Original God, but the real world

Chapter 171 - The Great Rock Abyss
Jiang Qing had a doubt at one point.

In terms of location, Xumi is actually easier to reach than Inazuma.

In addition, the Little Auspicious Grass King is actually much easier to deal with than General Thunder.

To some extent, the Court of Apostles is more difficult to deal with than the Three Privy Councils.

But these enemies can actually be considered within the system of mortals. For Ying, what restricts her from killing these people is not the difficulty of killing, but her unwillingness to kill at will.

Even if we don't consider the fact that the Fatui were not fully prepared on Sumi at the time in the plot line, from the perspective of time alone, Sumi is a more suitable choice than Inazuma.

In the end, Ying returned to Mondstadt, and then met Dain by chance, and even formally came into contact with her brother Kong.

The reason she could spare this time was naturally because she was still waiting for Beidou's Death Star to return.

There is basically a question mark about the encounter with Dai Yin and the meeting with Kong. Even though Ying chose Xumi at that time, Jiang Qing still believed that fate would bring these things to her.

Or maybe this wasn't fate at all, as Dain obviously approached Ying on purpose.

The secret plot about Kanriya and the journey to the seven countries are clues on the table. With the help of these two clues, Ying is gradually getting closer to the truth.

The reason why Jiang Qing started thinking about this was certainly not because he was too bored to think about Ying's future.

His next destination was Inazuma, so naturally he had to recall everything he could use in advance.

"The Xumi Order House is a whole entity. Although there are power struggles within it, they are not as serious as those of the Three Admonishers."

Jiang Qing closed his eyes and thought.

The system of Xumi can generally be summarized as academic cliques.

The conflicts between academic schools are actually very severe, and the struggle between different doctrines often ends with the death of the loser.

Not only does the proposer of the theory have to die, but even the theory he proposed and the knowledge he sorted out often need to be cleaned up and cannot be spread.

Knowledge is stored in this country as a rather expensive strategic material.

Everyone must approach the House of the Decrees before they can obtain "knowledge".

“A cycle that has been formed.”

Jiang Qing got the answer.

There is an established and functioning cycle within the House of the Decrees. Scholars from every school and the sages who lead the school will benefit from the system of the House of the Decrees.

And in the system where the Grass King is imprisoned, the Six Sages can be completely regarded as the entire Sumeru.

In this case, the energy that the House of Lords can mobilize is enormous.

Unlike Inazuma, the three magistrates of Inazuma were in conflict with each other, but this was because the shrine magistrates had suffered two disasters.

This is not the Three Kingdoms period, where two must unite to defeat one.

The three main families of Inazuma have equal status and power, and they restrain each other in terms of strength and status.

Plus with the general watching over them, their internal situation is actually quite solid.

Until the society official was shot with two arrows in the knee.

Normally, everyone just fights for fun, and it doesn't hurt the relationship at all.

But if you are really injured, then I will really take action.

In this situation, it is necessary for Kujo Takayuki and Hiiragi Shinsuke to unite.

A good environment for Inazuma is something you can only encounter by chance.

Firstly, the three ministries were already at civil war, and secondly, they did not dare to kill anyone because someone could control them.

There is no such environment in Xumi.

The Council of Ordinances has imprisoned the gods, so who can control them?

A great sage will be elected from among the six sages to lead the entire House of the Decrees.

What supports the power of sages are doctrines and academic schools.

There are six permanent chairs in the House of Canons, which are privileges reserved for six schools.

As the name suggests, even if your school is temporarily in decline, the House of the Decrees will still reserve a place for your school.

This position is not only about teaching students and the power to manage theories, but also about the status of a sage.

Among the six major factions of Xumi, perhaps at some point, a certain doctrine will decline due to the lack of a sufficiently strong leader.

But something like a doctrine, if it is not destroyed and can continue to spread, will always be able to welcome a new successor and pioneer.

More importantly, the Six Sages, the highest authority in Xumi, are the heads of these six schools.

There are permanent professorial chairs, and naturally there are also theories that can be taught temporarily.

But it's no use.

You can spread your doctrines, but even if you reach the upper levels of Mount Sumeru, you still have no chance of reaching the position of a sage.

Unless you abandon your own doctrine, or declare that your doctrine is actually an extension of a certain school, and then obtain the other party's permission, join the six major schools, and finally gain the recognition of the sage, you will have the opportunity to ascend to the position of a sage.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for a doctrine to decline and for academies and schools to decline.

