Wei School's Three Good Students

Chapter 247 Entering the Evil Moon, Xuan, Zhao, Jia
In July of the 8th year of the Tongzheng calendar, Xiandaoren arrived in Xinyaodu. Clearly, wherever there is a "plot," there he is.

Compared to the simple rammed earth walls of a year ago, the city has now become a construction site. Four canals have begun to be excavated, each forming a ring shape, like concentric circles; at the excavation site, groups of shackled slave monsters are obediently digging the soil with shovels.

These slave monsters included digging sloths from the sandbars and great apes from the mountains. These creatures, who had awakened their intelligence, took advantage of the chaos in the human world to lead their respective groups to wreak havoc.

Now, they have all been implanted with fixed spirit-taming runes and have begun to work.

This is clearly the technology of the Zhen Kingdom. In the entire world, only the Zhen Kingdom doesn't talk about "benevolent kingship" or "following the natural way" at all; it directly takes from the surplus to give to the deficient; it directly allows the entire city to be enslaved after it is captured.

Regarding how to tightly control slaves, various shackles, spirit-taming talismans, and even Gu worms can be used for control; related technologies are under development.

In recent years, due to the tacit approval of human slaves to learn to read and understand reason, and the abolition of their slave status, the number of slaves has decreased significantly. Therefore, wealthy merchants have begun to capture various spirits and monsters from the mountains to work for them. The ruler of the region calls them "Palu," no, they are "Palu slaves."

Now, with the combined efforts of these "Palu" and the wooden ox and flowing horse machinery, the construction of the new Yao is proceeding very smoothly.

In terms of overall scale, the new capital is no smaller than the old capital, except that it does not have a floating celestial palace. As for the celestial palace, it is now scattered across the four directions of the Nine Provinces and the high heavens. Currently, only the Dui Palace and the Li Palace are connected to the human world.

…Already changed…

Xian Daoren passed by the construction site and followed the scent of butterflies into the city. On the way, he saw a fully armed troops training, and he was somewhat stunned, a trace of lingering unease flashing in his eyes.

Once upon a time, on the previous timeline, or perhaps the time before that (Xian Daoren cannot discern the past), he had just transmigrated to this world and also formed such a firearms-equipped army, attempting to use a cooperative system to bridge the gap in commerce, but was ultimately crushed by Da Yao's heavy cavalry.

Xian Daoren quickly came to his senses and walked into the palace. At that moment, Empress Dowager Li was holding a decadent banquet, where men and women were enjoying each other's company.

The victors stand firm, while the losers, after their fountains appear, are quickly left behind, and swarms of venomous snakes devour the vulnerable who have their doors wide open.

The snake's head disappeared into the body cavity in an instant. Terrified screams and laughter filled the air.

As Xian Daoren gazed at Li Shi, who was immersed in joy, he made a snap of his fingers and conjured a ball of flame, from which he retrieved a portrait of her from twenty years ago; back then, she was still very innocent and loving, but now she had changed into this.

"Changes?" The Taoist Master smiled with satisfaction. "It's time for the final blessing."

…evil…

Inside the palace, Empress Dowager Li suddenly sensed something. Her hair turned white. She froze, and before she could even take a second breath, her silky hair, like a faucet turned on, cascaded to the ground. These strands, upon hitting the ground, seemed to possess a consciousness, drifting and searching for something. Soon, these strands, beyond Empress Dowager Li's control, swam towards her body, quickly enveloping her in a cocoon.

The others in the palace were stunned when they saw the Empress Dowager surrounded by cocoons, but before they could even ponder what would happen next, the wriggling strands of hair, like feeding monsters suddenly noticing "food" watching them, immediately reacted cruelly.

This cocoon shoots out countless threads like bullets, which pierce through each person's body like steel wires, locking onto bones and every sensitive point on the body, and pulling on pain nerves to make them howl.

