Chapter 2241 It’s the same after cultivation
It is through this cultivation ancestor that they can pass on to the present.
There are actually villages in other places.
Forced by Daqian’s exorbitant taxes and various oppressions, they ran to the wilderness to survive.
Every year many people move here to survive.
But in the end, within five or ten years, they were all devoured by various beasts and monsters.
Human beings are intelligent and invincible in nature.
The problem here is not nature, but a place with extraordinary power.
The wisdom of group humans also has an upper limit.
Because they have ancestors who are cultivators, they have difficulty in reproducing.
It's just that as the ancestor of the cultivator passed away, the inheritance he left behind.
There are few people who have learned it, and their cultivation is worse than him.
The so-called generation is stronger than the previous generation.
That is established in a relatively large ethnic group.
If it is a relatively small ethnic group, the degradation effect is the most normal.
Cheng Lan knows a lot about this matter.
Because some of my more civilized tribes on the earth went to some desert islands, and eventually they gradually degraded because the islands were small and lacked resources.
When the resources are exhausted, civilization and technology will also degrade.
Finally became a barbarian.
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And they are like this now. As the population becomes smaller and smaller, there are fewer and fewer people who can learn spells.
Leading to the inability to withstand more disasters, thus forming a vicious cycle.
After a few hundred years, their fate may be the same as other villages that disappeared early.
At this time, Cheng Lan asked them with the help of the female bodyguard:
"Since it is so dangerous here, why don't you go back and work hard?"
The head of this village smiled bitterly and said: "You won't even have a good day if you go back to work."
"You can live at least half of the good life here in a year."
" There is food and clothing, meat and wine, singing and dancing. "Only half of the good days are left to worry about."
"But everyone is content." br>
"In Daqian, you have to be anxious every morning when you get up, worrying about whether you can find a job and have food to eat today."
"Worry about whether you will meet a government official or a bully today."
A harsh government is fiercer than a tiger.
This is absolutely true.
After hearing this, Cheng Lan was also filled with tears.
She fully understood that what was said in the ancient poem was indeed true.
She also understood why those ancient saints advocated rule by inaction.
The so-called governance by doing nothing means not bothering.
Three words: "Don't bother". If you don't bother the people, you are benevolent and righteous.
Ordinary people can live much more comfortably by relying on their own abilities.
If you mess around, people will die.
The more troubles you make, the more opportunities there will be for those corrupt officials below.
You can take advantage of your troubles and create a clever name.
Similarly, those who are educated and literate will also distort your original intention in your troubles. It is obviously a matter of tax reduction, but they say it is a tax increase.
Anyway, the people are illiterate, and the tax is only one penny, but he is telling you to add one penny.
There is even talk of levying three coins.
There are many similar things.
Even Wen Rensheng knows a lot about this matter.
It is clearly said that the land is measured and the people who own the land pay taxes.
As a result, after he measured the land, he changed the measured land to the poor, so that the poor paid more taxes.
This is in the so-called feudal society, because the failure of governance by officials at the bottom led to more reforms and changes at the top, the more the people suffered, and the more tragic the failure.
This is also the reason why major reforms often fail.
Because he is built on a completely deformed team.
It would be surprising if the reform could succeed.
Now, after Cheng Lan realized this, he became even more determined why he wanted to contract an entire team.
Otherwise, there is no need to even think about successfully completing the mission given by the Lord God.
As for why the Lord God gave this task.
Obviously because it has the greatest challenge and is the most tempering.
Everything from inner will to personal resilience can be honed.
Just like Yongzheng, he was a ruthless person.
Only then can the reforms be implemented.
However, what later generations did not know was that this reform disappeared immediately after his death.
Qianlong directly abolished it.
Still the old way.
Not fresh.
The only one who was not abolished by the reform was Shang Yang.
At this time.
The village began to entertain Cheng Lan’s female bodyguards.
Good wine and good meat are served.
Judging from the faces of the villagers, they do not feel the burden is heavy.
It can be seen that they have no shortage of meat to eat.
It is the harvest time for the foot dolphins to welcome visitors.
As expected, without the pressure from above, life is actually easy and good in the wilderness.
It’s just that there may be a shortage of necessities such as salt and medicine.
However, these people have the inheritance of practitioners after all, and there is obviously no shortage of these two.
Then living naturally will be easy.
The only problem is the danger in the wilderness.
The female bodyguard then started eating without ceremony.
While eating, it didn’t take long.
Not long after waiting, another person suddenly came over in a hurry and informed the village chief who was accompanying the guest.
