Chapter 49: The Way of Heaven and the Way of Man

  Zhang Hao turned his head and looked at Zhang Yuefeng, saying: "Senior brother, you take all the disciples who have cultivated to the sixth layer of Qi Refining in Cui Valley and bring them into the inner sect. Arrange for them to come to my Tianjian Peak to cultivate."

  "Junior brother, to enter the inner sect, you must first successfully build your foundation. This is a rule set by the old master!" Zhang Yuefeng was a person who adhered to traditional rules, so after hearing Zhang Hao's words, he immediately retorted.

  Zhang Hao's face showed a hint of displeasure, but thinking about Zhang Yuefeng's difficulties, he patiently explained: "The current situation is different. If everything goes according to the rules, when can the Red Dust Sword Sect rise? Don't say useless words, give them the jade token and rewards! Do everything as I said, if Madam has any objections, I will handle it myself."

  It's also the only way to arrange Zhang Hao, the current situation of the Red Dust Sword Sect, must abandon the so-called dogshit rules, let everyone cultivate together and share their cultivation experiences, only in this way can they make the fastest progress.

  Arranging the cultivators in Cuigu to enter Tianshen Peak was just Zhang Hao's first step.

  Zhang Yuefeng wanted to say something more, but thinking about it again, he felt that Zhang Hao's method was not bad either. Moreover, he called his master's daughter "sister-in-law", and suddenly Zhang Yuefeng felt a bit embarrassed - they had already gone through the formalities of marriage, how could he have forgotten this?

  It's good this way! Many of these outer sect disciples have started practicing their inner energy, it's indeed a rare sight within the Tian Huang.

  He then began to use jade tablets to count names, arrange duty days, and distribute rewards.

  Zhang Hao saw Zhang Yuefeng start arranging the distribution of Cuigu disciples into the inner gate rewards and instructed: "The care of Linggu, you only need to send one person to take care of it every day. When it's time to water, use the ordinary sword technique to kill those aphids - as for the ones with special talents, let them take care of it uniformly. I heard that some disciples from the Dadaomen can cultivate thousands of acres of spiritual fields with just one Lingnong."

  The outer disciples inside Cuigou were shocked, staring with their mouths agape. One person taking care of ten thousand mu of spiritual fields? That would be enough to feed all the big and small sects in Tianhuang, not to mention the Red Dust Sword Sect's dozen or so mountain valleys which only had a little over a thousand mu of land.

  All outer disciples of Cuigou felt a bright future ahead of them when they thought about it.

  There were seven disciples who entered the Tianjian Peak.

  Zhang Hao had them build houses in the mountain valley behind the Tianjian Pavilion, and arranged for Hei Lao San and Mo Xiao Qi to divide up the spiritual fields and medicinal areas.

  Let them cultivate and refine their inner energy, tending to the spiritual fields and medicines within.

  Inside the Heavenly Sword Pavilion's Cold Pool, a hundred-year-old Ice Crystal Snow Lotus grew. Zhang Hao had never really taken care of it, but with the help of two small creatures, the Scarlet Flame Fowling Spirit Beast and the Scarlet Flame Fowling Divine Turtle, who nurtured it with spiritual energy every day, the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus only continued to thrive.

  In the medicinal fields behind the mountain, there are Lingzhi, ginseng, rehmannia, fire dragon grass, hundred flowers green, emerald dragon smoke, western cloud son, and heartless grass. The task of managing these medicinal fields naturally fell on Hei Lao San's head.

  Hei Lao San didn't know why, but his interest in Yao Tian far exceeded his interest in Ling Gu. Since entering the inner gate and receiving Zhang Hao's gift of "Wan Cao Za Ji", he became even more infatuated with spiritual medicine.

  Mo Xiaoqi went out every three days, carrying a green wooden sword awarded by Zhang Hao, to kill the aphids in Linggu. Seeing his diligence, Zhang Hao began to teach him the first few moves of the True Martial Sword Technique. From then on, a thin figure appeared in the forest behind Tianjian Pavilion every evening, practicing hard with his head bowed.