Those who could approach Empress Dowager Li were all handsome men and beautiful women. These graceful figures swayed rhythmically with the help of silk threads, turning into an exceptionally peculiar puppet musical dance party.

Meanwhile, a large number of butterflies appeared, forming a barrier.

The palace instantly became an untouchable area.

…drama…

Emperor Tongzheng is participating in a firearms training session on the training ground.

When the strange events were heard inside the palace, vague memories of his childhood palace fall involuntarily surfaced in his mind. At that time, his mother "protected" him and created a red area for him, blocking out certain things from the outside world—Jia Ying couldn't remember exactly what it was blocking out, he only remembered that he was lying in his mother's gentle arms at that time.

This explains why he remained indifferent to Empress Dowager Li's increasing moral decline over the years. As a son, one should never question one's elders.

Emperor Tongzheng was a good child. After learning that Emperor Ling had seized power from Emperor Xu, he considered it a disgrace and was determined not to do so.

Guided by the concept of "filial piety," he disregarded everything and rushed into the palace. His guards, unable to dissuade him, had no choice but to follow the monarch.

Little did he know that when he stepped into the area formed by the swarm of butterflies, the Taoist priest disguised as a stone sculpture outside the palace smiled. His next step was to lure this young and promising king to—to—to do what?

A golden light flashed in Xian Daoren's pupils, and he suddenly forgot his plan.

Narrator: The original shocking plan was for the young Emperor Yao to kill his biological father, thus realizing the connection between their bloodlines. However, the Golden System, sensing the need for censorship, directly deleted the entire plan.

…The perspective shifts to the west…

Xuan Chong has been paying close attention to the degree of chaos in the middle of the major lines. After all, after the "Nine Palaces" were scattered throughout the world, the country of Zhen has been trying to take over these scattered Nine Palaces. Among them, the "Dui Palace" and "Li Palace" have been located within the territory of Zhen, and the "Central Palace" is currently drifting towards the new lines.

According to the Director of Astronomy, once five of the nine palaces are settled, the entire landscape will be in a stable state.

Zhao Cheng is leading troops in Hedong to quell the Blood Frenzy rebellion, and Xuan Chong is paying close attention to this; because from his perspective, Zhao Cheng has now mistakenly entered the relevant area and is already spiraling upwards, just like his own situation when he was on an expedition against the Green Evil Moon in Lelang City.

As if sensing something, Xuan Chong opened the system, and sure enough, under his watchful gaze, the "Final Exam" was about to begin. The "Battle for the Moon," which had not been completed on the southern winged people's territory, would ultimately be his responsibility.

In Lelang City, Xuan Chong summoned Wu Juwang and many of his advisors, and once again began to instruct them on how to manage the rear while he was away. He also left each of Wu Juwang, Wu Rui, and Wu Zaixing a box, instructing them to open it in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

Wu Ju looked at Xuan Chong, as if he wanted to say something, but ultimately pursed his lips. He beckoned Wu Leng over and began preparing the expeditionary force.

This legion is incredibly powerful, boasting four Heavy Wooden Phoenixes, five War Kui, the elite Ghost Chariot Nine Phoenix, two Soul-Devouring Ghost Chariots, three cavalry units totaling 180 men, thirty wooden ox-and-horse chariots equipped with steam furnaces, and 5,000 infantry.

Upon seeing this setup, Wu Zaixing expressed his desire to join as well, hoping to become the deputy. He was then kicked back to his seat by Xuan Chong.

Xuan Chong opened the system, and the system's task prompts: The spatial distortion of the Immortal Sect's contaminated points is now sufficient; the Azure Lotus roots are falling along the contaminated points, and the army can use these points to attack the Evil Moon.

Xuan Chong looked at the path on the map, and his first step was to advance directly to Dingyun Sect in Aotianling.

On July 7th of the 8th year of the Tongzheng calendar, Dingyun Sect was already under the illumination of the blue evil moon.

