Your mind is in turmoil.
Gao Wenyuan stared intently at Shen Qian, as if he had caught a fleeting glimpse of fear, and couldn't help but smile faintly.
Chen Qian took a deep breath, forcing himself to break free from that inexplicable feeling of fear and regain his composure.
He suddenly realized that if there was anyone in this world who harbored malice towards him, someone he could neither resist nor wanted to resist, it was only this man in front of him.
If the Marquis of Jingcheng wanted to harm him, Shen Qian would most likely just say "Life is not worth living" and then lie down to wait for death.
"In this life, there should always be something worth believing in..."
Thinking this, Chen Qian calmed down again, but lowered his head and said, "Teacher, do you know what it will be like fourteen years from now?"
"With all doors wide open, lives are lost?"
Gao Wenyuan asked a question indifferently, then shook his head, "Your expression tells me that the last four words probably haven't happened yet."
Sure enough, he foresaw everything...
Shen Qian wasn't particularly surprised, he simply nodded. "Many 'doors' have indeed opened. I learned from Zhulong that the powerful members of the Witch Clan are attempting to resurrect the Witch Emperor... and the scavengers—it turns out they're also backed by the Witch Clan. Jiang Chengye has become a corpse carrier; he might be the strongest corpse carrier..."
Shen Qian began to ramble on and on, regardless of whether Gao Wenyuan knew about it later, and recounted everything that had happened after he left Earth, including Wu Wei's response and the current situation of the human race.
Shen Qian didn't even hide the fact that he had a clone, but he omitted everything about the system.
Throughout this process, Gao Wenyuan listened quietly without interrupting, his expression remaining as deep as the sea, revealing nothing of his thoughts.
After he finished speaking, Shen Qian looked at Lao Gao expectantly.
He desperately wanted his teacher to give him some guidance. Although he seemed to be doing quite well, no one knew that he was actually panicking.
When he learned that a bunch of emperors had fallen one after another in calamities, the system could no longer give him a sense of security.
He had no idea how much time he had left.
Most importantly, even without considering the threat of external enemies, once he returns from this time, Shen Qian will inevitably face a problem... Among his true enemies is the Zhou Yi King, who holds a supreme position.
That was an unparalleled martial king; no one could help him.
"I see."
However, to Shen Qian's disappointment, Gao Wenyuan only uttered these four words in the end.
"teacher……"
"Judging by the time, I should be rotating with King Zhouyi in fourteen years and will be guarding Wansui Mountain. If the situation has reached that point by then, it will be even more difficult for me to leave."
Gao Wenyuan glanced at Shen Qian and still gave him an explanation.
"What kind of place is Wansui Mountain?" Shen Qian asked curiously, having never heard of Da Lao Gao's whereabouts before.
"Since the ancient human race rose to power through the method of enlightenment, it has faced suppression from powerful alien races more than once. On the eve of the collapse of the Three Realms, the human race even broke out into an extremely fierce war with all the races of the heavens."
Gao Wenyuan said calmly, "In this process, in order to weaken the power of other races, when the human race encountered enemies that were difficult to kill or inconvenient to kill for various reasons, they could only suppress them... This is the origin of each ancient prison."
"Wansui Mountain is the most special one among them."
"Why?" Shen Qian was taken aback when he realized that Wansui Mountain was also the name of an ancient prison.
"Because it only imprisons those who are at least Golden Immortals," Gao Wenyuan said quietly.
"Holy crap!"
Shen Qian's body trembled, and he finally understood why the ancient prisons overseas only needed the Mountain and Sea Prison Guardians to guard them, while the Wansui Mountain required the personal suppression of kings and marquises, and all of them were top-level kings and marquises.
How many Golden Immortals are inside?
Shen Qian couldn't help but ask again.
"Hundreds."
Gao Wenyuan said softly, "Many of them are ancestors of various races. Now that the gates are open, we cannot let them return. You should know the implications."
Shen Qian nodded silently, feeling relieved, but also completely extinguishing the idea of asking the teacher to come back to "take charge of the overall situation".
Trading the presence of a top-tier noble for the imprisonment of potentially hundreds of nobles is an incredibly worthwhile deal, no matter how you look at it. No wonder the teacher said that it's precisely in situations like this that he finds himself unable to leave.
If Wansui Mountain falls, the crisis facing humanity will deepen further.
"Teacher, I heard Minister Wu say that all the races in the universe want to destroy humanity because Earth, also known as the 'Primordial Land,' holds the key to unlocking chaos?"
He asked, as if to confirm before sinking in.
He had a hunch that the teacher must know something about the question that Wu Wei couldn't answer.
Not entirely right, nor entirely wrong.
Gao Wenyuan remained silent for a while before speaking, "Humanity may indeed have the potential to initiate chaos, but this is not the real reason why all races want to destroy Earth."
"Ah, what do you mean?" Shen Qian asked, sensing there might be more to the story.
Gao Wenyuan smiled but didn't say anything, so Shen Qian knew that this issue was beyond discussion, and he could only sigh and give up.
However, having entered this time-space setting, he already knew enough secrets, so Shen Qian wasn't too disappointed. He felt that the final truth might really be just a thin veil away from being revealed.
Three things.
At this moment, Gao Wenyuan finished the last sip of tea in his cup and spoke.
Shen Qian's spirits lifted, realizing that this was the real guidance from Elder Gao, and he quickly focused his attention to listen carefully.
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