Mythological origins

"I suddenly remembered something. When I was about seven or eight years old, my great-grandfather told me a story. He said that when he was about my age, he once saw some monsters on the Moon Fortress.

The monsters he described seemed quite similar to those we had encountered..."

"The Moon Fortress era, that was more than four hundred years ago..." Du Nai looked suspicious.

"My great-grandfather was a third-level monk, and he passed away not long after his four-hundredth birthday!"

"..."

"I heard from him that those monsters are just like the monsters in the Demonic Abyss now. They are all things that appear out of nowhere. No one has ever seen them before."

"Is it such a coincidence that we can see the same monster across hundreds of years and hundreds of millions of miles in space?"

"I have no idea……"

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Anyway, we are preparing to leave this cursed place, regardless of whether it is a demonic disaster or not."

…

"After returning home, I have fulfilled my wish to find my father, and it's almost time to consider retiring."

On the way to search for the historical text, Sauron's team also discovered the ruined temple where Bai Mo once stayed, built by his father and dedicated to Taoist Mo Yang.

After seeing the message left by his father, Sauron finally gave up his obsession.

"Retirement?! Why!"

"I'm a little tired."

Just now I heard the team members happily discussing the topic of cultivation resources. Sauron thought of himself eighty years ago, and he was also so high-spirited.

Every time, he spent all the money he earned from the mission on himself, hoping to improve his cultivation to a higher level.

Sauron calculated. If the income from this mission was converted into imperial currency, it would be enough for him to live comfortably for several lifetimes. However, if he continued to want to sprint to the fourth level, with his own qualifications, the money would still not be enough. .

What does the empire say? As a normal citizen of the empire, with abundant benefits, it is easy to live a normal life as a mortal, but if you have the slightest ambition to climb up, everything will become hellishly difficult.

In Terra, the only true path to the upper level is through cultivation.

All money-making businesses are controlled by practitioners, large and small.

No money - no way to practice - no cultivation - no way to do profitable business - no money.

An endless loop.

This kind of death cycle is not only reflected in ordinary people. Even middle and low-level monks cannot escape this carefully designed curse.

Because the types of properties that monks of each level of power can own and how many properties they can own are all strictly restricted by law.

Take Sauron as an example. His power rating in the empire is level three.

However, the income from the properties that a third-level monk can legally own is not normally enough for a normal third-level monk to enter the fourth level in his lifetime.

Unless you hide your property from the empire's tax department.

It's just that the Imperial Taxation Department has a seventh-level true god who is personally in charge. The true god's divine power combined with the detection of big data technology is definitely not something that ordinary monks can escape.

And for a society where the concept of cash does not exist and everyone can only conduct transactions through the Internet, what kind of money can be hidden at home?

Thousand-year-old ginseng with hidden roots?

This is true for everyone below the fifth level before the law.

Only by entering the fifth level, becoming a real noble of the empire, and owning a noble leader representing one's own territory, can one be qualified to get rid of legal property restrictions.

The ability to own wealth, industry, and an independent kingdom of one's own without restrictions are the privileges of the imperial nobility.

Therefore, the lifelong goal of countless monks is not to become an immortal, but to become a real noble of the empire.

If you don't fall into this category, even having wealth beyond your cultivation level is a crime.

…    Under such laws, only by participating in wars of external expansion, or accepting related tasks, and entering the battlefield at the risk of death, can the Imperial people have a chance to break away from the endless cycle of fate, make a fortune, and become one of the lucky few Son.

For people without background, the possibility of developing stably and being promoted to the aristocratic level within the empire is almost zero.

Fortunately, since the establishment of the empire, the pace of exploration and expansion has never stopped.

Countless adventurers who are waiting to get rich suddenly, with the desire to change their destiny and become a human master, are plundering planets one after another and space layers one after another.

Some of them are buried in foreign lands, and some of them have become famous.

Of course, more people have given up and chosen to return to a certain Daqian leader ship in the empire to spend the rest of their lives peacefully.

…

"Retire? Captain, you are so young, why should you retire?!"

"Yes, you are only over 170 years old, what are you thinking about retiring?"

The theoretical lifespan of a third-level monk is about four hundred years. With some life-extending drugs, it is not too difficult to reach four hundred and fifty. One hundred and seventy years is indeed not old.

"..."

"We agreed that we would all be promoted to the nobility together, why did you run away?"

"I……"

"I'm tired."

"When I was ninety years old, I was promoted to the third level of spiritual monk. At that time, I felt that I was a little genius in cultivation. I was promoted to the third level at the age of ninety. Becoming a noble was not just around the corner.

But I was wrong.

The third level is completely different from the second level.

It took me eighty years to reach the mid-level of the third level. I put on my equipment and my combat power was level 39, but my cultivation has been stagnant.

I understand that's probably the upper limit of my qualifications.

I'm not willing to give in.

I took on several adventure missions in a row.

All the rewards I received were converted into pills to break through the bottleneck.

But all in vain...

When I came here this time, I originally wanted to try it out one last time.

But when I came out of the secret palace containing the historical text, I suddenly figured it out.

In the end, it will be nothing but nothing.

It's better to go back to your hometown, get married, and enjoy life. "

Sauron, who had lost his temper, told his story.

"..."

"After I get the bonus, the extra money I have will be given to the three of you. I hope you can fulfill my noble dream for me."

"team leader……"

Having said that, Sauron activated the special mark in the purple wind chime. After confirming the existence of the fragment of the historical text, the mark quickly enlarged and turned into something like a world-traveling gate.

With an indifferent expression on his face, before stepping into the door, he took one last look in the direction of the secret palace, and then let the light of the purple mark wrap around him.

Seeing this, the other people also entered the door one after another, allowing the power of purple light to completely envelope themselves.

Their power is too weak. Without the protection of the power of Zi Fengling's own immortal weapon, there is no way to cross the space gap.