Making rites was a matter that needed to be very careful. If it was not done well, the foundation might be shaken. The cabinet meeting only put forward an idea. The specifics had to wait until the "Yanhuang Thought" was finalized before organizing the demonstration.
After the cabinet meeting ended, Ouyang Shuo returned to the Everlasting Palace.
Bing 'er and Song Jia had been waiting for a long time, preparing to log off with Ouyang Shuo today. Yesterday, Ouyang Shuo had received a notification from Gaia that the room had been remodeled according to the requirements.
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In the universe, spaceship ZGD105.
In the small but warmly decorated living room, Ouyang Shuo and his family were enjoying dinner around the coffee table.
There weren't many dishes, only scrambled eggs with tomatoes, cabbage, and stir-fried meat with chili. Compared to the sumptuous delicacies in the game, it was extremely simple, but for the fleet, it was already a luxury.
Although the space fleet had built indoor markets and farms, the output was limited, and most of the materials had to be used for the production of nutrients, so they could only supply them in limited quantities.
Every dish that Ouyang Shuo ordered would cost him achievement points.
Although the dishes were simple, everyone ate with relish. Song Jia picked up a piece of tomato and said with a smile, "It's been five years in the blink of an eye. I've almost forgotten what tomatoes taste like."
Tomatoes originated from South America and had yet to be introduced to Great Xia.
Ouyang Shuo glanced at Bing'er, and gave her a cabbage. Although Bing 'er's body was still the same as when she was seven years old, she was no longer as jumpy as before. Her thinking had already matured.
This scene caused Ouyang Shuo to feel as if time and space were in disorder.
There was a price to be paid for traveling back and forth between two completely different worlds. When people got used to everything that was out of place, the way of thinking of the entire population would undergo a fundamental change.
By then, the game world would no longer be just a virtual world.
Because of this, Ouyang Shuo did not wake up Yu'er and Luo'er. To the two of them, before they reach Hope Planet, it was better for them to stay in the game world. They were still not used to this kind of space-time transition.
Moreover, a small room was not a child's playground.
After dinner, Song Jia chatted with Bing'er in the living room, admiring the vast universe outside the window. Ouyang Shuo, on the other hand, walked into the newly renovated training room, preparing to cultivate the < Five Emperors Mantra > for the first time.
Back when he cultivated in-game, he was an existence similar to a Spirit Body. With Gaia's guidance, his understanding of cultivation techniques and even cultivation was actually very superficial.
It was like a force-feeding education.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to start his cultivation journey in the real world and truly build a solid foundation.
Things did not go well.
Although Ouyang Shuo had countless cultivation experiences, he still encountered difficulties when he sat down cross-legged and held his breath in concentration. The feedback from his physical body made him unable to enter a meditative state.
People have a thousand things to think about.
The first step in cultivation was to get rid of evil desires and understand one's true nature. This was called 'dispersing distractions and revealing one's true self'. When we hold our breath in concentration, it is not that the mind is blank, but that all kinds of thoughts appear uncontrollably.
At this moment, the best way was to concentrate and visualize an object or a technique.
The True Scriptures of the Five Emperors visualized the Five Emperors themselves, namely the Eastern Green Emperor, the Southern Red Emperor, the Central Yellow Emperor, the Western White Emperor, and the Northern Black Emperor.
Ouyang Shuo was visualizing the Eastern Wood Emperor.
The image of the Azure Thearch had already been engraved in Ouyang Shuo's mind. Now that he focused, the image of the Azure Thearch slowly appeared, becoming more and more realistic and lifelike.
During this process, one would naturally see one's true nature and get rid of all distracting thoughts.
At this stage, Ouyang Shuo still could not slack off, because this was just the beginning. He focused his thoughts on his lower Dantian and breathed rhythmically according to the rhythm of the True Scriptures of the Five Emperors.
He inhaled Genuine Qi and exhaled turbid Qi.
Gradually, there was an itchy feeling in his Dantian, as if a little mouse was scurrying around. Then, there was a warm feeling. In his Dantian, a small mass of Qi condensed out of thin air.
This was the first Genuine Qi.
That's right, the cultivation of the True Scriptures of the Five Emperors directly skipped over inner force and started with Genuine Qi. Later on, it would be converted into Genuine Essence, which was naturally much easier than converting inner force.
After successfully condensing the first Qi mass, the rest was easy. Ouyang Shuo only needed to concentrate and control the Qi mass to circulate according to the specific meridians of the True Scriptures of the Five Emperors. Then, the Qi mass would gradually grow bigger.
Ouyang Shuo's meridians had already been widened once, so the first major circulation was very smooth.
Ouyang Shuo circulated it for an entire seven great circulations before he stopped and completed the first round of cultivation, whereas, an entire three hours had already passed.
If not for Ouyang Shuo's good physical fitness, his legs would have gone numb.
When he returned to the living room, Song Jia and Bing'er had already logged back into the game. Ouyang Shuo went to the window and looked at the vast starry sky outside. For a moment, he was a little lost in thought.
Ouyang Shuo was very happy with the changes that had happened in the past ten days.
Especially at the moment when the Federation disintegrated, he felt that the cage that had been binding him was suddenly disintegrated. He felt extremely free and at ease.
From then on, he could fly freely in the sky and swim freely in the sea.
Ouyang Shuo took a deep breath and muttered to himself, "I can already smell the scent of a new world!"
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Gaia Year 6, 15th of January.
The changes that the Beast Tide had brought to the global wilderness had gradually stabilized.
After freeing up their hands, the two mysterious organizations finally took action and declared their existence to the global players. First, the Silver Hand was exposed in a high-profile manner, and its members formed a global alliance.
The name of the alliance was called the Silver Hand.
Unsurprisingly, more than 90% of the members had joined the Silver Hand.
The remaining 10% had joined another global alliance — the Azure Badge. Compared to the Silver Hand, the Azure Badge was more low-key. Its members were less than half of the Silver Hand's.
Even so, it was still a super giant.
Ouyang Shuo could tell at a glance that the so-called Azure Badge was simply the embodiment of academics.
When the members of the two alliances were exposed one by one, the global players were shocked to find that more than 90% of the territories in the world had joined the two organizations. More than half of the guilds were also members of the two organizations.
Such a shocking fact made the ordinary players feel a chill in their hearts.
"So, at a level that they can't reach, there have always been two shadows shrouding the sky."
Although the Federation had disintegrated, the oligarchs still existed. They were even more rampant and shocking. Faced with this cruel reality, every player was faced with a new choice.
They could join the oligarchs' camp and seek protection. Whether it was the Silver Hand or the Azure Badge, the moment they were exposed, they extended an olive branch to the ordinary players.
Obviously, they were also changing.
Of course, the players had other choices. They could fight alone, or they could choose to fight in between the oligarchs and forcefully carve out a bloody path.
For example, the Great Xia Dynasty.
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