Chapter 19: Overcoming the Tribulation

A lot of things happened in fifteen years.

The last emperor of Dagan died three years ago, and the new emperor succeeded to the throne three years ago. The reign was called Guanghe. At this time, it was the second year of Guanghe.

Perhaps it was because there were too many wise rulers before Dagan, and when it came to this Emperor Guanghe, there were signs of defeat.

It was very simple. Emperor Guanghe did not know the art of weighing like his father.

An emperor who does not know the art of weighing is destined not to be a qualified emperor.

It was also at the end of the second year of Guanghe that a shocking news came from Fulong Temple.

Zhang Fulong announced that Fulong Temple would start to close the mountain from now on, and would reopen the mountain gate after a hundred years.

Everyone was stunned by Zhang Fulong's decision and did not understand why he did this.

"Disciple, our relationship as master and disciple ends here, go down the mountain."

Zhang Fulong found Liu Shuo and asked him to leave Fulong Temple from today.

Liu Shuo started to follow Zhang Fulong at the age of twelve, and it has been sixteen years so far.

Liu Shuo is now twenty-eight years old and has become a big man.

Perhaps because he often followed Zhang Fulong, his temperament was elegant and easy-going, showing his extraordinary temperament.

Liu Shuo had known that this day would come, and he kowtowed to Zhang Fulong three times, and then went down the mountain.

After Liu Shuo went down the mountain, Zhang Fulong cast a spell to hide Fulong Temple from the world, and the world could no longer find him.

As time went by, over time, the name of Fulong Temple faded from the mouths of the people.

A hundred years later.

The Dagan Dynasty was still there, but it was already in turmoil.

Due to the sharp increase in population and serious land annexation, famine broke out all over the country. Last year alone, there were no less than a hundred large and small uprisings.

The court had no money and food for disaster relief. Even if there was money and food, it could not reach the hands of the people. It was divided layer by layer from top to bottom. The only means for the emperor was to send troops to suppress it.

However, suppression also has its exhaustion.

There were two big warlords in the north and one in the south.

The three major warlords occupied a total of twelve states in Dagan, and only six states were nominally still under the control of Dagan.

If this trend continues, Dagan will inevitably perish within three years.

Only one year has passed.

Under the Pingding Mountain in Qingzhou, a carriage was escorted by a team of cavalry.

The cavalry had a lot of blood on their armor and their faces were exhausted. I think they had experienced a fierce battle.

When they arrived at the foot of Pingding Mountain, a middle-aged man in a dragon robe jumped out of the carriage.

At this time, the middle-aged man looked up to the sky and cried, "Master, where are you, save me, save Dagan."

Yes, he is the current emperor of Dagan.

In just one year, all eighteen states in the world were out of Dagan's control, and Shangjing also fell into the hands of the thieves.

The three major warlords seemed to have reached a consensus, not to conflict, not to initiate civil war, and only one goal, Shangjing.

This led to the destruction of Dagan in just one year.

Under the protection of three thousand guards, the emperor fled all the way from Shangjing. When he arrived here, there were only a few dozen people left.

The reason why he came here was because of the last thought.

If he could find the immortal master, Dagan could still be saved.

Unfortunately, the emperor shouted for a long time and knelt for a long time, but Pingdingshan was still as quiet as ever, and no one responded to him.

Finally, he left Pingdingshan and continued to flee under the drag of the guards.

After the emperor left, a figure appeared in the original place.

It was Zhang Fulong who had disappeared for a hundred years.

"Man-made disaster."

Looking at the back of the emperor leaving, Zhang Fulong shook his head and sighed.

A hundred years ago in the Shangjing Palace, when Emperor Gan asked him about the people's livelihood, he had already explained it to Emperor Gan.

Later, they also got confirmation that grain production was increasing year by year, and there would be no burden due to population growth.

Emperor Gan was a wise ruler, and Dagan had been founded for more than a hundred years, so land annexation was not serious, and the people had some way to survive.

Unlike now, the emperor is fooled by the court officials, and the noble families are desperately annexing land and not treating the people as human beings. It would be strange if the world is not in chaos and the country is not destroyed.

Zhang Fulong does have the ability to save Dagan, but what's the use of it? He can't save the people of the world. It's time to reshuffle the world.

The reason why Zhang Fulong sighed was not that Dagan would perish, but that the world was about to change, but it still couldn't change the law of the dynasty for three hundred years.

At the beginning, he accepted Liu Shuo as a registered disciple because Liu Shuo had the potential of a hidden dragon.

In other words, someone in the Liu family must become a dragon within five generations.

If the Emperor of Gan had a national policy to prevent land annexation at that time, and the next emperor did not go downhill, Zhang Fulong could help Dagan continue the country.

Unfortunately, none of them were as Zhang Fulong wished, which made Zhang Fulong understand a truth that the trend of heaven and earth cannot be changed.

So, when Liu Shuo was 28 years old, he was allowed to go down the mountain, and Fulong Temple began to close the mountain.

Da Gan is dead, and the next dynasty founder must be the descendants of Liu Shuo, and other warlords are the pioneers of the king.

The facts are the same as Zhang Fulong expected. Eight years later, Liu Xiu ascended the throne in Shangjing and named the country Dali.

Liu Xiu is the great-grandson of Liu Shuo.

One month after Dali was established.

On this day, Fulong Temple reappeared in the world.

"I am Zhang Fulong of Fulong Temple. After a hundred years of seclusion, I have realized the higher realm of Qi Refining. In three months, I will pass the tribulation on Pingding Mountain. Everyone in the world can come to watch."

Zhang Fulong's voice spread over a hundred miles, and everyone who heard it was shocked.

The Fulong Temple, which disappeared for a hundred years, reappeared in the world, and there was also a tribulation. These are super explosive news.

The news quickly spread from Qingzhou to the world, and many people came to see what the so-called tribulation was.

Emperor Liu Xiu of Dali also learned the news and hurried to Pingding Mountain in Qingzhou.

In addition to meeting the legendary immortal master, he went to Pingding Mountain to fulfill his grandfather's last wish.

Liu Shuo's last wish was that he wanted the descendants of the Liu family to take a look at Fulong Temple for him.

For so many years, the Liu family has also been exploring Fulong Temple, but has never been able to do so.

Now that Fulong Temple has reappeared in the world, he, a descendant of the Liu family, naturally has to go there for his grandfather.

At the same time, he also wants to see what realm is above refining qi.

Since Emperor Qian copied the immortal master Lin Tian's refining qi perception a hundred years ago, and Zhang Fulong did not deliberately conceal it, today, the world has also had some understanding of cultivation.

Only with spiritual roots can one practice. The first realm of cultivation is called refining qi, and refining qi is divided into nine levels.

The original immortal master Lin Tian, ​​or the current Zhang Fulong, are both at the level of refining qi.

As for what realm is above refining qi, no one has given an answer yet.

In three months, countless people gathered at the foot of Pingding Mountain, and Xiangya Village returned to its former prosperity.

As soon as the three-month period arrived, it was close to noon.

A figure appeared in the sky above Pingding Mountain. In the blink of an eye, it was Zhang Fulong, the abbot of Fulong Temple.

"Thank you all for coming to watch me transcend the tribulation. I, Zhang Fulong, the abbot of Fulong Temple, am here to greet you."

Zhang Fulong bowed to everyone in the air, and his voice was clearly audible.

Everyone returned the greeting.

"We have met the Immortal Master, and wish you success in transcending the tribulation."