Chapter 352: To the Holy

That kind of fate is called the Nine-Five Fate.

It is also a very unusual Son of Heaven Fate.

At the same time, it is the pre-fate of the Nine-Dragon Fate.

After the "Nine-Five Fate" takes shape, it represents that he will condense five protective law red dragons in a short period of time.

Zhang Jian is also extremely satisfied with this.

According to the inheritance information in the "Nine Dragons True Scripture", after the "Nine-Five Fate" condenses and takes shape, it represents that this Yuanshen Immortal Law can be directly cultivated to the Immortal Realm.

It contains the profound mysteries of the Immortal Dao, and its power is astonishing.

……

Time flows away like flowing water.

Eight years pass in the blink of an eye.

Generally speaking, the Great Qian has been in constant turmoil, with many vassal kings falling into the dust, and the beacon fires of the people's armies have also risen and fallen repeatedly.

But none have been able to stir up any major waves.

The Marquis of Zhenbei, An Ruming, has become the nightmare of the powerful clans of all commanderies; leading the Shen Ce Army in eastern and western campaigns, suppressing smoke and dust, and the beacon fires are countless.

In private, many powerful clans secretly call him the Executioner, King Yan An, and fear him like a tiger.

In these eight years, the court has not only produced one An Ruming.

For these eight years, in the court of Great Qian, shining stars have emerged one after another: Zhao Qianshan, Zhang Lu, Song Yingzhen, Zhao Yu, and in literature there is Wang Xiao, Wang Qingzhou, Peng Yuanzu, Kou Huaiheng, and many other young talents have emerged.

However, what ultimately allowed the rising and falling beacon fires to be quelled was the continuous selection of various fruit and vegetable seeds, and five grains and miscellaneous cereals, by the Prime Minister's mansion.

Seeds of rice, millet, foxtail millet, barley, wheat, melons, and many other types have been continuously optimized, and yields have significantly increased.

The increase is not small.

At least fifty percent or more.

Similar to ordinary yellow soybeans yielding over three hundred jin per mu, after seed optimization, insect and cold resistance, the yield per mu reaches nearly five hundred jin.

Although the main use of yellow soybeans in Great Qian is to feed horses and livestock, the value demonstrated is still enough to cause an uproar among the people.

Moreover, the optimized japonica rice, sorghum, millet, and rice grains have seen yield increases that are considered heavenly auspicious signs.

Adding to this, several sects among the people have intentionally or unintentionally secretly praised it, such as the Red Lotus Dao, even calling Prime Minister Zhang Jian the descent of a sage, the manifestation of the Dao Venerable.

Countless believers firmly believe in this.

If not for the descent of a sage and the manifestation of the Dao Venerable, how could one optimize so many five grains and miscellaneous cereal seeds, sustaining hundreds of millions of lives?

But for the powerful clans, this situation was completely unexpected.

The foundation of the powerful clans lies in the countless common people; when the people cannot eat enough and live from day to day, they join the powerful clans' camps, willingly selling their lives for food and warmth.

Now, with many types of five grains and miscellaneous cereals, fruits and vegetables yielding abundantly, and eating one's fill gradually ceasing to be a problem, many ambitious powerful clans naturally are dissatisfied with this situation.

This will undermine their foundation.

Some powerful clans, and even local gentry, have begun to take countermeasures, spreading rumors, and even inciting local officials to tighten exploitation and plunder the fruits of the court's agricultural reforms.

For such local gentry, the court shows no mercy.

Once verified, they immediately confiscate property and exterminate the clan, while simultaneously conducting public trials and executions.

In this process, the court will also re-envoys special envoys to inspect fields, measure land, and implement the "Equal Field System"!

And this process is deeply welcomed by countless common people.

This move greatly intimidated a part of the local powerful clans, causing many powerful clans to dare not oppose the court's decrees anymore.

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On the Observing Heaven Terrace, Daoist Jingming has been nurturing his life and resting during this period.

The mundane objects in the Divine Cavity Observatory have been completely handed over to Daoist Heying, and part of the "Prime Minister's Faction" within the observatory has taken over.

