiritual industrial products among various countries, some cultures and terms of overseas countries were introduced into the Ming Dynasty. Of course, there are more than these, there are also many products of various forms from overseas countries. For example, in the 79th year of Jiajing, the British Parliament announced the establishment of the British East India Company. Although the concept of "company" was not first proposed by the British, the emergence of the East India Company had a great impact on the business of the Ming Dynasty, and many "companies" were established. Of course, there are many more things. (Note: The British East India Company was founded in 1600, which is the th year of the Jiajing reign in this book.) Nowadays, the other side of the Benming Plateau can be regarded as a large Benming transplant factory. After all, on the natal plateau, only the master Jiajing can use his will perfectly to form a perfect transplant. For others, such as Lu Fang, if they want to use the characteristics of the natal plateau to transplant their natal bodies, it is still very risky. However, given Jiajing's status, it is naturally not suitable for him to personally perform natal transplantation on others. Therefore, we must start forging and developing machine tools for transplanting our destiny, and build factories to facilitate the mass production of geniuses for the Ming Dynasty in the future. Machine tools must be put on the agenda. There have been constant experiments and failures over the years, but the research and development progress of machine tools has also increased rapidly. This time, the news sent back by Liu is of great significance to the advancement of natal transplantation technology. "I don't know when the master will come out..." After the natal transplant, the natal talent can actually be inherited like an ancient beast, and the master must be informed for the decision. "Knock, knock, knock," at this moment, there was a knock on the door, followed by a hoarse voice saying at the door: "Godfather, your son Wei Zhongxian requests an audience." Hearing that it was his adopted godson Wei Zhongxian, Lu Fang put away the photo stone and said in a gentle tone: "Come in."
The door of the study opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a white gown and with his hair tied in a bun with an ordinary wooden hairpin walked in. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, fair skin, and a somewhat sparse aura all over his body, but if you look closely, you can find that there is a bit of masculinity between his eyebrows. This is extremely rare among eunuchs. The reason, of course, was due to the skills he practiced. As Lu Fang's godson and also the confidant who is responsible for staying in the Xiu Xiu Xian world, the resources he can get are no less than those of Huang Jin, Chen Ju, Feng Bao and Yang Jinshui. In fact, thanks to the fact that he was the official manager of Tomorrow Building, he could freely use many materials that the Ming Dynasty had no use for. Naturally, he could be said to have surpassed the Ming Dynasty in terms of cultivation. Now he was only 52 years old. He entered the palace and was adopted as a son by Lu Fang in the 68th year of Jiajing. (Note: See Chapter 234 for details.) After that, he started to cultivate immortality, and it has only been over thirty years. However, his cultivation level is now at the middle stage of foundation building. What this means is not only the extraordinary innate talent, but also the huge resources for cultivating immortals behind him. It was precisely because Wei Zhongxian was so ambitious that Lu Fang became more and more dependent on him. In addition, after his cultivation broke through to the Golden Core Stage, all of Mingri Building's business was handed over to Wei Zhongxian to manage in public, while he himself hid behind the scenes. On the one hand, he was in charge of the overall situation in the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, he was constantly expanding his network and business in the world of immortal cultivation. It is worth mentioning that during these thirty years, Mingri Tower and Huoyun Sect entrenched in Beigang Town have basically become so close that they can wear the same pants. The Huoyun Sect was not favored because the Yuanying ancestor of the Yanyun Sect was about to pass away, and the founder of the Huoyun Sect was just one of the disciples of the Yuanying ancestor, and was not favored. Therefore, if that old ancestor was at his prime, his remaining power would have been able to protect the Huoyun Sect. But now that he is about to die, all of his connections in the Huoyun Sect are naturally reserved for his family members and disciples. For a sect like the Huoyun Sect, which had absolutely no connection with the sect, they naturally distanced themselves from the issue. Because of this, the Huoyun Sect had to maintain good relations with all the immortal