Chapter 22: The Twilight of the Fight and the World Tree (5200)
For the immortal powerhouse, Jiuxuanfeng Wang Hongkun, every day in the past fifteen years has made him worried.
Nine Xuan and twenty-four collars, each of which is responsible for its own profits and losses, has its own royal palace, taxes and laws. Except for nominally obeying the co-lord Emperor Xuan, the territories they ruled were essentially independent kingdoms.
In a peaceful and prosperous world, such a free right brings an absolute relaxed and pleasant enjoyment - who likes to have a boss in charge of everything and dictate everything?
After all, this generation of Emperor Xuan is not a person who likes to monopolize power, he has always liked to rule by inaction, if it is not necessary, the emperor will never interfere with other kings without authorization.
However, for the troubled times that are about to collapse, the fact that each leader is almost independent has made the kings anxious.
Yes, troubled times. Even the seemingly reckless King Hong could clearly understand the fact that the Nine Xuan Realm was gradually entering chaos because of the revival of aura...... But his insight can only sustain this far.
He couldn't understand why such a good thing as the revival of the aura had caused the internal affairs of the territory that had been stable to deteriorate dramatically, and it was also difficult to understand why the civilians who were originally docile became more and more lazy and slack, and did nothing but practice.
But he can understand that in order to solve such a situation, he needs an 'opponent'.
Hundreds of years ago, when the aura of the past had not yet recovered, there was a similar problem within the Hongwang Territory - a few extremely lucky merchants joined forces to control more than 70% of the resource production of the entire Hongwang Territory, most of the inhabitants of the territory were their employees, and more than 90% of the wealth was occupied by this group of less than 10%.
At that time, all the employees under the merchant alliance were extremely slack, even if they were required to work overtime repeatedly, but the production efficiency did not improve at all.
Anyway, all the hard work, all the hard work, in the end is just to increase the wealth of the 'boss', and it can't fall on your own head, so why not fish?
It's all someone else's business anyway, so there's no need to take it too seriously.
This realization is simply the same as now, all the civilians who have not become cultivators have no intention of working seriously at all.
- What's the point of working hard? Anyway, all the resources will be taken away by the cultivator.
As long as you don't become a cultivator for a day, then there is no point in working hard.
This is the trend of thought in the territory of King Hong at the beginning, and now, in the entire Nine Xuan Realm.
In the past, what reversed this trend of thought was the competition of other royal lords.
Because of the advancement of technology, the channels of communication between royal lords have become more frequent, and the circulation of people and goods has become easier.
Attracted by the better conditions of other realms, the inhabitants of the Hongwang Territory began to migrate to the outside world on a large scale, and all kinds of cheap and useful goods were also dumped from other royal realms - for a while, the local goods of the Hongwang Territory were all shocked, and even the Hongwang of that era was shocked, because most of the people under his command actually wanted to flee from the ancestral land and go to other royal realms.
This has shaken the foundation of the Hongwang Territory.
With opponents and competition, the Hongwang Domain, from the ruler to the holder of capital, learned from the pain, began to benefit the people, open welfare, and declared that other royal lords were economic enemies and invaders, and launched the Cold War era, prohibiting the migration of civilians at the same time, but also began to block technology and compete with other royal domains.
For a while, there was tension between many royal leaders, and if it weren't for the mediation of the Nine Xuan Emperors of that generation, I'm afraid the war would have started long ago.
Although the Cold War was very depressive for the rulers of the royal domain and the holders of capital, it was indeed the happiest era for the common peopleβmost of the civilian facilities, the holiday system that has been inherited to this day, the various civilian benefits and low tax rates have been inherited from that era.
With competition, in order to defeat other 'opponents', vested interests will loosen their mouths and return a part of their benefits.
At that time, the social contradictions will also be alleviated, and the troubled times in the Nine Xuan Realms will gradually return to normal because of this.
The war between the Nine Xuan Realm and the Immortal Heaven is nothing more than a reproduction of the confrontation between the kings and lords of the past, and King Hong understands this precisely because he has read the history books well.
