Zongwu: The Rise of the Little People

Has memories of past lives.

Zhao Xu knew that the treasure was in Tianning Temple outside Jiangling City.

But Zhao Xu still felt uneasy unless he went there in person to take a look.

South of the city, Tianning Temple.

Thanks to the fact that Zhao Xu covered his face with a black cloth the day before yesterday, he was able to swagger into Jiangling City today.

Although Tianning Temple has been abandoned for many years, it is close to Jiangling City after all.

So Zhao Xu easily found out its location.

Looking at the huge Buddha statue in the main hall, Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh at the extravagance of Emperor Yuan of Liang in those days.

This giant Buddha is made of pure gold.

There is also a secret room under the Buddha's seat, which contains a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, but they are all coated with poison.

The Liancheng Treasure was left behind by Emperor Yuan of Liang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The founding emperor of the Liang Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, was so devoted to Buddhism that he became obsessed.

He gave up his life to become a monk many times, and the court officials had to spend a huge amount of money to redeem him from the Buddhist temple.

During his 48 years in power, he spent huge amounts of money on Buddhist temples every year.

Many temples sprang up everywhere during this period.

"There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, and many pavilions are in the mist and rain."

Such perverse actions will naturally bring endless disasters.

At that time, Hou Jing, a surrendered general of the Northern Dynasty, rebelled and spread like wildfire.

Xiao Yan was eventually besieged and starved to death.

Although the Southern Liang Dynasty was restored later, the seeds of disaster had already been planted and it was later conquered by the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The last Emperor Yuan of Liang hid the treasures collected by Xiao Yan and himself here.

Thinking of these past events, Zhao Xu sighed.

Having a huge amount of wealth but not working hard to govern the country and build up the military will ultimately only make things easier for others.

After confirming the treasure of Tianning Temple, all of Zhao Xu's goals in Jiangling had been achieved.

The end of the year.

In an inn in Suzhou City, Jiangnan, Zhao Xu sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed.

The transparent internal force generated by the Shenzhaojing is continuously merging into the chaotic internal force that already exists in the body.

As time passed, three flowers of Tao slowly appeared outside the body and hovered three feet above the head.

The white lotus, which symbolizes the flower of energy, trembled and expanded its bloom to become half-open.

The Shenzhaojing is indeed known as the most refined internal energy in the world, it is truly the purest.

Zhao Xu had many adventures in the past few months, and successively acquired two peerless martial arts, the Five Absolute Divine Skills and the Divine Illumination Sutra.

The Five Absolute Divine Arts helped him condense the Three Flowers, and now the Shen Zhao Jing allowed his Qi Flower to go a step further and reach a half-open state.

Due to the characteristics of the basic Qi Refining Technique, after integrating the Five Absolutes and Shenzhao, Zhao Xu's Dantian internal strength not only expanded several times, but also brought in the advantages of the two.

As Zhao Xu continued to improve, he himself could not predict what kind of incredible results would emerge in the end.

In short, now that the flower of qi is half-opened, his power has greatly increased, allowing Zhao Xu's path of cultivation to make another solid step forward.

In this martial arts world, the climate in the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty is somewhat different.

There is no winter here. It is already December, but the south of the Yangtze River is still covered with green grass and flowers.

Such a unique environment also made this region prosperous, and more than half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue came from Jiangnan.

Going downstream along the river from Jiangling, Zhao Xu soon arrived in the Jiangnan area.

"The south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, and I have known its scenery for a long time. When the sun rises, the flowers on the river are as red as fire, and in spring, the river water is as green as blue. How can I not miss the south of the Yangtze River?"

Such a beautiful place naturally made Zhao Xu linger.

Zhao Xu has been staying in Jiangnan during this period and refused to leave. Now that the New Year is approaching, he has decided to spend the New Year here.

There are many reasons for this.

After November, the north has entered a cold winter with bad weather and difficult roads.

Of course, the reasons are more than that.

Zhao Xu had been practicing the Shenzhaojing for a while and needed a stable place to practice in depth.

At the same time, the golden magic whip "Ghost-Seeing" has been in his hands for more than three months.

Now that we have arrived in the Jiangnan region, we can take this opportunity to meet its future owner.

The Murong family is one of the most famous families in the martial arts world, and they have been present in many dynasties.

There were two branches of the Murong family in the Ming Dynasty.

One branch is the Murong family of Qixingtang, Yangzhou.

He has close ties with the Shenjian Villa where the third young master Xie Xiaofeng is.

The other one is Murong Villa in Suzhou, which is one of the forbidden places in the Ming Dynasty martial arts world.

This is not because Master Murong has peerless martial arts power like Yao Yue of Yihua Palace.

It was because he had nine beautiful and intelligent daughters, “the nine beauties in the world”.

The first eight of these nine daughters were married into eight major forces. Relying on this network of relationships, they had to give some face to anyone who came.

In the martial arts world of the Ming Dynasty, in terms of relationship networks, only the Jin family, where Madam Jin of Wanfu Wanshou Garden (a character in Chu Liuxiang) belongs, can compete with Murong Villa.

There are many forces in the Ming Dynasty. Apart from the major martial arts sects, the most powerful ones are the major martial arts families.

These noble families are often half imperial court and half martial arts, and they produce many talented people.

Jiangnan is a prosperous place with abundant resources, dense population, beautiful scenery, and far away from the capital, making it the first choice for many martial arts families to settle down.

As far as Zhao Xu knows now, there are the Jiangnan Hua family, the Murong family, the Shenjian Xie family, Xue Yiren's Xue Family Manor, the Li family where Li Guanyu is in Yongcui Villa, and so on.

In short, if you want to survive in Jiangnan, you can’t escape these aristocratic families.

Jiuxiu Villa is built on the mountain, hidden in a lush bamboo forest.

As a vassal building of Murong Villa, it has always been the residence of "Ninth Girl" Murong Jiu.

As a relative of Murong Villa, Zhang Jing has known the Murong family since childhood, especially the youngest sister, Murong Jiu, the youngest of the "Nine Beauties in the World". She is the best friend.

Therefore, Zhao Xu went straight to Jiuxiu Villa to look for the "little fairy".

The Murong family has a good tradition. After learning the purpose of the visit, the servants here quickly went in to pass on the news.

Soon someone came out to greet us.

Before the person got close, a faint medicinal fragrance entered Zhao Xu's nostrils, which shocked him.

Looking closely, I saw that the person coming was a girl in green. She was elegant and refined in appearance, with a slightly melancholy expression, and a beautiful and pitiful face.

Although he had never seen him before, as soon as Zhao Xu saw him, he knew that the person coming was the owner of Jiuxiu Villa - Murong Jiu.

Seeing that the person coming was not the "little fairy" Zhang Jing, a trace of disappointment flashed through Zhao Xu's heart.

But he quickly adjusted his mindset and took the initiative to meet him.

"My name is Zhao Xu, nice to meet Miss Nine."

When Zhao Xu looked at Murong Jiu, she had been observing Zhao Xu for a while.

I have to admit that the "little fairy" has good taste.

Even someone like Murong Jiu, who was used to seeing young talents, had to admit that Zhao Xu was outstanding.

"You ever met me?"

Although he had indeed never met Zhao Xu, he revealed his identity so quickly that Murong Jiu couldn't help but become suspicious.

Seeing that Murong Jiu was a little confused, Zhao Xu explained: "Jing'er mentioned the Ninth Miss to me, and this is Jiuxiu Villa. Since Jing'er didn't come to greet me, the one who came must be the owner of this place."

"Don't you think so, Miss Nine?"