Ruins of the past

When Taiyuan Dragon Emperor realized that he was actually caught in Chu Qiguang's palm, a mixture of shock and anger surged into his heart.

Roar!

With a roar of the dragon, the dragon body transformed by the spiritual light rapidly swelled.

Countless obscure auras formed whirlpools, turning into the twelve plague dragons and water, like deformed one-eyes, looking at the entire city.

Taiyuan Dragon Emperor's deep, deep sound, with obvious dragon characteristics, like the collision of mountains, also resounded throughout the sky, making countless timid humans tremble uncontrollably.

"Chu Qiguang, in my great formation, it's not your turn to be arrogant."

After transforming into an ancient dragon, Taiyuan Dragon Emperor had abandoned the existence of flesh and blood and transformed into a spirit-like state.

In the past few days, he greedily devoured Jingzhou's spiritual veins.

And surrounding the Shenjing City, ancient formations passed down from generation to generation by the Dragon Clan were laid out.

As long as he is in this great formation passed down from ancient times, Taiyuan Dragon Emperor has absolute self-confidence, and no strong man of the same realm can be his opponent.

‘Chu Qiguang is just a monk. ’

‘A powerful sage who practices the righteousness like us and has learned Taoism and martial arts. ’

The power of the formation entangled around Chu Qiguang's body, and the power of the spiritual veins poured into his body, trying to weaken his transformation.

At the same time, the Twelve Disaster Dragons, which exuded an extremely evil and obscure aura that made one's hair stand on end, roared.

Like a horror story passed down from ancient times, like a deep shadow covering the sky, pouring towards the entire city, trying to engulf the bodies and minds of everyone present.

Aging, disease, collapse, erosion, bad luck... twelve kinds of disasters will befall everyone.

Looking at this gloomy and horrifying scene, countless citizens in the city stood frozen on the spot, as if their souls were struck directly by the breath of disaster, and they were completely swallowed up by the indescribable fear.

But the next moment, a voice came from Chu Qiguang's mouth, like rolling thunder sweeping over the twelve plague dragons.

The water in the sky instantly flowed backwards, all returning to the Dragon Emperor's body.

"Little dragon from the East China Sea, you have devoured the spiritual veins for your own selfish purposes and affected the fate of the human and demon races. You have caused a huge disaster."

Taiyuan Dragon Emperor's figure continued to skyrocket, and he just wanted to jump out of Chu Qiguang's palm, but found that everything in front of him was rapidly magnifying.

Chu Qiguang's palm seemed to have turned into an endless land, and no matter how he moved around, he couldn't fly out.

"Today I will give you a brief punishment. I will punish you as the devoured Jingzhou spiritual veins, subject to five hundred years of wind, five hundred years of sun, and five hundred years of rain."

The next moment, a sound came.

"Come on mountain!"

I saw Chu Qiguang reaching out to grab it in the distance, and the hundreds of thousands of monsters outside the city shook violently under their feet.

Then under the horrified gazes of countless people and monsters.

The earth was churning, rock formations were cracking, and lumps of earth and rocks were rising into the sky like giant dragons.

Accompanied by the screams and roars of countless monsters, the rock formation was pulled out of the ground like a mountain peak by Chu Qi Guangsheng and fell into his palm.

A bottomless abyss was left in its place.

Half of the monsters fell directly into the abyss and were completely swallowed by the earth.

The other half of the monsters were trapped in the mountain peak and fell into Chu Qiguang's hands.

The Taiyuan Dragon Emperor in his palm looked up and saw a mountain peak pressing towards him.

The color of diamond covered the entire mountain peak, turning into a golden mountain and pressing down on the Taiyuan Dragon Emperor.

Amid the shrill dragon roar, he had been completely suppressed by the King Kong Mountain, and the ancient dragon's body could not break through the layers of King Kong's blockade.

"Taiyuan Dragon Emperor, from today onwards, you will regulate the spiritual veins of the Central Plains, send rain and clouds, and protect the creatures in this area."

Then Chu Qiguang stretched out his hand and threw it, and the mountain peak was inserted back into the earth with a roar.

Along with the shrill roar of the dragon, Jinshan refilled the abyss on the ground, leaving only a small hill on the surface.