"The House of the Decrees can only have six sages, not six geniuses with matching knowledge."

The fewer positions the better, preferably only one position.

After the six seats were fixed, any new doctrine would either be directly incorporated into them or die without even its name being left behind.

A teacher always has to recruit and teach students. After the students graduate, their achievements will naturally benefit their teacher.

The teacher's reputation will directly affect the students' future development.

For any novice student, he naturally must get close to his teacher.

Through the initial support obtained from teachers, such as data, theory, even connections, equipment and funds, you can find your own way.

And when he obtains these things, he is naturally regarded by the outside world as a follower or ally of his teacher.

This is the first generation, which is the prototype of the academic clique.

If we continue to develop, we will naturally encounter another situation.

Your old friend's students are competing with another person for the same opportunity, or simply your students are competing with another person for an opportunity.

Do you judge purely by quality, or do you suppress your own students simply to avoid suspicion, or do you simply judge based on the degree of closeness to them?
People will always encounter this kind of problem.

As long as scholars have a desire to move forward, whether you are reviewing papers or applying for various materials, you ultimately need the approval of higher-ups.

If you want them to agree, either you can convince them, or your teachers or family members can convince them.

The normal situation is the former, but sometimes you may need help from the latter.

In addition, students who study with the same teacher are natural allies.

Correspondingly, you have a teacher to help you, and people who make the same choice as you also have a teacher to help you, so it becomes more difficult to make the judgment at this time.

The bad thing is that this sounds like a tedious thing, but it happens all the time.

Jiang Qing felt a bit overwhelmed.

He found no weakness in the House of Decrees.

Academic cliques, or alliances, are not weaknesses.

This is an existential problem, but it is not a weakness of the Fatwa.

Because the six major schools of the Institute of the Church are themselves six giant academic cliques.

These six schools control the entire Xumi, and even the little auspicious grass king cannot break their monopoly on knowledge.

When their interests align, the problem is no longer a problem.

Who hasn’t had a time when they wanted to abuse their power for personal gain?

Which child will definitely become successful?
But there is really nothing you can do about talent. You can't give family things to someone else just because he is not talented in this area, right?
It should always be left to your own children.

Even if Nashida wins in the future, she will not have the ability to destroy the House of the Decrees.

In other words, He has the ability to kill people and even rebuild the House of Decrees, but He still cannot change the reality of the coexistence of schools.

The knowledge of the school is not wrong.

As long as the knowledge of a school is still circulating, the pioneers will always be able to recruit a group of followers.

The struggle among the six schools promoted the improvement and deduction of theories, but at the same time it also forced each school to unite.

If you don't follow the sage and join the group, you will have to face the oppression of an entire school of thought alone.

"A hundred schools of thought contend?"

Jiang Qing whispered softly.

If we start from the concepts of doctrines and schools, we can actually try to overthrow the rule of the six major schools.

There are only six schools of thought in the Academy of Teachings, but that does not mean that over the years, the knowledge of the six schools, including the School of Intuition, has covered all fields.

Later generations still thought about creating new theories to challenge these six great demons.

Unfortunately, most of these theories were short-lived. They were either directly shattered by scholars from the six major schools, or after the failure of the founder of the theory, the successor simply admitted that his own theory was actually an extension of the ideas of a certain school, and then joined the six major schools.

Through repeated oppression and swallowing, the nominalism school and other schools of thought gradually grew stronger.

It is no longer realistic for today's new schools to challenge these schools.

But this does not mean that there are no contradictions within the school.

The simplest way is that there is only one sage in a school, but there are many people who are qualified to compete for the position of sage.

The winners are always proud and satisfied, while the losers will always feel unwilling to accept the defeat.

There is only one great sage among the six sages, and the position of the current great sage Azar may be coveted by other sages.

However, this thought only flashed through Jiang Qing's mind for a moment.

If we can get Nashida's support, perhaps we can try this method and finally discard the opinions of hundreds of schools of thought and keep only one theory.

But this deviates from the essence of the contradiction.

Jiang Qing is not a Sumeru person.

He opposed the Council of Decrees because his position naturally leaned towards God, not because he was dissatisfied with the rule of the Council of Decrees.

The Ministry of Education has done a good job.

The people of Xumi, or the people in the forest, can all benefit from the complete protection mechanism prepared by the Ordinance Court.

Elhaisen's original words were, "In Sumeru, medical services are provided free of charge."

