Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Hey, stay out of the alchemy business and don't ask too many questions. I called because I noticed a change in the throne of Japan. Hmm? Wait, what is that in your hand?"

When Zhu Xianxin saw the knife, he immediately understood:

"Genius! Genius! Why didn't I think of that! Shangluo, you are such a genius! You made the Japanese monarch into a knife, how convenient! I want to stuff the Korean monarch into the jar too! No matter if he is obedient or not, it is safest to seal him up."

Although the King of Joseon had done a lot of things for Zhu Xianxun before, when he thought of such a simple and convenient method, Zhu Xianxun couldn't help but think about it.

"I don't know if he sneezed right now. Is this really not a problem?"

"In fact, it doesn't matter whether he exists or not. North Korea has entered a system of tutelage. He himself has no control over North Korean politics. Even the ancestral temple is worshipped remotely. It would be great if they could be packed up and put in order."

Zhu Xianxun's words were full of longing, as if he was hoping that the trees at the door would grow neatly.

"By the way, Shangluo, do you need any help over there? I'll be there soon."

"So, Senior Brother, your retreat is over? Have you advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage?"

"Just a little bit more, yes. But I already know where the joints are. Sitting there will be no help. My way of alchemy requires practicing it myself."

"Oh" Shangluo nodded - although he didn't actually understand, he understood that Zhu Xianxin's condition seemed to have changed.

His retreat did not solve the problem, but he found a way to solve it.

"Then, I will finish it as soon as possible. I have counted Xu Fu's elixirs, but I don't know the effects yet. Once I use this 'treasure sword' to cut off the ground veins that Xu Fu relies on to cast spells, I will be able to break the formations in Qianye and Kumano."

"You are very good. It seems that you don't need my help. Anyway, you can keep the sword seal for now. Now that you have it, you can return it to me in person when you see me again. Before I return to Yujing, everything will be up to you."

"Ah, this. Don't you even need to file a report?"

"Of course not. The Emperor can't do anything anyway."

"Uh, indeed."

"Well, see you later. I just realized a lot of things, and I have to write them down for myself."

"Oh, see you later." Shangluo was about to say goodbye to Zhu Xianxun, but Zhu Xianxun suddenly said:

"Wait a minute, Shangluo. I'm actually worried about something - I heard that Master Sa and Master Qiu also went to your place?"

"Yes, they also taught me the sword, although they didn't succeed."

"I wonder what those old men are doing. Although they are always right, I never know where they are going. Anyway, you should be careful. Don't beware of demons. Sometimes, the old men are the ones who cause the most trouble."

Chapter 1211 Zhu Xianxi's Retreat

"Huh!" Zhu Xianxi hung up the phone. Shangluo had temporarily handled the situation, which made him feel relieved.

"So, how long are you going to keep this a secret from them?" The couple stared at each other on the ice field, surrounded by airtight curtains, and outside the curtains were layers of guards from the Imperial Guards. The curtains and the Imperial Guards were urgently transferred later, and Zhu Xianxun lay on the recliner.

Zhu Xianxun was still fishing next to the ice hole.

Zhu Xianxin and Yang Jing were still looking at each other in confusion.

"So how come three people came out when you were in seclusion alone? Which one is the real one?"

"I'm serious~" He raised his hands lazily while lying on the recliner.

"I'm real~~" the fisherman raised one hand and whispered back. He was afraid of causing vibrations and scaring away the fish, so he quickly held the fishing rod with both hands.

"What do you think? Of course I am real! Do those two look like the wise and powerful Holy Emperor?" The one who asked to put the King of Korea into the box was him.

The three Zhu Xianxun surrounded her. The Jinyiwei outside heard the noise but dared not say a word.

“Ahhh!” Yang Jing squatted down holding her head. “Why is this happening? Daozu Grandpa, please save me! I can’t tell the difference. I really can’t tell the difference!”

"No way, can't you recognize me? Class monitor Yang Jing! Am I the same as these two guys in your eyes? One lying in the sun, the other fishing? I am the real me!"

"There's nothing I can do! If Daozu doesn't come, I'll call Shangluo over!"

"No! I can't call him! I have to save my face too! I am his senior brother. If one person becomes three, where will my face go?"

"Where are the other two?" Yang Jing looked at the one who was fishing and the one who was sunbathing.

The fisherman turned around and muttered, "I think we should talk to Shangluo. Maybe he has a solution."

"One to one. What about the other one?" Yang Jing was almost at a loss.

"Ah?" The person basking in the sun looked at the sky. "Whatever. When do we eat?"

"I'm fishing. There's food to eat when we catch something."

"That's it. The four of us are going to starve to death here. Since one is in favor, one is against, and one abstains, Yang Jing, now that things have come to this, why don't you call Jinling Hotel and order some braised pork elbow for takeout."

