Chapter 205: The Death of Emperor Yong'an (Two in One)
Gu Fangchen went down along the crack and entered the [Wu Xian Wu Tomb] which was already in a mess and ruin.
After the "Military Genius" Li Kan broke out of the tomb, the numerous soldier puppets quickly weathered and decayed. Now they have all turned into scrap metal, piled up in a mess underneath.
The broken chains swayed gently, knocking against the stone walls, making a hollow sound that echoed throughout the tomb.
Gu Fangchen leaped up and landed on the opened bronze coffin.
The coffin was empty and there was no corpse.
When this "Military Immortal" was suppressed and sealed, only his soul remained, and his body should have been completely destroyed.
"The first-grade Eternal Realm... Eternal Unbreakable, which means it cannot be killed, so it can only be sealed."
This is generally how practitioners understand the first level.
Gu Fangchen walked along the edge of the coffin, looked up at the words carved on the surrounding stone walls, his eyes flashing.
But Gu Fangchen had just witnessed the death of a first-grade person, and it was a complete death, the kind that could never be resurrected.
Because if it was based on the original cultivator's understanding of the first level, when he transcended time and space, he would not be killed so easily.
In the original game, the method used to kill Xie Qian in the Confucian line was extremely extreme, and it could even be said that it was a bit of a system bug.
In the game, there is a profession called [Swindler].
This profession has an active skill called [Hide the Truth].
The effect is that when players communicate with others, they can specify a word and replace its meaning, but it will become invalid if it is seen through by others.
And this replacement of the meaning of this word is the replacement of the game text itself!
In other words, this is a skill that involves the underlying code.
At the same time, in the game, when a Confucian practitioner reaches the second level, he will possess the magical power of "his words becoming reality".
Of course, this magical power also requires a lot of cause and effect to achieve.
However, this is not a big problem for players. As long as they have a good relationship with the [Four-phase Lord of Tribulation], how much karma will it take?
Therefore, after the above two conditions were met, a very incredible method emerged.
That is, set up a truly shocking scam and replace a certain concept with "Xie Qian".
Then, kill the replaced concept!
Therefore, it is equivalent to using the causal magic on Xie Qian and killing him.
In the game, this is a practical and effective method. Players only need to follow the Confucian line first, become a high-level Confucian, and then it's time to show off their skills.
The difficulty lies in not letting others see through the connection between the two, and completely killing this concept.
The country that Gu Fangchen once chose to replace was "Da Wei".
When the dynasty changed, the "Great Wei" came to an end, which also marked the death of Xie Qian.
"But now that I think about it, even though the method was outrageous, I still managed to kill a First-Rank cultivator. This is different from the common understanding of 'eternal immortality'."
"So, in other words, first of all, we can confirm that cultivators in the Eternal Realm are not truly immortal and indestructible."
Gu Fangchen sat on the edge of the coffin, looking at the stone wall in front of him, lost in thought.
Moreover, he could barely make out most of the words on the stone walls and judged that the person who sealed the "Military Immortal" Li Kan called him "Enlightened".
In other words, in the eyes of these people, the first rank should mean "attainment of the Tao."
Li Kan was a man from ancient times, and the so-called ancient times were what these people called the "Great Era of the Great Furnace".
This was the era before the ancient Zhou Dynasty, and there was a huge fault in the middle.
The period between the "Honglu Great Era" and the Ancient Zhou Dynasty was completely blank, with no documents existing, and there was almost no information about the "Honglu Great Era".
"No, either almost nothing or nothing."
Gu Fangchen shook his head.
He was very familiar with the existing texts in "Mirror in the Dust", and there was no description of the "Great World of the Great Furnace" in them.
Just like in the game, there is no concept of "mirror in the dust".
"Then... this information must have been erased artificially."
Gu Fangchen thought about the scenes he saw before he fell into a coma, and the sounds in his ears.
The second voice calling itself "I" obviously came from "Master Hengchang".
His real title is [The Ancient Human Emperor], which corresponds exactly to the information in that sentence.
However, Gu Fangchen used to think that the "Master of Hengchang Dao" took "Hengchang" as his Dao because he maintained the connection between the beginning and the end of the dynasty and the eternity of the dynasty.
Now it seems that his "Tao" seems to be even more grand than imagined!
It seems that the Nine Netherworld was opened up by him!
