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Seeing this method, Song Wuji muttered to himself, "Could this be the kind of method that Magu spoke of, turning the sea into mulberry fields and mulberry fields into the sea?"

The Weaver Girl said, "The world changes like the sea turning into mulberry fields; this is the great path of time. What is this compared to that? It's merely adding icing on the cake. Weaving brocade is like painting; it's just like splashing ink and putting pen to paper."

"I am merely a fifth-rank Weaver Girl. In terms of the divine path, I am only a mere Yang God, not a Heavenly God. I am merely using a trick, employing the Mirage Dragon Illusion Technique to make the false appear real."

The Weaver Girl left behind a physical statue here to suppress the secret realm, much like a deity suppressing a blessed land. Moreover, it is specifically related to weaving and silkworm breeding, and can greatly bless female cultivators.

Just like Song Wuji's stove fire, which can bless the people who worship the stove god.

Its primordial spirit, however, is still unable to escape the Rakshasa causal market, but it can be said that there is a slow path to liberation.

The Milky Way Shuttle fell into Song Wuji's hands again.

Song Wuji originally wanted to take it for himself, but considering that this treasure belonged to the Weaver Girl lineage and was the Queen Mother's treasure, keeping it by his side might not be a good thing. So he said, "You should keep this treasure. Once it has been used to weave the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net in the Taichang Realm of the Human Path, then it is fine."

The Weaver Girl nodded and said, "The power of the law is the origin of the Heavenly Net, but its application is a bit crude. Since you have agreed to this, I will naturally do it."

Song Wuji then looked at Huang Qiaoyun. This girl had been a minor character the whole time, but she had managed to make a name for herself.

There is only one left, the Cowherd sewn into a cowhide. I wonder what the Weaver Girl will do with him. After all, even if he is a manifestation of the secret realm, he is still the Weaver Girl's husband. It's just that he is acting really useless now.

Song Wuji wanted to undo the spell for him, but the cowhide had already grown into his flesh and blood, far surpassing the Beggar Clan's animal creation technique. It was entirely the mirage dragon's ability to "borrow the false to cultivate the true," involving the laws of creation.

Then came the gains from this trip.

Song Wuji opened the secret realm treasure chest and found a face mask, a bottle of pills, several mulberry seedlings, a pair of jade silkworms, a secret manual, a page of pill formula, a magic weapon, and a secret realm token.

[Mirage Molting]
The mirage dragon also possesses the nature of a dragon and snake, shedding its skin once every five hundred years. Its shed skin is highly illusory, and it is said to be able to transform into eighteen different forms in a single day.

[Illusionary True Pill]

"Truth and falsehood are intertwined; one refines the false and cultivates the true. Consuming these substances will not cause inner demons or blind one's vision."

[Jade Mulberry Tree of Yaochi]
The jade mulberry planted by the fairy of Yaochi grows bathed in the three luminaries. Its leaves are favored by celestial silkworms, and eating the mulberries can slightly increase the essence of the three treasures, making it one of the raw materials for the nectar of Yaochi.

[Immortal Silkworm]
The silkworms bred by Leizu feed on jade mulberry leaves and produce silk with three lights, which can be used to make seamless heavenly garments. The silkworm excrement can be used to make tea, which is believed to improve eyesight.

Supernatural Power [Dining in the Clouds]

"Use your eyes as your mouth, breathe in and out the rosy light to nourish your spirit. Once you have mastered this practice, your whole body will be protected by the rosy light."

[The Cowherd and Weaver Girl's Golden Elixir Method]

The celestial stars respond to human perception, the Milky Way revolves throughout the heavens. The Cowherd tills the waters of Kan, the Weaver Girl embroiders the fires of Li. The Magpie Bridge connects the Ren and Du meridians, the golden shuttle weaves the great elixir. Seven cycles of turning and returning weave the brocade of clouds, nine turns and nine returns solidify the Hua Pool.

[Magic Treasure: Cleansing and Purifying Handkerchief]
The Seven Fairy Maidens used the Cleansing Spring, where the Golden Crow fell, as a scenic spot. They wove a handkerchief to create the Golden Crow Pool, where bathing in it could cleanse one of impurities.

Looking at the final secret realm token, Song Wuji saw that the front still had the words "Magpie Bridge" written on it, but the back had the words "Unexpected Misfortune" written on it.

Song Wuji didn't understand its meaning, so he could only place it on the Luck Stone Lotus to see what this secret realm token actually looked like.

Of the items, only the Illusionary True Pill and the Divine Power Meal of Clouds have a direct effect on Song Wuji; the rest require conversion.

The matter of raising silkworms and planting mulberry trees can only be entrusted to Huang Qiaoyun. As for the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Golden Elixir Method, it is a Golden Jade Elixir Method that harmonizes Kan and Li, and cultivates life and nature. It belongs to the Hunyuan Golden Elixir Method.

Song Wuji glanced at it briefly and found that if one's Three Treasures Essence, Qi and Spirit reached 10 points or more, one could cultivate this Golden Elixir Method.

