If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 946: The Root of the Dragon, the Essence of the Stars

"How many Iron Eagle Warriors are there in the Qin Dynasty?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

She doesn't know much about the Sima family today.

But when traveling across the land of China, the reputation of the "Iron Eagle Warriors" in the martial arts world is even greater than that of the "Wei Wuzu".

Well, among the people, the reputation of Wei Wuzu far exceeds that of Tieying Ruishi; but in the martial arts world, it is completely the other way around.

The "ghost army" under Bai Qi's command does not mean ghosts or gods, but like ghosts in the eyes of mortals. Although they are invisible and intangible, they really exist. They are even omnipresent and omnipotent, which makes people afraid.

This kind of ghost army is like 007, Mission Impossible, and Black Widow. Ordinary people cannot come into contact with them, but the "heroes" on the road are very afraid of them.

"The two hundred Iron Eagle Warriors are basically all at Black Ice Terrace. Black Ice Terrace was originally the camp of the Iron Eagle Warriors. When Ying Zheng swept across the world and became the emperor, he split the Imperial Observatory into two parts. The 'Divine Way Department' was moved to Black Ice Terrace, and the ordinary errands were left in the Xianyang government office.

At that time, the world was united and Ying Zheng had unified the country. His ambitions shifted to "Shinto" and "Heavenly Way".

The Black Ice Terrace became the most important and confidential place in the imperial court.

The most important places need the strongest forces to protect them, and it was at that time that the Iron Eagle Warriors were incorporated into the Imperial Observatory. "

After Meng Qi entered the palace, he led Xiao Yu and walked quickly to the back hall while talking.

Before I knew it, I had entered a deep cave connected to the outer hall.

The light ahead was dim, and an old voice floated over, "Meng Zhenjun has been the Grand Master of our Great Qin for ten years, and you still refuse to address the late emperor as 'Your Majesty'? You actually call him by his name, and even say slanderous things."

Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, then looked forward and said with a smile: "Since you have given it a name, it's for people to call you by.

When Ying Zheng was still alive, I called him by his first name, and he didn't mind. Why are you so anxious? "

He quickened his pace and brought Xiaoyu to an old gatekeeper.

The old man looked like a mortal who had lived for eighty or ninety years old. He was so old that his body had shrunk and was less than five feet tall.

However, his white beard and white hair were very thick and neatly combed, and his eyes were bright and clear, like that of a young man.

He placed a bamboo lounge chair in front of the two large iron doors and covered it with a sheepskin mattress, as if he had been woken up from a nap.

Meng Qi pointed at the old man and introduced him to Xiao Yu: "This is the 'Chestnut Heavenly Master' who came in through the back door, his name is Ying Li, and his Taoist name is 'Chestnut'.

Although he is affiliated with the Imperial Observatory and holds the title of 'Heavenly Master', he does not do the work of a Heavenly Master and cannot do it."

The old man blew his beard and glared, shouting, "Meng Zhenjun, what right do you have to humiliate me and say that I got in through the back door? Before you became the Grand Master, I had worked in the Imperial Observatory for eight hundred years!
I personally built the Black Ice Platform headquarters, and the current Heavenly Masters are all my descendants."

Meng Qi still looked at Xiao Yu, as if hinting at something, and said: "The first rule to become a Heavenly Master is to master the way of Heavenly Master, otherwise you will be considered to have entered through the back door.

Taoist Banli, what level have you reached in your cultivation of the Heavenly Master Dao? Can you now pray for rain for the people of Guanzhong?"

"Pray for rain." Ying Banli's old face was a little embarrassed, and he murmured, "Praying for rain is just a minor trick after all. My second Three Calamities Thunder Tribulation is coming soon, and I am studying thunder magic."

"Studying thunder magic?" Meng Qi smiled and asked, "Can you please send down the complete five elements of heavenly thunder?"

Ying Banli turned his head away from him and looked at Xiaoyu in surprise, saying, "This fairy lady is quite similar to the Empress Li from back then. Could she be the Feiyu Fairy Yu Fengxian who has recently become famous in China?"

“I don’t deserve to be famous throughout China. I am indeed the Yu Fengxian from the Liusha Domain who was supposed to ride a phoenix into the court last year.” Xiao Yu bowed to him.

The old man returned the greeting, looking hesitant, and asked, "Master Meng brought Fairy Feiyu here in the middle of the night. Could it be that he wants to forge the Celestial Master's Order?"

