Chapter 346 The destiny of the human race was cut off
Chu He was defeated in the Autumn Fight that year, so his wish to access the Heavenly Book was dashed. According to those who were captured alive, they did not give up.
The chance to become an immortal is just around the corner, and it is much easier than practicing Taoism in meditation, and you will get more feedback.
No one will be disappointed because of one or two failures, but will become more enthusiastic about it.
Under the arrangement of the Chu and Li families, they began to secretly plan the Tiandao Society.
Whether it is Zhu Shun, Zhu Yao, Li Yunlang, Zhuang Zixin, or Zhuang You.
These seeded players who were once very popular in the Tiandao Association all stepped onto the stage with unknown purposes.
They have to overcome all obstacles along the way in order to get a place in the Tiandao Association and enter the holy land of the sages.
Just like when Chu He was arranged to enter Tian Academy, Du Zhu and Bai Rulong were also arranged as backups. In addition to these people, there were also some people who failed the Tiandao Association in the end, and they were actually inseparable from this matter.
For example, Bayan, You Bai and others who broke through before the competition were all arranged as escorts in order to help them win the top ten.
In fact, Ji You had already guessed about this part before.
Because when he chased all the way to Risheng City and saw Zhu Shun, Zhuang You and others, he had a strong sense of déjà vu as if they had stepped into the Holy Land of Sages together. He vaguely guessed that they must have done something in the Holy Land of Sages.
This speculation was confirmed in this confession, or rather, it was supplemented with more details.
"The Way of Heaven is connected to the destiny of the human race, and the destiny of the human race is connected to all living beings in the human race. This is known to everyone in the Qingyun world."
“But what few people realize is that this is not some ethereal concept.”
"The place where the destiny of the human race and the Way of Heaven intersects is the Temple of Eternal Peace deep within the sacred land of the sages. It was built by the seven sages of the past."
"The Way of Heaven relies on controlling the races of the world, and the power to control the human world also comes from the luck of the race."
"In order to eliminate the annihilation power after taking the elixir, we must enter the holy land of the ancient sages and sever the most direct connection between the heaven and the human world, thereby liberating the ruins."
Ji You lowered his head and read Zhu Shun's confession over and over again.
Back then, he did have some doubts as to why some people did not devote themselves to seeking the truth after entering the holy land, but instead came and went in a hurry every day. He also wondered why all the geniuses in the world wanted to enter the holy land of the sages, but a few people left early after coming there.
The bigger question is that in the later period, he felt evil thoughts like Qi Ling in the holy land of the sages.
Now, all these have answers.
The most important thing is that he had never understood how the Chu family and others manipulated the laws of nature to allow the relics to appear in the world, and thus arranged everything in advance. Now he has finally solved this mystery.
Seeing him lost in thought, Zuo Qiuyang couldn't help but speak, "Not long after you entered the Holy Land of the Ancient Sages, a bloody mist appeared above the Xuanhai Sea, followed by torrential rain for several months. Some of the crops had shells but no cores. I think it was a revelation."
"A warning from Heaven?"
"That's understandable."
The purpose of a warning is naturally to be known to others, and there should be someone in this world who can understand this.
But there are no night watchmen.
Ji You thought for a while and raised his head: "Could it be that the severance of destiny only resulted in the release of the ruins, without any other major disasters?"
Zuo Qiuyang shook his head. "The concept of destiny is always mysterious. It's hard for us to understand what else it will do besides liberating the ruins. We also don't know exactly how they say it will be cut off. Moreover, the Holy Land of the Ancients cannot be opened at the moment, so we don't have the chance to find out."
The Holy Land of the Sages is a broken space that can only be automatically repaired once every five years.
If it is forcibly opened when it is not fully repaired, the entire space will turn into nothingness and cease to exist.
Therefore, it is difficult for them to verify this part in a short period of time, let alone make up for it.
But just as Ji You had just asked, other immortal sects also became worried after seeing this testimony.
Because according to Qingyun history, the survivors were overthrown by the demons and humans because they had lost their luck. In the end, the entire clan was destroyed, while the human race was able to revive and stand for a thousand years.
The previous generation of Demon Emperor also traveled to the snowy region and endured the wind and snow for a thousand years because the so-called luck was not in his clan's favor.
Now that the luck of the human race has been cut off, no one knows whether it will repeat the mistakes of the remaining races and be wiped out.
They couldn't even tell whether the demons and barbarians were able to successfully cross the northern border and head south because the Heavenly Dao was beginning to protect them.
If so, then the human race that has lost its luck may not be able to escape its end no matter how hard it struggles.
"These monsters really don't care."
