Chapter 2: I left home when I was young and returned when I was old. No one in the world doesn’t recognize you.
The Human Emperor Palace is respected by all nine provinces and has an exalted status. One of its duties is to mediate between the various forces to prevent the immortal forces from fighting to the death and the lives of the people from being destroyed.
When one cultivates to the pinnacle, a single thought can overturn mountains and seas. If two people who have cultivated to the pinnacle fight for their lives, the harm that will be brought to the Kyushu continent can be imagined.
There have been such examples in history. At that time, the old emperor died and the new emperor had not yet been born. The ancient sect and the dynasty had conflicts, which eventually turned into irreconcilable conflicts. The two sides fought and attacked mercilessly, sweeping across half of the Nine Provinces. Anyone who dared to step forward to advise was destroyed by the ancient sect and the dynasty.
It was not until the new emperor Jiang Li ascended the throne and, carrying the wishes of all living beings, killed the leader of the ancient sect and the ruler of the dynasty that the killing calamity in Jiuzhou was quelled.
There are many dynasties and sects in the Kyushu Continent, competing with each other and promoting each other. This is the policy set by the first Human Emperor, and it is also the result of repeated deductions by successive Human Emperors.
Those who practice Taoism have a side that seeks immortality, as well as a side that is brave and aggressive. Simply suppressing them is not a long-term solution. It is necessary to give Taoism practitioners a path to fight. Therefore, the Human Emperor Palace did not suppress other forces. Instead, it provided all kinds of help and encouraged these forces to compete. It is also because of this that geniuses in Jiuzhou emerge in endlessly and never fail.
It is for this reason that there are so many countries in Kyushu.
The basic structure of the continent is composed of thousands of small countries and nine dynasties.
Only when a country has a fortune that lasts for ten thousand years and never declines can it be called a great dynasty.
Jiang Li's hometown is located in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but it is just an inconspicuous small town in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is located on a plain, without beautiful mountains and rivers, and no mineral veins or spiritual treasures. If it were not Jiang Li's hometown, even the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty would not know that there is such a small town.
In Jiang Li’s memory, the strongest person in the small county was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Jiang Yixing, who once had the opportunity to break through to the Jindan stage, was naturally considered an extraordinary genius.
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Jiang Li stood at the city gate, staring blankly at Qingcheng, which was nothing like what he remembered.
The once short, moss-covered Qingcheng has disappeared, replaced by towering walls built of fine steel and stone, and a gate large enough for exotic beasts of any size to enter the city leisurely.
Young knights roamed the world, parents brought their children to absorb the spiritual energy of the Human Emperor, and practitioners hoped for the Human Emperor's blessing to break through the bottleneck. All these things led to the inconspicuous Qingcheng becoming a low-key and profound city from the moment Jiang Li became the Human Emperor.
Even the guards at the city gates are practitioners in the Jindan stage.
Because of this, the city gate is extremely bustling with people coming and going.
As soon as you enter Qingcheng, the first thing you see is a huge bronze statue. The man in the statue is tall and majestic, holding a long spear and looking in all directions, like an immortal or god inspecting the mortal world.
It was the Human Emperor Jiang Li.
Jiang Li thought that when he returned here, he would "ask the guest where he came from" and no one would recognize him. He was only wearing a straw hat, and under the shadow of the hat, his true appearance was exactly the same as the bronze statue.
Who would have thought that the reality is "Everyone in the world knows you", there are many people worshipping around the bronze statue. Jiang Li can feel the power of faith coming from the statue, so he quickly used magic to change his appearance.
"Excuse me, where is the Jiang family?" Jiang Li asked someone at random.
The man looked quite old and walked slowly.
Of course, Jiang Li is actually older.
"Young man, you are from another place, right? Everyone in Qingcheng knows that the Jiang family is in the very center of Qingcheng, next to the City Lord's Mansion." The old man said with a smile, pointing, "It's over there."
