Chapter 2 The Next Day

"So, let me confirm one more time."

In the northwestern corner of the Great Wilderness, Bai Ze and Wei Yuan, whose face was concealed, mingled among the crowd, planning to pass through the wilderness governed by the celestial god Shi Yi. Bai Ze shook his wine pot and asked earnestly again, "You don't have any grudges or animosity with Shi Yi, right?"

"I haven't heard of you having any dealings with him, but I'll ask anyway."

Wei Yuan's hair was as white as before, and his body had been transformed back into a middle-aged man using the art of fetal transformation.

Dressed in a green robe, he pondered for a moment and affirmed, "Of course not."

"I've never been to the Great Wilderness before. The *Classic of the Great Wilderness* was written by Yu and the others."

"I've never even met Shi Yi, so how could I have a grudge against him?"

Wei Yuan spoke with certainty. He had indeed never been to the Great Wilderness.

And he truly had no grudges with the gods of the Great Wilderness like Shi Yi.

At least, not yet.

Bai Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking far into the Northwest Sea of the Great Wilderness, there was a mountain vaguely visible. That was Buzhou Fuzi, the masterpiece of Gonggong, the first iron-water god of the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* and Kunlun. After learning about it, Wei Yuan was truly dumbfounded.

Knocking down Buzhou Mountain was somewhat understandable.

After all, Gonggong was one of the gods of earth, water, wind, and fire.

Being a bit headstrong was normal.

But how did this guy manage to knock the upper part of Buzhou Mountain from the Western Mountains all the way here?!

This was the outer sea of the Great Wilderness!

When he traveled through the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* with King Yu and the others, they had never been to such a remote place.

Wei Yuan originally thought Gonggong had merely collapsed Buzhou Mountain.

Now it seemed that this guy had directly knocked the upper part of Buzhou Mountain flying.

How much momentum would it take to do that?

Could it be that he collided at faster than light speed?

However, if that were the case, Wei Yuan could understand it.

The water god Gonggong carried limitless water from the four seas, traveling at faster than light speed, turning the four seas of the Age of Gods into a surging torrent of light ions, directly severing Buzhou Mountain at the waist. The surging power and a portion of Gonggong's divine power wrapped around the upper part of Buzhou Mountain, directly piercing through space and smashing into the Great Wilderness, transforming into the Northwest Sea of the Great Wilderness.

Suddenly, it became reasonable.

What was the structure of the water god Gonggong's brain?!

How sturdy was this guy's body?

He had previously wondered if his body could withstand a headbutt from Gonggong.

Sorry, he shouldn't have bothered.

Being headstrong and being headstrong were different.

Wei Yuan suppressed the thought of touching Gonggong's head next time.

Then he withdrew his gaze from that towering Buzhou Fuzi Mountain. The surrounding noise was slightly chaotic. The number of people was actually quite large. In recent millennia, the order of the Great Wilderness had become different from what it once was. Strict rules were established under the gods, and there were many ghosts, gods, and fierce beasts in the four directions.

Even for the sake of safety, it was impossible to allow ordinary people or races to come and go freely.

And the reason why these people, even including strange beasts and some weak gods, were flocking here during this time, planning to cross the northwest corner and enter the northern region of the Great Wilderness, was naturally because of the five-thousand-year birthday celebration of Yi Riyue, the king of the Maomin Kingdom outside the North Sea of the Great Wilderness.

"To be able to live for five thousand years, even if he's a human, he's already reached the level of a god."

"Yes, yes, but this King Yi Riyue has done a lot of good deeds over the years, taking in many mortals and giving them food, drink, and a place to live. He has quite a virtuous reputation. We should also go and get to know him this time."

Voices of conversation and whispers came from nearby.

Bai Ze sneered, took a sip of wine, and said, "The reasons are so high-sounding."

"They just think that Yi Riyue has connections with the Great Wilderness gods and has some affection for them. Having lived for five thousand years, he can be considered to have a nodding acquaintance with gods like Shi Yi and Yuanchen, so these lesser gods and spirits want to go and get to know him, take advantage, and try to get closer, hoping to become familiar with him."

"As for the other ordinary people, they just plan to do business."

"Really, if you want to do business, just do business. Why talk about affection?"

His voice was not loud. Wei Yuan glanced at Bai Ze and sighed,

"...I seem to understand why you insist on clinging to Ji Xuanyuan's leg."

"Huh?"

"If it weren't for Emperor Xuanyuan, with that mouth of yours, plus the instinct to understand everything..."

"It wouldn't be strange if you were beaten to death."

Bai Ze's face stiffened.

Wei Yuan was silent: "...Were you beaten up by Xuanyuan too?"

"Emperor Xuanyuan doesn't seem like someone who would resort to violence."

"Strange, Feng Hou is a descendant of Fuxi, Li Mu probably can't understand what you're saying and wouldn't care, Gui Yuqu understands the five elements and Qi meridians, Chang Xian doesn't seem like someone who would hit people... Xuan Nu? That's not right, the Kunlun Celestial Woman's personality shouldn't be one to beat you up."

"Did you say something that could stimulate her?"

Bai Ze coughed, changed the subject, and shook his head, "Don't mention it, it's all trivial."

"Anyway, I'll never see that woman again."

"Life is about knowing each other, but not meeting."

"Alas, but thinking about it carefully, not having seen her in these thousands of years, I do miss her a little."

Wei Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Is that so?"

"Naturally, but speaking of which, Wei Yuan, although these people have different purposes and it's not as simple as they say, it's not all lies either. That Yi Riyue has indeed done a lot of good deeds in these five thousand years, and has helped many people. What are your plans?"

Bai Ze's expression became slightly serious.