The House of the Decrees has done a very good job for its own people. As a ruling body, they have met the most basic material needs of the people, even exceeding the limitations of the term "basic".

In any case, free medical services are not considered basic.

You mean desert people?
Tsk, um...let’s stop talking.

In short, it may be necessary to fight against the House of the Decrees, but this first requires the friendship of Nashida.

If the God of Grass is not friendly, then you should go to the Ministry of Education.

Jiang Qing arranged himself like this for the time being.

He still has plenty of time, enough to perfect his plan and choose his own position before actually arriving at Xumi.

But before that, he still needs to do other things.

Someone still has to solve the problem of the Chasm.

Liyue is his hometown after all.

While Ying was climbing up and down to find the secret of the Yuanxia Palace, he could try to solve the problem of the layered rock abyss.

Jiang Qing is somewhat confident that he can deal with this problem.

Before solving the problem, first look for a professional.

He is not a Taoist priest like Chongyun, but a powerful figure.

"It's really strange. You came to me first on your first day back?"

Ningguang chuckled and said, "Would you like some tea?"

"Yes." Jiang Qing nodded.

"Go make yourself a pot, and pour me a cup too." She said with a smile, "Thank you."

"Do you trust my craftsmanship?"

Jiang Qing teased, "Why, Bai Wen and the others retired?"

As Ningguang's assistants, these people are not only trustworthy in their government affairs capabilities.

Including Ningguang's personal preferences, they actually know them quite well.

Although an assistant only needs to be able to complete the tasks assigned by Ningguang, if she wants to drink some tea and you happen to be able to help her, that would not be a good idea.

“How could you not understand?” Ningguang smiled. “As for brewing tea, the craftsmanship, tea leaves, tea sets, and even the water source all have their own particularities.”

"But the most important thing is the person who makes the tea."

She said softly, "It's great to have a follower of a god personally brew tea for me. Even if your cooking skills are not up to par, this cup of tea will still taste good."

"Ganyu also told me about this?"

Jiang Qing raised his eyebrows.

He was actually the one who told Ganyu about this matter.

As a partner, he couldn't let his ally not know what he wanted until the very end.

But Ganyu told Ningguang so quickly... Did she guess that she wanted to seek help from Ningguang?
"If you hadn't come to me, I would have called an internal meeting among the Seven Stars."

Ningguang said slowly, "The information Ganyu brought back is very valuable for reference. We need to start a war with Zhidong again."

Since it is a war, we naturally have to prepare as fully as possible.

“Ganyu said you’re too greedy,” Ningguang said noncommittally. “You never seem to hide your goals. It’s just that we were too arrogant in the past.”

Being so arrogant that if you think something is impossible, you will think that others can't do it either.

Jiang Qingzhen has never concealed his purpose.

What he wants is the power of a demon god.

This goal was so clear and obvious, but unfortunately, before Inazuma, almost no one believed that he could do it.

"She said that if you continue to do this, your next target will definitely be the god of another country."

“And if you want to intervene in the situation of this country, you can certainly start from scratch, but a better way is to use Liyue’s status.”

"Tell me, Mr. Hero." She smiled delicately, "What kind of identity do you need? Why are you targeting the god of that country?"

"Too high profile."

Jiang Qing frowned slightly.

Once any impression is deeply rooted in people's minds, you can take advantage of the other party's habits to set an ambush, but your identity and target will also be assumed by the other party.

For example, in the case of Jiang Qing, if even Ningguang felt that his target must be on the Seven Rulers of the World, then other people who regarded Jiang Qing as an imaginary enemy could also make the same guess.

And when they assumed that Jiang Qing's target was the God of Grass, they would naturally use this as an excuse to devise a plan to kill Jiang Qing.

Correspondingly, since Jiang Qing realized this, he could also turn the tables on them.

This is a stereotype.

And the worst thing for Jiang Qing was that they were right.

Their stereotypes were indeed Jiang Qing's purpose.

Trouble.

If one's pursuit of gods and power is deeply rooted in people's hearts, then the next country does not need to know one's plan, but only needs to know that one's goal is to make friends with gods. The Fatui or the Council of the Order can naturally solve the problem directly from the root.

Ningguang took a sip of tea.

"Bai Wen, make another pot of tea."

she said softly.

Bai Wen, who was waiting outside the door, was well prepared, holding a pot of freshly brewed hot tea in his hand.

"Thank you for reminding."

Jiang Qing thanked him.

“If you want to say reminder, then you are the one who reminded me.” Ningguang shook her head slightly. “At least you let me know that humans can really get close to the level of gods.”