As the Xuanchong troops entered the sect's territory, a tunnel gate appeared before them, allowing for teleportation. The entire army entered this vortex gate, just as they had entered the great tunnel during their initial battle with the snake-men, directly into the sect's territory. With the arrival of the army, the previously isolated mountain peaks connected, forming a platform for the army to deploy.

The sect's internal alchemy furnace was constantly burning, but in the storeroom, the so-called medicinal herbs were actually batches of babies. The cultivators threw them into the alchemy furnace to refine medicine, and during the refining process, the eyes on their shoulders watched the heat, while the fifth hand on their backs grasped a tuft of baby hair on their heads and scraped the dust off the furnace walls.

These alchemists don't see any problem now. They even took out their ancestor's pill formulas to compare and found that this is how ancient alchemy works.

However, under Xuan Chong's discerning eye, the sections in these so-called elixir formulas that used children to make medicine were simply variations on the word "child"; for example, "child ginseng," "child lingzhi," and "child realgar." As for when these "child" were added, and how these eccentric alchemists interpreted "child" as referring to a child, that was beyond the scope of investigation.

Ultimately, the Dingyun Sect was destroyed; to be precise, its mountains were destroyed and its temples were demolished.

After the Dingyun Sect was destroyed, Xuan Chong carved the local crops suitable for cultivation and the local livestock on the cliff.

However, just as Xuan Chong finished this, the space tunnel in the sky descended, or more precisely, it was the roots of the "Chaotic Green Lotus" that descended.

As the roots drooped down, another vortex teleportation portal opened.

…The Chaos Lotus has cleared all the contaminated points on the Great Yao…

After the Xuanchong Legion entered, the next second they appeared at the next point of contamination in the Xiren Realm: Wanghengzong.

While the sect cultivators were still absorbing the essence of the sun and moon towards the blue evil moon a moment ago.

The next second, in their view, golden clouds drifted in from the sky, forming a platform. The Xuanchong army that appeared in the clouds arrived in front of their mountain gate. These cultivators were completely baffled as to why such a "sky-reaching road" had suddenly appeared around their mountain gate, which was surrounded by mountains on all sides and had a treacherous terrain.
As an unprecedented "war disaster" struck the secluded cultivation grounds, the cultivators of the Wangheng Sect witnessed their ancestral hall being smashed and collapsed by the Zhan Kui. They attempted to escape by flying through the air on their swords, but the overwhelming baleful aura made them feel extremely heavy once they took to the air, forcing them to land back in their sect.

As volleys of bullets flew in, the cultivators stared in disbelief at the huge gashes in their chests.

After the Wangheng Sect was annihilated, the next sect to be wiped out was the Yunxiang Sect, the one with colorful ribbons and numerous floating celestial palaces.

This place used to be a sect of female cultivators. But now, the disciples in the sect still have the upper bodies of beautiful fairies, but their lower bodies are... some have the lower bodies of spiders, some have the lower bodies of cranes, and some have the lower bodies of fish.

This place is bathed in the purple moonlight. Those beautiful fairies with tender hearts were transformed into purple and ascended to the moon first.

Those who remain here now are all "aloof" fairies with firm Dao hearts, able to withstand the purple corruption, and wholeheartedly yearning for the Great Dao. However, after being exposed to the blue evil moon, they gradually turned into this bird-like state.

When these aloof fairies saw Xuan Chong's army enter, they all bared their sharp fangs and their tongues transformed into streaks of light as they attacked.

Ultimately, these fairy sects were also destroyed. After the beauties' heads were severed, they transformed into fish heads, spider heads, and crane heads.

One spatial portal opened, followed by another. Xuan Chong needed to conquer nine sects to reach the Blue Evil Moon's territory. As the legion advanced step by step along the path before them, they were actually ascending higher and higher.

On the journey, the mountains became increasingly peculiar; the eccentric moon, which was usually only seen once every few months in other parts of Da Yao, would rise almost every time the sun set here.

