Beasts become gods

Chapter 259 The undercurrent is surging

At the end of winter in the year 235 of the Jialuo Empire, the sky turned white and it was a clear morning. The Southern Territory ushered in the annual Qing'an Festival. On this day of national celebration, the soldiers of the Southern Territory Legion

They were extremely busy preparing the ingredients needed for today. The military area was also open to the public on this special day. Except for the martial arts arena and the Chinese military tent, other places could be entered and exited at will. At this moment, the people were

Wandering around the military area, all the walls and buildings were decorated with lights, and the atmosphere was very lively, which was completely different from the atmosphere in the military area on weekdays.

Qiao Bang is no longer surprised by this. After all, he has spent six Qing'an Festivals in this world. Although it is different from the Spring Festival in his previous life, the celebration ceremony looks more like a heart-to-heart talk, unlike the Spring Festival in his previous life.

The Spring Festival has the meaning of driving away the Nian beast, worshiping ancestors, and reunion and harmony. Generally speaking, the Qing'an Festival is not as grand as the Spring Festival in previous lives, but it is the only two important festivals in the world. As for the other important festival,

It is the Harvest Festival, which is held every year at the end of autumn. The Harvest Festival is the most anticipated festival for ordinary people. Neighbors cook several plates of delicious food from house to house. Everyone arranges the dishes in a row, and every household goes out of the house to taste the food cooked by each family.

Food reflects the hard work of the past year and looks forward to the harvest in the future.

In the past three days, Qiao Bang has mastered the beast sucking method, and has been able to activate it without deliberately urging it. However, the breath gathering skill still needs to stop and adjust the breath, and it cannot be controlled freely. This is not

I don’t know whether I haven’t mastered the practice or it’s just like this. After I have truly mastered the beast-sucking technique, I feel that although this secret method is exquisite, I still feel frustrated when practicing. When I compare it with Dian Cangmen’s sun-shielding and hiding technique, I feel that the beast-sucking technique is amazing.

The method itself is not yet complete. It is probably the secret method thought up by the founder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. No one in future generations will be able to develop a more profound control secret method based on the secret method of beast sucking method.

As for the concealment technique, Qiao Bang used it carefully, never daring to be sloppy every time. This technique was exquisite, but it was a little dangerous, and something would go wrong if he didn't pay attention. So every time Qiao Bang did it without anyone noticing.

Practice in a special environment, and the same is true after returning to Qiaozhuang. Instruct your servants not to disturb or serve you. If you need it, you will come out and ask, but be sure not to let others bother you. Even so, the practice of this sun-shielding and hiding technique is also really

It's extremely slow. Although the soul-breaking gun is more solid than before and more efficient than before in the sea of ​​​​consciousness, Qiao Bang still feels slow. The method Qiao Anguo taught him before must be this sun-shielding technique.

The simplified version is missing many steps, leaving only formulas that can be practiced without any skills.

Qiao Bang has met Qiao Anguo in the past few days. Qiao Anguo's face was uncertain. Qiao Bang had no idea what he was thinking about. He looked at his grandfather who was pretending to be energetic in front of him, and he still felt uncomfortable. Qiao Anguo didn't ask about Qiao Anguo.

Bang's current situation, just by feeling Qiao Bang's physical fitness and breathing, I knew that Yang Chengfu had taught him the beast sucking method. He had the intention to teach Qiao Bang the secret method and formula of Dian Cangmen, but at present Qiao Bang

He was still young, and he only had one weapon spirit, the Soul-Breaking Spear. The Dian Cang Sect's classics all focused on how to make the weapon spirit fit with oneself. After thinking about it, I decided to wait until Qiao Bang grew up before teaching him.

Although the Dian Cang Sect is not as famous as the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, the Dan Sect, and the Shadow Sect, the secret codes in the sect are so profound that the rules of the Dian Cang Sect clearly state that disciples under the age of twelve are not allowed to practice secret techniques and must first practice bone forging.

Muscles, strengthen the body, and then gradually progress when you are old enough.

Qiao Anguo chatted with Qiao Bang for a whole morning, and he felt a lot more relaxed both physically and mentally. The depression of these days was gone, and his mind became firmer. There were some things that had bothered him for a long time, and now it was time to make a decision.

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In addition to meeting Qiao Anguo, Qiao Bang was also dragged into a long chat by Yang Shuqi. Qiao Kexin also came back and chatted non-stop. Qiao Bang felt that his mind was a mess that afternoon and he passively accepted Yang Shuqi and Qiao Ke

Xin’s “cultural export”.

The only time that Qiao Bang feels at ease these days is in Qiao Zhuang at night. Yang Lan, Zhang Jie and Xiao Zhen have already checked in at Qiao Zhuang. This is the unanimous decision of Qiao Anguo and Yang Chengfu to come during the day.

