Gu family courtyard.

After several years, I came back again.

This time, the Gu family courtyard did not appear messy or dusty.

Clean, tidy, and spotless, as if it had just been tidied.

Emperor Qizhi spoke first: "Every day, the guards come to sweep the yard to ensure that it is clean. Now that Mr. Gu has returned, we naturally cannot let it get dusty again."

“That’s thoughtful.”

Gu Dan nodded slightly and glanced at the sunflower by the wall.

It is as bright as fire, as crystal clear as ice, and grows more and more beautifully.

Even the subtle fragrance in the courtyard had a special flavor. When I sniffed it, my mind became clearer.

But when I was outside the yard, I couldn't smell the special fragrance of the sun chrysanthemum at all.

Apart from the sunflower, only a willow tree next to the stone table added some color to the small courtyard.

It was a small willow tree that was completely reborn from a dead, dry tree. Its branches and leaves were slender and soft, and its emerald green veins appeared quite complicated, but it did not look messy. Instead, it had a unique beauty.

However, the small willow tree does not look big. Although it was born on the dry and dead big willow tree, it does not blend in with the big willow tree and is clearly distinguished from it.

Vitality and death exist together on that "one body and two lives" willow tree, which is enough to make people ponder for a long time. Is it the deceased willow tree that is reborn, or is it the dead willow tree that gives new life to its descendants? There is quite a mystery in it.

Gu Dan walked into the Gu family courtyard, and Emperor Qi Zhi lagged behind by one step.

Only after both of them walked in did the blue ox, which had been following Gu Dan closely, reluctantly squeeze into the courtyard which seemed a little too small for it.

However, just as he stepped into the yard, Qingniu's amber eyes suddenly widened and became round! "Mou~"

Qingniu couldn't help but let out a roar, his nose moving wildly, causing a large amount of air to flow, and he almost greedily sniffed the unique fragrance in the Gu family's courtyard.

As his huge eyes turned, he saw the solitary sunflower standing by the wall.

“Mou!!”

The blue ox let out an almost shocking roar, and its four hooves involuntarily moved towards the Fiery Sun Chrysanthemum, with two thick streams of white air spurting out of its nose.

The blood was telling it to swallow the flower, swallow the flower! As long as it could swallow the flower, it would be like a new life! This kind of almost irresistible temptation, how could it have experienced it? Who wouldn't be confused when faced with it! Unfortunately, the idea was very beautiful.

Before it could really get close, its entire body suddenly froze in place.

Not to mention moving its four hooves, it couldn't even blink its eyes.

"Show some respect. He's a 'senior' who's almost 200 years older than you. Do you really want to take a bite of him?"

Gu Dan scolded with a smile.

As his words fell, Lieyang Tianju seemed to feel a hint of threat.

The petals, which were originally as crystal as fire, quickly shrank, and then a scorching breath began to spread. The original faint fragrance in the air instantly turned into a hot breath, as if the scorching sun was blooming here.

There was a "hissing" sound coming from the blue ox's body. The swords and knives could not hurt its skin at all. It lost some luster at a speed visible to the naked eye, and wisps of white mist rose.

Qingniu's amber eyes revealed infinite fear.

Huadu is so powerful?! But this is not the end.

Along with the anger of the Fiery Sun Chrysanthemum, a branch of the thin willow tree suddenly burst into a faint light, and stretched out like a rope to bind the blue ox.

The willow branches, which should have been weak and tender, were now exceptionally flexible and strong. They wrapped around the blue ox's body and slowly tightened.

The two of them can work together! "Okay."

Gu Dan walked over, ignoring the heat, and gently touched the petals of the Fiery Sun Chrysanthemum, a hint of green light flowing through them.

Of course, spiritual plants can be lethal - even those without lethality can attract guardian spiritual beasts, which are mutually beneficial.

This Fiery Sun Chrysanthemum had already shown some strangeness long before the dramatic changes in heaven and earth. It was also a beneficiary after the dramatic changes in heaven and earth, and was also nourished by the Green Wood Liquid.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is quite unusual from any aspect, and it even knows how to keep its younger brothers in captivity! As a rising star, it is really unreasonable for this green ox spirit beast to want to bite its old predecessor from two hundred years ago.

If he hadn't stopped us, we could have had roast beef for dinner tonight.

After Gu Dan's comfort, the petals of the Fiery Sun Chrysanthemum rubbed gently on Gu Dan's fingers. The original fiery breath gradually disappeared, and the faint fragrance once again filled the Gu family courtyard.