Furthermore, the size of the evil moon in the sky varies each time, and its surface is constantly changing.

For example, the blue area on the Evil Moon is covered with scale-like lattices; one second when you look up, the lattice is hexagonal, and the next second when you look down, it is quadrilateral and triangle, as if the surface of the Evil Moon is a changing kaleidoscope maze.

…The Journey to Slay the Gods…

For most soldiers, the evil moon was not directly observable.

On the fifteenth hour of the march, Xuan Chong arrived at the military medical department, where a group of fools, stripped of their armor, were sitting.

Some stared at the wood, claiming it was gold; while others gulped down water from a dried-up kettle, claiming it was fine wine.

Xuan Chong sat down next to a fool, held up four fingers, and asked how many that was.

The guy then said: "This isn't a finger, it's an octopus."

Xuan Chong muttered to himself, "Did they eat poisonous mushrooms?"

Ultimately, these soldiers suffering from severe hysteria recovered under the treatment of "Ice Marrow Soup".

But when the soldiers who had regained their senses mentioned that feeling, and described the "future," their eyes gleamed with a strange "spirit," followed by them muttering to the soldiers around them, "I'm telling you, I saw xxx," and "We were all sacrifices."

Xuan Chong, being quick-witted, overheard these whispers and immediately dropped his "comforting" smile, adopting a calculating expression.

"You say you see the future?" Under Xuan Chong's intimidation, one of these hysterical soldiers said, "The future of everyone."

Although his words seemed nonsensical, Xuan Chong understood perfectly what he meant. "The future of everyone" meant that everyone would undergo a transformation on this land, and that they would be able to see the process of that transformation.

With a "smack," Xuan Chong slapped the soldier who had been telling him riddles across the face, cursing, "Hey! You're trying to scare me."

The soldier paused for a moment, then said, "The future will provide the answer." Xuan Chong understood again: the evil moon would bestow blessings upon everyone.

Xuan Chong kicked him again, cursing, "I'll paralyze you!"

Finally, the soldier's delusions, aggravated by the beating, subsided. He realized he'd been talking nonsense and, in the most supportive tone, shouted, "The commander will lead us to wipe out the evil forces!" — Thus, a future charlatan met his end.

…road…

Several hours later, they had traveled approximately twenty kilometers more. (This was actually twenty kilometers traveled in interstellar space.)

Xuan Chong: We collected some ores and discovered some incredible things. Some of the metallic ores had flesh-like textures when pried open, and some stalagmites had human fingernails on them.

This shows that what those hysterical patients see is not entirely false. But what is the principle behind the mutation? What physical conditions are involved? That damned system once again declares "no answer."

Xuan Chong can only be loosely categorized as having been caused by "information pollution" radiated from the evil moon.

Frustrated, Xuan Chong opened the exchange system. Seeing that he already had 29 points, he took a deep breath and decided to spend a tiny bit of credits to exchange for a way to save the army.

Xuan Chong: "System, I need my legion to be resistant to this kind of 'information pollution'. Provide me with some exchange references."

As usual, the system rummaged through some things and offered an option for "ten" credits, named the "Moon Cleansing" plan. The icon was quite exaggerated: it directly immersed the evil moon in another region (plane) like a dumpling.

Of course, Xuan Chong skipped over this nonsensical thing.

"The credits consumed are too high." Xuan Chong said, "Ten of my twenty-nine credits have been removed, which is seriously affecting my evaluation!" Although he didn't know what the evaluation was for, based on his experience as a student, the more credits the better.

Hearing that Xuan Chong wanted a cheaper option, the system seemed to scoff. Xuan Chong forcibly ignored this disdain and, in the list "sorted by price from low to high," selected the cheapest one, costing 0.043 credits.

