Picking up an Amnesiac Immortal (Part 2) "Fools."...
I saw the Immortal Lord they were talking about at the research institute.
This is a man wearing a long robe and with long hair past his shoulders.
He was locked in a huge iron cage, curled up like a cat with its fur standing on end, looking at everyone around him warily.
This cage was the one used to capture him. Twenty people worked together to draw an extremely complex soul-destroying formation on it to block the surrounding spiritual energy.
Normally, when he arrives at the special laboratory of the research institute, he should be locked in a special glass cage. The glass cage is similar to a constant temperature incubator for observing exotic pets. Not only will the environment be better, but it will also be easier for researchers to observe.
But this time, no one dared to move him from the cage to the glass cage.
Because this attacker is not only a cultivator in the fusion stage, but also a sword cultivator. Even without spiritual energy, he still has extremely strong attack power.
His body was invulnerable.
Releasing him is like releasing a heavy tank. No one can guarantee that they can control him.
It would be disastrous if he were to break out of the institute and come into contact with spiritual energy.
So they had to carry the entire cage into the isolated spiritual energy laboratory.
I walked up to observe him.
The researcher and the team leader hurriedly stopped me, "Boss, he is very aggressive, you'd better not get close to him."
I waved my hand and walked to the cage.
He assumed an extremely aggressive posture, with his pair of almond-shaped eyes staring at me intently.
As I got closer, I could see his face clearly, and I have to say, he really has a good-looking appearance.
He has phoenix eyes, thin lips, and a high nose bridge. Most importantly, his skin is excellent, without a single scar or bump, and even his pores are not clearly visible. The phrase "skin as white as cream" is vividly reflected at this moment.
Jiang Qingshu said that the first step in cultivating the Tao is to cleanse the essence and marrow. By then, all the filth in the body will be driven out of the body. Pigmentation on the skin caused by acne, injuries, and aging is also a kind of filth and will be discharged from the body along with the cleansing of the essence and marrow.
I am looking forward to the day when spiritual energy fully recovers.
When the Immortal Lord saw that I just stopped in front of him and realized that I had no ill intentions, he relaxed his movements a little, stretched his body, and immediately his spring scenery was exposed.
He was still wearing the robe he had been wearing when he was captured.
Jiang Qingshu said that this was a fairy robe with an array embroidered on it with spiritual thread, which could protect the robe from water, fire, swords and guns.
This dress does have a special luster. It looks like just a simple white dress, but under the light, it seems to be covered with a layer of mist. When the sunlight shines directly, you can vaguely see the colorful light.
I guess this must be the colorful white.
Unfortunately, this set of clothes has become tattered in the backlash and fighting, like the scraps of cloth on the head of a mop. Even if it is used to mop the floor in the company, the cleaning team will dislike it because it loses hair.
Because of the extreme alertness of the Immortal Team outside, no one could get close to him, and the clothes thrown to him were torn into pieces by him, so he was still wearing this snow-white mop cloth. If he moved a little, his body could be vaguely seen.
For example, now, because he changed his posture to observe me, his strong biceps and triceps were exposed.
His muscles are so well developed that he seems to be very unromantic. When he posts it on social networking sites, his private messages will be flooded with comments from boys.
It can be seen that he, a sword cultivator, is not adulterating at all when practicing.
Letting him out of the cage and letting a group of researchers whose awakened superpowers are "brain enhancement", "photographic memory" and "digital sensitivity" fight him is no different from releasing a wolf among the sheep.
However, no matter how strong a person is, he cannot be naked. It is outrageous for this person to expose his body in public in broad daylight.
I don’t know if the Immortal Venerable noticed my thoughts, but the look he gave me became ferocious, like a vicious dog.
I don't have much experience in staring into the eyes of vicious dogs. After all, most of the dogs that come in front of me are human-like and loyal to their owners.
But there is no need for any experience to deal with him. He is locked in a cage and cannot move. What experience is needed?
I looked at him and said to the researcher next to me, "Bring the clothes made of explosion-proof material."
These clothes were made with the help of the psychic whose clothes explode from time to time.
I knocked on the cage. "Put on your clothes properly."
He still glared at me fiercely.
I threw my clothes in, and at the moment the electric net of the closed cage was closed, he suddenly jumped up and tried to attack me from the gaps in the alloy, but was blocked by the formation that allowed him to enter but not exit.
The clothes fell to the bottom of the cage.
He was enraged and threw himself at the garment.
Clothes made of explosion-proof materials are tougher than ordinary clothes. If calculated according to the effectiveness in the world of cultivation, it is roughly equivalent to a low-level robe, so he tore it into pieces, using quite a bit of strength.
After about ten minutes, the clothes became a pile of rags. I watched him tearing off the last sleeve and inexplicably thought of the Husky.
This immortal is a good candidate for demolition.
If it weren't for his status, I would have wanted him to join the demolition team. He alone can take on the responsibility of an entire demolition team, and even save fuel for the machines.