Taiyuan Dragon Emperor looked at the disappearing light and never thought that his defeated general a few months ago would grow to this point in a short period of time.

‘Didn’t the Emperor of Datai go after him? How could it become like this...'

‘How did he hunt him down? ’

Taiyuan Dragon Emperor couldn't understand how Emperor Taitai, who had already reached the peak of Sainthood, had been hunting for such a monster for several months and finally chased out such a monster.

After suppressing the Taiyuan Dragon Emperor, the mountain covered with the color of diamond became even more dazzling.

Soon after, this mountain was called Mount Kumgang by the people in the capital.

The mountain was full of golden monsters that were frozen in the moment before their death, with various roars and struggles.

This mountain has left countless legends about suppressing evil dragons in the future, and has also become a major attraction in Shenjing City.

After witnessing this terrifying scene, all the monsters in the Dazhu Demon Army were horrified. As the earth trembled, they either fell to the ground, or scurried away like birds and beasts.

Watching the demon army collapse, Zhong Shan'e stood on the top of the city and said excitedly: "We won, the demon army retreated!"

He glanced excitedly in the direction of Chu Qiguang, and then shouted: "All officers and soldiers, listen to the order and follow me to slay the demons!"

After Chu Qiguang's repeated attacks, looking at the retreating Da Zhu demon army, the Han side instantly gained momentum and left the city to pursue and sweep away the demon army.

On the other side, Huang Daoxu came to Chu Qiguang, looking at him with disbelief in his eyes.

He still remembered that when he met Chu Qiguang not long ago, the other party was just the same as him, but now Chu Qiguang's combat power has far exceeded his expectations.

Chu Qiguang said: "Master Huang, please stay in Jingzhou to clean up the mess and suppress all the Da Zhu demon army."

"I will continue to pursue Emperor Tai Tai and cannot stay here for long."

After the two parties exchanged a few words, Chu Qiguang formed the Vajra Wheel Seal among the six mudras, and appeared ten thousand meters away in a flash, leaving the whole city either shocked, admired, or... Or a look of admiration.

And the news of the subsequent battle of Shenjing City swept to every corner of the Central Plains like a typhoon, causing a series of shocks after being spread all over the world.

The demon army of Da Zhu was retreating steadily, and was chased by the human alliance all the way from Jingzhou to the northwest border. Countless monsters were killed or surrendered along the way.

Chu Qiguang's chamber of commerce began to contact the local government and began a reconstruction plan.

Shuzhou began to mass-produce various materials and shipped them to the north. Under strong control, they were sold to thousands of households at a low price to help people rebuild their homes.

While the northern part of the Central Plains was in ruins and waiting for development, the stock markets in Shuzhou and Lingzhou were also rising steadily. Countless families spent their money to buy stocks, which could be regarded as supporting the construction of the north.

And Chu Qiguang also gained unprecedented astonishing prestige by virtue of his unprecedented victory record, assistance to construction in various places, and his own unrivaled strength.

But Chu Qiguang on the other side had no time to care about this. All his attention was spent on chasing Emperor Tai Tai.

…

Yong'an 22nd year, June.

On a desert.

With a soft bang, the two golden statues fell to the ground, sending up smoke and dust all over the sky.

Jiaojiao's voice then sounded: "Brother, ever since Li Yaofeng's Great Demon Prajna was successfully mass-produced, the Great Zhu Demon Army is no longer a match for the Han Army.

But now most of the demon army in the Central Plains has been cleaned up, and almost all the remaining ones are hiding in the mountains and forests, and they are not so easy to catch. "

Li Yaofeng's Great Demon Prajna is a demon-dyed Taoist technique that can only be mastered by those who have entered the Taoist realm.

But with the efforts of Li Yaofeng and his researchers, craftsmen and apprentices, the great demon Prajna was finally successfully mass-produced in the blood pool.

This Taoist technique was cultivated in the blood pool into a being called the Demon Fetus, which can be equipped in the Qi and Blood Machine.

Every magic fetus launched is enough to turn a space of hundreds of meters around the target into a dead area.

Under this weapon that was beyond the times, the demon army retreated even more steadily. Even without the support of Chu Qiguang, the demons of Da Zhu were completely swept out of the country.

There were countless captured monsters, and the construction sites in Shuzhou and Lingzhou were suddenly full of employees.