Before this, people in the world did not even have the chance to become part of the cycle of heaven and earth, and were directly "eternally fallen."
But this made Gu Fangchen very puzzled.
Since "Master Hengchang" is so powerful, why is he playing house here?
He could even open up a new world, so why would he care about the stability of this dynasty...
Judging from all the information Gu Fangchen knew, Emperor Yong'an not only cared, but cared very much and was determined to maintain the survival of the Wei Dynasty, or a certain order.
It's like picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon, but I still attach great importance to the sesame seeds.
Gu Fangchen couldn't figure it out for the time being. He tapped his knees lightly with his fingers, closed his eyes, and continued to think about a few other sentences.
The stars are spread out in the universe, and the furnace of heaven and earth is originally without the Way. How could those who have attained the Way become dowries for flies and insects?
Everything is fake...
Combined with what he saw, that is to say, "attaining the Tao" is not a good thing for these people.
But at the same time, it has not reached the level of warning future generations not to practice.
It just means that after practicing for a long time, all of them become dowries for "flies and insects".
Cultivation itself is not a bad thing, but "attaining the Tao" is, in a sense, useless.
"So……"
Gu Fangchen suddenly opened his eyes:
"What if the one thing that has remained unbroken throughout the ages is not the cultivator, but the Tao itself?"
Then, his pupils trembled, and a terrible idea came to his mind -
"The Tao has its own consciousness! The Tao is the fly!"
This thought made Gu Fangchen take a deep breath.
Since there is no Tao in the furnace of heaven and earth, there is only one possibility.
"Tao" is an outsider and a parasite.
In the beginning, there was no way to practice cultivation in this world, and the emergence of "Tao" brought about this concept.
This would explain why the attitudes of these high-ranking monks were so ambiguous, and their statements were basically vague.
If this is the case, "Tao" is not a bad thing for practitioners.
As a result, practitioners gain strength, become extraordinary and powerful, which is definitely not a completely bad thing.
Even for low-level practitioners, this is a great thing with no disadvantages and only benefits!
However, these high-level practitioners must have realized that if they allowed it to continue developing, bad things would happen, so some of them chose to stop before it was too late.
However, at this time, everything was too late.
Gu Fangchen could imagine that since cultivation had become a system, it meant that cultivators had already become the mainstream.
For low-level cultivators, this is the foundation of their superiority, and it is absolutely unshakable.
Therefore, a huge contradiction must have broken out in the middle, resulting in a gap between the "Honglu Great World" and the ancient Zhou Dynasty.
This has led to the current situation where there are very few "first-class" products.
After all, when facing Ning Caiyong, Li Kan once said, "You are not a sage who survived the great world."
What this means is that during the "Honglu Great Era", there was probably a civil conflict among the monks, resulting in only a small number of people surviving, and Li Kan was one of them.
However, what Li Kan said cannot be fully trusted.
He himself has been imprisoned in this ancient tomb for so many years, and his understanding of the outside world is probably not as good as Gu Fangchen's.
"But the general situation should not be much different."
Gu Fangchen was able to basically analyze everything from these few sentences and the clues in the ancient tomb.
After all, although he did not understand the "Great World of the Furnace", he understood "Mirror in the Dust".
Gu Fangchen pondered for a moment and summarized the situation in his mind:
"To put it simply, the current situation is likely a battle between three groups of people."
"The first group of people believed that the Tao was a 'fly' and probably wanted to stop its further expansion. The last words of Tianmen Mountain must have been about the same thing."
"Master Hengchang, Ying Baishou, and Ning Caiyong are representatives of this group of people."
"The second group of people want to pursue further power, so they support the expansion of the Tao and think it is a good thing."
"'Revelation' says that there are still those who have not yet appeared, such as Li Kan, the ancient survivors, who are part of this group."
"The third group of people, or perhaps they weren't even people at all, should be the 'Tao' that developed consciousness."
"I don't know who these people are yet, but they must exist. Otherwise, people like 'Daoist Master Heng Chang' wouldn't choose to hide their power. It's as if there are constraints everywhere, which means they must be avoiding something."
"This is the part of the story that I'm familiar with that hasn't been explained..."
After Gu Fangchen finished reviewing the situation, he looked up at the crack of sky formed by the sword mark that cast light from the sky. He felt both enlightened and lost.
For him, this is like solving a huge mystery in the game.
But at the same time, there is still one biggest problem that has not been solved.