cultivation families and external forces in Beigang Town. They even treat some powerful people as partners, or even guest elders of the sect. In recent years, with the rise of Tomorrow Tower and Lu Fang's breakthrough into the Golden Core Stage, and having personally witnessed that there are even more powerful forces behind Lu Fang, such as the mysterious Golden Core back then! For this reason, when the Huoyun Sect received Mingri Tower's initiative to make friends with them, they naturally rushed to curry favor with them. With the "protection" of the local snake Huoyun Sect, Mingri Tower's business in Beigang Town can be said to have completely formed a monopoly, and many chambers of commerce have been forced to become forces under Mingri Tower. However, with the existence of a capable person like Wei Zhongxian, and the need for Tomorrow Tower to grow stronger, the treatment given to these people would not be any different even if all the Immortal Cultivation Chambers of Commerce were recovered. The treatment they were offered was even better than what they had originally received, so naturally, everyone followed Mingrilou wholeheartedly. After all, the relationship behind Tomorrow Building is mysterious. Even the local snake Huoyun Sect entrenched in Beigang Town tried their best to curry favor with them, let alone these small families. In this Central Plains, if you want to live a better life, get more resources and not worry about being suddenly destroyed one day, the only way out is to find a powerful backer. Unfortunately, this mysterious Tomorrow Tower is it! "There's news from the Huoyun Sect," Wei Zhongxian said, taking a step forward and whispering, "It should be that the Yuanying stage ancestor of the Upper Yanyun Sect has reached the final deadline." "Now the leader of Huoyun Sect has left." "Although the relationship between the Yuanying-stage ancestor of Shangyanyun Sect and Huoyun Sect has become very weak," Lv Fang stood up, and Wei Zhongxian hurried forward to support him and walked to the window, "but Shangyanyun Sect still belongs to the foundation created by the ancestor's disciples." "It is reasonable for the leader of Huoyun Sect to go and meet him," Lu Fang said, looking at the big black and white fish tumbling in the pond in front of him. "And maybe this trip can also help Huoyun Sect gain some protection or connections."
"After all, as the saying goes, if there is a date or not, try it. If the ancestor gives a few words before his death, it will be a great opportunity for Huoyun Sect." "Let us in the Huoyun Sect keep an eye out and report as soon as the Sect Master of the Huoyun Sect returns." "Godfather, do you want to meet the leader of the Huoyun Sect?" Wei Zhongxian asked. "Yes, if Huoyun Sect fails to receive any protection from the dying Nascent Soul Patriarch this time, then our control over Huoyun Sect can be further strengthened." "Over in the Western Continent, the cabinet is developing very quickly. We at Tomorrow Building must also come up with a reasonable reply to our master." Lu Fang nodded and said. "Godfather, I wonder when the master will be able to come out?" Wei Zhongxian said, with a tentative tone in his voice. "But I think it should be soon," Lu Fang shook his head and said, "This is the longest time the master has been in seclusion. This time, the master's cultivation may break through to the late Jindan stage, or even the early Yuanying stage." “After the master’s cultivation breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, our Great Ming Immortal Dynasty will also be considered to have the power of Nascent Soul ancestors and figures.” "This force, even in the world of immortal cultivation, is enough to be called a medium-to-large sect! However, it is still far from achieving the real goal of our Ming Dynasty..." At this time, in Daming, deep in the Yanshan Mountains. Ever since Jiajing began his retreat here, Lu Bing has been guarding here personally. At the same time, the Xianwu Guards designated the area within a hundred miles as a restricted area, and then an extremely magnificent formation appeared. At this time, in the formation, Jiajing's body was already covered with thick spiritual energy, which continuously flowed into his body. As for the area inside his body, especially in his Qi sea, the 210 acupoints transformed into big stars, bursting with brilliant light, and a steady stream of spiritual power poured in and poured into his Qi sea. "Crash!" In the Qi Sea space, the ocean of spiritual power was boiling, and endless waves of spiritual power from all directions rushed madly into the shining golden pill and enveloped it. Through the huge and impenetrable waves of spiritual power, one can clearly see that the golden elixir inside is a fiery red. As time went by, the waves of spiritual power attached to the surface of the golden elixir grew bigger and bigger like a snowball. The waves of spiritual energy coming from all directions