The Great Seminary

Chapter 184 The Forbidden Savior (Part 1)

A leisurely trip through the city helped dispel many of the negative emotions that had accumulated on Fresh Velvet Island.

Zhang Gui entered the right hall of Guiyang Palace under the cover of night.

In the enormous square chamber that stretches for thousands of steps, the 'Shadow Water Spirit Wall' is placed in the center.

Within the shadowy water lies a jade talisman book recording the cultivation techniques of the "Four Seasons of Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning".

The deciphered information is being projected onto the spirit wall at an extremely slow pace.

Zhang Gui currently possesses three of the twenty-four qigong techniques: Lichun (Beginning of Spring), Yushui (Rain Water), and Jingzhe (Awakening of Insects).

Next comes the Spring Equinox, which was also known in ancient times as the Midday Equinox or the Rising Equinox.

It is a transitional solar term, important but not particularly special.

On the contrary, the Qingming Festival, which follows the Spring Equinox, is quite mysterious.

At this time, the land is bathed in the warm glow of spring, with plants sprouting new buds and all things beginning to stir, corresponding to the celestial phenomena above and the earth below.

According to the ancient classic "Huainanzi", that is the case.

"After the Spring Equinox, the Big Dipper points to the direction of Yi (乙), the Qingming wind arrives, and all things on earth come into being."

The Qingming wind is a refreshing and clear wind.

'Geographical transformation' refers to the fact that if the body of a dead object buried underground does not decompose into silt, it may give rise to a new soul.

Therefore, since ancient times, this day has always been a 'good day' for people to commemorate the dead and pray that they will not cause trouble.

Spring Equinox, Qingming Festival.

"Two more techniques from the <Chronicle of Four Seasons, Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning> have been unlocked. Very good, very good."

Looking at the secrets of the cultivation techniques on the 'Shadow Water Spirit Wall', Zhang Gui felt even more at ease.

He simply sat on the ground and began to practice the methods of the Spring Equinox and Qingming Festival.

A quarter of an hour later.

The "Tai Sui Enters the Divine Realm" in his mind began to operate automatically along with the new cultivation method.

Black liquid gushed out from the fistula, evolving into a dark and eerie phenomenon of thunder and rain.

After an unknown period of time, living things began to emerge on the fungal carpet generated from the black sap.

Its body structure is bizarre and strange, yet it moves freely and is incredibly lifelike.

As dawn broke, a warm sun slowly rose from the sea.

All the strange phenomena finally came to an end.

Zhang Gui, who had been engrossed in his martial arts, regained his liveliness in his eyes.

I stood up and stretched my legs.

He took the jade talisman book of "Chronicles of the Four Seasons, Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning" from the "Shadow Water Spirit Wall".

He hid it in a brocade pouch and then put it back into his bosom.

I strolled out of the right hall of Guiyang Palace.

As the population of the True Dragon Kingdom increases, the so-called national employment positions are becoming more and more specialized.

For example, the number of management personnel at 'Guiyang Palace' has increased considerably.

Even if Zhang Gui suddenly appears, as long as it is in a public place such as a square, a main hall, or a guardhouse.

Someone will inevitably appear immediately to serve him.

"Prepare a self-service breakfast including 10 pounds of beef, 10 pounds of shrimp paste, lettuce, and baked flatbread."

Then I went to invite Lord Song, General Guisang, Chief Liu Zhenhe... to dine in my palace.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The beautiful and capable female secretary answered in a clear voice and turned to relay the order.

At the same time, another secretary immediately took her place.

He waited attentively for Zhang Gui's next order...

This is the rule of the recently implemented 'first-in-command system for palace secretaries'.

The rule stipulated that all secretaries would take turns appearing before the emperor to serve him.

At the same time, once the secretary receives Zhang Gui's explicit order, he must leave to handle it.

Instead of passing the command on to someone else for processing.