Therefore, he wanted to take the lead and seize glory as the first king to attack Xiantian.
Of course, it's all about thinking β it's a good idea, but it's a different story.
Now, Hongwang has little room to think.
Because he has been captured by the 'Descendant of the Immortals' as their intended enemy.
"I said, I said it allβthere's no need to continue, I've said everything I had to say!"
Earth, Jeongguk, Cheongju Security Bureau General Bureau, underground secret area, interrogation room.
Late at night.
Under the blockade of the Sealing Spirit Array, Hongwang Hongkun, who had a long single horn, shouted loudly, although he was weak at the moment, and his whole person was locked in the Immortal Sealing Chair, but the voice full of anger was deafening: "Is this the case with your Immortal Heavenly Descendants?!" I've already surrendered, I'm going to confess, why are you still tortured me! β
"Are you here to torture or to set up intelligence?!"
"Ah......h
In this regard, Tang Yuan and Bai Yingxue, who were in charge of the interrogation, couldn't help but look at each other, and then subconsciously put down the torture tools in their hands.
"It shouldn't be......"
The former Xuanying Ice Phoenix, Lady Shenniao muttered in her heart: "The King of Hong I saw at the beginning was not so simple to succumb - I remember that after capturing him in the past, the entire Zhengguo Security Bureau used four of the most elite interrogation experts, and after interrogating him for several days and nights, it was only after a few days and nights that I could barely pry his mouth open and get a little information......"
"What skull crushing hammer, vein-breaking needle, sealing god seal, boning blade...... This is just an appetizer, there will be a Soul Eater Gu later, the spirit dispersion can be used, I just used the smallest punishment, how can you recruit it? β
Although he muttered quietly in his heart, in fact, when he thought of punishments, Bai Yingxue didn't know whether to say all the names of these punishments, intentionally or unintentionally.
And every time the girl popped out a word, King Jiuxuanhong in the interrogation room gasped softly, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and trembled.
"Good fellow, do you think I'm some kind of iron man?!"
He was shocked: "I still have a piece of live meat in this set?" Don't do it all, one out of five of my souls should be gone! Really come to the full set, the earth immortals are going to die! β
"I've recruited them all, why are you still planning to torture?!"
"It's a pity that I haven't used a tenth of my full strength......
Hearing this, Bai Yingxue couldn't help but pout, she looked at King Hong, who was full of horror and unknown reasons in front of her, and shook her head with some regret: "I can only wait for the next time, when there is an unknown Feng Wang who is caught, I will try it." β
The girl knew that she had obviously a little problem with transferring the hatred of the previous life to this life, but she had already died with many powerhouses in the Xuan Demon Realm, and she still couldn't help but mock King Hong: "Picked up a life, King Hong." β
- Indeed, thankfully I have been caught.
This is the true thought of Hongwang, who breathed a sigh of relief.
As for picking up a life...... Pick it up, it's a matter of life, no shame.
"Good fellows."
At the same time, Tang Yuan, who was watching from the sidelines, had only one idea, and he sighed with emotion: "I really didn't expect that this seemingly quiet little girl is still a sadist in her bones?" β
"It is worthy of being a talent personally selected by the minister, just like his students, all of them are indeed extraordinary!"
Obviously, Tang Yuan made a mistake about Su Day's conditions for recruiting members, and caused the youth to be killed.
But in a sense, it also confirms the rumors that the great existence of the family is somewhat involved in the eyes of outsiders.
During the time he was caught, King Hong did confess that he could confess basically - whether it was Jiuxuan's current situation, or the internal layout of his royal territory, and the structure of the underground city of the Molten Sea, he knew everything and said everything.
This is not because he was disloyal to Jiu Xuan, and he said it all like pouring beans into a bamboo tube after a casual torture, but because King Hong had seen Yansheng halfway and saw that the old man who looked quite illusory had the ability to easily deconstruct his soul and extract all his memories.
Since the other party has such a soul master, why bother to kill themselves?
