Chapter 95: Born with a Proud Bone, So What If I Cause a Little Stir?

Guanzhong is the vital Capital region of Northern Wei, and furthermore, the place where Northern Wei rose to power; thus, the Northern Wei nobles who have long resided here often view themselves as "Old Wei" people, possessing a natural sense of pride.

Even though various parts of Northern Wei are currently in dire straits, with even the momentum of uprisings beginning to stir, this does not hinder them from enjoying the superficial "era of peace and prosperity" here.

Yet for the noble clans of the Capital, today is not as peaceful and secure as days past.

Because Tianming Di passed away deep within the palace last night, and the Northern Wei Crown Prince hurriedly succeeded to the throne outside the palace; in a single night, the political power of Northern Wei changed hands.

However.

All those among the great clans who knew the truth about Tianming Di remained immersed in a state of disbelief.

The old ministers in the Imperial Court, one batch after another, and those who had seen Tianming Di, were also one batch after another.

Even if they had not seen Tianming Di himself much, most people had heard of the cultivation technique passed down within the Northern Wei Imperial Family: 【Heavenly Emperor Solitude】.

Tianming Di was a martial artist; this fact was known to all.

When attending court in recent days, one had not seen the slightest sign of decline in Tianming Di, so how could his sudden passing not make people feel strange?

Later, Gu Jiangming tapped on these Skin Cards and saw a line of text written on them—【When you use this card, the world will recall your glorious past as the Shushan Dao Venerable.】

They only knew that this land and country had, in the end, changed.

For these cultivators, this was simply an Arabian Nights tale.

Even without the 【Shushan Dao Venerable】 Experience Card, Gu Jiangming had actually already developed suspicions about Northern Wei.

Its fate, because of 【Four Thousand Bureau】, ushered in a new elevation.

Moreover, if the Imperial Court lacked strength, how could it restrain these lawless cultivators who disregarded the law?

If the Northern Wei Emperor were truly just an ordinary mortal emperor, countless cultivators would have long since found ways to become the Imperial Preceptor to share in the vast resources brought by the power of a nation.

And through the peak moment brought by yesterday's 【Shushan Dao Venerable】 Experience Card, many things Gu Jiangming could not confirm are now confirmed.

And based on this point alone, Gu Jiangming could basically confirm that in that 【Mie Changsheng】 Reincarnation, he must have been at the very pinnacle of combat power at the time, provided there was sufficient Spirit Qi.

So Gu Jiangming had always felt this was just a display piece.

The first matter: the Taiyi Stone from ten thousand years ago was within his own Qi Sea dantian, and the strange phenomenon existing on his body was also brought by the Taiyi Stone.

Yet what was even stranger was that the entire Imperial City had been temporarily sealed off; apart from the Crown Prince who entered the palace to succeed to the throne, all ministers were unaware of what exactly had happened within the Northern Wei palace.

In fact, those cultivators who knew the truth about Tianming Di were the ones who truly felt an inexplicable panic.

He had a piece of bad news and a piece of good news on hand.

The lower the martial level of the world, the greater the importance of the Imperial Court.

And at this moment.

It exceeded the theoretical limit of the Heavenly Gang Five Thunders technique.

Or rather, Gu Jiangming had blundered into the right answer.

However, the Taiyi Stone was a type of treasure ten thousand years ago, and now, after the integration of 【Four Thousand Bureau】, it is no longer as simple as an ordinary treasure.

Could it be that I am the type who explodes with power in the face of adversity?

But the problem is, Gu Jiangming did not encounter a crisis yesterday, yet the 【Shushan Dao Venerable】 Experience Card was used on him.

And the returns brought by a normal country... are the most abundant resource tools in the entire world.

However, Gu Jiangming discovered that the version of himself in those memories spoke and acted exactly like his usual self; this was someone who acted entirely according to his own nature.

From the moment Gu Jiangming saw that information and learned that the Northern Wei Imperial Family possessed cultivation techniques, he knew he could not avoid a trip to the Imperial City.

Because whether it is Daoism or Buddhism, they must be built upon people; if a sect has no people, then where would the resources and strength come from?

But the good news is—the memories brought by the 【Shushan Dao Venerable】 Experience Card were preserved.

It is worth mentioning that the feeling of "using the big account" is indeed very satisfying.

He had bet correctly.

