Chapter 1179 - 395: The Divide Between Immortal and Mortal (Ten Thousand-Word Epic)

Chapter 1179: Chapter 395: The Divide Between Immortal and Mortal (Ten Thousand-Word Epic)

This is akin to ’bringing a wolf into the house’ for Yinshan Cave.

Hence the matter raised considerable controversy within Yinshan Cave.

After much deliberation, Lord Hu Hengyuan personally went north to Dragon Tiger Mountain, accompanied by the most outstanding young master of the cave, Tian Cheng.

Lei Jun conversed with them, his demeanor unchanged.

Hu Hengyuan remained calm and replied fluently.

Finally, Lei Jun said, "Natural disasters and human misfortunes afflict the common people alike, and apart from epidemics, the harvest in fields may also be affected by insect infestations."

Hu Hengyuan and Tian Cheng exchanged glances.

What Lei Jun said was somewhat unexpected for them.

But Hu Hengyuan and Tian Cheng immediately understood Lei Jun’s intention.

This Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain perhaps wishes for Yinshan Cave to integrate from this direction into the Tang Imperial Dynasty, or rather, into the world of the Han people?

His thoughts are both vast and minute.

Saying vast, it’s a deliberate guidance for the Witchcraft Sect and Worm Art Vein to shift direction.

It’s not difficult to imagine that this might affect Witchcraft Sect cultivators throughout the Great Tang human realm in the future.

Saying minute, his focus is not in the cultivation world, but rather in the mundane mortal world.

He solely does not consider resolving the various poisonous worms of Yinshan Cave.

From a technical standpoint, it is not impossible.

But Hu Hengyuan is willing to believe at this moment that Lei Celestial Master subjectively does not have such intentions.

Or looking from another angle, Lei Celestial Master requires Yinshan Cave to shift as a whole, restrict themselves, then the poisonous worms will naturally no longer spread.

"In my younger years, I heard rumors that worms are diverse, and in certain parts of the Southern Wilderness, they actually have the wonderful purpose of persuading and assisting agriculture. It’s just not on a large scale. Now thinking about it, it is indeed a pity," Lei Jun said.

This is indeed true.

But it also indeed does not gain traction.

Ultimately, in the current world, the current era, the current environment, aside from individuals like Luo Haoran, it’s impossible to expect cultivators to serve mundane commoners on a large scale.

That’s truly reversing the Heavenly Gang.

The royal court seeks national stability, also focusing greatly on calming natural disasters and benefiting the populace, rather than further refinement and expansion.

Most of the time, it’s glimpses casually revealed by cultivators, mostly unintentional actions.

Lei Jun does not mind this.

Consider it a military use turned civilian.

There is no need to rush, nor should urgency be required.

Steady and sustained growth, not competing for success within a hundred years.

This surely will be a long process.

At this moment, the benefits of the extension of a cultivator’s lifespan become somewhat evident.

If not for this, Zhang Hui would not be so relaxed.

Without any major incidents, he does not need to relay with two generations under the Empress.

Empress Zhang Wantong alone can hold the Dragon Court for at least several hundred years.

Possibly even longer.

If she maintains unchanging policies, more consideration is needed towards preventing so-called major accidents from happening.

For Lei Jun, it is the same.

After a long talk, Hu Hengyuan stayed at the Celestial Master Mansion on Dragon Tiger Mountain, while Tian Cheng was sent back to the Southern Wilderness by him.

Between the Central Plains and the Southern Wilderness, there is often a balance of gains and losses.

The Witchcraft Sect in the Southern Wilderness is weak, while the cultivation community and royal court in the Central Plains are strong, which is historically common.

But Hu Hengyuan and Tian Cheng both felt vaguely that this epoch might usher in a huge transformation different from the past.

History, civilization, tradition, the inertia of human hearts are powerful.

The related transformation may not come overnight, may not take years, decades, or even a hundred years to achieve, and it may last a long time.

But Hu Hengyuan felt vaguely that such a trend has already formed in this era.

It is both a transformation of creation and a human push riding the waves.

That Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain during the Great Tang era is unfathomable...

Lord Hu Hengyuan of Yinshan Cave is not a benevolent person.

Back when the Blood River Sect’s Sect Leader Wei Ancheng rose and sought to unify the Southern Wilderness, Hu Hengyuan and Yinshan Cave, although joining forces with other sacred lands to resist the Blood River Sect, were also not without times of observation.

But at this moment, Hu Hengyuan sensed instinctively that he and Yinshan Cave should actively ride the wave of this era and move forward.

Even if there are bound to be many risks, twists, and turns, and even if they might become repetitive costs within it, and even if Hu Hengyuan himself may not see the final outcome.

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During his stay on Dragon Tiger Mountain, Celestial Master Lei greeted Sun Mingjing, Nie Fang, Hu Hengyuan, among others, while a second exchange unfolded between the Great Han Dynasty and Great Tang Dynasty.

This group of exchanges primarily involved scholars.

But compared to last time, court officials finally began to emerge.

The envoy leading the Great Tang Dynasty group was Shangguan Qing, who was not only an elder of the Shangguan Clan but also a contemporary Great Scholar and a crucial official of the Tang Court.

Zhang Hui had specifically contacted Meng Shaojie regarding this matter.

Meng Shaojie was quite interested in traveling in the world of the Han people.

But at present he is working on Guicang, organizing various cultural documents and records under the jurisdiction of Little Ming Court.

His mindset is tranquil, taking one step at a time, so he chose to forgo this rare opportunity, leaving it for the future while completing his current tasks first.

Shangguan Qing and others set off first.

Before their return, a second group from the world of the Han people arrived.

Regarding the encounters of the Five Clans and Seven Families in the Tang human realm, the Great Han Dynasty gradually became aware of them.

Thus when selecting people, they paid attention, avoiding offspring from prestigious families and reducing royal family members.

The leading envoy was Ouyang Jingyuan, the Crown Prince’s Junior Tutor, whom Lei Jun previously met in Great Unity.

Ouyang Jingyuan first went to Luoyang, the Imperial Capital, to visit the reigning Empress.

After leaving Luoyang, he headed south to the Celestial Master Mansion on Dragon Tiger Mountain to visit contemporary Celestial Master Lei Jun.

After exchanging formalities, they sat down for a chat.

"Wars dangerous, battles fierce, the Great Han Dynasty currently suffers from military disasters, which no one wishes to see," Lei Jun said. "I pray day and night for the heavens to help the Great Han’s military disasters to be resolved soon."