"The temptations of the Heavenly Dao are endless. Moreover, for them, if this is accomplished, even if the human race is destroyed, they can still ascend to heaven in advance and obtain eternal freedom and auspiciousness. Naturally, there is no need to worry too much."
At this moment, Ji You suddenly rubbed his eyes and felt a pain in them.
You Yingqiu was right. His mental strength was very weak now. Even after a day's rest, he would still feel uncomfortable after continuous reading.
"My vision is a little blurry, and my forehead is a little swollen and painful. I'd like to ask Palace Master Zuoqiu to dictate the rest for me."
"good."
Zuo Qiuyang picked up the remaining case files and spread them out one by one.
The Palace Master of the Heavenly Academy is second only to the emperor and holds a heavy fist. Even the elders of the Elders' Pavilion need to treat him with respect, not to mention his status as a disciple.
But at this moment, Zuo Qiuyang was willing to obey orders. If other people saw this, they would probably be shocked.
Because this feeling really feels like the lower person is reporting to the higher person.
"What happened next was consistent with our previous speculation. The Immortal Sect's opening of the ruins because of the Dao Fruit was a trap set by them."
"After the incident at Qiling, all the ruins were guarded by the Immortal Sect. They were difficult to approach, and the infant pills in their hands were almost used up. By entering the holy land of the ancient sages to release the immortal fate of the ruins, their purpose was to let the Immortal Sect open all the ruins on its own."
"Dou Yuankong and the Bu family are both the same trigger."
Ji You raised his head after hearing this: "Dou Yuankong has never been to the Bu Family Winery, right?"
Zuo Qiuyang raised his eyes and asked, "You even know about this?"
"After I forcibly killed Bu Qirong in the Dongping Mountains, I returned to the Bu Family Winery and asked the locals. They said that the Bu Family Winery has always been heavily guarded and no strangers are allowed to approach. Dou Yuankong doesn't have that much power."
"That's right. Dou Yuankong never went to the Bu family from beginning to end. He was invited by the Du family."
According to the testimony, after cutting off the luck of the human race, the aristocratic families that joined forces to cause trouble had been planning to let the immortal sect become greedy for the ruins again and open the ruins on their own without being exposed.
So they joined forces to set up a trap, using Dou Yuankong as bait and the Bu family as the hook.
When Ji You returned from his mission to the Snowy Region, the first thing he did upon entering the capital was to cut off the lion head of the Dou Mansion. This incident caused a big uproar at the time.
Later, Dou Yuankong disappeared, and Minister Dou blamed everything on Ji You. He searched everywhere for him and sought help from many aristocratic families.
To be honest, the disappearance of the son of a Da Xia official would not attract the attention of cultivators at all.
But the problem was that this matter was related to Ji You, and Ji You was already in the limelight in Qingyun Tianxia at that time.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Dou Yuankong was chosen and traveled to Qingzhou at the invitation of the Du family.
The head of the Du family explained that they secretly threw Dou Yuankong into the corpse pit, letting him witness the humanization of the evil species with his own eyes, and then threw it around the Bu family, who were chosen as chess pieces.
The Bu family indeed played the role of corpse carriers, and were the most useless in their plan.
All they knew were what the allied families needed him to know, and he knew nothing about what he shouldn't know.
The scratches on Dou Yuankong's body indeed attracted the attention of the Immortal Sect, and the Bu family thus entered the Immortal Sect's sight.
According to the original plan, the Bu family's combat power would be enhanced, and the fact that they could transform evil species would inevitably arouse the greed of the Immortal Sect, who would inevitably dig up the root of the problem and eventually be led to the ruins.
But who knew that Bu Qirong didn't even have time to say a word before he was killed by Ji You under the noses of countless people in the Divine Wandering Realm.
Zuo Qiuyang said this and looked at Ji You: "You traveled thousands of miles to the Dongping Mountains and killed the Bu family. In fact, many people don't understand why."
"Because I don't know about the liberation of the ruins. I only know that the immortals in the ruins want to be brought out, and they need to kill babies as containers."
"Just that?"
"Isn't that enough?"
"It's not that it's not enough, but you may not be aware that many people in the Seven Immortal Sects suspected you of being involved in the disaster at the ruins. They didn't expect your reason to be so unexpectedly simple."
What Zuo Qiuyang said was true. After Ji You risked his life to kill Bu Qirong, many people doubted his motives and felt that he might still be involved in the disaster in Qiling.
In their opinion, if this were not the case, why would Ji You be so eager to kill Bu Qirong to silence him?
Especially since Ji You's fighting ability was so strange that even Elder Fang from the Boundless Realm couldn't beat him, this further deepened his suspicion.
But they never thought that Ji You's reason for killing people would be so simple.
If this kind of reason were given to someone else, Zuo Qiuyang would simply reply, "That's nonsense."
