Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens

#343 - A seed that surpasses the power of ancient gods and demons!

The so-called mystery often stems from a lack of understanding.

Once understood, the feeling of mystery naturally dissipates.

Donghuang Taiyi's past displays of mystery only indicated his obsession with the secrets of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations.

This obsession led Donghuang Taiyi to abandon almost everything, with all his actions aimed at obtaining the Seven Kingdoms Copper Box and deciphering the secrets of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations.

To those who didn't understand, Donghuang Taiyi's every move seemed mysterious and unpredictable, but once his pursuit was understood, all his actions were clearly aimed at obtaining the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations.

The Azure Dragon Seven Constellations had become Donghuang Taiyi's obsession; he hadn't changed, but his displays of mystery made people subconsciously overlook his pursuit.

To obtain the secrets of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations from Luo Fu, Donghuang Taiyi had truly gone to great lengths this time.

It should be known that the Yin Yang School itself leaned towards a dominance of Yin over Yang.

With left and right protectors, an Eastern Lord positioned between protector and leader, and five elders, more than half were women.

To exchange for the secrets of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations, Donghuang Taiyi was practically offering the entire Yin Yang School as a package deal to Luo Fu.

Luo Fu chuckled and shook his head; he was not one to be blinded by beauty.

Undeniably, Luo Fu did enjoy beautiful girls, but that didn't mean he would pay too great a price for their beauty; for Luo Fu, beauty was merely a diversion on his path to enlightenment.

Individuals like the Eastern Lord, with outstanding talent who could assist Luo Fu, would naturally receive more of Luo Fu's favor.

However, this favor didn't solely stem from beauty, but from their inherent value; beauty was only the most insignificant part of that value.

Of course, if Luo Fu truly knew the secrets of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations, he wouldn't mind using them to make a trade with Donghuang Taiyi.

But unfortunately, Luo Fu didn't care about the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations and truly didn't know their secrets.

Donghuang Taiyi's words immediately made the Moon Goddess beside him feel somewhat tempted.

From the Eastern Lord's choice to follow Luo Fu to the metamorphic changes she had undergone, the Moon Goddess had long realized that she had been left far behind by the Eastern Lord.

If she didn't want to be left too far behind, then like the Eastern Lord, joining Luo Fu and becoming one of his close companions was the Moon Goddess's best option.

She was already one step behind, but if she could stay by Luo Fu's side, perhaps she would still have a chance to catch up with the Eastern Lord, or even surpass her and truly realize her dream.

If she couldn't stay by Luo Fu's side, then the gap would only widen, eventually to the point where the Moon Goddess would be completely despondent, unable to even look up at the Eastern Lord's back.

Such an outcome was undoubtedly unacceptable to the Moon Goddess.

If she were to be completely trampled underfoot by the Eastern Lord, the Moon Goddess would rather die.

Only the Eastern Lord, upon seeing that Donghuang Taiyi was so readily willing to give her up in order to obtain the secrets of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations from Mister, felt that the remaining attachment she had to the Yin Yang School, which was already dwindling due to her infatuation, had diminished to almost nothing.

Even now, if Luo Fu were to turn against the Yin Yang School, the Eastern Lord would probably choose to stand on Luo Fu's side without hesitation.

Luo Fu smiled and shook his head, saying, "Lord Donghuang Taiyi, compared to that, I'm actually more curious about who you really are? Zou Yan, or... perhaps a member of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty?"

Donghuang Taiyi's identity was very mysterious; even the Eastern Lord had never seen his true face.

Even within the Yin Yang School, Donghuang Taiyi always shrouded himself in black robes, wearing a uniquely designed, mysterious, and ancient mask on his head.

And the Eastern Lord and the Moon Goddess, being the closest to Donghuang Taiyi, were undoubtedly among them.

Donghuang Taiyi hesitated for a moment, then said, "I am merely a wandering soul lingering in the mortal realm, my only obsession is to obtain the secrets of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations!"

