Chapter 21: The Past of Heaven
"Speaking of which, in terms of race and the origin of the exercises, the human race and the demon race were originally of the same origin, and the demon race was a different race," Song Tianxing sighed and said with a wry smile, "But now the human race and the demon race are generally at peace, but they are like fire and water with the demon race, which is really a huge irony......"
Thunder silently. In the mortal world, although he is only a professional soldier, and he only studies how to fight and how to inflict the greatest blow on the enemy at the minimum cost, as the most elite special operations elite, he is also well aware of the changes in the international political situation. So many countries in the world, so many nationalities, conquest of each other, the day before everyone called each other what alliance, brotherly state, the next moment turned their faces and did not recognize the big fight, its changes are so fast, dizzying, in contrast, the fairy world took tens of millions of years to form such three camps, it is as simple as a child. I really don't know if it's because the monks don't know the world, or if they are so "simple" in the first place.
But Lei Dong quickly thought that the current situation has changed a lot, because it is obvious that a fourth party has been involved, where did those birdmen come from? Like the legends of the mortal world, are they the holy envoys under the throne of the Holy Emperor of Light? If so, where exactly did they come from? Where are their nests? What is their relationship with the demons? What is their purpose?
The most important thing is that with the addition of these birdmen, what kind of changes will it bring to the situation in the fairy world, and what kind of consequences will this change eventually lead to?
A series of questions tossed and turned in Lei Dong's mind, stirring his head as big as his head. Originally, Lei Dong's sense of identity or belonging to the fairy world was basically gone, there were no relatives here, no friends, and no lovers, and Ascension was not his initiative at all, but was blown up inexplicably, but now, due to the instinctive hatred and a trace of obsession with those birdmen, he actually had a trace of interest.
However, now is not the time to think about these issues, after all, even the relatively well-informed Song Tianxing knows nothing about these birdmen. The most important thing to consider is where do you go next? Do you join a certain sect, or just wander around the fairy world to explore the secrets that you are extremely interested in but have no clue? Or, for more situations in the fairy world, I still know too little, in this case, it is difficult to make the best choice and judgment.
"According to what you said, at the beginning of the confrontation with the demon clan, the major sects and the demon clan joined forces," Lei Dong said with a deep groan, "Could it be that the immortal world is managed by the major sects themselves, and there is no unified government?" β
"Unified government?" Lei Dong's question made Song Tianxing puzzled, and looked at the few junior brothers and sisters around him, all of whom looked ignorant, and said in surprise for a long time, "What is that?" β
There are so many countries in the world, big and small, strong and weak, there is a central government, even those backward countries filled with a large number of primitive tribes, no matter how weak they are, there is also a government that is recognized by everyone and accepted by the international community, and even some rebels will claim that they are the legitimate representatives of the people, and use this to win the support of the international community. This is already a basic concept that has been integrated into the hearts of almost all people in the mortal world, and it is inseparable from their lives, and Lei Dong can even say these two words accurately in more than a dozen languages casually. However, in the face of the immortal realm cultivator who spoke the same language as himself, how to explain it to the other party was a difficult thought.
"That's it...... Belch...... It is the immortal realm, which is an institution that all the monks have jointly launched to manage the public affairs of the immortal realm, that is, it involves everyone's basic demands and interests...... Or an organization? Lei Dong carefully worded, but after all, there were still some words that did not reach the meaning, in the end, there were still a lot of modern words popping up, even I didn't know if I could say it clearly, and I couldn't help but sweat profusely, damn how did I finish my political class in the training of the Angry Dragon Brigade? Perhaps, if quiet was here, she would explain it more clearly?
Thinking of the quiet, Lei Dong's chest hurt inexplicably, and his face couldn't help but be gloomy.
Fortunately, others didn't notice his look, and his explanation seemed to play a role. Leng Xiu'er was the first to react, and wondered: "Brother Lei, are you talking about Heavenly Court?" β
Lei Dong patted his head, isn't it Heavenly Court? I didn't even think of such a simple word, but it was really ......
Lei Dong felt sorry for himself, Song Tianxing and the others also reacted at once, slapped their heads and said: "Yes, yes, it's Heavenly Court, right, Brother Lei?" This latter sentence is not very reassuring, and I have to verify it again with Lei Dong.
"Yes, it should be......" Lei Dong was ashamed and hesitated.