  Ten days later, most of the disciples in Cuigou entered Tiangong Peak.

  Zhang Hao arranged their cultivation method according to Cang's opinion.

  Looking at the intense and fiery training atmosphere within Tiān Jiàn Peak, Zhang Hao felt especially comfortable, and secretly thought to himself: "This is what a collective should be like! If everyone just hid and protected themselves, they'd have no hope of rising up in this lifetime."

  Zhang Hao again asked Zhang Yuefeng for some Ling stones and materials, which made Zhang Yuefeng feel painful, but now that Zhang Hao's status in the sect is rising rapidly, he had no choice but to agree to his request.

  Zhang Hao erected a stone tablet on the platform of Tianjian Peak, and all the problems encountered in cultivation could be injected into it, and there would be an answer on the second day.

  The collected answers will be recorded with jade slips and the disciples who asked the most questions will categorize and classify them, putting them in the third floor of the Tianjian Peak's Cangjian Pavilion.

  The answers inside were all replied by the divine consciousness, but Zhang Hao didn't want to expose this secret.

  Zhang Hao underestimated the enthusiasm of these thirsty disciples, and all sorts of questions were plastered on the stone tablet.

  "There are problems with Qigong, planting, Fa decision gestures, and meridian orifices!"

  Xiao is busy and worried every day.

  It was just a brief moment of time.

  Inside Cuigu, the outer disciples made rapid progress. Mo Xiaoyu was the first to break through the tenth layer of Qi Refining and successfully built his foundation. He heard that the insight left on the stone tablet was to build his foundation with sword intent.

  When the foundation is established successfully, on the top of Tianjian Peak, the sword intent rushes to the sky, with a spectacular scene of thousands of changes. The sword edges intersect and crisscross each other, just like a grand array of ten thousand swords.

  Zhang Hao looked up at the intersecting sword tips above his head and asked: "Xiang, why didn't you let me establish a foundation with my sword intent?"

  He hesitated for a moment before saying, "This... because the most basic five-element formation inside Tongtian Tower is already damaged and incomplete, you can only rely on mobilizing the power of the five elements to lay the foundation!"

  Actually, Xiang hasn't told Zhang Hao that most of the Five Elements' power triggered by Zhang Hao's foundation building was absorbed by the Tongtian Tower. Only a small portion of the Five Elements' power was absorbed into his body, but it was extremely pure. Otherwise, Zhang Hao's spiritual energy wouldn't have been depleted so quickly, and he also absorbed hundreds of spirit stones.

  This is also the reason why Zhang Hao cultivated Wu Wu's body-refining technique, because with the five elements in balance, he can cultivate any technique or divine ability, but cannot bring out its full potential, and can only make up for this deficiency with his physical strength. However, after Zhang Hao successfully cultivated the Jiu Yang Sacred Body, any technique or divine ability that he cultivates will be able to unleash its full power.

  At midnight, Zhang Hao suddenly woke up from his dream.

  Only the location of Hei Lao San on the Heaven Sword Peak was seen, and a large piece of flames fell from the sky.

  The flame is no bigger than a finger, but from far away, you can feel a scorching heat.

  "This is better than a meteor shower!" Zhang Hao joked, gazing up at the large expanse of flames above his head.

  Gazing at the flames that filled the sky, he said slowly: "This Black Old Three, I've underestimated him. Who would have thought that his body contains the Purple Flame True Fire? From now on, the Red Dust Sword Sect has gained another alchemist!"

  "Alchemist!" Zhang Hao's heart skipped a beat with joy. In their sect, even ordinary pills like the Concentrated Spirit Pill and the Gathering Qi Pill had to be purchased from the Dao De Sect using spirit stones. Having an alchemist would save them who knows how many spirit stones. Thinking of this, he let out a helpless sigh: "What's the use of having an alchemist when the Red Dust Sword Sect doesn't even have an alchemy furnace?"

  Xiao Yi Ting smiled and said, "Isn't this Fulong Ding a dan furnace? I think that in the Xiuzhen world, only the Hongchen Sword Sect would use a first-rate dan furnace to refine a first-rate Congshen Pill and Juqi Dan!"