Wei Yuan said leisurely, "A person, a person of flesh and blood."

"At the most critical time, he betrayed the land that nurtured him."

"He sold out his country and betrayed his race, causing the dreams that countless people had sacrificed and struggled for for hundreds of years to almost be reduced to ashes, while he was able to enjoy wealth and glory. Now, he has begun to sincerely repent, saving people and doing good deeds. What do you think should be done?"

"Can the good deeds he does later make up for the crime of selling out his country and betraying his race?"

Bai Ze did not answer.

Wei Yuan said, "I am human, so I know."

"When people encounter many things, they always like to resist a little, regret a little, and compensate afterwards."

"To give their conscience an explanation."

"To find an excuse for illegitimate crimes."

"But illegitimate is illegitimate, and crime is crime."

Bai Ze took a sip of wine and laughed, "What are you talking about?"

"I just want to remind you that he has a very good reputation in the northern kingdoms of the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*."

"There should be many beings who will appear on the day of his birthday."

Wei Yuan murmured, "That's for the best."

Bai Ze said, "So you really plan to kill him."

Wei Yuan glanced at Bai Ze and said, "Kill him?"

"Isn't that the most basic thing to do?"

"Such a traitor, if you don't kill him, are you going to keep him for the New Year?"

Wei Yuan said, "Since Emperor Xuanyuan, Zhuanxu severed the connection between heaven and earth, and King Yu cast the Nine Cauldrons, spanning so many generations, it almost went up in flames. The reason you're willing to come with me this time is because you want to see his end, right?"

"After all, you accompanied Emperor Xuanyuan through his life."

Bai Ze was silent for a moment, smiled, and said, "Not bad."

"After all, I thought, at worst, I'll just shout, 'That's the author of the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, the potter Yuan!' and a large group of fierce beasts will definitely surge towards you, and then I can take the opportunity to escape, very safely."

Wei Yuan replied with a smile,

"Then if I shout, 'That guy drinking is Bai Ze,' wouldn't the reaction be even greater?"

Bai Ze laughed and said,

"Okay, then let's see who has more appeal."

While they were chatting, they had already arrived at the northwest corner. Bai Ze's pupils contained divine light, and his eyes darted around. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Good luck, you could say it's very good. There are only some divine attendants and divine guards here. Shi Yi, who guards the northwest corner, is not here."

"As long as you pass through this formation and pay some spiritual materials, that's fine. Don't worry, this formation is very safe."

"It's just to check if you're a wanted criminal in the Great Wilderness."

"Heh... your previous life was just a mortal, and you've never been to the Great Wilderness. How could you have offended the gods here? To be honest, this place isn't like those divine cities. For ordinary crimes, you just need to pay more spiritual materials and they'll turn a blind eye..."

"Besides, this old-fashioned formation hasn't been updated in a thousand years."

"No one takes it seriously."

A shrill whistling sound.

Bai Ze's voice paused.

He had already walked through the formation, and then looked at Wei Yuan stepping into the formation, falling into silence.

The formation spun violently.

Emitting boundless light.

The surrounding people subconsciously looked over, their faces strange.

The corners of Bai Ze's forehead twitched: "Didn't you say you've never been to the Great Wilderness? Why are you wanted!"

For ordinary crimes, you only need to pay some spiritual materials to solve them. If you can solve it with spiritual materials, there's no need to fight and kill. While Bai Ze was painfully preparing to take out spiritual materials, he said,

"I see, it's a one-layer formation, probably stealing something..."

"Hmm! No, how did it grow?"

"Three layers, damn, did you rob this country's treasury? Or did you sleep with that god's saintess?"

"Hmm?! Five layers, you, did you beat up that mountain god or water god?!"

"Yu was only at this level back then..."

"Wait a minute??! Eight layers, you you you... did you slaughter a mountain of spiritual beasts?!"

"I can't afford to redeem you for this..."

Bai Ze's voice stopped abruptly, his face dull. The merchants who were originally watching the excitement turned pale, retreated as if electrocuted, and even a giant from the giant race fell to the ground, running away on all fours, his mind blank, as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

Even the divine guards and divine generals who came after hearing the news stopped their footsteps.

The air was frozen.

Only endless oppression and fear spread.

The formation had almost turned into circles of closed-off divine powers, all blood-colored.

Bai Ze felt his throat was a little dry and difficult, "…Slaughtering Great Wilderness True Gods…"

An incomparably sharp sword qi directly shattered the blood-colored formation.

The white-haired swordsman stood with his fingers together, his sword qi like frost.

The corners of Bai Ze's mouth twitched, as if he saw another young Emperor Xuanyuan or King Yu suddenly appearing in front of him, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth and shout, "You didn't cause trouble, didn't you say you didn't cause trouble?! Isn't there a problem with your definition of causing trouble?!

"Fuxi, Feng Hou, is there a worse situation than killing a Great Wilderness True God?!"

Then, for some reason, the second round of formations was activated, and two blood-colored lights soared into the sky, shining together.

Turning the entire sky over the northwest corner into blood-colored.

Bai Ze looked at the sky, his face dull.

He asked:

Is there a worse situation in the world than killing a Great Wilderness True God?

Of course there is!

Like killing two Great Wilderness True Gods.

Bai Ze: "........."

Wei Yuan: "........."

The two looked at each other.

Wei Yuan saw the strange light in the depths of Bai Ze's eyes, and Bai Ze also saw Wei Yuan's gaze. The two hangers-on instantly reached a consensus.

They opened their mouths together:

"This guy is the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*..."

"This guy is Bai..."

The divine general's face was pale, but he still activated the formation and roared, "Stop these two."

"They're in cahoots!"