Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 153 The Winds of Change Gather in Jiangnan

Yu Gong's disrespectful words from some time ago still echoed in the main hall, and classic phrases like "the world is in chaos and the people are suffering" were indispensable.

The first case of the year swept across the country like a storm.

All the professionals in the imperial court, including the Grand Astrologer, went to Guobei.

The righteous path under heaven was also greatly alarmed. Guo Bei had always been a moral low point, and it was a troublesome place when the righteous path was declining and the evil path was rising.

Like a dark, shadowy spot on the land of China, it constantly exudes a demonic aura.

The mortal world is a place where karma and evil deeds accumulate, and ordinary practitioners would never want to set foot there.

The fact that it has become a no-man's-land is naturally alarming.

This momentous event also alarmed the wise men standing atop the mountain.

The sixth-generation descendant of Zhang Daoling from Longhu Mountain, and the son of his current successor, descended the mountain carrying the Three-Five Male and Female Demon-Slaying Swords.

Unable to contact Ruoxu repeatedly, the Pure Land School sent a high-ranking monk from their ancestral temple, who had already reached the state of detachment from desire, to bring a golden alms bowl.

Lady Wei, the head of the Shangqing School of Taoist priests and the Purple Void Primordial Sovereign, came in person.

In short, all the righteous people in the world have gathered here.

The first impression that the righteous and imperial experts had upon arriving in Guo Bei was its cleanliness.

After those people left, the environment became much fresher.

However, no one entered the city. When a purple cloud appeared on the horizon and descended, everyone immediately bowed.

The female Taoist priest exhaled and exhaled vital energy like the tide, and auspicious light gathered around her, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

"Yuanjun, you've arrived."

It turns out they were waiting for a leader.

It's quite normal for such a heinous act to leave behind some extremely dangerous magic arrays or traps; having a powerful figure around greatly increases the safety factor.

The successor's son walked directly behind this person, after all, Madam Wei had once served as the priest of the Celestial Masters Sect, so she was considered one of their own.

The first thing that struck everyone when they arrived in Guobei was the marks on the city gate.

"Such a strong sense of righteousness, such fierce swordsmanship, such a persistent person."

A master of Confucianism!

Confucian swordsmen are extremely rare these days.

Everyone began to have some reservations, indicating that a powerful force was involved.

Next came entering the city. As Madam Wei stepped through the city gate, she suddenly stopped and pointed her finger at the gate.

"Yin Qi?"

It was a very fresh yin energy, with traces of Daoist principles permeating it.

When they entered the city, they found it completely deserted.

Experts from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice began searching for clues and evidence using human methods. They discovered several unusual places in the city, confirming that cultivators were involved, but all traces had been erased.

"Very professional, a veteran."

The people at the Dali Temple felt they had met a tough opponent. If a practitioner was also proficient in criminal law, then it was almost certain that he was not a good person.

Good people wouldn't think about cleaning up the scene.

Continuing the search, after leaving the city, they saw endless cemeteries.

Those tens of thousands of karmic ghosts transported their corpses out of the city or carried them down from the mountain and placed them here.

Even villains want to be buried in peace, but they have some strange ideas and insist on putting their graves together. This scene is chilling.

After investigation, it was confirmed that they were all locals, which made it even more puzzling.

It is neither a heretical path nor a righteous path.

Tens of thousands of graves were arranged neatly and cleanly, all dug by hand.

It would take at least several hundred people to dig up the graves to bury tens of thousands of people; they couldn't possibly be digging their own graves.

Madam Wei noticed something amiss.

"It's not magic, it's a Taoist weapon."

“Some people have even purified their resentment here using Buddhist and Taoist scriptures.”

Everyone suddenly realized that, without using the Earth Element Technique, only Daoist soldiers could do these things, although it was still quite absurd for Daoist soldiers to do this.

As for purification... I don't understand it, I really don't understand it.

Continuing up the mountain, the path was marked by signs of battle.

The tree demon's location had been transformed into a massive crater, and some yin energy and yin soil crystals remained at the core of Lanruo Temple. "Hiss... It's also related to the underworld."

