Chapter 734: Aftermath

A thunderclap in the clear sky, Bai Lang shone and exited. This person had enough to be in the "History of Ming" and have his own independent "Biography of Bai Lang," and not only was there a biography, but even in the "Annals of Jiajing," there was a heavy stroke. As for the biographies of others, and even the records and tables, there were descriptions of him. And in the private history and notes handed down by people of the time, this Junior Guardian Bai, Pillar of the State Bai, was also a hot spot.

Because he might be the only official in the Great Ming confirmed to have achieved immortality, he declared that he was going to heaven to return to his position in full view of the public, and he did indeed rise and disappear in the thunder light in broad daylight. The position he achieved was the White Tiger Star Lord. Therefore, whether in the imperial court or among the people, everyone agreed that this person was the White Tiger Star Lord descending to the world. Bai Lang, courtesy name Yuzhu, from Huayin...

Whether in the biography or in the notes, it highlighted this person's rare martial bravery, which was of course the proof of the White Tiger Star Lord. He himself might be the person who beheaded the most in the Great Ming, and the Mongol cavalry he killed with his own hands when charging into the formation was at least a thousand. Anyway, in the notes, this person was a manifestation, and even after he left and returned to his position, there were legends of manifestation in the Wanli and Tianqi years.

Of course, Jiajing Emperor and the subsequent Ming Emperors also gave him various honorary titles in the following years—Jiajing probably still hoped that this White Tiger Star Lord could pull him up. Anyway, if the White Tiger Star Lord was an official in his imperial court, wouldn't he, Jiajing, be the Heavenly Emperor? Of course, the subsequent Emperors were probably the same. Who knows? The treatment of Bai Xu Shi and the others he left behind was quite good, and each of them enjoyed their natural life.

And Jiajing Emperor was said to be full of sourness, it seemed that Bai Xu Shi was young and didn't look like she would die soon, especially dying before him. Otherwise, this White Tiger Star Lord said he would take people away. If he, Jiajing, was also present when he took people away and said a word, wouldn't he be able to ascend to heaven together and enjoy long life? He didn't dare to secretly give Bai Xu Shi death, and didn't even dare to let Grand Secretary Xu hint at Bai Xu Shi to follow him in death—this matter would provoke the White Tiger Star Lord, and wouldn't everyone be finished?

Bai Lang had a tomb of clothes and hats, and even a temple. Jiajing even put Bai Lang's tomb and temple next to his Yongling, just hoping that Bai Lang would pull him. As for the Bai Lang temples in Huayin County, Datong, and Wenzhou, they were all called White Tiger Star Lord Temples. The problem was that the Bai Lang statues in these places all looked different.

In modern times, there was also a big news—that was, when the Palace Museum conducted a large-scale cleaning and inspection, it suddenly discovered many portraits of officials collected in the palace. In the Jiajing years of the Great Ming, Western painting methods had already been introduced to China, so the front portraits of officials were also very fine and had perspective, and even pigments were introduced, and oil painting techniques were absorbed. These paintings were well preserved, but the cultural relics in the Palace Museum were as vast as the sea, and it was possible that many things had been left in a warehouse for a hundred years without seeing the light of day.

Among them, there were many famous ministers of the Great Ming. As for the portraits of the Great Ming Emperors, they had been known for a long time, and almost all the Emperors' looks were known now—although the portraits were definitely beautified, at least the general framework and facial features should be no problem. This time, many of the palace collection portraits of the Jiajing period were turned out. Giving portraits to officials of the dynasty was also one of the benefits of the Great Ming imperial court, and sometimes there was more than one.

There were many Great Ming officials who would also ask Western painters to paint portraits during their daily interactions, such as group portraits when peers gathered.

These portraits were cleaned and registered one by one, and everyone saw some characters in the biography that they hadn't seen before, and someone suddenly shouted, "Damn! White Tiger Star Lord!" The portrait was exactly when Bai Lang was reporting his duties in the Capital before taking office as Datong Prefect. In the portrait, Bai Lang sat on a grand master's chair, his right arm wearing mountain-pattern mail armor with a swallowing mouth, his left arm and half body wearing a third-rank red official robe, and his head was just a soft turban, not wearing a black gauze hat or a helmet.

The boots exposed on his feet were also military boots with armor, and this civil-military sleeve attire was surprisingly suitable for this guy. From the portrait, one could also see that Bai Lang's body was long and big, his face was firm and majestic, especially a pair of thick hanging eyebrows and a tiger beard that opened, people whose beards grew like this must be peerless fierce generals... "So this is what Bai Lang, Bai Yuzhu, Bai Pillar of the State looks like, wait, there is a year next to it, he was not even thirty years old at this time."

This was the biggest news that broke out in the Palace Museum this year. Of course, it was not as exaggerated and sensational as the discovery of the tomb of Bai Lang in the late Han and Three Kingdoms period in another world, but it could be considered a fairly big news. Similarly, with the passage of time, the level of martial arts was getting lower and lower, but in this era, it was still possible to practice internal force and reach the level of Yilin or Huashan Lu Dayou back then at the highest.

Even so, facing ordinary people, it was enough to say "extraordinary," after all, it was almost equivalent to a physical bonus of more than double that of ordinary people. Especially since internal force had attributes, more things could be done—frying fish with palms was also possible, it was just that it consumed true Qi and wasn't worth it. Therefore, the records about Bai Lang in the history books were generally considered to be mostly realistic. There must be someone who could break the army of thousands, and it must be the Innate Expert in the legend.

Even the modern Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt could resist cold weapons in the hands of ordinary people, as long as it wasn't some kind of natural divine power, it was basically just breaking a little skin. Modern small guns might not even be able to hurt or kill such experts, even if they practiced the hard Qi Gong that was regarded as "inferior" in ancient times.

The highland of martial arts was in East Asia. The breathing methods and prayer methods in Europe, America, and other places had declined and gradually lost about two hundred years ago—breathing methods and prayer methods were complementary inside and outside. Only by using pious religious prayers to conduct "hypnotic visualization" on oneself and cooperating with appropriate breathing methods could one practice this kind of power called holy power in the West. And the practice of internal power in the East was actually similar, just using meditation to replace prayer.

These years, through so-called scientific analysis, some internal power practice methods had been learned back from the East, but those "advanced" internal power mental methods were not possible—that thing was related to culture. If Europe wanted to do it, I'm afraid it would have to find cultural basis from myths and legends.

Bai Lang's martial arts were of course also spread. At least the Thirteen Tai Bao hard training he practiced back then was not hidden. The internal power practice up to the Innate realm was left to the Imperial Martial Arts Library, and it was also spread in the Huashan Sect. After he left, several military families tried to obtain Bai Lang's martial arts copies from the Imperial Court, and then it spread quite a bit—now those who practice Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt all worship Bai Lang as the ancestor. The Thirteen Tai Bao hard training was too difficult, so it was split into two martial arts: Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt.