Chapter 356 Next Time?

When they came, it was with a mighty army and great fanfare, but in the blink of an eye, when it was time to leave, only Wei Yuan was left alone. All feasts must come to an end, but in this world, the silence after such intense prosperity only serves to highlight the loneliness.

The First Emperor used the Tai'a Sword to suppress Qiongqi, replacing him as one of the four pillars supporting the heavens and the earth.

And the Tai'a Sword's scabbard was left here.

Wei Yuan bent down and picked up the Tai'a Sword's scabbard, understanding that this was left for him by the First Emperor. He put his Iron Eagle Sword into the Tai'a scabbard. The scabbard naturally changed, conforming to the sword's shape. The scabbard was mainly black, decorated with dark patterns, solemn and grand.

Even Wei Yuan's temperament seemed to become heavy and profound.

The unnamed mountain god watched the slowly dissipating clouds in the sky with a bitter smile, then looked at the Kunlun Jade Tablet beside him. The words on it had been completely preserved. He couldn't help but say with a hint of admiration and a hint of strangeness:

"When Lu Wu awakens and the Queen Mother returns, I can't imagine how they will face you."

Wei Yuan said, "Face me?"

The Kunlun Mountain God said seriously, "Yes."

"Face you, the man who has turned Kunlun upside down three times."

He counted on his fingers and said with emotion, "The first time was when that Celestial Maiden took away the elixir of immortality."

"For thousands of years, it was the first time a mortal had made a Celestial Maiden do such a thing."

"The second time was when King Yu stormed Kunlun."

"This is the third time. This King of Men came up here again to carve a stele and suppress Qiongqi."

"Now he has left, and you will probably leave soon."

"But after you leave, there will definitely be mountain gods and water gods coming to Kunlun Mountain to see what happened. Then they will see this stone tablet. Even if I tell them that this was the work of that King of Men, they will still see that you came up here with him."

Wei Yuan: "…………"

This Kunlun Mountain God looked at him seriously and said, "You can't escape this."

"I know those gods."

"Most of them have nothing to do. Such a big event is enough for them to discuss for decades... no, for centuries."

Wei Yuan smiled helplessly.

He felt that this mountain god was quite interesting.

He stood where the First Emperor had just overlooked the mountains, seas, and the world, and whispered with emotion. Compared to being tied up here in his memories, standing here like this allowed him to see the grandeur of Kunlun and the magnificence of the mountains, seas, and the human world. It was just a pity...

What the First Emperor regretted was probably that Lu Wu and the Queen Mother were not here, making his ascent to Kunlun seem less significant. As for Wei Yuan, he regretted that this time he had relied on the First Emperor's sharpness and hundreds of thousands of Qin army terracotta soldiers to stand on the summit of Kunlun.

In the end, he was only capable of fighting against the generals of the Qiongqi clan.

But now, standing where the First Emperor had stood, he also had a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that one day he could also rely on himself to stand here, facing the gods of Kunlun and Lu Wu. Wei Yuan turned his eyes to the bored mountain god beside him and said, "I still don't know what to call you?"

The mountain god said, "I am just a servant guarding the gate of Kunlun for the god Lu Wu. You can call me Lu Yi."

"Do you want to take another look at Kunlun Mountain?"

Wei Yuan turned around, waved his hand, and said, "No, thank you."

"Next time."

"Next time?"

The mountain god Lu Yi was stunned.

This was already the third time!

Did this kid plan to have a next time?!

Before he could say these words, which were both funny and helpless, Wei Yuan had already left Kunlun with the Iron Eagle Sword in the Tai'a scabbard on his back, bypassing the fierce beasts and gods below, and headed straight for Mount Chongwu.

Before the First Emperor came to the mountains and seas, he asked him if he was willing to take a risk.

Climbing Kunlun was not really a danger.

The danger was how Wei Yuan would return to the human world after the First Emperor left.

This was, after all, the world of mountains and seas, and Wei Yuan this time was different from before. He was not entering with a wisp of divine thought, relying on the jade artifact left by Di Xin to form a formation to extract himself. He was now entering with his main body, a delicious morsel for the flesh-hungry creatures traversing the mountains and seas.