Although seemingly evasive, Luo Fu instantly understood.

If what Donghuang Taiyi said was true, then he should be from the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, and his bloodline should be no less pure than the Eastern Lord's.

In the future, Donghuang Taiyi and the Moon Goddess would rename Gao Yue as Ji Ruxianlong.

Ji being the surname of the Zhou Dynasty's emperor, Ru being her given name, and Xianlong being her courtesy name, unequivocally declaring that Ji Ruxianlong possessed a noble and ancient bloodline.

This bloodline could not possibly originate from the Yan Kingdom.

After all, the Yan Kingdom was actually considered a remote vassal state; in fact, from the time King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang Dynasty and enfeoffed the land, until the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the Yan Kingdom had even broken away from the Huaxia system, and even the Yan Kingdom itself almost lost track of its origins, only relying on the records of the vassals to rejoin the Huaxia.

Such a remote vassal state, which had broken away from the Huaxia for hundreds of years, naturally had a large discrepancy with the so-called noble bloodline.

Then the so-called noble bloodline on Ji Ruxianlong must originate from the Eastern Lord.

As one of the two great protector elders, second only to the leader, and even arguably the rightful next leader of the Yin Yang School, anyone whose bloodline was purer than hers would naturally also have to be from the orthodox Zhou Dynasty.

Coincidentally, now, the last ancestral temple of the Zhou Dynasty had been personally destroyed by Lu Buwei a few years ago.

Donghuang Taiyi calling himself a wandering soul was fitting.

With a soft sigh, Luo Fu said with emotion, "It seems that the Zhou Dynasty's alliance with the vassals, which ended in a crushing defeat at the hands of Zheng Zhuang Gong, has indeed caused you to have too many unwarranted expectations regarding the so-called Azure Dragon Seven Constellations."

"Mister, what do you mean by unwarranted expectations?" There was a hint of unease in Donghuang Taiyi's tone.

As if what Luo Fu was about to say would subvert his usual understanding.

"The Yin Yang School has a long history of inheritance; presumably, the Zhou Dynasty's historical records and books have already fallen into the hands of the Yin Yang School?" Luo Fu asked a seemingly unrelated question, then changed the subject, saying, "In the Zhou Dynasty's historical records and books, is there any record of the secrets of ancient gods and demons?"

"Ancient gods and demons?" Donghuang Taiyi said as a matter of course, "Aren't the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations derived from the power of ancient gods and demons?"

In Donghuang Taiyi's view, where could records of ancient gods and demons compare to the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations, which had once torn down the Zhou Dynasty's sacred facade, being more captivating?

The records of ancient mysteries had long become unrecognizable, and many even felt that they were completely absurd.

On the other hand, the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations were a true power recorded in history that shattered the Zhou Dynasty's allied forces of vassals.

"The power of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations may indeed be related to ancient gods and demons," Luo Fu said with a strong sense of seduction, "But the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations are at most just a trace of the power of ancient gods and demons. The true power of ancient gods and demons must far surpass the so-called Azure Dragon Seven Constellations!"

His heart stirred, and Donghuang Taiyi blurted out, "Mister, you have obtained the inheritance of ancient gods and demons? The power of ancient gods and demons that surpasses the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations?"

The Azure Dragon Seven Constellations alone were indeed the obsession of the Yin Yang School.

But to say that what truly led to this was the unforgettable unwillingness after that year's defeat.

This unwillingness caused the Zhou Dynasty, or rather the current Yin Yang School, to infinitely elevate their expectations for the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations.

But when they learned from Luo Fu that the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations they were pursuing were only a trace of the true power of ancient gods and demons, Donghuang Taiyi felt a strong sense of unwillingness arise in his heart.

If there truly existed a power in this world that surpassed the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations, and Luo Fu just so happened to have obtained this power, then wouldn't his many years of pursuing the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations become a joke?