"There really is one of these," the disdain on Song Tianxing's face flashed away, and he changed to a serious expression to show his respect for Lei Dong, and said, "At the beginning of the cooperation in the entire fairy world to deal with the demon clan, the major sects and the major forces of the demon clan publicly launched a few big guys to coordinate the forces of all parties and deal with the contradictions of all parties, and the following year it was changed to a sectarian alliance, and after the demon clan was completely defeated and sealed to the demon world, this alliance gradually evolved into the heavenly court, responsible for taking care of the chores of the fairy world, and the alliance leader Taixu Zhenren became the first immortal emperor." , there are four heavenly monarchs, who are in charge of the criminal name, the heavenly soldier, the supervision and the money valley, but it's a pity that ......"
"What a pity?" Lei Dong saw that Song Tianxing's face was faintly wrong, and he even stopped saying a word, and hurriedly asked.
Song Tianxing pondered for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that there is a sect, there will definitely be contradictions, not to mention that there are two big races of humans and demons mixed in between?" The external enemy has retreated, although there are still conflicts between immortals and demons from time to time, but after all, they can no longer form much of a threat, and the Heavenly Court has begun to fight for power and profit, arguing all day long for their respective seats and spheres of influence. It didn't take long - about 100,000 years, the demon clan Xuan Immortal roared Tianzun took the lead in quarreling, and walked away in a rage, and then in a hundred thousand years, several great sects of the human race also announced their withdrawal from the heavenly court, and the Taixu Zhenren was disheartened, and announced that he would pass on the position of the Immortal Emperor to the Haoyuan Immortals, and he would retreat and cultivate by himself, and realize the way of heaven, and since then there has been no trace of the Taixu Zhenren in the Immortal World......"
"So, the current Heavenly Court, is it the Haoyuan Immortal who is in charge?"
"If only that were the case!" Song Tianxing sighed, "At least, the legend of the Haoyuan Immortal is still a master of Xuan Immortals who is quite enthusiastic about official affairs in the fairy world, but although his cultivation is high and his enthusiasm is heavy, his prestige is indeed not enough to convince the public, and the means are even more difficult to control several great immortal monarchs. β
"Alas!" Lei Dong let out a long sigh, in this case, he knew what would happen next. Sure enough, Song Tianxing said with pity: "During the Great War of Immortals and Demons, the masters of the Immortal Realm fell countless times, many inheritances were interrupted, and the powerful magic weapons handed down from ancient times disappeared I don't know how much, and the Immortal Realm was greatly injured because of this, and it has not been able to recover until now." β
After a pause, Song Tianxing sighed: "Originally, when Heavenly Court was just established, the blow was still able to work together, study the exercises together, and deal with foreign enemies together, and the immortal world finally had a little hope of revival, but after such a trouble, not to mention the fall apart of Heavenly Court, even the little hope that I had just now was ......."
At this point, I can't go on.
These ancient secrets, not to mention thunder, even Wen Heping, Leng Xiu'er and others heard about it for the first time, and they all showed surprise on their faces, and then they were silent. After a long time, Lei Dong asked, "Then now the Heavenly Court ...... Has it completely disappeared or disbanded? β
Song Tianxing smiled bitterly: "That's not true, the two Immortal Emperors have gone to office one after another, and after the Demon Clan withdrew, Heavenly Court actually had its name in vain, but it was still preserved on the surface, after all, no one knew when the Demon Clan would make a comeback." It's just that since then, there has been no recognized immortal emperor again, and Qian Gu Dao has completely disappeared, and the criminal name and supervision have been merged to become a new supervision dao, which is specifically responsible for monitoring whether the behavior of people in the fairy world is suspected of falling into the demon way, and whether it colludes with the demon clan. However, the new supervision of the Dao is extremely secretive, no one knows who their leader is, how high the cultivation is, they will only appear when there is an abnormality in the fairy world, these people are ruthless, whether it is a human race or a demon race, once there is a suspicion of entering the demon, they will often be uprooted, and they will be publicly executed after being counted in public, and after tens of millions of years, it has also become a force that everyone in the fairy world talks about. As for the Heavenly Soldiersβ"
Under the gaze of Lei Dong's gaze, Song Tianxing's expression suddenly became a little strange, and said: "Originally, the Heavenly Soldier Dao was the most powerful department among the four realms of the Heavenly Court, in charge of the coalition formed by various sects, and its leader Qing Xuan Zhenren was even more highly cultivated, and was once known as one of the top ten masters in the Immortal Realm, but with the collapse of the Heavenly Court, most of the disciples of the various factions returned to their respective sects, and the Heavenly Soldier Dao gradually became an empty shelf, only nominally the power to recruit the Heavenly Court team, in fact, there was no longer a single soldier in his hands, and he could only open a Xuanwu Academy at the original site of the Heavenly Court, Openly recruit disciples of various sects who are willing to practice and experience, and provide them with exercises, resources, and places of trial, for millions of years, I don't know how many masters of the immortal realm have cultivated in the Xuanwu Academy. Decades ago, the super genius who had the same name as Brother Lei, many people suspected that he was from the Heavenly Soldier Dao, as the greatest hope for reviving this Heavenly Soldier Dao, but unfortunately, this thunder movement disappeared so inexplicably......"