He rushed to Mount Chongwu, where the master of Mount Chongwu was located.

The old mountain master, whose form had been shattered by Qiongqi, had barely recovered a bit, transforming into an old man, sitting on a bluestone, panting. When he saw Wei Yuan, he was stunned for a moment, then said anxiously, "You, you, why don't you hurry up and run? What are you doing coming to me, this old fellow?"

"Although Qiongqi has been suppressed, those fierce beasts have all seen you. The weaker fierce beasts will be afraid of you, but the truly great ferocious beasts will only find you hateful. You wrote them into the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and they can't wait to swallow you alive. The King of Men has left, but you are still here."

"If you don't leave, be careful of being blocked!"

Wei Yuan said, "Mount Chongwu was targeted by Qiongqi because of me."

"How can I just leave like this?"

The master of Mount Chongwu opened his mouth, but in the end, he helplessly squeezed out a sentence, saying, "Stubborn."

"Just like Yu."

"Alas, forget it. There are only a few rifts from the West Mountain Realm back to the human world. At this time, those great ferocious beasts are probably already blocking the entrance. If you go back now, you are just throwing yourself into the net. You have to think of another way."

Wei Yuan said nothing. He accompanied the First Emperor in his last act of madness. Although he had fallen into a dangerous situation, he was not afraid or worried. He helped to clean up the devastated Mount Chongwu. The remains of many mountain gods ultimately returned to the heavens and the earth, and it was unknown whether they could be reunited in the future.

Rocks and trees were restored to their original appearance by magic.

The master of Mount Chongwu looked at him and said:

"However, dangerous as it is, your actions have had a very good effect."

"In the various realms of mountains and seas, there are many fierce and tyrannical guys who want to return to the human world. In the West Mountain Realm, Qiongqi is the most dangerous of these fierce beasts. This time, that King of Men, in front of all these fierce beasts, suppressed Qiongqi in the west in a grand manner, which can be considered a deterrent."

"Now, even the most ferocious beasts have to weigh whether they are stronger than Qiongqi before daring to extend their claws towards the human world. Of course, not attacking the human world and attacking you are two different things. If there are more beasts attacking, they can hide themselves. But the problem is that these beasts may not have so much patience. It is very likely that they will become restless again soon."

Wei Yuan said, "Then we'll just fight them back."

He was silent for a moment and asked, "Master of Mount Chongwu, you once guided the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan's cultivation in his youth. Emperors Yao and Shun also lived here. Do you know how I can improve my strength?"

Taoist techniques and supernatural powers had reached the first class.

Sword techniques were stern and murderous, and he had mastered them all.

Even if he studied hard, he was only taking a step or two beyond the path of his past selves. For humans, it was already enough to be called a first-class cultivation, but he was still not able to compete with the best of each era, let alone stop this mighty trend.

In addition...

He also had a little bit of selfishness.

He couldn't let the First Emperor's Tai'a Sword remain on Qiongqi's corpse forever.

Qiongqi's blood.

Was too dirty.

The master of Mount Chongwu said, "Although I know some methods of cultivation, they are only means to stimulate one's own potential, like the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, who had a very strong power himself, but... for you, there may be another possibility."

He paused for a moment, as if considering, and finally said:

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas Jade Book."

The Classic of Mountains and Seas Jade Book?

Wei Yuan recalled that King Yu and Qi had said in the Jade Book of Xiang River that the possibility and hope of stopping the return of the world of mountains and seas existed in the original texts of the world of mountains and seas. And he himself was able to cover the Emperor's Pool into his sleeve universe by relying on the Jade Book of the Emperor's Pool that he had obtained from Xiangliu of Sakura Island.

Zhu Jiuyin's help only helped him make up for the huge power required.

And mentioning the Classic of Mountains and Seas Jade Book, Wei Yuan also remembered that when he first came here, when the mountain gods went to Chaoge City, and he entertained them, they had said that the Classic of Mountains and Seas Jade Book was finally divided into two parts and collected.

