"Is this also the power of 'cause and effect'?" Shen Qian asked.
He believed that Gao Wenyuan must know what he had.
“That’s right.” Gao Wenyuan nodded. “The principle of the Time Conch is essentially based on the trajectory of fate in the dark to deduce the changes in power several years later, and then apply these changes to the holder. In other words, it is a certain degree of foresight into the future.”
"Qiao Tianliang directly erased its ability to evolve cause and effect, so you can no longer use it."
"I'll go."
Although he had already guessed it, Shen Qian was still somewhat alarmed.
This tactic is not only cunning, but downright shameless. It easily exposed one of his powerful trump cards. How can he possibly fight back now?
"You should be glad that you were only facing Ling Tianhou. His main cultivation is actually the way of space. He only gained some of the ability to cause and effect by relying on his connection with his physical body."
Gao Wenyuan smiled faintly, "If his true form were here, dealing with you wouldn't be so troublesome. Do you believe that the moment you drew your sword, you would break your arm from using too much force?"
"Haha...uh, isn't it a bit too much?"
Shen Qian initially thought Gao Wenyuan was making a dry joke, and after subconsciously laughing twice, he asked awkwardly.
Let alone sinking, even for a novice martial artist, performing the maneuver of drawing their sword to injure themselves is extremely difficult...
"Every action has a cause and effect. This is the most terrifying aspect of fate. It is impossible to guard against and often leaves no trace."
Gao Wenyuan, however, said he was not exaggerating.
"Then wouldn't King Zhouyi be invincible?" Shen Qian gasped.
"The path of cause and effect is unpredictable, but it is not without taboos. People who are passionate about playing chess are often trapped by the game. It is a double-edged sword, and there is no such thing as invincibility."
Gao Wenyuan chuckled and shook his head. "If King Zhouyi were really that powerful, he wouldn't have needed to lie low for thousands of years."
"That's true." Shen Qian thought for a moment, then felt a little relieved.
If King Zhouyi truly had no scruples, he wouldn't need to resort to Lingtianhou's roundabout methods to deal with him.
It is clear that he, too, must follow certain rules.
"Does Minister Wu know Ling Tianhou's true identity?"
“Of course I don’t know.” Gao Wenyuan shook his head. “Given Wu Wei’s personality, if he knew, he wouldn’t have tolerated it until now.”
Old Gao's words were tantamount to endorsing Wu Wei's stance, which reassured Shen Qian considerably.
"Are there many kings and marquises with similar status to Ling Tianhou?"
Shen Qian couldn't help but ask again.
It would be ridiculous if half of the hundreds of people in the entire Council of Kings and Nobles were incarnations of the King of Zhou.
"There should be some left, but not too many."
Gao Wenyuan smiled and said, "The King of Zhouyi can steal other people's fate and exert influence to a certain extent, but he cannot easily defy fate. The reason why Marquis Lingtian was able to become a king at the age of thirty is ultimately because his own aptitude is indeed exceptional."
"Even King Zhou Yi couldn't encounter such an incarnation all the time. In my estimation, even among the existing kings and nobles, there are at most two or three incarnations of King Zhou Yi."
"Even if there are more, Wu Wei will notice... Don't underestimate him."
Shen Qian nodded silently, and after exhaling a breath of turbid air, asked, "Teacher, so the reason why the first nine kings either died or disappeared, but King Zhouyi has been able to live on until now, is it because he controls the Dao of Destiny?"
"That's not entirely the reason, but fate certainly has an inherent advantage in this regard."
Gao Wenyuan smiled gently and patiently answered Shen Qian's questions, "In that catastrophe that targeted the first generation of kings, only King Zhou Yi escaped unscathed because he foresaw many things, but another reason is also because... he was more afraid of death."
"Huh?" Shen Qian was somewhat taken aback, not expecting that Lao Gao would come up with such a reason.
But thinking about it, it seems quite reasonable.
No matter how much one's life transforms, courage may not necessarily increase accordingly.
"Hehe, that's why, before leaving, the White Emperor forced King Zhou Yi to make a vow based on his Dao foundation, that within two hundred years, he must not do anything to harm the human race, otherwise he would immediately die and his Dao would be extinguished."
Gao Wenyuan then casually revealed a shocking secret.
"Did the White Emperor force King Zhou Yi to make an oath?"
Shen Qian was first startled, then suddenly realized why King Zhou Yi had always been so low-key. But soon, new doubts arose in his mind.
"Why only two hundred years? And since the White Emperor believed that King Zhou Yi might one day harm the human race, why not just kill him directly?"
"You must understand that even for an emperor of such stature, it would be the limit to get a top-tier king who controls destiny to make a vow, two hundred years is the maximum. For anyone else, there is absolutely no possibility of restraining King Zhou Yi."
Gao Wenyuan recalled the past with a somewhat wistful expression, "As for why I didn't kill King Zhou Yi, it's naturally because the human race still needs him... at least until the next great upheaval, the human race needs a Martial King to oversee things."
"What about the Prince of Zhenbei?" Shen Qian suddenly realized that both he and Lao Gao had overlooked another top-tier figure in their conversation...
The King of Zhenbei, who still serves as the honorary president of the Huaxia Martial Arts Association!
"Who told you that the Prince of Zhenbei is still alive?"
Gao Wenyuan asked indifferently.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qian's body trembled, as if a bolt of lightning had struck from a clear sky, leaving him stunned and speechless.
The Prince of Zhenbei... has also fallen?!
"What time is this...?"
He asked incredulously before sinking in.
Whether it's online or in the information circulating outside, it all indicates that the Prince of Zhenbei is still in charge of the central government of China. Just recently, in order to clear up some doubts, Shen Qian even wanted to meet this pillar of China.
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