What's more, saying these things does not affect the overall situation of the Nine Xuan Realm, after all, all he knows is his own Hongwang Realm, and the other thirty-two realms are still a blank for the earthlings.
Although it seems to be reckless and rash, that's why it will be captured by the earth's side...... But Hongwang is not stupid.
"The Immortal Heaven Realm is really a genius, and it should not be underestimated......"
While Bai Yingxue and Tang Yuan were discussing the handover of the work of the New World Exploration Department, King Hong, who was still tied to the spirit sealing chair, quietly raised his head, stared at the two in front of him, and then pondered in his heart: "Although the young girl is not in a healthy state, and the young man looks very tired...... However, as an innate cultivator in her early teens, and her foundation is so stable, it is enough to prove that she can advance to the Earth Immortal in the future, which is a real immortal! β
"That man is even more extraordinary, although he seems to be tired, but his cultivation foundation is extremely solid, obviously there is a master's guidance, and his supernatural powers are also extremely secretive, even if I use the realm of human immortals to observe, it is difficult to judge whether this man is in the spirit world or the material world now!"
"In addition, some time ago, those I had seen, called the 'Holy Seat', all of them seemed to have the appearance of an earth immortal...... Could it be that each of the thirty-six holy seats can become an earth immortal? β
Isn't this even more exaggerated than their twenty-four kings?!
What's even more exaggerated is that in this immortal sky, there seems to be more than just descendants of the Central Divine Court...... The descendants of the other major god systems are also squeezed together?!
And, most importantly, not this.
Taking a deep breath, King Hong raised his head, he looked at the ceiling of the secret room, and his gaze was solemn to the top of his head.
And there, above the ceiling, at the top of the firmament, beyond the distant heavens.
In the bright silver moon, there was a huge and incomparable aura fluctuation that King Hong had never seen or felt, just like the waves that were stirred up in the calm surface of the lake, causing the entire earth to be affected by the layers of fluctuations.
"That'...... What exactly?! β
And just when King Hong was in disbelief, he was not sure whether the huge aura fluctuations on the moon were natural changes or some 'life'.
On the earth, a group formed by a temporary rise has officially announced its debut.
The original Shao Shuangyue was a well-known virtual anchor of game miscellaneous talk with the ID 'Tianshuang', and this time, with Jiuming's debut, she officially established the 'Tianming' group and began to upload related content videos.
Shao Shuangyue uploaded a video about various super robots, extraordinary exoskeleton mechas, and even the effects and module parts of various heavenly creations, which also comes with actual combat videos of various types of robots, showing the power of various weapons and the mobility of armor, so that any viewer can't help but shout 'This is the romance of men!' βγ
In addition, she will also introduce the common knowledge of other cultivation systems, so that everyone knows that there are not only earth-based cultivation methods in this world, but also other aliens and even creatures from other worlds, all of which have their own unique and powerful cultivation methods.
Jiu Ming's videos mostly introduce the exotic customs of another world, as well as all kinds of powerful or weak creatures from another world - the main focus is how he and Shao Shuangyue crusade against those powerful otherworld bosses.
In short, these are all things that happen in the pioneer space anyway, no one else knows the specific process, they can edit and modify it at will, and it is not difficult to want the effect of the show.
Tianming group debuted in just two or three days, and it attracted a lot of fans, and the number of video plays is far more than Jiuming used to update videos by himself, of course, there is a difference between planning and not planning, and there is also the fact that Jiuming just put slices before, without any narration explanation, so that others don't know whether Jiuming is playing real experience or movie editing.
And this time, under the guidance of the old video master Shao Shuangyue, the debut video and related content of the two are quite exciting, eye-catching, and both can understand that the videos posted by these two video owners are obviously the process of traveling to strange worlds one by one, and then filming!
If nothing else, even if it's a TV series or movie, it's no problem!
Moreover, these two people together have too many resources to get...... After all, one is the younger sister of Su Sun and Shao Qiming, and the other is the Dragon King of the South China Sea in Zhengguo.
