Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 105

Chapter 105: Lingbao Fa

meeting proceeded smoothly, just as before.

The monks attending were all highly skilled, and going without food, water, or sleep was a common practice. They met for three days, energetically discussing various details before finalizing the plan.

Among the faction representatives, only Wuzhi Buddhist disciple was at the Nascent Soul stage. While he could manage without sleep, he wasn’t yet capable of fasting. Influenced by Jiang Li’s previous life’s philosophy of “since we’re here, we might as well eat,” Jiang Li had his subordinates prepare some food to accommodate Wuzhi. He also provided other options for those who didn’t eat meat, or for representatives of factions who preferred to avoid pork.

After the death of Xumi Buddha, Buddhism was leaderless. The monks gathered at the top of Xumi Mountain and held hundreds of Zen debates, large and small. Buddhist chants echoed throughout the day. Ultimately, Wuzhi’s Zen interpretation of the Buddha, with its eloquence of golden springs gushing from the earth and lotuses appearing in the void, defeated all the other monks and became the new Buddha.

The Buddha’s cultivation level is not important, only his heart matters.

After three days, the Jiuzhou Council formulated a detailed solution. In theory, this plan could largely eliminate the influence left by the Heavenly Demon.

However, its practical implementation depended on the execution of the various factions, which required Jiang Li to dispatch personnel for oversight.

“This matter has been decided. If you have any objections, please raise them and we’ll discuss it together,” Jiang Li said.

“No,” Bai Hongtu was the first to respond.

A wave of “no”s followed.

Jiang Li stood up, his gaze sweeping over the representatives.

“Since there are no objections, please sign this agreement.”

Jiang Li produced a strip of brown straw paper and tossed it to the center of the round table. From any angle, the contents were visible, exactly as drafted by everyone. The signature was two lines: “Human Emperor Palace” and the date.

At the bottom of the paper was a large blank space, reserved for the faction representatives to sign in blood.

Blood Covenant Paper, made from grass leaves grown in lands with low spiritual energy, undergoes a special process to create a paper specifically designed for signing alliances, reaching agreements, and carrying blueprints for decrees.

The blueprints for the Great Zhou laws were written on this paper and stored in the national treasury.

Blood Covenant Paper is tough and imperishable, and extremely sensitive to spiritual energy. Any attempt to alter the paper through magical powers or the power of laws will leave a trace, thus preventing surreptitious alterations.

The representatives confirmed that the contents of the paper were consistent with the previous discussions before signing the agreement.

They bit their fingers, suspended a drop of blood in the air, and used their fingers as pens and the blood as ink to write their names and the full names of the factions they represented. For example, Ji Zhi could not just write “Great Zhou,” but “Great Zhou Dynasty.”

Jiang Li also wrote his name in blood and printed it on the paper.

However, the Blood Covenant Paper began to tremble violently, as if unable to withstand the power of Jiang Li’s single drop of blood, and quickly disintegrated.

“…”

“…”

“…”

The meeting hall fell into an eerie silence. The delegates all looked at Jiang Li, their eyes filled with surprise.

This had never happened before.

This was the Blood Covenant Paper, renowned for its toughness, even a cultivator at the Fusion Stage would struggle to tear it apart with all their might. Yet, it couldn’t withstand a single drop of Jiang Renhuang’s blood!

Furthermore, decades ago, when the agreement was signed, even

a single drop of Jiang Renhuang’s blood wasn’t nearly as potent. The delegates shuddered. Decades had passed, and Jiang Renhuang’s cultivation had advanced even further!

Jiang Li coughed dryly, breaking the silence. He hadn’t expected the Blood Covenant Paper to withstand even a single drop of his own blood.

“Since that’s the case, why not just sign it normally, not with blood instead of ink? While it’s against the rules, there’s no other way.”

The delegates dared not refuse, offering superficial excuses like “Our ancestors aren’t enough,” “We must adapt to change,” and “Times evolve, and we change.” Of course, there were also sincere words like, “You’re powerful, and you have the final say

.” The signing ceremony concluded successfully.

“If there’s nothing else to discuss, you may return,”

Jiang Li said politely, knowing that something was bound to happen.

Unlike the Dao Sect’s so-called Treasure Appraisal Conference, which was actually a show-off, the Nine Provinces Council at the Human Emperor Palace truly brought together various factions to resolve issues.

Conflicts between factions were freely aired, with discussions recounting decades-old discussions on how to deploy the Nine Provinces Protective Array. Following the outcome of the discussion, many factions began to plead with Jiang Li for justice, criticizing the other factions. The other factions, in turn, complained, “Human Emperor Jiang, don’t listen to their nonsense. They were the first to attack, and we were acting in self-defense.”

The two sides argued endlessly, leaving Jiang Li feeling distressed for a while.

Of course, for a conflict to be discussed at such a high level, the conflict must be significant and the forces themselves formidable.

Even so, it would likely take more than ten days to resolve.

As expected, the Emperor of the Great Yong Dynasty had issues to address.

“I report to the Human Emperor that the Great Zhou Dynasty is buying people’s hearts and using the ‘Spiritual Treasure Law’ to grant excessive power to spiritual treasures, causing many spiritual treasures in Dayong to defect to the Great Zhou! This has caused immeasurable losses to Dayong! I demand that the Great Zhou apologize to Dayong and return the spiritual treasures!” Emperor Luo Zheng of Yong threatened.

“Luo Zheng, can you please be reasonable?” Ji Zhi slammed the table and snarled. “It was clearly Dayong that signed the unreasonable contract, exploiting the spiritual treasures, causing them to flee to the Great Zhou. How can you blame us? Blame our ‘Spiritual Treasure Law’ for being too reasonable?”

Over six months have passed since the Great Zhou promulgated the draft of the Spiritual Treasure Law. Despite Ji Zhi’s excessive use of his pupils, he has finally formulated a Spiritual Treasure Law suitable for the Great Zhou.

The Spiritual Treasure Law protects the rights of spiritual treasures and allows cultivators to use them more easily and confidently. Cultivators who once pursued quality, causing their cultivation to fall behind their spiritual treasures, now have their combat power soar thanks to the cooperation of their spiritual treasures. This is a win-win situation for both spiritual treasures and cultivators.

To promote the coexistence of spiritual treasures and cultivators, the Great Zhou even held several competitions in the name of the nation, demonstrating the power of spiritual treasures when combined with their masters. A cultivator at the ninth level of Qi training, armed with the lowest-grade spiritual treasure, a low-grade one at that, could easily defeat an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator without a spiritual treasure, and even draw with a cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

The leapfrog battle, a dream of every cultivator, could be easily achieved with the cooperation of spiritual treasures.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are already heirloom spiritual treasures. The monks and the spiritual treasures have agreed that after the monk’s death, the spiritual treasure can choose its own descendants as its master.

In addition, there are also monks in the Qi training stage who accidentally obtain a magic weapon in the secret realm. After the magic weapon has acquired spiritual intelligence, it does not leave, but continues to stay with the monk under the premise of abiding by the spiritual treasure law. Even the foundation-building monks dare not provoke him.

After the promulgation of the spiritual treasure law, the Great Zhou Dynasty is extremely powerful, which makes other dynasties envious. They all follow the example of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

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