Chapter 693: Seeing the Flowers and Enlightenment
"Just by being similar in spirit, one can be favored by heaven and earth and be blessed by the wonders of nature..."
Li Fan suddenly recalled an anecdote from the previous dynasty of Daxuan.
The last emperor of the previous dynasty, Zhengxu, was originally a rare emperor who revived the dynasty. Since he inherited the throne at the age of sixteen, he punished powerful ministers, suppressed bandits, built water conservancy projects, and exempted taxes, sweeping away the signs of the dynasty's decline, quite like an ancient sage. In just over twenty years, the country was peaceful and prosperous. The people had no worries about food and clothing, and praised the reputation of the wise emperor; the ministers bowed to him and wrote books to praise the emperor's virtues.
If he had always been like this, there would probably have been no such thing as the founding emperor of Daxuan who changed the world.
But everything took a turn for the worse when Emperor Zhengxu was 37 years old. The reason was that his lifelong love, Empress Duanmu, died of illness.
Upon hearing the bad news, Emperor Zhengxu almost fainted on the spot. He then ignored state affairs for several months due to excessive grief. If it were just this, it would be fine. With the presence of the nobles in the court, even if the emperor disappeared, the Zheng Dynasty would not have any major chaos. But perhaps because the Zheng Dynasty was about to end, when Emperor Zhengxu revisited the place where he and Empress Duanmu first met, he saw a woman who looked very similar to Empress Duanmu.
Not only does he look 80% similar, but even his expression and tone are exactly the same as the person in the dream.
And younger.
Emperor Zhengxu was shocked and thought it was destined, so he immediately brought her back to the palace, made her a noble concubine, and spent time with her day and night.
In order to please the other party, Emperor Zhengxu did many absurd things. He built palaces and gardens in the palace, and even dug a small river connecting the suburbs of the imperial city so that he could make love in the river when he felt like it. He also ordered his subordinates to collect rare objects from the people for the concubine to play with...
The whole court was in turmoil and the people were filled with resentment. If any of the officials dared to give advice, they would be dismissed or beheaded.
Even so, relying on the accumulation of Emperor Zhengxu in the first half of his life, the Da Zheng Dynasty would not have died suddenly.
But when the imperial concubine gave birth to a son, Emperor Zhengxu didn't know what was wrong with him. He wanted to depose the prince despite the opposition of all the important officials in the court. Seeing that Emperor Zhengxu was determined, the prince naturally would not sit still and wait for death. He gathered people and rebelled, "killing the evil concubine and clearing the court of the emperor." This matter also received support from many big families in Beijing, including the Duanmu family.
After several days of fighting, the rebellion ended in failure. The crown prince also committed suicide after being defeated. However, the Dazheng Dynasty was also severely damaged.
Since then, Emperor Zhengxu has ignored his ministers and only cared about enjoying himself.
The situation deteriorated day by day, and finally, when Emperor Zhengxu was 56 years old, the Forbidden Palace was breached by the rebels. Emperor Zhengxu and his concubine burned themselves to death in each other's arms.
When later scholars studied this period of history, they all found it very puzzling that Emperor Zhengxu was obsessed with women and led to the loss of his country.
The only reason can be attributed to the fact that Emperor Zhengxu's love for Empress Duanmu had reached an incredible level. So after Duanmu's death, when Emperor Zhengxu met a woman who was similar to her again, he completely lost his mind and even became a little crazy. He ruined his great country in one day.
There is nothing new in the world. Similarly, if the clone Xu Bai is favored by heaven and earth just because he looks like Mr. Bai, then
Either Mr. Bai is the incarnation of Heaven, or he is extremely important to the Xuanhuang Realm.
So much so that the world is always looking forward to the appearance of the next "Mr. Bai". Even to the point where just looking like him can give him a special bonus to his affinity with the laws of heaven and earth.
"Mr. Bai..." All the things related to what he had seen in the Meteorite Fairyland in the past flashed through his mind, and Xu Bai agreed without saying a word.
After a long time, he calmed down his thoughts and took out the seventeen-petaled Heavenly Spirit Flower that was sealed with a special secret method.
With eyes narrowed slightly, after looking at the many scenes on the petals, a completely different feeling from the original body gradually emerged. It was like looking down at the world, quickly passing through the entire Tianlingzhou. In a trance, I could vaguely see the mountains and rivers, the various forms of life, the changing winds and clouds, the prosperity and decline, and so on.
Facing the Tianling Flower, it was as if I was really seeing everything happening in the Tianling Province.
A glimmer of enlightenment passed through Xu Bai's mind quietly, but like snow falling into water, it disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving him feeling lost.
"This feeling is just like when I used the Cang Hai Pearl to see the changes in the world from a vast perspective. In the end, I realized [Unspoken Killing Intent]."
"The magical powers and spells of cultivators mostly come from the heaven and earth themselves. And it will naturally become easier to comprehend from the perspective of heaven and earth."
"However, after all, it is just a flower that records the scenery of heaven and earth, and it is not truly in harmony with heaven and earth. It is not so easy to gain something from it, and it requires a strong understanding. Just like before, I made it with my own hands and carefully observed it many times, but I still felt that it was just a simple ornamental object."
"But this is not a problem with flowers, but a problem with people."
"snort."
After making fine adjustments to the plan in his mind, before Liu San returned, Xu Bai continued to concentrate on observing the flowers and gaining enlightenment.
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Tianyuzhou.
After wasting a lot of time, Li Fan and Dongfang Yao finally arrived in Tianyu City, but they did not go to the Huanyu Villa where Li Fan received formation training in his previous life.
Instead, he came to a private room in the Lundao Building in the city.
"Wait a minute, I have already informed Brother Huangfu, he will be here soon." Dongfang Yao sat cross-legged on the ground carelessly, tapped the floor with his fingers, and soon a cup of spiritual tea came out.
"How fucking stingy." Dongfang Yao curled his lips, drank the spiritual tea in one gulp, and muttered softly.
Li Fan can be said to be a frequent visitor to the Taoism Forum. He knew that Dongfang Yao was short of money and could only drink the free spiritual tea.
With a slight smile, his spiritual consciousness came into contact with the control jade token in the room.
Soon after, a dark green teapot appeared.
"Brother Dongfang, please come in!" Li Fan gestured with a smile.
"Brother, you are so straightforward!" Dongfang Yao immediately smiled happily, poured a cup happily and drank it all in one gulp.
"It's still the best [Thousand Cultivators' Discussion of the Dao], Brother Li is very generous! The last time I drank spiritual tea of this grade was when I came back from [Thousand Leaves Forest of Books], and I couldn't help but celebrate!" Dongfang Yao praised endlessly.
He shook his head and closed his eyes slightly, as if he was realizing something.
"You are so good, Dongfang Yao. You have such a good thing as [Thousand Cultivators' Discussion of Dao], but you actually kept it to yourself without telling me!" At this moment, a voice that Li Fan was quite familiar with sounded.
A fat monk with a big belly and a very kind face appeared in the room.
He pretended to be slightly angry, but actually there was a hint of smile on the corner of his mouth.
His eyes passed over Li Fan inconspicuously, and Huangfu Song looked at Dongfang Yao without any expression.
"Brother Huangfu, you're just in time!" Dongfang Yao suddenly opened his eyes, poured a cup of spiritual tea and threw it over.
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