Chapter 105 Ziwei Starfall (6.1k please subscribe!)

The water of the river suddenly parted, and the big snakes that suddenly saw the light let out hoarse roars, hovered at the bottom of the river, and twisted violently, looking at the people on both sides of the river with their yellow-seeded snake eyes.

After a little counting, there are thirteen items in total.

The shortest among them is three to five feet long and as thick as a bucket, more than enough to swallow a living person.

It was vaguely visible that the bodies of several of the snakes were still bulging, apparently because the swallowed living creatures had not been fully digested.

When the people saw this, they stepped back in fear, fearing that they would be targeted by the big snake.

On the ten-foot high platform, Master Zhu frowned slightly.

He was a little curious as to where these things that could be called pythons came from.

Originally, he thought that some changes had occurred in the world because of his cultivation of immortality.

For example, some ghosts and fairies will appear, such as the thousand-year-old snake demon Xiaobai Xiaoqing.

But over the years, whether it is the previous transcendence of grievances or ghosts, these things can at best be regarded as supernatural phenomena. Even in the 21st century, which advocates science, some unexplainable things often happen.

However, as of now, the ones at the bottom of the Qinhuai River are just a few relatively large pythons that can eat people. They are thousands of miles away from the concept of snake demons.

"Move, move!"

Among the people, there were roars filled with fear.

I saw the big snake at the bottom of the river couldn't bear the roar of people anymore, and rushed towards the four banks crazily.

Just at this moment.

"cut."

A calm voice sounded faintly above the Qinhuai River, but it fell clearly into everyone's ears.

His Royal Highness Taisun!

When everyone realized that it was Zhu Xiongying's voice.

The sound of thirteen swords whistling through the wind suddenly started.

Thirteen golden flying swords one foot and seven inches long were seen coming out in unison, and they were nailed into the seven inches of the thirteen big snakes with incomparable precision. The big snakes all let out shrill roars, and the huge snake bodies twisted wildly.

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This set of flying swords is the reward Zhu Xiongying received when he advanced from entry level to proficiency in swordsmanship. It is called Fire Sky and has the power of fire.

"burn."

Another word.

Thirteen flying swords suddenly burst into golden flames. In just one moment, the thirteen big snakes were covered in fierce golden flames, twisting and roaring wildly. However, the roaring did not last for a few seconds, and they all turned into black ash.

All this happened in the blink of an eye, from start to finish, the total time before and after did not exceed ten breaths.

The people on both sides of the Qinhuai River had not yet reacted to the fear of the big snake, and it was already over.

Just when the people reacted and were about to praise His Majesty Taisun for his might, they discovered that Zhu Xiongying on the high platform had disappeared.

Also disappearing were the thirteen flying swords at the bottom of the river.

The Qinhuai River, which was divided into two halves, slowly returned to normal.

………………

Taisun Mansion, Diaoyutai by the Qingchi Pond.

There is a straight-hook fishing rod in front of Zhu Xiongying. Anyway, as long as you catch a fish, you will be rewarded. If you are idle, you will be idle. If you don't catch fish, you won't catch anything.

Not far away, hundreds of palace people were busy planting new peach trees and were busy. Chang Tianci was dragging the wind and thunder halberd aside and waving it as hard as possible. Every time he waved it, his muscles would twitch.

And Zhu Xiongying was lying on the rocking chair on Diaoyutai, playing with a snake tooth in his hand.

This snake demon was taken out from the ashes of the big snake at the bottom of the Qinhuai River.

When he just killed those big snakes, he deliberately used Qi to pull them and used Qimen Dunjia to gain some insight. The result was that there was no human cause and effect on these big snakes.

In other words, the appearance of these snakes in Yingtian is not man-made.

Since it is not a man-made disaster, it can only be attributed to a natural disaster.

Today, a group of big snakes swarmed into the sky. What will happen tomorrow? Tigers? A pack of wolves?

Will there be some kind of beast wave attacking the city?

Is it possible that in this dynasty, instead of a peasant uprising, there will be an uprising of all beasts?

Zhu Xiongying lightly crushed it with his fingers. The hard snake teeth were like tofu between his fingers, and were easily crushed into powder and scattered in the wind.

He looked at the few white clouds floating in the sky.

He suddenly felt.

It seems that God is always not dealing with me.

