Subduing Yunmeng, Dao-Seeking Peak!
This scene plays out repeatedly.
From siege battles involving thousands of people to village skirmishes with just a dozen or so, these battles continued to repeat themselves on the north bank of Yunmeng Marsh...
This is just a microcosm.
Looking across the hundreds of miles of the north bank, one can see flames rising everywhere and smoke billowing. Even late at night, plumes of smoke continue to rise!
Each time a smoke signal is lit...
This foreshadowed the complete fall of a small town, a metropolis!
Of the millions of people in the Yunmeng Marsh region, nearly one-tenth were wiped out and buried in the torrent of history in just one night...
When the second sun rises--
The flames may have died down, but the battles continue, and the blood has not yet been shed!
As the army passed through, every household was dressed in white mourning clothes. Some elderly people mourned the passing of their children, their hearts heavy with sorrow. Others, orphans and widows, huddled together, wiped away their tears...
Orphans also stood before the ruins.
That used to be his home, but now he lives alone...
Someone is standing on the ruins--
Looking at the devastated town, I was in a daze, as if the harmonious scenes of the past were flashing through my mind.
In the end, he knelt helplessly on the ground...
This is what it means to be an ordinary person. Ordinary people are like ants, insignificant and powerless. Suffering befalls them, but they cannot change their Heavenly Fate, much less defy destiny...
The saying "Man can conquer nature" is nothing more than a glimmer of hope offered to the vast majority of people by those who have succeeded.
If Qin Lu hadn't lived two lives and possessed a powerful soul, he wouldn't have been able to learn the art of alchemy. If he hadn't had the aptitude for cultivation, he would have been nothing more than a lowly ant, even if he spent his entire life studying...
Every person with natural talent is also blessed with good fortune!
Even those with extremely poor natural talent—
For ordinary people, that would be divine favor, defying fate and changing one's destiny...
If it's destined to be yours, it will be; if it's not, it won't.
If we must question Heavenly Fate, then it's because he was just a little bit luckier than you...
It's all fate!
Just then, a wandering sorcerer, leaning on a cane, entered the city. Although young, his eyes were completely white...
It seems like he had something on his mind...
He walked over to a baby, and although he was blind, he touched the baby's head as if he were a normal person...
"Little baby..."
"Just cry it out, cry it out, and the pain will stop..."
"Life and death are predetermined. Here, have some candy..."
"Once you eat sugar, the bitterness will disappear..."
The sorcerer took out a piece of maltose, yellowish-black in color, and used it to soothe the man while bandaging his wounds.
The little child seemed to snap out of it...
Or perhaps it was the sudden reassurance that finally released his emotions!
He stood amidst the ruins, wailing and weeping.
Snot and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. Her voice was childish, and she cried hysterically, as if she wanted to cry out her heart and lungs, which touched the soul...
I don't know how much time passed--
The baby cried until she was too tired to cry anymore...
He ate the candy, but it tasted bitter...
The wandering sorcerer picked up the doll, brushed the dust off it, and wiped away its tears...
"Poor baby..."
"Since you have no one to rely on anymore, then you shall come with me from now on..."
Upon hearing this—
The little child simply nodded silently, without saying much, and then followed the wandering sorcerer to rescue people everywhere...
Saving one person is a blessing in disguise...
To practice benevolence and goodness is the foundation of one's life; one seeks nothing in return...
I don't know how much time passed--
The fortune teller only learned from others that the child was born into a wealthy family...
Surname: Wang; Single character: Xu.
A few days later--
The prosperous areas on the north bank of Yunmeng Marsh have been completely recovered, with over 100,000 dead or wounded, including troops under the command of the Sword Sect...
There were also those who fought to the death, or bloodline Lineage of remnants of the Sword Sect.
Anyone who has had any connection with the remnants of the Sword Sect.
The most severe punishment is the extermination of nine generations of their family; the mildest punishment is the extermination of three generations. This is already an act of great benevolence from Qin Xiao!
Qin Xiao established Qin laws and regulations.
Strict laws were used to govern the people, production was quickly restored, all kinds of corvée labor and taxes were exempted, the unrest was swiftly quelled, and reconstruction was carried out in various places...
Furthermore, those who had rendered meritorious service were granted fiefdoms, enabling them to govern a region.
For example: Hanbang.
This once small sect is now powerful, with many members and more than twenty Warrior, the strongest of whom, Liu Ji, is at the True Martial Seventh Realm...
Because of his repeated merits, he was granted a small city and several towns as part of the Hanbang territory.
This establishes the lineage of our tradition!
Later--
That small town was renamed Pei City! Liu Ji thus acquired the title of Duke of Pei.
For example, a wandering sorcerer.
Because he saved the lives of dozens of Warrior, he was promoted by Qin Xiao and awarded a mountain as a reward...
This mountain was later named Cloud Dream Mountain!
In an instant, he became the envy of countless solo travelers...
The former Wenjian Mountain
It has also been transformed and renamed: Dao-Seeking Peak!
The mountain temple gate and ancestral hall have all been demolished. The Floating Cloud Sword Sect, which has been passed down for over a hundred years, has been completely wiped out today...
According to Qin Lu's idea-
This peak is rich in Spiritual Qi and is near a large swamp, which is teeming with venomous snakes and insects...
This is a perfect treasure land for cultivating all kinds of insects and planting poisonous and magical plants!
Therefore, this Dao-Seeking Peak is not the Dao-Seeking Peak for all living beings... but rather the Dao-Seeking Peak for Qin Lu alone, a blessed land of immortals that exists for him to seek the Poison Dao!
From this place--
And through the cultivation of all poisons, one can nurture a person to attain enlightenment!
Later, at the foot of the mountain, the Cloud Dream Hall was established!
Using this as the central institution, it coordinates Yunmeng and governs all the people...
As for the Xuan River Zhang Clan's army, after assisting the Qin Clan in recapturing Yunmeng, they rested along the riverbank, their faces beaming with joy...
Clearly, their looting had left them quite well-fed and stuffed!
Regarding this--
Qin Xiao didn't stop it; in fact, this made it easier for him to divide and rule, since the main hatred was drawn to the Zhang Clan, making it easier for the Qin Clan to clear their name...
One plays the good cop, the other the bad cop...
After a period of packaging and dissemination, followed by strict legal governance and maintenance, and then a large-scale military campaign to cleanse the land, suppress bandits and thieves, and restore peace to the people...
The lower classes are prone to blind obedience.
As life gradually becomes more peaceful, the winds of change shift, and the people have something to rely on, they naturally submit, leading to a stable and peaceful reign...
Dao-Seeking Peak - Myriad Poisons Pool
This is the cultivation ground that Qin Lu prepared for himself, located on the Dao-Seeking Peak, in the place with the most abundant Spiritual Qi...
Using the spirit pool as a base, poisons are continuously added to it daily in order to extract toxicity.
This combines all poisons into one, transforming it into this pool of poison.
Qin Lu was not naturally gifted, so in order to cultivate, he naturally did his best, using the poisonous pool as a foundation to continuously nourish his Toxic Miasma Spirit Body...
Furthermore, the abundance of Spiritual Qi nourishes one's own cultivation.
Compared to Muxuan Mountain--
Cultivating here will allow you to progress at a slightly faster pace, perhaps by 10-20%...
However, Yingchuan and this place have different positioning!
Although this place is conducive to cultivation, its terrain is not as good as Yingchuan. It is easy to attack but difficult to defend, and there are not many natural defenses to hold.
If given a choice, Qin Lu would prefer to cultivate in the Bachuan...