Chapter 876
Chen 94's Mass Production Immortal Plan
Time flies, and a year and a half has passed in the blink of an eye. The three of them spent this year and a half in this immortal cave.
Chen Jiu Si focused on refining the Fire Cloud Pearl, while Zhang San Feng and Phagpa guarded him from the side, creating a harmonious scene.
For the next year and a half, the three of them wandered around this world. When they got hungry, Zhang Sanfeng or Phagpa would go to the sea to catch some big fish and shrimp to fill their stomachs.
When thirsty, they draw water from the clear springs that have been diluted by the world around them to quench their thirst.
Time flew by, and a year and a half passed. Through tireless efforts, Chen Jie finally managed to decompose and refine one-tenth of the power of the Fire Cloud Pearl with the support of the power of this small world.
On this day, Chen Jiu Si slowly opened his eyes, and Zhang San Feng beside him also opened his eyes. The two looked at each other.
Zhang Sanfeng asked, "How is it?"
Chen Jie nodded slightly and said, "I have already refined one-tenth of the power of this Fire Cloud Pearl, and I can remove the restriction on this ascension passage."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng's face lit up with joy, and he looked at Chen Jie and said, "This is truly not easy."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie nodded and said, "The energy contained in this Fire Cloud Pearl is astonishing. I only managed to suppress it by relying on the power of the rules of this world, and gradually wear it down and refine it. Otherwise, it would probably take thirty or forty years to refine even one-tenth of its power."
As Chen explained, he looked at Zhang Sanfeng and added, "By the way, Master Phagpa."
Zhang Sanfeng smiled and said, "The master should be digging his own grave."
"Digging a grave?" Chen Jie was quite surprised to hear this. He looked at Zhang Sanfeng, who slowly nodded and said, "You haven't made any progress for a year and a half. Master Phagpa thought that you definitely wouldn't be able to refine this Fire Cloud Pearl within two years, so he was somewhat resigned to his fate and prepared to bury himself in this beautiful immortal abode."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked around and laughed, "That's true. This Fire Cloud Pearl is indeed powerful. During the refining process, I even wanted to give up several times, but thankfully, I persevered."
"Now that I have refined this Fire Cloud Pearl, I can easily open this restriction. However, Master Zhang, I still intend to return to Dadu to say goodbye to my children and wife. Is there anything else you would like to leave for future generations?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng said, "I also plan to return to Wudang Mountain to pass on my newly comprehended Tai Chi skills to future generations."
As the two were talking, Phagpa returned carrying a hoe. He was taken aback when he saw Chen Jie, and then asked, "Ah, the Fire Cloud Pearl, you've successfully refined it?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie nodded slightly and said, "Of course it was a success."
Upon hearing this, Phagpa threw the hoe aside and said, "Since it's already successful, why would I bother with this?"
Seeing Phagpa's comical appearance, Chen Jie said, "Master, won't you lead us to visit the place where you passed away?"
Upon hearing Chen Jie's words, Phagpa's expression became somewhat subtle. He then looked at Chen Jie and said, "This is a reckless act, not worth a look."
Hearing this, Chen Jie smiled and said, "Alright, Master, I'm not joking with you anymore. Well, we're going back to the Han Dynasty to explain things to the younger generation before we come back to prepare for our ascension. Master, you should go back and explain things to your descendants."
Phagpa nodded upon hearing this and said, "Then I must also return to Burkhan Mountain to leave behind my lineage."
Chen Jie nodded, and the three of them walked directly out of the immortal mansion. At this time, the dragon was still circling outside. Chen Jie stepped forward and instantly controlled the dragon.
Looking at it, he said, "I've met your master. He said you'll be doing things according to my orders from now on. What are your thoughts on that?"
The dragon was now under Chen Jie's control, its life in his hands, so it had no right to resist and repeatedly expressed its submission.
Chen Jie waved his hand, and instantly a red treasure, the Fire Cloud Pearl, appeared in his hand. The moment the Fire Cloud Pearl appeared, the surrounding water began to boil.
The moment the dragon saw the Fire Cloud Pearl, it was certain that Chen Jiu Si had not lied to it. The Fire Cloud Pearl belonged to its master, and the fact that Chen Jiu Si now controlled it spoke volumes.
The dragon looked at Chen Jiu Si with a submissive expression. Chen Jie asked the dragon, "Do you still want to return to Tian Yuan Continent?"