Reporting on the work at the back of Qiaozhuang, it is better to go back to Qiaozhuang in the evening. The servants can serve closely and they don't need to worry about eating and drinking. The most important thing is Xiao Zhen. Placing him in Qiaozhuang and letting the servants take care of him is better than sleeping in the open air. That's why

In this way, Qiao Bang can have more contact with Yang Lan, and humbly seek advice on various aspects of spiritual formations and spiritual weapons, instead of wasting time behind closed doors.

For three consecutive nights, Yang Lan ignored the hard work during the day and insisted on teaching Qiao Bang about the spiritual formation at night, because Yang Lan knew that Qiao Bang would go to Wanfeng City in a few days to continue completing his studies. For this reason, Yang Lan was cautious and worried about his language.

The speed was too fast for Qiao Bang to hear clearly, but he tried his best to listen to what Qiao Bang said and tried his best to answer questions from his thinking mode.

During these three days, Qiao Bang felt more fulfilled than ever before, and he was highly focused. He was tired of dealing with interpersonal relationships and absorbing a bunch of obscure knowledge. It was actually more difficult than when he was in the academy. But Qiao Bang

He did not complain about this, but instead settled down and studied it seriously, because he knew very well that such opportunities would become less and less in the future, and there would no longer be anyone who could teach the spirit formation with such dedication, even if it was a teacher in the academy, the teaching process

They only teach the skills within the scope of the course. I never see any teacher secretly giving guidance on skills. This may be the "fairness" upheld by the college...

Everyone was extremely busy at this moment, so he had some free time and watched the people curiously looking around in the military area. This seemed to be the place they had always longed for. The vast majority of the people fled here from the north of Dinghai Province. Now they have

Settle down and live a life of food and clothing. This was a scene that was unimaginable in the past. The northern and southern ends of the Jialuo Empire were invaded by spiritual beasts. Dinghai Province has a pleasant climate and fertile soil. It should have been a paradise but in the past five years, it has

It has been frequently invaded by sea spirit beasts for hundreds of years. If the Southern Territory Legion had not been stationed here to guard it, there would not be such a grand situation. The north... is evil and irritable, so let’s not mention it.

With a sudden thought, I recalled my mentor Hong Tianying in the north, and wondered how he and his wife were doing in the north. Two days ago, I listened to my grandfather analyzing the situation in the empire. The empire was now falling apart, and Galan Province had been invaded by local bandits.

The bandits occupied the city lord's palace and set up their own business. They took the gold, silver, treasures, treasures, fields, and houses of the wealthy merchants and gentry as their own and distributed them to other brothers. This bandit was not famous before, and it was unknown whether it was because of the sudden attack.

Whoever gave the advice was able to clear the obstacles and occupy important cities in Galan Province in a short period of time, but did not attack the common people, only targeting the rich and nobles. Someone must have made suggestions. I am afraid that there will be more tricks. Separating Galan Province is probably just the beginning.

, the picture is probably not too small.

The impact of this incident is far-reaching. The rule of the Jia Luo Empire seems to be stable, but in fact it is sitting in the crater of a volcano. The prestige of the imperial court is declining day by day, and it may be scalded and burned by the magma ejected from under the butt at any time. In the past, there were imperial courts and

Shangtianmen is under high-pressure control. Although there are rogues and bandits in the world, they are just small fights and will not become a big deal. The imperial court is exhausted, and after a long period of extermination of the desperadoes, it finally slacks off. The fish that slip through the net are hidden in the mountains and wilds.

In this period, the imperial court did not have the energy to go all out to pull out these painless "thorns".

As time passed, shameless and arrogant people looked down upon each other, made alliances with each other, made many sworn vows, and formed cliques. They gradually grew from unknown people being chased by the imperial court to heinous people, with illustrious names and great reputations, and gradually formed

They have formed a rough group based on cottages, cave dwellings, and villages. Now that Galan Province is occupied by a group of bandits, there will definitely be chaos in the Galan Empire. Chaos is already a trend in the world. People with ulterior motives have followed suit. Galan Province

Even if the imperial court suppresses the momentum with thunderous force and kills all the thieves' leaders, I am afraid that it will not be able to suppress the rising tide.

How could the ministers in the Imperial Court not understand that the words of the people are more important than the rivers? Unfortunately, even if they had the idea to stop people from talking about this matter, they could not take action. After all, the development of civilization is limited, and the Imperial Court cannot control it too much.

Far away, unlike in previous lives where you can silence everyone at any time and only convey the "truth" that the ruling class wants you to know.