  Xiao finished speaking and gazed intently at the distant flames filling the sky.

  Zhang Hao also looked up at the flames dancing in the sky, his expression solemn as he said, "Aren't we poor? If there are good materials, I will definitely let you refine top-grade elixirs!"

  "Even if there is a single Heavenly-grade elixir, the current power of the Red Dust Sword Sect cannot protect it. I'm afraid that even the old man from Tian Huang who issued the Heavenly Decree would come to seize this elixir once he gets wind of the news."

  "Can't you just think about it? People should have some hope!"

  Xiao Shang thought Zhang Hao was right, but he didn't praise him. "This kid is sometimes too arrogant, needs to be suppressed!"

  At this moment, the paper crane flew up.

  Zhang Hao took over the paper crane and scanned it with his divine sense, his heart filled with shock and amazement.

  "What's wrong, you little scamp? What big deal has happened?"

  Xiang Shen Nian swept his gaze, furrowing his brow and saying: "The Xianjing Yi Zhi Di Yuan Bao Ge has appeared in the Tian Huang Jing. I don't know if this news is true or false. If it's true, I fear something big will happen."

  "Ah…… This Xianjie Heritage Site's Deyuan Baoge, inside there are countless good materials for casting Dao instruments. Legend has it that among them, there are five pieces of Tianwai Meteorite. This Tianwai Meteorite is said to be the remnants of the Five-Colored Divine Stones from the Primordial Era that fell into the Desolate World when Nüwa mended the heavens. However, whether this disappearance is true or false, I don't recall too clearly. But if the Xianjie Heritage Site's Deyuan Baoge were to appear in Tianhuang, the possibility would be low. Yet, I vaguely feel that your encounter at the entrance of Tiandu Valley is related to this Xianjie Heritage Site's Deyuan Baoge. How could it now appear within Tianhuang?!"

  Zhang Hao suddenly turned around, pacing back and forth with some anxiety, and sighed after a moment: "What a pity!"

  "What's wrong?" Xiang saw Zhang Hao's expression was somewhat unusual and hastily asked with concern.

  "If this matter is true, I fear our current situation. In such a grand scene, if we cultivators of the Xiu Zhen Men who have no foundation are implicated, and if we're not careful, the Hong Chen Sword Sect will face the disaster of extermination."

  "When the strong get stronger, and the weak can only follow the trend and struggle to survive, then that's just a dog, a lowly dog bound by the rules of this world!"

  Zhang Hao's face turned bright red, and something in his heart seemed to be ignited. He said calmly: "What does it matter?" His voice carried a hint of resentment and helplessness.

  "The Way of Heaven, reduces the excessive and supplements the insufficient. Therefore, emptiness overcomes fullness, insufficiency overcomes excessiveness. The Way of Man, reduces the insufficient and serves the excessive! The Way of Heaven is balanced. But the Way of Man is exactly opposite, the poor become poorer, the rich become richer, only when power reaches the sky and wealth surpasses all can one plunder more resources to make oneself even stronger! This is the Way of Man."

  Zhang Hao's mind was suddenly cleared of its confusion, and Cang's words had a sobering effect on him.

  The world of his previous life was like this, the poorer people were, the more they had no status, and the so-called rule of law was just a rule to protect the strong.

  In past lives, there were many restrictions binding oneself, but this world is one where the strong are revered. With a heart so narrow and vision so short-sighted, looking around in fear, how can one attain the great way and revive the Red Dust Sword Sect?

  Zhang Hao suddenly felt enlightened and refreshed.

  He suddenly burst out laughing and said: "The bravery of a lone man is nothing more than blood splattering in all directions, and his head falling to the ground!" "But for this life, one autumn of grass and trees, it's absolutely impossible to retreat in fear like this!"

  "Take what you can take, seize what you can seize, follow your heart!"

  "Haha...... haha...... Well done, you little scoundrel! Your state of mind has improved, a real man should have this kind of personality!"

  Xiang laughed loudly while clapping his hands as he spoke.