Behind me is the earth

"The king ordered that they should be reported and turned over to the Small World. I have exactly three of them, so I brought these two to the court this time.

The other one is fixed in the back mountain of Suring Mountain and cannot be carried.

We call these small worlds secret realms. There are big and small secret realms, some are inherited from ancient times, and some appear suddenly in recent years. The secret realm in the back of Suling Mountain appeared in the 21st year of Chongqing. "

Master Qingwei took out two, one was a coffin and the other was a glass lamp.

Master Qingwei introduced: "Of these two, one is suppressed in Jiulongkan of Suring Mountain, and the other is enshrined in the Patriarch Hall."

Ren Pingsheng stretched out his hand, and the coffin and the glazed lamp flew into his palm.

The space in his palm seemed to be compressed. The two objects reached his palm and became mini, floating above his palm.

The coffin was surrounded by black mist, which gave people an evil feeling and felt that it was not a good thing.

The glass lamp bloomed with light. Even under the sun, the halo shone all around, and the air was filled with mist, like the sparkling waves reflected from the water, with light and shadow floating.

"This coffin is so evil, like something from a horror movie I've seen."

As soon as the black clouds in the sky disappeared, the Sheriff transformed into a black cat again, floating in the air, and got close to the coffin and stared at it carefully.

The police chief finally understood that the world in the movie was a virtual world woven through light and shadow.

"There is a secret realm in this coffin. According to the records of our Taoist sect, there is a powerful zombie called 'Feng Luan' inside.

It was sealed into this secret realm by the ancestors of Taiyi Road a long time ago.

During the years of suppression in Jiulongkan, there were ancestors from Suring Mountain who entered this secret realm because of the loss of spiritual energy outside, but none of them could come out again. "

Master Qingwei introduced it.

After talking about the coffin, he looked at the lamp in Ren Pingsheng's hand: "This lamp is a magical weapon supplied in the Patriarch's Palace. It was always used as an ordinary magical weapon before, but after seven years In the previous night, this lamp suddenly bloomed with light. Whenever the moonlight shrouded the area from midnight to Yin o'clock at night, the space covered by the light of the lamp fluctuated. If you penetrate it, you will enter another secret realm.

This scene is like the Penglai Fairy Island described in Journey to the West. There are fairy grass, fairy birds, and fairy mountains. "

After listening to Master Qingwei's introduction, Ren Pingsheng glanced at him.

He couldn't believe that Master Qingwei was willing to give such a wonderful place to him.

Master Qingwei continued: "Your Majesty, the inside of this coffin is extremely dangerous. No one knows what happened to the zombies inside, so it is not suitable to explore.

This lamp can be explored, and perhaps it will provide an additional path of practice for the great king and for practitioners all over the world. "

Ren Pingsheng nodded, already understanding.

The secret realm within the glazed lantern comes from Taiyi.

Now, Taiyi wants to practice Taiyi's skills. It doesn't matter if the practice spreads. Anyone who practices Taiyi Dao must understand and agree with the Taoist scriptures and concepts of Taiyi, so that they can better understand the practice and better fit with what it describes. Only by "Tao" can we truly achieve success in cultivation.

By then, Taiyi Dao will once again sweep the world, and the momentum will not be lost, and the fire will cook the oil and flourish.

This is actually a conspiracy of Taiyi.

But Ren Pingsheng didn't care about this conspiracy. Whether it was Taiyi Daoyao or Tianyi Daodao, these Taoist techniques, especially those based on talent, were incapable of being practiced by most people.

Ren Pingsheng knew very well what the foundation of Qi was.

"Xiao Wan, please seal it up first."

Ren Pingsheng handed over two secret realms to Xiaowan.

"It's best to find a place with strong yang energy to suppress the coffin! This secret realm communicates with the outside world, and the 'Feng Luan' inside may come out.

The strength of a guy who can make his ancestors not hesitate to use a secret realm to suppress him is very terrifying! "

Master Qingwei ordered.

Xiaowan heard this and nodded towards him.

“Several of these small worlds have been discovered during this period, some are large and some are small, but according to previous research and speculation, they are all separated from our world.

They are like a fragment in the history of our world's civilization. Some of them are so long ago that even the language is no longer accessible.

Some times are more recent, and there are only some differences in accents when speaking to each other, and the words are of the same origin and can be recognized.

The reason for the existence of these secret realms is a mystery. I don’t know if it was done by the great powers in the past, or if there is something hidden in it. "

Ren Pingsheng thought about the bronze door and the little man found in the black box world, and he guessed more.

