The Source of the Anomalies, the Benefits of a Dynasty

"Upon seeing this, everyone will be completely baffled."

"This emperor could clearly Immortality, so why did his dynasty still fail?"

Can someone tell me the answer to this?

Can anyone explain why this is?

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, the young man in the blue robe that Gao Linzhi had noticed earlier bravely stood up.

His gaze swept across the crowd, especially landing on Gao Linzhi.

This surprised Gao Linzhi a bit. Why was this guy looking at him like that?

"Alright, please let Qingshan- kun speak," the Werewolf Teacher replied.

Qingshan -kun stood up and said:

"Teacher, I think it's because this emperor has become senile."

"If a person lives too long, they will decline, like stagnant water. A pool of water that hasn't been replenished for a long time will breed decaying branches and withered leaves..."

"And the same goes for emperors; if only one emperor holds power, he will eventually become incompetent."

"Although he was manipulating things behind the scenes and the emperor was someone else, he was still the emperor in reality."

The students all nodded in agreement.

"Not bad."

"That's right, Qingshan -kun, you truly deserve to be the top student among us."

"That's right. A ruler cannot remain in power for too long; none of those who remain in power for a long time will remain incompetent."

"Even ordinary people have their lazy Diligence moments, let alone emperors?"

"Running water never stagnates."

The werewolf looked at Qingshan, but shook his head:

"That's not the reason. As mentioned before, he was a wise emperor, and always has been."

Then it grinned maliciously and said, "According to the rules, you should be punished."

"This time, I'll give up an arm."

"Wait a minute." Qingshan remained calm and asked, "You say I answered incorrectly, so what is the correct answer?"

"Can't you just say whatever you want?"

Where is justice? Where is fairness?

The students were also cheering. "Great, great!"

Gao Linzhi nodded. Although the academy was somewhat cruel, these students did not seem to be afraid of their teachers.

Unlike feudal dynasties, where teachers were absolutely right and students who opposed their teachers were considered rebellious.

"The correct answer is, of course, that his Immortality is coveted by many, and one man can't fight against many others. He only has 12 hours in a day, while others have many."

"He gained Immortality and dared not trust anyone anymore, especially the emperor puppet he himself had installed."

"If everyone in the world betrays him, how can he not perish?" The Werewolf Teacher's words left everyone speechless.

Even Qingshan bowed his head and could only obediently extend his left hand.

At that moment, a cunning glint flashed in the Werewolf Teacher's eyes. It stepped forward, opened its blood-red maw, and was about to bite down.

At this moment, Gao Linzhi spoke up:

"Wait a minute."

"The correct answer is not that."

The Werewolf Teacher immediately looked coldly at Gao Linzhi, "What brilliant ideas do you have, new student?"

"Of course there is." Gao Linzhi was only using Substitute Puppet, and with unlimited resurrection, he wasn't afraid of anything.

He said those things simply to make himself stand out as soon as possible.

Only in this way can we attract attention, and only with attention can we have the opportunity to learn profound skills.

This is essentially the same thing as the ancients engaging in performance art and making startling statements to attract the attention of high-ranking officials and gain fame.

Gao Linzhi continued, "There are many factors that contribute to the downfall of a dynasty. Since you said that the Immortality emperor was the first person to obtain the strange ability, it means that his dynasty was still a mortal dynasty before that, right?"

That's right.

"If that's the case, how did mortal dynasties all perish?"

"Some were caused by foreign invasion, some by uprisings of the people, and some by infighting among the higher-ups that led to the change of the country's name."

"You only gave one reason: infighting at the top and changing the country's name. Is that really the truth?"

The students started chattering excitedly. Someone noticed the nameplate on Gao Linzhi's seat and exclaimed, "That's right, this Wuming guy is right!"

Each seat has a person's name written on it.

"Yes, it's not necessarily true that everyone in the world would betray the emperor for Immortality. After all, ordinary people probably don't even know the specific details, so how could they betray the emperor for Immortality?"

"That's right. In this way, the traitors will be limited to a small number of people who know that the emperor Immortality."

"Since they are a minority, how can they possibly shake the emperor's powerful influence?"

"There's only one reason: the common people couldn't survive anymore. They rose up in rebellion, which is why the emperor eventually lost control of the situation. His powerful forces were eroded by the common people!"

These students are really impressive.

