474 Chapter 474
Mu Mengbai's words made Sheng Fei uneasy. He couldn't stand the other party's pretentious and mysterious manner, so he glared at him and said, "If you know anything, just say it. Don't beat around the bush."
"Didn't I tell you everything I know?" Mu Mengbai cried out that he was wronged.
"If the six states of Yan really become as you say, then it means that Nangong Sui returned the Breath Soil to the six states and used its power to change the living environment of the six states, which was covered with poisonous barriers."
Sheng Fei said expressionlessly, "As for the same dream you mentioned, the people of the Six States are known for their strangeness. Perhaps outsiders have forgotten the divinely bestowed dream of the world being destroyed by the strange fire, but the people of the Six States still remember it."
"A genius!" Mu Mengbai gave Sheng Fei a thumbs up. "Well deserved!"
Sheng Fei's expression, however, was not good.
The matter of the Breath of Earth can be confirmed with Nangong Sui, but what about the same dream that Mu Mengbai mentioned? If it is really related to the Strange Fire, then they must be even more careful.
No one wants to end up like the Zhou Kingdom.
Sheng Fei didn't really believe in the sacred stone that Shui Zhou gave him. Even though he had personally witnessed the sacred stone resisting the attack of the sea fire, he still had a subtle doubt in his heart.
After all, it was just a sea fire that was "similar" to the strange fire, not the strange fire itself.
Shui Zhou worked very hard to restore the power of the strange fire and to find a solution based on that.
"Alright, now that I've delivered the message, it's up to you to figure out the rest yourselves." Mu Mengbai let out a breath, relaxed his whole body, and sat down in the chair, looking relaxed.
Sheng Fei was lost in thought and ignored him.
As night fell, the capital of Nanjing became much quieter than it had been in the past few days.
In the darkness of night, only the sound of wind and the swaying shadows of bamboo could be heard beneath the silent walls. The white-clad man standing beneath the wall slightly raised his head, revealing a refined and unassuming face in the inky darkness.
"Oh, Dean Wei, you're right on time." A head suddenly popped out from the wall and waved to Wei Xizhen outside.
Pei Daiqing, hanging on the wall, greeted Wei Xizhen.
“I discovered you were here during the day, yet you want me to meet you here at night,” Wei Xizhen said.
"Why make things so complicated when a few words can solve it? If you had barged in back then and Ah Xue had found out, she would have blinded Dean Wei."
Pei Daiqing laughed and said, "There's no need for us to fight."
“The heart of the organization lies within this,” Wei Xizhen said.
Pei Daiqing asked in surprise, "When did Mei Liangyu change her name to 'Heart of Mechanisms'?"
“The Heart of the Mechanism allows the Sacred Stone to more easily cover the entire Xuan Gu Continent, preventing it from being destroyed by the Strange Fire, and he also knows more about the Strange Fire,” Wei Xizhen added. “Then why won’t you let me see him?”
“That’s really impressive, and very useful for watercraft.” Pei Daiqing nodded in agreement and praised.
Wei Xizhen looked at him, a hint of confusion seemingly passing through her dark, clear eyes: "It's not the water boat, it's everyone on the Xuan Gu Continent."
“Dean Wei,” Pei Daiqing drawled, sounding quite helpless, “are you pretending not to understand, or do you really not understand? If you really don’t understand, then Wu Huaiwei is really unlucky to have met someone as unromantic as you. If you’re pretending not to understand, then she’s also unlucky to have met a scheming man like you.”
"What is your relationship with Dean Wu?" Wei Xizhen asked calmly.
"Don't you know how many people want to kill him right now?"
“The boat can protect him.”
"But what if Shui Zhou also wants to kill him?"
“Those who join the Water Boat shall no longer participate in the struggle between the six kingdoms.”
“No one will believe it,” Pei Daiqing said, spreading his hands. “Shui Zhou has no credibility, and if he goes back on his word, you alone can’t stop him.”
He suddenly exclaimed in surprise, realizing, "I never thought that Dean Wei was this kind of person. You want Mei Liangyu to abandon his country for the sake of the so-called common people, and even become the last knife to betray Yan."