The Cowherd represents the true Yang of Kan Water, the Weaver Girl represents the true Yin of Li Fire, the Magpie Bridge represents the Ren and Du meridians, the Milky Way represents the circulatory system, and the golden and silver shuttles represent the meridians of the body...

Once one cultivates the Golden Elixir, one can elevate their level of life. As the saying goes, once a Golden Elixir is swallowed, one's fate is in one's own hands, not in the hands of heaven.

When Song Wuji saw this, he was astonished. He had only started to learn about the Three Treasures Unity and condense the Golden Elixir after reaching more than 30 points in the Three Treasures. Now, seeing this Golden Elixir Secret Method, he realized that he only needed 10 points to get started, 15 points in each of the Three Treasures to achieve minor success, and 20 points in major success.

It can only be said that their own three treasures have accumulated as many as 54 points each, which can be considered as having a strong foundation.

"This method can be taught to others, but it is estimated that there are still very few people who meet the requirements for cultivation."

As for the supernatural ability of "Eating Clouds," Song Wuji learned it in one go. Eating Clouds and "Tasting Food" are essentially the same. The full name is "Eating Clouds and Absorbing Qi," which is a simplified version of the Heavenly Gang Great Supernatural Power "Nine Breaths Absorbing Qi."

Furthermore, the practice of "eating the sunset glow" is used to nourish the primordial spirit. The glow of the sunset glow can nourish the primordial spirit and also has a synergistic effect with the supernatural power of "generating light." It can manipulate the sunset glow of various colors as a means. Legendary immortals and deities are named after this, such as Golden Sunset Glow, Purple Sunset Glow, Crimson Sunset Glow, etc.

Not to mention, this method uses the eyes as mouths to breathe in and out the radiant light, which not only trains eyesight but also nourishes the primordial spirit, laying the groundwork for the next realm of the Golden Core stage [Primordial Spirit Realm].

The Illusionary True Pill can be taken in combination with the Seven Treasures Glazed Soup, so that one will not be afraid of being trapped in the Thousand-Year Illusionary Trial. When Song Wuji cultivates to the fifth rank, they can take them together.

After leaving the secret realm of the Huang Family Compound, Song Wuji used his cloud to return to Taichang Realm in a short while.

Insert the Secret Realm Token into the Stone Lotus, and the token instantly transforms into a large petal of the seven-colored Stone Lotus.

[Order]
The Sheling (社令) represented the rural economy and the system of private land ownership, which provided a guarantee for the small-scale peasant economy where men farmed and women wove.

One household, one plot of land: farmers can own a plot of land of their own, engage in production and labor, and are protected.

This decree, along with other laws and regulations such as the Agricultural Tax and Household Tax, can complement each other, since taxes can only be collected if the people own their own land.

The most benefited by this decree were not the already developed lands, but the undeveloped lands. With this decree as a guarantee, anyone could claim wasteland as private property and develop it, simply by writing a document based on this decree.

It could even be similar to the West, granting pioneering knights and titles.

It can also be used to enshrine ghosts and gods, and to become the master of the underworld.

All land that is ownerless and not clearly defined in writing can be classified as owned property. As long as one has the ability, one can continuously encroach upon the wilderness and bring it under the jurisdiction of "human realm".

As the saying goes, "Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the king," and this is indeed the case.

The "she" in "jiangshan sheji" means land, specifically, land that can be cultivated and produce crops.

Song Wuji was surprised. He had thought it was a law related to textiles or marriage, but it turned out to be related to the private land ownership system, the cornerstone of the feudal era's small-scale peasant economy.

This method was very useful during the initial stages of development, similar to the Zhou Dynasty's enfeoffment system, which granted eight hundred feudal lords the authority to cultivate the land and protect the emperor. However, its drawbacks were also very obvious!

That inevitably led to land annexation and subsequent wars between various powerful lords until a unified empire was finally established.

But for now, with demons lurking all around and so many secret realms... this decree is the most suitable.

After a brief assessment, Song Wuji discovered that the area radiated by the Human Path in Taichang Realm was previously "fifty li in circumference," but with the addition of this Community Order, without consuming any of his luck, it directly became "one hundred li in circumference."

This expanding law has already reached other demonic territories.

In an instant, counterattacks came from all directions. After all, although the land occupied by demons had no written records, it still had the concept of "territory".

Song Wuji thought to himself, "Isn't this just a land reclamation order? Endless expansion of land!"

The problem is, there isn't enough population!
Even if the people of the secret realm were moved out of the secret realm, Song Wuji's biggest problem would still be insufficient population!
Unless one possesses the ability of Nuwa to create humans, or can turn back time to before the great demonic transformation, allowing more people to survive and no longer suffer from the demonic transformation.

Otherwise, with only tens of thousands of people in Taichang County, even if they keep encouraging people to have children, it would take ten or twenty years to restore the population to around seventy or eighty thousand.

However, at this moment, another light shone from the stone statue of Tian Chenghuang.

The next moment, Tian Chenghuang's aura surged, reaching the proper seventh-grade ghost god realm.

It seems that this order is complete, including the City God, who is a "hundred-mile marquis," and can be granted full authority as the City God.