The willow tree followed his lead and the outstretched willow branch was retracted in an instant, as if nothing had happened.

Emperor Qizhi was truly stunned watching from the side.

As the emperor of the Xia Dynasty, what has he not seen? This is something he really has not seen! Although news of various "auspicious signs" are heard from various parts of the Xia Dynasty from time to time, such auspicious signs are truly unique to Scorpion Baba!

Today has really opened my eyes.

It seems that those auspicious signs are not as easy to get as he thought. They can't be treated as crops and just drawn a circle and occupied a piece of land and claimed them as their own.

"Mr. Gu, these two strange things look really extraordinary!"

Emperor Qizhi did not hide the shock on his face.

He had seen many masters who were capable of fighting, and plants that actively attacked - this had only existed in vernacular novels before.

Think about those practitioners who were secretly cultivated by the Xia Dynasty. The more outstanding ones among them were only at the first level of Qi training.

Before this, he was quite happy. What's wrong with the first level of Qi training? The first level of Qi training is also a way to cultivate immortality! Compared with the surrounding countries, or even the whole world.

Xia Chao also had the confidence to say those four words: far ahead! But if you compare yourself with others, you will die; if you compare goods, you will be thrown away.

It seems that the cultivators that the Xia Dynasty is currently training cannot even defeat the plants in the Gu family's courtyard.

No, not like, but definitely.

This undoubtedly dampened the excitement in Emperor Qizhi's heart. He had originally wanted to brag about it to Mr. Gu.

As a result, this good news doesn't even need to be said, the plants in the other party's yard are so magical! Yes, don't you look at who walked out of the Gu family's courtyard at the beginning! Mo Qiu, after leaving the Gu family's courtyard, founded the Mo family.

Xun Ke founded Confucianism after leaving Gu's courtyard.

Even his ancestor, the founding emperor Wang Mang, came from the Gu family courtyard! Shang, who was not fortunate enough to live in the Gu family courtyard, was able to become a disciple of Xun Ke and eventually founded the Legalist school thanks to the guidance of Mr. Gu.

How can ordinary people measure the vision of such a person? Even the plants in Gu's courtyard are more beautiful than those outside, which is normal! There is nothing difficult to understand, after all, the other party is Mr. Gu.

Whether it is the ancestors or Emperor Qizhi who once questioned Gu Dan’s past decisions, they are now absolutely convinced of Gu Dan and cannot help but accept it.

"There are so many extraordinary things. Be awed."

Gu Dan said indifferently.

After all, he has met Venerable Bai Lian before, so he must broaden his horizons.

His current achievements are not worthy of praise.

What he needs to grasp is to always keep the heart of an apprentice until there is nothing more to learn and then measure himself again.

"However, it is precisely because of this that I am also worried. I would like to ask Mr. Gu to clear up my doubts."

Emperor Qizhi's face straightened and he spoke seriously.

"Tell me now."

Returning to the stone table in the yard and sitting down, Gu Dan spoke casually.

"As the world changes dramatically, as you said, spiritual energy has appeared in the world, and it is bound to bring unimaginable impacts to the mortal world. There are already signs now."

After scanning the scorching sun chrysanthemum and the willow tree in the yard again, Emperor Qizhi said, "How will the Xia Dynasty respond to this change?"

This is a big problem.

He thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

Even Shang avoided talking about this matter.

He could only seek help from Mr. Gu, hoping to get instructions to re-plan the direction of the Xia Dynasty under the current situation.

"If an enemy comes, we will stop him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth."

Gu Dan said it quite straightforwardly.

Emperor Qizhi nodded repeatedly and looked at Gu Dan with blinking eyes.

Until I realized that Gu Dan seemed to have finished speaking - I waited for a long time without waiting for the next sentence.

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Although it was not good to question Mr. Gu, Emperor Qizhi couldn't help but ask: "Is that all?"

"What else?"

Gu Dan asked back, "Do you want to get an answer from me that is perfect for the Xia Dynasty and will never change? If I can do that, why would there still be people from the Mohist school, the Confucian school, and the Legalist school in the Xia Dynasty?

Times change and so do circumstances.

When the Xia Dynasty was first established, it was extremely poor and people's lives were difficult. The people suffered greatly from the ravages of war and hated war deeply. Therefore, the Mohist school was in its heyday and people yearned for it.

It was not until several decades of development that the Xia Dynasty prospered under the rule of Wang Mang, and the people who were devastated by the war and those who had truly experienced the war gradually passed away.

By that time, Mohism had begun to be disliked by some people, who thought it was too "conservative," even though the term was originally a compliment.

