Pre-Qin Mythology: Starting with the River God

It wasn't that Quan Ming forcibly seized it from Luo Shizi.

Instead, it was Luo Shizi who offered it up, asking Quan Ming to protect it temporarily so that the Daotian would not be completely destroyed because of the destruction of Luo Kingdom... just like the Daotian of Quan Kingdom when it could only hide in the bronze mural before it met Quan Ming.

In fact, with the fall of the Kingdom of Luo...

This can only be considered as Luo Rendao Tian, ​​whose path is already incomplete.

Unless a restoration is carried out.

Or perhaps it was like Quan Ming who received the assistance of the Song Dynasty Dao Heaven, who shared the same lineage and was a major sect in this world, and had a complete [Dao lineage]. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to recover the damaged Dao.

Can……

According to Luo Shizi's words.

The Luo Kingdom was actually a vassal state originating from the Mi tribe of the Xia and Shang dynasties, and shared the same lineage as the Chu Kingdom.

Clearly, with the Chu state now ruling, the Mi clan is now the dominant power in Chu... Unless Chu receives divine intervention, even if the other Mi clan states intervene, they will not be able to restore order.

Can?

How can one obtain the Daotian of the Chu Kingdom?

Prince Luo was afraid that Luo Rendaotian would be completely destroyed under the suppression of Chu Daotian if he were in his hands, so he handed him over to Quan Ming.

—Even if a country is destroyed, its ancestral temples should not be destroyed; the extinction of the nation should be preserved and the lineage continued.—

In fact, Quan Ming had also refused to accept Luo Wang.

This is good.

It can influence the luck and fortune of the Luo people.

This can also be considered another means of controlling Prince Luo.

But it's also a double-edged sword.

If this were discovered by outsiders, wouldn't the relationship between Prince Luo and him be exposed? Therefore, he couldn't freely use the Luo people's luck in the Chu Kingdom, and it would only be a decoration in his hands.

Moreover...

As long as the Luo people have no intention of restoring their rule, according to the benevolent and righteous system of "reviving extinct states and continuing interrupted lineages" in the Zhou Li of this world, even if the King of Chu does not respect the Zhou Li, he should still take benevolence and righteousness into consideration. Therefore, the Chu state, which still retains the principles of the Zhou Li, will not forcibly destroy the Luo people's Daotian.

It's pointless to hand it over to him.

However, Prince Luo told Quan Ming something: In reality, not all the people of Luo Kingdom have submitted to him at this moment. Many people even secretly hate him, Prince Luo, for betraying the country. If he hadn't ambushed the Emperor's army, the Luo people might not have been destroyed... These people are currently secretly discussing how to find the Luo Kingdom's inherited artifact, the Luo Net, and use the luck to rebel!

This group of Luo people held a certain status in the Luo Kingdom, and most of them were noble families who had not been completely exploited by the Luo ruler and had never gone hungry.

Regardless, they are still Luo people.

He, the Crown Prince of Luo, must take over and find a way to change these people's minds so that the people of Luo can return to Chu and have the possibility of gaining the same status as the current rulers.

Therefore, Prince Luo handed over the net to him.

It also shows that he was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the Luo people returning to Chu at a critical moment.

At that time, the net will be in Quan Ming's hands.

At least, the Romans cannot use fate to rebel, thus preventing those Romans who only want a peaceful life from being implicated and sacrificed...

Luo Shizi said: He believed Quan Ming, only because of Quan Ming's words "all of us are Chinese".

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In conclusion, the Luo Kingdom's inherited artifact, the Luo Net, is now in Quan Ming's hands.

Although this object is damaged, it still retains some power.

That was the ability of the Romans to catch and tame birds.

He controls all birds in the mountains, forests, lakes, and marshes. Within his divine realm, all birds are under his control. Because of his different paths, even in the Chu region, as long as he doesn't make any big moves, it's difficult for immortals and gods to detect him, and it's also difficult for ordinary people to find the source and locate Quan Ming.

This was useful for Quan Ming to control various parts of Chu and obtain information from various immortals and gods.

But how can a bird be tamed without food?

He also needs the luck of the Luo people to nourish him, but neither the will of Chu nor the luck of the Quan people can do so. Otherwise, tracing back to the source, we can still find this behind-the-scenes deity.

Is Luo Renqi lucky?

Does Prince Luo still want him to help the Luo people return to Chu?