After becoming a seventh-rank city god, Tian Chenghuang's appearance didn't change much. After all, the position of city god was originally seventh-rank. He was previously an eighth-rank city god, but that was only because his authority was incomplete, and he had just taken the city god exam and was still in the "acting observer" stage. Now he was simply completing the formal appointment.

With Yin and Yang in balance, the government and people lived in harmony. In a short time, the Buddhist curses and various evil spirits subsided. Some high-ranking demons fled in all directions, not daring to approach the county town, and only daring to lie dormant in the wilderness.

"Congratulations, City God Tian, ​​on becoming a seventh-rank ghost god!"

Although Tian Chenghuang was somewhat surprised, he still said, "Compared to being a ghost or god, I still miss the days when I was a human. But what's going on? Why is there suddenly a surge of primordial energy flowing back to me?"

"We simply subdued the secret realm within the Huang family compound," Song Wuji said. "We obtained a community token, which can sustain the men's farming and women's weaving."

"The 'She Ling'?" Tian Chenghuang asked. "The 'She' in 'the land and its people'?"

Song Wuji nodded, and Tian Chenghuang immediately said, "That's excellent! The people can now live in peace and recuperate!"

Song Wuji said, “This decree represents private land ownership. All the land we have cultivated is collectively owned and leased to individuals. If this decree is really applied, given the current trend of everyone practicing martial arts, the government may not have any cohesion and may easily become disloyal.”

Upon hearing this, Tian Chenghuang said, "I have heard that during the Qin Dynasty, Shang Yang's reforms rewarded soldiers with land and titles, which laid the foundation for the unification of Qin. Although it only lasted for two generations, it laid the foundation for the Han Dynasty."

"Xiao Song, why don't you use this to encourage martial spirit? At least now we have two hundred regular soldiers and three hundred auxiliary soldiers. They can obtain personal land through military merit."

Song Wuji thought it made some sense; Tian Chenghuang was indeed a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations).

"As for ambitious people, such as those from aristocratic families, didn't you do the same? You enfeoffed them and let them expand their territory. Isn't that a good thing?"

"Too."

Song Wuji said, "There are no other good options now. Since we can't think long-term, we can only consider the most suitable option for now."

"I plan to take over Jianxin County; it's time to mobilize troops!"

"When?"

"After the summer harvest," Song Wuji said, "the first batch of blood rice can be harvested, enough for one battle. This time, it won't be a gradual erosion, but a direct head-on fight against the Five Evil Gods and their many demons and monsters."

"Although I can subdue the Five Evil Gods, I cannot devote all my energy to fighting against demons. The people must see blood!"

"Otherwise, now that things are relatively stable, some people will definitely have the idea of ​​living in peace and contentment in a corner of the world. They will think, 'If the demons don't bother me, I won't bother them.' They will just let things take their course... If that happens, the outcome will definitely be bad."

Tian Chenghuang nodded: "That's what I think too. Everyone says it's good to have shade under a big tree, but if the predecessors didn't plant the trees, how could the successors enjoy the shade?"

"My only concern is whether we have enough troops to fight the war."

Song Wuji calculated: "I plan to recruit the martial monks in the Zhaiseng Secret Realm to subdue demons and monsters. There should be about 50 ninth-rank martial monks. I remember there is a copper Buddha Temple in Jianxin County. We can use it as a place for these martial monks to perform rituals."

"Perhaps a Buddhist secret realm has also evolved there. In the future, there will definitely be a continuous stream of secret realms related to Buddhism. We need to train a group of our own people to subdue these secret realms. As long as we control them properly, we can use both Buddhism and Taoism for our own purposes."

"In addition, the Tiger Fang tribe has more than 3,000 tiger slaves. Excluding the old and weak, and those who have mastered the ability to smelt, the rest can be recruited by about 800 people. We only need to provide them with simple equipment."

"If we add our two hundred armored soldiers, three hundred auxiliary soldiers, and the demon hunters and beggar disciples who can participate in logistics support, we will have nearly two thousand people in total. We can put them into battle and take Jianxin County. As long as there is no siege, we can still take it."

After a quick calculation, Tian Chenghuang asked, "Have you done a casualty estimate?"

Song Wuji said, "The estimated casualties will not exceed two hundred."

“That’s almost impossible,” said Tian Chenghuang. “That’s the best-case scenario; we have to prepare for the worst.”

Song Wuji said, "We will surely win this battle!"

Tian Chenghuang, however, was not optimistic: "It is better to prioritize the lives of the people. Before this battle, I will accumulate some divine power to bless everyone! Even if I die, my soul will not be lost."

Where in war is there no death?

Song Wuji thought to himself.

Moreover, this is not an internal conflict among humans, but a struggle to seize territory from demons.

"We've been out of contact with the imperial court for far too long. After taking Jianxin County, we still need to take Hongzhou Prefecture. Hopefully, Hongzhou Prefecture hasn't been occupied by demons yet!"

“Hongzhou Prefecture has its own soldiers. In the early stages of the great change of demons, if the general is not incompetent, he should be able to kill some low-level demons. Then he will find that killing demons can bring him power. The population there is larger, all industries are more prosperous, and there will definitely be more rituals.”

(End of this chapter)