Xun Ke saw this, so he founded Confucianism and promoted benevolence and righteousness - the Xia Dynasty at that time was no longer a ruined country, but a rising Xia Dynasty.

The surrounding countries would no longer focus on the Xia Dynasty, but instead worry that the Xia Dynasty would cause trouble for them, so the Mohist School seemed somewhat out of place.

If the powerful Xia Dynasty continued to follow the Ten Principles of Mohism, it would hinder its own development. So at that critical juncture, Xun Ke replaced Mohism with Confucianism and successfully changed the direction of the Xia Dynasty.

There is no doubt that Confucianism at that time was more suitable for the Xia Dynasty than Mohism.

No one forced the Mohists to leave, and no one forced Qin Lisheng to travel around the countries, but the Xia Dynasty was no longer a suitable soil for the Mohists.

Mohism can only play a greater role in other areas, that's all.

By the time your father, Emperor Chengping, took over, the Xia Dynasty had already become very prosperous.

Confucian scholars replaced Mohists and became the mainstream. After decades of recuperation, the Xia Dynasty grew stronger and even gained a group of powerful people. Benevolence and righteousness began to become a sharp weapon in their hands to seek profit.

Both Mohism and Confucianism are too merciful in this regard, and it is easy for them to become outdated.

Then Shang saw this.

Later he founded the Legalist school - I don't need to tell you this again, right? You should be very clear about what happened afterwards.

If we look back at the history of the Xia Dynasty, if we say that the Xia Dynasty was a chariot, then the Mohists were the ones who created the chariot, the Confucians were the ones who pushed the chariot forward, and the Legalists were the ones who put the reins on the chariot.

After speaking for a long time, Gu Dan warned: "As the emperor of the Xia Dynasty, you can't just look at the moment.

Don't ask me what I should do, but see what the Xia Dynasty needs you to do.

In different periods and different situations, what is needed will naturally be different.

Adapting to local conditions and changing with the times is an irrefutable truth.

How can there be a permanent solution? Is it true that the world is now adhering to the Legalist school, so Confucianism and Mohism are meaningless? Do you still want to ask why they didn’t just promote the Legalist school in the beginning and jump all the way to today?”

Emperor Qizhi was speechless for a moment.

This kind of thinking that breaks away from the times is what he lacks.

As the saying goes, those who are involved are often confused.

Perhaps it was because Gu Dan was so influential in the Xia Dynasty that as long as he was in the Xia Dynasty, the decision-makers of the Xia Dynasty felt that they had a backer.

Once you have a backer, it's inevitable that you want to take shortcuts.

But unfortunately, there are no shortcuts to this kind of thing.

Gu Dan could not have predicted what would happen next.

At the crossroads of the times, everyone is in a fog.

For a change of this magnitude, anyone is just a wave in the river. Only when the waves gather together and form a giant wave that sweeps across the world can they influence the general trend and even rise to the top.

If he could help Xia Chao to move a few steps faster, that would be the limit of what he could do.

"I understand. I was too greedy."

Emperor Qizhi smiled bitterly, then his face turned serious and he said: "I will do my best to see the way forward and let the Xia Dynasty choose the right direction again."

"That's your business."

Gu Dan nodded slightly, but his eyes were looking towards the depths of the sky, which was too deep to be seen even with the divine power of the Sky Eye. "Perhaps this time, it is not our turn to choose the direction."

It's like a connection between heaven and earth.

Just like the dramatic changes in heaven and earth before.

Sometimes, many things fall on your head before you even have a chance to choose.

Whether you are willing or not, you can only go with the flow.

The strength of the Xia Dynasty will give it more opportunities, but it does not mean that it will stand forever.

"No matter what, the Xia Dynasty will become more powerful!"

When even Gu Dan felt a little helpless, Emperor Qi Zhi spoke with extraordinary confidence.

Even more confident than Gu Dan.

The aura of an emperor finally emerged from him, and his tone was so unquestionable, as if it was an order from a king to heaven and earth.

It's either like sitting in a well and looking at the sky, or like a newborn calf.

After all, this emperor of the Xia Dynasty was not a man without ambition.

He was certain that even in the new era, the Xia Dynasty would not fall behind, and would even continue to climb upward.

Because in the Xia Dynasty, there were always outstanding people who were willing to blaze new trails and work tirelessly to guide the direction forward.

"good."

Gu Dan laughed heartily and repeated in an affirmative tone: "The Xia Dynasty will definitely become more powerful."

(End of this chapter)