Gao Linzhi had barely begun when they immediately offered numerous reasons.

And at this time...

Upon hearing this, the Werewolf Teacher immediately frowned.

"Shut up, all of you!"

"What I say goes!"

"I said he was betrayed by everyone, and that's it. Do you know more, or do I know more?"

"Are you the teacher, or am I the teacher?"

The werewolf was clearly enraged and roared savagely!

After saying that, it pounced on Gao Linzhi.

A gaping maw, stained with blood, lunged straight down at Gao Linzhi's head.

The other students watched intently, seemingly unsurprised.

"I love my teacher, but I love the truth more," Gao Linzhi said coldly. He stepped forward and threw a punch.

"Bang!"

The Werewolf Teacher's hideous head was smashed into a bloody mist.

He was bored.

The teachers here also rely on violence to suppress the students.

An equal clash without any preconceived notions.

No wonder this Daoist Academy was demolished and ended up in the sewers.

Since they are in cahoots with the imperial court, they certainly don't have any Gao Ming.

The other students all clapped and cheered.

"Not bad, Brother Wu. We've disliked this Werewolf Teacher for a long time."

"Well done!"

"This guy always tries to bite us when he can't win an argument with us."

"But we're still no match for him. Today, finally someone can subdue him."

"The Great Law is born, and there are always those who can counter it. These are the words of the Yuanshi." Qingshan, who had been looking thoughtfully at Gao Linzhi, suddenly uttered these words.

Gao Linzhi glanced at the other side and found that the students here seemed indifferent to the fact that their teacher had been beaten to death.

It seems this teacher was just a stand-in.

Thinking of this, he immediately activated his Appraisal Skill to check.

He arrived here just now, and out of respect and caution, he did not use his Appraisal Skill immediately.

After all, using Appraisal Skill is even more powerful than "X-ray vision".

X-ray vision only shows your body, but Appraisal Skill can see into your bones.

Now that he's beaten the teachers to death, he naturally doesn't care about using Appraisal Skill anymore.

Upon seeing this, he understood.

[Qingshan]

[Human Puppet]

[Liu Da]

[Human Puppet]

[Wu Youde]

[Human Puppet]...

And so, it turned out that all the students in the class were just puppets.

I see.

These guys aren't stupid.

They knew whether they were in a rebel organization or under the walls of the capital.

We don't even know when the imperial court will wipe us out.

Naturally, a puppet body must be used.

In this way, they won't have to worry.

This Werewolf Teacher was clearly a puppet of this kind, and he knew this, which is why he dared to bite and devour the students without restraint.

It's basically about eating the puppet bodies of students.

In this situation, students dare to argue with teachers, and teachers dare to eat students.

To determine who has the stronger argument, it all comes down to who has the bigger fist.

He really shouldn't have had so much hope for an organization that was involved in underground activities.

Fortunately, there is still something in here.

Not long after the Werewolf Teacher died, an identical werewolf walked into the classroom.

It was as if nothing had happened.

The previous question was repeated.

Continue the course.

This time, however, it adopted Gao Linzhi's answer.

"That's right. Although the emperor himself has Immortality and lives behind the scenes, he has discovered that he still lacks power!"

"Power strong enough to suppress everything."

"After Immortality, he wasn't stupid. Naturally, he wouldn't reveal the fact that he Immortality. He hid himself behind the scenes, pretending to be dead, while actually manipulating the emperor through other means."

"However, this manipulation is weak."

"A force that cannot be openly displayed can never prevail over a force that is open and aboveboard."

"The emperor began to rebel against him."

"And those dynastic forces, guards, bloodlines, relatives, and nobles who were originally under his control naturally became alienated from him."

"After all, they are facing the real emperor every year, not him, the emperor behind the scenes."

"He indulged in pleasure and overspent every year. When the people could no longer survive and began to rebel, the soldiers did not fight hard."

"The nobles began to flee."

"Immortality cannot solve the major factors that lead to the downfall of dynasties: the people's inability to survive, the covetousness of those in high positions, and the rebellion of descendants."

"Therefore, after losing his empire, this emperor began to burn incense and pray, beseeching the Yuanshi Divine Anomalies to grant him boundless power."

"Therefore, the Yuanshi God agreed to grant him power."

"But he needs to perform the sacrifice."

Gao Linzhi was a little puzzled.

"This Divine Anomalies is far too easy to talk to!"

