After leaving Dali, the two did not go directly to the Western Regions, but first found an inn to stay in and help Xiaolongnu recover.
After staying there for three full days, Xiaolongnu finally recovered completely from the battle with Yideng. She walked out of the room and enjoyed delicious food with Difan in the inn lobby.
"Brother,"
Halfway through the meal, Xiao Longnu asked, "Where do you think we should go next? Peach Blossom Island, or the Ming Cult?"
Di Fan laughed and said, "Do we still need to go to Peach Blossom Island? Island Master Huang has long since retired from worldly affairs, leaving the management of Peach Blossom Island to his children and grandchildren. To put it simply, Peach Blossom Island, like the Beggars' Sect, has been recaptured... We have already defeated Shaolin, Dali, and the Central Plains martial arts world, and have proven invincible. Now all we need to do is go after the Ming Cult!"
"Ming Cult..."
Xiao Longnu frowned slightly. "It's just a new force. Is it worth your attention, Big Brother?"
"Who said the Ming Sect is just a new force?" Di Fan said with a smile, "If you underestimate this sect, you'll suffer a loss."
After saying that, Di Fan shook his finger in a pretentious manner and said no more… Little did he know that everything he was thinking in his heart had already been heard by his junior sister, without missing a single word!
[Haha, Junior Sister, you definitely wouldn't have guessed that after the Ming Cult spread from Persia to the Central Plains, its first leader was Fang La from the Northern Song Dynasty!]
Although the imperial court later recaptured the Liangshan heroes and used their power to crush Fang La's rebels, the core forces still retained the vast majority of their main forces. They retreated to Kunlun Mountain in the Western Regions and established Guangmingding, calling themselves the Ming Cult. Their goal was to overthrow the corrupt Song Dynasty and rebuild the world...
Unfortunately, with the Ming Cult's many years of foundation, they could have gathered the Left and Right Envoys, the Four Dharma Kings, the Five Wanderers, and the Five Elements Flags... but the Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, and the people were in great sorrow. All they needed to do was raise a banner of rebellion to establish a dynasty. However, they encountered two treacherous leaders in succession, who gave this promising sect away to Zhu Yuanzhang...
[A Yang Dingtian, not only was he cuckolded, but he was also tricked to death; a Zhang Wuji, with his Tianhu hand and great fortune, only loved beauty and not the country, and he didn't care about the suffering of the people...]
[What a shame, how sad, how lamentable! I just don't know who the current leader is...]
Di Fan’s thoughts contained a huge amount of information, but Xiaolongnu, who had been eavesdropping for many years, was able to extract a few key points from it!
1. The Ming Cult has sufficient manpower and abundant financial resources. They have been rebelling for hundreds of years and have sufficient conditions and experience for rebellion!
Second, the leaders of the Ming Cult are all very bad... well, just like the future Yang Dingtian and Zhang Wuji...
3. The Ming Cult has many experts, and their combat power is outstanding...
In short, in short, Xiaolongnu came to the conclusion that this trip to Kunlun Mountain must accept the Ming Cult!
"Since Senior Brother said so, then the Ming Cult must have something extraordinary..."
Xiao Longnu smiled, but didn't expose Di Fan's little thoughts... It was just a joke between her senior brothers and sisters. She didn't want to be like Wu Zetian in the future, a lonely woman...
"Okay, then speed up and try to reach Kunlun Mountain within ten days!"
"Okay, Senior Brother. I'm bored on the road, so why don't you tell me the legendary story of Wu Zetian..."
"No problem. I'll tell you about the Wu Zhou Tianshu, the cruel official law, and the many stories about Wu Zetian who seemed cruel but protected the people to the greatest extent..."
Di Fan nodded in response.
[Well, we need to include some of the policies of later generations like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di that benefited the country and the people in the story of Wu Zetian... well, we can't let go of the policies of the Song Dynasty either.]
After all, although the Song Dynasty was weak, it was also truly rich. If it could share its wealth with the people and integrate the advantages of all the feudal dynasties... I really want to know what kind of world Junior Sister could create!
[Oh, by the way, Qing Dynasty, can’t add...]
As Di Fan ate his breakfast, his mind was filled with thoughts of how to create a perfect Wu Zetian for Xiao Longnu... a cold, ruthless, people-loving, patriotic, loyal, yet also full of charm...
Xiaolongnu blinked and didn't expose him... The Wu Zetian that senior brother mentioned must be a very perfect emperor, right?
No, I want to make the empress that my senior brother talked about come true! I want to become that perfect empress!
.....................
Ten days passed quickly... These days, apart from rushing on the road, Di Fan was constantly instilling his thoughts into Xiao Longnu.
There are the twenty-four-character mantras from later generations, the five stresses and four beauties, the three major disciplines and eight points of attention in the military... There are the political tactics that a female emperor in a feudal dynasty must have, and methods on how to win back famous ministers and generals.
When he talked about his excitement, he even brought out the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms!
Of course, what Di Fan mainly talks about is not the strategies of military generals, but how Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Liu Bei recruited famous generals and counselors.
Xiao Longnu silently summarized what Di Fan had said in her mind. It was like a blank piece of paper, gradually filled with patterns and colors as Di Fan described it...
As Bright Summit got closer, Xiaolongnu also had a clear understanding and plan of how to ascend to the throne of the empress in the future. She was even more amazed at her senior brother's strategy and depth of knowledge!
It turns out that the immortals in the upper realm, in addition to cultivation, also have to learn so much knowledge?
(PS: Difan: I'm not exaggerating, but our high school seniors in Flower Growing Family are incredibly knowledgeable, capable of trigonometric calculations and solving equations, solving number series and memorizing historical chronologies, speaking fluent English and reciting elegant ancient poetry, knowing every encyclopedia of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign humanities, and mastering circuit diagram experiments. Their writing is truly exceptional! Just a little bit of dragon-slaying magic, wouldn't that be effortless for them?)
When they reached the foot of Kunlun Mountain, Di Fan's story was completely finished... As for whether the junior sister could understand it, Di Fan believed that with her photographic memory and comprehension, what he said would definitely be remembered by her.
Putting aside the knowledge aspect, the brother and sister rode their horses slowly to the foot of the mountain. When they were about to abandon the horses and start to climb the mountain according to the old rules... suddenly, a burly man rolled out from the grass and blocked their way.
"Tu Wu, the leader of the Earthly Banner of the Ming Cult, greets Miss Long, leader of the Central Plains Martial Arts Alliance, and Mr. Di, the deputy leader."
Di Fan blinked. Tuwu, this name is quite interesting!
"Your name is Earth Five. Are you one of the other flag masters within the Five Elements Flag, namely Gold One, Wood Two, Water Three, and Fire Four?"
"Mr. Emperor is wise. The leaders of the Five Elements Flags are all orphans, so they are named after them."
Tu Wu made no secret of it and bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly, indicating that what Di Fan said was right.
Di Fan had never imagined that a simple joke could actually reveal the rules of the Five Elements Flag! But precisely because of this, Di Fan's opinion of the Ming Cult rose even higher!
[As expected of the Ming Cult in its early stages, they're so focused on rebellion, and they've really taken it to the extreme!]
[Subdue the orphans and use them as a foundation... Tsk tsk, they're constantly talking about overthrowing the Song Dynasty...]
[What a pity for Fang La! If it weren't for that idiot Song Jiang, the Song Dynasty might have really been destroyed by Fang La...]
(PS: The history used here is the Water Margin Romance, not the authentic history!)
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