Jiaojiao then said: "Brother, is the Emperor of Tai Tai still missing the last one?"

Chu Qiguang looked at the endless Gobi desert in front of him and sighed: "I have a hunch that I may not be able to catch the last Emperor of Taitai."

Over the past few days, Chu Qiguang had been chasing Emperor Tai Tai from Shenjing City to the Western Regions, and even across the entire Da Zhu territory.

Counting the Emperor Tai Tai who had previously been sealed with Vajra, he had sealed five in total.

Even the sacred sword Pagoda refined by Emperor Tai was taken away by him.

But maybe it was luck, or maybe it was some other reason, Chu Qiguang never found the last Emperor of Taitai again.

Jiaojiao said: "Ah? Why?"

Chu Qiguang said: "I feel that someone helped him when he finally escaped to Dazhu."

"I suspect that the person who helped him...may be Xuan Xuzi Golden Body."

Jiaojiao was shocked: "Xuan Xuzi? He appeared?"

Chu Qiguang shook his head: "I didn't see it with my own eyes, it was just a feeling."

"And in today's world, I'm afraid he is the only one who can hide the truth from me and rescue Emperor Taitai so secretly."

Although Chu Qiguang swept through the three powerful saints, Bo Nan, Taiyuan Dragon Emperor and Datai Emperor, he was always wary of the golden body of Xuan Xuzi.

But until this moment, the other party had not really appeared in front of him, and there seemed to be no trace of the other party's action in the entire Central Plains.

This made Chu Qiguang very confused. Logically speaking, the human-monster war in the Central Plains should be the best opportunity for the opponent to take action.

Jiaojiao asked: "Then shall we go to Datai?"

Chu Qiguang shook his head: "With Emperor Tai Tai's Taoist skills, even if I want to find him after losing him, it will be extremely difficult for me."

"And he is nothing to fear now. Instead of wasting time looking for him, we should seize the time to develop ourselves..."

With the human-monster war coming to an end, there are too many things waiting for Chu Qiguang to do in the Central Plains, and he no longer intends to continue chasing Emperor Tai Tai.

…

Shenjing City.

Several months have passed, and in today's capital, only Mount Kumgang outside the city still tells the story of the tragedy of that war.

The capital has restored some of its former prosperity, and legends about Chu Qiguang are being told in the streets and alleys.

At this moment, in a garden in the longevity palace.

The protagonist of the legend is standing behind Emperor Yong'an.

Today's Emperor Yong'an has white hair and a haggard body, curling up quietly in a recliner, like a dying old man.

Chu Qiguang looked at the other party and sighed softly: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Yong'an said calmly: "This may be the price of changing one's fate against the will of heaven and suppressing one's luck."

Emperor Yong'an had already paid a huge price in order to break through to become a saint.

During the war between humans and monsters, he used the capital formation that penetrated the world's spiritual veins to suppress luck and prevent the Gang Qi layer from being destroyed, and even suffered a huge backlash.

Yong'an said with a hint of pride: "Chu Qiguang, you said that I can't break through the Holy Spirit, so what now?"

Chu Qiguang sighed: "I was wrong. Whether it's luck or God's will, everything has a chance to change. Your Majesty's ability to break fate and break through to Sainthood is proof. We will definitely be able to defeat the foreign gods in the future."

Emperor Yong'an laughed, as if Chu Qiguang's comment made him very happy, but the violent coughing at the next moment made the expression on his face become ferocious again.

After a long time, he slowly said: "Chu Qiguang, you are wrong about the fact that I cannot break through to the Saint."

"But you said that I didn't manage this country well. I have been thinking about it for a long time, and you are not unreasonable. Unfortunately, it is too late."

"This country of Han Dynasty has been full of civil and military problems for a long time. That's why I drove Fei Yi away and reused you and Wu Siqi."

"But two hundred years of serious illness can affect the whole body. We must use our supreme cultivation to clear obstacles and compete with foreign enemies. This is the reason why I am determined to practice Taoism. The thieves of Tianjian Sect don't understand this, and they still want to assassinate I, such a rebel, should also be eliminated."

Chu Qiguang did not comment on this and just listened to the emperor's words silently.

At this time, Emperor Yong'an slowly looked at Chu Qiguang: "There is no talent among the descendants of the Han royal family. Don't embarrass them."