were like several chains, firmly fixing the golden elixir in the middle. The blazing spiritual energy invaded the entire spiritual energy ocean along the waves. The entire Qi Sea and the sky were illuminated in a fiery red, as if it was the end of the world. At this time, the temperature in the entire Qi Sea space was frighteningly high, and the ocean of spiritual power was constantly boiling. However, inside the sea ball at the center of the sky, the golden elixir was shining brighter and brighter. If you look closely, you can actually see a figure like a baby sitting cross-legged inside it. This baby was none other than Jiajing's soul. According to the "General Notes on Cultivation", there are many different versions of the breakthrough from the Jindan stage to the Yuanying stage. For example, some cultivators call this process "breaking the pill to form the infant" while others call it "transforming the infant." But no matter what the statement is, the final result is the same, that is, the original golden elixir disappears, and a Nascent Soul condenses in the cultivator's sea of qi. The elixir disappears and the baby is born, with a lifespan of over 1,200 years. The so-called Nascent Soul, as the name suggests, refers to the cultivator's primordial spirit, which is in the form of a baby. At that time, various secret techniques and magical powers can be practiced, and the cultivator can practice his own natal magic weapon. According to the common saying in the world of immortal cultivation, when a cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul stage, he is considered to have gotten a glimpse of the path to immortality! After all, the goal of cultivating immortals is to achieve immortality, and as long as the Nascent Soul of a cultivator is not destroyed, he can take over another body on his own, thus achieving the effect of "reincarnation from a corpse" in the legend.
Of course, a cultivator's direct possession of another's body is much more advanced than what people call reincarnation. The so-called possession of another person's body, to put it simply, is to use someone else's body and inhabit your own soul. It looks like it is yourself, but in fact, another person has already replaced you inside. In addition, in the Nascent Soul stage, one can use infant fire to refine elixirs and weapons, and the soul of the Nascent Soul cultivator is hidden in the Nascent Soul! In addition, influenced by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the way of heaven, when the cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage, the cultivator needs to survive the tribulation. Well, in fact, when the cultivation breaks through from the Golden Core stage, one can survive the thunder tribulation. This is also a sign that the cultivator is going against the will of heaven, wanting to transform from a mortal to an immortal, practicing immortality, and violating the laws of nature. Yes, that’s right. According to the laws of nature, those below the Nascent Soul stage are still considered mortals. Although cultivators in the Jindan stage, no, even from the foundation-building stage onwards, can no longer be called mortals, but under the laws of heaven, if a cultivator in the Jindan stage dies, he is truly dead. From the essence of life, it is still limited by flesh and blood, but the Nascent Soul stage is completely different. After all, after a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage dies, the Nascent Soul can fly away from the flesh and blood body, find another body at any time, and then be perfectly resurrected and live a second life. This is totally unhuman! It is also because of this that when a cultivator's golden elixir breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, a thunder tribulation will befall. It is both a punishment and a test! Once you survive the thunder tribulation, you will become a creature of another level, and the constraints of the laws of heaven and earth will also change. The reason why Jiajing chose Ming Dynasty to break through to the Nascent Soul stage was to confirm a guess he had long had. Logically speaking, the current Ming Dynasty belongs to him, but the entire Ming Dynasty has been completely separated from the "Earth". So where does the Ming Dynasty belong to at this time? To put it bluntly, Jiajing belongs neither to the world of immortal cultivation nor to the earth, so where do the laws of nature come from? If Jiajing's cultivation base were to break through to the Nascent Soul stage at this time, would the laws of heaven on Earth bring down a thunderstorm? But could the laws of Earth affect anything other than itself? In other words, if one breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage in the Ming Dynasty, then one actually doesn't need to worry about thunder tribulations at all. It is very likely that Lei Jie will not come to Ming Dynasty at all. But if he went to the territory outside the Ming