"In addition to these two major yamen, the Heavenly Court that once flourished in the Immortal Realm has actually disappeared completely," Song Tianxing said, "Now when we talk about Heavenly Court, we actually refer to the Dao of Supervision, and even the Dao of Heavenly Soldiers is not much mentioned by people." β
Leng Xiu'er let out a soft "ah" and said in surprise: "I thought that the current Heavenly Court has always been like this, why have I never heard of these things?" β
Song Tianxing glanced at Leng Xiu'er, blushed somehow, and coughed before saying: "These things are already Chen Sesame Rotten Grains thousands of years ago, don't say it's you junior sister, even if you are a person in many major sects, you may not know, I just like to browse miscellaneous books, and occasionally read these things on an ancient jade slip in the secret pavilion of the master's sect." But he sighed in his heart and said, in fact, it's not to find something strange and talk to you for a while?
Glancing at Song Tianxing, Lei Dong suddenly felt something: This guy has a little bit of thought about the little junior sister! With a sweep of his eyes, he saw Wen Pingtian Chuchen and others, looking at Song Tianxing's gaze was also a little weird, and he suddenly understood in his heart, I am afraid that this little thought is no longer a secret in the Five Elements Gate...... It's just that Leng Xiu'er, a little girl, is completely ignorant!
Lei Dong secretly laughed in his heart for a while, and then pressed the gossip heart in his heart and asked: "So, the original Immortal Emperor and Immortal Monarch of Heavenly Court will let Heavenly Court completely decay and will not come out to take care of it?" β
"Who knows?" Song Tianxing said lightly, "It's been tens of millions of years, and these people have never appeared again, maybe, they've disappeared......
"What?" Song Tianxing's answer surprised Lei Dong, "Immortals will also die?" β
Song Tianxing was not surprised by Lei Dong's surprised expression, and said with a smile: "This nature, the so-called five decays of heaven and man, death, is naturally a very normal thing. It is said that immortals have obtained the way of immortality, but immortality, where is it so simple? It's just that they live longer than the average person. Generally speaking, Mahayana monks have a lifespan of thousands of years, and after breaking through to the true immortal, they have a lifespan of tens of thousands of years, while the lifespan of the golden immortal is about 100,000 years, as for the Xuan Immortal? Who knows, maybe in millions or tens of millions of years, as long as there is no major breakthrough in cultivation, one day he will die. Otherwise, what do you think is cultivating immortals and cultivating immortals? Isn't it just an attempt to break through the heavens and seek true immortality? β
"Actually, even if those ancient Immortal Emperors and Immortal Monarchs reappeared, what use would they be able to revive Heavenly Court?" Song Tianxing smiled self-deprecatingly, "This vast immortal realm is boundless, there are so many sects, most of them like to be free and unrestrained, who wants to have a heavenly court above it that is pointing fingers all day long?" And those monks who love power, there are the eldest and the second one, and they are not convinced by each other, where can they launch an immortal emperor who is all husband and wife? In fact, even when Heavenly Court was at its most prosperous, I was afraid that most of the sects, most of the immortals, were not willing to obey the management of Heavenly Court, but in the face of the threat of the demon race, they had to cooperate temporarily. β
"That's it," Lei Dong said after a long silence, "If, I mean if, when the immortal world faces the immortal demon war again, how should such a disintegrated and cohesive immortal world be faced?" β
In Lei Dong's words, rare words like "cohesion" appeared again, but this time, Song Tianxing understood what he meant almost immediately, and An Ran was silent for a long time before he said blankly: "Who knows?" In the past million years, as the strength of the demons has been restored, their harassment has become more and more frequent, and the people in the fairy world have become more and more dissatisfied with this status quo, I have seen from some secret books, in fact, many people have raised this question, and called for changing this phenomenon, but unfortunately, the gap between the sects in the fairy world is very deep, if you want to start changing, how easy is it to say? And I don't know where to start......"
Several people fell silent, and an oppressive atmosphere began to permeate the small team in flight...... (To be continued.) )