That year, the Zhou Dynasty allied with the vassals, hoping to weaken the Zheng state, but the result was a crushing defeat at the hands of Zheng Zhuang Gong, who possessed the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations.

And if the Yin Yang School obtained the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations, but Luo Fu obtained an even stronger power, then what meaning would the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations have?

Wouldn't that be like Captain Jia?

Failing to obtain the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations and suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Zheng Zhuang Gong, even the Zhou Dynasty's sanctity was torn down because of that defeat; if they obtained the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations but were defeated by an even greater power, wouldn't their pursuit of the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations be in vain?

Then the Yin Yang School's many years of pursuit would simply become the biggest joke.

"What I obtained is the seed of the power that surpasses ancient gods and demons," Luo Fu gave Donghuang Taiyi an ambiguous answer.

Donghuang Taiyi only heard Luo Fu confirm that he had obtained the power that surpassed ancient gods and demons.

Thoughts raced through his mind, and Donghuang Taiyi said, "Please forgive my presumption, but may I ask which god or demon's power Mister has obtained?"

Luo Fu's eyes flashed, and he instantly believed that the Yin Yang School had indeed obtained the Zhou Dynasty's historical records and many books.

It should be known that even Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism, was able to create the lineage of Taoism because Lao Tzu was originally the historian of the royal library, responsible for guarding the Zhou Dynasty's books.

Even the so-called Tao Te Ching, the vast majority of its thoughts and inheritance were inspired by the Zhou Dynasty's books.

Although the Zhou Dynasty had been destroyed, countless of those books had fallen into the hands of the Yin Yang School.

In Luo Fu's eyes, the greatest value of the Yin Yang School was those Zhou Dynasty books.

In fact, even the Yin Yang School's many mysterious Yin Yang techniques could not compare in value to those books.

If Yin Yang techniques were only techniques, then those Zhou Dynasty books were the true Dao.

"I wonder, how many secrets of ancient gods and demons are recorded in the Yin Yang School's books?"

Eagerly hoping to learn from Luo Fu which ancient god or demon's inheritance he had obtained, Donghuang Taiyi recalled the contents of the Zhou Dynasty's books for a moment and began to speak without hesitation.

Countless names of gods and demons, some true, some false, and some that sounded like utter nonsense, poured out of Donghuang Taiyi's mouth.

Chi You, the Yellow Emperor, the Yan Emperor, Gonggong the ancient water god, Zhurong the ancient fire god…

All the way to the so-called Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady who opened the sky and created the world, countless fragments about ancient gods and demons were uttered by Donghuang Taiyi in one go.

Although Luo Fu learned about the existence of many ancient gods and demons from Donghuang Taiyi, only a few truly caught Luo Fu's attention and were taken seriously.

The key points were undoubtedly Chi You, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, and the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, who had a great relationship with Loulan.

It should be known that Chi You, even after creating eighty-one war demons, still lost to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan who had the assistance of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.

Although it was rumored that Chi You was also chosen by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, and even the knowledge of Chi You creating war demons was taught by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, Chi You, who could be regarded as a student from the same school, still lost to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan.

However, the victorious Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, apart from legends passed down by word of mouth that were already impossible to verify, left no traces at all.

On the contrary, Chi You needed the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady to personally take action, not only sealing the war demons in the alien space of the ancient Loulan kingdom, but even Chi You's sword and remnant soul were sealed in Loulan.

Not only that, but in order to be foolproof, while sealing Chi You's remnant soul, war demons, and Chi You's sword in Loulan, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady also deliberately left behind Xiao Li, who was transformed from a drop of her tear, including methods such as the dragon soul to restrain Chi You's resurrection.

All of this gave people the impression that Chi You was far more powerful than the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan back then.

It is not difficult to understand why Luo Fu would pay attention to Chi You and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.

