Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

However, there are limits to the transformation of internal energy, while the primordial energy can be continuously generated as long as the blood is still flowing and there is still strength in the body.

Just like muscles that have been trained, no matter how tired a person is, the shape of the muscles is there, and as long as you exert force, they will unleash their power.

It is no longer a consumable like the Transformation Force, but has become an inherent part of the human body.

Thus, Xi Heng has also surpassed the level of Transformation Realm.

A martial artist with the power of transformation has a limit to their energy expenditure, but even if she fought her enemy for seven days and seven nights, she would never run out of energy.

If one were to take the Dragon Transformation Heart Pill to greatly enhance one's physique, one's body would likely not feel fatigued throughout the entire battle.

Even if Xi Heng were to fight the giant dragon at the bottom of the well with his bare body, he was confident that after a long time, he could turn it into a pile of minced meat.

"However, fighting and killing are not good." Xi Heng has already partially given up martial arts. Now, all he wants to do is continue to nurture his primordial energy.

She could sense that the current primordial energy was still far from being truly complete.

Six months of nurturing and absorbing qi and blood is nothing to the primordial qi.

It will take much longer to truly perfect.

At that time, you will be able to get a real promotion.

It's not like now, where one gradually strengthens their own power during the nurturing period.

Instead, after it has been developed and perfected, it can step into a brand new threshold.

Just like the leap from hidden strength to transformed strength, it allows one to achieve a breakthrough.

However, she is still quite far from breaking through.

……

After spending half an hour slowly feeding his blood and qi into the primordial energy, Xi Heng let out a long breath and returned to his residence.

He went to the table inside, picked up a book with a gold and red cover from the side, and casually flipped through a few pages of his recent diary entries.

It mostly contains records of political affairs, supplemented with some of the development plans for the Tianzhao Kingdom that she had quietly formulated over the next few years.

For example, his most recent diary entry mentions his connection with Donghuangmei Mountain.

As the Tianzhao Kingdom's fortunes improved, the hostility of martial arts practitioners towards the imperial court also decreased.

Even if the leader of Donghuangmei Mountain wanted to start a rebellion, most of the already free-spirited martial artists would not continue to follow him.

As the situation has developed to this point, Donghuangmei Mountain has gradually transformed from a stronghold of rebels into the largest martial arts academy or sect in the Great Zhao Kingdom. Donghuangmei Mountain welcomes anyone with even a little martial arts talent.

Consequently, many martial arts schools of the same standard were also established in most areas of Hailu.

Their numbers are no less than those of schools in some provinces of the Tianzhao Kingdom.

Furthermore, in order to ease relations with the local powerful clans, Donghuangmeishan also cultivated business talents for the area it occupied. Their martial arts schools also offered liberal arts courses. However, because there were too many martial arts schools in the Hailu region, it was difficult to recruit enough teachers to teach the classics.

Having taken a liking to these martial arts schools and academies, Xi Heng spontaneously sent an envoy to Huangmei Mountain, promising to send some scholars or young literati to fill the educational positions they lacked.

The condition is that she wants to include not only humanities subjects, but also science subjects.

Even within the Great Zhao Kingdom, there were hardly any mathematics lecturers.

But she could have the Royal Mathematical Academy compile a mathematics textbook from scratch, and have the scholars she sent teach it while learning, starting with the most basic multiplication tables and arithmetic.

Incidentally, I also compiled another textbook on miscellaneous subjects such as physics and agronomy.

Under the guidance of the imperial court, the two new teaching materials were printed in large quantities and first distributed to various parts of the Tian Zhao Kingdom, where they circulated. Then, they were taken by the scholars to the land of Hai Lu.

Another condition was that the people of Donghuangmei Mountain must cooperate in promoting the Dark Heaven Sect, and that they must be offered higher teaching salaries and that the safety of the scholars must be ensured.

After several exchanges with envoys from each side, the land of Hailu had fully agreed to this condition that seemed like a free gift of educational resources.

In just a few days, the recruited teachers will be heading out in batches...

Because the existing education system in Tianzhao is difficult to change forcefully, she plans to first implement the new education system in the Hailu region, where the education system has already undergone significant changes.

Once she had properly nurtured the primordial energy within her body and was able to crush the entire martial arts world with strength exceeding the Transformation Realm, she went to destroy Donghuangmei Mountain and reclaim the occupied Hailu region from Tianzhao.

The resources sent now will soon be returned along with the entire land of Hailu.