But if it were Ji You, thinking about what he had done in the past, it made him feel so real and without any doubt.
"What happened next? After I killed Bu Qirong, how did the Great Desolate Forest become open?"
Ji You didn't want to be delved into his motives and asked about the follow-up.
"Once human greed is aroused, it is difficult to dissipate it. Especially for those whose lifespan is nearing its end, it is even more impossible to give up."
Zuo Qiuyang turned and looked at him. "Those who were captured alive couldn't explain it clearly. It must be that they were trying to make up for it after your plan was interrupted. However, if you want to lure a group of people who are almost crazy about prolonging their lives, it won't be difficult to lure them to the Great Desolate Forest."
"Speaking of which, after the disaster, where did Elder Fang and his men go?"
After Zuo Qiuyang's previous reminder, Ji You suddenly thought of those damn old guys.
"I think they must have been killed," Zuo Qiuyang said after thinking for a while, "Those monsters went to absorb the vast immortal fate in the center of the ruins to achieve the state of immortality. They might have been used as nourishment."
"That's one of the few good news."
Zuo Qiuyang made no comment on his assessment, but instead put down the case file in his hand: "You were personally involved in everything that happened afterwards, so I don't think there's any need for me to say more."
Ji You looked down at the case files again. "It sounds like there's nothing missing. But is everything they said true?"
"This confession was compiled into a case file a month ago. During this month, all the major immortal sects have been investigating it. So far, it seems to be consistent with the facts. The traces they accidentally left behind also match the facts. Only the Chu family is currently untraceable."
"Because of the invasion of the Barbarian and Demon tribes?"
"That's right," Palace Master Zuoqiu nodded. "Youzhou has been occupied by the barbarians, so we can't investigate the Chu family for the time being."
Ji You couldn't help but glance northwest through the rear window. "Speaking of the attack by the Barbarian and Demon tribes, Palace Master Zuoqiu isn't nervous at all."
"They won't keep coming south."
Zuoqiu Yangfu'an said, "The barbarians and demons have long been confined to the extreme north, where they are few in number. The vast northern border and Youyun Province are more than enough for them to realize their dream of returning to the Nine Provinces. Moreover, they are still afraid of the power of the sacred artifact and will not easily enter the hinterland."
The two tribes of barbarians and monsters took advantage of the human race's weakness and forced their way across the northern border wall, catching the human race off guard.
But the existence of the human race's holy artifact is still a huge mountain that is difficult for them to cross.
The reason for conquering the two states of Youyun was that the Demon Emperor and the Barbarian King confirmed that the Xuanyuan Sect Master was dead, but they would definitely not dare to go south again in the short term.
"But now that the Barbarians and the Demons have returned to the Nine Provinces, they will definitely not be satisfied with just the two states of Youyun."
"That's true, but the problem is that after the disaster, the human race suffered heavy losses and needs some time to recuperate. Only when their vitality is restored will they be able to drive them out of the northern border again."
“…”
After noon, Ji You sat upright in a wheelchair and was pushed out of Zizai Hall by Ding Yao and walked down the mountain.
After learning the whole story of the disaster from Palace Master Zuoqiu, he felt extremely complicated.
Because in his opinion, it is true that the root cause of this disaster is greed, but it does not just come from the Chu family, the Li family and the like, but from the entire world.
Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion's greed for the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body led to the Chu family's surging hatred. The long-term class division also led to the ambitions of aristocratic families like the Bai family, not to mention the desire for longevity of those immortal sect elders.
So it is really hard to tell who is right and who is wrong.
Ji You turned his head slightly at this time, and saw that Ding Yao was also silent for a while, so he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Ding Yao regained her composure a bit, "After hearing the whole story, I suddenly felt that this seemingly peaceful world is actually always harbouring murderous intentions. Perhaps the person who just passed by you has a surging evil intention."
"The result is always good."
"Um."
Ji You withdrew his gaze and looked at the red sun in the autumn.
This disaster has passed, but the problem is that if the destiny of the human race bound by the Way of Heaven is really severed, it will definitely not be as simple as simply liberating the ruins.
The two of them walked down the mountain while thinking, and saw the three heads of the Ministry of Affairs standing on the mountain path.
After the monsters who were captured alive confessed, the confessions were compiled by the three of them, so they knew very well what role Chu He played in the matter.
Thinking back to when they had received the promise from the Chu family to send him to Qiling to die, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
It was precisely because the entire chain of events was completed, revealing a situation that almost overturned the entire world, that they realized how powerful Ji You was, who had nipped the seeds of disaster many times.
However, Ji You's attention was not on them, but on the disciples of the Master's Academy who were repairing the road with shovels behind them.
