Not long after the Jiangchu Dynasty unified the Central Plains, there were many things that needed to be done. However, the rare period of peace injected new vitality into the martial world.
The country was unfortunate, the poets were fortunate, the country was fortunate, and the martial world was fortunate.
Finally, twenty years after the Jiangchu Dynasty unified the Central Plains, the martial world ushered in an unprecedented era!
There had always been rumors among the people that it was difficult to find a martial artist above the third level in the martial world. But at that time in the Jianghu, although Level 3 was rare, those famous sects would always have such a Grandmaster overseeing the sect!
As for the rarer Grade 2 Great Grandmaster, they are much rarer in the pugilistic world. Apart from the Taoist Ancestral Court's Wudang Mountain's Sect Master He Yifan, there is only the Southern Border Dragon King Palace's Long Yingqin.
It was precisely because of the power of the nation that Jiang Chu could be considered unparalleled in the world at that time. In terms of the cultivation of martial artists in the martial world, Jiang Chu, who had two second level grandmasters, was able to intimidate the martial artists of the surrounding grassland kingdoms. This was why the Qiang barbarians at the border of the Jiangchu Dynasty did not dare to act rashly for decades.
From this point of view, it could be said that the world was peaceful because of these people. Therefore, after Jiang Chu unified the world, the people under his rule were given a lot of preferential treatment. They were not like the previous dynasty, where they fought and killed the whole world. Even the Immortal He of Mount Wudang was conferred the title of Imperial Preceptor by the emperor at that time.
However, with the passage of time, even a second-grade grandmaster couldn't avoid aging and dying. After the two martial arts grandmasters passed away one after another, although the Jianghu of the Jiangchu Dynasty had experienced a hundred years of prosperity and there were many third-grade grandmasters, it was still difficult to find someone who could really fight against the tripod!
Even though the imperial court was still powerful, the Qiang barbarians and the tribes in the northern grassland who had lost their most powerful martial artist began to become restless.
They did not dare to directly declare war on the Jiangchu Dynasty, but it was common for them to come to the border to make a move.
For example, in the Northern Frontier where Zhao Wu was stationed, many of the commoners were plundered by the Qiang Tribe every year. The Qiang Tribe was located in the extreme cold of the north. The land there was barren and did not produce much food. Everyone in the tribe, regardless of gender or age, was adept at riding and archery. It could be said that they were law-abiding commoners off their horses, but once they were mounted, they were the bravest and most skilled cavalrymen!
What was worse was that a Grandmaster in the Northern Qiang Kingdom had broken through to the Second Level Grandmaster Realm sixty years ago. This Second Level Grandmaster happened to be the Northern Qiang Kingdom's Grand Marshal!
This caused the powerful Northern Qiang Kingdom to become even more unbridled. Under the instructions of the Northern Qiang Emperor, they were no longer satisfied with plundering from the Jiangchu border every year. Instead, they began to encroach on the Jiangchu Dynasty's territory with even greater ferocity.
By the time the Jiangchu imperial court reacted, the Northern Qiang had joined forces with a few other nomadic tribes at the Jiangchu border to invade the Jiangchu imperial court.
And just as this unprecedented war was about to reach its most critical juncture, a Confucian scholar appeared.
This Confucian scholar carried five swords on his back and was unstoppable wherever he went.
When he appeared in front of the Northern Qiang Army's Marshal, he alone had broken through three thousand and six hundred units! A hole suddenly appeared next to him. The morale of the Jiangchu soldiers was greatly boosted when they saw this. In terms of top-notch warriors, the Northern Qiang Kingdom's Martial Dao Grandmasters were far inferior to Jiangchu's. The reason why the war had reached a stalemate was that these Martial Dao Grandmasters were afraid of the Northern Qiang Kingdom's Grand Marshal.
Now that the Grand Marshal was being held up by the Confucian scholar who appeared out of nowhere, Jiangchu's soldiers naturally had a spurt of energy and finally defeated the enemy!
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After this battle, the Jiangchu Dynasty once again displayed their powerful military force to the surrounding kingdoms and tribes. Those who offend the Jiangchu Dynasty will be killed no matter how far away they are!
