Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 733

Chapter 731 No Fate for Mahayana

“All these heavens and worlds are my territory, and everything within it belongs to me. I’m eating my own food, so why should I pay?” The First Emperor was dissatisfied with Jiang Li’s behavior. Seeing Jiang Li was like seeing himself in a past life, and he felt inexplicably annoyed.

“Of course you don’t have to pay for eating wild hawthorns, but you’re eating the fruits of others’ labor and expecting to enjoy them for free? If you’re capable, make your own candied haws.” Jiang Li rolled his eyes. He had never seen anyone so arrogant while dine-and-dine.

The First Emperor and Jiang Li walked side by side, each licking the outer coating of a candied haws before biting off another half, their movements remarkably consistent.

In their hobbies, they were no different.

“Under my leadership, Jiuzhou is thriving. The cultivation techniques of the Fusion Stage are becoming universal, and everyone can learn to cultivate without any knowledge barriers.”

The First Emperor led Jiang Li to a school where children were learning about cultivation. The textbook, compiled by the First Emperor’s order, was more universal and easier to learn than previous versions.

Fusion-stage cultivation techniques are ubiquitous, allowing anyone to choose a suitable method.

When the First Emperor first traveled through time, he longed to learn more about the Nine Provinces and explore more advanced cultivation techniques. However, he discovered that mortals could only grasp the most basic knowledge, lacking access to more advanced knowledge.

Mortals’ limited perspectives made it difficult for them to gain a clear understanding of themselves, unaware of their strengths and areas of focus.

To avoid this, after becoming the Human Emperor, he began to share knowledge on a large scale.

“What about your Nine Provinces?” the First Emperor asked Jiang Li with a hint of provocation. Jiang Li

replied calmly, “In my Nine Provinces, the lowest level is the sixth level of Qi training.”

“That’s impossible! Mortals should only be able to cultivate to the third level.” The First Emperor, too, was searching for a way for mortals to become stronger, but had found none.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Li had found it before him.

“In the Qinxin World, I met the Demon Lord of Withered Bones and obtained the ‘Depressed and Sad Heaven Art’ from him. From this, I comprehended the ‘Five Elements Qi Training Art (Part 1)’, which can help mortals improve their cultivation.”

The First Emperor had also completed missions in the Qinxin World, but he had no interest in playing around. He hadn’t encountered the Demon Lord of Withered Bones in the haunted house, let alone the subsequent techniques.

The two of them returned to the Great Zhou Academy, where they began systematically studying immortal cultivation knowledge and officially embarked on their journey.

“Have you encountered any teachers here who over-interpreted your writing?” Jiang Li still remembered writing an essay in which he wrote, “It rained heavily for several days, and finally the sky cleared.” Someone interpreted it into a myriad of things, claiming it conveyed a positive attitude towards cultivation, that heavy rain represented hardship, while clear skies represented hope, and that overcoming difficulties was hope.

The First Emperor was puzzled, “Who would have the audacity to speculate on the divine will?”

Jiang Li immediately shut up. Indeed, with the First Emperor’s fiery temper, anyone who dared to comment on his writings would be fatally injured if they misinterpreted them.

The First Emperor said, “I still remember that more than ten years ago, the system issued a task, asking me to come to Da Zhou to take the exam and become the first. So I asked Da Zhou to hold an exam specifically for me. Of course, I was the first. Unfortunately, I neglected that the system required an entrance exam, so I failed.”

“After the exam, I gave a speech here, saying that the most important thing in studying is to seek truth and dare to tell the truth.”

“Since then, Da Zhou Academy has produced many results. People respect knowledge and dare to fight against authority. Many novel theories have appeared here.”

“Theories are transformed into results and applied to all aspects of practice and life.”

Jiang Li smiled and said, “Do you really dare to tell the truth?”

“Of course.”

Jiang Li grabbed a student at random and asked politely, “Brother, I heard that the academy aims to seek truth. I have a question for you.”

“Go ahead.” The student has excellent grades and is very confident in his knowledge reserves.

“What do you think of the Chu Emperor?”

The moment this question was posed, the student’s face paled. This was a life-or-death question: “I don’t know. Goodbye!”

“Stop!” the Chu Emperor ordered the student. “Speak out if you have any thoughts. Why would the Chu Emperor care about your opinion?”

The student thought the other person was completely insane. “You say you don’t care, but can you guarantee it? “

The student hurried away. The Chu Emperor, somewhat displeased, tried to drag the student back, but was stopped by Jiang Li.

“Ask someone else?”

The Chu Emperor asked several people in quick succession, none daring to comment on him. Even the mere mention of the name Chu Emperor frightened him.

Although the published books had been embellished by officials, how could the Chu Emperor’s brutality truly be concealed?

Jiang Li’s light voice reached the Chu Emperor’s ears: “For you, it’s true that you don’t care what people say about you, but it’s different for them.”

“They don’t know which words they say will resonate with you and which won’t. They don’t dare to take risks. So their only option is to say nothing.”

“If I’m not mistaken, you felt just now that these people had embarrassed you and wanted to kill them to vent your anger.”

The Chu Emperor remained silent and left the academy.

The First Emperor felt like Jiang Li was a mirror; his thoughts were exposed to him.

It was truly infuriating.

The two of them returned to the Tianyuan Dynasty, once the most chaotic of the human dynasties. After the First Emperor’s iron-fisted rule, it had been completely transformed, becoming the Tianyuan Region.

“Is Yu Yin still in charge of the Tianyuan Region?”

“Yu Yin is my empress, presiding over the harem and ruling the country. How could she manage foreign affairs?” Speaking of Yu Yin, the First Emperor couldn’t help but refer to himself as “I.”

Jiang Li sighed, feeling a pity for Yu Yin.

The First Emperor was puzzled: “Why are you sighing?”

“You are wasting Yu Yin’s talent. Letting her stay in the Imperial Palace is no different from imprisoning her?”

“Yu Yin is as capable as you in governing the country.”

The First Emperor said coldly: “Women are my powerful foils. They don’t need any other functions. What’s the point of governing the world? I am enough on my own.”

Jiang Li bluntly exposed the First Emperor’s loophole: “If you are enough on your own, why do you need ministers? Li Er, Bai Hongtu, Dong Zhongren, these people are your right-hand men in governing the world.”

“Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin were both capable of reaching the Mahayana stage, but because of you, they were forced to become immortals, losing their chance at the Mahayana.”

Jiang Li heard from Yu Yin that Bai Hongtu had also achieved immortality, and he knew that Bai Hongtu shared Yu Yin’s ambition to defeat the First Emperor.

The Mahayana stage represents an exceptional level of combat power, and the First Emperor was not so easily defeated.

“Everyone is an independent being, with their own personality, ideas, and identities. Some of them were your former friends, yet you treat them as mere foils, controlling their will.”

Jiang Li felt sad for Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin.

The First Emperor, dissatisfied with being lectured by Jiang Li, asked, “And what do you think of Yu Yin?”

(End of Chapter)