For now, we're just asking the other party to keep it for a while.

The girl turned another page of her diary, picked up a fine pen, looked at the blank page above, and murmured to herself:

"Once the water conservancy project is almost finished, it'll be time to build the roads..."

……

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Taixiao Hall, numerous torches stand around the beams and pillars, illuminating the entire hall.

One morning during the court session, the emperor summoned a large number of Taoist priests and sorcerers with some reputation among the common people from all over the four directions of the Tian Zhao Kingdom.

The old eunuch called for the court session to begin, and the Taoist priests who had been waiting outside entered with the court officials.

Xi Heng sat down on the imperial throne, leaning back gently, his posture casual and natural.

Once everyone had stood in line and bowed to proclaim "Long live the Emperor!", she raised her hand and gestured for everyone in the court to rise.

Then he spoke:

"The Taoist practitioners and alchemists who have come here today are all people of prestige and reputation. I will speak frankly—which of you has ever obtained the inheritance or remnants of a cultivator?"

"Hand it over to me." Xi Heng's voice was calm, as if he were only talking about something as trivial as 'what to have for lunch'.

……

Volume 1: Chapter 141, Deceiving Oneself

Inside the imperial court, a dozen torches burned brightly in front of the surrounding beams and pillars, illuminating the space with a magnificent light.

Numerous court officials stood in neat rows at the back, while at the front stood twenty Taoist priests and sorcerers dressed in light-colored robes, each with a different appearance.

Among them are those with an upright and dignified demeanor, a gentle and composed air, and a presence that exudes an otherworldly and ethereal quality at first glance.

Some looked more like scholars and poets than Taoist priests, holding a folding fan, dressed in fine clothes, and with a complete appearance.

Most of them were elderly men with white hair, wrinkles running down their faces, thin bodies, holding whisks and Taoist ordination certificates.

Xi Heng had little hope for most of them, because at least sixteen of the twenty people in front of him had been invited to the palace by Zhao Qianyuan back then.

Zhao Qianyuan did not obtain the method of cultivating immortality from them. In the notes he left behind, he only mentioned some of his experience in internal and external alchemy.

If she were to ask today, she probably wouldn't get much result either.

However, she only remembered it suddenly and casually summoned the Taoist priest.

Whether there are gains or losses, it doesn't matter.

So, he started by saying:

"Hand it over to me."

For the next few seconds, no one dared to respond.

After a while, only the head of the largest Taoist temple in the Tianzhao Kingdom answered:

"Your Majesty, there are some things I'm unsure whether I should say..."

"explain."

"It is said that Your Majesty is the incarnation of the Heavenly Mother of the Xuantian Sect, and is a divine child. He has even communicated with the gods and made the Heavenly Mother cast down her great power. He already has the position of a celestial being, so why would you need to seek the crude Taoist methods we possess?" the old Taoist said respectfully.

No sooner had he finished speaking than another Taoist priest appeared to support him from the side.

"Yes, because the Heavenly Mother Immortal Venerable already possesses a divine position, Your Majesty can become an immortal upon being summoned back by the Heavenly Mother in the future, without having to search for the Great Dao like us mortals blindly feeling the elephant."

"You are unwilling to hand it over?" Xi Heng simply grasped the deeper meaning in the other party's words.

"How could that be?" The old Taoist priest immediately replied, "Your Majesty is the Emperor of Heaven and Earth. Everything within Tianzhao belongs to Your Majesty and cannot be concealed."

"But most of the so-called cultivation inheritances and relics have now become worthless paper and stones," the other person sighed.

"In my Zhengyi Daoist temple, many previously top-secret Daoist methods, such as the 'Great Zhou Tian Pei Yuan Na Ling Yao Jue', 'San Yuan Ba ​​Sha Na Qi Zhen Jue', and 'Bao Bu Zi Nei Gong Xin Fa', can now be taught for just a few taels of silver... Even so, there are still more people who learn martial arts than Daoist methods. Even at such a low price, only a handful of people will come to inquire about the mountain throughout the year."

"exactly."

Other Taoist practitioners in the vicinity also began to speak similarly, saying that the path of Taoism is arduous and that the so-called cultivation of Tao is now extremely difficult. They urged His Majesty not to follow the example of the previous Emperor Qian Yuan in seeking immortality through the Tao and pursuing such illusory things.

His words and actions seemed to imply resistance to the emperor's questioning.

It seems that they had already discussed it together before going to court.

