Chapter 451 Determining the Western Regions [Part 1]
Just when Ning Chen secretly complained that the Confucian saint was stingy, someone in his high-end group called him again.
Entering the group, Ning Chen immediately saw that it was Marquis Dingguo calling him.
Seeing Marquis Dingguo appear in the group, Ning Chen immediately said: "Master Hou, has the problem of the Great Wall of Righteousness been solved? How are you going to thank me?"
"Boy, you did a great job this time."
Ning Chen could tell from Marquis Dingguo's words that Marquis Dingguo was in a really good mood this time.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
Marquis Dingguo was in a very good mood at this time.
In the past, the Great Wall of Righteousness could only be defended. This kind of persistence happened not only in the hands of Marquis Dingguo, but also in previous dynasties, and even in previous dynasties.
At this time, even holding on has become very difficult.
Fighting back is something that has never happened before.
But this time, Marquis Dingguo really made a counterattack.
With the help of the power of medical energy, he counterattacked the so-called gods and demons hiding behind the Great Wall of Righteousness.
Although such a counterattack may not really be able to kill the Corpse God, the meaning is completely different.
"Master Marquis, let's not just say that I did a good job verbally. Let's do something practical." Ning Chen continued to ask for some benefits from Marquis Dingguo.
"What do you want?" Marquis Dingguo didn't say anything directly, but instead asked the question to Ning Chen.
Marquis Dingguo suddenly asked Ning Chen to make his own choice. Ning Chen really didn't know what to order.
Want to talk about something about improving your cultivation?
Ning Chen didn't know what to order.
This is really because Ning Chen's cultivation has improved too quickly.
Ning Chen himself knew only a little about the matter of cultivation, and he really couldn't tell what was needed.
"You prepare an immortal substance for Ning Chen."
Just when Ning Chen had a headache, Kong Jijiu came directly to help Ning Chen and made a request.
"What is immortal matter?" Ning Chen was confused after hearing Kong Jijiu's request.
Kong Jijiu explained to Ning Chen: "If you want to advance to the second level of martial arts, the fastest way is to use immortal matter."
"Using the readily available immortal substances to practice, you can reach the immortal Martial King faster, which is the second level of martial arts."
After hearing Kong Jijiu's explanation, Ning Chen still seemed to understand.
Although Kong Jijiu explained what it was used for, he did not explain what it was.
But to be able to make Kong Jijiu speak, it is obvious that this immortal substance should be very, very precious.
"He is still far away from reaching the second level, not to mention that he still has a long way to go in his Confucianism and Taoism.
It's too early to say this now, I'd better give him some money."
Marquis Dingguo directly planned to divert this issue.
When Ning Chen heard that Marquis Dingguo wanted to go over, he knew that this immortal substance was definitely not something that could be bought with money.
"If that doesn't work, I want immortal matter." Ning Chen directly targeted his needs.
Marquis Dingguo persuaded Ning Chen, saying: "It's useless for you to ask for these things now, not to mention that your Confucianism and Taoism are still far away from the second level. When you are about to reach the second level of Confucianism and Taoism, it will not be too late to worry."
Kong Jijiu took over Marquis Dingguo's words and said: "He is not far from the second level of Confucianism and Taoism."
When Kong Jijiu said this, not only Marquis Dingguo, but also Ning Chen himself was stunned.
To be honest, Ning Chen only knows a title for the second grade of Confucianism and Taoism.
I know that the second level of Confucianism and Taoism is called half-sage.
But Ning Chen really has no idea how to reach the second level.
However, how could Kong Jijiu be sure that he was not far from the second level of Confucianism and Taoism?
I didn't feel anything at all.
"When he sent the medical knowledge to Wenshan and the sea of books, the shadow of the Confucian sage appeared and bowed to Yishan." Kong Jijiu gave his judgment to the Marquis of Dingguo.
"What! You said that the shadow of the Confucian saint appeared and paid homage to Yishan." After hearing Kong Jijiu's words, Marquis Dingguo couldn't calm down anymore.
"What you said is true!" Kong Jijiu's words shocked even Prince Jing who had been diving for thousands of years in the group.
Only Ning Chen said that he was still very confused about all this.
The Confucian sage did bow to his own mountain of medicine.
However, what does this have to do with reaching the second level?