Is this the reason why technology in the cultivation world is underdeveloped?
If this is true, then the living standards of ordinary people in the world of cultivation should be very high.
The Immortal Master was still struggling with the rags, so I simply asked Jiang Qingshu.
Jiang Qingshu shook his head, "Impossible."
“In fact, in the ancient world of cultivation, ordinary people without spiritual roots lived worse than our country did in the era when there was no spiritual energy.”
The captain looked a little serious and glanced at me. I nodded, and he asked, "Is it because the cultivators relied on their strength to slaughter ordinary people?"
"No one cares?"
Jiang Qingshu sighed softly, "Of course someone is in charge."
"But whether it's the law enforcement department of the immortal cultivators or those famous and upright sects, they only care about the bloody massacres of mortals. Who will take care of the killing of just one or two ordinary people? How will it be handled? Ordinary people don't even have the opportunity to contact the law enforcement department, so how can they seek justice for themselves?"
"It's just like an old saying - if a prince breaks the law, he is punished just like a commoner."
"It sounds exciting, but how many people throughout history have truly been 'guilty of the same crime'?"
"Let's be frank. Cultivators don't consider themselves and mortals to be of the same species. In their eyes, mortals are nothing more than a group of cats and dogs. If they want to crush them to death, then so be it. Who would make a big fuss to seek justice for these cats and dogs?"
The captain was incredulous, "But this is a human life! The cultivators were also mortals before they drew the Qi into their bodies!"
Jiang Qingshu asked back, "Will people who abuse and kill cats and dogs pay with their lives?"
The captain was stunned.
Jiang Qingshu smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes.
"Or, let me put it another way."
“Is it illegal to torture and kill wild cats and dogs?”
The captain spoke with a difficult tone, "…There is no such provision in the law at present."
Jiang Qingshu lowered his eyes, "In the eyes of immortal cultivators, mortals are just like these little cats and dogs."
"Even if they massacre mortals on a large scale, they will be hunted down by the law enforcement department because it is against the harmony of heaven. They are worried that heaven will punish them. They are worried that there are no mortals and tributes here. They are worried that the resentment and negative energy of tens of thousands of people who died in vain will condense into monsters that are not easy to deal with and threaten themselves. They are even more worried that the massacrer is a demon cultivator who has practiced evil skills, and that a great demon will appear in the future to disrupt the world of cultivation."
The captain said with difficulty, "But mortals are still human beings after all, just like immortal cultivators. Among them, there may be some with superb talents."
Jiang Qingshu said calmly, "In ancient times, the life span of ordinary people was no more than forty years. Once a cultivator entered the Qi training stage, his life span increased to a hundred years. When he entered the foundation building stage, his life span increased to two hundred years. When he entered the golden elixir stage, his life span increased to three hundred years. When he entered the Nascent Soul stage, his life span increased to five hundred years. When he entered the Incarnation stage, his life span increased to one thousand years. When he entered the Fusion stage, his life span increased to five thousand years..."
"Do you think that immortal cultivators still feel that they are the same species as mortals?"
"Besides, a rough jade is still a rough jade after all. Once it is smashed, it will just be a pile of worthless stones."
"Among the immortal cultivators, there are many geniuses, but few living geniuses. Only living geniuses are called geniuses."
Jiang Qingshu looked at the Immortal in the cage with a hint of disgust on his face.
"Besides that, the ones who make it difficult for mortals to move forward are not only the immortal cultivators, but also the emperors of the world."
"In the era without spiritual energy, the emperor's alchemy and search for immortality would cause turmoil and even the destruction of the country, not to mention the era with spiritual energy--"
"The emperor of this era can actually seek immortals and medicine, and even ascend to heaven."
Jiang Qingshu laughed sarcastically, "Almost any social structure is like this. People with greater abilities enjoy more privileges, so over time, classes are born. After classes are born, the ability to divide classes becomes less important."
“The group of people standing at the top of the social pyramid are the ones who can call the shots and enjoy supreme power.”
"This group of people were emperors in the period without spiritual energy, and they were cultivators in the period with spiritual energy."
"He is clearly the 'True Dragon Son of Heaven' in the human world, but in front of the cultivators, he becomes inferior. No emperor can tolerate such a gap."
"So most emperors in the spiritual energy period would choose to cultivate immortality."
"The emperor carries the energy of the dragon. If he wants to cultivate immortality, he can only cultivate the great way of the emperor. The more people support him, the closer he is to the great way."
The captain couldn't help but ask, "If you want to win the hearts of the people, shouldn't you be a wise ruler and let the people live and work in peace and contentment?"
"Because it is easy to be a tyrant but difficult to be a wise ruler," I said.
Jiang Qingshu nodded, "That's right. It's much easier to be a tyrant than a wise ruler praised by everyone."