The old man had a heavy accent, and it was hard for non-locals to understand him, but Jiang Li was originally from Qingcheng, so it wasn't a big deal.
"I heard that the Jiang family was just a small family in the past, located in a corner of Qingcheng. Later, when Emperor Jiang succeeded to the throne, cultivators kept coming here to explore the reason why Emperor Jiang became stronger. The Jiang family seized the opportunity and took advantage of it to become the largest family in Qingcheng."
"Although the Jiang family did not move their house, as Qingcheng expanded, the Jiang family's location gradually became the most central place in Qingcheng."
The old man looked around and saw that there were too many people around. He pulled Jiang Li to a corner and whispered, "It is rumored that the Jiang family controls the entire Qingcheng. Even who becomes the city lord is decided by the Jiang family."
"The Great Zhou Dynasty governs the country according to laws, how could this happen?"
Jiang Li shook his head, denying the old man's statement.
The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty has studied the laws of time in depth and can trace back time. The truth of everything can be revealed. He has seen the rulers of the Great Zhou Dynasty of the previous generation and this generation, and they all strictly abide by the law and never overstep their boundaries. The people below should follow the example of their superiors and abide by the law.
Jiang Li had also traveled around the Great Zhou, seen the local customs and culture, and had disputes with local powerful people. When the government stepped in to resolve the dispute, it made decisions based on the facts and did not show bias because of the person's local power.
Among the nine dynasties, only the Zhou Dynasty was particularly special. It tied national destiny to laws and governed the country with laws. If the monarch knew that someone violated the law but did not punish him, the national destiny would be affected. In serious cases, the national destiny might even crush the monarch to death!
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The other dynasties all advocated the use of force, and the law was something that could be trampled upon at will, either openly or secretly.
He believed that the Jiang family could influence the city lord, but it was unreasonable to say that anyone they wanted could become the city lord.
Seeing that the old man knew something, Jiang Li continued to ask, "Is Jiang Yixing, the ancestor of the Jiang family, still alive? What is his cultivation level?"
"I don't know about that." The old man shook his head. "But if you want to visit the Jiang family, you'd better wait for two days. Recently, the Jiang family is worshipping their ancestors. The house is closed for nine days and no outsiders are allowed to see them. Today is the seventh day."
"I didn't expect to encounter the ancestor worship ceremony once every ten years. I don't know whether my luck is good or bad." Jiang Li laughed. The Jiang family did have the tradition of ancestor worship, which was held every ten years. His original owner was only eighteen years old when he died, and had only experienced ancestor worship once.
The old man looked at Jiang Li strangely and said slowly: "I heard from the older generation that the Jiang family used to hold ancestor worship every ten years. Since Emperor Jiang ascended the throne three hundred years ago, the ancestor worship has become more frequent, from every ten years to every five years, and then to once a year now."
The old man asked respectfully: "Senior, your cultivation..."
If one can live for three hundred years, his cultivation must be at least at the Nascent Soul stage.
Jiang Li smiled slightly and did not respond to the old man's words. Instead, he thanked the old man and walked along the road to the Jiang family mansion.
The Jiang family closed the door tightly and activated the formation, which was indeed a sign of closing the house and worshiping their ancestors.
Although there was a formation to protect it and there were several Jindan stage cultivators guarding the four directions, it was still easy for Jiang Li to get in.
With the identity of Jiang Renhuang, he would naturally be welcomed by the Jiang family. However, Jiang Li did not want to do so. He had never had a good impression of the Jiang family. He had never returned here since he left the Jiang family five hundred years ago. Even so, the Jiang family still had the nerve to act arrogantly in Qingcheng under their name, completely forgetting how they had neglected and bullied the original owner of this body.
Now that I've reappeared, the Jiang family will probably be extremely excited and take the opportunity to publicize it.
Jiang Li casually cast a spell to conceal his body and walked into the Jiang family with a swagger.
(End of this chapter)