Ruins of the past

"How is An Yiyun's situation?"

Jinnu reported: "The mental state is stable, martial arts has returned to the third level, and Taoism has returned to the fifth level. In addition to the work at hand, we are currently trying to rebuild the "Shenguang Jingqi Sword" method."

Ever since An Yiyun was reincarnated, Chu Qiguang had been secretly paying attention to her situation.

After all, under the pressure of life span in Huangtian World, reincarnation is likely to be the last and most effective method.

But similarly, reincarnation may also have a negative impact on the development of the entire society.

After all, this Taoist technique still consumes a lot of resources, and it has better requirements on the will, soul, and spirit of the recipient.

At present, it seems that only the high-ranking people in this world have the opportunity to be reincarnated.

Judging from the countless results deduced by Chu Qiguang based on the future immeasurable heart seal, this is likely to lead to serious class solidification, social division, and the arbitrary actions of many people in power.

But if cost reduction and process simplification are successful and reincarnation is promoted to all people, it may still not necessarily be a good thing.

In Chu Qiguang's deduction, when all people are given the opportunity to be reincarnated, the marriage rate and fertility rate will drop rapidly, and the family structure will be completely disintegrated.

The vast majority of people will leave their wealth to their next life, and the entire society will be completely atomized. After generations of reincarnations, there will no longer be any kinship or blood relationships.

And more than 90% of the people in the entire society will become young on the outside but old on the inside.

Society will gradually lose the vitality of innovation, and both humans and monsters will covet in the trap of a seemingly infinite lifespan.

‘Perhaps the side effects can be reduced only by keeping the reincarnation secret forever and erasing the memory during reincarnation? ’

Chu Qiguang was not sure about this. This kind of social structure, which he had never been exposed to before, still required repeated future deductions to know the result.

Therefore, Chu Qiguang has always been very cautious about the development of reincarnation and rebirth.

"Continue to observe and let me know if anything happens."

After Jin Nu retreated, Chu Qiguang continued his research on the void and the outer world.

In the process of collecting intelligence, Chu Qiguang sometimes felt speechless.

According to the people in the Book of Emptiness group, this world was probably copied by Huangtian according to the design of the earth.

There are many similar planets under Huang Tian. For some unknown secret reasons, Huang Tian created a large number of planets based on the earth's environment, culture, and race, and let them develop in different directions. It's like doing some kind of controlled experiment.

So Chu Qiguang also saw many familiar things during his exploration.

But now, after two changes to the history of Qujiazhuang, Chu Qiguang has gradually become familiar with this kind of thing.

He no longer leaves random messages into the void, but communicates through the Qu family's rituals every time.

In each ceremony, the time of the other party is confirmed and history is corrected.

"Whether it is a direct armed confrontation, or an attempt to use economic or political means to fight, judging from these two failures, Qujiazhuang can never be an opponent of the local Holy See."

"Then the best way is to join the Holy See and become part of the Holy See. This will also make it easier for the Qu family to steal Huangtian's knowledge and give it to me..."

During the ritual exchange, Chu Qiguang also learned about some of the grading of knowledge passed down by the Holy See, or the Emperor.

The lowest and most widely spread knowledge is called mundane knowledge, which includes most of the natural sciences, historical materials, humanities and social sciences and other knowledge.

Above the mundane level, there are abyss level, void level, and finally cosmic level knowledge.

The abyss level contains all kinds of extraordinary martial arts and Taoist knowledge, as well as many hidden histories, ancient taboos, and all kinds of dark knowledge that can make people crazy.

Judging from the information Chu Qiguang mastered during the ceremony, the knowledge he learned about entering the Tao and manifesting the gods was classified as an abyss in Huangtian.

This level of knowledge has begun to have an increasingly demonic tendency. It is like an abyss that attracts all intelligent life and at the same time corrupts all those who study this kind of knowledge.

According to the propaganda of the Holy See, the knowledge in the void level above the abyss is darker and more depraved, and will turn all those who study into madmen.

In Chu Qiguang's view, the knowledge of the void level is obviously related to the void. It may not make the user powerful, but it is definitely very dangerous.

For example, the rituals mastered by the Qu family to communicate with the outside world through the void, meditation is void-level knowledge.

In hundreds of years of communication with the Qu family, Chu Qiguang witnessed countless times that after the ritual went out of control, the power of the void went berserk, twisting all the members of the Qu family present into monsters, which ultimately led to the collapse of the entire family. perish.

In Chu Qiguang's judgment, Tongsheng Zhengfa should also belong to the void level of knowledge, and Shenyou probably also belonged to this level. As for whether the final Tianyuan Zhengfa was considered this level, he was not sure.