Carefully recalling the past ten years of practice, Zhu Xiongying did not deliberately care about natural disasters.

But within the borders of the Ming Dynasty, various natural disasters have indeed become more frequent, so frequent that it feels like being stabbed in the back by God.

Especially in the past two years, earthquakes, flash floods, droughts, etc. have taken turns in various areas of the Ming Dynasty. Even the imperial capital of Zhili has experienced them every now and then, and even major earthquakes have occurred in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

With Zhu Xiongying's little remaining geographical knowledge, he still barely knew the general distribution of earthquake zones. There was a shitty earthquake zone in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

But when I think about it carefully, I don’t think it’s incomprehensible.

The journey of cultivating immortality is to go against nature.

Among the hundreds of Xianxia novels that Zhu Xiongying has read, 90% have such settings, and the remaining 10% are just random studio writings.

But there was something strange about Zhu Xiongying.

It is oneself who cultivates immortality, and it is oneself who rebels against heaven. Why can't God just be targeting oneself, but why should the whole Ming Dynasty be the one to deal with the disaster?

Is it possible that in God’s definition, I, Zhu Xiongying, is the Ming Dynasty?

Is Zhu Xiongying’s fate the same as the fate of the Ming Dynasty?

He is the grandson of the Ming Emperor and the future Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Now he wants to build the Ming Dynasty into the Ming Immortal Dynasty. Originally, he was the only one who went against heaven, but now he wants to lead the entire Ming Dynasty to go against the heaven.

No wonder God can't bear it anymore. These thirteen snakes may be a warning from heaven.

Why thirteen? Warn him not to pretend to be thirteen?

Zhu Xiongying thought so, and it was indeed right.

If he were God, he couldn't bear himself and would have tried to kill himself long ago.

Because in Zhu Xiongying’s vision of the Ming Dynasty.

The most basic structural idea is to establish Zhangtianjian.

The so-called Zhang Tianjian is responsible for the weather changes in the various states in the Ming Dynasty. It consists of the Xingyu Department, the Wind and Thunder Department, etc.

To give a simple example, on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, Beiping Prefecture is a bit short of water. The local prefect can submit a note to the superior, specifying how much rainfall is needed and when. After getting approval, the Zhang Tianjian can issue

rain.

For another example, if the Shu area is too hot and needs to be cooled down, the local chief envoy can also report it to the court. After getting approval, the Zhang Tianjian can evaluate the Shu area and move the clouds to cover the sun without damaging the ecology.

In addition, Zhang Tianjian needs to make weather arrangements for various areas of the Ming Dynasty in the next three years in advance to ensure smooth weather and abundant harvests during the Ming Dynasty.

Doing this actually indirectly replaces God's control over the human world. After all, God mostly uses droughts, floods, etc. to punish the world.

Of course, these are all things later.

At the very least, you have to cultivate such a group of people first, which is also a long and laborious process.

Looking at the sky for a long time, Zhu Xiongying's thoughts gradually diverged, and finally he pondered in his heart how to complete the first task of this dual mission.

Obtain the power of three thousand incense.

The so-called incense is the power of faith.

In a sense, everyone in the world believes in God, and God accepts the incense of all people, so God can dominate the world.

However, if one day, everyone in the world no longer believes in God, but instead believes in Zhu Xiongying, then from this theoretical perspective, wouldn’t Zhu Xiongying become the ‘New Heaven’?

But here comes the question, how to gain people’s faith?

For him, the grandson of the emperor, even though he used the law to control disasters and cut snakes to show his holiness in front of others, the most he could do was make the people awe him.

Most of the belief in incense is about illusory gods and Buddhas, or ancestors who have made extraordinary achievements during their lifetime.

This kind of thing like setting up a shrine has happened in ancient times.

For example, Luan Bu in the Western Han Dynasty, Ren Yan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Di Renjie in the Tang Dynasty, Li Gu in the Song Dynasty, etc. These are all famous officials in the world and positive examples.

There is another more famous negative example, that is Wei Zhongxian.

But one thing is that these people's establishment of a living temple will not produce the power of faith.

Because when people go to the temple to offer incense to him, they are not praying for the other person to bless them, but praying for the other person to be strong and healthy, to live longer, or to pray for the other person to die early.

Obviously, Zhu Xiongying does not need anyone to pray for his good health, nor does he want others to curse him for stepping on dog shit when he goes out.
To be continued...