…outside the school gate…

In outer space, Pu'e finally got the chance to travel. Xie Yue was now focused on the final battle with the will of the Xi Ren Realm and had no time to worry about her ascension plan to other planets.

She plans to transfer the 100,000 subjects that Da Yao has accumulated to the next planet!
In the time tunnel, she looked back at the scene of "Xi Ren Star and Xie Yue entangled", breathed a slight sigh of relief, and then whispered, "This is not my business."

In her eyes, the information pollution from the Evil Moon was about to invade the mantle. It was like a rotten fruit, with mold covering the surface and the disease almost penetrating to the core. It was nearing its end and would be very difficult to treat.

Just as she was about to float away, suddenly, an external force invaded her stable spacetime tunnel. As she tried to stabilize her tunnel, she received a notification from a golden beam of light: the right to use her space tunnel was being "temporarily requisitioned."

Pu'e was slightly taken aback, then lowered her hand, because she knew very well what was behind this golden power.

This is one of the highest-level orders created by the top transmigrating forces in this plane.

In this universe, in this space, many consciousnesses have traveled through time. Some consciousnesses, upon arriving, merely celebrated their extra years in the small theater of certain civilizations' development, living a carefree life, flashing by insignificantly in the torrent of time like ants, not even worth recording.

Some things, however, are built up over a thousand years, progressing step by step each day, until they finally chase the stars and the moon.

This kind of consciousness is that of a "monarch" in dimensional travel.

These rulers, upon their arrival, were no different from ordinary people; but in their carefully chosen eras, they would accumulate power step by step, ultimately creating a glory that touched the very core of this world. And what remained of this achievement was called "attainment status."

As for the "positions" left behind by powerful transmigrators on different planes, these are taboos that Pu'e and other minor transmigrators need to understand when they arrive at each explored plane.

When Pu'e first entered this spacetime zone, she was taught to avoid the spacetime zone of "the glory of the monarch"; otherwise, once she provoked karma, she would be targeted even if she changed millions of spacetimes.

Faced with the expropriation, Pu'e gritted her teeth and relinquished the space tunnel.

Then, three thousand golden points of light emerged from the tunnel and fell towards the Xiren Realm.

Pu'e was slightly taken aback; she recognized these points of light! These were the "ranks" designated by the Xi Ren royal court in this dimension, medals most coveted by the guardians of many human planets like Xi Ren Star across various civilizations. These medals were universally applicable across all human planets, allowing the recipients to draw upon the power of the "Human Emperor" no matter which planet they visited.

However, these three thousand packaged "honor titles" were sent out just like that.

Looking down, Pu'e realized that the being who had forced her off this planet wielded far more authority in this plane than she had imagined. Suddenly, she felt Zhao Cheng reappear in her system, this time with a golden description below his portrait.

…Characters cannot be recruited…

In the Heluo region, Zhao Cheng was in the midst of his army. He had gathered 20,000 men and once again entered the blood-red land, preparing to eliminate all the cannibalistic, disease-ridden, and rebellious people.

As he rode the jade lion forward, he suddenly saw golden pillars of light in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, some golden beams of light fell upon him and some of the soldiers around him. Then, he found himself cut off from the rest of the army, which had entered a fog.

The fog ahead grew thicker and thicker. Zhao Cheng's troops couldn't see each other and could only press on. However, as they marched, the crescent moon in the sky grew larger and larger.

Zhao Cheng sensed that more and more of the troops around him were losing contact, but of course, those soldiers chosen by the golden light were still there.

…very late colleagues…

Xuan Chong watched as the golden beam of light fell from the sky and disappeared into his own troops.

Meanwhile, some landed in other locations. Xuan Chong was then informed that reinforcements would be arriving soon.

The system also began issuing tasks; the system said: "If you complete this task, you can borrow a book from the library. This book can help you understand the source of the entanglement between two obsessions."

Xuan Chong: "What, borrow books?"

System: "You'll find out after class."

(End of this chapter)