Chapter 56: Hanlin Academy

"Heaven and man are one? What is that? Why is it not mentioned in the cultivation level," Ming Jiutian asked rhetorically.

"It's very simple, that's because the unity of heaven and man is not a level, it is just a link in the cultivation process, and those who have this link are even more insignificant, and most cultivators skip directly from this link because they don't have this ability."

"But what's the use of going through this link?" Ming Jiutian asked disapprovingly.

"Let me tell you this, in the hundreds of millions of years of history, there are only a handful of people who have experienced the unity of heaven and man, and these people are extremely terrifying existences, it can be simply said that they are invincible at the same level and can even challenge beyond the level, and the founder of the "Flood and Chaos Decision" in your hand is one of them" Lao Yuan said.

"But this soul power, I just have a little feeling, and I can't capture it yet, so let's introduce me to the soul power" Ming Jiutian was also interested for a while after listening to what Lao Yuan said.

"The power of the soul can be said to be very weak, it can also be said to be very strong, if a person's soul is hit hard, it is not something that can be healed by a medicine stone, and it will take a long time to recover if it is healed"

"It's said that he is very strong because if the soul power reaches a certain level, it can be used to attack people, and the attack formed by the soul power is not an ordinary armor or move that can be stopped."

"And the second part of your "Flood Chaos Decision" is a method of cultivating spiritual power, and there have been methods on how to use spiritual power to launch attacks for hundreds of millions of years, but there are too few, but fortunately, this second article is one of them," Lao Yuan smiled.

"Then how can I reach that realm," Ming Jiutian asked impatiently.

"This is not in a hurry, now you are just a stage of spiritual power to sprout, you must not be in a hurry, so as not to pull out the seedlings to grow, regret is beyond reach, everything comes from the way of heaven, the way of heaven, the meaning of nature, you have to remember, everything just go naturally" Lao Yuan advised.

"I understand, knowing that I can't do it is regarded as not knowing," Ming Jiutian nodded.

"You can teach, okay, I can only tell you so much about your courses on this continent, and the rest has to rely on your own exploration, I'm leaving" Lao Yuan said lightly.

"Uh... Where to go? Ming Jiutian asked.

"A very distant and mysterious place, when you fly to the heavenly realm, we will naturally meet again, don't forget, your course is not finished yet" Lao Yuan said with a smile.

"What? Lao Yuan, are you going to leave again? Xiao Wu heard Lao Yuan say that he was leaving, and hurriedly ran over and asked.

"Yes, an old friend just sent me a message saying that there is something important to discuss," Lao Yuan said.

"Can I go with you this time?" asked Xiao Wu eagerly.

"Before you are an adult, you will be with Jiutian, being with him will be good for your growth, okay, I'm leaving, you can go back too, finally I want to tell Jiutian, cultivation should be in line with the way of heaven, just go with the flow, goodbye" After Lao Yuan finished speaking, he directly cut a spatial crack and jumped in.

"Then let's go back too, it's been so long, it's time to go back and have a look," Ming Jiutian said.

"Okay, I have long wanted to go back, the firescale fish I brought has already been eaten" Xiao Wu said with a smile, and after speaking, he took Ming Jiutian and went straight to Dongping Mansion.

There was nothing to say all the way, until I arrived in the backyard of the Ming family in Dongping Mansion, Ming Jiutian appeared, went out for so long, and returned home again, Ming Jiutian couldn't wait to go around, wanting to see if there were any familiar people at home, and after turning around, I finally saw my grandfather in the main hall of the living room.

"Old man, I'm back," Ming Jiutian shouted at the top of his voice.

"Tian'er, haha..., did you finish learning so quickly, don't you know, you can think badly of grandpa during the time you haven't been there" The old marshal was very happy to see Ming Jiutian after a long absence.

"It's strange, didn't you say that there was going to be a war" Ming Jiutian asked curiously.

"It's strange to say, for some reason, the two groups of people from the Radiance Empire and Fusang suddenly withdrew from the border, and there was no intention of sending troops, so I arranged the men and horses on the border to wait and see what happened, and you Uncle Hu had already started to investigate," the old marshal explained.

"It's best not to fight, as long as there is a war, it means that a lot of people are displaced, and I really don't understand what kind of fight has been fought for so many years," Ming Jiutian sighed.

"Do you think grandpa likes to fight, who doesn't want the world to be peaceful, but people send troops to fight you, grab your territory, enslave your people, in general, our Ming family fights more to protect our people from the flames of war" The old marshal said with a smile, this is the meaning of the existence of the Ming family, everything is for the common people.

"By the way, has the matter of military salaries in Bei'an Mansion been resolved?" asked Ming Jiutian.

"Reluctantly, so-so can be regarded as a solution, the imperial court allocated 200,000 taels of silver," the old marshal said.

"Why so little?" Ming Jiutian was surprised.

"It's a lot, the original allocation from the imperial treasury was 500,000 taels, but after this way, there are only 200,000 taels left, and it's already very good to have 200,000 taels left," the old marshal said.

"Where did the 300,000 taels go," Ming Jiutian was puzzled.

"Where else could I go? Halfway through, someone filled his pocket," said the old marshal.

"Who is so hateful, he even dares to move the military salary of the imperial court" Ming Jiutian was surprised, to show that the power of the family is already big enough, and he has never thought of embezzling the military salary of the imperial court.

"The evidence shows that it was Wei Soul and Wei Dexian's men who did it," the old marshal said helplessly.

"Doesn't the emperor care?" Nine days of tomorrow.

"What does he care? In order to deal with our Ming family, the group of minions of the Guardian Soul and the Dragon Guardian Pavilion are all relied on by Emperor Han Lin, and if they are moved, who will check and balance our family," the old marshal said.

"It seems that this Yang family is really unscrupulous to get rid of my Ming family," Ming Jiu Tiandao.

"Don't talk about this, by the way, your grandmother has sent a letter, saying that she misses you and asks you to go to Wanjianmen to live for a few days," the old marshal changed the subject.

"Okay, it just so happens that I'm bored all day, think about it carefully, I haven't been to Wanjianmen for many years" Ming Jiu Tiandao.

"Well, there's one more thing, I want to discuss it with you," the old marshal said as he stared at Ming Jiutian.

"What's the matter?" Ming Jiutian asked.

"Your father left more than ten years ago, as for when he can come back, it is not certain, I will set you as the next heir of the Ming family, you should know that I can't be in charge of the Ming family for the rest of my life, everything in the future of the Ming family is yours"

"So for the continuation of our Ming family, the first thing you have to learn is to lead troops to fight, if it is a small-scale war, of course there is nothing to say, but our Ming family has sixty percent of the army of Hanlin in our hands."

"If you want to take revenge in the future, you must not let the military power fall into the hands of others, so the three million troops in our hands must be handed over to you, in order to support the family business of the Ming family, I plan to take this opportunity to send you to the Imperial Military Academy to learn how to command the three armies, what do you think?" After the old marshal finished speaking, he stared at Ming Jiutian.

"The Art of War..., of course you can" Looking at his grandfather's expectant eyes, Ming Jiutian knew in his heart that he couldn't refuse no matter what.

"Okay, since that's the case, then you can leave now, first go to Wanjianmen to stay for a few days, and then go to the Imperial Military Academy to report, in order to avoid you being bored in the academy alone, I will arrange for Tu Ling, Hu Yuan and Jianfeng to go with you, and they can also help you in the future" The old marshal said with a smile.

"Well, since it's been decided, let's leave immediately," Ming Jiutian said.