Even if Prince Luo hadn't spoken of it, he would have planned it anyway, but he just couldn't do it openly. And Quan Ming already had someone in mind to make the decision openly.

—Qu Xia!

Qu Xia was already preparing to use Luo to control power, which would naturally elevate the status of the Luo people.

This would allow Quan Luo to fight amongst themselves.

Regarding this, we should use a counter-strategy, fight strength with strength, and leverage the Qu clan's resources to stabilize the Luo people. Everything will go very smoothly, since the Qu clan is now the most powerful clan in Chu, with immense prestige, and other clans will give them some face.

The King of Chu also agreed with the idea of ​​"using the net to control power".

Of course, they would also tacitly approve of the Qu family's alliance with Luo Shizi, which violated the principle of "Gods do not approach men, and men do not approach gods."

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hum!

Quan Ming communicated directly with the Crown Prince of Luo, who was in Luodi, through the Luo Net.

He directly told Prince Luo his strategy, instructing him to seek Qu Xia's help whenever he encountered any trouble, and to inform him of any promises Qu Xia made, so that they could be carried out only after Qu Xia gave his approval.

This way, we can both take advantage of Qu Xia and leave the current troubles of the Luo people to Qu Xia to deal with.

This also helps avoid being tricked by Qu Xia.

After Qu Xia suppressed the rebellious voices among the Luo people, he began to plot against them, aiming to free Luo from Qu Xia's control and make it autonomous.

Now, he must first completely absorb Zhaoshui's power.

In particular, Qu Wan should be replaced first, and a new strategy for developing the Zhaoshui region should be devised... in order to gain the approval of the Dao Heaven and be granted sufficient Chu will, so that in the next war in which the Chu Kingdom annexes other countries, an opportunity can be found to advance to the fourth level of the Dao Heaven.

As King Xiong Tong of Chu waged wars against other states, his ambition to annex all of them grew stronger.

It was inevitable that the State of Chu would go to war with foreign powers.

Being in such a situation.

strength……

That's the key!

Quan Ming wouldn't put the cart before the horse and target Qu Xia now. While this might bring temporary satisfaction and expose Qu Xia's aristocratic ways, it wouldn't be very meaningful. Qu Xia is just one person. Even if it's Mo Ao, what does it matter if his family still controls the military?

Quan Ming's assessment of Qu Xia has never changed.

Qu Xia is not some extraordinary talent, not worthy of his exceptional forgiveness, much less worthy of excessive attention.

When the time comes, it will naturally perish with the tide.

If it were someone like Wu Qi of Chu or Qu Yuan, even if they were his enemies, but had the talent to change the course of human affairs, Quan Ming would lend a hand. In his view, no amount of hatred or resentment was as important as promoting humanity.

Lianshan!

The Return to the Source!

The Book of Changes!

All of these are observations of the workings of heaven and earth in order to seek the benefit of humanity!

The Dao Heaven, established on the foundation of the Three Changes, is actually the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao in the eyes of humanity. The immortals and gods hold power and use that power to protect their respective regions. This is how Heaven and Earth operate...

Going back to the source!

The path of benefiting humanity is the most original way of life for these immortals and gods, and it is also the foundation for their survival in the world. Only by following this path can they be upright and have a way to go.

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As his realm improved, and with the time he spent studying the Dao of Lianshan and Guizang in Lianshan Chen Yinzi's Appearance and Guizang Gui Changxiong's Vessel, Quan Ming's understanding of Dao Tian became increasingly profound.

I'm increasingly understanding what a deity needs to do to elevate their rank.

Use the principles of Heaven and Earth to benefit humanity!

"call……"

He exhaled white breath, and a glint of light flashed in Quan Ming's eyes.

His divine power surged, but he immediately withdrew it. However, he knew that with his understanding of the path of immortals and gods, his affinity with the [Chen Yinzi Aspect] had improved from the fourth to the fifth rank.

Originally, it contained 1,400 Daoist rhymes, and with the addition of the fourth-order aspect, it could summon a Daoist form of 56 zhang!

Now at the fifth rank, he can summon a Dao Image of seventy feet, a massive two hundred meters in size. Once it is erected, it can cross the Zhao River and change its course. If it were to rise even higher, breaking through the hundred-foot mark, Quan Ming sensed that the Dao Image would undergo a transformation!

The second restriction, which was originally an illusion, was now instantly solidified.

at the same time……

A faint, yet familiar voice drifted from the darkness.

That seems to be in the far northeast direction.

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