As for the cosmic level above the void level, the information the Qu family can obtain is very limited.

The only thing Chu Qiguang knew was what the Holy See said to all ordinary believers.

"Cosmic knowledge is the domain of the gods. Only the Emperor of Heaven in the entire universe has stepped into it. Any mortal being other than a god who attempts to get involved will only be corrupted and distorted, and eventually become a mindless monster."

Of course Chu Qiguang sneered at this, but he also became more and more curious about this cosmic-level knowledge.

"Let me think about it, how can we make the Qu family a part of the Holy See?"

"Also with this method of communicating through rituals, the efficiency of information transmission is too low, and the collection of knowledge is a bit slow."

"We have to find a way to improve it."

…

1732, New World, Luzhou.

In the gloomy basement, in the strange formation, there is a small altar.

The contemporary head of the Qu family, a middle-aged man named Qu He, is praying to the sky according to the ritual.

After a long time, a look of ecstasy appeared in his eyes: "Success! I contacted the great existence outside the sky!"

"He will teach us knowledge beyond the limits of the Holy See."

"It will help us master the secrets of wealth, become the most powerful family on the continent, and even tell us how to predict the future..."

The family members on the side cheered after hearing this. After all, if it weren't for money and power, how could they be willing to engage in any dark ritual to contact the outside world.

History changed again at this moment.

Under Chu Qiguang's teachings, the Qu family became more tolerant and cunning this time.

In addition to expanding business, opening banks, and building factories, they actively participated in local government governance and were enthusiastic about public welfare.

They held charity dinners, donated food to homeless people, provided temporary shelter for the poor, adopted orphans without fathers and mothers, and even adopted stray dogs caught on the street...

There are countless donations of food and clothing.

Even the drunkards on the dirt road in the countryside of Luzhou know that the Qu family is famous for its good people. They are even called the most good people in Luzhou, and other stingy, greedy, cold-blooded nobles, capitalists, etc. at that time. The clergy were all in sharp contrast.

In addition, the Qu family also actively participated in exchanges with local churches, donated money to build a new hall for the church, and even participated in the emperor's worship ceremony every week.

In the following years, Kaiken Town once again became Tongtian City.

But this time, the Qu family is no longer the top family with influence throughout the New World, but has become a rich man in this city.

The entire Tongtian City, whether it is the local city hall, police station, business association, agricultural and animal husbandry association or Huangtian's church, after hundreds of years of infiltration, they are all filled with minions of the Qu family.

Those retired officials, clergy, or powerful people in office, or even many inconspicuous little people...

They either receive a large consulting fee from the Qu family every year, or are mastered some dark and deadly secrets, or have a wife or husband who is a man of heaven, and some even pursue endless knowledge. , also participated in the ceremony.

And when time came to this day again in 1842, investigator Zhan Tian also came to Tongtian City again.

However, he was not here to conduct any investigation or detective work this time. He was only here because his grandmother was also a Tongtian person and he came here to attend the funeral.

Walking on the newly built cement road and looking at the swirling black clouds in the sky, Zhan Tian felt a kind of depression coming from the depths of his soul.

Maybe it's because the buildings in Tongtian City are too dense, or maybe it's because the locals are so enthusiastic that they have a weird attitude.

Zhan Tian always feels an indescribable depression here, as if the whole city is being controlled and watched by something.

At this moment, he saw a group of familiar figures, who turned out to be colleagues he had met in the Holy See.

Zhan Tian immediately caught up with the other party, and after some probing, he found out that the other party was actually pursuing the evil god's ritual.

"Someone from the Qu family escaped and brought information about the evil god's ritual to the Holy See."

"The Qu family... is preparing for the ceremony to summon the evil god to come."

Hearing this statement, Zhan Tianxian instinctively chose not to believe it. He couldn't believe that a family as famous as the Qu family would actually be related to the evil god.

You must know that his tuition at Cam University was sponsored by the Qu family. The other party's gentlemanliness, politeness, and kindness left a deep impression on him.

He bets that this must be due to some kind of misunderstanding, or a sad frame-up by some sick and evil person. There is no shortage of examples of this kind of frame-up and then ransacking in the Holy See.

The so-called coming ceremony of the evil god may be nothing more than a child's graffiti, or a country woman's random curse.

In order to prevent the kind-hearted Qu family from being framed by the scum of the Holy See, Zhan Tian decided to give up his vacation and actively participate in this investigation.

Sorry, I've been a little busy these past two days, and the plot has been advancing very quickly recently, and I've been busy revising the outline, so there have been fewer updates. I will continue to update more starting tomorrow.