Dynasty, then the laws of heaven would most likely bring down a thunder disaster. Of course, this is only one of the reasons. The second reason is that when Jiajing transplanted Li Ming's life force, he discovered that the life force had its own consciousness, or instinct. According to the original idea, if he could unify the entire earth, then the entire earth would be his destiny, and the consciousness of his destiny would be the consciousness of the earth. In other words, innate consciousness is the way of heaven! (Note: See Chapter 222 for details.) However, all this requires waiting until one's cultivation breaks through to the Nascent Soul or Spiritual Transformation stage before consciousness can begin to communicate initially. Therefore, in order to verify his conjecture, Jiajing chose to break through in Daming. Moreover, the spiritual energy filled in Daming's spiritual veins is not much worse than that in the world of cultivation. It’s completely enough to support his breakthrough! As for why he was only in the middle stage of the Golden Core before, the reason why he was able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in just thirty years was very simple, because his natal object, Daming, developed too fast. In these years, the natal object Daming has been constantly feeding back to the natal Daming, and then the cultivation has been fed back to him. That is, the power of a country is helping him practice, but Jiajing's cultivation has been suppressed. Even when he was able to break through to the late Jindan stage, he did not choose to break through, but chose to suppress it. The purpose is to wait until the time comes when he can break through the Nascent Soul stage in one fell swoop, and then make a final push and use the rebound force to break through the shackles. During these thirty years, Jiajing has been frequently traveling between the world of immortal cultivation and the Ming Dynasty. Of course it’s not for the purpose of developing the Ming Dynasty! After all, now the cabinet, the people from the Imperial Household Department and Lu Fang have all entered the world of cultivating immortals. With them around, the materials only need to be introduced into the Ming Dynasty step by step. As for himself, he used his free time to search the world of immortal cultivation for various elixirs, flesh and blood of ancient beasts, and natural treasures that could help him break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Afterwards, when everything was almost ready, he began to retreat. He was fully prepared for this breakthrough! As time passed, Jiajing's consciousness, along with the ripples of his natal Ming in the sea of consciousness and the feedback from his cultivation, changed from the initial chaos to clarity. At this time, his Qi Sea had completely turned into a huge steamer. The scorching golden elixir was like a big sun, evaporating the spiritual power in the Qi Sea and turning it into "white mist". "Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Suddenly, a beating sound came from the vast white fog. Afterwards, the sticky, motionless white mist began to roll towards a certain location in the middle. I don’t know how long it took, maybe a moment, or maybe several years, the white mist began to thin and dissipate. Above the sky, there were still the 210 acupoints, transformed into big stars, and the spiritual energy painted the sea of energy into a sky. The spiritual energy sea below had calmed down, and the original stuffiness disappeared. Only the huge white cocoon of light remained above the sky. The entire cocoon was milky white, like a boiled egg. "Crack, crack." Suddenly, the light cocoon seemed to make a shattering sound, and then the sound became more and more frequent. Finally, with a loud "bang", the cocoon of light shattered and turned into a sky full of stars, and in the middle was a mini baby that looked exactly like Jiajing, but whose body was several times smaller. In the outside world, a terrifying aura emanated from Jiajing, and the terrifying spiritual pressure also spread in all directions with Yanshan as the center at the moment he broke through the Nascent Soul. Afterwards, a terrifying divine consciousness covered the entire Ming Dynasty. In an instant, countless living beings in the entire Ming Dynasty instinctively felt a palpitation at this moment. Lu Bing, who had broken through to the Jindan stage, felt it the strongest. While guarding the formation, he almost instantly looked towards the formation and felt the terrifying aura that made him tremble. Lu Bing was shocked at first, and then he was ecstatic! As a Jindan stage cultivator, he felt this pressure most clearly, and was also more certain that this pressure was definitely not something a Jindan stage cultivator could possess. Then there is only one possibility, that is, the emperor has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage! "..." (End of this chapter)