And after the battle, the Northern Qiang Kingdom's Grand Marshal, who was in his prime, personally wrote a letter to Jiangchu's Grand Council Minister Xiang Tianyu after the battle, stating that he would not easily start a war between the two dynasties in the next fifty years!
At that time, the Jiangchu Emperor knew that the reason why the war, which was later known as the Hongxing War (the Jiangchu Emperor's era name was Hongxing), went so smoothly was definitely due to the Confucian scholar who broke through 3,600 armor! Otherwise, even if Jiangchu could win against the Northern Qiang Kingdom and Southern Man Kingdom, they would definitely have to pay a heavy price. This result was naturally not something that the Jiangchu Imperial Court was willing to accept.
Later on, the Hongxing Emperor Zhao Wu sent someone to find the Confucian scholar in a temple and wanted to appoint him as the current Imperial Protector of the dynasty.
But the Confucian scholar chose to become a monk and was not willing to commit any more sins of killing.
Zhao Wu had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He made an agreement with the Confucian scholar that if the Northern Qiang Kingdom invaded again fifty years later and Jiangchu didn't have a new Second Grade Grandmaster to stand up for them, the Confucian scholar would fight for Jiangchu again!
Thirty years later, the Confucian scholar who had also achieved great success in Buddhism found a baby before he switched to Daoism.
The compassionate Confucian scholar couldn't bear to see the baby suffer, so he took the baby as his disciple. At the same time, he imparted all of his Buddhism cultivation to the baby.
However, as the baby slowly grew up, even though the baby was living with the Confucian scholar who had once again turned to Daoism and was not afraid of food, and was even fond of meat, he just couldn't bear to see blood. Usually, he didn't even dare to hurt an ant.
The old Taoist knew that in his disciple's eyes, since the livestock were already dead, then the so-called flesh was nothing more than an empty shell. Therefore, he didn't care about meat or vegetables at all. But if he really wanted to kill, his disciple would never do such a thing.
More than half of the fifty years had passed, but at the old Taoist's level, whether it was the so-called Jiangchu Dynasty or the Northern Qiang or the Southern Barbarians, they were all equal living beings in this world. How could he be willing to do anything that would harm living beings?
Even when he stopped Jiang Chu from going to war with the Northern Qiang a few decades ago, although he was able to destroy thousands of soldiers with a single breath, he deliberately controlled himself and did not kill a single soldier.
Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, the old Taoist could only bring his disciple around the world, hoping to find a few good seedlings to take in as disciples, so that the fifty years agreement wouldn't be delayed.
Qing Yi and Chang Shan were the new disciples the old Taoist had taken in. He taught them Daoism Xuan Skill and Confucian Sword Skill according to their roots.
Although Qing Yi had good comprehension, she was too stubborn. This was also the reason why the old Taoist asked her to sharpen the iron rod. As for Chang Shan, he was a child the old Taoist had brought out from a casino. In the past five years, not only did Chang Shan not get rid of his gambling addiction, he became even more obsessed with it.
The old Daoist could see through his three disciples. Since their natures were like this, he would not force them.
But in this way, he had to fulfill a promise from a long time ago …
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Looking at Zhao Zilong, who had a resolute expression on his face, Daoist Kong Zhun's thoughts seemed to have returned to several decades ago. He slowly shook his head and finally opened his mouth to say, "Zhao Zilong, if you become my disciple, you must go down the mountain and join Jiang Chu's army three years later.
Hearing this, Zhao Zilong was delighted. He had already promised Zhao Wu that he would go to the border to help him in the future. Now that Daoist Kong Zhun's words were exactly what he wanted, how could he refuse?
"I am willing to go down the mountain three years later." Zhao Zilong hurriedly replied.
As expected, as expected. Daoist Kong Zhun couldn't help but sigh.
"Xuan Kong, bring your Junior Brother around to familiarize himself with the environment. Three days later, bring him to the top of the mountain to find me." After instructing his eldest disciple indifferently, Daoist Kong Zhun's figure gradually disappeared before their eyes.
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