Chapter 1219 - 406: Endless Harm (Double-Length - )

Chapter 1219: Chapter 406: Endless Harm (Double-Length Chapter)

Although he obtained the Xuanming Water Marrow, the timing for refining this treasure is not right now.

It will actually come when Lei Jun masters the Five Spirits and Five Qi and achieves the third layer of the Ninth Heavenly Layer.

There is nothing happening on Dragon Tiger Mountain, but there is an issue over in Great Unity.

Lei Jun’s fellow disciple, Chu Kun, was previously entrusted as a representative of the Celestial Master Mansion to oversee Great Unity.

The situation in Great Unity is gradually stabilizing, and there have been no disturbances from the world of the Great Han. After reporting back to the mansion, Chu Kun reportedly intends to go on a journey.

Such situations are not uncommon.

However, this time, it seems Chu Kun’s journey is taking longer, and he has yet to return.

... Alright, this is not the first time something like this has happened with Chu Kun.

Lei Jun has always refrained from inquiring much about it.

Chu Kun can handle it properly himself.

But this time...

"Third junior brother, went to the Ming Realm?"

Sitting opposite Lei Jun, Wang Guiyuan looked at the letter Lei Jun handed him, astonished as he raised his head.

The two brothers faced each other, momentarily at a loss for words.

The letter was a copy sent from Zhang Hui and Meng Shaojie over at Guicang.

The original was a reply from Xiao Chunhui to them.

Overall, it’s good news.

Xiao Chunhui, who changed his name, is safe in the Ming Realm.

The Ming Dynasty’s actions against Guicang have indeed been announced as terminated.

Unexpectedly for Xiao Chunhui, he encountered the High Merit Elder Chu Kun from Dragon Tiger Mountain in the Ming Realm.

As he knew, Chu Kun had always been in the Tang Dynasty Human Realm, in Great Unity among the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Currently, both the Tang Dynasty Human Realm and Guicang have prohibited contact with the Ming Realm.

How did this Celestial Master Mansion’s Elder Chu come over?

Has Great Unity opened communication with the Ming Realm?

"There is no Void Gateway opened between the Ming Realm and Great Unity." Lei Jun gently shook his head at Wang Guiyuan.

Chu Kun went through another channel.

Possibly related to some personal secret of his...

Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan exchanged a glance.

"The third junior brother was still a bit reckless, somewhat lacking in steadiness." Wang Guiyuan’s expression remained unchanged as he gave a light cough.

Lei Jun also showed no change in expression: "Perhaps it’s because he recently advanced to the Divine Court Realm and is feeling somewhat elated, hence his slight impatience. I hope he will take this as a warning in the future."

Wang Guiyuan: "The Sect Leader is quite right."

Later, Chu Kun contacted Lei Jun at the Ancestral Courtyard of the Sect through the Heaven’s Sight Earth’s Hearing Talisman.

"It was truly a serendipitous encounter, a situation hard to describe." He said with a wry smile.

Lei Jun did not ask further: "As long as you’re alright."

Chu Kun: "I didn’t encounter anyone else, only bumped into Master Xiao Chunhui, and with his help, it’s easier to conceal my whereabouts."

Previously, in Guicang, there was chaotic warfare among the Tang Imperial Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Little Ming Court.

Afterward, the Tang side occupied Guicang to resist the Ming.

The relationship between the two sides is hard to say harmonious.

The Celestial Master Mansion of Dragon Tiger Mountain has a significant presence in the Tang Dynasty Human Realm, and the Ming side certainly won’t ignore it.

Moreover, Xu Yuanzhen previously made quite a stir in the Ming Realm.

People from the Tang Dynasty’s Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion going to the Ming Dynasty’s territory certainly wouldn’t have it easy.

But Xiao Chunhui managed to establish a footing there, having changed his name through some arrangements.

"It’s not supposed to be so easy unless he has switched to practicing Neo-Confucianism."

To Lei Jun’s knowledge, just as the Mount Sumeru Buddhist Sect transforms others to cultivate the Buddhist Hand Seal Lineage, Neo-Confucian teachings also offer some loophole opportunities through movement techniques, mainly focusing on traditional Confucian scholar cultivators switching to Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism, which is far less difficult compared to other Taoist heritages.

"Although I don’t have much interaction with this Mr. Xiao Chunhui, I feel he wouldn’t make such a choice," Lei Jun said.

However, in that case, even if Xiao Chunhui changed his name, emerging as a Great Scholar in the Upper Three Heavens, he would still be very conspicuous.

Chu Kun: "Master Xiao did not switch to studying Neo-Confucianism. Although he wasn’t very detailed, it should be that he settled with the help of local monks in the Ming. I feel it’s someone from the Buddhist sect."

Lei Jun: "The Great Ming White Lotus Sect?"

Chu Kun: "More like someone from the Orthodox Buddhist Sects, the Bodhi Temple."

"I see."

Lei Jun: "How are things over in the Ming Dynasty?"

Chu Kun: "In the Ming Court, among the Wu, Chu, and Qin factions, the Wu faction was originally strong, and now they have the favor of the new sovereign, thus gradually overshadowing the others."

Upon hearing this, Lei Jun slightly raised his eyebrows.

What is called Neo-Confucianism is essentially a top-down framework.

The principles of Heaven, Earth, Monarch, Teacher, and Filial Piety are maintained orderly.

The ideal state where the Holy Celestial Son governs passively is of course a dream of all the ministers of the Ming, but the Emperor is always the Emperor.

Ministers might have various opinions about the ruler himself, and even have arrangements behind the scenes, but publicly, loyalty to the Emperor has always been the foremost rule for all the ministers of the Ming.

In such a system, regardless of high or low position, everyone must maintain this system and uphold numerous principles with loyalty to the Emperor as the foremost, sharing honor and disgrace together.

The so-called cultural pulse of the world shares the national destiny with the Emperor, intertwined in fortune and calamity.

If the already powerful Grand Secretary gains further favor from the palace, it would be overwhelming pressure on others.

But generally speaking, even if the Ming Emperor is ignorant and dim-witted, he would create a balance among his ministers.

And now, with the Wu faction already being dominant, and the Ming Emperor still offering support, it’s indeed unusual...

"Of all the known divergent worlds after the historical split, the Ming Realm has the longest and most enduring history and timeline, and the first surge of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi revival."

Lei Jun: "The eldest senior sister had once gone to the Ming Realm. Even if scholarly cultivators suppress other Taoist heritages, in terms of numbers, practitioners there, regardless of their cultivation level, are probably the pinnacle among all worlds, only that internal strife within the Ming Dynasty suppresses the underlying foundation, making it inconspicuous."

It’s not just because scholarly cultivators suppress other Taoist heritages.