Chapter 47 Old Friends

On the table, slices of raw fish made from the eight-hundred-year-old Fish Demon were as crystal clear as ice and snow, exuding an enticing aroma. After its head was chopped off, the fish demon transformed into its original form: a fish head connected to a severed neck, placed upright next to the raw fish, just like a chef's elaborate plating.

The demons were terrified by this one act after another.

The young master transformed from a Shrimp Demon looked pale. His mind was filled with dishes like stir-fried shrimp, steamed lobster, and garlic shrimp paste. He stood there, not daring to move.

Ehuang and Nuying looked at Wei Yuan, who held the jade book fragment, and, recalling the young elite warrior they had seen when he was destroying mountains and temples, hesitantly said after a long while:

"...True spirit not destroyed, reincarnated?"

This sentence was concealed by magic, and no one dared to break through the magic to eavesdrop.

The arrogant Fish Demon had now truly become a dish.

No demon wanted to become the next dish.

Wei Yuan nodded. He looked at the jade book in his hand, which seemed both strange and familiar. He could confirm that these words were not written by him. Yuan had already died before Ehuang and Nuying committed suicide. Judging from the handwriting, it should be something Yu had done, inserting this jade book into the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Classic of the Central Mountains.

And he left behind the legend of the Xiang River Goddess in this area.

Ultimately, he allowed Ehuang and Nuying to transform into the earliest incense deities.

At its peak, they were even great gods in the Chu region of Shenzhou.

Of course, now that times had changed, the Xiang River God and the Xiang River Goddess, like those gods in the Songs of Chu mythology, had withdrawn from the main sacrificial rituals and become a very niche pantheon. Wei Yuan saw ripples of light rippling on the jade book. Slightly surprised, he gently touched it with his finger, and then a familiar voice came to his ears:

"Is that Yuan's aura?"

Wei Yuan's pupils contracted.

The movements of the people around him instantly froze and slowed down, as if time had stopped.

Wei Yuan's heart surged. He looked at the jade book in his hand, which was slowly lighting up. He was very familiar with that voice, and Nujiao must be familiar with it too. It was Yu, and it was King Yu in his youth. He couldn't help but say:

"Yu? Where are you?"

"It's been a long time, Yuan..."

The voice on the jade book was distant and gentle.

Wei Yuan's eyes showed a hint of excitement.

The voice in the jade book paused, then turned into unrestrained laughter, triumphantly:

"Hahaha, did you think I was still alive?"

"Unfortunately, it's a pity that I can't see your expression. This is just a message. But I think, the only ones who can come into contact with this jade book are me and you. I won't mention it if I get it myself, but if you get it, hearing these words will definitely give you a good scare."

The expression on Wei Yuan's face slowly solidified, and his forehead twitched.

"Listen carefully to what I'm about to say."

King Yu's voice paused slightly, and his tone changed from relaxed to solemn, saying:

"Be careful of the various realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

Wei Yuan's expression changed slightly.

And Yu's voice continued:

"After your death, we split up the various realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which contained dangerous and ferocious beasts, and expelled them from the human world. But when we expelled the first realm of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, I discovered a very important problem. After all, the various realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas and Shenzhou belong to the same origin. Even if they are expelled from this world, there is still a trace of connection."

"These connections cannot be detected by ordinary ferocious beasts and humans."

"Those powerful beings can try to follow this connection, using it as a rope to cross the boundless world and find their way back to Shenzhou."

"Fortunately, the locations of these traces of connection are mostly where the rifts between Shenzhou and the realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas are. Spiritual energy overflows, and in the future, they should become blessed lands, and there will be cultivators and Qi refiners to guard these openings, as a defensive measure."

Wei Yuan thought of what the members of the action team had said before, that celestial masters could not easily descend the mountain.

He thought of how the grandmasters of various sects also had to stay at their mountain gates.

And why there was a Huas She, which existed in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, in the area where the Weiming Sect's mountain gate was located.

The previous doubts finally had some clarity now.

Yu's voice paused, and then said:

"However, this can only delay for a period of time. In order to buy more time for my human race, I split the jade book of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, in which I bound a trace of the souls and true spirits of the many ferocious beasts recorded, and buried them in various worlds. On the one hand, it is to suppress them, and on the other hand, it is to wait."

"Wait?"

Yu's voice said: "Yuan, by chance, you took the Kunlun immortal flower."

"Your true spirit was able to be preserved completely and ascend to the heavens. Whenever there is great chaos in the human world and the spiritual energy of Shenzhou changes drastically, your soul will descend into the world again. If one day, the ferocious beasts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas reappear, then you will definitely be pulled into the human world. At that time, the only one who can restrain them is you."

"The jade book of the Classic of Mountains and Seas contains a trace of the true spirit of the creatures of the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

"Even the spirit of Zhurong is there, and the Four Fiends have been expelled to the four directions of Shenzhou, so naturally they are also there."

"Relying on that thing, the human world can have many more chances of winning. I once told you that Emperor Xuanyuan killed Chi You, and Emperor Zhuanxu severed the connection between heaven and earth. We also have to leave something for future generations. This is our relic, so that we can be worthy of this trip to the world."