"No eating!" Yang Jing was furious. "If you don't come up with an idea today, no one is allowed to eat! Also, no one is allowed to leave this door until you make up your mind!"

"That's right!" Zhu Xianxun stood with his hands on his waist and stood with Yang Jing, "No one will be allowed to eat until we come to a conclusion today!"

"You should stand over there too! Who knows whether you are real or fake?"

"I am the Son of Heaven, why should I stand over there! Get out of here!"

Yang Jing raised his hand and took out an imperial edict: "I will make the decision during the retreat! This is written by you!"

“But I’m out now!”

"You call this coming out of seclusion!" Yang Jing pointed at the three people. "You three can't even decide what to eat tonight, and you say the problem is solved? If I hadn't quickly ordered the Jinyiwei to surround you three, everyone would know tonight that the emperor has become three! Three suns in the sky, our solar system has become the Proxima Centauri system of Alpha Centauri, right?"

"That doesn't make it so," the one lying down muttered, "there's another one right above our heads. If the emperor counts the sun, including the one above his head, there should be two."

"I vote for you, I think you are real." Yang Jing replied.

"Why! He was arguing with you, why did you stand on his side?"

"I don't care if you guys argue or not, I only care if this matter can be resolved." Seeing that he didn't stand across from him, Yang Jing took a step back. "A country cannot be without a king for a day, and you three are simply incapable of fulfilling the duties of the emperor. So I'll give you five minutes to discuss a rule. Tell me the cause and process of this matter, and then tell me how to deal with the current situation. Hurry up. You can't solve it in five minutes."

"You're not going to call Shangluo over, are you?"

"No, I will call my lovely sister-in-law, Her Royal Highness Princess Zhu Ling, over."

“No, no, no, no, no!” The three of them jumped up at the same time. “Even if you call Shangluo, don’t call her over! If she sees me like this, my life will be ruined!”

"Then discuss it quickly!"

After saying that, Yang Jing turned around and walked out.

The vast sky and the boundless snowfield. Bai Hai went to support, but left an amphibious formation here to continue to assist Zhu Xianxin in his retreat. The accompanying Jinyiwei also stood by, and everyone frowned, because if they didn't frown like this, they would be unable to hold back.

"I'm sorry, everyone." Yang Jing nodded to the Jinyiwei at the door and said, "Please don't tell anyone about what happened here. Don't say a word. Since I have brought a burden to you all, I will apply for a confidentiality allowance for you after I return, which will be paid from the treasury."

"The Queen is merciful! We respectfully accept the Imperial Order." There was fun to watch and allowances to be received. If they had not received professional training, they would have laughed out loud.

"Yang Jing, we have discussed it!" Perhaps because their brain circuits could resonate, the discussion between Zhu Xianxin and others was unusually fast.

"Yes." Yang Jing walked back. She closed the door curtain and asked the three people: "Go ahead, who will speak?"

"Let me tell you." The one who was standing before was still standing now, "The cause of the incident was because of a golden elixir. In order to break through to the foundation-building stage, I took the golden elixir I brought with me. I fell asleep, I woke up, and I succeeded."

"Are you at the foundation-building stage now?"

"Yes." Zhu Xianxi nodded. He stretched out his right hand, and the power of creation emerged from his palm, and countless microscopic structures were born and died in it, changing endlessly. The map of evolution and the future of mankind as a whole can be glimpsed from it -

But not one, but three.

The empire had one more celestial being, which was a good thing. This celestial being was the emperor himself, which was even better. But suddenly there were three, which was not so good.

"So, is this your Dan Dao, or is it just something wrong?"

"We are willing to believe that this is the problem. At present, the three of us are Zhu Xianxin, and none of us is fake. Therefore, eliminating any one of us may accidentally kill part of the emperor."

"Ah," Yang Jing covered her forehead, "This is the most difficult problem. Okay, I will temporarily accept the cause. Now I won't ask Zhu Ling to come. If the answer later cannot satisfy me, I will only ask Shangluo to come and solve it - now tell me, how do you plan to restore the original situation?"

"Don't worry, we have it figured out. But we need to move to Shangluo. We can sense that he has what we need. But don't ask him to come over. The three of us can go there quietly, and you don't have to follow us."

Chapter 1212 Talent

"Is there any news from His Majesty? It's really fast." Phaethon asked in surprise after hearing Zhu Xianxun's call, "So he is so talented? I heard that it was quite difficult for you to break through, and you were in seclusion for several months."

"Oh, yes, yes, you heard it right. Breaking through to the Heavenly Man level does require a complete transformation. That's it."

He whispered to Apollonia: "So does she know or not? Is it possible that she vaguely remembers now? What happened when we were soaking in the jar together?"

[I'm not a worm in her stomach, how do I know if she knows? Are you afraid that she cares about those powers? ]

"It's not about strength. She served as a furnace to help me refine the opportunity, and she doesn't owe me anything. It's just... just hanging out there together, it's really a bit..."

