A height of 100 meters was actually not too high.
If it was a tall building, it would be 30 or 40 stories high.
If it was a modern person, they would basically have the experience of looking down from this height — they would be able to clearly see everything on the ground, including some people, cars, and houses.
Even at this height, everything was very small, but everything could be seen very clearly.
What Li Shimin saw at this moment was that on the streets, there were people kneeling on the ground.
It was not just the streets.
Most of the maids, servants, madams, and young ladies in the so-called high-class families were also kneeling on the ground.
Li Shimin had seen too many people kneeling in front of him.
But at this moment, he knew.
These people were not kneeling for him, but for the Immortal, the Immortal Lord beside him, which was also the "Immortal Lord Che Luan" he was in.
"Shimin …" Li Shimin said with some uncertainty. "I also saw the people of Chang 'an."
He had already mentioned the mountains, rivers, and cities, so the only thing left was the people.
"That's right, the people." Shen Yi finally stopped being silent and said slowly, "To us Immortals, mortals are so small and so weak. They live in the morning and die in the evening. Even a hundred generations is just a snap of a finger."
Li Shimin listened very seriously, and so did the officials behind him.
Their hearts and minds were rippling.
Indeed, mortals were nothing to Immortals of this level.
Not to mention the ordinary people.
Even if they were high-ranking officials and dignitaries, they were still too lowly.
"However —" But Shen Yi's tone suddenly changed, and even became more serious. "Looking at all things in the world, only mortals are the most similar to us. For Immortals, 'Immortal' is the prefix, and 'Man' is the essence."
This sentence made Li Shimin's eyes widen.
He turned his head.
And just happened to meet Shen Yi's eyes.
His black eyes were as deep as an ancient spring, and as vast as the galaxy, as if he had already seen through all the wisdom in the world. Just a glance made his heart tremble, as if he had been struck by lightning.
But it was not his body that was shaken.
It was his consciousness.
"Do you understand what I said?" Shen Yi spoke again.
"Shimin, Shimin …"
Li Shimin trembled, but then he lowered his head, unable to speak.
He seemed to understand, but at the same time, he didn't.
Immortals were like the sun, moon, and stars in the sky, while mortals were like fireflies on the ground.
How could the light of a firefly compete with the brilliance of the sun and moon? In the eyes of immortals, mortals should be no more than ants.
"How foolish." There was a hint of disappointment in Shen Yi's tone. "Immortals also came from mortals. As long as mortals pass it down from generation to generation, there will be an endless supply of immortals. This is the Great Way of Heavenly Fire. However, if the people in the world are destroyed by the catastrophe, there will be no one left in the world. For this world, the path of immortality will be cut off. For the Heaven Realm, there will be one less inheritance of Heavenly Fire.
At this point.
It was just a boom.
Not only Li Shimin, but even the hundreds of officials kneeling behind him also understood at once.
Every single one of them was trembling, not knowing whether it was out of excitement or fear.
They already understood.
This principle was the same as the emperor choosing the officials.
The officials were chosen from the scholars and martial artists, and if there were no more martial artists or scholars in the world, then the imperial court would be in a mess, and what would be used to rule the country?
This was the significance of mortals to immortals!
As for Gu Yan and the others, they were also thoughtful.
This principle was simple and easy to understand.
Wasn't it also one of the salvation ideas of the Pan-Humanist Guardians?
Every time there was a world where humans were wiped out, it meant that the human civilization in that world had completely lost its future, and it also meant that the human forces in the multiverse would be reduced. In the end, it was also the interests and future of multiverse institutions like the Pan-Humanist Guardians that would be damaged.
At this moment.
Li Shimin, who had completely understood, said repeatedly,
"Shimin understands, Shimin understands …" But he seemed to have thought of something, and his body suddenly trembled, and he asked carefully, "Immortal Master, will the catastrophe in the world really be so serious this time?"
Immortal Master had just said.
All the people in the world would be destroyed by the catastrophe, so that there would be no more mortals in the world!
Li Shimin, who had originally focused all his attention on the immortals and didn't pay much attention to the catastrophe, suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
How many people were there in the entire Tang Empire?
Tens of millions!
He had experienced the previous war, and human life was extremely cheap at that time, almost to the point where there were skeletons on the road. But even in such a war, it was not to the extent that there would be no more mortals!
"If not, why would the Immortal Master personally come to the world?" The one who spoke was Clove. She looked at Li Shimin and said in a cold voice, "Do you know that the Immortal Master is in charge of more than thousands of mortals? If it weren't for the extinction of humanity, you wouldn't be worthy of the Immortal Master's attention even if you fought a series of wars and died nine out of ten. "
"Hiss —"
Among the hundreds of officials kneeling behind her, there was a sound of gasps.
No one knew whether they were shocked by the number of "thousands of mortals" or frightened by the words "extinction of humanity".
Especially for Fang Xuanling and the others who knew a little about evil spirits, this was even more so.
According to this immortal.
When the evil spirits appeared, they would slaughter all the people in the world, including the officials, their families, and everyone in the world?
At this moment.
Even Li Shimin couldn't hide his horror.
This degree of horror was far beyond his imagination.
As an emperor, even if he was accustomed to natural and man-made disasters, even if he turned a blind eye to the suffering of the people, he couldn't help but be frightened by such a horrible scene of the extinction of humanity.
If all the people in the world died, even if he could survive to the end, how miserable would it be?
What's more, Li Shimin more or less had some of the suffering of the people in his heart, and also had the ambition to build a prosperous Tang Empire. At this moment, under great shock, he directly knelt down and said,
"Immortal Master, please bestow a way to save the world!"
The civil and military officials behind him also kowtowed and shouted,
"Immortal Master, please bestow a way to save the world!"
Whether it was the civil or military officials, there was only one thought in their minds at this time, and that was to ask the Immortal Master to bestow a way to save the world.
Just by themselves.
In any case, it was hard to think of how to deal with such a terrible catastrophe.
Moreover, the Immortal Master had already said that he had come to the mortal world this time for this catastrophe.
In the face of the pleas of the people, Shen Yi just slightly shook his head and said calmly, "The cause of the catastrophe in this world is unusual. It's because the Realm of Ghosts has opened and the limit of human and ghost gradually disappeared. After that, the souls of people can become evil spirits, spreading horror and feeding on the blood of living creatures. Among them, there are even powerful ones that ordinary immortals can't compete with."
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