The Era of Immortal Cultivation

Of course you can't cut it, but it's okay to practice and see. What if Li is a unique martial arts genius?

With the idea of ​​losing a shot if there is a fish or not, Li Hao circulated his Qi according to the method of condensing Qi in the book, and then he was forced to stop after two weeks, embarrassed to see that he already had a bulge.

robe:

"Okay! It seems that I am indeed not a martial arts wizard in this area."

The core martial arts principle of the Sunflower Book is to stimulate people's Yang Fire to advance their cultivation. However, excessive Yang Fire will naturally disrupt the movement of Qi. Li Hao knew this clearly, but the Sunflower Book did give him an understanding of the martial arts and internal skills of this world.

Great interest.

Zhongnan Mountain is near Xi'an Prefecture. It is estimated that there are not many ruins left of the Quanzhen Sect, but the Ancient Tomb Sect can still be explored.

There were still young descendants of the Ancient Tomb Sect during the Yitian period, so the Ancient Tomb Sect should have existed at least until the early Ming Dynasty. If you can find martial arts such as the Nine Yin Manual and the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon, you will naturally gain blood, have the full truth, and the Jade Girl's Mind Technique

The guarantee is not bad either.

He did what he said, and that night Li Hao packed his luggage and dismantled all the traps carefully arranged in the courtyard. It was a good thing that these traps were useless, but it was a pity that Li Hao's special itching powder was scattered and could not be recovered.

Somewhat wasted.

It was slightly bright early the next morning, and he headed for Zhongnan Mountain, carrying his parcel on his back as he had come.

...

It is true that Xi'an Mansion is not far from Zhongnan Mountain, but after walking for only half a day, Li Hao even entered the Zhongnan Mountain Range.

He bought a simple map from the village at the foot of the mountain for 40 yuan. Following the map, Li Hao found a Taoist temple to stay at the foot of the mountain.

Although it is said to be a Taoist temple, it is actually larger than the small courtyard where Li Hao lived in the city before. In the middle room, there is a portrait of Master Sanqing and an incense burner. On one side, there lives a Taoist priest and his apprentice, and on the other side, there is a Taoist temple.

It is left to people like Li Hao who go into the mountains to stay.

In the evening, the Taoist master and his disciples drank the vegetable soup cooked by the Taoist priest together with Li Hao.

Li Hao asked curiously:

"Are there many people going into the mountain? Why do they need to set aside a special room for people to stay in?"

The Taoist blew on the hot vegetable soup and took a sip:

"It's a bit salty, disciple! Go get a pancake for the guest." Then he added:

"Hunters from several villages down the mountain occasionally come back late from hunting to get some rest, and some hermits on the mountain also stay here every one or two months when they go down to buy groceries, grains and oil.

Furthermore, there used to be some Huashan disciples on the mountain of the Quanzhen Sect, but there was another way out of the mountain on their side, and they only walked towards me occasionally."

"There is an old saying: There are many hermits in Zhongnan. But how come Huashan disciples are in Zhongnan Mountain?" Li Hao was a little surprised and wondered whether it would have an impact on his search for ancient tombs.

"Looking at your accent, you are not a native of Xi'an Prefecture, are you?"

"It's true." Li Hao's accent has been carefully adjusted, but it is still different from the Qin accent, and there is nothing to hide.

The Taoist priest continued:

"No wonder! You should know that the Huashan Sect is the most powerful sect in the world?"

"Although I am not a Jianghu person, I have still heard of the name of Huashan Sect."

The Taoist priest added:

"The Huashan sect is so prosperous that it naturally needs some revenue to support its disciples. Those disciples plant and collect medicines in the mountains, and by the way, they collect rent from nearby Lantian and Zhouzhi counties."

Li Hao didn't understand again:

"Growing medicine is common, but collecting rent? What kind of rent do you charge?"

"Hehehehe!" The Taoist priest just smiled like this, and after laughing for a while he said:

"Nearly half of the fields in Lantian and Zhouzhi counties are owned by Huashan, and the other fields in these two counties that are not owned by Huashan are also rushing to pay 10% of the rent to Huashan!