Meng Qi said: "Use purple gold to cast a purple tablet of Heavenly Master's Order."

"You still need a purple badge." The old man was getting more and more confused. "The Grand Master just said that if you don't master the way of the Heavenly Master, even if you enter the Imperial Observatory, it would be considered a backdoor.

Not a qualified Heavenly Master.

Fairy Yu has extraordinary magical powers. I, a cave dweller, have also heard of her. But the Heavenly Master said that the purple badge is the "Grand Master's Order"! "

"What Grand Master Order? They are all Heavenly Master Orders! According to the Heavenly Court rules, there is only 'Heavenly Master', but you insist on distinguishing them into Heavenly Master, Great Heavenly Master, and Grand Master."

Meng Qi pointed at Xiao Yu next to him and said confidently, "This Fei Yu Fairy is not an ordinary person like you. Do you believe that it will take her less than three years to master the Way of Heavenly Master?"

The old man curled his lips and shook his head, saying, "Even if you kill me, I don't believe that you can learn the whole Heavenly Master Dao in just three years."

After a pause, he added: "Fairy Feiyu doesn't even have the inheritance of the Heavenly Master Dao, where can she learn?
Could it be that Master Meng is willing to accept her as his disciple?"

Meng Qi waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't talk nonsense, I am on the same level as Fairy Feiyu, how can I be her teacher?

She is a natural born saint, she has no teacher, she has learned everything by herself, that's enough!"

Not to mention Ying Banli, even Xiaoyu was speechless after hearing this.

“Senior, I have been studying the Heavenly Master’s Thunder Method for ten years, and I have only made some small achievements so far.

Without the secret records of immortal arts and the guidance of elders, even if you study on your own for 30,000 years, you won’t be able to get started.” Xiao Yu sighed.

The incomplete "Five Thunder Method" that she obtained from an old farmer in the mountains of Fujian through torture belonged to the Heavenly Master's Method.

But learning a method of a Heavenly Master does not mean mastering the way of the Heavenly Master.

The Heavenly Master's Method is only the "internal strength", while the Heavenly Master's Way also encompasses many Heavenly Master skills.

Without anyone to teach, ordinary people can't even touch the threshold.

Even though Xiao Yu had tortured thousands of "spells" from the demons, dragons, and humans in the past year, he was able to complete the "Five Elements Escape Technique" and create his own "Vajra Zen Evil Technique, the Beggar among Beggars, and the 72 Earthly Evil Techniques".

She still couldn't imagine the secret of the true teachings of the Heavenly Master.

I can’t even think of it, let alone study it by myself.

Taoist Banli could not learn the method of "praying for rain", but at least he had a method to learn. It was just that his talent was poor, or he did not have the talent for the profession of Tianshidao.

She didn't even know any magic, but she learned it by herself in three years. In order to sugarcoat her and make her voluntarily become the Grand Tutor, Master Meng didn't care about his dignity anymore.

Meng Qi said in a deep voice: "You don't believe in yourself, so don't you believe in me?

Am I the kind of person who speaks without thinking?
You don't understand now, but when you become a Heavenly Master, I will soon make you understand that the true way of a Heavenly Master is to 'learn from Heaven and Earth'!
If you learn the Heavenly Master method from others, even if you ascend to heaven, you can only be a 'Land Heavenly Master'."

——If I don’t even believe in myself, why should I believe in you, an old man who is trying to dig me up?
Xiao Yu muttered in his heart, and asked curiously: "What is the land master?"

"They are the so-called 'earthly immortals'. They can't make it in the heavens, so they just hold a sinecure in heaven without any real power, and most of the time they wander around the human world.

He says he is free and easy and helping all living beings, but in fact he is just idle and has no job.

The Tianshi Dao is different from other immortal paths.

Other immortal paths can allow one to escape from the mundane world, recite Huang Ting poems behind closed doors, and enjoy oneself with a wife and children.

The Tianshi Dao specifically serves the Human Emperor or the Emperor of Heaven and needs to hold power.

Therefore, the Heavenly Master is used to scheming and is definitely not a person without desires or aspirations.

If you encounter a carefree and carefree Heavenly Master, it must be that you have failed in your attempt to gain influence and that you lack the ability."

Meng Qi commented on his profession in a very sharp and straightforward manner.

"Senior, do you have any real power or position in heaven?" Xiao Yu asked.

Meng Qi shook his head and said, "I am also considered a land immortal. But some people become land immortals willingly, while some people are too utilitarian and want to stay in heaven to serve, but they don't have the ability.