On the great ancient terrace, Daoist Jingming's clothes flutter in the wind; he discovers that after not using his magical power, his Dao heart, while being tempered, actually trends toward perfection.

At this moment, before him there is also a small sandalwood table, on which a small jar of spiritual tea is placed; this is spiritual tea offered by other cultivators to the Prime Minister's mansion and then transferred over.

This kind of spiritual tea is also extremely rare.

Beside him are two screens; at this moment, one side of the two screens hangs the Bodhi poem from the Jingtai Hall.

"The body is the Bodhi tree, the mind like a bright mirror stand; constantly diligent in wiping and cleaning, do not let dust arise."

This poem, after the demise of Emperor Jingwu, Daoist Jingming requested and obtained it.

On the other screen is hung another poem.

"Bodhi originally has no tree, the bright mirror is also not a stand. Originally there is not one thing; where can dust arise?"

This was gifted by Prime Minister Zhang Jian eight years ago.

Daoist Jingming constantly contemplates it, benefiting greatly.

At this moment, from the Observing Heaven Terrace, he gazes toward the direction of the imperial city.

In the imperial city, carriages and horses flow like water and dragons, merchants from all places come and go without cease.

It does not look at all like the scene of a dynasty's end.

Eight years of governance have exchanged for abundant resources and prosperous people, with hearts returning.

"Prime Minister Zhang, Scholar Zhang..."

Daoist Jingming murmurs softly, his eyes showing some complex color.

The other party is indeed a worldly sage.

Such a means of turning clouds and rain is only something this sage can accomplish.

Even though he is himself a cultivator, Daoist Jingming feels admiration from the depths of his heart.

At the same time, Daoist Jingming also knows that as the people's hearts return, the civil and military officials of the court gradually turn their hearts, and the other party fears that he will soon take the final step.

"We too shall finally be liberated!"

Jingming Daoist smiled faintly in his heart, but the feeling of entrusting his life to another's hands was not pleasant.

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Inside the Prime Minister's Mansion

The vast Huangting Blessed Land was filled with layers of purple qi, and the radiance of the blessed land shone down upon the void and the dharma realm.

The immense power of the Huangting Blessed Land radiated throughout the entire Haojing City.

Thanks to its existence, over these eight years, the entire Haojing City, both high and low, has seen all evil spirits retreat and ghosts and spirits find it difficult to invade.

The vast dragon veins, and the mysterious, dark heavenly pure air from the depths of the void shining down, have filled the Huangting Blessed Land with a layer of thick purple qi, as if another heaven and earth had been created.

The sun, moon, and stars hang high.

And within that great sun, there is another vast divine office, from which fierce power bursts forth, gently caressing the earth.

And at the center of the blessed land, beneath a large jujube tree, the tree shadows are lush and green, the leaf veins swaying.

Looking closely, within its leaf veins, as if countless emerald-green life-force runes flow and turn, and each jujube fruit is crystal clear.

Nourished by the mighty earth qi of Haojing City inside and out, this jujube tree has grown even more tall and elegant, spirited!

But at this very moment, within the blessed land, a fierce white light shot straight up into the heavens, and in an instant it actually broke through the blessed land's dharma realm, plunging deep into the mysterious depths of the void.

Zhang Jian closed his eyes, with an ancient book placed before him, yet his whole body was surrounded by a layer of intense righteous qi, as if the substantive righteous qi emanating from his body merged with the righteous atmosphere between heaven and earth.

The vast righteous qi, like an ocean, resonated with him, forcibly absorbing and integrating into the depths of his heart mansion the 'Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart' within his body.

At that moment, the jade-white Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart began to transform, with threads of colored light bursting forth from within.

The milky-white righteous fire was turning into seven-colored fire.

After more than twenty years, his 'Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart' was finally about to reach completion.

Establishing virtue, establishing merit, establishing words—these three immortal achievements were accomplished, and added to the great achievement of nurturing countless lives, countless righteous qi flowed into him, and he finally cultivated this most sacred sage's heart.

He was about to become a sage!

Under countless righteous qi, Zhang Jian's expression revealed a smile.

Before he had taken the final step, at this moment he was indeed a sage.