The Taoists recounted how rare the things they sought were, saying that even a lifetime of unwavering faith might not yield a glimpse of the Heavenly Dao, lamenting the arduousness of the path and showing great sympathy for their fellow practitioners.

But Xi Heng was not fooled by these people's half-truthful words and attitudes.

She interrupted halfway through the conversation, saying:

“You should know that the so-called legacy I am talking about is not these Taoist scriptures and mystical texts.”

After speaking, he waved his hand and walked forward.

Then, countless flying swords, already brimming with spiritual energy, suddenly appeared in the air and floated steadily.

There were a total of nine flying swords, and their surfaces were marked with faint, peculiar blue-green spots of light.

Xi Heng pressed down lightly with his left hand, and the faint light transformed into nine fierce flames amidst the shouts, illuminating the area around the imperial throne.

The nine floating swords were already astonishing enough, but now the surface of the swords suddenly burst into flames, causing the ministers, who had little experience with magic, to shout "Long live the Emperor!" repeatedly.

With a flick of his finger, the flying sword spun as commanded, its tip pointing at the nine closest Taoists.

Even these Taoist masters had clearly never seen such a scene before, and half of the Taoists, whose cultivation of inner energy was not yet fully developed, exclaimed in surprise along with the court officials behind them.

Xi Heng's gaze swept over the crowd below again and again, and he noticed that although some of them were also surprised, they did not show the same hazy confusion as those around them.

They clearly knew what the flying sword in front of them was.

"What I desire are immortal cultivation techniques, or magical treasures and spiritual objects."

Do you have any?

The sword points forward, the flying sword obeys the command, and intense flames threaten.

The person being pointed at was clearly panicked, barely managing to maintain his composure, but Xi Heng could also see his fear and trembling.

The elder from the Zhengyi sect at the very center spoke up: "Your Majesty, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has long been exhausted, and most of the so-called immortal techniques of cultivators are completely useless... Moreover, the spirit stones passed down from ancient times have long been used up over thousands of years."

"I have no need for your spirit stones; there's no need for you to hide them away," Xi Heng said.

"You Taoists are descendants of ancient immortal cultivation sects. Even if you have no magic, you still have some spiritual objects left behind. I hereby order each of you twenty people to provide twenty spiritual objects or objects left behind by immortal cultivators every year. You must not be perfunctory."

"If this order is not obeyed, for every few spiritual objects missing by the end of the year, I will demolish the Taoist temples in several provinces, order the Taoist priests to return to secular life, and burn their ordination certificates."

"..."

Immediately, no one dared to speak.

Even the Taoist priest of the Zhengyi sect was at a loss for words.

Since Zhao Qianyuan's death, the Taoist influence had been declining, and by the time Zhao Chuxiao became emperor, the organization had already fallen behind Buddhism.

As the Dark Heavenly Sect expanded and spread its teachings rapidly, its power gradually weakened. Now, the sect is mostly composed of old people, with very few new members and vitality.

If things reach this point, and they also face rejection from the imperial court, the situation will inevitably become even more difficult.

Therefore, their current actual strength is simply insufficient to resist.

Perhaps with their experience, they could salvage some face through their words, but the reality was that His Majesty had already made a promise, and they did not want to live in seclusion like their predecessors, so they had no choice but to fulfill it.

After a moment of silence, one of them finally managed to say, "Your Majesty, all spiritual objects in the world are rare treasures. Twenty spiritual objects are far too many, perhaps too few..."

“No.” Xi Heng interrupted directly, “Furthermore, within the next month, I want to see three books of magic presented to the court. If there is any perfunctory work, I will recall all the Taoist priests in the capital who have read the books.”

Below, a Taoist priest from Kyoto, upon hearing this, opened his mouth as if to beg for mercy, but in the end, he could only let out a sigh...

……

One month later.

Xi Heng hummed a light, cheerful tune as he retrieved three Taoist manuals from his residence in Fuqing Palace and began to peruse them.

These three books are not complete spell systems like the Blood Sea Great Law or the Blazing Spirit Heaven Law, but rather several unique Taoist techniques.

They are categorized into three types: Flying Swallow Step, Thunder Summoning Talisman, and Infusion Method.

Among them, the Flying Swallow Step can make a person as light and swift as a swallow. If used by an ordinary person, it can greatly increase running speed, comparable to the lightness skill of a martial artist with hidden strength.

When this Flying Swallow Step technique is used by a martial artist, it can activate their lightness skill, allowing them to soar freely through the sky like a swallow for a long time without landing.