With a casual wave of his hand, Yang Cheng used his powerful strength to grab the fat man and hold him in his grasp.
The other man struggled and shouted angrily, "Who dares to offend me? Guards! Guards!"
The guards throughout the palace were alarmed and rushed over, but they couldn't even get close.
Where is the ancestral home of the Xia Dynasty?
Lü Gui continued his furious tirade: "Traitor, you're courting death! I will boil you alive, and all your relatives too!"
Yang Cheng was too lazy to waste words with this guy. He tightened his grip on Lü Gui's hand, and feeling the suffocating sensation, Lü Gui finally panicked.
"Don't kill me! I'll talk!"
Yang Cheng loosened his grip a little, and Lü Gui wanted to say something, but he said with a mournful face, "I don't know where the ancestral land is either."
Yang Cheng frowned and said, "Are you playing me? As the King of Xia, don't you know where the ancestral land of the Xia Dynasty is?"
Lü Gui revealed a smile that was more like a grimace: "I really don't know. That place is very far from the capital. Since my grandfather's generation, no one has personally offered sacrifices there. Who could remember it?"
"But brave warrior, please don't be agitated. I don't know, but the Grand Astrologer certainly does. I will summon the Grand Astrologer immediately."
As he spoke, Lü Gui shouted, "Where is the Grand Historian? Where did that old man go?"
He's always blabbering and complaining in front of me, but where is he now that I need him?
A moment later, an old man arrived, panting, and hurriedly said, "Please do not harm the King! I know where the ancestral land is!"
The Grand Astrologer even brought out a sheepskin map and marked the locations for Yang Cheng.
After getting the map, Yang Cheng threw Lü Gui aside and turned to leave.
Although the mission requirements in this world did not state that the course of history could not be changed, Yang Cheng was pressed for time and couldn't be bothered to care.
Besides, Lü Gui doesn't have much longer to live.
The Heavenly Mandate of the Black Bird descended and gave birth to the Shang Dynasty.
At this time, Cheng Tang of the Shang Dynasty should have already been secretly plotting how to overthrow Lü Gui, but he is still playing these despicable games.
After Yang Cheng left completely, Lü Gui's expression changed immediately.
He roared, "Investigate! Find out who that guy is!"
I'm going to cook him! Cook his whole family!
Grand Historian Zhong Gu sighed and advised, "Your Majesty, now is not the time to investigate these matters. The lords of various regions are already very dissatisfied with our Great Xia, and the people of our Great Xia are living in misery. Even in the capital city of Zhenxun, a large number of people are starving to death every day!"
Throughout history, benevolent emperors, like Yao and Shun, were diligent, frugal, and loved their people in order to earn their respect. Your extravagance and squandering of the people's wealth will likely lead to the downfall of your kingdom!
Lü Gui said impatiently, "Nonsense! My ancestor, King Yu, established the kingdom with the Nine Tripods, and I am the king of this world!"
I am the sun in the sky, and those lowly commoners are at most the moon.
Would the absence of a moon affect the sun? But without the sun, everyone would die!
Grand Historian Zhong Gu looked at Lü Gui with disappointment. This man was beyond saving, and so was the Xia Dynasty.
Having heard that the ruler of the Shang Kingdom, Tang, was wise and benevolent, I should perhaps consider seeking refuge with another ruler.
Yang Cheng was too lazy to care about the various changes in the Xia Dynasty. At this moment, he was traveling at almost the fastest speed, heading towards the ancestral land of the Xia Dynasty.
The ancestral home of the Xia Dynasty was at the source of the floods controlled by Yu the Great, and it is said that the Nine Tripod Cauldrons were also buried there.
Therefore, the map is marked with waterlines, and Yang Cheng needs to follow the waterlines to find his way there.
Moreover, because the Xia Dynasty moved its capital several times, it was already very far from its ancestral home. Even with Yang Cheng's speed, it took him five days to find the ancestral home.
Of course, Yang Cheng could have been faster, but he had to maintain peak physical strength before that battle, so he kept his speed at a very fast level without excessively consuming his strength.
What appeared before Yang Cheng was a huge lake, stretching as far as the eye could see, like a vast ocean.
The ancestral home of the Xia Dynasty is buried beneath this great lake.
The legendary Yu the Great began his flood control efforts here, but now this ancestral land is buried beneath the water.
Yang Cheng took a step forward and entered the deep lake water.
The lake was unfathomably deep, and its waters were dark and murky; entering it felt like falling into an endless abyss.
Just then, Yang Cheng sensed a sudden change in the water flow.
The next moment, a ferocious maw covered in fangs suddenly emerged from the deep water and lunged at Yang Cheng!
It turned out to be a huge, ferocious monster fish, neither fish nor beast, with a body a hundred meters long and a head a dozen meters in size.
One bite, and the world instantly went dark.
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