Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 325 Progress
"They just want to cultivate spiritual power, why do they want to be so entangled with the human world?" Ren Yuan asked puzzled.

"Because they, like us, all began their cultivation as mortals." Chen Qingzhi replied, "And even if a mortal's nine orifices are fully opened and they have cultivated to the Yang God realm, they can only withstand half of the divine fire at most. Any more will be backfired."

“And those innate gods were all conceived in the divine fire at the beginning of chaos. In fact, it is more appropriate to say that the divine fire gained intelligence and cultivated into gods.”

"Then how did the ancient emperors defeat them?" asked the Fifth Dimension.

"That's because Huangdi received the Yin Fu Jing from the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens, and realized the method of becoming a god after birth." Chen Qingzhi answered excitedly: "In short, it is to create miracles, use miracles to condense luck, and use luck to fuse the divine fire!"

"Before the decisive battle with Yandi Banquan, Huangdi secluded himself in Mount Juzi for seven days, feeling the energy of heaven and earth, and realized the way of 'conquering people with virtue', which finally won the Yandi tribe back. He also used this to merge the miracle of Yan and Huang, successfully merged the divine fire, and became the first god to achieve success later in life."

"The innate gods have all kinds of insurmountable innate defects. Although their divine power and authority are much stronger, they can't compete with the Yellow Emperor, who has made up for his shortcomings and practiced diligently to achieve perfection. In the end, in the Battle of Zhuolu, even the Demon King Chi You was killed. The Yellow Emperor also unified China with this miracle and achieved the position of the main god. In the end, he retired after his success and ascended to heaven on a dragon."

"I know this. Legend has it that after the Battle of Zhuolu, the Yellow Emperor mined copper from Shou Mountain and used a furnace in Dinghu Lake to refine elixirs. When the elixir was ready, he ascended to heaven in broad daylight. Later generations worshipped him as the founder of the Danding School. It is said that this is the origin of the Waidan School." The Fifth Dimension continued:
"So, becoming a god requires not only divine fire, but also miracles, so gods must intervene in human affairs?"

"That's right." Chen Qingzhi nodded and said, "And not only acquired gods, but also innate gods need miracles to cooperate if they want to be promoted. The higher the status, the greater the miracle required."

"Is it like turning the world into a dreamland?" Ren Yuan asked.

"Yes." Chen Qingzhi nodded and said, "This is the Dream God Wu Yang. He needs a miracle to become the Lord God."

"Can we still stop Him?" Ren Yuan asked in a low voice.

"Difficult." Chen Qingzhi smiled bitterly and said, "I thought this was the best opportunity, so I gave it a try. As you can see, the Dream God is very shrewd and has a trick up his sleeve... I'm afraid this trick is for the emperor."

"Yes." Ren Yuan and the others nodded. The emperor is fishing, so aren't the gods also fishing for the emperor? "

"But we have to do it no matter how difficult it is," Chen Qingzhi changed the subject and said in a deep voice, "Since the emperor has not given up, we have to go all out to prepare for the next time."

"Yes." Ren Yuan and the Fifth Dimension responded. In fact, no matter how much or how little they knew, it was the same to them, they were still just following orders.

"The most urgent task right now is to quickly restore our strength." Chen Qingzhi sighed and said, "This time our losses are too heavy. Three of the four guard leaders are gone, and the Mengzhang Guard is almost wiped out."

"Yes." Diwu Wei felt deeply sorry when he thought about this. He should have gone instead of Wu Zhe...

"As for the Guard Master, we will promote one from the Deputy Guard Masters. In this extraordinary period, we cannot follow the rules, so we will let them act as the deputy guard masters first and keep the business going." Chen Qingzhi continued, "This way, three more deputy guard masters will be vacant."

"The emperor said you are a good kid. Thanks to you discovering their plot several times, we were able to turn the tables on them." He looked at Ren Yuan and said, "The emperor meant that he would use you in a broad sense, but considering that you have just been promoted to the chief of the tower, it is better for you to only act as the deputy chief of the tower, and then slowly accumulate merits to become the official chief."

"Ah?" Ren Yuan wanted to say a few polite words, but he really wanted to make progress and felt that anything he said would be too fake.

"If you don't want to be polite, don't say it." Chen Qingzhi understood his mentality very well and said calmly: "Young heroes should take on responsibilities and forge ahead, and should not learn the smoothness and sophistication of old men." "Yes." Ren Yuan touched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I think so too."

"Haha, that's right..." Chen Qingzhi finally smiled and said seriously, "Besides, accepting a mission in a time of crisis brings more responsibility. You must be mentally prepared. The leisurely days are gone forever."

What I mean is, I'm going to increase the intensity on you.

"That couldn't be better." Ren Yuan was overjoyed when he heard that. In the past year, he had been following the rules in the capital, working for the emperor and living a 'leisurely' life. For ordinary people, this might be something they would love, but for him, it was a terrible waste of time.

He was really afraid that he would get used to this kind of leisure and lose his sharpness and bloodiness.

"Great! This vitality is exactly what we need to boost morale!" Chen Qingzhi clapped his hands and praised, "You can also recommend a group of young and hardworking people when you go back. When hiring people, we should not stick to one pattern, the more the better!"

"Yes, sir." The two responded in a deep voice.

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After coming out of Zuyin Garden, Ren Yuan entered the Hun Tian Terrace as usual.

Chen Lingzhi's beautiful big eyes lost their luster again. As usual, she made him some tea and sat there quietly listening to his sighs.

"To be honest, even though I saw and heard about this battle between gods and demigods, it still feels too far away from me." Ren Yuan looked at his reflection in the tea and said with a wry smile, "But when I think about the scene in the eyes of the soul-binding ghost, it seems very close."

"It's very accurate." Chen Lingzhi was very eloquent. Knowing that Ren Yuan was shocked by the battle of gods and lost confidence, she said softly, "In fact, you feel it's far away mainly because the gap in strength is too big. But a year ago, could you imagine that you were about to break through to the Seven Apertures Great Divine Power and be qualified to receive the Eight Apertures ammunition?"

"That is something I would never dare to imagine." Ren Yuan suddenly realized and laughed, "I remember that when I saw the fifth brother, it was like seeing a god. That feeling is really no different from now."

"Isn't it?" Chen Lingzhi smiled and said, "Who dares to say what you will become in a year?"

"Haha, now that you said that, I feel much better." Ren Yuan was enlightened by this and laughed heartily: "Anyway, it was absolutely right for you to let me come to Gou Chen Si. If I hadn't come here, I might not even be able to use Jiu Zhen San until now."

Then he bowed to Chen Lingzhi and said sincerely, "Thank you very much."

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me." Chen Lingzhi turned aside and said in a low voice: "A blessing in disguise? Maybe you will hate me in the future."

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Ren Yuan waved his hand and said firmly: "Since fate has already been determined, of course I have to do everything I can to improve myself, so I can only thank you!"

"I hope so." Chen Lingzhi said faintly.

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