It is said that this was to prevent the emperor's orders from being misunderstood by rumors. In fact, Zhang Gui understood that the True Dragon Kingdom's court did this to avoid a secretary developing feelings for him after serving him closely for a long time.

Then a special power structure similar to the royal 'inner court' of the Eastern Continent would be formed, diluting the government's power.

This was not actually the intention of any particular official.

Similarly, no government official, not even Song Wenhua or Gui Sang, could stop them.

Because this is the will of the beadwork.

It is the exclusive will of power that automatically emerges after the various power organs of the true dragon nation have truly taken shape and gained their own 'vitality'.

Although Zhang Gui, who came from a civilized and technologically advanced world, felt a strange sense of aversion towards this, he did not raise any objections...

About two quarters of an hour later, in the bedroom of Guiyang Palace.

The ministers of the True Dragon Kingdom surrounded their emperor, sitting around a round stone table that seated ten people, and feasted on their food.

They held high positions in the True Dragon Kingdom, and even the lowest-ranking among them were refined by Zhang Gui into Ten-Stone Corpse Warriors, each one of whom was no ordinary person.

They can suck out the marrow and bones, and eat ten or more pounds of braised beef in one go, which is no problem at all with flatbread.

However, when dining with the emperor, no one would actually just sit there eating and drinking mindlessly.

I carefully observed Zhang Gui's movements and noticed that he slowed down his eating and drinking.

He picked up two pure meat dumplings from the plate in the middle of the table and put them in his mouth.

Everyone put down their chopsticks without prior arrangement.

"You guys keep eating, keep going."

I eat now just to satisfy my cravings; I don't need to use pills because it takes too much time.

You can all eat your fill now, so don't go hungry.

"Your Majesty, everyone has eaten their fill," Song Wenhua said with a smile.

Zhang Gui didn't press the matter further, but personally picked up a pure meat pill, broke it open, and distributed it to the ministers.

"The nutrition contained in one pure meatball is equivalent to that of 100 kilograms of lean meat."

Eating a whole one would be harmful to your health, so just share it.

We'll share the rest with our families so they can try it too.

I discovered that the Heavenly Craftsmen at the Heavenly Gang level look like little flying men, but three of them can support a pill room.

"We'll have plenty of these in the future."

Upon hearing the emperor's words, the courtiers naturally showered him with flattery.

Some even say that Zhang Gui's wisdom has moved Heaven, which is why the True Dragon Kingdom has turned misfortune into good fortune and has seen auspicious omens frequently appear.

Zhang Gui naturally wouldn't believe the nonsense spouted by such a person, and waved his hand, saying:

"There's no such thing as an emperor's merits being reflected in the heavens."

Last night, I took a walk on the streets of our Upper Stone City, listened to a few long storytelling performances, and encountered something interesting…”

He briefly recounted the story of what happened last night when he went to the teahouse and met the tall young man, concluding with:

The prefix that girl from Nanchizhou used to address me was:
The most supreme, merciful, and great, whose glory and nobility reside eternally within, as radiant as the sun.

I didn't argue at the time.

It's pointless to educate the general public about this kind of thing, and there's no way to prevent it.

The only guarantee we can make is that our officials cannot deify me.

To be honest, I have admired ancient gods and demons since I was a child and wanted to master their supreme power!
However, this kind of 'becoming a god' is completely different from the deification of Lingxiu.

On a smaller scale, people in a small island nation like our Zhenlong want to live a good life forever.

On a grander scale, if humanity, the human race, wants to exist forever...
Relying on others is actually useless.

Let's all work together, including 'you, me, and everyone else,' and strive to achieve this through repeated efforts and heightened awareness:
Everyone is like a dragon!

Only then can those grand visions be realized!

Therefore, I plan to tell our people during my next speech in the square,
There has never been any salvation, never...

"You are your own savior, your own savior..."

At this point, Zhang Gui suddenly collapsed onto the stone table.

(End of this chapter)