"Uh...no, you might have to run a few more trips."

Yu's voice laughed loudly.

There seemed to be a dissatisfied voice next to him, and then a gentle voice of a young man said: "Yuan, I am Qi."

Qi, the son of Emperor Yao, the minister of Emperor Shun, the ancestor of the Yin and Shang dynasties, and the founder of Shenzhou's astrology and calendar.

His voice was gentle: "Although what I am about to say is unlikely, you must be vigilant."

"Expelling the Classic of Mountains and Seas, severing the connection between heaven and earth, and creating a good environment for the growth of the human race is necessary, at least in our opinion. However, times are different, and although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is abundant in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there may be a calamity in the future that will lead to the decline of Shenzhou's spiritual energy. If that happens, there will be a great change."

"You must know that the current Shenzhou is not complete, and it will not be complete in the future."

"When it loses its majestic spiritual energy, it will naturally try to restore itself to its full and prosperous state. In other words, the realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which originally still have a trace of connection, will gradually return under such attraction. This is not a conspiracy, but the natural rule of Shenzhou, like the rising and setting of the sun and moon."

"What the return leads to is the restoration of spiritual energy."

"Moreover, the closer the realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas are to the human world, the faster the speed at which spiritual energy is restored."

"It may even return to the level of our era."

"There are many man-eating alien beasts in the various realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and even many alien races among them, beings that resemble humans but are not humans. There will be great conflicts. Therefore, once you find yourself back in the human world, and the world is peaceful, not like a sign of great chaos, but there is an accelerating restoration of spiritual energy, be very careful."

"You must tell the humans of that era to expel the realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas from the human world again in advance."

"Once the process of spiritual energy restoration has begun, it will not stop, only the speed will be different. Even if the realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas no longer return, it will not be affected. You do not need to let the realms of the Classic of Mountains and Seas reconnect with the human world, as that will inevitably cause great suffering."

The voice paused, and the young Qi sighed softly:

"People of every era have the difficulties of that era. I can vaguely see the things of the future, but I am trapped in this time and space. But so be it. Since I live in this era, then I only need to do my best to fulfill the responsibilities that heaven and earth have given me, and live and die with peace of mind."

"Everyone is like this."

He paused and joked: "However, you might have to die a few more times."

"…………"

Wei Yuan's forehead twitched, and he subconsciously grabbed to the side.

Damn it.

"Where's my pottery jar..."

If you dare to stick your head over here, I'll give you two a buff.

It doesn't hurt at all.

Wuzhiqi said it was good after being hit.

The corners of his mouth curled up, and he smiled, then naturally touched empty air.

Of course, there was no pottery jar beside him.

Those two people who joked about him without any restraint had also passed away for nearly five thousand years...

His movements paused, and the unconsciously raised corners of his mouth pursed slightly.

The flowing light on the jade book slowly dimmed.

In the end, only Yu and Qi's smiles and whispers from five thousand years ago remained:

"Although it's a bit irresponsible to say this."

"Then, we'll leave everything to you."

"My friend..."

The flowing light on the jade book finally scattered into light dust, floating up little by little, and finally completely disappeared into the five thousand years of time. The smile on Wei Yuan's face slowly faded. He held the jade book in his hand and did feel the two auras on this jade book, connecting to Ehuang and Nuying in front of him.

It seemed that after Ehuang and Nuying committed suicide, Yu pulled out two true spirits, which could be regarded as leaving a trace of life.

They were left on the jade book, written as a chapter of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Then, after two thousand years, in the Zhou Dynasty, they became the Xiang River God worship in the Western Chu region.

Then, Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified the world and began to decline.

These two true spirit auras were now in Wei Yuan's hands. He could almost forcibly drive Ehuang and Nuying with this thing, and he could also take advantage of the situation to use the position of mountain god to take these two ancient gods of Chu as subsidiary gods, taking the vast Xiang River and Dongting Lake under his command.

Ehuang and Nuying's expressions changed from surprise to gradually becoming unsightly. Wei Yuan smiled self-deprecatingly.

Yu, you really left behind a huge trouble.

Nuying was annoyed and a little scared.

Ehuang, however, was more mature and steady. She held her sister back and looked at Wei Yuan with a complex expression, sighing softly, as if to give a slight salute.

Wei Yuan raised his hand and touched his brow, stopping Ehuang: "Don't."

He flicked the jade book that attracted the attention of the demons, and smiled casually. When he caught the jade book, his five fingers clenched, and with a crisp cracking sound, this fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas suddenly cracked, turning into light dust and dissipating, and the two true spirits contained within naturally returned to Ehuang and Nuying.

Ehuang and Nuying were stunned.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas...

They were speechless for a moment.

The young man cupped his hands and bowed, following his heart and laughing freely: "A cause two thousand years ago, today I return the effect."

"You two, our fate is over."

"Farewell."

ps: Today's first update... three thousand and one hundred words, finally able to update earlier.

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