"No! My ancestors have lived in Jade-Gazing City for generations, and I will never defect to a foreign land."
Moreover, our Haotian Empire is protected by the Heavenly Court gods, so how could we be inferior to that Chen Kingdom?
Just watch! No matter how powerful the Chen Kingdom becomes, it will only be a fleeting moment. Only our Haotian Empire will endure forever.
Xu Shi's attitude towards the Chen Kingdom was also the attitude of most people in Central Province towards the Chen Kingdom. After all, the Haotian Empire had existed for tens of thousands of years, and they had long been accustomed to the rule of the Haotian Empire and believed that it would never change.
Chen Mu tried to persuade Xu Shi a few more times, but seeing that Xu Shi insisted, he had no choice but to give up.
After Xu Shi left, Chen Mu sat upright at the table, vaguely sensing something, yet unable to quite grasp it.
" Mingye, I'm going out for a bit."
After greeting Mingye, Chen Mu headed straight towards the north of Wangyue City.
There was a wasteland in the north of the city, which was originally planned to be used to store building materials, but after the chaos caused by the ferocious beasts, it became a gathering place for the poor.
Chen Mu brought some food and entered the slum. He shared some food with everyone who begged him along the way until he had used up all the food he had.
Deep in the slums, he heard a little boy roaring angrily at the man ahead, filled with Gandi.
Why? Why are some people born rich, able to live a life of luxury without having to do anything?
But I have to go out to work before dawn, and I'm exhausted every day and still not enough to eat!
Snap!
The boy was slapped in response, and he fell heavily to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes remained defiant.
"There's no reason why, it's just your fate!"
The man appears to be the boy's father, but he lacks the loving care of a father.
He lit a stick of sandalwood incense, placed it in the boy's hand, and then pointed to the Spirit Stone enshrined not far away, saying...
"Hurry up and go pay respects to the Immortal Xuanji! After that, hurry to the construction site and finish the rest of the work."
"I won't worship! I'm already exhausted, why should I worship them?"
Slap! The boy received another slap, the man said angrily.
"It is because of the protection of the Immortal Xuanji that you have been able to live to this day."
If you don't even understand this simple principle, then raising you is a waste of my time...
Unable to withstand his father's beatings, the little boy finally knelt before the Spirit Stone, his eyes devoid of light and utterly empty.
" Immortal Xuanji, please, save me! Save me!"
He lay on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Seeing this scene from afar, Chen Mu was deeply moved. He then reached out and stepped into the void, sitting cross-legged to prevent being disturbed by outsiders.
"Everyone is born with a pure heart, but as they grow into adulthood, they inevitably encounter pain such as despair, confusion, and fear. Once they can no longer bear this pain, they can only seek help from the outside world. The spiritual energy generated by their begging is the Power of Faith."
" The Power of Faith is wondrous, but it's not what I need. The pure hearts they possess from birth are the key to unlocking the power of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao."
Human Clan are a plane race in the Pan Emperor Great World. Since the collapse of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao, Chen Mu has been able to sense the aura of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao in every Human Clan, but he has never been able to find a way to activate this power.
Only then did he finally understand how to utilize this power: to bring about an ideological revolution for the Human Clan, to help them recognize their true selves, and to rediscover the pure heart they had as children.
"Of all living beings in heaven and earth, only oneself is one's own sole deity."
I hope that all beings in the world can look inward and become like dragons. Therefore, I have named this scripture I have compiled " The Dragon-Like Scripture "!
Chen Mu reached out and a huge sheet of white paper appeared before him. He wielded his brush and began to carefully write the scriptures.
His act of disappearing into the void was naturally noticed by Mingye, who was nearby. Mingye could tell that Chen Mu was not in danger, so he rushed to his side to protect him.
And so, Mu Chen, the talisman master of Jade-Gazing City Martial Arts Academy, disappeared, and his disappearance lasted for nearly a year.
A year later, Chen Mu emerged from the void and saw that the little boy who had been doing hard labor was still alive, but his health was getting weaker and weaker, and if he was unlucky, he might not survive the next winter.
Whoosh! Whoosh...!
Chen Mu pointed, and a ray of light flew from his fingertip, heading straight into the boy's head.
" Dragon-Like Scripture? What is that?"
The little boy was stunned for a moment. He realized that in that instant, a mysterious scripture had appeared in his mind.
He quickly looked around and, seeing that no one seemed to be acting strangely, pretended nothing was wrong and continued working.
When night fell, as he rested in the haystack, he carefully read the scriptures in his mind and practiced according to the methods described therein.
He sought within himself, enshrining a deity in his sea of consciousness, and the deity's appearance was none other than himself.
The next day, he found himself full of energy and much stronger. He could foresee that in just a few years, he would grow into a powerful figure.
"This wisp of divine thought is your good fortune; with it, our karmic ties are finally resolved."
Chen Mu observed the little boy for a day and a night and found that the boy's cultivation progress matched his expectations, so he stopped watching and planned to return to the Chen Kingdom.
"Oh, right! And Xu Shi too, let's give him a wisp of divine thought as well!"
To prevent the Heavenly Kings of the Heavenly Court from noticing him, Chen Mu used his right eye to conjure a Tracking Talisman rune.
Guided by the runes, Chen Mu finally found Xu Shi in the west of Jade-Gazing City and inputted a wisp of inherited divine thought into Xu Shi's mind.
Having settled all karmic debts, Chen Mu, along with Mingye, vanished into the void and returned to the Chen Kingdom.