40,000 Years of Cultivation

Li Linghai said with regret: "The thirty-five years after the establishment of the True Human Empire was spent inside and outside the Covenant Alliance and the remnants of the Xinghai Republic. When the Black Star Emperor finally managed to take both enemies temporarily The retreat had seriously consumed the strength of the imperial army and his own life, and he had to recuperate, unable to carry out a thorough reform.

"The Black Star Emperor, who was in his twilight years, didn't think about going against the sky and forcibly innovating.

"But on the one hand, those with vested interests who survived the catastrophe became smarter, more concealed, and more loyal on the surface; on the other hand, the wounds accumulated in the early years of practice and battle finally broke out in Black Star Emperor's body. From time to time, he showed signs of becoming confused, unable to be as wise and victorious as he was in the early years of his expedition career, and even made some... more radical decisions.

"Even the true cultivators who are loyal to him and fight the world with him can't understand why he has to repeatedly kill after he has seized the highest power, and even regard his actions as'killing heroes.' The Star Emperor died in depression in such a heroic shortness of breath, but he created an empire for him, leaving endless troubles.

"To this day, the empire's chronic disease has erupted, and all kinds of evils have been plagued. Only countless people of insight have turned their heads and re-examined the actions of the former Black Star Emperor. They affirmed his ideas, but they missed the opportunity and it was too late to regret.

"From the end of the Xinghai Republic all the way, the old oligarchs who have not been completely eradicated by the Black Star Great have been transformed into the vested interests of the real human empire, swaggering, high-ranking cliques and dignitaries, unscrupulously swallowing the empire and the people. Of flesh and blood.

"They hate and fear the Great Black Star in their hearts, and are afraid of the appearance of a second Great Black Star, who will seize everything from them on behalf of the country and the people.

"In the deepest part of their hearts, they regard the Black Star Emperor as the most terrifying enemy, far better than the Holy League or the cultivator.

"But on the surface, these fake and castrated cultivators have to hold high the banner of the Black Star Emperor, and praise the great achievements of the Black Star Emperor, because only the invincible prestige of the Black Star Emperor can unite the entire star sea, which is a symbol Only with the legitimacy of imperial rule can they appease the bottom-level cultivators and ten times more primitive people.

"Because of this very contradictory position, there are even a lot of shameless propaganda materials appearing in the empire now. Pi Liyangqiu evaluates the actions of Emperor Black Star. There is even a lot of dirty water that penetrates into the empire's teaching materials and history. In the works and external propaganda products, it is shameless to use the method of public praise and secret derogation to secretly vilify the Black Star Emperor!"

Li Yao suddenly realized when he heard this, he couldn't help but let out an "ah".

Li Linghai was startled slightly: "What's wrong, what do you seem to think of?"

Li Yao blinked and quickly said, "It's nothing. In that case, Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi is really a great hero who is upright and upright, serving the country and the people?"

But there was a sense of sudden enlightenment in my heart.

Li Linghai's words solved a mystery that had troubled Li Yao for hundreds of years.

That was what happened when Li Yao first met the exploratory team of the immortal cultivator Su Changfa in the Kunlun Ruins more than one hundred years ago.

At that time, Su Changfa and other immortal cultivators wanted to entice Li Yao to join their team, and deliberately played three "brainwashing materials" for the destruction of civilizations to Li Yao.

This brainwashing propaganda material later evolved into the "Civilization" game of the Star Federation, and it also led to an endless story-this needless to say.

What Li Yao deeply felt at the time was that the destruction of the three civilizations of "Panlong, Yaocha, and Wuying" actually had enough strength to explain the naivety, short-sightedness and ignorance of the "Road of Cultivation" and the correctness of the "Road of Xiuxian". Harmony is imperative, and it seems that there is no need to rush to tell the history of Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi's family.

Even if you really want to promote the glorious history of the "first emperor", it seems that you don't have to portray him like this... cruel, scheming, and inhuman, right?

Those propaganda stories seem to have shaped a decisive and talented emperor, but in fact they left many flaws, as if they were deliberately showing the darkness, viciousness and ugliness hidden under the towering throne.

In actual effect, this is indeed the case.

Because of the many loopholes in the history of Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi's fortune, Li Yao and the Scarlet Inner Demon quickly reacted after discussing them. Dao Xin did not waver at all and still adhered to the concept of a cultivator.

However, according to common sense, this makes no sense at all!

The real human empire has ruled the center of Xinghai for thousands of years. I don't know how many worlds have been conquered. How could it be possible that even a foreign propaganda product could not be done well, and it would leave so many loopholes with the technique of public praise and secret criticism?

As the saying goes, "to hide for the venerable", even if Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi is really a heinous and sinful evil, as his descendants, shouldn't these immortal cultivators be more verses and wrongs, portraying him incomparably bright, holy, and flawless? ?

