When Gu Jueye spoke of the great achievements of his ancestors, he felt a deep sense of pride.

Gu Jueye pondered for a moment and asked, "If the Qi King's Cauldron is the energy stone that the Yirou Star People are looking for, then what is the connection between this stone and the God of War, Ruan Mengli?"

"I don't know the specifics, but it is said that this stone has absorbed powerful energy from the universe. Although it has an endless energy field, even if an ordinary person obtains it, they will not be able to activate it."

"When the Qi King's Cauldron was first bestowed upon the Qi King by the new emperor, the Qi King thought he had a deep connection with this thing that was neither copper nor iron, and that it must have been a gift from heaven. However, until the Qi King died, the Qi King's Cauldron never showed him any divine power."

“Master Buyi, I did see some information about King Qi and the Qi King's Cauldron in the Gu family's ancestral records. It is said that King Qi once recruited many sorcerers in an attempt to unravel the secrets of the Qi King's Cauldron. In the end, not only did they not find anything, but some people mysteriously disappeared during this period, and the place where they disappeared was near the Qi King's Cauldron.”

Elder Bu Yi nodded: "Something strange did happen back then. The Qi King Cauldron itself is a powerful magnetic field that can interfere with and distort time. Under certain conditions, anything that gets close to it will disappear into thin air. Those who went missing all eventually appeared near the Qi King Cauldron."

Gu Jueye thought of his experience of suddenly traveling back a hundred years.

He accidentally wandered into the tomb of the King of Qi. When he reached the main burial chamber, a voice suddenly called out to him. Following the voice, he eventually arrived at a stone door.

A white light inexplicably appeared at that doorway, and then he lost consciousness.

When he woke up, his consciousness had already possessed Xu Changchong's body.

After hearing Elder Buyi's words, he realized that the Qi King's Cauldron could make people disappear into thin air, but one question remained that he couldn't understand.

Where did his physical body go in this life?

"The Qi King's Ding has definitely more than just this one function."

With the technology and consciousness energy of the Yirou aliens, they could already travel through time tunnels at will. If the Qi Wang Ding only had such a simple function as distorting time and space, it would not have attracted such attention from advanced aliens.

"The Yirou aliens have returned to using force. On their planet, even a child can control their body at will. I suspect that their search for energy stones is likely related to increasing their combat power."

After listening to Gu Jueye's analysis, Elder Buyi did not express his own opinion.

Now that we know the Qi King's Cauldron is an energy stone, what are your plans?

Naturally, the priority is to find the Qi King's Cauldron as soon as possible. Only by having the Qi King's Cauldron in our own hands can we have the leverage to negotiate with these aliens.

"I plan to visit the tomb of King Qi again, and I hope the elder can help me."

The elder in plain clothes stroked his white beard and looked at Gu Jueye meaningfully.

He sighed softly, "I'm going into seclusion again soon, for a period of twenty or thirty years at most a hundred years. I'm afraid I won't be able to help you much, but you can find someone else to help you."

This was a clear rejection of him.

Gu Jueye didn't press the matter further. The old man was quite old and had always been obsessed with cultivation methods, making it extremely difficult for the clansmen here to even see him.

He was able to meet Elder Bu Yi entirely because of the glory of his ancestors.

The old man's decision not to offer help was within his expectations.

"Actually, the main purpose of my visit today is to ask you about something."

The elder in plain clothes waited quietly for him to continue.

"The reason I'm paying so much attention to the Yirou aliens is because they've recently been searching for women who look exactly like Ruan Mengli on various celestial bodies in the Milky Way, and that girl has been chosen by them."

The elder's eyelids twitched slightly.

He understood who Gu Jueye was referring to as "that girl".

Initially, he wanted this kid to stay in the inner world and take over the position of clan leader in the future.

Despite such a huge temptation being placed before him, the young man refused without hesitation.

He said that he had someone he couldn't let go of above, and protecting her was his lifelong responsibility.

This guy is a hopeless romantic, which he finds deeply regrettable.

The inner world pursues spiritual elevation, so over time, people's emotions and desires have gradually faded. Many people have lived for thousands of years and are still immersed in their spiritual growth, which interests them, and have no interest in talking about love.

This includes Buyi, who has lived for over five thousand years. Even in the Earth's core world, he is already in his twilight years. He has spent his life seeking truth and cultivating himself, putting aside all feelings for his children.

“You are a rare talent for cultivation, one in a thousand years. If you are willing to let go of worldly love and affection, your future cultivation will surely far surpass mine.”

He firmly believed that if this kid could take over the inner world, he would soon lead all his people into the fifth dimension.

Gu Jueye chuckled lightly, his expression calm and composed: "I am different from you. I am not interested in ascetic cultivation at all. Moreover, I think that deliberately controlling one's desires in cultivation is not necessarily what the universe or the Dao wants to see."

"Oh? What do you mean by that?"

When it came to discussing legal principles and doctrines, Bu Yi didn't think this young man could spout any profound truths.

Gu Jueye asked, "Elder, what are the seven emotions and six desires?"

Taoism says: Seven emotions: joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear, and shock; Six desires: form, sound, smell, taste, touch, and dharma.

Gu Jueye said, "Isn't a person's life just about these seven emotions and six desires? Since these seven emotions and six desires are the natural state of human nature, where does this nature originate?"

Where is the source?

The commoner pondered this question carefully.

He was single-mindedly pursuing the Tao, so he disdained to be tainted by worldly affairs.

He was suddenly stumped by the question posed by the young man in front of him.

"Where is the source?" he asked rhetorically.

"In the Way."

"Since the Tao follows the natural way, the seven emotions and six desires are born from the universe. Since they exist, they are within the Tao and are the result of the Tao's evolution. How can one escape them without experiencing the seven emotions and six desires?"

Boom

Buyi felt a flash of golden light appear on his forehead.

Yes, how can one achieve liberation without experiencing the seven emotions and six desires?

He had cultivated himself for thousands of years and thought he had long since transcended the world and disdained the fleeting emotional entanglements of humankind.

However, he had never truly experienced the seven difficulties and eight sufferings of human beings. Yet, these difficulties and sufferings all evolved from the Tao.

Since it exists, it must be tacitly approved by the Tao.

He had never understood this point before, but a mere child who had lived for less than a hundred years revealed the secret to him.

"It seems my seclusion will have to start earlier than planned," Buyi said with a relieved smile.

"Perhaps you are right."