"Don't other people pray?"

Someone else spoke for him; it was Qingshan who asked the question on his behalf.

"That's a very good question," the Werewolf Teacher said.

"First, others are unaware of the existence of the Divine Anomalies, or even the emperor's Immortality. Only a very few people vaguely know about it, but they regard it as a secret royal organization."

"Because after Immortality, he was always shrouded in golden armor and was known as the Golden Armor Secret Guard Chief."

Outsiders call him the Golden Armored Person.

"Secondly, to gain power, one must perform sacrifices."

"The Divine Anomalies doesn't work for nothing when large-scale sacrifices are to be performed. It eats people; a single sacrifice involves millions of people."

"Surviving a sacrifice involving a million people is something only a single nation can accomplish. Ordinary noble families and aristocrats could never do it."

"A tribe of at least 100,000 people would need to achieve this through killing and plundering."

"I see, both of them are difficult."

"Yes, so it wasn't until after the second dynasty was established that the new emperor discovered the existence of the Divine Anomalies during a sacrificial ceremony."

"So he began to pray for Immortality and started to hold large-scale sacrifices."

"But the old emperor has a problem, because he can no longer afford the sacrifices."

"Now there are two emperors, one old and one new, and a serious conflict has arisen."

"The old emperor clearly did not have the same advantages as the new emperor, and thus he lost the favor of the Divine Anomalies."

"The Divine Anomalies bestowed power and Immortality upon the new emperor."

"Thus, the old emperor was left with only Immortality, and he began plotting revenge."

He was hiding in the shadows...

Gao Linzhi listened with great interest for a long time.

He noticed that the other students were listening as well.

This is the very origin of the bizarre.

The Divine Anomalies, the Yuanshi, the emperor, the dynasty, and the bizarre are all intertwined.

"I see."

"Yes, the connection between the imperial court and the Divine Anomalies originated from this."

"This could be considered the origin of the Divine Anomalies."

"As you all know, to obtain the highest power, one must establish one's own dynasty and possess the ability for large-scale sacrifices." The Werewolf Teacher finally revealed his true intentions.

Gao Linzhi had actually figured this out long ago.

Teachers always emphasize the significance of something before explaining it, so that students will listen attentively.

Sure enough, this move immediately drew the attention of many students.

Especially that Qingshan classmate.

"But teacher, the Sky Wolf Dynasty is currently at its zenith. How can we possibly establish our own dynasty?"

"That's right. Although the sea is a barrier, the strange occurrences subside every ten years, and they still have the power to suppress the various Feudal Lords."

"We should try to stir things up during this strange lull."

"That's right, let's cause trouble, let's cause trouble!"

"Boring! I want to see rivers of blood!"

The classroom erupted in chaos.

Gao Linzhi sneered inwardly.

Indeed, an organization that attempts to rebel cannot be a pure and kind place.

However, this has nothing to do with him.

He's just here to attend class.

The Werewolf Teacher was very satisfied, so he struck while the iron was hot:

"Very good, now I will teach you how to utilize the supernatural."

"I have thirty-six stratagems for utilizing the supernatural. The first stratagem is: when faced with something strange, running away is the best policy."

"The most common approach to anything strange is to avoid it."

"Therefore, we must make it impossible for the imperial court to escape it."

"We must set up strange phenomena along the imperial flight routes to lure them there."

Someone immediately asked, "But the ocean is vast; they can take a detour."

"Hehe, that's true, but there are some sea routes that must be traversed, such as this strait."

As he spoke, the Werewolf Teacher took out a nautical chart.

He pointed to the routes leading from Capital Island to the surrounding seas, finally stopping his pen on a group of islands.

"Look, this archipelago can only be reached through this strait; everywhere else are reefs and perpetually active monsters."

"Yes, the period of calm for the strange phenomena is only relatively calm. Some strange phenomena are still active, just like in winter when wolf packs are still active. In fact, they may be even more cunning, ferocious, and diligent than in summer."

"Because there is less food."

Gao Linzhi looked directly at it.

The strait was very narrow; going out from there led directly towards his Wolf Snake Island.

In other words, this strait was the only way for the imperial court to reach Wolf Snake Island.

Unless they use flying boats.

However, the airship cannot be deployed lightly unless there is a major event.

Only a fool would use a two-million-dollar flying boat just to collect two hundred coins' worth of tribute along the way.