"The position of emperor is the easiest to practice evil skills. Whether it is maliciously launching a war, causing large-scale deaths, or oppressing the people and absorbing their resentment, it is an easy and quick choice."
"Evil skills are easier to practice than orthodox skills, and the qualifications required are very low. Most importantly, the practice speed is fast."
"Especially the qualifications and speed."
"Many people cannot cultivate immortality because they are stuck at the level of aptitude."
"But some evil skills do not require qualifications to practice. They only require resentment and human lives."
"Once the Qi is successfully drawn into the body, the life span will increase to 100 years. Which emperor would not be tempted by this? "
"Even some wise rulers would choose to practice evil skills in their later years."
"They feel that sacrificing some people to extend their own lifespan is worthwhile, because if they stay on the throne, they can provide a better environment for the surviving people and realize their own eternal hegemony."
"But wise rulers who think this way often forget their original intentions in the end and become evil cultivators who only pursue immortality."
The captain pursed his lips tightly, his face solemn.
I said, "Perhaps these are not the fundamental reasons why ordinary people live a bad life? After all, demonic cultivators are rare, and there shouldn't be many emperors who choose to practice evil skills. If every emperor was like this, the imperial system would have ended long ago."
Jiang Qingshu turned his gaze from the Immortal Lord who had been staring at me in the cage and had become quiet at some point, to me.
"As expected of the president."
I smiled and said, "What really makes ordinary people's lives difficult is class oppression, right?"
"That's right."
"If I didn't know your background, I would have thought you came back from ancient times."
"It's just because, if the people at the top are unkind, the fate of the people at the bottom will be similar."
Jiang Qingshu sighed again and looked at the captain.
"Do you think that those immortal cultivators, who all have magic, can easily make the people in their territories live well as long as they can use it for farming and disaster relief?"
"No."
The captain pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice, "…Because they simply don't bother to use their magic on ordinary people."
Jiang Qingshu, "You guessed half right."
"Not only will they not help ordinary people live a good life, they will also collect tributes, under the pretext that if ordinary people pay tributes, they will bless ordinary people."
"Immortals don't take care of farming. In their eyes, mortals need half a year to harvest crops, which can be done with just a flick of the finger. If a natural disaster occurs and no crops are harvested, the cultivators will not intervene. They say that they can't interfere in mortal affairs, so as not to be affected by karma, but in fact, it is because they think that mortals are not worthy of their trouble."
"Even if the people in the territory starved to death in order to pay the tribute, they would just say 'it's useless' when they heard about it."
"Even if there are good weather and good harvests for several years in a row, some of them will deliberately release wild beasts and floods to destroy the crops, and then appear to subdue them, so as to gain the gratitude of the mortals on the land and make them more willing to pay tribute."
The captain gritted his teeth, "They are worse than beasts! No wonder there are so few people who have ascended to become immortals throughout history. How can they ascend if they focus on things like this all day long!"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Qingshu was silent for a long while before continuing, "But they will not be punished by the Law Enforcement Department for doing this. Just like boiling a frog in warm water, they let the mortals suffer and gradually adapt. Occasionally, they are given a little sweetness so that they can continue to be oppressed. Without resistance, there will be no bloodshed, and no one will pay attention to these mortals."
"They just think that they were born humble and the suffering they endured was what they had to endure. No one would consider resisting."
"Do you know about the policy of keeping the people ignorant?" Jiang Qingshu suddenly asked.
"I know." The captain had a bad feeling when he heard this.
Sure enough, Jiang Qingshu then said, "Later, those emperors found that being a tyrant or a tyrant could solve their troubles temporarily, but it was almost impossible to ascend to heaven. More emperors failed to grasp the timing and attracted thunder tribulations, and died. Even if they successfully drew qi into their bodies and became demon cultivators, they might be killed by a passing 'meddling' cultivator."
“Even if they can avoid all the above problems, their room for advancement is not high.”
"Of those who can become emperors, few have light desires."
"After they draw the Qi into their bodies, they will want to build a foundation. After building a foundation, they will want to build a golden elixir, a primordial infant... until they ascend to heaven."
"Becoming a demon cultivator almost cuts off your path to ascension."
"So they thought about it and came up with a way to 'easily' become a wise ruler—"
"Fools."
"Destroy the wisdom of the people, get rid of their will, and make the people stupid."
“The more education people receive, the more they know, the better they can distinguish right from wrong, and the harder it is to win the hearts and minds of the people.”
"The people will think, explore, and take the initiative to determine whether the monarch's actions are right or wrong."
"So it became increasingly difficult to pressure the people to admit that the one in the imperial city was a wise and enlightened monarch."
“So, they started to implement a policy of keeping the people ignorant.”
"They don't want intelligent mortals, they just want a bunch of obedient puppets."
"Puppets do not need to have a future, nor do they need to have their own consciousness. They only need to listen to the monarch's instructions and offer the monarch the precious hearts of the people."
“This is stupid people.”
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