The power of this world is like the waves on the coast of the Southern Territory. One wave covers the other, the wind is surging, the waves hit the seemingly solid but actually soft beach, and there are countless undercurrents rolling under the sea. It is already the darkest moment, the emperor

No matter how powerful the court is, it cannot suppress the situation of this group of heroes competing together. It is only a matter of time before it declines.

What happened in Galan Province will have an increasing impact as time goes by, triggering more people's ambitions to commit evil. There will be a second time if there is a first time, and there may be more ambitious people in the future.

, choose to trample on the authority of the law and the empire, and imagine that one day he will invade the imperial court and sit on the supreme throne.

It can be said that high-ranking officials and aristocratic families hate such despicable behavior, and there will be no peace from now on. Being in the position of a powerful person, one will never allow his own safety to be threatened. Anyone who dares not to abide by this rule is a

The public enemies of the ruling class are the mob. In the past, they bullied the market and did a lot of things at the expense of human lives. They were used to the happy life of cutting fish and eating fish, and treated the people as mud and scum. Although thieves and bandits did things that went against nature, they did so to a certain extent.

The bureaucracy was destroyed and the balance was broken. Most of the intrusions by thieves and bandits were to rob homes and rob houses. Their targets were mainly the wealthy gentry and nobles, and the ordinary people were not affected much.

The root of all this comes from the inaction of the emperor Luo Chen in the imperial court.

Although it is biased to say so, the decline of a dynasty cannot be influenced by one emperor. It must be caused by countless emperors who allowed hidden dangers to breed. Just like the snowball is getting bigger and bigger, it cannot be controlled by one emperor.

But it is precisely because Luochen pursues "governing by inaction" that he allows the ministers in the court to argue with each other and have their own strategies for governing the country. When his emotions get out of control and become too intense, Luochen will have a vague and unclear experience.

The words in it seem to be enigmatic, but in fact they are specious. He does not say which point of view he prefers. It is as if he is always standing from God's perspective and commenting on a group of monkeys discussing whether peaches or oranges are more delicious.

This balancing act gave Baiguan a headache. They were suspicious all day long and couldn't figure out what Luo Chen meant. They didn't dare to make an easy decision. If they guessed right, Emperor Luochen had a good leader. If they guessed wrong, Baiguan is all responsible.

Among them, just find a scapegoat to take the blame. This also resulted in many important decisions not being issued. The emperor refused to let go, and the local people suffered. As a result, the country gradually declined, and many problems emerged. In the end,

The most fatal thing is finance.

Over the years, the Jialuo Empire has used its treasury silver to defend against foreign enemies. Originally, the collection of civilian taxes was enough, but in the past fifty years, corruption has become prevalent, and the tax revenue collected through layers of exploitation has become even less. Emperor Luochen

When he first ascended the throne, he was so furious that he brought corrupt officials across the country to justice, and sentenced them to death by hanging them on wooden poles at the city gate as a warning to others, and he won the temporary support of the people.

That was Luochen's highlight moment. He took advantage of the time when he was not tainted by this mud vat to rectify the government and the public, making all officials clearly aware of Luochen's temper. From then on, he no longer dared to make random remarks, and everyone was on pins and needles.

, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad.

When I listen to Qiao Anguo talking about Emperor Luochen, I always feel that there is a lot of unhappiness in Qiao Anguo's heart that has not been vented. I can feel that Qiao Anguo cares about the country, but now he only lives in a corner and no longer cares about the north of Dinghai Province.

Every time he heard Qiao Anguo say that he was old and frail and had no ambition, Qiao Bang felt like a hero in his twilight years.

In recent years, the treasury of the Jialuo Empire has been empty, and Luo Chen, who has been drinking and having fun all day long, has come back to his senses and held countless court meetings. The officials discussed nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

If expenditure cannot be reduced, the only way to increase revenue is to increase revenue. Convert farmland in Yanxia and Diang Cang provinces into mulberry fields, abandon rice to stockpile silk, make silk into finished products for sale, and solve the problem of national treasury deficit by exporting textiles.

It looks beautiful and can solve the country's major problems, but it is very difficult to actually implement it. The people rely on the food grown in this three-thirds of an acre of land to make a living, and the family, young and old, are counting on the limited farmland to generate income, the imperial court announced

In compliance with the national policy, local officials pushed the New Deal, cut off the irrigation water to farmland, sent city defense teams to trample rice seedlings, captured stubborn people and beat them into submission, killing chickens to scare monkeys. Local officials took advantage of this opportunity to eradicate dissidents and consolidate their own power.

status.

In the Imperial Court, the local government has its own deeds. Officials who were already severely corrupt teamed up with aristocratic families to coerce and detain people, forcing them to sell their fertile land to wealthy families at very low prices in exchange for food. This not only enabled them to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Imperial Court.

, and even more greedy, this is an excellent job. The people suffer, but the rich are the ruling class. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the local officials have long been unable to contain their greedy thoughts.