The master of Mount Chongwu also said:

"King Yu split the mountains and seas in those years, and also threw the Jade Books into each realm."

"And in the West Mountain Realm, after the initial chaos, all the Classic of Mountains and Seas Jade Books eventually converged in two places, one is Zhu Jiuyin of the Nine Netherworlds. This place is very special, or rather, the Nine Netherworlds themselves are equivalent to the Netherworld, like Kunlun, which exists in more than one world of mountains and seas, so he probably has more than one Classic of Mountains and Seas Jade Book in his hand; and the other part is with Qiongqi."

"Now, Qiongqi is dead."

"Those fierce gods who had their Classic of Mountains and Seas Jade Books taken away by him are probably already restless and want to take the Jade Books away. Yuan, if you have enough courage, you can try... If you get it, then it is equivalent to you have obtained the entire half of the 'Classic of the Western Mountains'."

"It's just that the other half is probably with Zhu Jiuyin."

"Missing half will greatly reduce any power... but it is too difficult to ask Zhu Jiuyin for it."

"No, this is no longer difficult, it is an impossible task!"

The master of Mount Chongwu sighed with a bitter face:

"That is an ancient god, an ancient celestial god who supports the Nine Netherworlds and illuminates the day and night."

"He is more difficult to confront than Qiongqi, and he firmly abides by contracts, adheres to the nature of gods, hardly leaves the Nine Netherworlds, and does not contact others. His majesty is unpredictable, like an abyss and a prison. The other half is probably beyond our ability."

Wei Yuan: "…………"

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Perhaps, maybe."

"I can talk to Zhu Jiuyin."

The old mountain master was stunned and subconsciously looked up, "You know him?"

"That ancient god?"

Wei Yuan was silent for a moment, his expression solemn and peaceful, and said:

"I have a unique summoning ritual."

……………………

A cold and domineering battlefield.

The general wearing black armor, and the black and thick war spear, pierced his heart domineeringly, and then twisted it heavily, followed by extremely intense pain.

The human world.

In a flower shop, or rather a place more suitable as a flower room, the tall young man cried out in a low voice and suddenly opened his eyes, still subconsciously clutching his heart. He looked around. The heroic woman who had been taking care of him during this period was not there, which made him relieved. He then frowned, enduring the pain, his face pale.

Xiang Hongbao heard the movement and said:

"You're awake, brother."

"Are you still uncomfortable?"

Xiang Hongyu nodded.

He frowned and said slowly, "I don't know why, but I have been having a nightmare during this period. I dreamed of someone piercing my heart with a spear, and, vaguely, I remember him saying his name."

"But for some reason, I can't remember the name."

Xiang Hongbao said, "Huh? So weird?"

Xiang Hongyu frowned and said:

"I always feel that if I see him, I will definitely remember his name... called, called what, Quan something Yuan..."

"If I were to see him, I would definitely compete with him again."

"Forget it, let's not mention this dream. How is that thing you've been busy with these days?"

Mentioning his own affairs, Xiang Hongbao's eyebrows danced with joy, and he said, "It's almost completed. I think there's only the last step left. I'll be able to truly hold the ritual. I mean, the sacrificial ceremony. Then, I'll be able to see the real gods and tell the old guys that they all believed wrong."

"And also tell that bunch of Sacred Hall people, the orthodoxy is in my Shenzhou."

Xiang Hongyu looked at him and laughed, and said, "If that's the case."

He pointed to his heart and said, "Is there any magic that can relieve this pain?"

The smile on Xiang Hongbao's face froze.

He thought for a while and said with utmost piety, "God said, let there be fire."

"So..."

Xiang Hongbao pushed a cup of hot water in front of Xiang Hongyu and said seriously:

"Brother, drink more hot water!"

Xiang Hongyu: "…………"

ps: Today's second update... Thank you for stealing your lollipop for the ten thousand reward, thank you~

I thought I could update it earlier, but the outline after the push took a lot of effort.

For this book, it will be a victory if it doesn't collapse at three million words.