"Village chief, it's bad, those perverted sects have come to our village to recruit disciples again!"
"What, they are here again!"
"Hurry up and let the young man hide Go into the hole!" the village chief said anxiously.
At this time, Cheng Lan asked: "Why are you recruiting apprentices?"
"Well, the person who came here is from a sect. People nearby call it the Eunuch Sect. It is very powerful. They come to us regularly every year to recruit disciples. .”
"Isn't this a good thing? This can increase your defense capabilities?" Cheng Lan naturally knew there was something wrong with it, but she asked it deliberately.
The village chief shook his head and sighed: "Yes, normally speaking, it is a great thing that can only be wished for."
"But the real person doesn't know that when they accept apprentices, they have to castrate them on the spot."
“What, are you recruiting apprentices or suckling pigs?” Cheng Lan couldn’t laugh or cry.
“That’s it, because their sect’s martial arts must be practiced from the palace.”
"If that's the case, since you can practice the technique, there will be people who are willing to be castrated, right?" Cheng Lan thought for a while.
“What I’m saying is that if you can practice martial arts after being castrated, even though we have a small population, there will still be people willing to try it.” The village chief shook his head and said, “That’s the problem.”
Cheng Lan listened carefully.
“They castrate first and then select their apprentices.”
“What do you mean?”
"That is to say, they have to pass a test to join the sect, but to pass their test, you must be a castrated person."
Cheng Lan thought about it carefully and suddenly realized.
“I understand, it’s just like entering the palace.”
“Before entering the palace, you have to castrate yourself, and after castration, you may not be able to successfully enter the palace.”
"That's it, because castration has a success rate, so it's impossible to select someone to be a eunuch and then castrate him. It's all about selecting a group of people who survive the castration and then selecting them."< br>
"This is just like us." The village chief sighed.
Cheng Lan nodded.
There are some shabby alleys near the capital, where a group of people who have castrated themselves gather.
They have been waiting for months and months to recruit people from the palace.
Some people have waited their entire lives and never had the chance to work in the palace.
It can be said that he not only lost his body, but also did not get a chance to have enough food or even a trace of wealth.
In fact, most eunuchs enter the palace just to have enough food, and few of them expect wealth.
Hearing this, Wen Rensheng sighed.
He had heard of a man who, after being castrated the day before, the Qing Dynasty was over the next day and no longer took in eunuchs.
It can be said that I am very depressed.
At this moment, these people are similar to this.
From this we can also see the severe oppression of this Daqian.
Cheng Lan then said here: "Then what should you do now?"
The village chief seemed to be waiting for this sentence:
"Master, can you Save us?”
To come forward is to prostrate.
The people serving around me also kowtowed.
Okay, this pork is not easy to eat.
Cheng Lan thought. "I do want to save you, but I am just an ordinary incarnation."
"Although this ordinary incarnation can be resurrected after death, it does not have many extraordinary abilities."
After hearing this, the village chief said in surprise:
"Master, you have this ability That’s enough.”
“If the eunuch sect sees that you have the ability to resurrect after death, they will definitely let us go.”
“After all, compared to It’s not a big deal for someone as powerful as you to offend us.”
"That's true." Cheng Lan said, "Okay, let me give it a try."
In fact, the reason why she said that her incarnation has the ability to resurrect after death is because it is not easy to hide it.
After all, he died once in a while.
It’s better to say it openly.
Anyway, this world also has tasks.
I won’t hang out here next time.
Then the people in the village became more polite to Cheng Lan.
He told her everything he knew.
There were even a few beautiful boys who recommended themselves.
They were all quickly rejected by Cheng Lan.
The female bodyguard was a little moved...
Well, if this woman is strong, she really has nothing to do with men.
At this time, half a day later.
Sure enough, another group of people came outside the village.
It didn’t come by flying.
This made Cheng Lan feel relieved.
The female bodyguard came to the door.
About thirty people from the Eunuch Sect came.
Mighty and mighty.
Heavily armed.
Iron armor and iron sword.
It is very luxuriously equipped.
"Luojiazhuang, we are recruiting 20 apprentices this time."
"No matter how many eunuchs you castrate, you must give us at least 20 qualified apprentices!"
Hearing this, Cheng Lan was furious.
During the meal, she asked the village chief.
That is, a village of 3,000 people.
20 apprentices, behind the scenes may be 100 young men being castrated.
3000 people, at most 1000 young and strong.
One-tenth of the people go at once.
And after castration, they can no longer reproduce.
Also prone to infection and death.