"How do you say this where you're from? Is it sacrificing personal interests for the greater good?"
Wei Xizhen looked at Pei Daiqing without speaking. His expression was indifferent and calm, without any anger, because he had never thought of it that way at all.
"Shui Zhou always emphasized to Mei Liangyu that his father was a mechanic, a mechanical sorcerer who collaborated with Shui Zhou, but he never emphasized that his mother was a princess of Yan, his uncle was a great general of Yan, and that his elder brother and sister both died for Yan. They all devoted their lives to Yan and gave countless efforts."
"Dean Wei, how can you expect Mei Liangyu to risk his life for oppressing and harming the people of Yan?"
"He wished all those people would be burned to death by the strange fire."
Wei Xizhen lowered her eyes; that was the truth.
“I don’t want to be his enemy,” Wei Xizhen said.
Pei Daiqing waved his hand: "If you want to steal the core of the mechanism, then you're making an enemy of me and Ah Xue."
“If I remember correctly, you and Dean Shen are the least likely to get involved in this matter.” Wei Xizhen seemed surprised that Pei Daiqing was serious, and her words carried a hint of confusion.
He assumed the farmer couple simply had bad tempers and treated it all as a game.
"Dean Wei, you are so unreasonable! You turned a blind eye when you should have been enforcing the law the most." Pei Daiqing slammed a big pot over Wei Xizhen's head, making him frown slightly.
Pei Daiqing pointed at Wei Xizhen and asked, "Am I the Sage of Agriculture?"
Wei Xizhen said, "Yes."
"Is Yan Manfeng a sage of agriculture?"
"Isn't the Breath of Earth a sacred object for farmers?"
"Was Mei Liangyu from the State of Yan?"
"Isn't this sacred agricultural item from the Yan state?"
“As the sage of the Farmer School, I am the one who should be intervening in this matter. All of you outsiders should stop,” Pei Daiqing said righteously.
Wei Xizhen almost thought he was going to say something profound, but in the end it was just a bunch of fallacies.
“Shui Zhou does not agree to lift the oath of non-aggression between the six kingdoms,” Wei Xizhen explained to Pei Daiqing. “We came to Nanjing this time to stop this.”
"Will it work?" Pei Daiqing asked, craning his neck.
"At least we won't let the Yan Kingdom be torn apart and annexed by all sides in an instant." Wei Xizhen added, "We have already made some progress on the characters and patterns on the seven fragments, and we have also confirmed the existence of the Eye of the Ruins."
"Therefore, we need Mei Liangyu to use the Heart of the Mechanism to find the exact location of the Eye of the Ruins and completely eliminate the threat of the Strange Fire to this continent."
"Wait!" Pei Daiqing became interested and interrupted him, "Assuming you find the Eye of the Ruins, how will you eliminate the Strange Fire? The power of the Strange Fire is in the bodies of five World Destroyers, one of whom burned down the entire Zhou Kingdom three years ago."
"Should we knock the Destroyer unconscious and throw it into the Ruins of Return?"
"Then we need to find the Destroyer of Worlds first!"
"Another problem arises: how do we find the World Destroyers, how do we find five of them at the same time, and how do we throw them into the Eye of the Ruins before they destroy the world? Does the Eye of the Ruins devour the World Destroyers carrying the Strange Fire, or the Strange Fire itself? Even if we succeed this time, what if a new World Destroyer appears next time?"
Wei Xizhen waited for Pei Daiqing to finish asking all her questions before speaking, "Shuizhou copied the mysterious characters on the Pagoda many years ago. It is called the Heavenly Script. We couldn't decipher it until now because we couldn't collect all the fragments."
Many years ago, there was a world destroyer named Gao Tianhao. Gao Tianhao spread the word to other world destroyers that the Heavenly script on the Floating Pagoda held the secret to stripping away the strange fire.
"Strip the strange fire from the Destroyer's body?" Pei Daiqing asked curiously, "Will that work?"
"Perhaps he misunderstood. The information we found hidden in the complete Heavenly Script is indeed related to the Strange Fire, but it is not as he thought."