This does not contradict what I said earlier.

You can see that I am on the path of a celestial being. I have mastered the techniques of a celestial master, but I am not a pure celestial master.

Pure Tianshi Dao relies on imperial power to obtain the "power of Tianshi".

If you cannot serve the Emperor of Heaven, coming to the human world to regulate yin and yang for the Emperor of Man is also a good way out.

Take the Qin Dynasty's Imperial Observatory for example. Do you think the title of 'Qin Tianshi' was just the imperial court bragging?
Some of the Great Qin Heavenly Masters are indeed the "genuine Heavenly Masters" registered in the Heavenly Court.

However, Ying Zheng did not get along well with the Heavenly Court and did not trust the genuine Heavenly Masters.

I would rather recruit Qi-refining masters who have mastered the Way of Heavenly Masters from the Dao Palace and personally train confidants who are absolutely loyal to me."

Ying Banli couldn't help but sighed, "Your Majesty is the 'First Emperor of All Time' after all. Now that he has passed away, it is not good for the Grand Tutor to call him by his name in front of others."

Meng Qi waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop talking nonsense and help Fairy Yu cast a Heavenly Master Token. No matter how much I say now, it is better to let Fairy Yu experience the wonders of the 'Heavenly Master's Power' for herself."

As he said this, he handed over the imperial seal.

Ying Banli took the box, stood still, and continued to persuade: “Although the Heavenly Court does not distinguish between the Grand Master and the Heavenly Master, our Great Qin Dynasty has its own system.

Fairy Yu is only a great celestial master, why must she use the purple card of the Grand Master?"

Xiao Yu also said: "An ordinary Heavenly Master Token will do. Since the Heavenly Master Token is a symbol of identity, it is best to represent your true identity."

Meng Qi shook his head and said, "The Celestial Master Token is more than just an identity token. Didn't Fairy Yu see the 'Human Emperor Token' back then? Just like the Human Emperor Token, the Celestial Master Token can also control the Celestial Master's authority."

He turned to Ying Banli and said, "I gave Fairy Yu the purple card only because I saw its 'hardness'.

There is almost no limit to the authority it can bear.

Just like a bowl for eating, ordinary Taoist priests have small stomachs, so it is totally unnecessary to give them a washbasin and ask them to use the washbasin to eat.

But Fairy Yu is not an ordinary person, giving her an ordinary token will only limit the development of her talents."

Ying Banli was surprised and said, "Fairy Yu has never learned the way of the Heavenly Master, and she is not even a formal Heavenly Master.

Now, those who have become the Great Heavenly Master of the Great Qin Dynasty all took the backdoor just like the old Taoist priest. "

"You know shit! If you knew, you would be the Grand Tutor now." Meng Qi said impatiently.

——Yu Fengxian is indeed not a Heavenly Master now, and does not understand the Heavenly Master’s way, but her magnanimity had already been demonstrated during the period of “Yu Zaiheng”.

He has even condensed the authority of the Human King and has endured it, so what is a purple-brand Heavenly Master's Order?
I even want to hand over the He Shi Bi directly to her!
These thoughts could not be spoken, but Ying Banli could still see the determination in Meng Qi's eyes.

He hesitated a few times, but finally decided to obey the Grand Tutor's wishes.

Ying Banli first inserted the key into the keyhole, and then used Taoist magic to activate it.

"Click, click~" the big iron door automatically opened a crack.

He went in alone, struggled for a while, and came out holding a large wooden box.

The wooden box was about the size of a violin case and must have been very heavy.

Ying Banli was held in his arms, the muscles in his arms were flexed, the veins on his cheeks were bulging, and he looked very tired.

Meng Qi signaled to Xiao Yu with his eyes, and the two followed Ying Banli for two or three miles until they entered the "forging room" inside the mountain.

The forging room was also locked behind two iron doors and was guarded by another middle-aged Taoist priest named "Zhao Chan".

Hidden inside the room was a black iron machine that looked like a stamping machine.

It is as big as a two-story building, with a complex and sophisticated structure. It has a strong sense of technology and does not seem to be a product of this era at all.

Of course, a strong sense of technology does not mean that it is technological.

It is both technological and magical.

Ying Banli first took out the He's Bi and placed it in the metal groove on the edge of the machine.

Then he opened the box brought out from the treasure house, which was filled with materials that were so rich in vitality that they radiated fairy light.