Seeing this scene, Ji You frowned slightly and looked a little strange.
"The road construction has started." Ding Yao was also a little surprised.
"Maybe it's because the monster destroyed a lot of buildings when he came, so he repaired them along the way." Ji You responded.
Ding Yao nodded: "So are we going back to Jixiang Hall now?"
Ji You thought for a moment and shook his head: "I've been stuck in the room for too long, push me out for a walk."
"Where are we going then?"
"Let's go sit in Instructor Cao's yard and see if he has any good things."
Ding Yao nodded, then pushed Ji You down the mountain to Cao Jinsong's yard.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Ji You saw Cao Jinsong walking in and out of the room with his chest puffed out, taking out all the things he needed, packing them in wooden boxes and moving them into the courtyard.
Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu were also there, helping with some disciples from the Headmaster's Academy.
There were also Instructor Ma, Instructor Ding and several other instructors. They did not take any action, but just kept staring at the people coming in and out of the house and the yard.
Looking inside from the hallway, the house had been completely emptied, with only some worthless furniture remaining.
Wen Zhengxin came over at this time holding a box. When he saw Ji You, he couldn't help but ask, "Junior brother is here. How is your health?"
"I'm still a little weak. What's going on with Instructor Cao? Is he going to be expelled from Tianshuyuan?"
"Pooh!"
Cao Jinsong strode over and spoke in a resounding voice, "I received a notice from the Elders' Council yesterday that I have been promoted to Inner Court Elder. Today I will be moving to the mountains to live."
After hearing these words, the two people with the most complicated expressions were Instructor Ding and Instructor Ma.
The two of them had not recruited any outstanding students in the past two or three years and had been concentrating on practicing Taoism. They entered Yingtian earlier than Cao Jinsong, but their status was still teachers.
Because realizing the art of enlightenment is not an easy task, sometimes it even takes more time than breaking through the realm.
But who knew that Cao Jinsong became an elder first, and was even signed as an elder in the Elders' Pavilion.
They naturally knew that this was not in line with normal procedures, but they could understand why this result occurred.
The two looked at Ji You with complicated eyes, thinking that it was not uncommon for a mother to be honored because of her son in aristocratic families, but this was the first time they had seen a master to be honored because of his apprentice.
Looking back five years ago, they had mocked Cao Jinsong for bringing a private practitioner back from the countryside, but they never imagined that the result would be like this five years later.
"Have you condensed your understanding of the Way of Heaven into a technique?"
"No." Cao Jinsong waved his hand frankly.
Ji You stared at Instructor Cao, whose chest exploded, for a long time, and then thought of the mountain road that had suddenly been repaired.
It’s strange, why do I feel like I’m the one who succeeded the headmaster?
…
Under the scorching autumn sun, there is a high cliff in front of the Zizai Palace.
Zuo Qiuyang and You Yingqiu were standing side by side, looking down.
After continuous repairs by the disciples of the Dean's Office, the original deep pits were gradually filled and the entire mountain road gradually became flat, and even steps were dug out in places that were too steep.
Seeing this, Zuo Qiuyang couldn't help but look back at his junior sister. "Although Master said we should listen more to Ji You's decisions, he didn't say we should listen to everything. Cao Jinsong was promoted to elder right after entering Yingtian, but he also listened to his advice on road construction? He won't be able to sit in this wheelchair for much longer."
"Brother, you may not know that in the art of divination, there is no such thing as a trivial matter."
You Yingqiu spoke softly, "Master once told me a story when he was still alive. He said that a butterfly flapped its wings in Lingzhou, changing the surrounding air currents. A few days later, this air current caused a powerful hurricane in Zhongzhou. There's no guarantee that the hole we fill today won't be filled into the Heavenly Dao tomorrow. Just like when Chu He entered our Heavenly Academy, no one could have imagined the risk of subverting the world behind it."
“…”
"That makes sense." Zuo Qiuyang was suddenly convinced.
"What did Ji You talk about with Senior Brother today?"
"I just want to find out the whole story of this disaster, and how they cut off the destiny of the human race in the Holy Land of the Ancients."
After hearing this, You Yingqiu nodded slightly, her eyelashes trembling slightly.
Just as Ji You cared about, after learning that the luck of the human race had been cut off, everyone felt that it would not be as simple as just liberating the ruins, because when a race loses its luck, it will definitely subvert the entire Qingyun, just like the demise of the remaining race.
"I will be in seclusion tomorrow, so I'll have to ask my senior brother to bear with me regarding the sect affairs."
"You want to practice the art of divination?"
"That's right. No matter what happens next, I must first cultivate the Heavenly Secret Technique to perfection and see clearly what Master asked me to see."
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(End of this chapter)
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