Of course, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan should not be underestimated either, but compared to the traceable Loulan, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan left behind more legends that were impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Seeing that Luo Fu was lost in thought after he had revealed all the secrets about ancient mysteries from the Yin Yang School's collection, Donghuang Taiyi's heart suddenly sprouted with strong expectations.

Perhaps, he no longer needed to painstakingly pursue the so-called Azure Dragon Seven Mansions, and could even learn from Luo Fu news of a power even greater than the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions.

"Regarding Chi You, how many records are there in the Zong Zhou collection?" Luo Fu looked commanding, as if he regarded Donghuang Taiyi as a subordinate to be exploited.

To this, Donghuang Taiyi seemed not to care at all, and said while recalling: "In the Zong Zhou collection, after Chi You was defeated by the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan in the Battle of Zhuolu, his body was dismembered and suppressed separately, while his remnant soul and power were sealed by the creation goddess Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady herself in a country named Loulan!"

"How many records does the Yin Yang School have about Loulan?" Luo Fu was most interested in Loulan without a doubt.

After all, that was the best way for Luo Fu to get a glimpse of the true meaning of the power of ancient gods and demons.

"Loulan is located deep in the vast desert of the Western Regions, and is a quite mysterious ancient country. It contains powers such as the Dragon Soul and the Goddess's Tears, which are specially used to suppress Chi You's remnant soul! However, this record is vague and difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood!" Donghuang Taiyi said with some sigh.

Although there were many records about ancient gods and demons in the Yin Yang School's collection, both Donghuang Taiyi and the disciples of the Yin Yang School in the past almost regarded those records as nonsense.

If not, the high-level members of the Yin Yang School would not use the names of gods as their titles.

Star Soul, Moon Goddess, Shao Siming, Da Siming, Dongjun, these names all come from the gods in the Songs of Chu.

In other words, the Yin Yang School is clearly regarding themselves as ancient gods.

To some extent, this can also be regarded as the Yin Yang School's obsession with the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions.

If it weren't for too much obsession with the power of ancient gods and demons, the Yin Yang School would not have risked the world's disapproval and chosen to use the names of ancient gods and demons as their titles.

Donghuang Taiyi's title is especially so.

It should be known that Donghuang Taiyi himself is equivalent to the supreme god.

However, the leader of the Yin Yang School has to bear such a title, which shows how eager the Yin Yang School is for the power of ancient gods and demons.

Now, seeing that Luo Fu was so concerned about the legend of Chi You, Donghuang Taiyi instantly believed that even if Luo Fu's power did not come from Chi You, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and the creation goddess Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady were probably related to it.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

When he realized that Luo Fu's power was greatly related to Chi You, Donghuang Taiyi couldn't wait to say: "Sir, could it be that you have obtained the inheritance of Chi You or the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan?"

Although Chi You and the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan both had a great relationship with the creation goddess Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, and even the myth says that the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan was able to defeat Chi You thanks to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady's personal guidance, don't forget that the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady has the title of a creation god in this world.

This also means that compared to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, Donghuang Taiyi is more willing to believe that Luo Fu has obtained the inheritance of Chi You or the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan.

Amidst Donghuang Taiyi's full expectations, Luo Fu gently shook his head and said: "I have not obtained the inheritance of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and Chi You, but in Loulan, there is indeed the inheritance of Chi You."

"Loulan?" Donghuang Taiyi was completely moved.

Compared to collecting seven bronze boxes and unlocking the mysteries to obtain the power of the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions, although Loulan is also ethereal, it is undoubtedly easier to find than the vague explanations of other ancient gods and demons.

After all, the vast desert of the Western Regions is a clear reminder.

On the contrary, in other collections about ancient gods and demons, there is nothing more specific than Loulan.

Loulan may be ethereal, but isn't the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions also like that?

So far, the Yin Yang School does not have a single one of the so-called seven bronze boxes.