Just like this, how many households in the 37 counties in the six prefectures of Xi'an Prefecture want to pay it back but are unable to do so!"

Seeing that Li Hao was still a little confused, the Taoist said:

"Master, do you know how much money an ordinary county magnate would have to pay to rent a piece of land?

Those who take 50% are Living Bodhisattvas, and many of them are 60% or even 70%! You have to pay various taxes and corvees yourself. Normally, the situation is not bad, but when there is a drought or flood, you have to sell your sons and daughters.

Eat bark.

The Huashan sect only charges 35% of the rent. If a child is selected to be admitted, the rent will be waived for five years immediately. In the event of natural or man-made disasters, the rent can be reduced at the discretion of the school, and there is no need to make up for it later.

If there are big insects and wolves, the disciples of Huashan Society will naturally get rid of them; when encountering corrupt officials and unjust, false and wrongful convictions, the disciples of Huashan Society will act chivalrously and righteously.

Do you think there are any other landlords like this in the entire Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region?

The imperial court? What is the use of the imperial court besides being able to come up with various reasons to raise taxes?

The first thing the magistrate of Xi'an did when he took office was to go to Huayin and visit Mount Huashan to pay his respects. If Huashan doesn't say anything, he can't even pay taxes!"

Li Hao understood:

This is a worse world. In comparison, the Huashan Party is not so harsh in exploiting ordinary people. It allows them to at least make a living and is praised by the people.

What a fucked up world.

...

The Taoist priest was quite knowledgeable and experienced. Li Hao chatted with him until midnight.

Lying in the narrow hut, Li Hao stared at the hole in the roof without any trace of sleepiness. Everything the Taoist priest said today took away most of his excitement when he first arrived in another world and his good impression of the world of martial arts.

It is now the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing. The original feudal dynasty, which has already passed half of its lifespan, is also in trouble, but at least it still maintains its brilliance on the surface and has nearly a hundred years of life left.

But in this timeline, in this timeline where there are martial arts and were magically modified by Dao Bei a hundred years ago, this feudal dynasty is even more seriously ill. The reason is due to the increase in personal force value.

In the original era of congenital extinction, it was difficult for acquired peaks to influence the current situation with personal force. Sixty or seventy armored soldiers with bows and crossbows were enough to surround and kill. Even the master of martial arts, Shaolin, with many masters, thousands of disciples, and three thousand elites, was enough to annihilate.

Temple. Warriors are good at individual fighting but not in military formations. The more people there are, the more chaos there will be and the less space there will be for them to exert themselves.

Therefore, Jianghu's influence on the entire dynasty is very limited, and it is difficult to determine the direction of history. However, the huge changes brought about by the Sunflower Book have allowed innate masters to appear in large numbers, and this is completely bad!

Innate masters can already make preliminary use of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and there is a qualitative gap between them and acquired peaks in all aspects. Specifically, the innate masters are no longer afraid of the siege of ordinary people. As long as they are not restrained by masters of the same level and are not trapped in narrow terrain, they will not be able to survive.

The army could hardly spare their lives.

Moreover, the warriors of the Sunflower system have a distinctive feature of "fastness", which makes the innate difficulty of encirclement and killing even more difficult.

Holding a sharp blade, murderous intentions arise. There is a saying that "the truth is only within the caliber." It is obvious that the innates have lost their caliber, but have gained a huge threat in terms of force.

I can kill you, magistrates, county magistrates, and even relatives of the emperor, but you can't do anything to me! Then why am I afraid of your power? I have more "fist" than you, and fist is power!

Therefore, from the late Yongle period to the present, the deterrent power of the imperial court has been gradually eroded by the martial arts sects represented by Shaolin Wudang, Huashan Sun and Moon. The interests and rights of the landlord class that originally belonged to officials and landlords have been continuously seized by them, and the national power of the Ming Dynasty has naturally become more powerful.

With the decline, the major factions have become local overlords who essentially enfeoffed the feudal lords.

Li Hao turned over and slowly fell asleep. The last thing he thought before losing consciousness was:

‘I think this Ming Dynasty is going to end!

That’s right, I’m just pitiful about the old wine seller, the waiter, the Taoist priest and countless other people.’