There are purple metal ingots as big as a child's head (star iron extracted from special meteorites), white "mica" like cotton balls, "Daoyun Stone" pulled into silk threads, and "ordinary" gold crystals, thunder crystals, wind crystals, dragon balls, Fulong roots, and Fusang wood.
Xiaoyu was dazzled and shocked.

She pointed to an "iron ingot" with a restrained flame that looked like a small sun and asked, "What is that fire essence?"

Meng Qi glanced at it and said calmly: "The essence of the stars is also called the 'root of the crouching dragon'.

The sun, moon, and stars in the blessed land of the cave are usually evolved by the cave owner using the "Daluo Immortal Method" in his search for the root of the Fu Long.

Although the sun, moon, and stars in Pangu's heaven will naturally form projections in the cave.

The projection is not controlled by the Lord of the Cave.

For example, nowadays, the time in the major caves is mostly "Heavenly time", that is, one year on earth is equal to one day in the cave.

The sun, moon, and stars are manifestations of the rules of the Tao.

Time is the speed at which the Avenue moves.

Therefore, the activities of the sun, moon and stars can directly affect the flow of time.

With the root of Fu Long as the body and the projected laws of the Dao as the soul, the soul and the flesh are united to become the complete sun, moon and stars.

Not only can it better nourish all things in the cave, but it can also be flexibly controlled by the Lord of the Cave, making it easy to adjust time."

After a pause, he added: "However, the Fulong root is used at this time to combine with the essences of several other elements to form the five elements and complete the four symbols."

Xiao Yu opened his mouth and spit out the "little sun" he had dug out from the Whale Ruins world, and handed it to Meng Qi to see, "Senior, look, this is the root of Fu Long?"

Meng Qi looked at it carefully for a moment, his eyes becoming more and more suspicious. "This looks like the root of Fulong, but it shouldn't be it. Where did you get it from?"

Xiaoyu recounted his experience in the Whale Ruins world.

Meng Qi immediately cleared up the confusion on his face and said with certainty, "This is not the root of the Fulong. It should be a Golden Crow egg, or a Golden Crow with foreign bloodline."

"Golden Crow Egg? But it doesn't have any life at all!" Xiao Yu said in shock.

"It's a dead egg! There is already a sun in the sky today, so it is almost impossible for a 'Xiantian Jinwu' to be born again.

Heaven does not require it, and the Sun will not allow it." Meng Qi said.

Xiao Yu was a little confused. "I can understand that Heaven doesn't require it, but why doesn't it allow it if the 'sun' doesn't allow it?"

Meng Qi asked: "Fairy Yu, haven't you heard of the story of 'Hou Yi Shooting the Sun'?

Hou Yi shooting down the sun is an ancient story!

The ancient era of dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns ended, and the ancient era of demons and witches began.

At that time, there were ten suns and ten big golden crows in the sky.

Under normal circumstances, they would take turns leaving Fuso Island and appear in the sky to fulfill their duties.

Because he was young and playful, because of the great calamity between heaven and earth, and because of the calamity that haunted him.

In short, the ten golden crows disobeyed the orders of the Demon King and left the Fusang tree at the same time one day, wandering freely in the human world.

A day in heaven is one year on earth.

By the time the Demon King realized something was wrong and prepared to call back the ten Golden Crows, it was already too late.

The great wizard Hou Yi obeyed the command of heaven and shot and killed nine of them, leaving only the youngest, Little Golden Crow, alive.

Xiao Yu subconsciously looked up at the sky and asked, "Is the sun in the sky now the golden crow?"

Meng Qi said: "Yes and no. Humans have the power of the soul and the power of ghosts and immortals. They can let their souls leave their bodies and bury their flesh shells in graves to merge with the blessed land of the underworld and turn them into a small world.

Naturally, the 'spiritual creatures of heaven and earth' such as the Golden Crow can also do so.

The little Golden Crow back then had long since shed its shell and was refined into a star, which is today's Sun.

There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country.

The sky does not need a second sun, and Jinwu will not allow others to compete for its "Sun Avenue".

Even the ancient demon gods of the demon race would not allow a second sun to appear.

The existence of the Golden Crow itself is suppressing the remaining luck of the demon race."

"Is the little Golden Crow's soul still alive now?" Xiao Yu asked again.

Meng Qi nodded, "If Fairy Yu knew about the Conferred Gods Battle 300,000 years ago, she should be familiar with him, that is Taoist Master Lu Ya!"

"Ah, it turns out to be Taoist Lu Ya!"

(End of this chapter)