Chapter 1812 - 160: Second Under Heaven, Clash with the Yellow Heaven Taoist! (Part 2)

"Has the Prince ever truly witnessed the suffering of the common people?"

"Have you ever seen them sell their sons and daughters due to tax levies?"

Jiang Ning said, "Has the Sect Hierarch forgotten, I climbed up from a common family, I was not born into a noble family, my elder brother was just an arrest officer in the county town."

Then, he continued, "I have seen and understood more things than the Sect Hierarch, and I am very aware that in this world today, the people still have a way to live."

"War and military calamities are what truly plunge the people into hell."

"The Sect Hierarch does not know that the corruption in the Great Xia is actually very slow, reaching this point over more than eight hundred years, it’s not yet time to be overthrown. Even if it were overthrown, due to the military calamities and wars, the population would be reduced by half, families would be shattered, and after a hundred or two hundred years, the new dynasty would reach this point again, with no essential change!"

"Such a cost to buy an uncertain better future for a hundred or two hundred years is neither something the people wish for nor is it worth it!"

"This inevitable rule is also an irreversible necessity!"

In discussing these matters, Jiang Ning thought of many things in his heart.

Moreover, he had thought about these things before.

In the world of his previous life, a dynasty lasting two to three hundred years was already the limit, and the speed of corruption was often shockingly fast.

The merging of lands, monopoly by the nobility, bureaucratic corruption, and frequent uprisings...

These phenomena were like an irreversible cyclical law, and almost no dynasty could escape them.

But this world is different.

The rules of this world are completely different from the previous life.

The reason is simple.

There are Martial Arts, Immortal Dao, and Martial Saints that can suppress an entire nation here.

Those standing at the Peak pursue power, longevity, and transcendence, not worldly lands, gold, and false fame.

For a Martial Arts Grandmaster, annexing a thousand acres of fertile land does not compare to a slight increase in strength, and a Yang God expert capable of flight would never seize a few Copper Coins from the common people.

The disappearance of conflicts of interest allows the bottom order of this world to have a much longer period of stability than the previous life, greatly reducing the speed of bureaucratic corruption, and making the people’s lives better than in the past.

This is the reason why the Great Xia Dynasty has remained relatively healthy over more than eight hundred years.

Compared to the historical dynasties of his previous world, the current state of Great Xia is already quite good.

It is far from reaching the point where it needs to be overthrown.

For the ordinary people, as long as they have a full meal to eat, they won’t reach the point of tying their heads to their belts.

War is just a game for the powerful.

For the ordinary people, it has no value to strive for.

The common people cannot cross class lines by waging war.

Especially in this world, where a Martial Arts Peak expert can single-handedly defeat a country.

At the level he is in now, he has no fear of any army’s human wave tactics.

Under such circumstances, any uprising of the people can only end with them becoming corpses, with no other possibility.

In this world, things are even more brutal.

For the common people, if they had any other way to survive, they wouldn’t want to become an insurgent.

The ordinary people now taking this step do so because of hidden manipulators behind the scenes.

The Yellow Heaven Taoist is one such manipulator.

The previous great drought, including the continuous snow disasters around Xisha County last year, were all due to the Yellow Heaven Taoist.

Various thoughts quickly flashed through Jiang Ning’s mind.

At this moment, after listening to this, the Yellow Heaven Taoist faintly smiled.

"What the Prince said is correct, but does the Prince know that millions of followers are willing to follow me in insurrection not just because of my persuasion, but because many of them could no longer survive and it’s because of me that they can live."

"The chaos in this world, even without me, would not change."

"The root of the chaos does not lie with me, but with those Immortal Cave Heavens. It’s those old monsters hidden in the shadows that regard all living beings as mere ants."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning’s gaze focused.

"Do you mean, Sect Hierarch, that you did not participate?"

"I participated!" The Yellow Heaven Taoist spoke, his voice only audible to Jiang Ning’s ears.

He then continued, "I just went with the flow to hasten the end of this Great Xia! In the Prince’s eyes, the world still has a way for the people to live, but in my eyes, they have no way, and it will only get harder and harder!"

"If that’s the case, then I will help send off Great Xia to its death!"

"To create a new world, a new era, a new dynasty!"

"On the corpse of Great Xia, there will be a more perfect system, more honest officials, and a possibility and path for the people to climb up!"

"I want a new era, a new dynasty, where everyone is like a dragon, everyone has the possibility of standing on the peak!"

"I know the Prince will think I’m delusional!"

"But how can you know if you don’t try?"

"Ultimately, someone has to try, someone has to stand up."

"Prolonged pain is worse than short pain!"

"If I don’t stand up, no one else in this world is qualified!!"

Upon hearing these nearly fanatic words.

Jiang Ning couldn’t help but shake his head.

He knew that continuing to speak with the Yellow Heaven Taoist was unnecessary.

Those who reach this level, once they have an idea, are people with a firm Dao heart and belief.

Like the Yellow Heaven Taoist, once actions are taken, he is unlikely to be persuaded by others.

Even if persuasion were possible, he knew he did not possess that eloquence.

With this in mind, Jiang Ning became too lazy to say more.

"Since the Sect Hierarch intends to do this and overthrow the Great Xia, then I have to see if the Sect Hierarch has that ability."

As the words fell, black and white energies rose around him, and nine layers of Yin Yang Mysterious Light spread like ripples, dyeing everything in a radius of several zhang into a chaotic color.

"It’s a lesson from the Prince that I cannot refuse!" The Yellow Heaven Taoist’s voice thundered.

He, too, took not a single step back, merely flicked his sleeves, and an infinite wave of power burst forth from within him, layers of earthen yellow light surrounding him.

Their gazes collided in the air, and in silence, an invisible yet vast Primordial Spirit pressure suddenly exploded.

The void nearly twisted, and time came to a halt.

The five Heavenly Kings in the valley had long sensed a warning, and at the moment the mysterious light around Jiang Ning lit up, they all simultaneously leaped back, their movement technique as fast as lightning, retreating a hundred zhang in an instant.

But even so, the aftermath of the Primordial Spirit clash, as it swept through the void, still struck hard against their Heart Spirit like an invisible giant hammer, causing three of them to groan, their faces suddenly turning pale.

The young man, in particular, had his pupils contract dramatically, with blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

It was not until they reached above the valley that they stopped.

Looking back at the valley, they saw that the entire valley had completely changed.

At the center where Jiang Ning and Yellow Heaven Taoist stood, the void within a radius of several dozen zhang twisted violently, the black and white mysterious light clashed with the earthen yellow light.

The void emitted constant rumbling sound, the air was crushed into visible ripples, the wind howled, the earth beneath rumbled and shook, and the entire valley seemed on the verge of overturning.

The few of them stood above the valley, and where their sight reached, they could no longer discern any outline of the two figures.

They could only feel the two vastly different yet equally immense Primordial Spirit energies clashing madly in the valley, like two blazing suns colliding, with each shock wave causing the surrounding mountain walls to tremble, as if the entire mountain range shuddered at this unparalleled showdown.

Everyone squinted, watching this scene in the valley.

The wind whipped towards them, stinging their faces like knives.

The surrounding vegetation had long since been annihilated.

"Is this the majesty of the Immortals?" One of the Heavenly Kings murmured, his face full of horror and disbelief.

"This is but a fraction of the majesty of the Immortals!" Another Heavenly King spoke, then continued, "A true Immortal long since shed their mortal form, possessing an Immortal Body, with the Immortal Tree within their body revealed, connecting heaven and earth, and the power they exert is countless times the might of the Sect Hierarch and that King Luoshui. That is a domain beyond human reach!"