"Confucian masters, Taoist soldiers, the underworld, and a town after it has been cleansed."

"Directly divination of celestial secrets!"

Everyone decisively chose the path of spiritual practitioners.

Although Lady Wei possessed great magical power, the Shangqing School emphasized internal alchemy cultivation and breathing exercises, and she was not skilled in these areas.

He used a technique called "Circle Light Technique," which created a magnificent spectacle, causing the vital energy within a radius of dozens of miles to surge and shake one's soul.

Then I couldn't see anything.

The situation was somewhat awkward, but the successor's son stepped in to defuse the awkwardness.

The Celestial Masters sect excels in talismans, alchemy, divination, and prayer, making them all-around Taoist masters.

A divination was performed decisively, and the result indicated injury to the person.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the divine weapon behind him was drawn, severing the divination symbol.

Madam Wei raised her hand and used her great magical power to shatter the connection between heaven and earth, thus saving this descendant.

Everyone was shocked. This was a cultivator at the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage, protected by a divine weapon, and the next generation's successor. How could he be injured while casting a divination?
For a moment, no one dared to make a rash move, and finally looked towards the people in the imperial court.

The Grand Astrologer knew that it was impossible to rely on these reclusive people to continue their deductions at this point, as cultivators were most adept at preserving their lives.

He could only solemnly ask the imperial guards behind him to bring out an item.

"The heavens are like a chicken egg, the celestial bodies are round like egg balls, and the earth is like the yolk of a chicken."

The celestial globe is inlaid with numerous constellations and depicts the equator and ecliptic, constantly appearing and disappearing. The armillary sphere revolves around the four-sided red ring, an endless circle.

The armillary sphere was used by Sima Qian to observe celestial phenomena when he revised the Taichu Calendar.

It carries great fortune and is specifically used to predict the evolution of human affairs and celestial phenomena.

If Guo Bei's incident hadn't occurred during the New Year holiday, in Jiangnan, and hadn't been a sign of various misfortunes, the imperial court wouldn't have brought out such a powerful artifact.

The experts watched as the celestial divination continued its calculations, seemingly possessing the power to reverse starlight, and secretly marveled at how terrifying the power of the imperial court remained.

It truly lives up to its reputation as an object of destiny, a divine object dedicated to divination.

"I see!"

The Grand Historian really saw it.

The Grand Historian is dead.

After a moment of silence, the crowd dispersed. There are countless secrets in the world, and not everything needs to be explored.

The successor's son resolutely returned to the mountain, while the Pure Land monks stayed to chant sutras.

Madam Wei decided to seek out fellow practitioners in West Lake to discuss this matter. She remembered that Master Bai's lineage was very profound and might provide some clues.

When the court received news of the Grand Historian's death, Emperor Jin was furious.

Because he knew he was in a state of impotent rage.

It was Menxia Sheng who, understanding the emperor's wishes, thought of the unusual phenomena of the past few days and gave a particularly suitable answer.

"It was probably done by the White Lotus Sect."

The Emperor of Jin didn't even need a moment to think before he gritted his teeth and locked onto the answer.

"It was the White Lotus Sect who did this!"

"Isn't that old codger Yu Gong going to retire and return to his hometown? Let him go and stay in the Jiangnan region for me."

Although I really dislike this old guy, he is capable and has high prestige, so keeping him in Kyoto would be a hindrance.

"By the way, transfer the Left Commander of the Imperial Guard to Jiangnan as well. They are all people who are concerned about the country and it would be inconvenient for them to stay in the court."

The matter of Guo Bei was thus concluded and its story was spread throughout the world.

The White Lotus sect members in the north.
The Protestant leader convened a religious assembly with great enthusiasm, speaking in a passionate tone.

"That's right, we did it."

"Guo Bei has returned to his hometown, Vacuum!"

The congregation cheered, for we had finally made our voices heard again.

The cult leader immediately dispatched his trusted Dharma King to Jiangnan to investigate and try to recruit this evil demon into the cult.

Chaos has already emerged in the Jiangnan region.

(End of this chapter)