Chapter 995: Untitled

"Sword Master Ge, this is my unworthy son."

"My son has loved the sword Dao since he was a child, but unfortunately, he has never met a famous teacher. This time, having luckily met Sword Master Ge, I ask that if the Sword Master has time, he might grace my humble home and provide my son with a little guidance."

Wang Heng, the Prefect of Nanjun, said to Ge Nie with a bit of respect, his tone also carrying a bit of humbleness.

He no longer had his previous air of superiority.

Facing a Golden Immortal, even he, the Prefect of Nanjun, had no superiority, because as a Prefect of the Great Qin, he knew very well what a Golden Immortal meant.

Immortals in the past could all be enfeoffed as Dukes, especially during the Six States period; the Wei state enfeoffed six lords, all of whom were immortals, mostly Heavenly Immortals and True Immortals.

Unfortunately, no matter how the Wei state tried to win them over, facing the iron cavalry of the Great Qin, these six immortals were all defeated and fled.

But regardless of whether they were defeated or not, the fact that immortals could be enfeoffed as Dukes shows their status.

Now that the Great Qin has unified the world and the strong emerge in large numbers, it is very difficult for Heavenly Immortals to be enfeoffed as Dukes; even if a True Immortal descends to the mortal world, at most they would be a Great Architect, but Golden Immortals are different.

Even if not enfeoffed as a Duke, I am afraid they could be enfeoffed as a Marquis.

He is only a Prefect of Nanjun; if a Golden Immortal truly joins the Great Qin, then starting from the ranks, they could command an army, and if they go the civil route, their status and power would not be lower than his.

Once the other party gains experience in local governance, entering the hub would be far easier than for him.

He, Wang Heng, is from the Wang family of Beidi Commandery; of course, he is not of the same clan as Wang Jian and his son—one can only say that thousands of years ago, they might have been the same clan.

But by now, they have long evolved into two clans with the same surname.

The Wang family has always been a major clan in Beidi; in terms of Great Qin titles, in this millennium, they have produced six people with titles above Five-Daifu.

This is already very impressive; the Great Qin has twenty titles, but they are generally divided into four levels: Duke, Minister, Daifu, and Shi.

A title above Five-Daifu is equivalent to a Minister; this Minister is not one of the Nine Ministers, but it is similar, equivalent to a high official.

At the very least, they are considered the third-in-command in a commandery.

The Wang family being able to produce six high officials in a commandery in a millennium, even comparable to the Nine Ministers of the hub, can be considered as having produced many talents.

Of course, compared to some "Four Generations and Three Excellencies" of later generations, they might be a bit worse.

But that is history, and this is a mythical world.

Su Fan was also surprised when he learned about some of the situations of this Prefect.

This era belongs to the transcendent generation; for some people, being an official for even a hundred years, as long as no problems arise, is absolutely a very simple matter.

Just like Wang Jian and his son, they have been Great Generals for over two hundred years.

The position of Great General is almost the ceiling of the army; even above that, there are at most a few people, the position of General-in-Chief who commands a state.

This General-in-Chief has only been reached by a few people in the past.

Wang Jian and his son being Great Generals for hundreds of years is a very normal thing.

There are even more ministers who have served three generations of emperors.

Although in the current mythical world, the emperors of the Great Qin are naturally not just the thirty-plus in history, there are almost three hundred emperors in total.

Some emperors have reigned for a thousand years.

However, a thousand years is considered the longest; it seems that the Great Qin has special regulations internally that after a thousand years, one must abdicate.

Of course, this is for emperors; for those ministers, it does not matter.

However, it is very rare for ministers to want to serve for a thousand years; after all, lifespan is a limitation.

To live for a thousand years, one must at least have the cultivation of Spirit Refining.

Moreover, emperors, generals, and ministers consume a lot of spirit, far more tired than ordinary cultivators, so their lifespans are a bit worse.

Unless they have become immortals.

However, in the period before the Great Qin unified the world, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, there were really too few who truly became immortals.

Those who could become immortals back then rarely stayed in the mortal world; after all, Heavenly Immortals were almost the top level in the mortal world.

Even if there were inheritances beyond Heavenly Immortals in various states, so what? With insufficient resources, they naturally would not stay in the mortal world.

Unlike now, because of the appearance of the Calamity, the laws of the Jiuzhou have become active, making cultivation relatively easier, and more and more immortals have been born.

But in reality, there are still not many immortals active in the Jiuzhou; the Great Qin army does not count as immortals.

Immortals—what is an immortal? Only those who cultivate the immortal path are considered immortals.

The Daoist Sect and Taoism are considered the core levels of immortals.

It is just that there are not many who can cultivate to Earth Immortal.

In the past, one in ten thousand cultivators could reach Earth Immortal; now, because of the Calamity, perhaps one in a thousand can, a ten-fold growth rate.

That is already quite good.

And among them, besides the Hundred Schools of Thought, the rest are dignitaries; after all, the resources of dignitaries are far more than those of ordinary people.

Even though many dignitaries are eroded by the desire for power and cultivation is not smooth, there are still a small number of people who can reach it.

Just like Wang Jian and his son—Wang Jian does not need to be mentioned; the Wang clan did not start with him, but the Wang clan in the past could not be considered nobles.

After all, before Wang Jian, the highest title in the Wang clan was only a Five-Daifu; later, there were a few Daifu in the family, and they only had a little influence in the army.

Compared to the Beidi Wang family, Wang Jian's family was indeed much worse.

However, although the Wang clan was poor, at least the ancestors all had military merits, so they naturally did not lack some cultivation techniques, mostly martial arts techniques.

If Wang Jian and the others had no ambition, then the Wang clan could be considered a not-so-small powerful clan in the local area.

Generally, even a County Magistrate would not easily provoke the Wang clan.

But obviously, Wang Jian had ambition since he was a child; entering the army, relying on his own talent and tenacious temperament, while improving his cultivation, while improving his military strategy, that is how he walked to today.

There are actually quite a few people like Wang Jian and his son in the Great Qin.

Because of the Great Qin's military merit system, many talents have emerged from the bottom, but in reality, there are more among the dignitaries; after all, compared to ordinary people, dignitary disciples have more resources.

Just like Wang Jian, who is considered a local major clan, their family has not lacked food since childhood, and even the resources to build a foundation for martial arts cultivation were not lacking.

Only in this way could Wang Jian walk faster at the grassroots level.

And by the time it reached Wang Ben, it goes without saying; after Wang Ben reached adulthood, Wang Jian already had a not-so-small status in the army.

The resources Wang Ben obtained were even more.

Of course, most dignitary disciples still live a life of dissipation.

But compared to the Six States of the past, at least the dignitaries of the Great Qin still have some upward thoughts.

So the Great Qin has more talents.

The eldest son of this Prefect of Nanjun is now a hundred years old.

Being able to cultivate to the Spirit Refining stage in less than a hundred years, his talent is actually not bad, and in terms of temperament, not to mention how strong, at least he will not be like those other dignitary disciples who only know how to live a life of dissipation. ===== CHAPTER 996 =====