Now that the seven kingdoms still exist, even if the royal families of the seven kingdoms do not care about the so-called bronze boxes, it is still impossible for the Yin Yang School, just one of the many schools of thought, to obtain these bronze boxes preserved in the royal families of the seven kingdoms.

The Yin Yang School uses the art of observing the stars to predict the future, and the conclusion they have reached is that only with the unification of the world by the Great Qin will they have the opportunity to obtain all the bronze boxes.

However, Ying Zheng has not even achieved personal rule yet.

After waiting and planning for so many years, compared to continuing to wait, Donghuang Taiyi undoubtedly hopes to take a gamble and see if he can obtain the so-called power of Chi You in Loulan.

Even if Chi You did lose to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, history records that if the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady had not personally intervened and spared no effort to support the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan would have been defeated by Chi You long ago.

This is clearly recorded in the Zong Zhou collection.

Several times, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan almost suffered a complete defeat under Chi You's attacks, and it was the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady who supported him time and time again, which ultimately led to the Battle of Zhuolu where Chi You was defeated.

Chi You was indeed the loser of the ancient war, but this still cannot deny how powerful his strength was.

To some extent, Chi You did not lose to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, but to the joint efforts of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and the creation goddess Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.

In a one-on-one fight, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan was not Chi You's opponent at all.

Under such circumstances, Donghuang Taiyi would certainly not turn a blind eye to Chi You's power.

One party is willing, and the other party is interested.

Under the eyes of Dongjun and Moon Goddess, Luo Fu quickly reached a cooperation with Donghuang Taiyi.

With the Yin Yang School's full assistance and Luo Fu taking the lead, they would personally enter the vast desert of the Western Regions to find the ancient kingdom of Loulan that was glimpsed in the Zong Zhou historical records.

On Luo Fu's side, using the Yin Yang School's desire for the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions as bait, he bewitched Donghuang Taiyi to fully mobilize the Yin Yang School's power and was about to launch an exploration of the Western Regions desert.

Returning to Xianyang Palace, and with the premise that his trusted subordinates controlled the 100,000 Pingyang heavy armor soldiers, Ying Zheng finally began his steps to be crowned and take personal rule.

Although Lu Buwei, after finding the Queen Mother Huayang, still repeatedly used various excuses to try to delay Ying Zheng's coming of age, the current Ying Zheng is no longer the lonely man who was trapped in Xianyang Palace and had no one to use except Gai Nie, a swordsmanship teacher.

Meng Tian was able to accept Ying Zheng's conscription and lead his future golden flame cavalry to take the lead in helping Ying Zheng take control of the 100,000 Pingyang heavy armor soldiers.

This means that the Qin military strategist has unswervingly chosen to stand on Ying Zheng's side.

Don't think that Meng Tian is young now and regard him as a rising star in Qin.

Meng Tian alone is indeed not very eye-catching, but behind Meng Tian is the Meng family, who has been serving for generations and is the pillar of the Qin military.

And Meng Tian is the best of the Meng family.

Meng Tian's appearance, to some extent, already represents the Meng family's loyalty to Ying Zheng.

At the moment when Ying Zheng led 100,000 Pingyang heavy armor soldiers with Meng Tian, Ying Zheng had already gained momentum.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji, who had originally joined forces with Lu Buwei, had been hiding in Yongcheng for a long time, and because of the presence of Lao Ai, Zhao Ji seemed to have completely given up her right to listen to politics behind a curtain.

She entrusted everything to Lu Buwei.

If Zhao Ji was still in Xianyang and was in line with Lu Buwei in the court, perhaps she could still delay Ying Zheng's coming of age, but Zhao Ji, who was hiding in Yongcheng and giving birth to Lao Ai's children in the company of Lao Ai, was not in the mood to pay attention to the struggles in the Qin court.

In other matters, Lu Buwei can indeed fully represent Zhao Ji, but on Ying Zheng's coming of age, it has indeed reached a point where it can no longer be delayed.