"It is said that in ancient times, there were immortal gods who could create the world. Perhaps these small worlds were created by these immortal gods."

Master Qingwei guessed.

"In Suring Mountain, there are some miscellaneous notes that once recorded some events in ancient times. Although it is difficult to tell whether they are true or false over the years, they should be of some reference.

After Pindao returned, he ordered someone to send the rubbings. "

"That's fine."

Ren Pingsheng nodded.

This problem cannot be solved by empty talk. If these things are sent to the Institute of Ancient Cultivation Culture at Qiguo University, they may be able to corroborate the clues with certain cultures in the small world and come up with some research results.

After taking a look at the sky, Ren Pingsheng stopped wasting time on other questions and asked: "Taoist Master has been practicing for more than a hundred years and has studied countless Taoist scriptures. Do you know what the state of the soul is?"

“Cultivation includes refining the essence to transform Qi, refining Qi to transform into spirit, refining spirit to return to void, and refining void to combine with Tao. This is the process of using one’s own body to realize the heavenly mind, seeking from the inside to the outside, enlightening the inside from the outside, and integrating the inside and outside.

As for Yuanshen, it is already in the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void. "

Master Qinghui did not give a lengthy explanation, but simply told the process of Taoist practice.

But to put it simply, in fact every step is like climbing a ladder to heaven, and every stage is full of difficulties.

"What does it take to break into the soul?"

Ren Pingsheng asked again.

This time, Master Qinghui couldn't help being shocked.

Because the other party asked this step, it means that the other party has already touched this threshold.

And now he has just cultivated Yang Shen, and he is still far away from the path of Yuan Shen!

"Is this the 'Great Heavenly Lord' that the Heavenly Dao calls him? Is he really a deity from heaven descending to earth to banish an immortal?"

Master Qing Hui couldn't help but think again.

"Pindao has never touched the Great Way of Yuanshen, and he has no right to comment on it. But Pindao practices according to the records in the scriptures and understands that Yuanshen is the connection and integration of consciousness and gods. In understanding the world, he seeks To the 'true self', and make the true self become an otherworldly existence, possessing a higher level of consciousness and cognition.

When consciousness gradually returns to its original nature and transcends individual attachments and desires, it will connect with the universe, reach a state of no attachment, and enter the realm of the soul..."

In the palace, while Ren Pingsheng was chatting with Taoist Priest Qingwei, in the north of the earth, the war was in full swing.

As winter passes, the glaciers melt, the disease disappears, the green trees sprout, and spring comes to all things.

This is true for nature, this is true for animals waking up from hibernation, and it is true for the people in the North who are oppressed and devastated by the Daru barbarians.

"What is daddy doing?"

Huducheng County is located in Yuanzhou Province. Many of the people here are military households from the old Jing Dynasty. These people were oppressed even more by the Daru people. Over the past two years, many of them were mutilated and transformed into human beings.

In Baili Village, a girl with dark red skin and two ponytails on her head looked at her father who was packing up the family's flatbed truck and asked.

"Go to the front line and deliver food and supplies to the Qi army."

The man replied: "Go to the front line and the army will distribute food so that you can eat enough."

"Then I'll go too."

The girl immediately stopped what she was doing.

"How to manage the land at home?"

The man raised his head, frowned and said, "Now is the time for watering. If you come with me, the harvest will turn yellow this year!"

"It's no longer a shame. The third uncle is back. Let's ask the third uncle and the third aunt to help us with the three-thirds of land in our house."

In fact, their family no longer has land, and they are originally tenants, renting land from the landlord's family.

The two acres of thin farmland that my family originally owned had long been snatched away by those barbarians who killed them with thousands of swords!

This three-thirds of land, a corner of the land outside the village that no one else wanted, was leveled out by them. It was barely considered land, but in fact it did not belong to them.

"also."

The man thought for a while and said: "I heard that the county government issued a notice. Officials from the south said that from now on we will have to register households here, and the land will be divided according to the head of the population. If there is any behavior that supports the army, everyone will be We can also get three to ten more acres of land. If you go with me, you will get two certificates and your family will be able to get a few more acres of land."

After a brief tidying up, the door to the house was locked.

After going through the wrath of Manzi, their family had long been torn apart, and only their father and daughter were left.

"Yadan, are you going to the transportation team too?"

People from the same village asked in surprise when they saw Ya Dan sitting on the cart.

Women are rarely seen in the transport team.