Not to mention anything else, just the Candlelight Group, as well as the official recommendation and resource support of Jeongkook, is incredible.
For example, using the two as the image ambassadors of the global variety show, or mixing a little relevant video information when promoting, is enough to make their popularity out of the circle.
For a while, most of the cultivation circle, and even the entire circle of Earth pioneer space explorers, knew that there were two explorers who did not hide their identity as explorers, but made their debut in the open.
However, after Chong Ta learned the true identity of the other party, everyone suddenly realized: good guys, it turned out to be these two, that's fine.
If other pioneers of space exploration are still a little worried that their identities will be exposed and will be subject to the specific attention of the officials of various countries...... These two are the only ones who are not afraid at all.
And just when the story of Tianming Dao was serialized.
"Hey, these walking corpses ......"
On the moon, Su Tian, who was directly connecting to the Internet with his divine thoughts and watching the debut video of his little sister, suddenly sighed, and his brows furrowed slightly: "Originally, I thought it was a 'Immortal Tribulation' world similar to the Shenmu World - that is, similar to the Ant-Man Lich Ancent." β
"But now it seems...... Why do these walking corpses seem to be stained with the breath of dusk? β
Saying this, Su Yan carefully observed those videos again, and his tone became even more puzzled: "And that divine tree doesn't look like the Wisdom Tree or the Banyan Immortal Tree, but another one that is even more unfamiliar...... A different kind of sacred tree! β
"This is obviously the World Tree! Looking at this, could it be that the two of them have already started fighting? β
Some time ago, Su Yan had already communicated with Shao Shuangyue in the air.
Shao Xiaomei is not like her brother, she has the time and resources to go directly to the moon, but she can still borrow an official channel to chat with Su Day.
The two sides exchanged some experiences in the pioneer space, and Shao Shuangyue also learned about Su Sun's four forms by the way, and after taking the rewards of the pioneer space, she also told Su Sun all the worlds that she and Jiu Ming had experienced.
At that time, because he was just relaying, Su Sun could only roughly know that the first world experienced by Shao Shuangyue was most likely related to Shenmu, the second world 'Sichen Realm' was related to another new great existence 'Balance' in Yala's mouth, and the third 'Heavenly Light Realm' was a world that pioneered himself or had mixed influences with several other great beings.
It wasn't until now, having witnessed Shao Shuangyue's adventure, that the young man realized that Shao Shuangyue seemed to be unknowingly ...... Have you already been to the world of 'Twilight' and the 'World Tree'?!
This shocked him.
"Isn't that a no-brainer? I was still thinking about how to get the information of the World Tree and Dusk, and complete the task of the Avenue Tree, but I didn't expect my little sister to have seen it! β
He sighed in his heart, and then asked Yara, "Then again, is it true that all worlds can be connected in the pioneer space?" The Great Avenue Tree can't be found, and we still need to wait for news slowly, how can it seem that he can connect casually? β
To this, the snake spirit's answer was simple: "Who is that?" That's a pioneer! β
"Is there anything else in this world that the pioneers don't know? The first voyeur of the heavens, the contributor of knowledge, yours is mine, mine is everyone's...... In particular, He gave up his freedom, which rendered the Great Seal useless against him. β
Shaking her head slightly, Yara complained: "Don't say it's dusk, even in some of the primordial worlds that exist, the power of the pioneers can go deep, as long as you look for it carefully, all worlds can find the shadow of the pioneers!" β
"It's just that the power of the primordial world is too strong, and he won't open up the authority of those powerful worlds until his pioneer clan grows to a certain point."
At this point, Yara fell into deep thought.
And Su Sun also waited patiently.
After a long silence, the Serpent Spirit took a long breath, and he raised his head and said solemnly, "It seems that the situation is worse than what I and the Great Dao Tree thought. β
"The World Tree and Dusk are not entangled with each other, which is why there is no news...... In fact, they are already fighting! β
"And this time, the World Tree, I'm afraid it occupies an absolute disadvantage!"