That is, who is "Gu Fangchen"?
Before Ning Caiyong left, he said, "That old guy chose you," and also said that "Master Hengchang" could be trusted.
Although it is not certain whether the two are the same, it is certain that the descendant of "Hengchang Daozhu" who was born out of his discussion of Taoism should be him.
"He probably wants to use me to learn this information from the game in order to achieve his goal of curbing the Tao."
Gu Fangchen frowned:
"From his performance, it seems that he approves of my actions."
"In other words, when I freed myself from the predicament of the identity of 'Gu Fangchen', I had already accomplished what he wanted to do."
Gu Fangchen thought for a moment. As everyone knows, after eliminating all impossibilities, the remaining answer is the only possibility.
He thought of a clue he hadn't used yet.
Before he fell into a coma, he heard the sound of someone reading aloud.
"Can the Tao be learned? In the past, there were nine people who taught the Tao. Their names were Fu Mo, Luo Song, Zhan Ming, Nie Xu, Xu Yi, Yu Ou, Xuan Ming, Can Liao, and Yi Shi..."
Since "Tao" is a parasite, it means that there must be a host!
These hosts are the so-called "preachers".
These nine names are the names of “preachers.”
Gu Fangchen narrowed his eyes and picked out a few that he was familiar with:
"Nie Xu, Xuan Ming, Can Liao..."
Lao Ding's biggest enemy, the Great Heaven Samantabhadra of Qingman, used the alias "Nie Xu" when he entered the Central Plains.
The real name of "Yubai Gong" is Xuanming.
The designated residence of the National Master is the "Canliao Pillar" in Huangtian City, which stretches from heaven to earth.
"Although we can't be sure if it's a one-to-one correspondence, we can at least be sure that these nine names do correspond to people."
Gu Fangchen felt a little hesitant.
Because it seems that "Tianmen" and "Tao" are related, and may be the source of infection.
Others may not be sure, but "Yuebai Gong" has not come into contact with "Tianmen", but his daughter Xuanling has.
And it is obvious that he should be one of the "preachers".
Moreover, the other two are not the corresponding real names, which means that these words should only be guides to some kind of imagery.
"No matter what, these people must be very important!"
"Since 'Master Hengchang' can be trusted... we'll find out after we go back and ask."
This time, the person he wanted to ask was not Emperor Yong'an Xiao Ding, but the old Deng who was always hiding behind the scenes!
Gu Fangchen jumped out of the tomb and said in a deep voice to the waiting Qing Jian:
"Pack up and prepare to return to Huangtian City!"
…
Three days later.
“Boom!”
As summer approaches, thunderstorms continue over Huangtian City, and dark clouds press down.
Amidst the faint sound of thunder, Gu Fangchen once again entered Huangtian City.
This time, only Qing Jian came back with him.
He asked the others, including Xuexiang, to stay temporarily in the county magistrate's office in Xiajing Road, while Ding Xingfeng simply went to guard the city. When he came back, the border defense would be completely empty.
Anyway, he came back this time just to confirm some information and will go back soon.
He also promised Lao Ding that he would go into Qingman to kill Mahamuliang.
If the news is confirmed this time, it would be a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone!
"Your Highness! It's been such a long time!"
Xiao Qiu, who looked like a round ball, was waiting outside the Ziji Palace early in the morning, and greeted him with a smile:
"Your Majesty is meeting with Monk Shenxiu inside regarding the upcoming Dharma talk at the Galan Temple. Once he comes out, you can go in."
Gu Fangchen nodded and looked up at the familiar palace.
I don’t know if it’s because she was scared by Ning Caiyong, but the Grandmother hasn’t appeared for a while.
Gu Fangchen felt a little inexplicably bored.
Not long after, Monk Shenxiu came out, looked at Gu Fangchen, smiled, and clasped his hands together:
"Amitabha, and thank you very much, donor."
I gave him quite a bit of money last time, and it seems he was really happy. He actually still remembers it...
Gu Fangchen was quite speechless, but she smiled, put her hands together and saluted, then passed by him and walked into the hall.
"Your Majesty? You should know that I came here this time..."
As Gu Fangchen was speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Behind the curtain, the figure who had always been sitting upright was tilted, a large amount of blood was flowing down the steps, and a head was rolling down from above.
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ps: The nine names are from "Zhuangzi Neipian·The Great Master"
(End of this chapter)
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