Could it be that because the Confucian sage bowed in vain, the sage could open a backdoor and take a shortcut?
Is this simply impossible?
"Teacher, what does this mean?" Ning Chen couldn't bear it anymore, so the riddlers in the group took the initiative to ask.
Kong Jijiu explained to Ning Chen: "The third level of Confucianism is to establish one's destiny. You already know this.
The second level of Confucianism is called semi-saint, but what is actually required is meritorious service.
All the literary works that you have integrated into the sea of literature and books before are actually making contributions to Confucianism and Taoism.
Of course, this meritorious service is not just the establishment of Wenshan.
And everything you do for the development and survival of the human race is actually meritorious service.
It's just that this meritorious service can be big or small. If you want to accumulate enough merit, you can reach the second-level realm.
It's still quite difficult.
But for the matter of Medical Mountain, the Confucian sage personally thanked him, so the credit is naturally extraordinary.
According to this estimate, you should not be far from the second level."
After hearing Kong Jijiu's explanation, Ning Chen really just realized that the second grade of Confucianism required meritorious service.
And his contribution to the Medical Mountain was directly responded to by the Confucian sages. This is definitely one of the greatest contributions in Confucianism and Taoism.
Ning Chen was still complaining that the Confucian sage was stingy before, but now he saw that the Confucian sage was still generous.
Seeing that he had no great merits, he directly showed up to help himself gain a lot of great merits.
Of course, Ning Chen also knew that the way of medicine was indeed worthy of the Confucian saint's appearance.
Marquis Dingguo and Prince Jing all looked at Ning Chen after Kong Jijiu finished speaking.
If Ning Chen, who is a double or third-grade person, is worthy of their attention.
Then if it is Ning Chen who is a double second-grade person, he can be on an equal footing with them.
Of course, this equality refers to strength, not status.
In terms of status, Marquis Dingguo is just a marquis, while Ning Chen is now a prince.
In terms of status, he is still a little higher than the Marquis of Dingguo.
But in terms of strength, Marquis Dingguo is much higher than Ning Chen.
Marquis Dingguo has already infinitely approached the existence of a first-class person.
As for Prince Jing, he may be closer to the first rank than Marquis Dingguo.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether he is the Marquis of Dingguo or the Prince of Jing.
They would never feel that Ning Chen's power would threaten their status.
Neither of them are narrow-minded people.
They will only feel that Ning Chen's strength is a great and gratifying good thing for the human race and the Wu Dynasty.
"You have established a medical practice, and not only the Great Wall of Righteousness has benefited greatly.
Jingzhou also has a lot of influence from you, so as for this immortal substance, I can't just get rid of it all by myself."
After explaining his reasons, Marquis Dingguo directly named Prince Jing: "Prince Jing, how about half of the immortal matter that Ning Chen needs to break through?"
Prince Jing did not talk as much nonsense as Marquis Dingguo, and directly agreed to Marquis Dingguo's request.
"Boy, wait until the two of us gather enough immortal matter that you need to break through, I will have someone send it to you." Marquis Dingguo said to Ning Chen.
Ning Chen quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Marquis, thank you, Your Majesty."
After finishing speaking, Ning Chen said to Kong Jijiu: "Teacher, I still have many things that I don't understand about the second grade of Confucianism. Teacher, can you explain it to me in detail later?"
Kong offered wine to his forehead and said, "Okay."
After Ning Chen finished speaking, Marquis Dingguo suddenly named Wu Zhao directly: "Xiao Wu Zhao, how much has the luck of the Wu Dynasty increased with the blessing of medicine?"
Wu Zhao, who heard the roll call, appeared directly in the group and answered Marquis Dingguo's question: "The eighth cauldron is almost full."
Marquis Dingguo nodded: "Very good, if we continue, we may witness the first dynasty with Jiuding luck in the history of our race."
Wu Zhao had a much clearer understanding of this matter, and was not arrogant and complacent just because he had reached the Bading Dynasty: "It seems that it is very difficult to reach the Bading Dynasty. To reach the Jiuding Dynasty, then
It can only get harder."
Ning Chen interrupted and asked Wu Zhao: "If we conquer the Western Region directly, can we reach the Eight Cauldrons?"
Wu Zhao pondered for a moment before answering, "Theoretically it's possible."
