Western Regions, Loulan City
Rammed earth is continuous, and marble ruins are everywhere. Through the fragments, you can see countless exquisite carvings and words, from which you can glimpse the glory of the past. The statue of the Father is in pieces, and half of the huge head is buried in the soil.
Half of the eye was buried in the green grass and soil, and vines climbed up along the collarbone, adding a touch of green to the marble sculpture.
This is the most prosperous ancient religious city in the Western Regions besides the Holy Religion. It was once the largest palace complex in the world, with 224 palaces and a total of 35,000 rooms. The oldest of them can be traced back a thousand years ago.
Religion and faith run through human history, and almost all early written records are related to faith, and China is no exception. For example, the Shang Dynasty was superstitious about divination and ruled the country with ghosts and gods, and all state affairs had to be divinated by tortoise shells and yarrow stalks.
The Western Regions Holy Church was once like the divination of the Shang Dynasty, which could determine the succession of the thrones of the kings and the rise and fall of a country. Every king of the thirty-six countries had to ask the Holy Church for approval if he wanted to succeed.
This was its peak and also the beginning of its decline.
After the birth of modern science, all religions in the world, including the Holy Church, have experienced a great decline. Some scholars call it the de-theism movement, which means to break away from the rule of gods, put science first, and put people first.
This is the inevitable development of the times. Science and technology, to a certain extent, are the work of gods performed by mortal men.
But unlike the witches of Shenzhou, the Holy Church survived and had considerable influence. Because of this, it ushered in a second spring in the era of spiritual revival. Countless reincarnations took a fancy to his beliefs and fought for them.
The extraordinary power from the cultivation world pushed the Holy Church to another peak. Now it controls the entire Western Region and completely controls all regions through the sect. But everything has a price. The so-called Holy Church members have all been slaughtered, and this magnificent holy city has also been destroyed.
At the beginning, the Western Regions were not favored by the Immortal Era, and there was no sword immortal who could suppress everything. Even if they were only at the foundation-building stage, these powerful cultivators from various eras could still play around with mortals.
With a single move, he could easily control the decision-making level of the entire government, and then control the entire region. The first person who used this method against the mortal government officials was said to have controlled a region of 50 million people with only Qi Refining skills.
No matter how powerful modern weapons are, they are ultimately used by people. As long as a small number of people are controlled, the army can be controlled. This also prompted Shenzhou to develop ideological engineering technology, and achieved good results.
Half of the grand hall in the center of Loulan City was missing, and there was a big hole in the ceiling, which had not been repaired so far. Sunlight shone in through the hole in the ceiling, and inside was an oval long table.
There were all kinds of people sitting in front of the long table, some of them wearing Taoist robes and looking calm and cheerful, some were wearing clothes reeking of medicine, and some were bathed in incense.
Their clothes and appearance are not like those of modern people, but have some shadows of ancient Chinese clothing. The early people had doubts about them, which involved fear of China and religious hatred of heresy, which inevitably caused some waves.
At first, they announced to the public that they were wearing the oldest and most sacred ancient Greek clothing, etc. Now it is a symbol of status and identity, and at this point, the reincarnated people don't need to hide.
As for this outfit, it is actually as described on the Internet, belonging to the style of Shenzhou. To be more precise, it is the clothing popular in the cultivation world and ancient times. Although it is not as fairy-like as the immortal era, the overall style is consistent.
But so what?
In the past 10 years, the great cultivators have already taken control of the entire Western Region, and the entire government is their personal property. Now, even without relying on the magic of bewitching, their disciples alone can rule the entire region. And this process is very smooth. Those high-ranking officials, oligarchs, and wealthy people almost scrambled for land to join them.
The temptation of immortality is not something that everyone can resist. Cultivation can allow them to live for hundreds or thousands of years, and allow them to drink and play with women at the age of 100. They can avoid the aging and pain of the mortal body and enjoy life to the fullest.
The atmosphere on the stone table, which was said to be hundreds of years old, was extremely depressing. The bigwigs who controlled various regions in the Western Regions lowered their heads slightly and hid their faces in the shadows.
"Yunhai Kunpeng enters the Western Region..."
"According to the information we know so far, these are all the top masters of the Immortal Dao era, including the Living Immortal, the Sword Immortal, the Taoist Qingxuan, the Monk Du Shi, and the Fairy Taiyin."
"This is too much!" Someone suddenly shouted angrily, "It's ok to occupy the spiritual land of Shenzhou, but now you are brazenly stepping on our faces!"
The invisible pressure spread, and the few remaining stained glass windows in the magnificent church hummed, as if they could break at any time. The priest outside the hall trembled on his knees, and finally slowly collapsed to the ground.
"What do they want to do?! They want us to surrender to them?"
"Taoist Qingjian, Fairy Wu, and Old Monster Taohua are dead. The one who attacked was Du Shi from the Divine Land Immortal Dao. We must fight back. Those cultivators who are only at the Nascent Soul stage cannot stop them at all."
“Although everyone is a golden elixir, their magical powers and spells are not based on their cultivation level, and their understanding of Tao is also very different.”
The crowd was excited. Everyone present was at least a dominant overlord in their previous life. It was impossible for them to not have any ambition. There were only a few people who could achieve the Nascent Soul stage. How could they bear this grievance?
"Who among you fellow Taoists will lead the charge?"
I don't know who said this, but everyone fell silent.
The answer is of course no. Many people present can compete with Qingxuan Dushi and his ilk. Not to say that they are absolutely sure to defeat the other party, but at least they can compete with them.
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