Upon hearing this, the dragon shook its head and said, "No, no, that place is too terrifying."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Since that's the case, then you will continue to guard this immortal's cave. Without my order, no outsider may trespass; otherwise, you may kill them without mercy."
The dragon nodded and said, "Yes, Master, but how can I be sure that others have obtained your permission?"
Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "I will make a batch of jade tokens, each containing a trace of the Fire Cloud Pearl's energy. When they come with the jade tokens, you can let them pass. But if they don't have the jade tokens, you must not let them pass and kill them without hesitation."
The dragon nodded and said, "Yes, Master, then I understand."
Chen Jie gave some instructions to the dragon, and then flew out of Qianlong Abyss with Zhang Sanfeng and Master Phagpa.
Once outside, there was a vast ocean, but Chen Jiu Si had arranged a fleet there before entering Qianlong Abyss.
Later, Chen Jie entered Qianlongyuan and did not return. Although this fleet could not stay for a long time, it still left two ships near Qianlongyuan.
They saw Chen Jie and his two companions rise from the seabed, and the surrounding fleet captains immediately spotted them and gave orders.
"Look, the Emperor Emeritus has come out."
"Set sail to meet His Majesty the Retired Emperor."
At the fleet commander's command, the large ship headed directly towards Qianlong Abyss.
Soon the large ship docked in the direction of Qianlongyuan, and Chen Jie immediately led Zhang Sanfeng and Phagpa onto the ship.
Chen Jie and his two companions sat on the large ship, enjoying a seafood feast and drinking the aged wine that Chen Jiu Si had brought out.
Chen Jie and the other two were quite content. At this moment, Zhang Sanfeng looked at the beautiful scenery of the sky and the sea, and said, "I wonder if I will ever have the chance to see this beautiful scenery of the sky and the sea again."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "The higher you stand, the farther you can see. The beautiful scenery you will see in the future will surely be a thousand times or even ten thousand times better than it is now."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng smiled and nodded, saying, "That's what I was thinking too."
Phagpa didn't speak, but just lowered his head and ate a piece of steamed bun: "Whether you stand high or see far, the world is just a grain of sand, and you and I are just insignificant specks of dust in this grain of sand."
Hearing Phagpa's words, Chen Jie wanted to refute them, but then he thought about the Buddhist concept of the myriad worlds, which is actually the same as the great world and the small world.
Isn't this what Buddhism calls "one flower, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi"?
Chen Jie sighed, realizing that he had previously thought the Buddhist and Taoist scriptures were just nonsense or descriptions of myths and strange tales by the ancients.
But now it seems that everything is verifiable, and the world really is as described by Buddhism and Taoism. I couldn't understand it before simply because I was at a lower level. When you reach a higher level, you will find that all of this is actually true.
I don't know the true face of Lushan, I am only in this mountain.
Chen Jie marveled at how vast and ever-changing the world was. The ship was slowly approaching the port, where they were docking at a port in Guangdong.
After landing, the three parted ways and went their separate ways to their respective destinations.
Zhang Sanfeng headed to Wudang, Master Phagpa headed to Burkhan Khaldun, and Chen Jiu Si went straight to Dadu. They wanted to leave behind their last lineage of Taoism in this world.
Chen Jie had even deeper plans. Ever since he learned that the Lesser Thousand Worlds could be refined into his own natal magic weapon, he had already made these plans.
After refining the Fire Cloud Pearl in the Immortal's Cave, Chen Jie gained a deeper understanding of the Lesser Thousand Worlds.
Chen Jie realized that he had been using the rules and laws of the Lesser Thousand Worlds too weakly before. In fact, he could use the rules and laws of this Lesser Thousand Worlds to their fullest extent.
Then one's combat power may undergo a dramatic change.
In the parlance of the Tianyuan Continent, those who possess the power to command a small world have already reached the state of forgetting worlds.
That is an existence that can be called the Dao Ancestor on the Tianyuan Continent.
That's the power that only the sect leaders of the twelve top sects on the Tianyuan Continent possess.
However, Chen Jie's application of the laws of the minor world was still too superficial. Although he used the power of incense to refine eighty percent of the power of this minor world, Chen Jie could probably only unleash less than twenty percent of it.
Therefore, Chen Jie felt that he should further explore the potential of the Lesser Thousand Worlds.