Gu Jiangming's physical body had fused with 【Four Thousand Bureau】 and was also closely combined with the Taiyi Stone, which was what formed this strange phenomenon.

【When you encounter a crisis, this card will enter an automatically used state.】

Previously in his inventory, Gu Jiangming had several Skin Card illustrations, but there were no buttons for him to use them; they only displayed how many there were.

The second matter: it was confirmed that the Skin illustrations were not useless exhibition pieces.

The bad news is—the 【Shushan Dao Venerable】 Experience Card has ended.

Gu Jiangming is currently mainly worried about whether these brought-back memories will cause meme contamination.

Tianming Di would pass away and die.

And Gu Jiangming can now not only exhale the Spirit Qi within his body but also absorb the Spirit Qi from Heaven and Earth.

Gu Jiangming had only just gotten up.

But with the Taiyi Stone, in a state of going all out, a fully charged Heavenly Gang Five Thunders could annihilate the entire Northern Wei Imperial Palace.

He was concerned that these preserved memories would severely affect his own words and actions.

Once the Experience Card was activated, Gu Jiangming went straight for it.

The most satisfying part was that the Shushan Dao Venerable could combine with the Taiyi Stone; without the assistance of the Taiyi Stone's infinite Spirit Qi, Gu Jiangming in the Shushan Dao Venerable state would not be able to squander Spirit Qi so freely.

In his mind, 【Mie Changsheng】 also filled in the information Gu Jiangming was missing.

Currently, Gu Jiangming has not yet found the correct way to use or the source of the Experience Cards.

Gu Jiangming had only made a simple trial-and-error attempt, but accidentally caught a big one.

【You have changed the ending of Tianming Di.】

【Tianming Di modified the inheritance method of "Heavenly Emperor Solitude" to a certain extent, successfully grafting himself onto the physical bodies of others, and through this method, he constantly sought new hosts; even in the Dajing Dynasty hundreds of years later, he still survived in the world, believing he had found the true method of longevity, harboring the ambition to retake the world.】

【This is hidden information from your "Shushan Dao Venerable" reincarnation.】

【And long before the founding of Northern Wei, the entire Heaven and Earth had already seen over seventy years of turbulent warfare, with local powerhouses fighting incessantly.】

【Daoism, Buddhism, noble families, and demons entered the world one after another, attempting to become the new master of the world.】

【Ultimately, Murong Jian, who came from a noble family in the Beidi region of Liangzhou and was a Hu who integrated into the Hua, utilized his outstanding cultivation to consolidate the power of many noble families, and with his grand strategy, unified the chaotic world.】

After the founding of Northern Wei, in order to consolidate his power and status, Murong Jian vigorously suppressed Daoism and Buddhism, which had failed in the power struggle, to the point that the lineages of both schools withered day by day.

The aristocratic youths who followed Murong Jian to unify the world were mostly the backbone who had mastered the path of cultivation. Having merit in following the dragon, they were rewarded and gained the qualification to plunder resources from commoners and exploit the world together with the Northern Wei Imperial Family.

At that time, most of these aristocratic youths possessed powerful strength and could have counterattacked the Northern Wei established by Murong Jian at any time.

Although Murong Jian was the best among the aristocratic families, he had also relied on the power of other great clans to complete the unification, and facing such a huge potential threat, he could only choose to lie dormant for the time being.

In his long cultivation, he realized that it was as difficult as ascending to heaven for him to achieve these things in his lifetime.

In his later years, Murong Jian exhausted his life's work, combined his family's Unique Learning and strange arts, and finally created a cultivation method named "Heavenly Emperor Solitude".

And the name of this cultivation method also revealed his inner thoughts.

Finally, 139 years later, the Northern Wei Imperial Family, through the accumulation of five generations, achieved the "Burning Books and Forbidden Arts". Within just one month of the Northern Wei Martial Emperor's ascension to the throne, relying on the formidable cultivation accumulated over five generations, he no longer yielded to the aristocratic families and, in the capacity of the Imperial Family, strictly controlled the circulation of the aristocratic families' arts.

This was to ensure the Northern Wei's empire would last for a thousand generations.

At the same time, he increased the "importance" attached to Daoism and Buddhism, allowing them to preach in the world of Northern Wei.

From then on, the pattern of the Northern Wei aristocratic families exploiting the world together gradually changed with the shift of time, and the world ultimately became dominated by the Northern Wei Imperial Family.