The topic changed and Wu Zhao continued to explain: "However, if the Western Region's counterattack causes us too many casualties, if we offset them in this way, we may not be able to reach the Bading."
Ning Chen forgot that luck is something that cannot only come in but cannot come out.
It's about going in and out.
If the human race suffers too much loss and loses too much luck, then it is really possible that the luck will decrease instead of increasing.
In fact, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Ning Chen and Wu Chao to accumulate enough luck.
Just like now, you are only a hair away from Bading.
But this last bit, if you want to gather them all, requires the complete surrender of the Western Region.
But how could the Western Regions surrender to the Wu Dynasty so easily?
The Western Region will definitely resist. If they resist, the human race will definitely suffer casualties.
And a large number of casualties will definitely cause the loss of luck.
So even if the Western Region surrenders by then, but all the people are killed, the luck will decrease instead of increase.
This was actually the case during the time of Emperor Wu.
Normally, during the period of Emperor Wu, he already had five and a half cauldrons, which was close to the luck of six cauldrons.
It was precisely because of this kind of luck that people like Marquis Dingguo appeared in the Wu Dynasty.
But after a big battle with the Ten Thousand Monsters Kingdom.
Although the Wu Dynasty finally won, it did so because it lost too many human beings.
Instead, my luck was consumed too much.
When it reached Emperor Shun's hands, it turned into a mess.
Even Emperor Wu's untimely death was due to the decrease in luck.
If Emperor Shun hadn't devoted himself to cultivating Taoism, he might have died earlier than Emperor Wu.
"The matter of the Western Region is indeed a bit troublesome now. We have already forced Leiyin Temple into a corner.
Leiyin Temple has used all the methods they can use against us.
Now Leiyin Temple can only completely break up with us and completely put down all bottom lines.
The next battle will probably be difficult." Marquis Dingguo was also on the side, analyzing the situation in the Western Region.
Ning Chen is also well aware of the current situation in the Western Region.
The matter is the same as what Ding Guohou analyzed.
Despite his rapid progress, Leiyin Temple has actually been pushed into a corner by himself.
Now Leiyin Temple has no retreat.
If Leiyin Temple is unwilling to surrender directly, then Leiyin Temple will definitely fight back desperately.
Including their Bodhisattvas, they will absolutely fight back against the Wu Dynasty at any cost, even if it means directly paying the price of their own death.
Ning Chen really couldn't imagine what kind of tragic scene it would be like.
"How is your promotion of Mahayana Buddhism going?" Prince Jing once again asked Ning Chen a rare question regarding the Western Regions.
Ning Chen answered truthfully: "After this incident of corpse transformation, the spread of Mahayana Buddhism can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
According to what Liao Jingyuan told me, there should be millions of followers of Mahayana Buddhism in the Western Regions now.
Such a corpse transformation directly increased the number of followers of Mahayana Buddhism dozens of times."
"Then can you put some effort into Mahayana Buddhism?" Prince Jing continued to ask Ning Chen.
Ning Chen pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this can't be done.
First of all, although Mahayana Buddhism now has millions of followers, there is still a huge gap compared with the followers of Hinayana Buddhism.
Secondly, I promised Qingyuan a very large autonomy before he went to spread Mahayana Buddhism to me.
If Mahayana Buddhism is used at this time to help our Wu Dynasty, annex the Western Regions and annex Leiyin Temple.
Qingyuan may not come back to bite us, but I guess there is a high probability that Qingyuan will choose to leave Mahayana Buddhism.
With Qingyuan's current influence in Mahayana Buddhism, if Qingyuan chooses to withdraw, it will take away a lot of believers.
At that time, these believers may still choose Mahayana Buddhism, but their stance may be opposite to ours."
Ning Chen said it was indeed a bit roundabout, but Prince Jing already understood what Ning Chen meant.
Then Prince Jing did not ask Ning Chen to continue to use Mahayana Buddhism.
After Ning Chen finished speaking, Marquis Dingguo also said from the side: "You are right, so Mahayana Buddhism can only act as a force to split Theravada Buddhism in the Western Regions.
As for Mahayana Buddhism to completely sway to our Wu Dynasty, this will indeed take a very long time.
After all, Qingyuan's understanding of our Wu Dynasty is still very shallow.
It’s really not easy to force him directly at this time.”