"It's just that you succeeded a little too many times."

Jiang Qing is aware of the various risks.

But just looking at the results, every adventure he took was successful.

Ningguang didn't dare to say that if she were in Jiang Qing's environment, she could do better than Jiang Qing.

From this perspective, she quite recognizes Jiang Qing's success.

But no matter what, a person's success several times in a row often means trouble, and you can really take a break.

The more difficult the task is, the more eager the person involved will be to celebrate his or her success after each success.

Ningguang wasn’t sure whether Jiang Qing was an exception.

But due to the satisfactory returns from the two investments, Ningguang still gave a slight reminder.

What kind of person can succeed over and over again but always keep silent about his or her success, as if it never happened?
Someone who is used to success and has succeeded many times.

"Is success also a problem?" Jiang Qing asked in a low voice.

“Not really,” Ningguang replied, “but before you get used to being able to win, you’ll always have to face this level.”

"The next target is the God of Xumi," Jiang Qing quickly calmed down, "but I'm not doing this this time."

After all, it was something that didn't happen. It was just a sudden realization of my own negligence.

"You mean you have another goal now, and Xumi is another issue." Ningguang's eyebrows relaxed, her expression relaxed, "Tell me about it."

She didn't mind supporting Jiang Qing.

Because in terms of rate of return, Liyue and her personal investments have received excess returns and have never failed.

For this alone, she has to trust her partner.

"Something's wrong with the Chasm."

Jiang Qing's voice was firm.

“If I remember correctly, you just got off the ship?” Ningguang smiled playfully. “There is indeed a problem, but it is manageable for now.”

"But now that you mention it, I feel that this is not a problem that the ordinary Qianyan Army can handle."

It’s a trouble that Jiang Qing specifically mentioned.

This is not an issue that the ordinary Qianyan Army should be involved in.

It is certainly the soldiers' responsibility to defend their country, but there are some troubles that they really shouldn't have to face.

The trouble in the Chasm is twofold.

On the one hand, there is the Demon God mission, and on the other hand, there are the problems brought by old friends the Abyss Cult and Kanreya.

On the other hand, there is an entire world mission.

Like the sacred cherry tree, this is another tricky and troublesome task.

However, these two do not conflict.

Because neither of these two troubles is something a mortal should have to face.

And since they all happened beneath the abyss, they can naturally be dealt with together.

"Let's keep it simple and direct," Jiang Qing said calmly. "We can ask the immortals for help directly, and then lead all the immortals of Liyue to go deep into the Layered Abyss and solve all the problems."

"What's the problem?" Ningguang was not in a hurry to agree. "I do believe you, but for something like inviting an immortal, you have to give me a reason."

In the so-called human age, before making any effort, the first reaction is to ask for help from the immortals.

It's a bit embarrassing.

Ningguang doesn't care about this bit of face.

Face is sometimes very important, and sometimes it is not worth mentioning.

But as the leader of the Seven Stars, at least on the surface, she shouldn't easily have such tendencies.

"I don't know what troubles you can't solve, but you can't fix it."

Jiang Qing probably still remembers that the main forces to solve this problem included Yan Fei, Xiao and Ying Mei, as well as the old man who saved Xiao at the critical moment.

Just by looking at the team composition, one can tell that the Qianyan Army going down is no different from delivering food.

In this case, we might as well mobilize the greatest available force to solve the problem promptly and efficiently.

If Zhongli hadn't just returned from Inazuma, Jiang Qing would even want to take the old man down with him.

If a problem exists, it must be solved. If it is a difficult problem, just use your strongest force to push it through.

“If you say that, I have no way to explain.” Ningguang pursed her lips.

Of course she believed Jiang Qing.

The opinions of a person who has personally participated in the succession of the throne of God and fought for the status of a god's follower are always worth referring to.

But this kind of statement is vague, just saying that you can't solve it... As the leader of the Seven Stars, she always has to consider the feelings of others.

"It's okay," Jiang Qing was of course well aware of the problem, "I'm not in a hurry to solve this problem, but I need some other help."

Jiang Qing has other plans for Xumi.

But this requires filling in the rest of the network and relevant intelligence.

Now that there is a basic standard for power, the things that can be planned can be larger in scale.

For this purpose, more preparation and arrangement are naturally needed.

Of course he himself doesn't have these things, but Ningguang does.

Ningguang has it, he can borrow it.

(End of this chapter)