Why... After reading the brainwashing materials brought out by the immortal cultivator and understanding the history of the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi, he will naturally feel that he is a big villain?

The ancient court painters gave portraits to the emperor, and they knew that they ignored the pockmarks on the emperor’s face.

How come the propaganda materials of the cultivators intensify, lest the audience can't hear how ferocious, crazy, and cunning Wu Yingqi is?

This is simply a super unqualified, even brainwashing material written by the "anti-thief and chaotic party"!

Anyway, Li Yao was thinking that if he were the emperor of the empire, he would have to grab and behead the guys who compiled this propaganda material one by one.

Li Yao absolutely did not believe that the propaganda department of a country with a thousand years of history of conquering, colonizing and brainwashing the true human empire would be so mentally retarded.

Later, I asked Su Changfa and Di Feiwen separately. The two senior immortal cultivators did not know clearly. They only knew that the official propaganda caliber of the empire was this tone long ago. It was able to squeeze out the frenzied and cruel taste of Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi.

Li Yao has been pondering over this matter for more than a hundred years, but he hasn't figured it out.

Until today, I understand everything.

It was the first time I heard the story of Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi in Kunlun Ruins more than a hundred years ago. That kind of instinctive fear and disgust was not an illusion, but a deliberate effect caused by the other party.

These brainwashing propaganda materials are written by the pens of those powerful and powerful. They not only have to implant the first impression of "the real human empire is extremely powerful" in the audiences' minds, but also implant the "Black Star Emperor's madness. "Bloodthirsty butcher, super villain" first impression.

The latter is even more important than the former!

"It turns out that the propaganda department of the empire is not mentally retarded, it's just that they are all'anti-thief'."

Li Yao secretly said in his heart.

"If there were no Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi, the entire human race in the center of the Star Sea is now under the rule of the Covenant Alliance, deprived of seven emotions, six desires and free will, and turned into an inhumane flesh and blood machine."

Li Linghai said indifferently, "Just by resisting the Holy League and swearing to defend the center of Xinghai, wouldn't the Black Star Great Emperor still be able to be evaluated as a "hero"?

"It's a pity that history is always written by the victors. The Black Star Great Emperor led countless true immortal cultivators and martyrs who fought **** battles, swearing to the death to defend human civilization, and finally established a true human empire through all kinds of hardships and dangers, but now the fruits of victory are All were stolen by those cliques and nobles.

"In the last few hundred years, especially the last one or two hundred years, the decay of these celebrities and nobles has reached an unbearable limit."

Li Yao's heart moved: "How to say?"

"It's very simple, but also very important-life."

Li Linghai said, "The biggest problem facing the empire right now is that almost all the cultivators of clans and nobles have lived too long."

Li Yao was stunned: "Too long to live?"

"Yes, the replacement of the old and the new, the metabolism, this is the principle of nature, you are a thief if you are old and not die!"

Li Linghai said, "In the first five hundred years, the empire continued to expand outwards, and it really fought some tough battles. A large number of pill formation, primordial infants and even immortal cultivators will also go to battle personally, or burn their lives and continuously output a large amount of mental contributions. , The probability of getting into a devil, being seriously injured or even falling down on the spot is not low.

"The older generation of immortal cultivators has died, and the new generation of immortal cultivators will have the opportunity to rise, and only then can they see hope and have the motivation to struggle, right?

"But in the next five hundred years, the empire did not have any large-scale external warfare to fight. The'cake' was almost completely divided up. Every carrot plunged deep into its own pit. The only consideration was how not to let oneself be taken.' Pull out.

"In this way, a large number of high-level immortal cultivators have changed the purpose of cultivation from'how to improve combat effectiveness and computing power' to'how to prolong life and even live forever.'

"These high-level immortal cultivators are sitting on a large amount of resources, and they can consume astronomical amounts of spar irrespective of the cost, just to slightly extend their life span for a few days, and they have made great progress.

"In recent hundreds of years, the average lifespan of immortal cultivators above the empire's Nascent Soul has been getting longer and longer. Even in the days of the Black Star Emperor, even if he was stronger than the Emperor himself, he would have lived less than 400 years old before returning to heaven. Today Anyone who cares for the elementary stage of the Nascent Infant stage and takes good care of it will have a chance to live three to four hundred years old. If you step into the realm of the **** of transformation, with special secret blessings, it is not uncommon to live five to six hundred years old."

"So exaggerated?"

Li Yao secretly smacked his tongue.

The well-known long-lived old man from the Star Federation has a longevity. With the blood of the monster turtle, coupled with irregular hibernation, he lived only eight or nine hundred years old, and he was called "Ren Rui".

The Nascent Soul and the God of the True Human Empire can live three to five hundred years old casually. It seems that it is not the limit. It is indeed... quite scary.