The most terrifying thing is that the flood that broke out a while ago was not a natural phenomenon. Taking advantage of the approaching flood season, officials colluded and mobilized more than 20 Spirit King Realm experts to destroy the dams along the river with all their strength, destroying the embankments and flooding the fields. Afterwards, they built embankments and dams.

It was not strong enough and this pot was directly placed on the head of an upright official who usually looked down on him, and he was sent to the sky.

Countless people have no hope. Their fields have been swallowed up by floods. There is no future for them to stay here. The food they get from their fields is not enough to last for a season. If they continue to rely on corrupt local officials, their families will be ruined.

As a result, everyone rescued themselves one after another, and some fled to the mountains and fields. They relied on their own cultivation to be able to deal with some wild spiritual beasts in the mountains and forests. They settled in Puluo and Galan Provinces. The vast majority of the people did not have spiritual martial arts talents, so they came to the provinces one after another.

With Pinglan and Dinghai provinces migrating, the population flow caused a hot summer, and Dian Cang provinces lost a large amount of cheap labor. Officials became anxious again and tried to encourage people to return to planting mulberry and feeding silkworms by promising countless benefits, but unfortunately they had little effect.

There are also many good ministers in the imperial court who are good at running and prospering the country, but they let corrupt officials do a series of things without stopping them. They hope that the people will rise up, cause countless troubles, and then complain about many crimes, bring down all the corrupt officials, and consolidate the reputation of honest officials.

status.

Unfortunately, things did not go as expected, and the people fled to the mountains and fields, escaping from the world and no longer going out, and lived a life of hunting spiritual beasts in the mountains; they fled to Binh Lan Province, which was already fertile and rich, and was short of people to share production.

The people who fled to Dinghai Province had no worries. Whether they chose to live in rural counties or live in the residential areas designated by the Southern Territory Army, they all received preferential treatment.

It was only after the common people were exhausted from running around that they realized how inferior their previous lives were to pigs and dogs. The Southern Territory, which was exaggerated by local officials as extremely terrifying, was now peaceful. The Southern Territory Legion spared no effort to defeat the encroaching sea spirit beasts. The biggest threat had been eliminated.

solve.

Here, the fertile land not only grows acres and acres of rice fields, but also delicious and juicy fruits, rich condiments, fresh and tender seafood, and vegetables that are easier to mature. The people just regret that they followed what others said in the past and listened to the past.

Hongshang said that this southern region is very dangerous and must not be set foot in. Now it seems that Hongshang has packed a large number of high-quality and low-priced goods from the southern region and transported them to Yanxia, ​​Diancang, Proo, and Changning provinces for double sales, without saying a word.

To be honest, they were afraid that when people came to the Southern Territory, they would expose their little thoughts and cut off their financial opportunities.

Looking at the bustling crowd, Qiao Bang grabbed the armored crab cooked in Qiao Zhuang, skillfully opened the crab shell, took off the huge crab legs one by one, squinted his eyes and sucked them carefully.

The aroma of crab meat spreads between the lips and teeth. Qiao Zhuang's cooking skills are not a bit better than those in the college cafeteria. The crab meat is chewed repeatedly in the gums, tender and smooth, and has a slightly elastic texture that is intoxicating. This armor

The crab has not yet evolved into the tide-calling giant crab. After being steamed, the crab shell is soft and the meat is extremely delicious! For Qiao Bang, who is used to eating canteen food, this bite of crab meat simply rekindled his desire for delicious food.

The only fly in the ointment was that when he was taking out the crab legs just now, he discovered that the split-claw crab was actually a male and had no crab roe. He could only chew the crab legs, which was really a pity. If he couldn't go to Qiaozhuang to get one,

Maybe the next armored crab will be a female.

Although the general trend of the world is like this, I should feel worried, but if the sky falls and there are tall people to hold it up, what's the use of thinking too much? It's better to concentrate on cultivating hard. Your own cultivation is the foundation.

As for the turmoil in this world, the changes in power, the entanglements of interests, and the collapse of the system, what do they have to do with me?

As long as Qiao Anguo, Yang Chengfu, Yang Shuqi, Qiao Kexin, Cui Quji and others are safe and healthy, what is there to care about as to what the outcome of the Jialuo Empire will be?

It is simply impossible to build a country without exploitation, prejudice, and hatred. Instead of working hard to save it, it is better to destroy it and build it up.

The idea of ​​destroying the crab came to mind, so Qiao Bang put the troubles in his mind aside, finished chewing the last crab leg, returned to Qiao Village to get another plate of armored crabs, and continued to enjoy the bustling scene.

"I really hope this prosperity can last forever, the smiles can last forever, and peace can last forever..."

(End of chapter)