Chu Qiguang raised his eyebrows: "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Yong'an stopped him and continued: "I have cleaned up the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers to clear the obstacles for you."

"The remaining ones... whether you want to fight those corrupt officials or reform the new system in the future, they will be the sharp swords in your hands..."

"But over time, the sword will also rust. When you sit on those seats, sometimes it is not up to you whether it is black or white. You can just use it when the time comes... But from your perspective, there is no need for me to say more. …”

"I have asked Yang Jinzhong to sort out the imperial palace in the capital. Now it is in ruins and waiting to be renovated. You can return the imperial palace to the people and let the people cultivate their health..."

Yong'an was talking about the affairs of the court one by one. Chu Qiguang listened silently, feeling that the energy and blood in the other party's body were slowly weakening bit by bit.

It is an irreversible weakness, just like overflowing water that cannot be recovered, a boat that is already in ruins, a person's life span has come to an end, and a powerful monk has fallen into demonic contamination.

The eunuch Yang Jinzhong on the side burst into tears and couldn't help but touch the tears in the corners of his eyes with his hands.

"Chu Qiguang." Emperor Yong'an stretched out his hand towards Chu Qiguang.

Chu Qiguang felt that a pair of thin hands grasped him tightly, like a man seeking survival grasping the last straw.

"From now on, you will be the chief minister of the cabinet, big man...I leave it to you."

Chu Qiguang nodded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Emperor Yong'an coughed violently again. After a long time, he slowly asked: "Am I a wise king?"

After Chu Qiguang thought for a moment, he saw that Emperor Yong'an in front of him had fallen into a deep sleep, with a trace of relaxation on his face.

"You take good care of the emperor, I'll leave first."

Chu Qiguang explained to Yang Jinzhong on the side and left the palace directly.

Yong'an's edict has been sent to the cabinet, and Chu Qiguang will be officially appointed as the chief minister of the cabinet soon.

There may be many irregularities in it, but with Chu Qiguang's current status, even if he directly rebels and says that he wants to be emperor, some ministers will probably come out and say yes.

However, Chu Qiguang was naturally not interested in becoming an emperor. In his opinion, the position of chief minister of the cabinet was just right, which would facilitate his subsequent reforms of the entire country.

Although the demon clan has been temporarily repelled, there will still be threats from foreign gods in the future, and Chu Qiguang needs to reform the entire national machine and run it at high speed.

Then squeeze out everyone's efforts and let everyone contribute to the development of the country and the cause of fighting against foreign gods.

…

Yongan 22nd year, October.

The reform of the army was first proposed by Chu Qiguang. The new army structure, new defense system, new equipment procurement, food supply... the whole Han Dynasty started to move.

With Chu Qiguang's strength and prestige, almost no one can oppose his implementation of the New Deal. Coupled with the intelligence network he built, the reform progressed very quickly.

After the military reform is completed, he still has to reform the tax system, official system, martial arts system, agriculture, economy, etc.

There are also the knowledge base of the Chamber of Commerce, Tongtian Baobao and Tianxiatongxing, as well as the blood pool network, farmers... these all need to be promoted to the world.

In the future, Chu Qiguang also plans to use Qi and blood to replace silver and copper coins and become a new currency in circulation.

Of course there are many things, but they all need to be done one by one and cannot be rushed.

The first thing Chu Qiguang popularized was the dream world constructed by Lin Lan, which allowed Han officials and chamber of commerce employees to start a hard-working life of working during the day and then working in dreams at night.

…

Yongan 23 years, January.

Beijing.

Jinnu said to Chu Qiguang: "The clone of the Indestructible Buddha is still looking for Buddhist inheritance. The remaining half of the body has officially begun to practice martial arts and Taoism with your permission."

The Indestructible Buddha used to have extremely powerful strength during his lifetime, and his realm was even higher than that of a saint.

It's just that after being hired by Chu Qiguang, he has been deliberately suppressed to prevent him from breaking through before Chu Qiguang.

Now that the war between humans and monsters is over, Chu Qiguang also has strong strength, so he allows the Buddha to try to regain some of his strength.

Jinnu continued: "Ji Haoran still hasn't been found. No one in the Ji family has found any trace of him. It's like he disappeared from the world."