While the Northern Wei Imperial Family was doing its utmost to weaken the influence of cultivators on the secular world, what was silently rising were those demons growing wildly and unchecked in the local regions.

And by the era of Northern Wei's Tianming Di, the entire Northern Wei had already fallen into a state of ruin.

The darkness of the imperial court naturally represented the sinking of the world.

You ended the rule of Tianming Di ahead of schedule.

You have greatly altered the progression of the world line.

Your actions have already changed the original trajectory, and the world to come will undergo earth-shaking changes because of your deeds.

Whether it is light or dark,

all hangs on a single thought of yours.

On the other side.

Jiu Jiu did not sleep a wink all night.

In her mind, the information from 【Mie Changsheng】 kept ringing; even she had not expected that Gu Jiangming slaughtering the Northern Wei Emperor would bring about such a huge change.

Moreover, in order to test the degree of memory recovery from the 【Shushan Dao Venerable】 Experience Card, Jiu Jiu inadvertently exposed the news of her being a Reincarnator, and she did not know how much of a variable this behavior would bring.

These problems kept Jiu Jiu thinking for the whole night.

Fortunately, 【Mie Changsheng】 did not seem to have any intention of "punishing" her for this behavior.

Seeing Jiu Jiu walk out of the room, Gu Jiangming immediately stopped his research on 【Mie Changsheng】.

The feeling of using a main account is certainly very refreshing, but it cannot withstand the fact that the alt account is not durable.

In daily life, he would probably still need Jiu Jiu to look after him a bit.

"Awake?" Gu Jiangming glanced at her, "Didn't sleep well yesterday?"

Jiu Jiu glared at Gu Jiangming; after returning to the room last night, the two of them chatted for a long while, but Gu Jiangming suddenly went silent halfway through the conversation.

Upon looking, Gu Jiangming had fallen fast asleep.

Leaving her alone to ponder her worries for the whole night.

"What do you think?" Jiu Jiu huffed, but in the world where the two were alone now, Jiu Jiu was still quite happy; at least no one would come to ruin her good deeds.

With progress like this, slowly getting familiar for a few years, then taking all the silver saved up over these years to hold a wedding... and marrying Gu Jiangming with dignity.

Once the foundation of Shushan is established bit by bit, and Jiu Jiu goes to educate these disciples of Gu Jiangming one by one, when the day comes for her to appear in the body of a deity, would she still fear the pointing fingers of those disciples?

Wouldn't the two of us just be happy for a lifetime?

This is simply the most perfect script in her ideals.

But before Jiu Jiu's moment of fantasy could end, 【Mie Changsheng】 popped up a new piece of information.

【The Northern Wei Crown Prince, who is about to ascend to the throne, is drafting a new era name with the ministers. But just as the new era name 'Kaiping' was decided, he clutched his chest with both hands, spat out a mouthful of thick black blood, and immediately fainted. Shortly after, he was sent to the sleeping quarters to be cared for by the imperial physicians.】

【The Northern Wei Crown Prince had previously been poisoned with witch poison, and now that the poison has erupted, he is in imminent danger.】

【The Northern Wei Imperial Family, which had already broken the lineage of "Heavenly Emperor Solitude", is already in a state of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside. With the Northern Wei Crown Prince dying suddenly in the palace again, the change in the world's situation is likely inevitable.】

【The Northern Wei Imperial Court is about to face a palace coup.】

Is this the effect of greatly altering the world line?

According to the normal timeline, Northern Wei was at least seventy years away from its overt demise, and the actual time of demise might be even further away.

While Tianming Di was alive, many people were still wary of the "Heavenly Emperor Solitude" he inherited and were concerned about his cultivation.

However, with Tianming Di and the Northern Wei Crown Prince dying one after another in such accidental ways, it is likely to trigger the hidden dangers already buried in Northern Wei ahead of time.

This also means that from the moment Gu Jiangming killed Tianming Di, the trajectory of history changed in advance.

However, Gu Jiangming is not the type of person to worry about personal gains and losses.

The strong change the environment, the weak adapt to the environment.

Whether the world line changes or not does not affect Gu Jiangming's original intention of founding Shushan at all.

From the moment one fears changing the past and affecting history, then whatever one does is bound.

Just because of the fear of such changes, should he give Tianming Di a few more decades to linger on?

That makes absolutely no sense.

This damn emperor is already raising demons; who knows how many commoners have been used by him to feed the monsters.