Even if there is magical treatment, it is not a good thing.
At this time the village chief said: "Can three apprentices do it?"
"Three people definitely can't do it, at least 20."
"Can those five people do it?"
The village chief didn't seem to put his hope in Cheng Lan, or he regarded Cheng Lan as the last life-saving straw and didn't want to use it immediately.
"Very good, it seems that you are not going to give our eunuch sect face!" The leader of the eunuch sect suddenly became furious.
“Brothers, go up and fight in!”
“No matter men, women, old or young, arrest them all and make them eunuchs!”
"Wrong, I should have called sisters, sorry!" the leader repeated.
I have just been castrated, and it seems that I haven’t gotten used to changing my past name yet.
Cheng Lan shouted loudly: "Forget it, everyone, they are already suffering from life, what are you doing here again?"
"Why can't we give the people a way to survive?"
The leader of the Eunuch Sect looked at it, and then said disdainfully: "Who are you?"
"I'm just a passerby, passing by here and complaining about injustice." Cheng Lan said lightly.
"Very good, then go and pass by Lord Yama."
After saying that, the other party directly hit him with a big fireball!
Although he wears iron armor, he is actually a mage!
Cheng Lan cursed, too old!
Then the female bodyguard quickly rolled around like a lazy fish.
Finally escaped.
That reaction speed is much faster than hers.
But the fireball can actually track automatically.
The next moment it was rolled up from behind.
It burned her whole body to ashes.
Good guy, difficult.
It’s really difficult.
The first time he was killed by a wild beast.
Died again for the second time.
Sister, I am so miserable.
Resurrected again half an hour later.
After walking for a few more hours, Cheng Lan's female bodyguard came to the village again.
Those eunuch sect members who were forcing the villagers to castrate themselves, then they saw the female bodyguard again.
Those members of the Eunuch Sect immediately knelt down on their knees without saying a word.
"I have met the great god."
"Great god, have mercy on me!"
Good guy, what the village chief said is indeed right.
These guys really know what it means to be awesome.
The ability to resurrect after death is not something that ordinary people can have.
At least you have to reach Nascent Soul to have this ability.
At this time someone whispered: "What if they are twins?"
"Fool, twins can't look exactly the same."
Then Cheng Lan Let them rise.
After all, she, the female bodyguard, has no real extraordinary power.
As for the steel suit, she still has great use for it.
No need to take it out rashly.
Then the eunuchs also sat down to eat in the village.
A group of people ate and drank with the female bodyguard.
Halfway through eating and drinking, the eunuch sect member also said:
"We also have our own reasons."
Good guys, they are all suffering.
As expected these days, being miserable is the way to go.
“What is your difficulty?”
“Our difficulty is that every twenty years, we have to hand over eunuchs who have reached a certain level of cultivation to the Daqian Palace. .”
"For example, among the five eunuchs who are in the foundation-building stage, the one with the golden elixir is the best, and he will be rewarded."
Good guy.
Wen Rensheng laughed.
Jin Dan also wants to be a eunuch.
It seems that this Daqian Imperial Court is very awesome.
He had been in a world of cultivating immortals before, and had never seen a golden eunuch serving anyone.
Generally speaking, you have already cultivated the golden elixir and will not castrate yourself.
Even if you are castrated, it will not be to serve others.
So if you want to get a golden eunuch, you can only castrate it from an early age and practice it from an early age.
Eunuch Jindan, I can only say that this Daqian Dynasty is very awesome.
There must be at least a level of suppression in the palace that is above the divine transformation stage.
Only in this way can we afford the golden elixir.
Otherwise, just a Nascent Soul might not be qualified.
After Cheng Lan heard this, he asked: "Who is the person with the highest cultivation level in the Daqian Palace?"
"The person with the highest cultivation level is a Mahayana Supreme Emperor."
Good guy.
They are all Mahayana.
This dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai.
Ordinary people are just ants.
No matter how hard you try, it’s useless.
"Then shouldn't he be able to ascend?"
"We also want to, but he just doesn't want to ascend."
"Why is it not good to become an immortal? Is it because he doesn't want to or is he? No?" Cheng Lan asked directly.
"I don't dare to speculate like this, ancestor. Maybe ancestor thinks that after ascending, he should also become a eunuch?" said the eunuch clan member.
"What? How did you know?"
"It's a legend passed down by our sect's ancestors. I heard that after ascending to heaven, you will be selected by the heaven. Those who are not good enough in cultivation or have poor qualifications will also be eunuchs and serve the emperor's harem."
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