Wei Xizhen looked at Pei Daiqing: "We are confident that we can turn the situation around. Perhaps you should let me talk to him."
What are we talking about? The person isn't even awake yet.
Pei Daiqing muttered to himself, but on the surface he pretended to be troubled: "You're asking Mei Liangyu to help her father's killer. It's a matter of national and personal hatred, Dean Wei. Put yourself in her shoes, would you be willing to save her?"
"Why don't you tell me what you've discovered and what you should do next? I'll pass on the information to him and try to persuade him as well."
“Dean Wei, I can speak much better than you.” Pei Daiqing smiled and looked back at Wei Xizhen.
Wei Xizhen stared at him without saying a word.
The moment the two realized they couldn't reach an agreement, the five elements of energy erupted and spread outwards, creating a gust of wind that instantly tore everything around them apart.
"Ah Xue!" Pei Daiqing called out, then transformed into a black shadow and disappeared over the wall.
Wei Xizhen turned around and looked at Shen Tianxue, who had arrived at the back at some point, or rather, she had been there from the beginning.
Shen Tianxue moved with the speed of a dragon, like a black lightning bolt, moving around Wei Xizhen. While the two were exchanging blows, Pei Daiqing was able to retreat out of Wei Xizhen's spell range and come behind Shen Tianxue.
"Dean Shen."
Wei Xizhen drew a golden line in front of her with her two fingers together, revealing the secrets of heaven.
Shen Tianxue withdrew from the broken stance and stopped on the path covered with bamboo shadows.
"Young man, to enforce the law without engaging with the world is the act of a coward."
Shen Tianxue pointed at the young man opposite her, raising her eyebrows slightly: "Wu Huaiwei can use the power of the Earth's core as an excuse to stay in Taiyi and not engage in worldly affairs, so she doesn't even care about Shuizhou. I can still think more highly of her because of this. But you say that those who enter Shuizhou cannot interfere in the conflicts between the six kingdoms. But look carefully, has Shuizhou really not interfered?"
Do you really believe that Sun Heng shares your views?
"Can't you see whether Shui Zhou exists out of hatred or for a greater cause?"
Wei Xizhen remained silent, but slowly frowned.
What truly shook him was Shen Tianxue's last words: "If the truth about the Strange Fire is completely different from what you once thought, what will you do then?"
Do you think the dream bestowed by heaven is a prophecy to warn the world of five world destroyers?
Perhaps it was a reminder of the vows they had forgotten.
The man, who was unconscious in the house, had part of his consciousness resonating with heaven and earth. In a short time, he traversed most of the mountains and rivers, from the deep, dark underground, following the babbling water, to the place where the soil and water meet.
Mei Liangyu saw a clear, wide river with lights on both sides. Warriors from the six tribes of the six states, dressed in different clothes, were coming and going. They were no longer at war with each other, but were enjoying a peaceful time together around the campfire.
The world is no longer filled with gray miasma and corrosive acid rain; the barren, cracked land and withered branches are nowhere to be seen.
Green grass and clear skies, clouds and mist dissipating, stars twinkling and shining, illuminating this land.
When they looked up at the night sky, their eyes were always filled with gratitude and awe, as if for the first time in their long lives they had seen such a beautiful sight through the thick, poisonous fog and miasma.
They lived under the same starry sky as their enemies, stood on the same land, were drenched in the same clear rain, and faced the same cold moonlight.
Only when they realized this did they sever the idea that "I was born guilty" and end their self-punishment.
They were deeply grateful for the gifts that Heaven and Earth had given them back, and vowed to give their lives for them.
So they solemnly bowed before the broken, half-erect black sacred wood stick that had been inserted into the ground, awaiting the arrival of the person from their dream to fulfill their promise made in the dream.
Since the death of Princess Gongsun Xi of Yan, people in the six states of Yan have all had the same dream.
They made a promise in their dream.
Mei Liangyu looked at the man standing in front of the sacred wooden tablet. Gongsun Qi had a sword at his waist and gazed down at this newly transformed land.
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