Should he be hesitant and fearful of history changing, and give him space to continue his evil deeds?

Gu Jiangming will just finish him off.

No coddling.

Jiu Jiu dares to play so big in Reincarnation and dares to do anything.

I, Gu Jiangming, have a dignified and proud backbone; is there a problem with causing a big stir?

Since you, 【Mie Changsheng】, gave me the opportunity to change the past, then don't blame me for being too heavy-handed.

Gu Jiangming, filled with high spirits, decided to stay in Jiu Jiu's safe house for a day to make up for the shortcomings in his cultivation.

【Today, you cultivated for a day; your Foundation Establishment Stage realm has loosened, and your cultivation progress has improved once again.】

【Based on the spellcasting experience left behind by the Dao Venerable of Mount Shu, you began to deduce and recall the principles of the "Four Thousand Bureau," attempting to evolve a simplified version of the "Four Thousand Bureau."】

【Today, you looked at Jiu Jiu a total of sixteen times, of which only five times were looking at Jiu Jiu's face directly.】

【You secretly cursed yourself for being blinded by lust and prepared to abstain from lust for a day, forbidding yourself from secretly looking at others again.】

【As a result, only a breath's time later, when Jiu Jiu entered the room to get something, you peeked; you felt that you were easier to break your vow than you had imagined.】

【At this moment, you began to experience severe self-doubt in your heart.】

【You repeatedly observed the Golden Word entries "Pure Heart" and "Proud Bones," discovering that both of these Golden Word entries provided you with formidable willpower.】

【Yet even such iron-like willpower could not stop your wild imagination; in the end, you could only confirm that your sexual orientation was completely correct.】

【Tonight, you secretly hugged Jiu Jiu; what you liked touching most was her stomach, as you felt it was both soft and smooth.】

【The next day, you swore that you must abstain from lust today, devote yourself to cultivation, and return to your peak.】

【As for Jiu Jiu, she chose to go out to earn money; you secretly investigated and learned that she was a bronze-ranked assassin of Qingmu Hall, obtaining silver by accepting missions to assassinate target individuals.】

【You realized that both you and your mother-in-law were people who stayed at home waiting to die, and you felt deeply ashamed of this.】

【With your proud bones, you absolutely did not allow yourself to make a living by eating off a woman.】

【Regrettably, you wasted a day not only failing to find work but also spending a few copper coins to read extensively in the bookstores of the capital.】

【While losing a sum of money, you also gained some local Knowledge that was unnecessary to know.】

【Seven days passed in a flash; your relationship with your mother-in-law Liuyu gradually became familiar, and she would often give you some inexplicable supplements and encourage you to work hard, work hard, and work even harder.】

【After eating these, you felt your body become even stronger.】

【Qi and Blood +2】

【On the eighth day, a palace coup occurred within the Northern Wei Imperial Palace; the Kaiping Emperor, who was bedridden with a serious illness, was smothered to death in his sleeping quarters on the sixth day after becoming emperor from the Northern Wei Crown Prince.】

【The newly enthroned Kaiping Emperor passed away on the sixth day; his younger brother, the Lu Prince, who was the youngest son of the Tianming Di, was coerced by the officials and supported to ascend the throne, while Jin'an Princess escaped on the day of the palace coup with the help of a palace maid.】

【On the ninth day, the entire capital was under lockdown, implementing a curfew policy; no one was allowed to leave the city at night, various checkpoints were set up, and many bailiffs and scouts of the Six Fan Sect stepped up their guard within the city while carrying out regular patrols.】

【Public order in the capital improved as a result.】

【You steadily finished a month of cultivation; during this month, many changes occurred in the capital, but you did not take them to heart at all and focused on your cultivation.】

【This month, Jiu Jiu brought in an income of 1292 taels of silver, you had expenses of 239 taels, Liuyu had expenses of 1002 taels of silver, and your total income was only 51 taels of silver.】

【In the same month, a riot occurred in Liangzhou.】

【In late July, on the 16th day after the riot in Liangzhou broke out, the Northern Wei Imperial Family was still unable to stop such a rebellion and could only let it develop.】

【The curtain of a chaotic world had already opened a new prologue.】

【And outside Jiu Jiu's residence, you welcomed a new guest.】

【Because of this, an endless amount of pressure welled up in your heart.】

【Because you realized that soon you would be facing a "torture" from Jiu Jiu.】

(End of chapter)