"There is also no news about the whereabouts of Xuan Xuzi's golden body. We have sent people to search for it in the direction of the Western Region, but it seems there is little hope at the moment."

"In addition to the "Star Scripture", the search for the other two major Scripture Kings has also been officially launched. Notices have been sent to all tribes and sects to collect clues about the Scriptures."

"Shuzhou's relocation plan has officially begun, and the first batch of 100,000 people have begun to move to the Buddhist world..."

In order to fight against foreign gods in the future, Chu Qiguang decided to vigorously develop the Buddhist world.

On the one hand, the Buddhist world naturally has Jiaojiao's ability to assist him, making it easier for him to manage and monitor.

On the other hand, it was the inspiration given to Chu Qiguang by Emperor Tai Tai. He planned to study the Buddhist world in depth. If he could control the Buddhist world like a spaceship, then humans would be able to escape from this planet in the future, and it would be considered a time when facing alien gods. There is one more way out.

"Jiaojiao's programming technology has improved again. Now she can effectively control more than 50,000 individual monsters, which are spread all over the Central Plains. She is working with the Jin girls to establish a communication network covering the entire Central Plains..."

"Shuzhou's qi and blood payment pilot is currently running well, and local residents have become accustomed to conducting daily transactions through 'Tian Xia Tong Xing'..."

"The second phase of the development plan of the Great Demon Prajna led by Li Yaofeng has officially begun. The goal is to miniaturize and make the Great Demon Prajna more everyday..."

"Bo Nan still refuses to communicate and is unwilling to reveal any information..."

"The Blue Dragon King and the Mirage Dragon King have officially led the Dragon Clan to surrender. We have sent officials to receive the Dragon Clan troops. Regarding the Dragon Clan's demilitarization, democratization, and free trade reform, who do you think is better to preside over?"

"The troops stationed in the Dragon Palace have not been decided yet..."

"On the Tianshi Sect, Huang Daoxu and others have agreed to the religious reform. In the future, the directors of every Taoist temple in the world, as well as the officials of the Dao Gang Department, will all be selected by the imperial court..."

Under Chu Qiguang's leadership, the whole man was like being wound up. The whole society was running faster and faster, and everyone felt like there was a whip whipping behind them.

As the state machinery continued to accelerate, officials or people gradually began to secretly complain about Chu Qiguang's policies. However, they were suppressed by Chu Qiguang's strength and prestige in an instant, and there seemed to be no waves at all.

…

Yongan 23 years, June.

The "Star Scripture" was finally dug out by Qiao Zhi, and then rushed to deliver it to Chu Qiguang himself.

"I finally found it. The cat hair on my body is almost soaked."

Qiao Zhi rubbed Chu Qiguang hard, pointed at the "Star Sutra" in front of him and said, "How about it? That's right, it's the original version of the "Star Sutra", right?"

Chu Qiguang nodded: "Master Qiao, thank you for your hard work."

So after Chu Qiguang finished arranging the matters at hand, he fell into seclusion.

He began to use the "Star Sutra" to deduce the subsequent rectification of the "Great Freedom to Deliver People" in the realm of manifesting gods.

During this period of time, all the gifts he collected were accumulated silently and were not used.

Because his combat power is temporarily sufficient, the immeasurable heart seal is currently enough for him to defeat the invincible opponents of the Tongsheng.

Therefore, Chu Qiguang wanted to see if it was possible to create his own supernatural powers after creating his own Dharma. By then, these accumulated gifts might be very useful.

'After all, according to Qiao Zhi, the person who created the 'Future Infinite Heart Seal' in the previous life failed in the end. ’

'Then if I have the chance, I should see if I can create a more powerful magical power. ’

Chu Qiguang opened the "Star Scripture" and saw a large number of words and images rushing towards him.

"The twenty-sixth dharma is being generated..."

"Please select the basic type of research and development..."

"Please choose the research and development direction of Taoism..."

"Selection of combat tendencies..."

"Growth tendency selection..."

"A quarter of the Zi Mansion Secret."

"The Secret of the Purple Mansion is originally an ordinary Taoist technique created by the gods."

"But after being corrected by someone unspeakable."

"But it has become a hidden key to heaven."

"It is said that all the mysteries of the universe are recorded in it."

"After collecting four copies, there may be unexpected effects."