He even wanted to properly nurture this small world. When Chen Jie was refining the Fire Cloud Pearl, he also received a portion of the inherited memories from the Fire Cloud, including records about the small world.
As mentioned above, if the Lesser Thousand Worlds are refined to 80%, although one cannot use the power of the Lesser Thousand Worlds to fight in the Greater Thousand Worlds, one can return to the Lesser Thousand Worlds at any time.
Furthermore, it can hide the location of the minor world and create an exit for itself. If it wants to return to the minor world, it can simply enter through the exit, and no one else will be able to find the existence of this minor world.
Upon seeing these abilities, Chen Jie was extremely excited. At the same time, a bold idea came to him: once he arrived in the Great Thousand World, could he transport some of its precious materials to his own Small Thousand World and cultivate them there?
For example, can I transport some precious medicinal herbs and rare mythical beasts to the Lesser Thousand Worlds to raise them?
My biggest advantage right now is that I have almost unified this small world. I can fully utilize the resources of this small world to cultivate cultivators.
This world lacks spiritual energy, so could I steal a spiritual vein from the vast world and bring it to this world?
Then, he would pass down his cultivation techniques and cultivate a group of immortals in the minor world. When the time came, he would then guide these immortals to the major world, which would make his own foundation even stronger.
Chen Jie had another bold idea: that by possessing a small world, he could mass-produce immortals and establish a vast power in a large world.
If that's the case, then I am the pioneer of this world.
With this idea in mind, Chen Jiu Si decided to get started.
One should never be a giant in thought but a dwarf in action.
Execution is always the most important thing.
And so, Chen Jiu Si quickly returned to the Han Dynasty Imperial Palace.
Chen Jiu Si's departure lasted a full year and a half, and with Su Yun Jin's departure as well, the entire Han Dynasty was thrown into chaos for a while.
Fortunately, Chen Li is very good at execution.
Under his rule, the Han Empire returned to normalcy and got back on track, remaining prosperous and showing no signs of decline.
For ordinary people, or for the officialdom as a whole, the departure of Chen Jiu Si and Su Yun Jin did not cause a major earthquake in the officialdom, but in the harem, it was already in complete chaos.
Fortunately, Zhao Ya was still in the harem. She was like a pillar of stability, and she was also the Empress of the Han Empire.
Furthermore, she wielded considerable influence within the military, and with her support, Chen Li's policies began to develop systematically throughout the Great Han Empire.
Chen Li was a wise and steady man. The policies he implemented were basically those left over from before Chen Jiu Si. At the same time, he would convene the entire court to discuss any new policies. With the help of civil and military officials such as Hu Weiyong, Liu Bowen, and Zhang Dingbian, his policies were generally without errors, and thus the Han Empire continued to prosper.
Although the country was thriving, the high-ranking officials of the Han Empire were still filled with fear because their retired emperor had been missing for a year and a half.
Since their retired emperor went to sea a year and a half ago, there has been no news of him, and no one knows what has happened to him.
Although they knew that their emperor was extremely powerful and should be safe in this world, they were still unsure of himself since they hadn't seen him in person.
Just when everyone was filled with worry, Chen Jiu Si returned to Dadu.
At this moment, Chen Li was discussing state affairs with Zhu Biao, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel of the Han Dynasty, in the Imperial Study.
In the heat of the discussion, the secretary, Koharu, suddenly rushed in.
Seeing Xiaochunzi's anxiety, Chen Li looked at him and asked, "What's the matter that you're so panicked?"
Xiao Chunzi, panting, exclaimed, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Great news! Great news! The Emperor Emeritus has returned!"
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Chen Li dropped the calligraphy brush in his hand with a thud and looked at Xiao Chunzi, saying, "What did you say? Father is back."
Xiao Chunzi nodded firmly and said, "It's in Tianhe Hall. The Emperor Emeritus sent someone to inform me, and now he has already notified all the officials to go to Tianhe Hall for a meeting."
Upon hearing this, Chen Li could no longer sit still and looked at Zhu Biao, saying, "Brother Biao, I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going to see Father Emperor."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao politely cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please go ahead. Do not worry about the rest; I will take care of it."
Chen Li nodded. He trusted Zhu Biao with everything he did. He then hurriedly ran towards Tianhe Palace. He hadn't seen his father for a year and a half and missed him terribly.
He soon arrived at the Tianhe Hall, which was already packed with people. (End of Chapter)