First, women are not strong enough to do such heavy physical labor.

Second, they have to take care of their families.

"There aren't many people in my family anymore, so I'm going to make a living with my father."

DuckDan said.

"Too."

The villagers heard this and said.

The reason why the army needs these people is because the army is advancing too fast and the construction speed of railways and roads cannot keep up. In many rugged places, the passability of cars is not as good as the pallets in the hands of these people.

"Long······"

There was a deafening sound in the air. DuckDan raised his head and looked towards the sky. A jet plane was passing by at low altitude.

The silver wingspan reflected dazzling light in the sun, and the duck egg was fascinated by it.

She couldn't help but say: "Abba, the people of Qi are so awesome!"

Hearing this, the man couldn't help but smile: "We will soon be Qi people!"

"Yes, I heard what the military commander of Qi State said. As long as we complete the household registration and enter the household register of Qi State, we will be able to receive ID cards. At that time, we will be genuine, upright, and upright Qi State people. Got it!"

When the people in the same village heard it, they immediately started discussing excitedly.

Regarding the rumors about Qi State, they had already heard a thick layer of calluses in their ears.

The people there are plentiful, and the people don't even have food to eat, so they just eat meat.

Eat three meals a day, every meal is full!

"I heard on the radio yesterday that twelve more work bicycles were opened in the capital. I don't know what they are, but they said they can pull a lot of people..."

"A distant nephew of mine fled to the south the year before last. I don't know where he is now or what kind of life he is living."

The people were discussing enthusiastically.

"Dad, how do you think my eldest brother is doing now?"

On the cart, Yadan suddenly said.

Since the eldest brother went to the south, he has lost contact with his family.

Nowadays, there is a chaos of war and chaos. There are countless corpses of travelers on the road, lying casually in other places.

In order to prevent corpses from mutating, when locals discover them, they usually smash their heads and bury them hastily on the spot.

Perhaps the most likely possibility is that the eldest brother was buried silently somewhere.

But both of them had a tacit understanding not to talk or think in this direction.

"Your eldest brother must be enjoying happiness in the south now. When the world is peaceful, we will go to the south to find your eldest brother."

The man bent over, pulling a cart, and walked on the road with his fellow villagers.

This thin man who had gone through endless suffering had high bulging cheekbones, a pair of rough hands with cracked skin, and black lines crawling up the back of his hands.

His ribs are clearly defined, and even with his clothes on, you can see how thin he is.

Of the five boys in the family, the eldest is the only one left, so there is no hope of him surviving.

"The main road is much easier to walk."

"I don't know how it was repaired, but the ground is so flat."

"I saw a few days ago that a big steel car broke through the ground directly, and the cars behind it were overwhelmed by it."

Once on the main road, the road suddenly became smooth and wide, and the people pulling carts and pushing wheelbarrows felt much more relaxed.

"Beep beep beep~"

There was a beeping sound, and a group of motorcycles came from behind, surpassing the transport team at lightning speed.

Seeing the motorcycle teams swarming in and roaring away, the people could not help but be surprised again.

"These soldiers are so handsome!"

Yadan couldn't help but sigh.

The random flowers are gradually charming the eyes.

The straight black military uniforms, the heroic military posture, and the straight bodies obtained by adequate nutrition and long-term exercise are so different from these northern people, so much so that in the eyes of a northern rural girl like Ya Dan , it’s like a group of world-class models breaking into a small town!

"Eat first, then load the truck. Today we have to pull food supplies across Gongxi Mountain."

Someone is directing the transport team.

When they arrived at a transfer station, the mountains of grain stacked up deeply shocked Ya Dan's soul.

The white rice was put into the pot and steamed, and the fragrant rice smell wafted out from the transfer station. Yadan couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and looked at the big pot with envy and longing.

When they were arranged to queue up to serve the rice, Yadan, her father, and the other villagers couldn't believe that such good white rice was meant for low-life people like them!

Under the command, Yadan put down the broken bowl in his hand and received a clean stainless steel dinner plate. Looking at the smooth surface on the dinner plate, it could reflect his own face. Since he was a child, let alone a rice bowl. The mirrors I saw in the landlord's house were not as bright as this!

Then the cook generously gave her a full plate of rice and a small bag of greasy shredded pickles.

Perhaps because she was a girl and too thin, he grabbed an extra handful of fried peanuts for her.

When she and her father returned to their cart to eat with their plates in hand, they were not as voracious as they had imagined. For the first time in their lives, they felt like human beings. (End of chapter)