[Ah! I thought you didn't even exist! Turns out you still remember that she's a girl!]

"You're making fun of me, aren't you? Okay, okay, I'm embarrassed to tell her about this right now, so let's skip it for now."

Although he almost said it out loud many times, this layer of window paper has not been broken yet - after all, the fact of using Phaethon to make wine is really too "outrageous".

In other words, it wasn't that he couldn't accept Phaethon giving him his power as compensation - that was what he should do - but using the method of soaking it in wine, in a jar, was too "tonic" no matter how he thought about it. If possible, he hoped that Phaethon would never know about it.

The consensus between the two sides is best limited to "Phaethon squeezed out the power through some means", and that's enough.

But this involves another problem - the act of soaking in wine is both outrageous and reasonable, because it sounds very nutritious.

Shangluo had gathered many conditions to achieve such an ideal environment. Although Daozu had made great efforts and used quite powerful equipment for Shangluo to use, the "medicine" was found by Shangluo himself.

Even so, the advancement actually took several months.

Zhu Xianxin's retreat has been less than a month now, which is too fast.

It can even be said that this is simply ridiculously fast, so fast that even Shangluo, the "Qilin Son" who has made rapid progress in cultivation, feels it is fast.

"So why is that? I haven't seen how talented my senior brother is. What do you think, Phaethon?"

"I think there is a possibility." Phaethon paused, "Is it possible that his promotion is not complete?"

"Will there be such a thing?"

"Yes, yes. Take caterpillars for example. When a caterpillar is in the pupa, its nervous system will not change and its consciousness will not be interrupted, but during this process, its body structure will disintegrate and reorganize. In the pupa, some of the adult organs that were previously undeveloped and preserved in the form of a base will take the lead, the nerves and muscles will relocate, and the nutrients accumulated when it was a larva will be consumed."

"You mean, there's a chance he's turned into a chrysalis now?"

"It's very possible. If we compare cultivating immortals to metamorphosis, then the state of mortals can be seen as caterpillars, and immortals can be seen as butterflies. The intermediate state is the state of pupation. Some pupae still look like insects, and can even move."

"Well, if that's the case, then his phone call just now can be explained. Maybe he can't come back to court right now, so he asked me to keep looking after him for a while until he fully recovers - that would be troublesome. I'm very busy, so I don't have time to keep an eye on the affairs of the court."

Before he finished speaking, the phone rang again.

"Hmm? Senior brother. Ah, okay." After a brief exchange, Shangluo hung up the phone.

"So, did he ask you for help again? He's turned into a chrysalis now, right?"

"He said he would come to my place in a while. He told me not to tell anyone. He would only see me and at most call someone I trusted."

"Eh? No way, he recovered so quickly? Does the court really have some magic trick? It's ok that he was promoted quickly, but after this breakthrough, he was able to come here to inspect alive and kicking right away? This is really amazing."

"Anyway, I'll just take care of you. But I'm also very busy right now."

The demon sword Jiangmen has been forged.

This is a true demon sword that was transformed from Taira Masakado's "story". Taira Masakado's resentment is completely contained in it, and his consciousness disappears with the disappearance of his head. It is truly pollution-free.

This convenient magic weapon at this time not only condensed the power of Taira no Masakado, but also the support of the Edo Shogunate and even the entire samurai regime. When he pulled it out, even the earth veins would be shaken.

Shangluo pulled out the magic sword, and the clouds in the sky suddenly began to change color. The seven-colored clouds gradually condensed into red, although it was not blood red, but similar to the bright red of the sunset, but the color tone between heaven and earth changed because of it. It became bleak, lonely, and dull.

When he put the knife away again, the clouds dispersed into the original auspicious clouds and mist.

"Is the reaction so intense?" Phaethon also looked up at the sky.

"It's not entirely because the sword is so powerful. It's mainly because we activated the earth veins around the world before. Now that the heaven and earth are connected, any huge fluctuations can be reflected in the cloud phase. However, it is right to use it to test the effect. This sword can indeed have a huge impact on the local earth veins."

[Shangluo, King Ao Zang is calling you. ]

"He probably saw it and brought it in."

Ao Zang's voice became more excited than before: "Shangluo! It's done, right?"

"Well, it's not a problem to bring Taira no Masakado under control. Although there are ley lines on top of them, they are just defeated generals, not that difficult to deal with."

"Good, good, good!" Ao Zang said happily, "It will be done soon! As long as we completely suppress the earth veins in Edo and restore it to its original state, Qianye's strange phenomenon can be solved."

"However, King Ao Zang, I am very curious - how did you know? Did you feel something? I mean, why do you know that I can definitely solve the problem?"

"Because as far as I know, there is probably only one person who has the ability to turn spiritual energy, earth veins, and other intangible things into tangible power."